BEST XL Class Ships in 2022 - Patch 5.10 - X4 Foundations - Captain Collins

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0:00 - Best XL ships in X4 2022
0:38 - Best Builders
1:16 - Best Auxiliary Ships
3:55 - Best Carriers
7:10 - Battleships
9:40 - Asgard or Erlking?

[@CaptainCollins]

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[@reggie368]

Don't eat too much Stolen cakes ! 🤣

[@CaptainCollins]

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[@reggie368]

@@CaptainCollins You have to resist ! 😆

[@despoiler79]

I wish there was more Split ships like in X3AP. I had 2 battleships escorting the carrier with some missiles boat, jumping in Xenon sector... X4 need more Battleship and Cruiser class !

[@steveg7368]

I can't help but love your passion when talking ships and weapon loadout's !

[@isimiel3405]

I lost it when the Zeus derped into the gate

[@CaptainCollins]

Phenomenal stream moment :) Things flying in each other is a X classic :D

[@MrWheelman82]

@@CaptainCollins I remember the release version when ships could actually get destroyed that way, I lost quite a lot of time auto-piloting into stuff. I can't recall if X3 had collision damage, I tried it but couldn't get into it

[@Akideoni]

It's a ED Yamiks montage I bet...

[@nou8257]

@@MrWheelman82 X3 does have collision damage and the autopilot in it loved to ram asteroids and gates. It also had the occasional capital ship comes through the gate and runs over a frigate of the same faction and its like a loot pinata went off sometimes

[@pytom5304]

"Autopilot epically failed" :D

[@Aotearas]

I know it's already far from a hotly contest pick for the carriers with the Raptor (everything about that ship is just *Chef's kiss*) but even you rightfully sung its praises, it should bear clarification that it's the ONLY carrier that has such an amount of firepower. Other carriers get a singular L turret slot tops compared to the Raptor's eight (!). Other carriers get between 12-18 M turret slots (!) with the Tokyo being an outlier at a much higher amount of 28 M turret slots though without an L turret slot (!!) ... and then comes the Raptor with a dazzling 93 M turret slots (!!!). The sheer power difference is something that really needs to be emphasized. The raptor isn't just a carrier, ferrying around smaller ships to fights. It's a fighting monster in its own right, capable of demolishing L class destroyers by itself (barring AI piloting stupidity). All that said, one thing that I miss when people talk about carriers are the rapid launch tubes. As someone who came late to the game (only got the game a couple weeks before the CoH DLC came out), I always looked at the vanilla carriers thinking how on earth they could possibly stack up to the DLC ships (the aforementioned ludicrous Raptor is just nuts and the Tokyo seemed to outclass the vanilla carriers in every regard aswell) until I saw it mentioned somewhere that all the vanilla carriers (and the Zeus E afaik, correct me if I'm wrong) have rapid launch tubes that can very quickly launch S fighters straight from the storage hangar without having to retrieve ships to the landing pads first (a feature the Raptor and Tokyo don't have). So despite having far fewer S docks and reserves on paper, they can launch all of their S fighters much, MUCH faster than the Raptor and Tokyo can. I feel like this is a distinction that should at least be mentioned, if only for the sake of latecomers to the X4 party that may not know, like I did.

[@kyoai]

Do they have special launch tubes? I always assumed that the Raptor is rather slow with launching fighters because they have to leave through the long "mouth", while fighters on a the Colossus for example can just take off the landing pad and immediately fly away with full speed

[@Aotearas]

@@kyoai They do have special rapid launch tubes for S fighters (and defense drones), or at least that's what every source I read says (haven't tested any of the vanilla carriers myself).

[@tortenschachtel9498]

The Raptor is to carriers what the Asgard is to destroyers - ok, maybe the Asgard is a little more extreme in that comparison, but the point should come across.

[@csfelfoldi]

The Raptor is in it's own supercarrier class kinda so it's a bit unfair to compare it to the other factions. The closest thing to it is the Arawn from Rebirth I have no idea why they didn't just import that and gave it to the Argon as their special XL class. The Fulmekron would also fit their current fork design, plus they can also give the Taranis to the pirate factions. I just miss plasma Jets they were such a "nope" weapon to go up against even late game.

