Battlestar Galactica: Berserk Class Assault Carrier - Deadlock Proving Grounds - Spacedock

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This video was commissioned as promotional material for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock's upcoming 'Reinforcement Pack' DLC. Find more info on the pack here: store.steampowered.com/app/692080/Battlestar_Galactica_Deadlock_Reinforcement_Pack/

[@DreadGrimReaper]

Spacedock "Great video~"

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Any thoughts on making a discord, Dan? :^^^^^^^]

[@tristan1392]

Please do more 40k ships

[@aliboy357]

Any chance of more deadlock ships going up? Did they only commission a handful of videos or the whole range. Love the style of your videos though. Always a pleasure to watch.

[@BringTheRains]

Please just shut up and take my money already. I bought the original game... why tease us like this? Go ahead and release the DLC.

[@hydra7427]

I'd be completely fine with the Berserk if they just gave it two squadrons instead of just one. Or at least a raptor slot, like they did with all other carriers.

[@Mobius_118]

Fun fact: The Berzerk Carrier was designed as one of the initial designs for the RDM Galactica and was one of the only designs not to feature a heavily ribbed hull.

[@veritascalivmeir3708]

These things are awesome in game. They're very cost efficient and their raw DPS is fantastic. Even as support craft they can gun down larger ships incredibly quickly, whereas other ships around their cost mark will be more ponderous in their kills, taking multiple turns. These things straight up delete the nemesis corvettes and in pairs they can destroy most of the mid sized cylon warships within two turns. They struggle against guided missiles, though, so it's best to keep them close to a battlestar.

[@CmdrSkittles]

Manticore Class Corvette crew = 700 Berserk Class Assault Carrier crew = 800 You would think the Berserk would have a lot more crew than a Manticore due to the size and functionality difference, especially with having hangers.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

the Berserk is a bare bones ship though so that likely lowers it's crew alot

[@vichodeivis1219]

"The Cylon have incredible ships that outclass ours!!!! One of them capable of short range jumps to outmaneuver our fleet!!! Let's build a battlestar with less armor and more expensive fancy stuff. Put it in the back of the fleet." --- Average Colonial Strategist.

[@vichodeivis1219]

I guess it illustrate the quick adaptability of the Cylon to counter their enemy with specialized ships vs the more rigid Human ways of thinking xD

[@mammothmk3355]

Well it's not like the Colonial have any other choice anyway.

[@vichodeivis1219]

Yeah. They have to deal with paperwork and bureaucracy. New radical ideas would take half a decade to be materialized in a ship design.

[@Neomerica-1993]

I got the dlc and berserk is just as good as the adamant but with less armor and no missiles and it guns just rips the nemesis corvettes apart

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

lol the Adamant is likely just a Berserk class that has been given it's armour that or the Minotaurs are

[@MichelvonRichter]

Awww the awsome music from bsg deadlock

[@MattHooker]

I'm immensely pleased with the Berserk class. while the Adamant can take more damage, and is more versatile in armament, it's no longer an early-game heavy hitter. the Berserk is a good early-game complement to both the Adamant and Manticore, and remains viable even after unlocking the Minotaur. my current Daidalos fleet will finish the game with two of them

[@firestorm165]

I disagree with your assessment of the adamant. Mine routinely join the main battle line just in front and behind the central battlestar in line astern formation more than holding it's own and even taking the lead in the early game

[@LockedBreech]

@@firestorm165 I totally agree. I have been binge-playing Deadlock over the last month and have finished Deadlock, Broken Alliance, Sin and Sacrifice, and most of Resurrection, and I have found 2-3 adamants a fleet mainstay through all the campaigns. I played a mission last night where 3 adamants did an admirable job holding a close range flank against an Argos, which I was impressed as hell by.

[@firestorm165]

@@LockedBreech tea and medals await that crew upon return to base

[@MattHooker]

@@firestorm165 way to come at my early impression two years later. I took a long break and came back to deadlock a few months ago and was less impressed with the berserk than I was originally. possibly the result of game patches. I mostly use them as cheap carriers and cleanup now

[@imperiousrex128]

I just have a bunch of Adamants guarding planets, so I'll have to disagree.

[@alexl.4170]

God I love this thing. 3 of these in a stack can junk a Talon in under 10 seconds.

[@Neerp315]

I love how you focus more on BSG, keep it up commander!

[@TheKurtkapan34]

they're paying him for it

[@Neerp315]

Doesn't change the fact, that it's more BSG than usual whats great imo

[@cromwell300]

Wish some of these ships showed up in the show. Like with skeleton crews which they slowly refit and recruit crew from the civilian fleet

[@galbert117]

Just imagine if two Berserks had been able to survive the Fall of the Colonies & traveled with the Galactica....the fleet could have been far better protected with the Galactica & 2 Berserks defending it.....

