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lisasdarren
Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:58 am
#14
Yeevle wrote:
For us Imps we get fast ships that have no mass whatsoever, jeeze the TIE/In and the TIE Interceptor are laughable. One has about 39k, the other about 49k. What the hell are we supposed to put on those?!?! I couple of spud guns and a catapult?!?!?!?!?
Oh well, I know it will be balanced eventually but it seemed pretty obvious to begin with.
I am an Imp pilot and I had no trouble at all outfitting my TIE/In and my Interceptor, just cause you can't balance equipment doesn't make the ships broken.
As for privateer, admittedly they have a couple of legitimate complaints, the bugged pirate trap and the lack of a master ship, but they have advantages too.
For example - Their tier one ship is a rather nice fighter, better loadout options than the imp TIE and more nimble than the rebel Y-wing
Each pilot tree is different, each have advantages, each have disadvantages... You learn to play in with the hand you are dealt, or switch to a different tree, they shouldn't all be identical, thats not fun.
RSQViper
Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:53 am
#15
I agree with the original poster on this stuff. I don't get why our droid programs are basically the same. At least with Rebels it really, really helps.
I miss the 2-person ship too. Would be nice if there was one.
Not haveing a true 1-person Master Ship is not very attractive to the profession.
/ethrust does not work properly anyway. Most of the ime it turns all my equipment off and I am sitting dead in space waiting for everything to come back onlineand when it does my ship is in the exact same shape it was in before ethrust. Oh, unless I got shot to all heck while I was sitting dead in space.
Isn't it supposed to give us extra thrust? I remember this working in beta (sometimes).
NanokTaemon
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:02 am
#16
Yeah, I agree with the original poster too.
However, I'm not too mad. The recent mass upgrade helped us out A LOT... probably the most out of the 3 categories. I'm telling you... my Rihkxyrk is 187k of sheer strength.0
Anyways... my priorities are in this order:
1.Master SP ship (preferably the StarViper)
2. 2P ship like Agressor/Y-Wing (preferably the Skipray Blastboat)
3. Fix the skills (Ethrust, pirate trap, Epulse)
KaylBreinhar
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:04 am
#17
You have a Tier 1 ship that's arguably better than the TIE Advanced when you weigh mass-to-maneuverability. A friend of mine did all THREE Privateer trees (he's currently on his seventh ace now) after finishing all three Imperial Aces, with the Dunelizard. Depending on your alignment, you can kill anything in space, pretty much DOUBLING your loot chances over the two GCW factions. Add in WO3, EO3, III-level shield programs, which are READILY AVAILABLE if you ask someone nicely enough, and the parity between Privateer and Imp/Alliance Ace blurs to the point of near-nonexistence.
Yeah, you guys have it *tooooooooough*.
Yeah, you guys have it *tooooooooough*.
Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-27-2004 12:05 PM
NanokTaemon
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:10 am
#18
KaylBreinhar wrote:
You have a Tier 1 ship that's arguably better than the TIE Advanced when you weigh mass-to-maneuverability. A friend of mine did all THREE Privateer trees (he's currently on his seventh ace now) after finishing all three Imperial Aces, with the Dunelizard. Depending on your alignment, you can kill anything in space, pretty much DOUBLING your loot chances over the two GCW factions. Add in WO3, EO3, III-level shield programs, which are READILY AVAILABLE if you ask someone nicely enough, and the parity between Privateer and Imp/Alliance Ace blurs to the point of near-nonexistence.
Yeah, you guys have it *tooooooooough*.
Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-27-2004 12:05 PM
Yeah... like I said, the mass upgrade helped us A LOT.
However, that doesn't change the fact that we don't have a SP master ship, a 2P ship and many pilot skills that don't work.
KaylBreinhar
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:14 am
#19
You truly WANT a 1P Master Ship? Speaking for the Imperials, the Oppressor is a brick. You need to waste 1/3 of your mass on an L10 engine simply to get about 75% of the performance that an Advanced provides. I REGRET buying one.
From what I understand the B-Wing isn't much different. 1P Master ships are strike platforms, not dogfighters - and with the masses your fighters provide already, you HAVE this *now*. If you got one that was ANY better than ours it would create a sh*tstorm of unimaginable proportions.
Also, 2P ship turrets don't have lead indicators - unless your gunner is damn near telepathic it's useless against ships like the A-Wing.
From what I understand the B-Wing isn't much different. 1P Master ships are strike platforms, not dogfighters - and with the masses your fighters provide already, you HAVE this *now*. If you got one that was ANY better than ours it would create a sh*tstorm of unimaginable proportions.
Also, 2P ship turrets don't have lead indicators - unless your gunner is damn near telepathic it's useless against ships like the A-Wing.
Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-27-2004 12:16 PM
NanokTaemon
Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:21 am
#20
KaylBreinhar wrote:
You truly WANT a 1P Master Ship? Speaking for the Imperials, the Oppressor is a brick. You need to waste 1/3 of your mass on an L10 engine simply to get about 75% of the performance that an Advanced provides. I REGRET buying one.
From what I understand the B-Wing isn't much different. 1P Master ships are strike platforms, not dogfighters - and with the masses your fighters provide already, you HAVE this *now*. If you got one that was ANY better than ours it would create a sh*tstorm of unimaginable proportions.
Also, 2P ship turrets don't have lead indicators - unless your gunner is damn near telepathic it's useless against ships like the A-Wing.
Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-27-2004 12:16 PM
That may be true... but it still doesn't change the fact that we don't have them and everyone else does.
It's the principle of the matter.
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