[@CaptainCollins]

It is a bit unfair, true, but it's still in the same class. Didn't feel right to add a "Raptor Class" hehe. And for some usecases there are better carriers. Atlas E is really so much faster e.g.

[@lagrangewei]

because the spilt has their shit push in, argon has very good sectorgraphy advantage, they are already too strong economically and can overrun everyone if they have military parity.

[@65stang98]

get the xr shipack it brings a lot of battleships and carriers into the game like the arawn. Game is boring without that mode tbh.

[@guillaumefavier9640]

I think this game lacks of cruisers design, which would be equiped with a lot of L turrets, without fixed front weapon. My favorite ship in all that list is the Raptor. For me it's not simply a carrier, but almost a battle cruiser. Also, I don't like the Asgard as it is too powerful. This is the Death Star from Star Wars. Really OP.

[@simontometschek6218]

true was the first thing i was thinking when i saw it taking out xenon ships left and right xD

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

Correct. The moment you are able to build Asgards there is no threat in the game anymore. Xenon K or I? Just short target practise if you sit in an Asgart.

[@Mikalent]

​@@TotalyRandomUsername I do agree, but it doesn't mean there is no threat, an allow me to present exhibit A: the X4 AI, who heroically flies you 50 billion credit Battleship into a Xenon defense station, using only the plasma turrets to attack said defense station. All because I didn't want to stick around being harassed by the 10-20 defense drones (preventing me from using SETA) and station busting the 10th Xenon station in the sector.

[@Yokenshiro11]

amazing video, love ship comparaisons it's just so fun to hear details about ships

[@CaptainCollins]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Xastabus]

Just want to say thank you for your videos and thanks for updating them for 5.10! I'm a relatively new player and your videos have really helped inform my decisions in game. Fly Safe o7

[@CaptainCollins]

Thank you so much Teagan! Have a good time in space :)

[@Xeneonic]

You should consider releasing a video explaining which ship (per class, and can carriers overtake destroyers this way?) would have the most DPS by including landed ships turret damage contributing to it. (Something you showcased in your M class video)

[@AlStaysHome]

Really appreciate your videos!

[@CaptainCollins]

Thanks for watching!

[@dr_ultra786]

Any idea on how Auxiliary ships work? they won't go and buy materials for repairs, and the trading ships for them won't buy anything either so not sure if I am doing something wrong or they just don't work anymore, won't even let me set a recourse limit for each one.

[@kermitthefrog1176]

My current Anti-Xenon fleet is an Erlking, 2 Asgards, 6 syns, a sole survivor osaka before changing to the syn, a bunch of osprey sentinels, and 2 aux. Following this group is a Raptor with 40 blast mortar ares and 40 kalis. They can take on a full xenon battlegroup of an I and 2 Ks while nuking a station.

[@kyoai]

One of the biggest drawbacks in the case of the Asgard, in my opinion, is not only that it's rather slow, but also that it has, compared to the Erlking, only one main engine AND its main firepower is fixed forward only. Xenons tend to swarm Asgards very easily with many fighters who will take out subsystems one by one, and once that single engine is gone, the main weapon becomes useless, since you can't aim it anywhere else. The Erlking on the other hand has its turrets as main damage output, so even if all of its engines become disabled, it is still capable of fighting back with almost full firepower in any direction. I don't have a favorite between the two, they have rather different approaches from which angles to attack and how to handle battles, I think Egosoft did a good job making them so differently yet each useful in their own way.

[@CaptainCollins]

Yeah true. BUT think of it like a real-life strike group. You would let your battleships operate on their own but provide some assistance. A Rattlesnake can provide cover against fighters, while the battleship is focussing the big target. It's all about strategy.

