Perseus vs. Polaris: Settling the debate In less than 10 minutes
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2024
- Perseus vs. Polaris: One of the most contentious debates in Star Citizen
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Speculating about 2 nonexistent ships. This is a perfect example of star citizen lol. I bought both.
It's what we do! lol
Right, I have the Polaris but really want to add the Perseus to my fleet.
as did i.
LOL your observation is on target. Yeah I bought both of them too :)
Guilty as charged
They are completely different ships. Different Missions. Different Scope. They just both are spelled with Ps and go pew pew. Like comparing a M1 Abrams to a Bradley IFV. An apple to an orange.
Well this video was 3 years early, you can't do math on shields and armor that have no metrics ingame yet... not even talkin about the other mistakes like missing an entire twin 7 turret on the pers ^^
well said
Exactly like comparing Star Citizen to the COMPLETELY different type of game, Starfield, because they both have "star" in the name. It is how SC community mentality operates lol
I don't get why people are comparing the two ships in the first place. One is a subcapital gun corvette and the other is a capital-class torpedo frigate.
The ships do entirely different things, at different sizes and crew requirements. It's not even comparing an Abrams to a Bradley, it's comparing a submarine to a self-propelled artillery piece.
...or a Battleship if you wanna stick to naval terms.
@@BlackThanator apart from the gun ship is the frigate and the missile boat is the corvette
At this point in development we might as well read tea leaves. CIG has said a lot, and changed their minds even more often. E.g. who knows how master modes will affect Capital ships coming from quantum? Best strategy: Get a Perseus. Get a CCU to Polaris. Wait until both ships are in game. Wait one more year (minimum) for nerfs and balancing. (at least my plan).
Yet sometimes it is nice to read what people think could be in the future, so keep going.
I am indeed reading tea leaves lol Its fun though! I agree with your statement though about getting a CCU. I am more sure than most though so I just went with the Polaris. I need more amenities than the Perseus offers but it's still a great ship.
I do plan on getting a Perseus. Not meant for killing capital ships but sub cap ships. Reason I would go for the Perseus gives a nice nostalgic feeling for old WW2 battleships. Don't forget that the Perseus will also be able to change it's ammo on the fly.
Its def gonna be worth it for taking out C2s, Carracks and Hammerheads.
I have to agree! I love the look of the large offence turrets. But i do hope i get the crew for a javelin one day. Perseus we can already handle
for those xeno events it would be really good.
It's gonna be a fleets best friend when you want to drop in on an org and hit hard. It's not meant to fight a fair fight, it seems like it's meant to make a moderate advantage teeter into unfair.
i think a perseus will be the perfect fleet support vessel, it can damage both lighter ships and capital class, very versatile in what it can do
How things have changed.. I think the Perseus will have quad size 7 turrets now.
there is 2 small issues with the shield/armor statement : CIG said the heavy armored ship will ignore small cannons damages and ballistic amo can go trough shields with a small malus
Agreed. Remember in the video I gave the Perseus an Inconceivable amount of Armor just to make the debate seem legit. In reality the Armor on the Persues will likely be between 250 and 450k, nowhere near the 728 that I gave it.
@@billionaireninjas Not to mention that the Polaris will almost certainly have more armour hp than what you calculated for it (which you mentioned you intentionally kept low to help the Perseus a little with the math).
Also remember capital shield regeneration start timer is longer than large shields, also then double the regeneration rate as two shield will double that rate.
So even though the shield hp on capital is high, but if under constant fire will never regenerate, and slowly disappear.
So even with lower shield hp, the Perseus will start shield repair faster and regen cycles are shorter, then uts backed up with its armour.
Weapon was the 4x S7 ballistic cannons will be an threat, while the S10 torpedoes are deadly you can only launch 4 maximum at a time, and we have no idea what the reload times will be for the next volley. So Polaris will have a huge alpha strike if it has the surprise and the target hasn't yet got its PDS up an running, which has an high chance of killing these torpedoes before they hit.
So back to combat the S7 will do less damage per hit, but can't be intercepted and destroyed, and will have an estimated rof similar to the ION of 60rps per cannon, that's 240 size ballistic rounds on target in one minute, add to that the Perseus cannons is said to use customizable rounds that can be changed round by round, so it could fire plasma shells to quickly kill shields and then switch to HEAP, HESH, AP, or other hull damaging round to tear through hulls once shields are down, also remember these are guns so each turret will under the new gun mechanism focus fire on certain weak points of a ship, where missiles and torpedoes can't.
So yes the Polaris has nice features, but it's not a good combat ship in one on one.
@Heshinsi Polaris has light armour and designed to relieve on its shields more than hull.
Hull HP has no effect on armour, but armour quality and level has huge effects on hp.
Think Terrapin, an xs size craft, it's current hp is somewhere between the starfarer and 890j, this is to account for the effects of its heavy high grade military armour, similar to what the Perseus is said to have if not better.
Remember lore stated the Perseus is from the age where shields were only available to larger capital ships and as such being an Frontline combat ship needed armour to tank enemy weapon fire, without shields, the current version is the same ship with updated components and hardware, with the addition of shields to the existing tankiness it already had from armour.
The Polaris is just more versatile. While it will require more crew to be at maximum effectiveness in combat, it could most likely serve as a mobile base for a more flexible amount of crew. It is pretty much confirmed that some sort of automation for turrets will be on the way.
So if we expect you could get like an AI blade to control the turrets as a defensive screen when under attack, you might only need like 3 people to use the ship as an effective base. One pilot, 1-2 mechanics/engineers. One guy could even fly a fighter from the hangar.
Like if you want to do some variety of FPS and space mercenary/bounty work, why would you need more than 3 people to take the Polaris? It pretty much just needs a pilot and a mechanic to go from A to B. Bonus points if the guns can be automated to defend the ship, and if you got a 3rd guy who can fly a fighter to further defend the ship if under attack.
Otherwise, it has armory space for different guns and armor. It can supply food and drink. Supposedly it is fuel efficient, and can travel vast distances. It has good sensor capabilities. It has a lot of space for loot, or even some opportunistic high value cargo tasks. It has a medical bay for said FPS combat. It has huge torpedoes for taking out large ships, or possibly attacking ground targets.
