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Im sure Imp pilots can do the same with their own heavy bomer types but....

Loadup a longprobe with some Teir 8 weapons and shields. Like 2400+ shields, and two weapons that are like 2000-3000 damage range or greater (tier 8+ stuff). Nevermind the engine, tier 4 or 5 is all you need, tops.

Just cruise at 1/3rd throttle, you'll only be doing like 180- speed or so. Link your cannons in one group, and have fun disabeling TIE's on their first pass. One pass, one TIE, the firepower you can bear down is sick. If your really quick, you can take out two TIE's in one pass.

Its just sick sick sick, and fun in a giddy sort of way considering how annoying they are trying to legitimatly dogfight them.

My longprobe, i have renamed it to "Jousting GunTurret". Seriously, its way faster, alot more fun, and far more efficient doing duty missions with that ship then with an Xwing or Awing.

Pretty sad AI from last patch. Like shooting sitting ducks in a shooting gallery.

now just get a pair of mkII space bomb launchers and you will be unstoppable!

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Zutono wrote:

A good TIE Pilot can nuke X-Wings, full throttle, head on, in one pass...no need to disable or leave anything behind except for the bleeding remains of the disillusioned martyr of the rebellion. The trick is Weapon Overload 3...point and shoot...simple.

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Ya but disableings more fun. That way you get to hear the Jackbooted facist whine , "Hold your fire, im an imperial pilot!"

Wow, that's exactly what I am doing with TIEs in my Longprobe. The Longprobe is perfect for this because of the narrow cone of fire on its weapon mounts. I find I can blow up the Fighters (and sometimes the Bombers) just by jousting with them. The especially fast ships, though, require a second pass. Admittedly, this might due to the fact that at 1/3 throttle, I am doing more in the neighborhood of 260 than 180. It rocks to watch them explode AROUND my viewport.

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Ducimus wrote:

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Zutono wrote:

A good TIE Pilot can nuke X-Wings, full throttle, head on, in one pass...no need to disable or leave anything behind except for the bleeding remains of the disillusioned martyr of the rebellion. The trick is Weapon Overload 3...point and shoot...simple.

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Ya but disableings more fun. That way you get to hear the Jackbooted facist whine , "Hold your fire, im an imperial pilot!"

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even better:

shoot shoot shoot....reactor disabled...."TIE: I can shake you!!!!!" - love that one!

Whats disappointing is how cheap/cheesy doing this is as compared to trying to dogfight in an X wing or A wing.

I renamed my ship "Jousting GunTurret" for a reason. Its like im sitting in a 360 degree revolving gun turret, not flying a ship. The only reason im at 1/3rd throttle is so the Y wing turns at its optimum rate, if it werent for that, i woudlnt have to put any throttle to the engines at all.

They fly right for you, in straight lines 90% of the time. All i have to do is line up my crosshairs center of mass. A tight cone of fire with two Lvl 8 cannons does very short work of any Tie the mission throws at you. You really dont have to disable them at all, but disableing is faster, and if your quick enough you can take two ties out on one pass.

I started this thread with the agenda of dissing the AI even further. I agree its lame. The "tactic" that ive adopted shows it.

But hey, now that ive figured out how to have fun with it (fighting cheese with cheese so to speak), im gonna enjoy the cheesyness while it lasts. halfway through my 4th and final their4 box. Filling it should be all too easy.

whats really added fun did this with my long probe is have a buddy you you thats imp give you data chips withwepon overload with thatrd and desent wepons the ywing longprobe is dan near unstoppable

You can avoid jousting if you simply begin your turn to follow BEFORE the ship you're targetting zooms past you. If you begin your turn AFTER, the AI keeps jousting you. If you begin your turn far in advance, they usually go into a more gradual turn.