[@Mondfischli]

@@CaptainCollins ...true, a strike group in my game is usually 1 Asgard, 8-12 L and at least 2 auxiliary for repairs and reload. The main "advantage" of the Asgard over the Erlking is however that you can have many Asgard vs. only one Erlking 🤔

[@kuhndj67]

I wonder if they've modified the Asgard since then... in my new playthrough Asgard's are nearly OP they're so indestructible. I have a fleet blockading the Xenon gate to Heretic's End, I started out with Osaka's/Syn's supporting a Carrier with a wing. They did a good job but I'd occasionally lose a Syn or two to a large invasion. When I finally got the Asgard plans I built one and it alone could handle any K's and I's regardless of how many were sent, and once they were down it would slowly take out the S's/M's with the help of the Osaka's. The Osaka's and Syn's would still require repair after a large battle but never the Asgard. I eventually stopped restocking S's and pulled the carrier back and the Osaka's/Asgard have proven able to hold the blockade without losing ships (largest force they faced so far was an I and 6 K's supported by a ton of S's/M's). Once I procured the Erlking and got it fully outfitted I sent it into Savage Spur with one Asgard to blockade the far side of the gate... and those two ships sat there for 6-8 hours of game time and a number of coordinated attacks without letting anything bigger than an M through and without suffering any damage. The Asgard seems to get aggro and is a tank and the Erlking (which seems to easily lose engines if it's not supported) is great at abusing S's/M's. I ended up pulling them back once the salvage crew had cleaned up Heretic's End so I could get some more salvage... also there were so many K corpses stacked up at the gate it was getting hard to maneuver. Only gripe I have regarding the Asgard... my captains won't use the main guns. For large attacks I have to jump into the cockpit to take out the K's and I's fast. The ai captains always go broadside and use turrets... which is much slower.

[@sarahnachtrose]

I like the Zeus best as a carrier. I like my teams. Partly hand-picked and doesn't want to expose them to unnecessary risk in S-ships. That's why I only send M-ships around. The Zeus is fast and has 4 M landing pads. Well suited for patrols and rapid reaction command operations. Some of the ships are flying around in my sectors. With squadrons of M-ships.

[@FrostBlg]

I started by doing a drone carrier with Monitor. Then you can build up fleet fighters and ressuply them there until you get descent carrier.

[@tanksaawk]

Really enjoyed this comparison But I play modded, so I'm really happy that there are more than just two battleships xD

[@CaptainCollins]

Lucky you :P

[@TheJanstyler]

Sooo, I don't have the tides of avarice dlc yet (gonna get it when its on sale. Poor student and all that). What is the best alternative? Since the Erlking (Interesting name btw. Erlkönig yk.) is also Tides, I won't be getting that either I guess.

[@jimrford]

Doing a heavily modded new play through, but the tip about gunboats was welcome 😀

[@WaricAnderson]

Hello, Still a good video 😁 Thks for these comparaisons I don't have the Erking 😜 I suppose I just don't do/finish a quest for it. So I don't have any XL Battleship with canons yet Thanks for this work of comparaisons 👍 _Waric

[@briangueringer3673]

I'm new to the game. If someone could answer this for me I would appreciate it. Using rougeys ship guide, is only the resupply ships that can repair L and XL ships I have pirated? Or more clearly put what ships can repair L and XL ships. Are there any L class ships that can do this? Is this what separates the military XL from the supply? One more lol, how do you know if a ship is a "carrier". This is way more confusing than Elite Dangerous lol. Thanks!

[@Matrix2Strata017]

I stopped at carrier like so to guess, though it is in my own opinion, it would be the Raptor. It simply is on a whole other level, the others really can't compare. It's super-capable of defending itself with 101 turrets, large ship storage, huge dock area 21 S docks, and the docking pattern is actually super good. The S ships can easily funnel into the dock area, better than the other carriers in my opinion. It's also fast as well. It may not have the shield cap like others, but need I say it has 101 turrets again? Slap Terran XL MK2 shields and that takes the cake. I'll also put down right now, it's the best XL imo. Asgard is nice and cool, but that was until I learned how to effectively use the Raptor. Asgard is weak against S/M swarms, slow, if it gets caught in Station guns (evil Xenon graviton guns), it'll die really fast. Station bombardment AI is awful. Unconventional, but I also use the Raptor as a fast "battlecruiser" even though I shouldn't and a flyswatter. It's really good at station busting too. It's just way too good. After: I don't like docking M ships, they are an absolute pain. They have so much trouble trying to dock especially when the carrier(or any other) is moving. This leaves them incredibly vulnerable during combat and chokes docking time. Ships with large M dock amount not for me. I won't put M's on any battle group that docks up on the ship. Instead, I have been relegating them to Station Defense with a S/M Bay to maintain them. If needed, I'll draw them on a strike run from the Station, then they go back. I used to love Ms, until I started disliking docking them.