But if your group of friends can sometimes get 6+ people online, the Polaris can definitely have roles and jobs for more people. And you could expand your mission capability based on the crew available.
To be fair the Perseus will more than likely be better in defense for tanking damage, and evading fire considering its maneuverability. Where the Polaris will be better is the shear devastation when fully crewed. I see both ships working side by side. The Polaris would come in and take out any Capital size threats and then the Perseus would come in and take any sub capital ships while a hammerhead takes care of swarms of fighters. I see these ships filling a role in a squadron instead of having a single group on one ship.
Perseus looks cooler, debate settled, you're welcome
Projectile weapons and shields as i remember shields are only slightly effective against projectile weapons. So polaris shields against large projectile weapons might be problematic to even predict.
They seem to compliment each other well. A Polaris can handle fighters with its many turrets and capital ships with its torpedoes. The Perseus can deal with ships that fall in between - think large subcapital ships that aren't worth a s10 torpedo, but also inefficient to chip away at with s3/4 weapons. A great duo to run in tandem.
Idk, I like to think of the Perseus as a souped up redeemer and the Polaris as a super beefy retaliator. Thoughts?
I really like that. I think both are on the upgrade paths to get here.
Makes sense to me, with the beefy retaliator made multi-role. Hangar brings some semblance of modularity to the Polaris :)
The thing is, as I see in the comments already in a few places, armor will completely mitigate smaller caliber weapons. On top of that, there won't be "Hull HP." With physicalized damage and armor, you won't be able to just shoot the same spot on a ship and blow it up. You will need to penetrate through armor and hull to hit vital components or kill crew. Think War Thunder. That makes all the math in the video meaningless beyond a couple of years out. Given that the large projectile weapons on Perseus will penetrate shields and light armor, given the right targeting a Perseus could probably kill a Polaris relatively quickly. Of course the large torps on the Polaris will wreck a Perseus. So it depends on who gets on target first. Also given the fact that we just saw ranged weapons get a massive range increase, it's possible the ships will be able to hit each other hard at similar ranges. Large torpedoes at long range will make for big targets.
Overall, the Polaris is definitely more offensively minded and will kill most things smaller than a Destroyer. A Perseus will be a tank that ignores most fighters and can probably fight longer.
You're right that they shouldn't be compared; it's really just that they cost a similar amount IRL that creates the dichotomy.
well put
Imagine loading down a ship this size with cargo, small ships, and collected items just for it to explode because of a bug
Nice vid. I've gone with the Perseus. 1st I feel the Perseus can be crewed by a minimum of 3 (4 once an engineer is needed) freeing up others to crew the larger ships. 2nd The role of the Perseus. I feel in a fleet battle the Perseus would be used to smash the L fighter defense provided by the Hammerhead. The Perseus is the anti-Hammerhead ship which will require the Hammerhead to have L-fighter protection (this can be negated with the Perseus having it's own compliment of fighters or a Deemer or 3). 1v1 the Hammerhead loses. The direct antithesis for the Perseus will be ANY of the S9 or bigger torp ships, Eclipse; Retaliator; with the Polaris being the biggest and baddest. The 3rd reason is based on aesthetics. While I could have both in my fleet, the Polaris is just not a ship that appeals to my aesthetics. Now this is purely subjective, but I find it ugly (looks like a termite queen on roids) compared to the Galaxy and the Perseus design models. Even the nose cockpit/bridge designed Appollo has better aesthetics and hence they are in my fleet. Of course this is all in the perfect world of the imagination of the imaginer, so take it for what it's worth.
They get compared because they use the same airframe. LITERALLY.
RSI took the Polaris, removed all its support functions, and loaded it up with the means to fight on equal standing with a ship it's size.
The Perseus is a Ship of the Line. It's meant to act as a Frontline Wall and augment the firepower of capital ship fleets like the Idris, Javelin, and Bengal. It is constantly escorting them and never separates from the fleet. It is for people who want to be part of their fleet as a full time fleet operator. A Perseus is when you WANT SOMETHING DEAD and your Javelin lead orders a coordinated simultaneous strike on a target.
The Polaris was designed as a detachable Patrol Corvette. They come and go from their battlegroups or base of origin to expand the military capabilities for those groups and are expected to handle trouble that requires a serious response, but a Captial ship response is not feasible. It is expected to solo those instances. The Polaris is for solo operators who would rather range out then be stuck babysitting the fleet's Bengal Flagship.
It's basically the Ship of the Line vs the Patrol Corvette. The former is the fleet's guard dogs. The latter is more likely to be the flagship for a local milita or scout for said battlegroup.
In this case we should compare ship of the line to another ship of the line and corvette to another Corvette right?
@@billionaireninjas They're both corvettes. That's the other reason they get compared.
A better comparison would be the Polaris vs the Carrack. Both are Patrol/Expeditionary vessels with large cargo bays and long jump ranges. Both have hangars with which they can carry a patrol fighter. Both are expected to range out and operate solo in the Deep Black. You could even fit the 890J into this category.
A similar better comparison for the Perseus would be the Hammerhead and/or the Redeemer. They are ships of the line who purpose is to escort larger vessels and screen them against smaller threats while the actual Capitals slug it out against each other.
It's not a completely fair comparison since you're comparing a Corvette against a Gunship in terms of weight class and the Polaris and Perseus outweigh their competition but at least you'd be comparing them to the same role.
Comparing the Polaris and the Perseus is basically comparing the C2, M2, and A2. It's the same airframe adapted to completely different specialties. In the case of the Herc you have jumbo pure cargo against a frontline military transport against a MOAB bomber. Same airframe and weight class, wildly different jobs.
Hmm. You may be on to something here.
I grabbed both. Chained the Perseus up from an STV, and the Polaris up from a Spartan. In effect, I paid full price for the Polaris, and the Perseus was a freebie.
The number of warbond upgrades on ships under $150, this year, has been pretty small. I like to think my $230 BMM is to blame; it will be named Warbond.