[@sallovic5890]

DrakeMarvell just imagine if the pegasus wasnt wasted as a torpedo

[@galbert117]

Yeah....but we'll only know in the realm of Fanfiction what could have been....

[@Pyro978]

BSG logic....

[@olympicnut]

The destruction of Pegasus was pathetic. A ship far superior to Galactica was sacrificed needlessly by a commander who had no idea what he was doing. One or two Berzerk Class vessels in the fleeing Colonial fleet would have been cool. They did not have to stick with the Galactica as being "the only surviving warship" as a story idea. Pegasus offered more storylines, but they had to destroy her for some reason.

[@Ueberdoziz]

They destroyed her so they could rebuild the stage for the cylon interiors/bridge. So they needed a "reason" to get rid of her :)

[@richardched6085]

I mass produced a few hundred Berserk Carriers in the early Deadlock campaign. For a while a fleet of 6 could hold off any Cylon Attack group short of a Basestar Group in Auto-Resolves. And they could be rapidly built in large numbers and were far superior to most Cylon Vessels (Up until the Revenant and Arachne showed up.....)

[@richardched6085]

DLC done the right way!!

[@togglefire3537]

Your vids keep going up in quality! This deadlock series is sooo badass!

[@SwiftGundam]

So they did have dedicated carrier ships. Not that bad.

[@viggovalkenburg9647]

Love your vids about BSG keep IT up!

[@DarkExcalibur42]

God I love this ship. It's a real consistent part of many of my strategies in Deadlock.

[@Seccc]

Love the background music.

[@genijable]

I never knew how big some Sci Fi universes were. But now I want to read all Sources and watch all Episodes again to get the whole story. I love that technical Sci Fi.

[@matthewfritz4629]

Episode on a Narn Heavy Cruiser Babylon 5.

[@mixmaster3028]

This is getting good. I hope you do more.

[@richardched6085]

Can't wait for console release!! Always been a fan of the Berzerk class. I hope they add the Loki, Watersled, and Catamaran, And Orion Colonial escort ships from blood and Chrome. And an alternative design to the Valkyrie (The Berzerk served over 40 years, it's not that unbelievable for the Valkyrie to be brand new by the end of the Cylon War). Maybe even the Defender Battlestar (contemporary of Artemis class) I'd like a DLC campaign that goes further into the war.

[@vp21ct]

Not sure how I feel about this one. The fleet already has three carrier gunships, not counting the battlestars. I feel like id view the Adamants addition of a missile battery as vastly superior in every way.

[@firestorm165]

Seeing it's specs I was highly skeptical of it and was proven right when I tried it out in combat. No reason to build these when the adamant is better in damn near every way. The surviving examples got sent up to Helios Delta where the cylons never bothered them for the rest of the campaign. If they had a utility squadron as well as a viper squadron then things might be different

[@Starfleet8555]

There good early game. When low on Tlyium. But late game yeah, Adaments are much better. Though they don't have the same firepower in terms of guns, as the Berserk

[@Groundpenguin]

Great game, love these videos

[@shadows.82]

They are a good addition for battlegroups that doesn't have a battlestar. Paired up with Adamant Frigates they have a nice wall of fire.

[@Darkpentagrams]

I realy enjoy those proving ground videos they reminds me I have to buy BFG deadlock and take the dlcs

[@maxwaller2055]

19:40 hours Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, 20 March 2019

[@taudvore259]

While many think of the Berserk as just a skinny Adamant with no missiles, I’ve found in my own runs that it plays a very different role. The Berserk is all about the fighters, both for and against. It’s Vipers are the best in the game and it’s guns are so accurate that they shred Raider squadrons. Sit them behind your Battlestars and Minotaurs and they can annihilate any sneaky Wardrivers that managed to slip through. Their range is also one of the longest for Colonials. I think they even outrange an Artemis.

[@Hasteaguy]

This thing needs a buff, badly. Only one squadron for a hangar that goes along the entire length of the ship... I mean, you get heavy guns and that's useful early on, but I expected more squadrons, given how important Vipers and Viper IIs are. Still, really cool design.

[@Lukes501First]

I agree, even the atlas should have more then 2 like 4 or 5, since it's almost the size of a Battlestar

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

Jupiter Battlestar's in game only have two as well even though canonically their full complement is like 200 vipers ( same as a Mercury but a Mercury had a lot more Raptors 50 to the Jupiter classes 20 and had the ability to make more)

[@stevenclark2188]

Field mods to replace the broadsides with more point defense? That would make more sense.