[@CaptainCollins]

Very indepth. Thank you for stopping and writing your thoughts! Like your insights. I don't know if the question wasn't even too easy 😜

[@astudentpilotlife]

Is some of the ship mentioned in DLC?

[@arwo1143]

The Raptor looks like it got some inspiration from the Venetor….

[@egoaut]

Colossus Sentinel rules 😉 it is so much flexible and faster than the sloggish Raptor or Tokyo, and ejects its fighters much faster. No need for a lot of turrets when you have 40 S-fighter. Yes its slower than the Vanguard, but ~20% more Hull points is better than ~10% more Vmax.

[@CaptainCollins]

Very good reasoning! I see your point and it's a good one.

[@ceraphal3340]

I love the Argus design as Support

[@v44n7]

my god the raptor is BEAUTIFUL. One question, how ships in storage work? I mean if the carrier is attacking, it launches all the ships docked, but it also starts taking the ships in storage for attacking? or do you have to manually de-storage them?

[@CaptainCollins]

If the ships in storage are part of the fleet, they will be deployed too. It will just take some time

[@v44n7]

@@CaptainCollins thanks so much! your videos are awesome btw!

[@MrMistz]

Hey Cap, question for you. Do you want them to reimplement the Online features and what would you like to see them do with it??

[@CaptainCollins]

No, I don't think their online systems makes or made any sense. I want to see meaningful implementation of features that being players together. Even if it's just a "you and me send some fleets to finish a job on a timer" thingy 🤷‍♂️

[@themajormagers]

i love the rapter but dont use it because of launch and land times. i use the tokyo instead. i just make multiple of them and give them each a honshu each and some destroyers.

[@storytsunami]

Hope they come out with battleships for the other races/factions too.

[@mps_gaming1898]

Same as you Asgard is my favorite XL battleship its insane beast, Xenon have no chanse against one Asgard one shot then a I xenon is destroyed :-) and so easy destroy station too

[@bartic85]

I miss X3/A builders: for its design, combat readiness, ship capacities. I always choose a Split builder for my capital/exploring ship in X3/A; I miss also M class carriers, they were like jumping taxis for S class, especially with the fuel mod.

[@Dreez76]

Sadly builders are limited in how many drones they use and how buying MORE drones doens't increase the build-speed. Also, the really bad thing about AUX-ships is their non-existant cargo, and they can't even supply a small fleet of torpedo-bombers without having to re-supply themselves and spend whatever little cargo they have, to carry torpedo-resources. I mean... look at the Honshu, 43.000 storage units, that's NOTHING for an EXTRA LARGE FLEETSUPPLY SHIP that's suppose to be a ship that... supplies the entire fleet. Also, when it comes to battleships, i think Egosoft screwed up when they balance the Asgard with the other ships because it's easily one of the tankiest battleships and it's FAR superior in firepower to all other battleships.... and firepower is all that counts for that type of ship. Compare this to the Split Rattlesnake which has subpar firepower compared to the Asgard.. and the shields of an M-class ship, and when you're a battleship, speed really isn't important because everything is still going to hit you.

[@CaptainCollins]

Yep. Max used drones are 30. Everything above is just reserve

[@redsun9261]

Rattlesnake is like 3-4 times smaller than Asgard. As a player's capship its perfect. Small, fast and agile. Just like M7 class in X3TC.

[@CaptainCollins]

Looks like a rocket, flies like a rocket, hits like a rocket. True? ;)

[@redsun9261]

​@@CaptainCollins Yeah. Except it looks like a split Cobra missile frigate from X3)

[@Matrix2Strata017]

The same can be said of M ships, when Ls are more efficient. Though when it comes to Ls, I would double it down to the bland combat AI, they're terrible. Strafing boosters might help, but strafing is nearly non-existent, and that's for all ships.

[@TrustSpiders]

Is it viable to have drone swarms in X4 instead of fighters?

[@kyoai]

That'd be an interesting video topic, how well fighting drones work compared to fighters when used by carriers or other ships that can carry drones, then comparing the replacement prices and replacement speeds, fly- and launching speeds, etc, or how much better a carrier is if it has BOTH fighters and fighting drones and how well they work as enemy turret distractions.

