Homeworld 1 was amazing. Homeworld 2 was a disappointment but mostly because of the fleet limits being so restrictive to me compared to homeworld 1. I loved to salvage fucking everything. Like in mission 4 when you have like 6 ion frigates pop up around your mothership, I'd have salvage frigates waiting right where they jumped in. They wouldn't get a shot off. It was a beaautiful sight.
Or the mission with a thousand ships (I don't remember the exact number) protecting the jump to the homeworld. Oh shit. Salvaging all those ships took forever.
Oh, yeah, of course I remember that. The "Ion Array Frigates" that pop up just a bit before you get the tech for your own Ion Frigates. So fukken sweet to salvage those things. Pretty damn tough to salvage anything with guns, though. Think the largest vessel I took in campaign was a destroyer. Took 5 salvage frigates, I think? Maybe just 3 or 4.
I never did get around to playing multiplayer in a competitive fashion, though. Just too young, with dialup. I bet that was the SHIT.