Love that name lol
Getting a merchantman for a massive discount? The BANU would be proud
Perseus is a pocket battleship. use it as such & you will have a load of fun tearing up shipping lanes. As far as taking on Cap ships I think you may have to Wolfpack the cap ships with multiple Perseus ships. Now as far as Perseus getting swarmed by fighters, I hear this all the time & I will ask you this How do you get all these fighters to where ever the Perseus is? Keep in mind that Stanton is going to be the Smallest System in the game & most fighters have to put a Non Military (Slow) drive to make it across the system as is. On top of that Perseus with all that armor will nullify smaller weapon fire. CIG & John Crewe have made statements on this very thing it will not just be an extended hit pool. if your gun is not big enough to pen the armor its like it never happened. Now up to what size gun idk.
This is a great point! Armor does indeed need a certain size gun to penetrate we just don't know what size yet. Shields however make up for that by regenerating so if you have a good enough pilot you could potentially fight much longer. Not to mention ballistics eat through everything regardless of size. As for how the fighters will get to a Perseus. It would most likely be when you come up on a larger target with fleet support light fighters or a kraken which is a nightmare scenario for a Perseus.
@@billionaireninjas agreed, If someone did want to chase down a Perseus they will have to tie up a ton of resources & manpower to do so just to get 1 ship with 6 dudes on it.
I own both. So, I am good either way!
CIG has already said backers will be able to solo large ships with blades and npc crew so I wouldnt worry about it
Agree with all of this .. I have Polaris and Idris on order, that's it for me and large military ships.
I really appreciate your efforts to keep things grounded . By highlighting design documents this will be a timeless vid. Just check okay how light military armor comparing to the density of heavy armor , when we can shrug off those under size 4 shots. One little thing is Perseus is one of the largest militant in atmosphere ship; vtol huge amount of hydrogen, smallish, Polaris will probably handle worse in atmo, more like a plane less like a space ship (or more?.)
I'm still waiting to confirm how armor works because CIG has let out conflicting statements about armor... First they said ignore shots...but then during maelstrom they said the whole system changed... So until they figure out the mess I'm going with what we know so far. But I'll definitely update this when they announce more.
Just get both and hope for the best
Hahahah ok Mr. Moneybags! I respect the willingness to spend the money!
you and I would get along very well both are in my hanger
OK CiG LOLOLOL
Hey I'm cool with anyone funding the best game ev...the best MMO ever made.
I said the same thing and do have both myself lol
I originally wanted Polaris because of design and hanger bay, but feel the Perseus is more soloable than the Polaris. But their sizes are like saying I want the 890 as my capital ship and the 600 or 400i as my daily driver.
So that being said. I most likely will try for the Perseus first and then add the Polaris later.
Wouldn't the Polaris be the more soloable ship since you have the hangar that can hold an assortment of ships and a med bay to revive in for you to do other activities? Neither ship is going to be effective in their actual roles with a single pilot. However, if you just want to explore and do other game loops and have mobile base of operations, I would imagine a hangar, and a med bay, plus a sizable cargo hold, can make the Polaris a far more enjoyable ship for a single person to just tackle multiple game loops.
@@Heshinsi that is true on those points. If you were just using it to ship shipping ships and what not, but just questions why not use the other ships? All comes down to personal preference and style, but what is also available for the pilot to use in the case of defense?
@@caseygalerneau4448 I don't mean using the Polaris as a ship platform to move small ships around. I meant if I had a Polaris and Perseus and wanted to fly one around for whatever reason, loading the Polaris with say a Vulture (which apparently it might be able to fit), plus the decent cargo bay, means I've got a fun little salvage operation I can solo for a bit (having a cargo elevator in the hangar means I can offload salvage boxes from the Vulture to the Polaris every time I fill it up). Say I decide after awhile that I want to tackle some of the upcoming distribution centre bunkers. I can land my Polaris a safe distance away, then use a loaded ground vehicle to travel to the base, do my mission and go back. In case I die I respawn in the Polaris not far away, hop into one of the other ground vehicles I loaded up, and then continue raiding the bunker. It feels like a Polaris gives you more game loops to tackle as a solo player than a Perseus which can only really do the bunker stuff I mentioned except without the ability to respawn in it if you die.
Neither ships give the pilot anything they can do directly for defence alone by themselves if I'm not mistake. However, having fighter in the hangar means you can at least try fighting back or bug out and quantum away if the fight turns. In a Perseus all you can do is run which is an option also available to the Polaris player too.
Is a good thing that you address the weirdness of comparing these two ships, but I don't think that the Polaris is the "next step above" the Perseus. Like saying the Retaliator is the next step above the Ares fighters, similar roles but not the same.
Personally I think of the Perseus as a torpedo boat destroyer like the HMS Havock (Royal Navy, 1893); whose creation stemmed from a specific need: countering the threat that torpedo boats posed for battleships like the Ironclads.
And I think of the Polaris as the Osa missile boats or Sovremenny destroyers, intended to yeet a bunch of big missiles to another ship and then leave (well, the Sovremenny had other roles but i hope you get my meaning)
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The correct decision is to get both to protect your blinged out Orion.
I have a feeling that the Orion wilk has some decent guns on it and will only need one of these for help. I think the two size 5's might become two size 6's because that ship has grown!
Perseus: effective range 5k vs. Polaris effective range 50k.
I agree. Curious how the auto anti torpedo weapons will work and how many torps they will shoot down. Polaris I’ve seen speculated as a torpedo defense drainer until eventually some get through when there are multiple large missiles going out (Javeline/polaris/second Polaris,etc)
Perseus will be more area denial defense that blasts anything that comes into Jumptown or space jump town, or contested giga mining space rock, or base defense, etc.
Yeah right, the retaliator has 20 km tarps that you have to fire at 4K…. Also, point defense is going to murk those torpedoes. You can’t do defense against the laser cannons. Also, the Pius is going to be an amazing rammer has much thicker armor if you look at the interior models… but even so you need at least 8 to 10 crewmates versus two crewmates.