[@CaptainCollins]

Drones are tricky, since they only work while you are around. At least that's what I experienced. They can be very helpful in station defense, but the AI rarely attacks player stations.

[@cmdrgogen3203]

Still trying to figure out why would I need a carrier. Ships don’t spend fuel and all can fly along with the rest of the fleet. Less clutter on the screen and less clicks? Yeah, well, ok. Also afraid the skirmish would be over until all are out of the docks, plus waiting for them to return inside. Guess it’s down to playstyle and how you form your battlegroup.

[@CaptainCollins]

Yep and sometimes you just simply want to remove the clutter from your ship list on the map :) From a truly gameplay-efficiency-standpoint carriers make no sense (except for the Raptor as a different type of battleship).

[@freegamer8313]

the asgard imo is more for station & battle ship combat while the other one is more of a sector patrol ship

[@Shear666]

.... late reply but honestly I feel the Erlking is more of a "Everything" Ship. It does not have the pure ridonkulous Firepower and Tankiness of the Asgard but unless you try to Facetank other Capitals it outranges and outspeeds nearly everything that could possibly be a threat to it. I solo' Xenon Sectors without Support which I feel shouldn't be possible usually. With the Asgard I did get overwhelmed sometimes if there simply where too many Capitals ... which admittedly is a high bar really. Also in my Opinion it feels better to fly thanks to it's "mobility", I feel like the Erlking was intended as a "Personal Player Capital" but maybe that's just me.

[@rasmusd.carlsen8324]

Great video You managed to flip Vanguard and Sentinels for builders, you said Sentinel but you meant Vanguard. I gotta admit I don't prefer Paranid ships so I personally wouldn't choose Atlas, though your reasoning is good

[@CaptainCollins]

A little oppsie :) Thank you

[@ruthmoreton6975]

What's the best battleship if you don't have CoH or ToA? I have Base Game and Split Vendetta.

[@CaptainCollins]

You don't have battleships in the base game + Split 🤷‍♂️ The only thing close to that is the Raptor.

[@ruthmoreton6975]

I was looking for an Anti-Xenon Incursion fleet. I saw your vid using Destroyers out of sector. So I just ordered 6 Behemoth Vanguard which I shall increase to 12 once I have more money. I may also suplement them with 20 fighters using blast mortars to remove weapons. when i am in sector ( it works, seen a friend do it. ) I am on game day 7 and still learning X4 ( it's really nothing like X3 ) and I am getting concerned about Xenon footholds in HOP space and in Split Space.

[@mrug987]

I don't really like Zeus E, being able to dock only 8+16S ships makes it quite bad at actually being carrier compared to Arg/ant or Min/Tel carriers that takes 8+40 or 6+40 fighters that could possibly do bomber runs before any L, XL ship would get close enough to fight with turrets/batteries. So my favourite would be mushroom Condor or colossus, through in my game Tel don't have shipyard anymore so colossus it is ;d. Also, lunch tubes really makes a difference for these ships to send all fighters into fight the moment they engage. Raptor is badass, guns and amount of fighters make this ship seems like XXL carrier compared to other of this class, yet keep seeing it more as cherry on top of my fleet then reliable part of it. For one raptor its possible to buy 3 smaller carriers and those three combined are will take more fighters and generally be more efficient then single raptor, also cheaper to replace if one go down from 'surprise ks' on top of it. I play at xenon armageddon script (way more xenons ships) so ship replacement can become an issue sometimes, hehe. Behemot also makes good combination of destroyer/carrier being able to take 44 ships and having 4 S lunch pads, it can operate them quite swiftly.

[@cnewtonc]

The ZEUS-E is the worst ship ever. It is super slow.

[@mrug987]

@@cnewtonc At first I didn't notice it could take only 24 total S ships, I though that all L+ have 40 hangar space, I just found it out when I notice that most of my ships been 'yellow' unable to finish order 'dock' xd. Now I know better also with the rest ships from godrealm

[@NepoznatYuspeedy]

Why Egosoft limited the number of ships a carrier can carry, except for the raptor of course.

