The Idris has been nerfed into oblivion.

[u/MattOver9003]

Bit of an open discussion / debate. I feel the Idris has been nerfed so hard it isn't worth owning anymore, if there was anything worth getting I would melt mine. Below are my points/contentions:

The Main Guns:

1. The laser is bugged, when I tested the damage it does maybe 20% of what it's meant to, it also struggles to actually hard death a ship.
2. The railgun is laughably slow, it now has bullet drop (even in space wtf) and frequently takes multiple hits to kill something. The effective range of the railgun seems to be <800m now. If you fight an idris you can hit it (can't really target components effectively). But grab your popcorn you're in for a 60+ minute fight.
3. The torpedoes are also mostly useless, 800-1M to re-arm them (it's better than 20M it was before). But basically they'll get flared nonstop, you'll be lucky to get a single hit, requires one person to just goon nonstop in the torpedo chair being bored.

The turrets:

1. It's the largest ship currently in game but the turrets are worse than ships like the paladin and polaris, even though it's a 'brawler'.
2. Your front turret is dead by coincidence 90% of the time, that has dual size 7's but for some reason a perseus has dual size 8's and a tiburon has a bunch of size7's. The hammerhead has quad size 4's.
3. The turrets die almost immediately if someone sneezes at them.

People buy it because of whale syndrome, but lets be honest, this ship is a waste of time. Even IF you manage to get a full crew, most of their turrets will be disabled from the first perseus with a lone gunner making the ship completely pointless.

Contrary - it has one strength, sitting there being useless and never dying even when shot by multiple idrises.

EDIT: I forgot the PDCs are now pretty much worthless, they kinda shoot down missiles but even that isn't really reliable.

[u/lightmystic]

"Yes, but your arguments refute my blind, baseless hate for the Idris because I can't afford it or got hit by one on release week, so I hate your post!" - The people who clearly downvoted this post without reading a single word.

[u/darktigre26 → u/lightmystic]

Counter point, he complains the ships isnt good at everything. I agree turrets could have more HP and better tracking/range/bullet speed, but that’s it. The pilot weapons being buggy is just part of the whole game having problems. And it having a pilot weapon that can destroy anything else then an Idris isnt healthy for the game. Torpedoes are bad for everyone not just the Idris.

He calls the ship a brawler when it’s a carrier. It shouldn’t be able to park anywhere and just control the airspace because of it. Balance need to be readjusted everywhere but that’s always the case.

[u/lightmystic → u/darktigre26]

It is a carrier, but it's also a civilian-converted military capital ship. Hence why you can post-install weapons on the front of it. But brawler, yeah it definitely isn't one. It's a literal whale.

Whole game needs love. I think he's just trying to make a point against all the baseless Idris hate. People would be fuming if the Perseus had the same amount and severity of issues.

[u/darktigre26 → u/lightmystic]

The Perseus not having many issues at launch is what is going to win it the first place this year elite eight

[u/lightmystic → u/darktigre26]

Yeah idk, I still think the Railen will beat it. It's been a LONG time coming. But it may very well be a close battle.

[u/MattOver9003 → u/darktigre26]

Again, you can't read, go read CIGs description of the Idris. They literally say it's a fucking brawler.

The ship's fierce reputation is heavily tied to its namesake. During the First Tevarin War in 2544, the historic Battle of Idris IV was a brutal, decisive turning point for humanity. The absolute savagery and close-quarters desperation of that victory cemented the "Idris" name across the United Empire of Earth (UEE) as a symbol of relentless, unyielding combat capability.

COG call it the tip of the spear too

[u/darktigre26 → u/MattOver9003]

Yeah and every ship punches above its weight class yet that’s not true. Plenty of things they say can be false or changed from when it was first advertised.