I think I like the looks of the Perseus better.
One thing to think about it the damage mitigation on the armor and the shield penetration chance on the shields. Also what happens to Hull HP onces armor/pen is in, think I heard its going to go but not 100%.
Yes! whenever people talk about this. I just recall the word balance. Hull HP has a chance of complete damage mitigation the same way Shield HP has a chance of negating penetration. So even if armor ends up requiring a larger size round or missile to break it. The same would be able to be said about the type of weapon required to penetrate larger shields efficiently.
Both ships are made to work together in a mission.... Polaris comes in and kills the bulk..while Perseus comes after (slower?) and defends against the remains..while Polaris takes off to safety....then Perseus dies right before it manages to jump out while the crew also contemplating why they didnt just take another Polaris to finish everything in one swoop 😅
I think the Polaris goes in guns blazing shooting everything it has which should be enough to kill just about anything. Perseus has clean-up duty while the Polaris retreats. Or the Perseus shows up and distracts while the Polaris sneaks up and unloads from the other side.
Bwhahah I love this comment
I love the way you broke things down by "stages" outstanding !!
Polaris (with scorpius) Perseus and med galaxy are going to be a mean little rsi strike group when used together.
Anyone who says the Perseus simply doesn't know ship to ship combat...... The Polaris by rule AND function should eat the Perseus for breakfast almost every time. It's speed, range and weapon load out will put warheads on the Perseus before it can even respond.. Don't get me wrong, the Perseus is one tough battleship for sure. But torpedoes are simply it's kryptonite.. And the Polaris comes with bucket loads...
That said, if you're trying to decide between which one to get, the Perseus can be at full operation under a skeleton crew in comparison to the Polaris. I'd say about 4 men can get the Perseus up and running at 100%
The Polaris on the other hand demands at least double that. Also, torpedoes aren't cheap lol... So this ship will usually spend money, not earn money unless you have some nice contracts. Something to consider when shopping.
Agreed. Also fuel and repairs on a Polaris are going to be big bucks.
Torpedos will be big bucks.
Crew cost will be big bucks unless you have 20 friends who want to do it for free.
The Perseus can have laser weapons so it can do damage for free. It’s going to be cheaper to repair in components and weapons.
Cheaper to refuel. And most people have 4 friends who want to hit some bounties for free
I think you're right about cost considerations. However look at how we currently play the game. You go and do a few vhrts and erts and bring back some weevil eggs... Cost considerations then matter substantially less. It may not be that easy in the future but I doubt it will be so much harder that you'll have to do three times as much to make the same money.
@billionaireninjas it's a bad idea to judge what we're getting now and anticipate it for later. That said, drugs and such won't be going anywhere in the grand scheme of things. I think they'll taper it back or drop the price but it'll always be around. Even so, the Polaris hand over fist will be more costly to operate, repair and re-arm. I think at the end of the day, it all depends on if you'll have a crew or not. But the Perseus will be much easier to get it done than the Polaris. I look at that ship like I do any other capital ship. It's big and expensive to operate lol.
And in the future i expect to be able to sell coordinates more easily. So the Perseus could sell weevil egg loot coordinates instead of looting them themself, thus somewhat compensaring the small cargohold.
@@jugganaut33sorry those S7 cannon turrets are bespoke, only the CDSW s3 Gatling guns can be changed.
But running costs will hurt the Polaris hugely and I don't think many have though about this.
Just look at the cost of the s5 and s9 torpedoes current at discounted alpha prices, and think of what each s10 will cost to replace. Add to that the quantum and hydrogen fuel costs, and these are all before thinking about noc crew and player hire costs.
The running costs I'd estimate would be enough to pay for the running costs of 3-4 Perseus.
Other key thing is everyone goes on about the 24 s10 torpedoes, big deal, you can only launch 4 at a time and I'm sure you will find the reload time isn't in the 5-second, or even possibly 10-second range, so you'll need to have the element of surprise to get effectiveness from your alpha strike as after that the target will have full defence up and be engaging with the goal of being out of the launchers forward arc of fire, limiting the Polaris to its s5 gun turrets and missiles.
I wish player stopped looking at big numbers and looked at tge finer details of what is possible.
I have been saying this from the beginning lol
Have a Perseus based on Aesthetics , apart from crew size and awesome paint......havent got a clue what its for, an indulgence.
A perfectly fine reason to purchase a ship!
You have a super flexible investment. The Percy is a navy-style long range deep space patrol boat. It was originally designed to be a fleet fire support frigate to protect the flanks of larger ships such as the Javelin and take on sub-capital and larger ships. She can also be a pocket explorer with the capability of carrying some cargo or an Ursa rover. In the lore, the mere presence of one or more Perseus ships in a sector would scare off the UEE's enemies or make them super cautious about attacking.
@@billionaireninjas Well knowone knows yet what game we will end up with, everything is brought on ''trust, hope, faith, belief'', because that's all you have with Star Citizen, CIG make no promises, hell...concepts from 10 yrs ago still haven't been built?.
ps: just look at the spanner in the works PYRO is causing for some backers, they probably will NEVER venture into PYRO .
That's why i treat what's on offer as an indulgence and not a religious experience. Enjoy
Perseus feels like it’s a great replacement for a carrack. Looks so cool
Thanks for the Summary. (From a Polaris owner.)
I love how you prepared for this video. You honestly layed it out so nicely. I think the polaris is unkillable. Im interested how this will go.
If polaris would be OP then everyone Will be flying just that ship and The game would be extremly boring.
It Will have its weaknesses.
Example: i dont think People understand how slow those S10 torps Will be. Its not going to be a 1v1 ship.
i don´t care about numbers really.
i like both designs.
i CCU'd 2 LTI ships to them, so i have both.
[insert the "both is good" meme]
I'm not sure why people even compare them. They are completely different ships. Personally I bought a Perseus for the cool factor, it's hands down the coolest looking ship I've seen in a game so far. The idea of having custom shells is also something many people completely ignore which I think will change the game. The potential for rounds such as AP, Flak, HE or even EMP to use for different ships/scenarios could turn the meta on it's head.