[@detsalb5789]

I still have a task force of bezerks guarding one of the 12 colonies and can't remember if I gave them a battle star as a flagship or just have like 5 bezerks

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The Berserk can only go so far.

[@michaellewis1545]

can you please do a video on the Hammerhead from Space Above and Beyond. keep up the great work.

[@TheVeritas1]

Ditto on the Hammerhead.

[@mangoman628]

yup, getting dlc and replaying story mode... need to get all cheivs on steam anyway. thank you spacedock as always

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

Like these ships, if you have 2, turn them side on and focus both on a single target and they can do a lot of damage....

[@pmcollectorboy2929]

I had a small task force of nothing but an Adamant and a Berzerk that I sent out to butter up a colony for extra money. It got jumped in one of the starlanes by three Cylon corvettes. It did not go well for the Cylons.

[@ChrisPrice12]

I would love to know the fighter compliment, if only for the knowledge of how they compare to other carriers in that regard.

[@davfree9732]

I've been trying to build a Battlestar type ship in Space Engineers... Only I haven't got good reference images, so I'm pretty sure my ship is half Cylon, Half Colonial. I don't get why I can't find model's and images other than those that appear on SpaceDock... Keep up the good work!

[@Freesorin837]

Before Deadlock, I always thought this was more of a frontline heavy cruiser meant to slug it out with the enemy. Basically a small battlestar with a bunch of weapons for its size but no carrier capability, but then again there really wasn't much canon material to go on before Deadlock came out.

[@tvanzyl3143]

Can you please do a Cylon base star

[@user-vu1yx2ei2h]

Can you make a breakdown about the Adamant class?

[@Simspon96]

Are the Reinforcement Pack' ships usable in the main campaign or just in skirmish modes?

[@Lukes501First]

Both

[@RayMKlll]

I personally prefer the Adamant over the Berserk, but damn... the latter class sure had a long career...

[@khaosbydesignuk946]

I'm going to have to give this Deadlock game a go, I haven't played a good BSG game since BSG Online and I stopped playing that years ago.

[@Spacedock]

We'll be streaming some games of Deadlock on the Spacedock Twitch soon if you want to check out the gameplay. :)

[@khaosbydesignuk946]

I'll check it out :)

[@mammothmk3355]

Well if you like Turn based, go ahead. ( I personally don't like TBS, so I will stick with good old BSG: Fleet Commander for Homeworld 2) ;)

[@khaosbydesignuk946]

Mammoth Mk3, I haven't really played any large scale turn based stuff, only turn based games I've played are things like final fantasy and the old might and magic games on ps2 lol. Most of the bigger strategy games I play are RTS (Empire at War: FOC, Dawn of War 2, Halo Wars etc.)

[@mammothmk3355]

KhaosByDesign UK Wow, then you have abit of head start, I never play a TBS before. ( And tbh I don't think I will play any.) :)

[@vlweb3d]

2:08 - WHAT ARE THOSE 3 BIG SHIPS IN THE "FAST ATTACK" CATEGORY ? Did you do a video on this ship type already ?

[@Hufky_Rage]

SUPREME EMPEROR MITTENS They’re not really that big and I’m pretty sure they’re Manticore corvettes

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Oh, what I wouldn't give for a MacOS port of BSG: Deadlock... _Hopeful sigh_

[@erikmcinroy8937]

The original 1978 Battlestar Galactica and viper

[@Freesorin837]

Eh, I preferred the version from the Sins of the Thirteenth Tribe and Fall of Kobol mods for Sins of a Solar Empire: a heavy hitting, but also heavily armored frontline cruiser able to tank damage and act as a line ship.

[@COMMANDERHAWK22]

Have you done one on the U.S.S. Defiant ?

[@jwatson15]

Andromeda Ascendent please.

[@MrMrDrumline]

Is it possible for you t9 do the two remaining ships from the reinforcements DLC I would love to learn more about them before the DLC comes out this week

[@Spacedock]

Yep, they'll be covered.

[@phantom117b4]

i know this game looks fun and is coming out on Xbox but i am worried because i've seen the gameplay and i don't think it would be adapted well.

[@aziris7257]

I don't understand why it's called an 'assault' carrier, when it doesn't assault anything and it only carries a single viper wing.

[@l.greenwood8096]

Odd, the one or two times we see them in the show, there very small. Yet here there being compared to the size of a Battlestar.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Been waiting a long time to see this in-game. A bit bummed it doesn't have more of a direct frontline combat role; I always expected it to be at least moderately armored, despite having a bit of an exposed frame. Must be the name, I suppose.

[@Darman0430]

For dedicated carrier ships, it sure is a shame they only get one squadron in game. Makes them kind of inferior to the very first Frigate you get since they carry a Squadron, and a munitions slot AND are combat capable. What a strange decision...

