Is the Cerberus the best vanilla ship in game?

Datetha

So I was playing the bounty part of the game doing well with my early ship designs. I get to a system that had a Station in it. This thing crushed me over an over. So I spent hours making a new ship that spanks station. Then I got it strong enough to kill Crescent wrath.

 Cerberus is crushing me.  I last less than a minute with it.  My new goal is to be better than this ship.  Is this currently the best Vanilla ship to fight?

Jakeblake

Datetha Yes it is. The crescent Wrath is more expensive, but in an 1v1 fight Cerebus wins
Dave-II those lasers and ebolts on the sides of the towers won't shoot at anything because technically the actual gun shape is considered a block and nothing can shoot through it so everyone behind the 1st one is useless just though to let you know

Deactivated-Account

I can make a mod that adds a better ship if you want. :3 of course, even i cant beat my op ship if i try to make another ship

MrLeftHand

Deactivated-Account I have a ship that can take on two cerberuses at once

Datetha

Well I have to get through Cerberus first. You just don't skip fighting Vegetta and go right for Freeza.

Rhyme

Datetha
That analogy tho
Yes, I'd say the Cerberus is the strongest ship in the game.
If you want a way to cheese it,

image https://i.imgur.com/LKHvG6Y.png

There you go. 3 of these can kill the cerberus, taking less than 10k in damage. (you'll need a lot of patience and micromanaging though)

Sombreroman

Datetha Nice reference.

PlethoraTime

BEST VANILLA SHIP RIGHT HERE

this'll do it easy peasy but youll need a lot of money

Rhyme

PlethoraTime
Because spending 8 million to kill 2 million is worth it. You will NOT get enough fuel, EVER to actually use that.

TheBaconWizard

PlethoraTime | Only 8.1 million, I made a mothership that's worth 12 million, I'll try and add it to my Celestial Faction.

Atarlost

I think it is the hardest NPC to take down with a single ship. The trick to beating the Cerberus is to use at least two ships. It's got no meaningful anti-ship guns to the rear and is pretty weak to the sides so if you can fix its attention on something that won't die you can gut it from behind with large cannon or ion beam platforms or maybe missiles if you can get large volleys to saturate its point defense. I believe that splitting your value among more ships also tends to reduce FTL fuel use.

Halinder

The best vanilla ship is all the good vanilla ships combined.

image https://i.imgur.com/JoXPCSq.png

(That's the front of a Crescent Wraith, strapped to a Saucer, strapped to the wings of an Archangel, strapped to the towers of a Cerberus, strapped to the broadside of a Drakon Sword).

Hodyn

Halinder That's some pretty neat ship. i'm baffled.

Sombreroman

Halinder It's... ALIVE!!!

Deactivated-Account

i have a super star destroyer which can probably kill 10 cerberus but if your going for cost i have thor's hammer which is aawesome

Namek

If you have enough money you can do anything you want...

Dave-II

Use my Ragnarok class battlecruisers.

The Granite

image https://i.imgur.com/rAeLR8V.png

With cannons, ion beams and missiles, a less dangerous but still formidable ship.

The Eos

image https://i.imgur.com/JXTLJ8K.png

Heavily armored and equipped with lasers, it's probably the most powerful in the fleet.

The Battleaxe

image https://i.imgur.com/4sMdO3F.png

Quite literally has missiles coming out of its arse.

These ships were semi-inspired by the Hollownaught.

Dave-II

Or just use the CERBERUS TWO!

image https://i.imgur.com/5z9WsdG.png

Missiles and the removal of redundant ion beams. Done!

Dave-II

Jakeblake nothing can shoot through it

I know, but semi- broadsiding and turreting

Amazing_Goob

Jakeblake The Wraith loses the battle of Strength, But wins the Battle of LOOKING AWESOME!

Teg

I also think the Cerberus is the best vanilla ship. Here's my answer to it I built for this thread:

image https://i.imgur.com/mlu3lIP.png

Exodia:
1345.8 tonnes 204 crew $1,079,450
Capable of 1vs1ing Cerberus for nearly half the price. Generally takes about $10k-40k damage during the fight. Enjoy!

Ohm

Teg Good job on a counter that works for half the price! Also good job on the paint, it looks quite nice for a board with guns strapped on to it. 😛 My one complaint would probably be its speed. I'll have to try it.

culanns_hound

Teg I liked when your ship broke in half and I now had two ships to destroy the Cerberus with

Ohm

culanns_hound Actually, I tested it twice. Sure, it took damage and I can imagine getting unlucky, but it worked. For half the price. So yeah, there's that.

Jakeblake

Dave-II I dont think that it would ever shoot even with doing that. does it ever shoot in your experience?

culanns_hound

Ohm Oh, it definitely worked. And I wasn't criticizing your design. I really liked that both sides could still fly and maneuver around. It gave me a good laugh. Not to mention I have been wishing there was a way to have one ship detach and become two for the longest time and that is probably the closest I will get to that in the vanilla game. I know I couldn't design a ship for half the price that can take out the cerberus