The Perseus is also said to have some thick ass armour on the hull, in future, Hull HP won't be based on some arbitrary number, but should in theory be simulated by the thickness and type of material. It's anyone's guess what that could mean for how much damage it could shake off from smaller fighters and other ships of similar size. I personally think it'll take a few solid torp hits, or AP rounds from another Perseus to take down this bad boy quickly, otherwise you may as well be pissing on a house fire shooting little bullets and lasers at it, thinking it'll even make a dent.
Thank you! I wish people would just look at them as two great ships! I owned a Perseus when I made the video but I have Polaris and Idris now. I can't justify having all three though
Great multipurpose comparison, good job setting bar at 6 crew.
Generally you make some very good points. Going back to each ships combat focus. Perseus may get the upper hand with Max Crew if Polaris first strike Torp Attack misses or is evaded by Perseus as it closes range. If Polaris can launch its fighter(s), it’s the most likely winner in nearly all 1v1 Perseus Polaris match ups.
They are two different ships for two different purposes. One is a long range attack and go capital killer. The other is a Patrol mid size ship killer. The Polaris should be paired with an Idris, while the Perseus should be paired with a Hammerhead. They are two complete different ships with different goals
I’m definitely getting a Polaris. I’m going to fill the bay half way with 4 to 5 Murai fury and it’s game over, I’ll take on a king ship with that.
Imagine that size 10 torps get weapons officers who can opt to manually fly them!
Both of thoses ship look amazing
I went for the mobile base aspect. I like both ships. Eventually will have both. Mainly purchase the Perseus in game, when it is available to do so. For now, I do have a Polaris. Ready for it to be here. Have a regular small group, and I plan to maybe start an Org... Regardless, we look forward to using it for some interesting game play.
Totally agree!
Insert "why not both" meme here.
I like the one shaped like a wedge of cheese.
Cheese ship is best ship.
I've been pouring over the Polaris preview and I've determined at least most of the new armaments for the Polaris. The Main turret under the nose has at minimum S6 guns. It could be S7 but it's hard to determine the exact size due to the S6 & S7 Behring energy cannons having the same model. Additionally, the top turrets are now S5. They have the S5 M7A cannons on them. The side turrets have quad Attritions of at least S4. Could be S5 but they're hard to make out and the models between Attrition sizes are the same. Then there's the rear Missile turret, which could have S2 or S3 missiles. And then lastly the Bottom turret is a Quad Attrition turret in at least S3.
Sounds about right we'll see if that makes it into the game!
Perseus will always be my favorite because BIG cannons make my brain light up.
Would be nice if the Perseus had a med bay.
If the perseus had a med bay I would trade in my A2 in a heartbeat
It would be a great combat mission ship then. Whack an APC in the cargo. Med bay (maybe teir 3) bombardment support from the under gun.
Until the ships are both out AND the armor rework is finished I'll continue to doubt that the perseus LARGE sized military heavy armor is stronger than the polaris CAPITAL sized military light armor. At best they can be seen as equal.
And yes, comparing these two is not very productive. One is the smallest available ship that can operate as a full fleet supporting core. The other one is the biggest, fattest large ship bully without any supporting abilities.
What the perseus will surely excell at is running defense for ground operations to keep pesky A1 bombers at bay. Other ships have problems with killing them before they can deploy their bomb. Perseus will have the dps to strike trough.
yes the answer is simple, Both, both is good.
Exactly
I get the point you're trying to make because they're both great ships in their own right as you said. I don't think it's as cut and dry as you're making it out on some points tho, Costs to run a Polaris will be a lot higher, but the trade off it can semi function on its own and it could even be a command ship as you said. The Perseus can be a center piece of a smaller fleet, helping to deter larger targets whilst fighters keep the Perseus from getting swarmed. I honestly think a Polaris, Hammerhead and Perseus combo is where it's at in terms of usefulness and diversity because of the sheer amount of coverage they can provide in terms of damage and across how many targets they can be useful!
All excellent points. Cost of ownership will certainly be a factor!
Maybe pair a Perseus with a Liberator that carries its own swarm of fighters?
This has to be my favorite video on the subject. I think the comparison is pretty fair to be honest. Alot of folks are looking at the two and thinking to themselves, what ship is for me. It gets interesting when you want the big mean scary ship that strikes fear when it joins the battle field. To alot of us we think the Perseus is that ship, and would be by a good margin. It has ONE job (so to speak). However, when you sit back and think about it and work the numbers, you start to wonder, is it really the big scary?
I'd like to see the Perseus easily be the clear winner in sheer combat for its class. Heck, I love to see a new game play strategy (im thinking warhammer style ramming). Again, when you start to think about it and work some of the numbers out the Polairs seems, dare I say, scarier?
Im still on the edge of my seat to choose. I was on team Perseus as a pure combat bad ass that, like I said, would strike fear when it rolls in for a fight. Now im not sure sure. The Polaris is really starting to change my mind....
Thanks again for the great discussion Ninja's!
I see one acceptable solution to this problem: get both.
If you've got the money sure. But I also think most people only need one. It just depends on their goals.
I agree, different ships. There is a “but” no one mentions ever. Range. If the Perseus guns have an 8km range, or more, that may make a big difference when it fights any larger ships.
As well, if you set 6 as a crew number, and are OK running positions short on a Polaris, I’m gonna want 3 crew on a Perseus and 2 Perseus for 6 crew.
Yeah, range is a consideration but those size ten torps will outrange or match pretty much anything on the Polaris. Plus being able to pick up ships further away with better computers/scanner and radars.
Just as a thought…. We don’t know yet how effective point defence is gonna be. With torpedoes that large and slow, they may be easy to shoot down by auto defences.
Kind of like comparing the retaliator and the Redeemer. I think I like a gunship better, but torpedoes are fun too. I would say that the Polaris would not be good for defense because you can only shoot so many missiles at a time. If you have light fighters coming in, you can only engage one of them with your smaller size missiles by the time they all get under the range of all your missiles.
