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Borrowed this one from the Pilot FAQ that's stickied.

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Imperial:

• (Tier 0) TIE-LD: 5k Resources ~12k mass [SP: 1 Gun] 0 missile
  [Spdx .95 Acc 50 Dec 50 Pitch 600 Yaw 600 Roll 300]
• (Tier 1) Heavy TIE Fighter: 50k Resources ~95k mass [SP: 1 Gun] 1 missile
  [Spdx 0.98 Acc 50 Dec 50 Pitch 500 Yaw 500 Roll 250]
• (Tier 1) TIE-F: 15k Resources ~20k mass [SP: 1 Gun] 1 missile
  [Spdx 0.98 Acc 40 Dec 50 Pitch 500 Yaw 500 Roll 250]
• (Tier 2) TIE/IN: 30k Resources ~40k mass [SP: 1 Guns] 1 missile
  [Spdx 0.97 Acc 40 Dec 60 Pitch 300 Yaw 300 Roll 200]
• (Tier 3) TIE-Bomber: 60k Resources ~190k mass [SP: 2 Guns] 2 missiles
  [Spdx 0.85 Acc 10 Dec 15 Pitch 50 Yaw 50 Roll 25]
• (Tier 3) TIE-Interceptor: 60k Resources ~50k mass [SP: 1 Gun] 1 missile
  [Spdx 1.0 Acc 40 Dec 60 Pitch 300 Yaw 300 Roll 150]
• (Tier 4) TIE-Advanced: 80k Resources ~65k mass [SP: 2 Guns] 1 missile
  [Spdx 1.0 Acc 40 Dec 60 Pitch 300 Yaw 300 Roll 150]
• (Tier 4) TIE-Aggressor: 80k Resources ~120k mass [SP: 1 Gun MP:+1] 1 missile
  [Spdx 0.95 Acc 20 Dec 30 Pitch 150 Yaw 150 Roll 75]
• (Tier 4) Imperial Guard TIE Interceptor: N/A Resources 80k mass [SP: 1 Gun] 1 missile
  [Spdx 1.0 Acc 40 Dec 60 Pitch 300 Yaw 300 Roll 150]
  The Imperial Guard TIE Interceptor is a quest-given ship.
• (Tier 5) TIE-Opp: 150k Resources ~170k mass [SP: 2 Guns] 3 missiles
  [Spdx 0.9 Acc 35 Dec 35 Pitch 100 Yaw 100 Roll 50]
• (Tier 5) TIE-Dec: 150k Resources ~5m mass [SP: 0 Guns MP:+2] 3 missiles
  [Spdx ?? Acc 5 Dec 5 Pitch 50 Yaw 50 Roll 37.5]

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That right there tells the whole difference between the Imperial ships, as little as there really is.

To break it down, Spdx is a multiplier on the Top Speed of your engine, so a 0.5 Spdx would mean your Top Speed on a 100 speed engine would only be 50. The other numbers are written a little odd, but simply put, Acc and Dec are 0 to ~100, mainly grading how fast your ship will accelerate or decelerate. Pitch/Yaw/Roll are 0 to ~600, again, best way is to compare it to the others.

So, if you take an Interceptor and compare it to a Bomber, you'll get:
Speed: Interceptor is 15% faster
Acc: Interceptor accelerates 4x as fast
Dec: Interceptor decelerates 6x as fast
Pitch: Interceptor is 6 times as quick pitching
Yaw: Interceptor is 6 times as quick yawing
Roll: Interceptor is 6 times as quick rolling
Guns: Bomber has 1 more gun and missle slot

So, in short, a bomber will pack a bigger punch, but will be, as Yun said, like flying a piano. And not one of those Baby Grands mind you, a full size Grand.

actually .5 chassis speedx with a 100 speed engine would allow you to reach a top speed of 500

i love the bomber, it maybe hard to fly at first, but its a power house. besides, whats speed an agility when you're only doing pve?

