Since there has been an increased interest in these by more and more players, i thought id post a few basics about designing and using superswarmers.
There are a few categories of superswarmers: (and i will classify them how i want to)
Standard
Tinymen
Pship Hybrid
Kami Hybrid
Defender
Before i say anything else, the maximum swarm bonus for anything over a 62 weight hull (thank you Kenquinn) is 2.43 times the starting attack and 11 times the starting Hp.
the standard type superswarmer can have a wide range of attack:Hp ratios. the smaller they are, the more likely it is that they have more attack. to design a small-standard superswarmer, use multiple weapons, but not too many. the weapon stack equation is total attack * .99 raised to the Xth power. its up to you to find the optimum number. dont forget to give the weapons accuracy. if you are using many, i find that if u give the multiple weapons 1% accuracy, then make another separate weapon with more accuracy and less attack, you'll get good results. dont forget computers. there should never be more than 1 special on any swarmer or ship. give the special sufficient Hp, and defence can also be effective. dont put too much energy into it though or you could lose large numbers of ships. finally, the sheilds. sheilds are extremely important in superswarmers, they effect the Hp and the amount of marines that survive while boarding/being boarded. to calculate the actual Hp your ship or fleet has, use these equations: 100-abs=X 100 divided by X=Y Y times shown hp = calculate Hp
I wont say anything about tinymen. these are an 'ancient' art, but if needed and weilded properly, with the proper resources, they can devastate the opponent.
a pship hybrid should only be used on the main server to keep small players from killing ur pships and taking segs. they have more attack, less accuracy (although the more the better), and less hp. if given too much hp, they will survive TOO much and not give a proper nebula.
A kami hybrid could theoretically be very effective. i havent seen any in use but im working on a design. the key is to get sufficiently more accuracy through computers. these would be good for high-end assasin jobs
A defender hybrid can be a great source of defense. a proper defender should have a 1:10 attack:Hp ratio so that the experience bonus goes to the Hp and def instead of attack and def. these should have less acurracy, (try one comp and 1 weapon), more Hp, and MUCH MORE ABS. abs does not give fleet power and therefore there is no possible downside.
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if anyone has questions or answers, please post them. i also have a superswarmer design used fairly widely on the wars server that im willing to post the specs for if anyone wants.