The Nautilus is more of a frigate and those so-called mines are closer in function to depth charges. In practice, the Nautilus will be deployed as a frigate due to her capabilities.
The Perseus is just a gunship and better compared with the Hammerhead; although these ships are still geared towards different purposes.
The Polaris is billed as a corvette but this remains to be seen. She could, potentially, deploy as a light destroyer if the armaments are sufficient and the player is rocking with extra crew.
Something people forget is the enormous difference made by damage control department and the fact that a ship's "toughness" scales drastically with the size and effectiveness of her engineering and damage control departments. There's going to be a lot of "how you play it" to this and, if it's done right, the limitations of ships will place higher crew demands on them for combat-readiness.
Excellent points. I will say that the Nautilus mines are a bit more effective than depth charges because they fly towards a target before the fire rounds or before they detonate. Also, they have a much longer life in space than a depth charge has in the water.
+1 @@billionaireninjas Yeah, there's definitely some overlap with self-guided torpedoes and mines, not just the whole depth charge thing. I suspect, however, these things will make them even better at being the space equivalent of depth charges and I expect they'll see a lot of use to flush out stealthed ships - if we ever see the stealth mechanic implemented on the same footing as dogfighting.
Up close, Persues; Far away, Polaris. Just so happens, most space fights start from far away.
Heck you settled it faster than I did lol
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Ballistica can go through shields, with the new targeting system and engineering, 1 burst to the si gle power plant or cooler of the Polaris and is dead in the water, plus the Perseus couls bounce a lot more fire power from bigger calibers, but i still like the polaris more, got both, but man, my beautiful Polaris is queen in my heart ❤️
been out the game for a while but ill pick up the debate a little i suppose.
Armor which hasnt been in the game has been said to have weak points such as escape pods ect. ships with more open spaces and not as thick walls will probably have a lot less armor. the hammerhead for example even if it is armored has hallways going through every inch of it and doors to the outside and i think escape pods but i cant recall.
ships like the pers, valkyrie, ect they have heavier armor and a lot of unused space on the inside which makes their walls thicker. in the valkyries case it has that double bulkhead to protect its drop troops.
when it comes to the shields a capital sized shield is better against 1 or 2 large shields but ... all capital parts are harder to replace and will surely be out in the field longer. The large shields are able to be swapped, and having 2 large shields means you can have 1 up and one out while you replace it. so even if a capital sized shield is 10x a large shield a large ship can carry extra shield gens to help make up for it and it will be easier to find spare parts compared to a capital ship.
This isnt even talking about durability, which a capital ships at 100% might win but eventually it will be at 70% or 50% and a large ship can still be replacing its parts regularly picking up spare large shield gens.
then capital sized ships verses large ships is already a stretch because its likely they might not even be in the same areas.
a large ship can go through smaller jumps and will also be easier to use around planet surfaces. Then you got the overkill of using a capital ship killer like the polaris verses a sub cap killer the perseus.
you might be able to win a fight against a pers, but if you dont you will loose a whole lot more. that pers has no parts you can use on your capital ship, no medical bays, no internal ships, probably not even ammo you can use for anything and might be nimble enough to avoid or destroy your massive torpedoes.
the pers doesnt have to win only cripple your ship and you have to head back for repairs. the polaris tho will have to win the fight for it to matter if the pers gets away it will probably be fine with anything besides a giant hole in its side.
the main thing i think about with thick armor is hull breaches and if your shield is down or in nav mode. that armor buys you time. Imagine a polaris trying to nav jump out of a fight and getting smacked in the side from a pers. thats a lot of damage. the polaris probably isnt taking a pers down while it jumps unless one of those torpedo connect.
So the reason I think the perseus wins the 'survivability' prize isn't in the number of hull hit points. But in the way armor is supposed to work. If both ships were in game, I wouldn't switch to this metric, but since they aren't in the game yet, off we go! So from what's been written so far, hull points is a place holder. Component destruction will be the way to go. And once armor is in, it will protect the components by literally blocking damage. If you have light armor, you need at least a size 3 weapon to hope to deal damage. Medium armor will need a size 4+. And heavy armor will negate attacks from anything below a size 5 weapon. So in context, most fighters can deal damage to a Polaris, but you would have to have a glaive, an ares, or torps to deal *any* damage to the Perseus. So if the armor makes it into the game, and works as intended, AND we switch to the component damage system... then the Perseus will be a tougher nut to crack. If not... well I still like the perseus because big guns go BANG.
You may be right! Just remember that the Gimbal limitation will be removed so a lot of light fighters will have access to size 3 guns. Also how do you think cap shields will do against the same targets?
@@billionaireninjas Cap shield should be fine against all the attackers, but I think the issue is that the Perseus might be able to straight up ignore size 3 weapons. So in a big furball, the perseus can throw it's full shields forward and rampage ahead confident that the fighters on it's heels can't actually do anything to it. The Polaris on the other hand will need to keep the shields more evenly spread out to prevent those same fighters from attacking it's rear or flanks, because those attacks could actually cause damage to important or critical components.
Basically, a perseus doesn't even need it's shields to ignore a hammerhead all day long. But a Polaris needs it shields to keep a single light fighter from eventually chewing it's ass off.
I'm thinking the sheer time to kill and regen will be the biggest things working for the polaris. Yes you can eat at the shields but they will regen A LOT when you miss and even if you don't combat doesn't happen in a vacuum right? The Polaris will be shooting back and it has a lot more to shoot back with. All the Polaris has to do is get the Hammerhead off target long enough to regen a bit and then it has to fight back for all the ground it lost. Not to mention its running from torps. It will be fun!
All I know is if a Corsair could beat the Perseus I’m sending mine to the shadow realm.
I seriously doubt it. Perseus has better guns, better shields and ten times the armor most likely.
I like putting things inside of things and the Polaris has a better hangar for putting things inside it :D
I currently own the Polaris and have a CCU to upgrade to the Perseus from a Carrack. However, if I am not satisfied with the Perseus, I will consider upgrading it to the Nautilus.
The nautilus is awesome I did a review on it and I own one!
