Your experiences playing with Wave 2 ships?
Well, I think we've heard plenty about the broken mast issue. Now to the more fun part....how do they play differently in games?
I've only had one game so far with them. It was a wave 1 SOL and a wave 2 heavy frigate per side just going at it. I had some friends over and we were just teaching them to play. It probably wasn't a good test of the new frigates because the game was unusual in that we ended up keeping a fair amount of range between us. Most of the damage was A chits, when I usually see lots of B chits in the typical games I've run at cons.
I was one of the captains of the heavy frigates. As I expected, the burden 4 made a big difference in survivability, especially at A chit range. A SOL will still kick its ass, but against each other, they didn't fold so fast. So, I had to give the big boy the usual respect, but I had more confidence in not feeling so damned fragile. It was more fun. I played it like I did a normal frigate, but I lived longer. I tend to be a little reckless.
I haven't tried the sloop yet. They're SO fragile. I'm just curious how they're going to do well and would like to hear of your experiences with them.