[@SuitUpAndrej]

Hey Cpt. Zockst du eigentlich auch mit Mods oder komplett Basic? Kannst du dazu auch mal ein Update machen? :)

[@CaptainCollins]

Aktuell völlig ohne Mods, aber der nächste Run wird voll mit Mods sein ;)

[@SuitUpAndrej]

@@CaptainCollins Sehr gut, hab mich schon gewundert :) Wie ist dein persönliches Fazit einmal mit und ohne Mods? Welche wirst du selber benutzen? Hast du da deine Must haves?

[@reywind8895]

Actually the Zeus E is the biggest ship in size in the game (to acquire, Xenon I is the biggest, 4x the size of the Zeus E). There is not enough space inside of the raptor to put there 30 M class ship (10 maximum, left no space to other stuff, such as bridge, engine, power generator or living space, cargo).

[@tarax007]

You were right! I have ideas for the raptor as well now! Also is it just me or is the construction ship design..." booring"? I want unique designs for all factions. Current one don't make sense for most factions. Only argon and maybe teladi

[@CaptainCollins]

"Get" yourself a Raptor and lets go! :D And yeah, we ALL agree that construction ships need some redesign :)

[@Assassin5671000]

Disagree that the Asgard is a battleship , it's ship built around a gun it's the most destroyer type of ship that you can get . But the new one is definitely a battleship but still it's made from pieces and I seriously don't see why it would have more health unless they are vastly different in size. Keep the good content and thanks for the guides

[@Tyrael007007]

I just started playing again. I really want the online expeditions to work.

[@CaptainCollins]

A lot of us do... we are waiting (more or less) patiently ;)

[@Woffieee]

Gosh I haate the Honsho. Soooo sloooow. Only upside is that there's a gazillion of them in the Terran/Pioneer zones that you can usually hijack just through telling ships to dump rookie marines at them as long as they manage to deposit all marines in it :) I always go with full compliment ^^* No turrets or weapons on the ship stealing the honsho and then just hope that you get it. Most of the time it works even when OOS and you give the order from far away (But that's my experience). Sometimes it fails buut marines are cheap. As for favorite carrier? Raptor due to it's dual purpose of carrier and as a mobile anti fighter platform. Fill the raptor with lazorz and it will swap all those fighters that are close down :) And if there's no stations around, just deploy aaalll your fighters on intercept and you don't have to worry :) Ooor just let the fighters suicide against stations...

[@mickeymariager64]

the best carryer in my apinion is the raptor it's the biggest has 40 s dock's and alodt of hangar space

[@Akideoni]

Personally I love the raptor in my gameplay pre terran. After terran release however I actually stopped playing X4 until only recently finding time to milk the game again. Digressing, on my current new game as a standed, I first flew a misfit Kyd follow by a cheapest manticore tug for profitssssss and soon it grew 15 tugs with 10 Raleighs for rep booster within a week. Just bought and runs Barbarossa for mission handling, was intending on running a Teuta but realize it's cargo hold is just too small... Also, I did find Both Vigor and Rip raker sectors less prone to pirates strikes while enjoying fairly simpler resource management. Making their sectors unusual safe havens from the usual X4 sectors in stark contrast with my past gameplay.

[@CaptainCollins]

You really got treated well by the new DLC, didn't you? :) There are so many playstyles it's refreshing to read something like this.

[@Akideoni]

@@CaptainCollins Frankly, I think egosoft seems to finally admit that most new players to X series still find basic X4 learning curve too steep with the UI stills overwhelm them upfront. Avarice seems to be very welcoming new players on ground especially it’s focus on lesser resource for trading and economy build up while at the same time giving a current game a stable economy lynchpin to base game on if the game faction AI attempt to overkill. On the other end, it trains the player to be more cognitive with the game UI, about the happenings to the ships operating in various sector, giving the player with intend to operate within avarice sectors would require double attention of the tidal conditions within it even when not actively in the sectors. Unlikely Terran DLC which works on a separate resource tree to make it self contained and stable, with a more untold role of isolate the drain identities. But its goal still do not resolve the hectic unstableness of the game basic economy structure. Avarice DLC on the other hand presented itself as a very powerful basic resource generating sectors to flood the basic game shortcomings. Likely upon pinpointing them using Terran close but stable economy model. They even go the extra mile by making food ration trading a prohibited activity within Vigor controlled windfall to preventing unstableness it might lead. Effectively, it meant it’s a really good foundation stone to work upon onwards, if they want to introduce other DLC into the current game without upsetting the game economy negatively in terms of shortages and time burn, E.G what happen to the Split DLC…

[@crym77]

I think the game needs a grater variety of ships in general, and battleships in particular

[@ReinisIkass]

Thanks for the entertaining video. The best ship is the one you get for 'free'. ;)

[@CaptainCollins]

Exactly ;) Thanks for watching!