[@Seccc]

Your patreon link is broken.

[@Spacedock]

Whoops, my bad. Fixed now. www.patreon.com/officialspacedock

[@CuriousMind477]

If the Berserk carried two squadrons I might actually use it. Given that the Adamant class frigate carries the same number of squadrons and can launch missiles, there is no real reason to use the Berserk

[@Jeff-tw7jk]

Superior guns

[@kpmh2001]

Neat ship, but it just Dosent have the armor it needs for a ship of its class in game

[@sparrowlt]

This is a carrier? i tought they were escort cruisers ....

[@robertfrost8452]

It seems like an all around bad design. Fill the ship out through the "gapped spaces" for a more complete ship and thus strengthen it's frame protecting it's center-line. The ship looks cool but,, There are so many impractical design flaws in so many of our beloved Sci-Fi series ships just to follow certain visibly recognizable, and often laughable, form of aesthetics. It's like we love to see impractical things like the long "necks" of Klingon ships or any of the thin connection points that supposedly structurally support areas of much larger mass. Don't get me wrong, I love sci-fi and all the amazing ships out there but at the same time it can be quite "annoying" if you "think" about them to much, lol.

[@1967sluggy]

Robert Frost I love ship designs like that of Halo humans. They aren’t built to look pretty, they’re built to take shots, and lots of them. They’re ugly bastards, and they should be.

[@robertfrost8452]

I completely agree that function is always better than form. And (again) even though I love seeing all the new ships that are made for the various sci-fi "universes", they often show little imagination in design when they are simply adding another "nacelle", a sensor dish on an "L" shaped tube out the bottom of a saucer (the FASA Saladin???), changing a "strut" location/angle, or making their big innovation another "double sided" landing bay. Many times I find myself saying "OOoooo neet! while noticing "but that part is bad though". I guess you can also chock it up to what the Joker might say with "Why so cynical?", lol.

[@firestorm165]

Robert Frost as a nerd I tend to love most ship designs in sci-fi. The engineer in me however tends to be in a near constant state of cringe. Currently writing my own sci-fi story to hopefully balance the scales some

[@diapason89]

First the Nebulon frigate and now this? Who the fuck designs ships with vulnerable midsections?!

[@mammothmk3355]

Well, people who think it's cool looking that way I guess. ;)

[@vichodeivis1219]

Conspiracy? This way you are sure you have a reliable customer that always needs more ships

[@Stukov961]

It's even more daft when all its guns are mounted for broadside fire so that it has to present its poorly armoured midsection in order to fire.Even the huge flying cathedrals of the Imperial Navy in battlefleet gothic makes more sense.

[@mammothmk3355]

Groetgaffel Well, like people have said: Rule of Cool. :)

[@vichodeivis1219]

We now know how the colonials almost lose the war I guess xD

[@spaceman8935]

The ship I built like 5 of and then only tried to replace for the rest of the game.

[@dio3693]

I never really made much use of these things. Why field one when you can have an Artemis instead, that carries the same number of fighters while being much faster and sporting more armor and guns as well?

[@pablom-f8762]

When they get to elite level its fighter squadron is really tough to kill.

[@PhilosopherGaming]

Interesting ship for the purpose of fleshing out the lore, but it's a shame the sodding thing is basically useless in game. The adamant basically renders it obsolete straight away.

[@TheDjbz]

It really doesn't. The Adamant is painfully slow by comparison and it's guns are far less effective. The berzerk remains relevant far longer than the adamant does.

[@donaghb7307]

First!

[@richardmartin3243]

How come when the cyborg attack and literally wiped out the entire fleet the shipyard tactical world's how come none of the ships that survived didn't jump into cyborgs Homeworld space and deliver a detonating strike of

[@Ueberdoziz]

They didnt know where it is.

[@shawncarter5619]

So the fact that one was present at the Scorpio shipyard with the Mercury class Battlestar's is a silent testament to its usefulness. Still in service after all that time. What I find irritating about the entire BSG ship design genre is that every ship must have an attack squadron aboard. Also, the designs are still built around 2D airspace when in fact they need to be able to engage targets that are not in broadside or bow on. Space is in 3 dimensions and any capitol ship would need to be designed to fight effectively and efficiently in that space. Which means guns need to be mounted in all axis x, y and z. Firing arcs would need to cover all axis of the vessel in defense and be able to fire in all axis in offence. Other series have managed to do this very well. BSG suffers too much from Naval warfare and not enough from arial warfare. Also, the need to have every ship a carrier is not good or effective doctrine. You still need Landing ships, Supply ships, Fuelers, Attack ships, Missile ships...The Battlestar was designed to do everything, and so, does nothing well. Sometimes specificity is best.