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DJ Tipz N Trix:
Although every member of a ship is vital to keeping it afloat (try playing with even 1 AI or worse, 1 AFK crew member), many ships can get by with an average performance by some of the crew.  However, every ship has at least one lynchpin role that really makes that kind of ship shine.  If you play to that crew member's strengths, that kind of ship can really shine more with a star player in that role.  In basketball, for example, most of the star offensive players played at the shooting guard position.  In soccer, as a forward.  In MOBAs, they are often on the DPS/Carry role.  For my examples, I will use some common ships and my opinion of which crew members' talents are really accentuated by the kind of ship.  They are in alphabetical order.

Galleon

Hwachas or Carronade Hwachas
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Long-Short (any type, long side to port)
Star: Main Deck Engineer
Honorable Mention: Gunner

Goldfish

Carrofish
Star: Pilot
Honorable Mention: Side Gunning Engineer (esp when running buff)

Hwachafish
Star: Side Gunning Engineer (esp when running buff)
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Junker

Long-Short
Star: Main Deck Engineer
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Mining Junker
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Mobula

Brawler
Star: Pilot
Honorable Mention: Hull or Balloon Engineer (depending on what kind of weapons the opponent has)

Sniper (Merc/Artemis x2)
Star: Gunner / Top (3rd) Engineer
Honorable Mention: Hull or Balloon Engineer (depending on what kind of weapons the opponent has)

Pyramidion

Brawler (aka Metamidion)
Star: Gunning Engineer (esp. when buff)
Honorable Mention: Main Engineer

Sniper (Merc/Artemis)
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Gunning Engineer

Spire

Brawler (Gats + Hwacha or Heavy Flak)
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Main Engineer

Lumberjack
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: 2 slot Gunning Engineer

Squid

Brawler (Gat/Banshee, Carro/Flamer, etc.)
Star: Pilot
Honorable Mention: Main Engineer

Mining Squid
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Name your own builds and their star positions.  I understand this can get controversial, but that's fine.  I will explain any of my examples here, and since you probably won't have as many as mine, you can go into more detail in your post on the star positions.

greendra:
Very interesting! Although I would say that on the metamidian the main engi is the star, then mortar & balloon engi as after firing one clip of the mortar, its ark is easy to handle. Waiting for hull break is down to captain. Main engi is always worked hard. Also buffing on pyra isn't to hard once you have done it once.

Sorry to be negative. I actually really appreciated the time you had put into it. Salute

Also as you asked for a build;

Sniper spire ( Art, merc, lumber )
Star: Engi on Art
Honourable mention: Pilot ( mercs AoE is hard to get right )

DJ Tipz N Trix:
Don't worry.  That's not being negative; it's just offering criticism.  That's exactly what I wanted out of this thread.

Indreams:
This is very, very comprehensive and neat.


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Pyramidion

Brawler (aka Metamidion)
Star: Gunning Engineer (esp. when buff)
Honorable Mention: Main Engineer

Sniper (Merc/Artemis)
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Gunning Engineer


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Love how the Pilot is not at all important on pyramidion. Doesn't matter if you have master +1000 matches pilot. The current pyra just won't fly.

Indreams:
I could add some.

Goldfish

Lumberfish
Star: Gunner
Honorable Mention: Pilot

Good gunner on a Lumberjack is golden, but the pilot will need to keep the ship steady.

Flakfish
Star:Gunner (Especially with Lochnagar)
Honorable Mention: Ally ship with piercing damage.

I've seen Flakfish gunners wreck havoc, sniping out hull shredded enemy ships at 1500m. But that's only if the ally can shred enemy hull.

Pyramidion

Ram-Oriented Pyramidion
Star: Main Deck Engineer
Honorable Mention: The Other Main Deck Engineer
Dunce: The Captain (for choosing such build at the moment)

Back when Melon was around, Gilder was happy with the Squid, and the Pyramidion was tad bit strong, Ramidion reigned supreme. It can still work, but somebody will smash in the captain's skull with a mallet.

Minemidion (Pyra w/ Mine)
Star: Top Deck Engineer/Gunner (whoever is mining)
Honorable Mention: Pilot (w/ perfect trifecta piloting)

On every mine-build, the guy on the mine has to be amazing. But if the captain can get the trifecta with the Minemidion, mixing in fires or bullets or explosives with the mine, it is godly.


Then, I want to edit something

--- Quote from: DJ Tipz N Trix on July 20, 2015, 05:23:53 pm ---
Spire

Brawler (Gats + Hwacha or Heavy Flak)
Star: Gunner Pilot
Honorable Mention: Main Engineer


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Put H-Flak/Hwacha with Gat on the sides, then put a mortar on the top front gun (close to helm). An active pilot will fly the ship, hammer with mortar, and maintain the hull at the same time. In my opinion, the gunner on a Brawler Spire doesn't have to do anything extra-ordinary to make the build work.

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