'Stealth' Cruiser Type C

[Mendel]

Has anyone tried having two shield drones? shield+ and a regular shield overcharger?
Actually, it would be possible to have three shield drones if you have the drone recovery arm and fully upgraded drone system... I reckon that would keep you pretty well protected

Having 3 of them is not a really practical idea on hard mode maybe because the system and reactor upgrades for it would be prohibitively expensive... and you would have to be super lucky to find the drones on shops anyways. 2 might be still doable.

[project_mercy]

I have used 2 shield+ drones with a zoltan shield. It was amusing, but I didn't find it astoundingly worth the power. Maybe if you had a 4-man teleporter it would be more useful for basically ignoring the enemy ship, but you can get really hammered with certain environmental hazards.

I personally still think shield+ drones need some adjustment to be more viable. Both for players and the AI.

[Captain_obvious]

Hmm, I rate the custom Charge Laser as one of the best weapons in the game and will hold on to it in the vast majority of games.

Agreed. I've beaten the flagship twice as Stealth C using the starting weapons and either an ion II or a large laser charger. For the power cost it's a really efficient and versatile weapon, as you can charge up to bring shields down or set it on auto when you want to just pump out damage.