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So the big star of the 3.3 patch is the Hammerhead Corvette. This ship is takes the record for largest (combat) ship in game. So here it is in all its glory. My first impression is the layout is a mixed bag. It's very easy to navigate with well marked signs in the hallways and floor paint, but the actual room layout makes no sense. There's 3 decks, the lowest deck contains the bridge, the top deck only contains the mess hall, and the middle deck contains everything else. It feels really strange that the mess hall and crew quarters are on separate decks. The bridge is styled like a starship bridge from Halo or the new Star Trek where it sits on the bottom of the ship slightly back. I actually like that for a ship of this size as that makes it easier to land. Capability wise, its caked in rather large guns, but this ship is one of the few combat ships in game that doesn't hit above it's weight class. That's actually what most people expected, as this ship was advertised as a gunboat to handle fighters. The issue is, these turret guns are way bigger than ideal for fighters. This puts the Hammerhead in a weird spot where the ships prime combat capability is actually against other ships of comparable size. The missile load-out really limits this capabilities of this ship. The Polaris corvette has less guns (of similar size), but the Polaris has large torpedoes allowing it to damage much bigger ships. The Hammerhead has 32 size 3 missiles, which are not made to go against big ships, rather fighters and smaller ships. Granted these are higher end missiles having EM guidance for one half, and cross-section image recognition for the other, but they're still size 3. This puts the Hammerhead in a super niche spot IMHO. The cargo bay has a drop down elevator that can easily store a ground vehicle, so that's a plus, but this ship is pretty solidly locked into one role against only a particular range of opponents. Very nice interior though. Perfect ship for FPS combat, nice wide corridors and multiple ways to get to each room. Handling wise, this ship doesn't seem very powerful. The engines take forever to get up to speed, but I want to do more testing before I make a conclusion on that.