Endless Space 2 - Analyzing Vaulter Ships

[@natalie-20]

This is a really good series, there's so little content to be found on this aspect of the game for newer players to learn. Thanks!

[@Aliessil]

If your fleet analysis videos aren’t getting the views you expected, I suspect that’s more to do with the 4mth break, or 5mths since the previous ES2 video. Give people time to wake up and realise you’re posting again. I missed the Sophons video somehow but having seen these, I’m now going back to watch that one right now :-)

[@PangolinAdvisor]

Yeah, you have a very good point, I was absent for a LONG time ^^" Well, I'm fixing it now! Thanks to Amplitude for giving me a wake-up call and inviting me to be one of the streamers for ENdless Summer lol

[@appleburp5858]

I just played another vaulter game and realized how good the Argosy can be as an offensive ship, because it can create portals on neutral nodes after the upgrade. With vaulters I usually don't bother with engine modules after I placed a reasonable amount of portals. As long as you're defending you don't really need those. And since the Argosy is usually super speedy you can fly through the galaxy and drop your massive army wherever there is a neutral node. But this makes the shit ton of support/utility modules on vaulter ships even more obsolete :D

[@whisperer195]

Now these are the type of videos we need! Love the info, great vid!

[@heliumprime]

Nice job on the detailed analysis :)

[@fenryrtheshaman]

The dart class can replace earlier classes for vaulters and I think this should've been regarded in this video

[@TheChairmaker]

I think their ships are so weak to make you use their unique boarding modules, since you can't hope to win a straight-up shooting match. Kind of like Tyranids in BFG: Armada 2

[@johnpo2]

Good evening ladies and jelloman!

[@TheBddan013]

the video was great. but saying the ship is great/trash just make me dont want to play them. xD mybe adding a basic build to the early/mid/late build for a ship... and how to play with them in order to hide the weakness

[@PangolinAdvisor]

Yeah, I think could've been more impartial ^^" But tbh, Vaulters are fun to play despite their weak hulls - teleporting around the space is a ton of fun. And with technology advantage you're never gonna notice that your base ship design is inferior ;) The idea to add sample builds is a good one. Should I include sample builds when I talk about individual ships or should I have all sample builds at the end of the video, as its own segment? I'm leaning towards the second option but I'm still undecided.

[@appleburp5858]

@@PangolinAdvisor First of all great video again! I think considering all the advantages vaulters have (teleporting, instant settling, etc.) the rather weak hulls are fine. I'd love to see sample builds. Just in order to get some new ideas. And I think it makes more sense in combination with the other ships. So I would prefer the second option as well. Maybe you could show fleet compositions for different stages of the games. But I think this would blow the videos out of proportion ;) Maybe you could make an overview over the different weapon/defense/utility systems sometimes. Because there are some niche ones I completely forego (i.e. rail guns). Still, looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work :)

[@EpicUbermensch]

Do top-mounted weapons really make a difference? How so?

[@Nazar_Melnyk]

Maybe, because side-mounted weapons can't fire simultaneously, only on one side, thus decreasing damage by factor of two. + Top-mounted ones have better fire coverage (can shoot in front of the ship).

[@Operador2281]

Do nakalim ships pls!!

[@doubt3430]

Alright but still these ships models are fucking hot

[@krocodockle2544]

I've never used the boarding module

[@jesseshaffer9234]

Not useful. One video comparing the relative strengths of each ship class and putting them in a tier list would be helpful. This is just trash talking one faction’s ships. Nobody really needs this. One of the vaulters’ greatest weapons is their economy. Play them correctly and upgrades aren’t an issue and, combined with portals, neither is fielding more ships than the enemy.

[@mgh7634]

Of course it's useful. Understanding your faction's weaknesses is important for building your general strategy around. No one is disputing the Vaulter economy-- because that's not the point of the video. This isn't a general guide, just an analysis of a faction's ships and where they're strong/weak in comparison to others. He already DID talk about how a weak ship design doesn't make the faction a poor choice and stated that the Vaulters can easily compensate. He also already mentioned what factions these designs may beat out and which ones they'll fall behind on so why the hell would you need a tier list (as if tier lists have ever been useful for anything...)? Stop being a mongoloid. Also lose some weight; I can smell the gunt grease from here.