[@breaveheart8078]

Raptor for me is the best carier!

[@CaptainCollins]

Very nice! Good choice

[@xizzard]

There is no worst builder if you get it by stealing it >:) I think 90% of my builders are capped + many other sold for profitsssss. Carrier: Arrawn (I don't know why, maybe an X Rebirth attachment) Not favorite but I just use them. Just started a while ago to use carriers in +800h... or any X game. I just kept teleport to Azzguards and shoot Xen I. Battleship: As(s)guard because it can 1shot Xenon I. 2 As sguards + 2 Terror can defend well enough against 2 I and 3-4 other Xen battleships.

[@brianwilson2063]

👏

[@Thaumogenesis]

TL;DW: Fusion Beam Cannon has no chill.

[@simontometschek6218]

the only thing i wish for is that the other factions would have at least somethign like a battlecruiser i mean the terrans are just rekking the argons with only 1 asgard lmao

[@davonskevortful]

The raptor class I call the "sword of the stars" and I never use it as a cv.

[@CaptainCollins]

It's like a gigantic fighter barrier. Or like a good goal keeper :D

[@Matrix2Strata017]

Did you just make a game reference? SOTS was a good game.

[@davonskevortful]

@@Matrix2Strata017 ya sure did. The split ships look like something out of the game and the ships shape is that of a Roman Gladius

[@Matrix2Strata017]

@@davonskevortful I feel like the Split ships would be Morrigi, since they like their edgey designs. Xenon definitely seems Hiver, Teladi for Tarka, Argon / Terran for Humans, Liir and Zuul I don't think fits anywhere.

[@davonskevortful]

@@Matrix2Strata017 zuul would be vigor syndicate

[@BryanWarner696]

🤘👍

[@josephanthony1277]

Raptor?

[@CaptainCollins]

Raptor!

[@xXOPxLunaXx]

Raptor ftw

[@notsaying543]

Im screaming for ATF ships to appear in the game 🤤

[@Shear666]

Sadly it seems going by Lore most ATF ressources where integrated into the current line of ships. The ATF itself was dissolved with the Asgard and Syn being the only remaining designs because they simply where too good. A shame since I agree those designs where sexy.

[@mrbouncelol]

Ill tell you what is NOT the best carrier: Colossus. Who cares about HP when other carriers have more ships, more guns. If collossus wants to be M carrier with 4 bays it needs to be able to carry more than 10 of them! 20 might make you consider it

[@ungrimwh5058]

There is not enough ship per class period the game still feels empty

[@Zfast4y0u]

x3 tc had better ship explosions then x4.... so poorly done

[@CaptainCollins]

yes, and sometimes the explosion is missing completely. Very sadge

[@Zfast4y0u]

@@CaptainCollins considering egosoft is small studio, they basicly rent an appartment and use it as workplace, we cant complain much. im just supprised no1 bought em out yet. like the star citizen guy. imagine what could have x3 become if it had money the star citizen has.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

Albatros is the worst ship in the game........... me. sob i 99% sure that is what i bought. i go cry in a corner lol. ehh wahtever i guess. it just sits and builds........

[@TheJoker17j]

I wish I understood his statement. Albatross Sentinel has 243 drones and Albatross Vanguard has 202 drones, the next closest in drone count is the Walrus with 192, then the Kyushu with 132. The Albatross Vanguard also is tied for most crew for builders. Unless I am missing something major this should make the Albatross one of the best builders if not the best.

[@davidyoudontcare3562]

you videos would be so much better if you stopped using all these filler sentences all the time. Would cut down the video from 10 to 5 mins when the same information content... but algorithm i guess.

[@CaptainCollins]

Nah, just not a good youtuber. Watch one of the latest Kingdom End videos and you will notice the difference that experience makes.