Thread:AdmiralJoshNinja/@comment-27822411-20141213114539/@comment-13235970-20141214045738

Yup, Bouexic is right. I built Darksome Cast mostly for looks. That's not to say that virtually the whole ship isn't made of armor, because it is, but the shape is definitely the way it is, for aesthetic purposes. Now, having a larger superstructure does have some advantages though. For instance, it would greatly surprise me if despite being ever so slightly shorter than Kargeryu,Darksome Cast didn't have a slightly higher toughness rating. The weight, however, is a pretty big problem. I attempted to remedy some of the instability problems when I made it by creating those torpedo bulge-ish things on the side, but the drawback with those is that once hit at close range (as happened in our match) they become more of a liability than a help. This results in the DC being more suited to slightly longer-range engagements, hence the win in the first match, and the Kageryu being much more well rounded, hence wrecking me when we closed in.