He's technically right on that. The game would show top speed of 500. The engine top speed is 1/10th of the actual top speed, roughly. So if you had a 100 speed engine in a 1.0Spdx ship, your top speed, w/o boosters, would be right near 1000. I was keeping it all in engine terms for the sake of my post, but forgot to mention that.

Though, now I got to thinking, wonder if the same holds true on booster top speeds. I use mine quite a bit, but never actually stopped to check the real numbers on it. Just always went with the "higher is better" mentallity instead of actually figuring out how fast it would go.

As the name implies of the two TIEs, they are meant for vastly different missions.

The TIE Bomber is a strike craft... a bomber. You need firepower and the mass to have the equipment to carry out the strike mission.

The TIE Interceptor is for starfighter combat, period. Whether it is to take on starfighters like a X-Wing or strike craft like the B-Wing.

The T/I excels in speed & maneuverability.

The T/B excels in firepower and protection. However, a savvy T/B pilot can make the craft quite dangerous in low-speed fights against other fighters.

This is the way I see how speed is calculated in JTL.

Base speed is 1000 (that is 1000 meters traveled every 10 seconds)
Then you have the chassis modifier (speedx).
Then you have Engine Top Speed (ETS) which is a percentage.
And finaly Booster Top Speed (BTS) which is an addition to the percentage.

I beleive the formula is this BASE x speedx x (ETS + BTS)/100.

So say you have a chassis with speed modifer of .9, an engine with ETS of 115, and a BTS or 33.

Your final speed would be: 1000 X .9 x (115+33)/100
= 900 x 1.48
= 1332

Yeah, that's roughly the formula I use. Then, of course, you get to try factoring in EO3/4 into all that. It seems like SOE wants us to be math majors just to figure out how our ships will work.

Here's a thought: They added in an Estimated DPS formula somewhere for weapons with the CU. Can't they do that with JTL parts? Maybe an estimated DPS on weapons, plus an Estimated Top Speed/Pitch/Yaw/Roll for once you load a component into your ship? Would really help people that don't want to just use the "higher is better" mentallity.

The bomber is crap and has NO applications in this game,for me anyway....Although you can load it up with 'higher' mass parts....You'll be very hard pressed trying to dogfight.....A-wings especially....It's like trying to use a Mac truck in a road race with race cars

Misslies are crap,in general...You'll burn through them before you even know it...And you'll be lucky to destroy a NPC fighter with 3 missiles

True, but in PvP, missles are, in essence, a default "I win". Not quite as much of a killer as EPulse, but that first time you nail someone with 3 IR2s at once, you'll see what I mean. You're next run, you'll be the first thing to drop.

Most of the really good pilots will take on the heavy ships first, not because they are typically easier to hit, but simply because they can pack a lot more firepower. I know that's how I am. I don't really fear that A-Wing flying super-tight circles around me. It's that B-Wing turning my direction that will get my first focus. What's the point of trying to out-turn an A-Wing and land that lucky shot when you are going to get 2 missles and 4 blaster shots in your back?

But, like you said, it all boils down to preference. And application. PvE, missles aren't worth using at all, unless it's a pair of spacebombs and you really need to drop a target fast. PvP, missles will flag you as a "priority" target, simply cause of their massive damage to player ships.

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BuckStrider wrote:

The bomber is crap and has NO applications in this game,for me anyway....Although you can load it up with 'higher' mass parts....You'll be very hard pressed trying to dogfight..... A-wings especially....It's like trying to use a Mac truck in a road race with race cars

Misslies are crap,in general...You'll burn through them before you even know it...And you'll be lucky to destroy a NPC fighter with 3 missiles

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Then you have never taken the time to learn the different, wonderful quirks of the heavier ships like the TIE Bomber, B-Wing, etc.

They need to be improved, but IMO, they're still fun in a completely different style of flying.

There is more to space combat, in EVERY space based game out there, then going at the fastest speed with the niftiest turn radius.

There are times when being fast & agile is key.

There are also times when brute force and firepower is more important than prancing around like a pink-laced fairy who's trying not to get hit.