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|title1 = Kraken | |title1 = Kraken | ||
|image1 = Kraken-icon.png | |image1 = Kraken-icon.png | ||
|shields = | |shields = 6800 | ||
|hull = 7000 | |hull = 7000 | ||
|top_speed = 50 | |top_speed = 50 | ||
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* Great at kill stealing with its [[Spinals|Torpedoes]]. | * Great at kill stealing with its [[Spinals|Torpedoes]]. | ||
* Very small blind spot due to good turret placement. | * Very small blind spot due to good turret placement. | ||
*As of | * As of December 19, 2021, the only player-ownable ships that beat its monstrous 579 average DPS are the [[Hyperion]], and the [[Prototype X-2]]; making this the Dreadnought with the highest DPS in the entire game. | ||
* The turret armament, maneuverability, spinal armament, size, and health of this ship makes for an absolute monster of a dreadnought that has few counters to it, outside of most [[:Category:Super Capital Ship|Super Capitals]], and large swarms of small ships. | |||
== Disadvantages == | == Disadvantages == | ||
* Needs good [[Spinals|Spinal]] aiming skills to prove effective. | * Needs good [[Spinals|Spinal]] aiming skills to prove effective. | ||
* Without spinals, the ship loses about half of its damage output. | * Without spinals, the ship loses about half of its damage output. | ||
* Torpedoes are slow, making it hard to hit moving targets. | * Torpedoes are somewhat slow, making it hard to hit small or fast moving targets. | ||
* Extremely expensive to obtain thanks to the Weapon Part, which has a material cost of 32500 Uranium, and 10 Armored Platings on top of a credit cost | * Extremely expensive to obtain thanks to the Weapon Part, which has a material cost of 32500 Uranium, and 10 Armored Platings on top of a credit cost of 187,500 credits; ''just for the Weapon Part alone!'' | ||
== Version History == | == Version History == | ||
* Added in .65a3. | * Added in .65a3. | ||
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* Turret placement changed in version .70c. | * Turret placement changed in version .70c. | ||
* Medium Torpedo count increased from 3 to 4 in version .73d5 | * Medium Torpedo count increased from 3 to 4 in version .73d5 | ||
* Shield health increased from 6500 to 6800 in unknown version. | |||
* Re-released to build menu with new additional material costs of 1 Weapon Part, 20 Kodiak Platings, 40 Armored Platings, and 1 Quantum Core in version .75a1(?). | * Re-released to build menu with new additional material costs of 1 Weapon Part, 20 Kodiak Platings, 40 Armored Platings, and 1 Quantum Core in version .75a1(?). | ||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
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* Do yourself a favor and try not to fight small ships that can pick at your health. | * Do yourself a favor and try not to fight small ships that can pick at your health. | ||
* If you dive a big target, you can hit it with your [[Spinals|Torpedoes]] easily while it is docking. | * If you dive a big target, you can hit it with your [[Spinals|Torpedoes]] easily while it is docking. | ||
* | * Use the extremely high firepower to destroy other [[:Category:Capital Ship|Capital Ships]]. | ||
* If you are able to, try to use this ship in a coordinated group of three of the same ship. This allows you to destroy most non-limited Super Capitals if they attempt to attack you alone, or defend your bases very well against [[Sieging|sieges]]. | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Almost the same model as the [[Kodiak]]'s. | * Almost the same model as the [[Kodiak]]'s. | ||
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* After the quest to obtain it was removed, the Kodiak Activator and Kodiak Armor were not removed from the game, leaving them to waste space in a few people's warehouses. | * After the quest to obtain it was removed, the Kodiak Activator and Kodiak Armor were not removed from the game, leaving them to waste space in a few people's warehouses. | ||
** They currently do not serve any purpose, Although it may serve a purpose when the quest returns. | ** They currently do not serve any purpose, Although it may serve a purpose when the quest returns. | ||
* At the time of this edit to the page(January 1, 2022) this ship is arguably the most overpowered [[:Category:Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] in the game. | |||
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