Topic: Tugs

[Gook]

I would suggest Tug-A, CVT, BT for the purposes of this poll

[Kroma BaSyl]

yup...would add AUX units as well.

[madelf]

They would add flavor to the game, but the tugs are all way imbalanced compared to each other.  I have to vote no.

[FPF-DieHard]

No, the shipyards would be spammed with them and they really are supposed to be a rarity.

[FPF-Jem]

Not to mention that you'd probably get at least one in every single mission again which gets annoying.

[GDA-S'Cipio]

No, I would prefer not.  First, there is the "historical" reason.  And second, they eat up too much space in the shipyard!

-S'Cipio

[Rolling]

OP has tugs?!!!


Hmmmm.... the things you learn.

[zerosnark]

Yeah, but seeing a federation Battle Tug with six photons. . . . .ugh.

[Capt_Bearslayer_XC]

LOL... you should see the one with 24 fighters!!

[Green]

No, the shipyards would be spammed with them and they really are supposed to be a rarity.

True.

But what about only one from each race to reduce the spamming in the yards?
And
Have them OOB controlled to reflect the rarity.  I don't believe any of them are really worth a Build Point or VC, but you could allow no more then 1-2 per race (assigned by the RM).

Tugs, Aux, and the other stuff can be fun to fly.  They are a POS for the most part, but still an interesting change-of-pace.

[Lepton]

I voted no, but I'd love to see some battle tugs to pop up every once in a while.

[FPF-AJTK]

Oh no, we cant have any TUGS on GW3. It gives DH hemorhoids when he sees a tug, and I cant STAND to listen to da fricken cryin and whinin  blah blah blah.

"Damn tugs.. too slow... not balanced...cheese....blah blah"

 

[Rod ONeal]

LOL I've been on the short end of every poll. Now I'm seeing why it seems like nobody ever agrees with me.

Tugs are slow. Most of them would be eaten alive in open space. The CVA/CVL equipped Fed tug being a possible exception. If you aren't familiar with it, look up Munster in the SFC dictionary. It's pic is there.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

I say YES...

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

No, I would prefer not.  First, there is the "historical" reason.  And second, they eat up too much space in the shipyard!

-S'Cipio

Good reason to vote no here Scippy same with commando ships

[Holocat]

I recall the reasoning was their shipyard clogging and odd AI matching.

This is because a tug usually costs less than others of it's hull size, often costing comperable to something a hullsize or two less.

When AI selection schemes pick the largest hull that's near your BVP, we ended up seeing them every mission, pretty much.

If the latter is solved, then there's still shipyard production (for the same BVP reasons it's seen so often) to consider.

[FPF-DieHard]

I recall the reasoning was their shipyard clogging and odd AI matching.

This is because a tug usually costs less than others of it's hull size, often costing comperable to something a hullsize or two less.

When AI selection schemes pick the largest hull that's near your BVP, we ended up seeing them every mission, pretty much.

If the latter is solved, then there's still shipyard production (for the same BVP reasons it's seen so often) to consider.

That's easy to fix.   leave the tugs Restricted in the Client list but un-restrict them in the Server list.   They will appear in the yards but not as AI.

Tugs are still just too stupid though.

[FireSoul]

And I say No. They aren't supposed to be constant ships of war. They're usually sent on special missions like "Take that battlepod and go kill that base!".

.. usually, they are just carrying crap around.

-- Luc

[762_XC]

I also say no, but it would be nice to see them utilized in special scripts/scenarios (even Convoy Raid).

[Rod ONeal]

And I say No. They aren't supposed to be constant ships of war. They're usually sent on special missions like "Take that battlepod and go kill that base!".

.. usually, they are just carrying crap around.

-- Luc

True.

Tugs "normal" deployment was as 1, Faster better armed freighters better able to perform in a hostile enviroment. 2, Monitors either at bases or planets. Many times deployed for base construction as they could carry the supplies and help defend the construction area. 3, As a type of bombardment ship to attack planets or bases, 4, As an emergency combat vessel. They were actually more expensive to produce than a similary configured CA hull would be, more vulnerable in open space, and fairly rare. If would be cool to have them if they could be employed with limits.