Longbow Destroyer

Longbow Destroyer

Longbow Destroyer Builds

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“	The Longbow Destroyer is designed to provide fire support. It has a narrow field of fire and long range.	”
	— In-Game Description

General

Longbow Destroyer
Basic Information
Faction	Miner Rebellion
Tier	1.0
Class	Destroyer
Slot Configuration
Weapon	2
Armor	1
Shield	0
Special	1
Specifications
Health	40
Unladen Mass	40 t
Maximum Mass	650 t
Firing Arc	45.00°
Cargo	26,000 t
Ship Speed	200 m/s
Turning Speed	15.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	120 m/s
Rear Speed	20 m/s
Acceleration	60 m/s2
Sector Speed	480 AU/h
Hull XP	82 XP
Modifiers
Range	150%
Resurgence	60%
Research
Requires	Ship Factory IV, Ship Lab IV
Time	33m 00s
He-3	55,000
AM	0
Module XP	91
Blueprint
Build
Time	16m 30s
He-3	11,000
AM	0
Craft
Repair
Time	40s

The Longbow Destroyer is a Tier 1 hull with primitive Miner Rebellion technology.

As a destroyer, this ship has modest firepower but very long range, taking out opponents from afar.

Strategy and Setup

Advantages

The Longbow Destroyer, like other destroyers, has a range bonus that allows this ship to outrange the vast majority of other ships as well as most Energy and Explosive base weapons. This enables you to destroy opponents without suffering any damage in return.

Rear Thrusters are commonly used to catch other ships, while Strafe Thrusters help the Longbow Destroyer to dodge incoming projectiles at maximum range. Rotation Thrusters may also be used to prevent enemies from exploiting the ship's narrow firing arc by staying in its blind spot.

When upgraded to Mk II, destroyers gain a huge bonus against cruisers, destroying even heavily-armored ones within seconds.

Disadvantages

As a destroyer, Longbow Destroyers are very slow and thus unable to kite other ships despite the massive difference in range. They have even less health than Harrier Frigates and are easy pickings once the enemy gets in range to fire. Therefore, Longbow Destroyer pilots should always try to keep a safe distance from enemy targets.

Most weapons used at this level are not homing and thus relatively easy to dodge, allowing skilled Harrier Frigate pilots to evade every single shot and close the distance to take out this ship.

Upgrading

Level	II	III	IV	V
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	2	2	3	3
Resistance Slots	1	1	1	1
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	683 t	715 t	748 t	780 t
Cargo	32,500 t	39,000 t	45,500 t	52,000 t
MODIFIERS
Cruiser Damage	+100%	+130%	+160%	+200%
Weapon Mass	-5%	-10%	-15%	-20%
Shield Bypass	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%
Resurgence	70%	70%	70%	70%
RESEARCH
Prerequisites	Longbow Destroyer	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable
Workshop Required	II	N/A	N/A	N/A
Time	1m 00s	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mineral Ore	30,825	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRAFT
Time	4m 54s	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mineral Ore	13,463	N/A	N/A	N/A
Patterns	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cores	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
Parts	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
Armaments	4	N/A	N/A	N/A

Trivia

• You receive a free Longbow Destroyer on your 4th day since playing.
• Some players spam instant-repair Longbow Destroyers instead of Broadsword Destroyers during Civil War to earn free points. These ships hit hard and are worth next to nothing.
• All player ships had their Resurgence values modified as a result of the late February 2020 update.

Gallery

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  Longbow Destroyer during the Flash era of VEGA Conflict

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  Longbow Destroyers laying a barrage of Scatter Missiles

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  Mk2-5 Longbow Destroyers

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