Ship Classes

Ship Class 

I have seen a couple questions about the ship classes on the forums. So instead of asking on the forums and having trolls answer or people guessing; comment below any questions. 

What are Ship Classes

Ships Classes refer to what the hull was designed to do, such as hitting fleets or hitting bases. The ship classes were created by Kixeye so that no new hull will be a one-click win type of ship. Although it limits the ship use greatly, it furthers the use of the hull for it specific purpose. Yeah it sucks for now, but as time goes on, it will help us in return. 

Assault Class 

Assault class ships are meant to be used for mostly ship-based enemies, but also contain a few buildings. The recent raid, Broken council, is a good example of Assault targets. They come with high Assault deflection and also carry Siege deflection. With each new ship in this class having resistances meant for the current raid style, good-great speed, and weapon specification that helps against the current raid. This means that all Assault Class ships to come out over the current raid cycle, will most likely be missile classed, such as the Apollo. 

List of Assault Class ships 

Leviathan 

Leviathan A

Sea Scorpion

Light Cruiser

Light Cruiser X

Missile Cruiser

Missile Cruiser X

Hammerhead Hull B

Sea Scorpion A

Mercury

Interceptor V2-H

Lightning Carrier

Triton

Atlas Carrier

Nash's Lightning Carrier

Reaper

Harlock's Atlas Carrier

Harlock's Triton

Warbird Carrier

Mastodon

Grimshine's Berserker

Kodiak

Savage Kodiak

Interceptor V2-C

Valkyrie Carrier

Aegis

Proto-Mastodon

Rhino

Grimshine's Wrath

Harlock's Aegis

Heavy Cruiser

Zoe's Rhino

Neptune

Conqueror Class 

Meant for Player versus Player, such as base hitting. With stupidly high deflection, and little to none resistances. With the class having a sub-class inside of it, being of base hitting and fleet hitting. The only hull in this class currently is the Revenge, and it fits within the base hitting sub-class. 

Defender Class

These ships are you base defense hulls period. With high deflection and low resistances, similar to the Conqueror class. Meant for defending you base instead of attacking, they come with high base armor and very bad speed. 

List of Defender Class ships 

Rampart

Guardian

Goliath

Behemoth

Enforcer

Omega Behemoth

Gamma Behemoth

Garrison Class 

The opposite of Assault class, having mostly buildings and little ships. The new FM is Garrison styled, with the ships being stationary and fire support. With both Siege and Assault deflection, but siege being higher. With new ships having their resistances and weapon bonus to better fit the Garrison style targets we face. (Explosive, Penetrating resistance, and Explosive weapon bonus) For a good example of what Garrison class hulls, look at the foundry. 

List of Garrison Class ships 

Battle Barge

Destroyer

Destroyer X

Battle Barge A

Floating Fortress

Floating Fortress A

Super Fortress

Strike Cruiser

Arbiter

Hammerhead Hull A

Juggernaut

Dreadnought X

Hurricane

Mako

Mauler

Thresher

Novastorm

Dante's Novastorm

Spader's DNX

Hellstrike

Goresaber

Berserker

Monarch

Borbas' Goresaber

Draconian Carrier

Citadel

Hellstar

Siege Class 

The opposite of the Skirmish class, containing only buildings. With only Siege deflection, and resistances made to match siege class targets, such as Ballistic and Radioactive. Receiving bonuses to building damage or turret defense, and weapon types meant for siege warfare, mainly ballistic or radioactive damage. Drac mining bases are a perfect example of Siege class targets 

List of Siege Class ships 

Hammerhead

Dreadnought

Strike Cruiser X

Vindicator

Juggernaut X

Nuclear Cruiser

Greta's Nuclear Cruiser

Crusader

Avenger

Vanguard

Hellhound

Templar

Hellblazer

High-Lander's Nuclear Cruiser

Unshackled Hellhound

Fusion Cruiser

Centurion

Punisher

Skirmish Class 

The opposite to Siege class, they only contain ships. With Assault deflection only, and resistances built for current skirmish targets,  such as armada fleets. (Ballistic and concussive resistance, and bonuses to missiles) With great speed, and low base armor, these ships are the fast and deadly. 

List of Skirmish Class ships 

Gunboat

Skirmisher

Corvette

Frigate

Longship

Armored Marauder (Only available on Armor Games)

Kong Marauder (Only available on Kongregate)

Marauder

Predator Submarine

Sea Wolf

Stalker Submarine

Barracuda

Battlecruiser

Battlecruiser X

Destroyer ECM

Battleship

Sawfish

Spectre

Interdictor

Stingray

Viper Interdictor

Zoe's Stringray

Vassago's Interdictor

Nighthawk

Phantom Nighthawk

Banshee

Prototype Hunter

Frostburn Interceptor

Tiger Shark

Artemis

Phantom Tiger Shark

Vassago's Prototype Hunter

Ghostcrawler

Proto-Nemesis

Man-O-War

FAQ 

• Can I use different class ships for different class targets, such as Siege hulls in Assault targets?
  
  YES, nothing it limiting you from hitting different class targets. The Class system was created to help suggest you what to use in each type of target.

• Why do the V2-H/C go into Assault while the Frostburn is in Skirmish?
  
  The Frosty special aura only affects ships, thus it has a higher advantage in fleet combat.

• Why is the Neptune and Heavy Cruiser in the Assault class instead of the Siege class.
  
  The Neptune has missile bonuses similar to the best of the Assault class, and the Heavy Cruiser has both Siege and Assault deflection, and can hold up during fleet combat.

These are the only questions about ship classification from recent kixeye forum postings and the last 5 pages. If you have any question, feel free to leave a comment below and I will update this post to answer.