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20 Feb, 2021 @ 8:40am
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Carpathian Class Cruiser

In 1 collection by mattjginsburg
Faction Craft - Neter's Edge
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The Carpathian is a large cruiser armed primarily with missiles and torpedoes with strong AA capabilities as well. The Carpathian is armed with two huge kinetic missiles, two double large missile launchers, two double medium missile launchers, six large missiles, 6 large torpedoes, and two large CIWS/aa APS guns.

The Carpathian is a well armored ship and has a large LAMS and smoke system along with decent armoring considering it's thin width. This ship unsurprisingly has a lot of time sunk into aesthetics and design, so many features are not optimal for combat and this ship will likely be harder to retrofit into something more effective. It also uses a new hull design as well.

Balancing around large missiles is hard, especially remote guided, so I hope the ship is still balanced and fun to fight. With that said, I've put in some interesting weaknesses to balance things out. The kinetic missiles are mostly based around deck turrets, the rear mast blocks the CIWS from hitting the missiles that come down from the decoys in the rear, and the LAMS should be easy to destroy.

As always, any critique, criticism or comments are appreciated. I'm thinking of taking a short break from faction craft and am thinking of building either a futuristic SD style more meta thrustercraft or a more aesthetically focused battleship. If anyone has any opinions or ideas regarding this, please feel free to let me know.

To update everyone on campaign progress, I've been trying to learn how to set up things in the map editor, but I'm still struggling through that. Hopefully I can get it out within a few months.

This ship took way longer then expected so I hope you enjoy the ship!
11 Comments
pinbuck 27 Feb, 2021 @ 10:15am 
christ its all mimics
mattjginsburg  [author] 26 Feb, 2021 @ 8:51am 
I noticed that in testing, the main issue was that I couldn't easily restrict the firing angles while still having it hit in the directions I needed. It's unfortunate and I wish I could fix it in a way that made sense.
American Flyer 26 Feb, 2021 @ 8:41am 
A problem that I have noticed is sometimes the CIWS will try to fire through the ship meaning it is just hurting itself.
diablogbt 23 Feb, 2021 @ 5:42am 
long beach? 0_0 pretty nice looking build, i like your style!
mattjginsburg  [author] 22 Feb, 2021 @ 11:34am 
I appreciate the compliment! I've been making modern ships for a long time and have definitely refined my style and detailing a lot since I began. If you ever want any advice or help, just message me and I'd be happy to do anything!
VanHengel 22 Feb, 2021 @ 10:16am 
Wow. As someone who has been building modern style vessels lately I can truly appreciate how much of a work of art this is... the detail level on the superstucture is outstanding! Now if you'll excuse me I have to go scuttle my entire fleet in shame.
K_K 22 Feb, 2021 @ 8:24am 
Amazing design, especially the mimics! Tons of respect, looking truely magnificent. Can imagine the time invested in them mimics, though ;)
mattjginsburg  [author] 21 Feb, 2021 @ 4:59pm 
Tons of time and mimics. It took me some time to be able to plan out hulls in a way that mimics could almost perfectly smooth them out, and I still make mistakes all the time, but it's led to way smoother hulls in my builds.
Sparkles_And_Sunshine 21 Feb, 2021 @ 4:51pm 
How do you get your hulls so smooooooooooth?
DapperSpino 20 Feb, 2021 @ 2:16pm 
Absolutely beautiful