Ships and modules...so many modules

[zenith epoch]

I only play PVE or with friends. There are many ships but especially A LOT OF Modules. Despite the so many variants i dont know which one are good, what kind of ships i should built or what roles. How many of them in one fleet. Can someone give me some tips or maybe even show your best design. Thanks a lot

[woeful portal]

As much ships per fleet so you can stack admiral buffs.
Generally build types of ships that your alloy economy allows (corvettes early game, cruiser about midgame, battleships are alloy heavy).
Afterburners are great on all ship types, so if confused, put afterburners. Shield capacitors, armor hardening, shield hardening modules are more advanced tech that are expensive and have a niche use case for sweaty minmaxers like me. Just slap something that looks good, it's your game.
More reading here: https://discord.com/channels/689816016363978763/1151063007519051776

Regenerative plating that repairs hull and armor is also great for longer wars since you don't have to repair them as often. Same goes for nanite modules. No module is super terrible besides shield capacitors.

Rule of thumb:
Point defence kills missiles and strike craft (hangars)
Hangars kill small ships (corvettes, destroyers and other strike craft)
Disruptors are great all around cause they bypass everything
Torpedoes demolish big ships and stations but are short range
Big weapons (L-slot/X-slot) are super damaging but also miss regularly and can't shoot point blank
etc etc etc

[zenith epoch]

I see, what shiproles are the best suited for which ships? Example i heard destroyers with only disruptors are great or Frigattes should be used for topedos

[analog drum]

in PVE its quite simple
Disruptors against the AI

Anti armor weps with armor against the Pythorean swearm

Shields and anti shield weapons against the unbidden

something along the lines of Tachyon lance battleships against the unbidden

Other then riddle cruisers normally you just spam cruisers and only a few battleships

[zenith epoch]

what are unbidden if i may ask?

[analog drum]

3rd crisis

And Cetana is topedo spam

as its a giant ship

[zenith epoch]

thanks

[zenith epoch]

so do you think cruisers disruptors only are enough until late game? just these type of ships?

[analog drum]

for singleplayer

yes

unless your fighting something special Ex: the khan/midgame crisis

for khan tmn you usally spam neutron torpedos with a FTL jammer on a neutron star system that disables shields