Ithilis_Quo wrote:aaah... this debate.... guy test it, and then test it again. I make about 50+ testing and about 10 real game testing only with tempest, only advantage = only reason why build it and why its builded its stupidly low build time. Nothing else.
ps shield give 3600hp multiple shield maybe 5000hp max. its nothing when is still 215 000hp is missing to be same efficient as batleships
That's enough of a reason. It's a quick mass-sink. Additionally, sure it's worse than Battleships, but it has several advantages over them too:
1 - It can submerge. This means it can hide from Gunships, becomes invisible to Radar, and invisible to normal Optics, say from planes flying overhead.
2 - It can build Engies on the front lines, or other ships if you want, with absurd buildpower. Niche use, yes, but it's there.
3 - While inefficient compared to Aeon battleships in ship-to-ship combat at T3 only, it is far superior than them against T1/T2 swarm navies, especially if you have a navy of your own to screen. That superior range should not be underestimated, and neither should the fact that it alphas any T2 ship. It's also the Aeon's best hope by FAR against UEF T3, as it outranges Battlecruisers far more than the Omen, and can submerge to pummel them with torps if it has to, torps which just happen to completely ignore the UEF's main anti-torp strength, Cooper's torp defence.
4 - Far superior bombardment. The range, again, is immense, and the alpha damage and splash are a serious threat to anything without heavy shield cover. Coupled with a Torrent's DPS against any shields, the Tempest cannon will wreck anything underneath.
5 - It doesn't require T3 Naval Factory investment, so you can surprise someone with significant power in the water out of nowhere.
It's a niche unit, but it's had several buffs in the past couple of years and it perfectly usable now. It falls prey to Stratbombers, but so does every other alternative. At least part of the reason you don't see it is because of the pre-existing negative stigma from before the buffs. It's the same reason you still don't see that many Sparkies, despite the fact that on paper they're borderline OP; people just don't know how strong they are now. Much of the rest of the reason you don't see Tempest is because of the problems with movement. Very little is to do with it being 'shit'. It's not.
I have to point out too that you did '10 real game testing only with Tempest'. That's a complete waste of time. It's designed to be used WITH A NAVY. This is not the GC of the seas. Also, despite being the mass equivalent, 128,000 HP would be completely OP. If you can't see why, there's very little hope. You'd have to give the main gun a massive nerf, and the whole point of the unit is that massive gun.