Ya, I got both, no reason to debate over semantics. Also Torpedo Dorito has capital ship sized shield generators. The Perseus does not.
@Billionaire Ninjas - You are wrong. The Polaris has dual size 6 weapons. Said so on the north star episode. Also the Perseus has twin mounted size 7 weapons. WHich means a broad side attack to a sub or capitol class ship will make smaller cap ships take evasive action. Your confusing stats with the purpose of the ships. The Perseus is designed to slug it out and soak up damage because it is too slow hence the extra armor.
Look at that the first time someone on the internet told me I was wrong! Legendary!
i may or may not have both, me like making stuff go boom!
also ik it can be used for other size ships but that literally sounds like the Polaris was made to kill the idris
"turrets and missiles for light fighters, torps for cap ships" lol
Lets be real... The Perseus would have blown up from 4-6 s10 torps before getting in range to take a shot. I would say this is like comparing a naval destroyer with a crazy hybrid mega-submarine
its the internet, debate is never over. Anyway you shouldn't get either of these, get the Ion. It has infinite ammo.
Those numbers tossed around mean very little.
Shield is penetrated significantly by projectile weapons.
And armor is said to bock just about everything that is not strong enough to punch through it.
The hull HP as such is not that relevant.
What does matter is how well both shield and armor can protect critical areas and in this regard armor will beat shield.
Shield really need to block more damage in order to be dominant and we already know they won't.
I'll revisit this when armor is in-game. But as for now the HP totals heavily favor the Polaris. That being said the Polaris will have armor as well just not as heavy as the Perseus. Like I said we shouldn't even be comparing these ships.
Wow, I gotta remember for next time to not walk in here AFTER I've taken my meds. No meds, math and I don't get along... Much less with meds.
I can see a med bed going into the Perseus. and the perues also has 20 size 5 torpedos not missiles. i perfer the smaller bulldog of a ship.
Yup I misspoke there. Thanks Good Catch! Also I own a Perseus!
Do they already have the greyboxing done for the polaris?
Yes!
@@billionaireninjas damn, it may very well see release in july then.
i disagree with the shield debate entirely since both ships ignore shields since one is ballistic and the other is torpedo.
the only time shields matter is for laser and disruption weapons
I hear you. A few points. Not all the weapons are ballistic on the Perseus. Ballistics are slower moving than lasers. You still have to get in range to use those ballistic weapons and the Polaris has the Perseus outranged easily. Any ship can get ballistic weapons unless they have a bespoke loadout. The Polaris can get ballistic weapons as well. Lastly, Shields still are not in their final state and neither is armor so we'll have to wait and see... I think we'll find out this year!
this is all the right responses to a T my man, hell of a job layin it out for folks 🤙🏼
point defense will be coming ingame soon, effectively making the polaris a paperweight
Perseus will be clapped out with armor the lore confirms. It was built for destroying blockades its even shaped like a wedge
So many problems with this right now. Talking about ships that are not finished (or even started yet) when armour doesn't even exist and we don't know how it will work yet. And cargo... They already said that is getting nerfed.
Well that's the point of the video. Watch until the end. We say the same thing essentially.
I think it is important to remember that quite a few ships have gotten larger over the course of their development. I am expecting that this will be the case with the Perseus and it may also see different improvements or amenities be included. If the 600i is going to be able to carry a Nova and get a med bed (yes I know different ship role) and the Retaliator getting its rework/gold pass, I expect similar changes in the development in the Perseus will happen.
The polaris rework may very well make it a true capital. I havent heard anything about the Perseus getting bigger.
on the website both ships have 2 large shields
Based purely on looks, I have to go with the polaris. Edit: turns out I bought both.
Perseus is not a capital ship. Polaris is. Id probably want 3-4 Perseuses if I wanted to kill 1 Polaris.
I would say two Perseus would get the job done but I like the way you think!
@@billionaireninjas don't you think one of those perseuses would die to polaris torpedos right away though? And then you'd be down to 1 perseus, and it would be a matter of reloading for the polaris vs sustained fire from the perseus.
I was just thinking in military terms, and how many more people you want in an assault. When I was in the army here in scandinavia, we operated under the idea that you'd want 4 to 1. If you wanted to take down a team, you'd use a whole platoon.
I guess its different with naval battles, but I would fear the torpedos, and I would expect to lose 1 or 2 perseuses if the polaris was fully crewed and battleready, while 0-1 if the polaris was not ready for it.
It would all depend on the numbers and skills of the ship operators I guess, as your vid sums up pretty well ^^. Looking forward to see how the damage of the guns and torpedos will be.
Thank you for your service fellow veteran! You're making a solid point here. I just think torpedoes move very slow so making contact with them on anything subcapital will be difficult considering their purpose is to aim at capitals. So while polaris might be able to send two torps at long range, they are less likely to hit because of their size. My guess is they would hit one perseus for every two volleys of fire at two torps each. The amount of time to lock, fire and reload the torps will be what allows both Perseus to get into range. I could be wrong though.. I would want it to work this way to give the Perseus some real depth in the subcap fight meta.
Yeah I was wondering about that. I wasnt really sure but now that you mentioned it I think it was this channel where I already saw comparisons between the Perseus and Polaris. So why are you comparing them? I dont see anyone else do that. The ships are supposed to be quite different in their combat roles.
? I only have like 30 videos. Type polaris vs perseus into youtube you'll see like 20 videos. Go to reddit there are dozens of threads. Same with Spectrum.
@@billionaireninjas Ah my bad. I recently had another Perseus vs Polaris video recommended but that wasnt you. I was just thinking like who is comparing these 2. Anyway it would actually be nice if there were more combat ships in the Polaris range size wise.
No worries! I agree!
"Fun" is also important in a game, which is why I'll get a Perseus.
I can't predict which one will be the most fun for each person but I own a perseus if that helps lol
I couldn't decide got both 👍😅
They both should be online soon you'll have a lot of fun this year!
