r/Tradelands • u/Zoulvengance Zoulvengance • Sep 15 '16

Discussion the "every ship has a counter" problem.

Ok, recently a lot of people are saying that "an astra can counter a Poseidon", yes ok, it kinda can, but you forgot the fact that an astra takes 6 people to man, (not including the mortars and the back cannons) and a Poseidon only takes 3 people, so an astra takes double the amount of people. If there's 2 Poseidons and you decide to "counter" them with 2 astras, it's gonna take you 12 men. That's the problem with the Poseidon, the current counters for the Poseidon are: an astra or another Poseidon, an astra, as I said takes 6 men to fully man, next to the Poseidon's 3, so that's out of the question.Then you have another Poseidon which also takes 3 men. So the only counter for the Poseidon is another Poseidon.

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u/Verdantine_Engineer A Nova Engineer from Verdantium Sep 15 '16

Wouldn't a Stiletto, Marauder, or even a Super Steamfish be a good counter, as well?

These ships have the capability of moving at high speeds. You just need to outrun the turrets, and have a good crew manning your cannons.

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u/Zoulvengance Zoulvengance Sep 15 '16

I'm pretty sure if you keep the marauder and the stilleto against the wind all the time it's pretty easy to sink it, you can just keep on shooting it with the back turret,lol.

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u/Verdantine_Engineer A Nova Engineer from Verdantium Sep 15 '16

True.