ok for real, the long range aura seems useless, but i've been mixing it with LRF's and AntiStrike and it works fairly well. The antistrike stop the fighters and some bombers, and the LRF's destroy the incoming LF's because their range is so insane. Try it out sometime. It might not be multiplayer-able, but I see thepotential in it.

The range on those LRM's at level 2 aura are sick.

My first cap is almost exclusively the marza, but the 2nd and 3rd cap should roll off the assembly line at almost the same time when playing TEC and should be akkan/kol or kol/dunnov depending on game conditions. The tec economy can support this when managed properly. By the time you colonise your 3rd planet, your 2nd trade port should be complete.

Using the missile barrage once(effectively) will level up both new capships several times. Ive had at least 3 levels per ship per barrage at lower levels. This gives the TEC a very usefull and needed military upgrade at a very critical time. Remember that if the missile barrage is blocked, you stand the chance of loosing all 3 ships. So always be carefull when using it.

Note : USE THE Z AXIS TO EVACUATE CAP SHIPS. This works very well against the AI and ok against many human players.

I just played with a teammate that put out 2 caps before any frigates.  The advantage is if you go straight economy, you can get a 2nd cap without any military labs.  You need military labs to get the decent frigates, so you save money.  However, he didn't scout, and cried for help because he got rushed and couldn't defend.  You have to be very careful.  Also, to the person who said vasari doesn't need caps as much as the other races, you are completely wrong.  Have you every tried to take out a vasari fleet with a few cap carriers? 

Having 2 Skiranta's is like having mobile repair bays that have an AoE effect.  3 is even better.  Sometimes defensive abilities are better than offensive abilities...

Shield Restore?  I am talking Vasari here.  Besides, if we are talking about the Dunovs, I think they are worthless.  The nano bomb and phase missles of the vasari make shield abilities almost worthless (you hear that progen worshippers?  My missles don't like you).

EDIT:  What's with the dunov anyway.  It gets to target 1 ship at a time while the progen is AoE.  TEC got the shaft.

I like the magnetize ability too, but I was talking about the shield restore.

I thought Assails have a longer engagement range than LRMs.  Although if you are stuck playing TEC, I do pick the Akkan strictly for the reason my forces can back off a bit (well that and the ability to colonize quickly).

Dunnov is capship saver.

few dunnows are good to kea araund to prevent the marzsas from being snipped.

Also, dunnov can remove antimater and shields with AoE, so few dunnows can drain your whole fleet from AM.

But alas, dunnovs require brains, wich 95% sins MP goers lack.

So what has a greater range then?

Pretty sure Siddy will answer MARZA MARZA MARZA MISSLE BARRAGE

How do you move on the Z axis?

Lot of stuff no longer works, it's not just Advent!  Sova anyone? when was the last time you Sova rushed anyone? 1.04?Well maybe Dunnov will make a comeback as I am itching to try Magnatize on these carrier spammers   After a nice magnitize you could probably achieve air supperiority with 5 squadrons over 20 or so enemy squadrons.

Every Vasari cap is nerfed by the fact that whale (no I'm not gonna call it egg) is the best choice!  It really sucks, can we get some variety?

Antorak almost never gets used now, it used to be so good.  This is not direct nerf to it but side-effect of LRM nerfs. Antarok used to be the premiere cap assassinator as it could prevent enemy cap from retreating multiple times in a row.  Thou the infiltration team was garbage.

The Vasari siege cap is still bugged with the siege platforms.  But the misisle ability is kinda nice cause it does not have to be targetted. And lvl 6 ability is pretty cool also, but to get it to lvl 6 you would need to take this guy as your first cap, and who would do this?

Kortul is the victim of Carrier prevailence.  Where Kol sacrifices railgun now for flak, Kortul must sacrifice disruptive strikes for jam weapons, which is not really that great anyway if you have nothing to kill the strikecraft with.

Moving on to advent... I don't know anymore. I try and try with these guys. But it seems like Mothership is still the king. Sure I miss old Malice, but Mothership is still a beastly cap ship.  It's just pure wrong.  Today I used 40% reduction for Capital upgrade when my homeworld was about to get destroyed.  It's sick!

Rapture would be good if vengence worked on strikecraft. Hell it would be probably the best right now. 

Cleansing brilliance is miss without the old malice.  Too hard to get it off properly. Which leaves the battleship of the Advent largely unused.

Revelation can still be fun, I use it in a game vs noobs.

Carrier cap is where it's at.  Pure pownage and clear favorite for second and third cap ship.

IMO Colonzier caps should cost more, there should be some sort of a cost for picking it as your first cap also.  This would give Kortuls of the world a shot.

As for Akkans: Compare Akkans to Mothership and Whale, and you can LOL.  Akkans needs help man, I suggest giving it a free extractor with lvl 1 colonize. No one in their right mind willw aste a skill point to get lvl 2 just for some benefit.  The toehr caps get benefit at lvl 1.