@billionaireninjas I want the polaris to be my home away from home when I'm doing solo stuck like a armoured to the teeth carrack exspencive to run lol but the perseus for when I'm doing org bits also have the banu merch but not sure what to do with it 🤔
Same ideas here my Polaris will be my secure home away from home while I transport goods/supplies to my far away bases that I build with my Pioneer. I have a Merch too! My Banu Merchantman will replace it once I have enough money to fill one up. Then the Polaris will be my "someone pissed me off/didn't pay me what they owe time to hunt them down" ship. For uses in the Banu if you're not interested in using the shops too much, it does heavy cargo, and will be legendary in the VHRT and ERT space for how long it will be able to stay out and keep fighting while collecting Cargo. Think about doing 25 ERT's and only filling up 1/3 of your cargo bay with the treasure you looted from them. We're talking 100m+ after 4-5 hours of gameplay.
do not make me regret my perseus purchase!
Never I own both!
If we are taking how things will function (or are planned to) then hull HP is irrelevant. That's a placeholder system.
It is a placeholder but not irrelevant those numbers are calculated by CIG they aren't random. That is a common misconception. That being said I was just working with the information available. Educated guesses have to be based on available information. Armor on ships will still have a breaking point similar to the hull hp numbers
@@billionaireninjas ships will be "destroyed" by neutralizing components. Small ships this may include severing areas of the ship containing them by that won't be common for large ships.
You'd be better off looking at how concentrated these components would be.
I've wanted a Polaris for years. Never saw it for sale.
It's a limited sale only ship. It's only for sale in May and November and it's $750
Thanks! Now I have an LTI Polaris, Perseus and Ironclad. ILW got me.
unless the Polaris is manned beyond the 6 man minimum the Perseus will have the advantage. the Polaris is meant to go up against capital ships using torpedoes
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one the Polaris has weapons that can fight pretty much any ship it's just a matter of which weapons are manned. As far as six man maximum crew on the Polaris that was just to be completely fair to the Perseus however even with just six people the Polaris can still out gun the Perseus. Don't forget that the Perseus is going to be slow because of all that armor so they're probably going to be around the same speed if not the Polaris will probably be faster. The Polaris has five size four turrets and 32 size 3 missiles that'll put a dent in a Perseus. Even if that wouldn't put the dent in it it'll most likely be able to hit the slow moving Perseus with those size 10 torpedoes considering the range that those can be fired from. And even after all of that all someone has to do is hop in that Ares in the Hangar and send that towards the Perseus and now you have to fight the Polaris and an Ares.
Tbh its stupid of CIG if Perseus dosent have a medbay. Any big ship should have one atleast a basic t1 especially military ships
Perseus walks into the debate room, pulls down pants and sais "size 7". Walks back out of the now silent room. Your welcome. ( jk )
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funny cool blue RSI ships go brrrr i buy both bc both will be funny
You keep talking about Hull HP... Which is a current placeholder until Maelstrom arrives. It's not a long stretch to think the new damage systems will be in before the Perseus will be in game. Maybe not make it for Polaris...
I can only use current facts to make educated guesses but yes maelstrom will change things a bit perhaps this will be revisited
Not sure people want the debate settled. 😋
It's a way to keep discussing the ships you love.
Yeah this is probably going to stir the pot more than settle the debate I'm noticing lol
I just got both so meh I’ll find out which I’ll burn for something better but my moneys on the Polaris
Polaris is not sub capital, it's the smallest true capital. The sub capital ships are HH and Perseus.
It's listed as a corvette class capital which is a sub-capital. That's straight from John Crewe. It was never marketed as True Capital but perhaps after the rework it will be.
@@billionaireninjas A corvette is a capital ship in this context, it's the smallest warship you get. And CIG have mixed the age of sail and WWII doctrine together.
"A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or "rated") warship. "
Unlike the HH it's not said to be "sub-capital", but is said to be a fleet leader on the page. A fleet leader would be said to be a capital ship, as it's the largest and most deadly in the fleet. You can get get them in all sizes, but we don't use all of them in SC, as we don't have a cruiser class or destroyer class, and over time those 2 has also changed places, so some destroyers are larger than cruisers. All we know is what CIG thinks this ship is going to be in the game, and that is a fleet leader.
"The Polaris is a nimble corvette-class capital ship that packs a powerful punch with a full armament of turrets and torpedoes. Intended for use as both a naval patrol ship and to serve as the flagship of militia operations, Polaris has the capacity to perform search and rescue operations, light strike missions and general security patrols. The Polaris includes the facilities to repair, rearm and refuel a single fighter, light bomber or support ship"
The last thing is that they also said capital ships uses capital systems, like a capital power plant. The Polaris have both a Capital power plant and Radar. Something all the sub capitals don't have.
This sounds about right. I just wish they would update their friggin website!
@@billionaireninjas Jep. Problem is that many things are also said once in a video or post, and is never shared on the matrix.
I think it's also because they don't follow the navy rules about what type each ship is, and how they fit into each category. Some ships are light ships, but have the mass of mediums and range of heavy, and the HH is a gun ship, but the redeemer is also called it now. Because it reminds people of a helicopter gunship.
They should have made it :
Patrol ships (Perseus, Retaliator)
Capital:
corvette (HH, Nautilus)
Destroyer (Polaris)
Frigate (Idris-M)
Cruiser (Javelin)
Battlecruiser NONE
Battleship None
Escort Carrier (Pegasus)
Fleet Carrier (Bengal)
Dreadnought (Retribution)
Polaris is a ship that punches up, where Idris patrols and punches down. The Javelin is the ship of the line, as it's simply good the more you have, and have weapons that are a threat no matter the ship class. That the Javelin is a destroyer class seems so odd to me
But you would use a destroyer more to patrol, and to keep eyes on a target. It's been those classes that have hunted down submarines and have had torpedos of their own to hurt larger ships.
200 million from 216 SCU on weevil eggs? Kids, dont skip school..
Yeah I carried an extra 0 lol its supposed to be 20m. Math being wrong Point still stands though
Torps can be shot and destroyed. They are huge and slow. The perseus has a smaller crossection, very tanky, and has big guns to do constant, effective damage. The perseus will win a 1v1.