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Yes thats it, SoE comon do this

read in post somewere on forums that Empire had some 28,000 ISD well if so, im ure if every Imperial got one it make it more close to be realistic in space

Message Edited by DeathStryyker on 05-07-2005 03:47 AM

Message Edited by SOL740 on 05-08-2005 01:02 PM

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even better idea... put those 3 gun slots on (with the 2 mining only slots and 1 weapon slot) on the damned luxury yacht. give us a use for the stupid thing.

Message Edited by SOL740 on 05-08-2005 01:02 PM

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Erahth wrote:

Ok...I'm out space mining today, when it suddenly hit me. Imps are the only faction which don't get a three-gunned ship. At all. Ever.

Both rebels and freelance get ships with three gun slots...one for your mining cannon, one for the tractor beam and one for a gun to use to defend yourself. The rebs get the Xwing and the freelance pilots get the Rihx, not to mention the krayt.

Imps get neither. In fact, the only ship we can use is the ARC-170 mining ship, which I see being more a pain in the rump than useful, at least while the crew learn how to work as a team.

First we get d%*ked on mass, then we get the toughest missions of the 3 factions...now we can't mine as effectively as the rebs/freelance?

Normally...this wouldn't bother me to much. If it followed SW canon, but it doesn't. The Empire is meant to be an almighty force...technicaly and numerically superior to any other force in existance at the time. Yet the rebs and freelance factions are more capable than we are? Freelance I can understand, to a degree...the millenium falcon is a good example. But the rebels? If the movies are anything to go by (and purists say that that is the true and only reliable source of information), the rebels are a ragtag band of hopefuls who are only managing to scrape together enough resources for the next mission, who are always on the run.

Is it possible to push for a three-gunned TIE variant? I certainly hope so.

/discuss

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SOL740 wrote:

you guys are completely missing the point.

the point was imps cant have a weapon laser, a mining laser and a tractor beam all in the ship at once.

hence... imperials get NO ships suited for solo space mining.

yet everyone else does.

you cant solo space mine in a Y-8, you need at least 3 people.

a solution would be to add a solo mining ship with 3 gun slots.

hell make 2 of the gun slots ONLY capeable of having mining lasers or tractor beams.

EDIT:

even better idea... put those 3 gun slots on (with the 2 mining only slots and 1 weapon slot) on the damned luxury yacht. give us a use for the stupid thing.

Message Edited by SOL740 on 05-08-2005 01:02 PM

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BenWan wrote:

i thin some one else said this but just dont use the tractor beam its rly pointless i solo with my krayt with 1 deff blaster and 2 mining if taht i just use class III mining weapons and i just be carefull no to get into threats with pirates ur ly dont need a deff blaster to hlp u out. so imps wiht 2 gun slots just dont use a deff weapon or a tractor beam just use 2 class 3 mining lasers they take up hardly any mass so u can suit ur ship up with programs to make them do twice the damage if u need to defend urself...and schadwood is pretty much right teh pirates or a waste of time there to weak and if they do brake through or do some good damage to ur sheilds just do taht capacitor-sheild shunt thing fixes everything.

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the X-wing may have 3 weapon points but one of them is useless.

you dont have enough mass on a standard x-wing to be able to equip minning laser,tractor beam and a good enough protection weapon.not unless you want rid of the boosters, but also remeber that a good minning laser can be used as a combat weapon.

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DrakoonShao wrote:

I thought the point of the tractor beam was that you could pull in larger chunks for higher yields vs having to blow them apart smaller and get less? Definitely seems to be the case in my experience. I have my Krayt outfitted for mining and fill up the cargo bay in record time using my tractor beam. That said, I see the original poster's point. Mining would suck without the third slot for an actual weapon. Killing the tier 5s in Kessel would take forever. A cross certed mining ship would be a good idea. Give it 3 mounts and make it a requirement that one is used for a tractor beam and another for a mining laser (or 2 mounts with an integrated tractor beam). Give the cert for it after completing the mining questjust like the Y-8, just make it crafted instead of a reward so the shipwrights get something.

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Clarification? Anyone?

Message Edited by Arands on 05-09-2005 11:45 AM

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Arands wrote:

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DrakoonShao wrote:

I thought the point of the tractor beam was that you could pull in larger chunks for higher yields vs having to blow them apart smaller and get less? Definitely seems to be the case in my experience. I have my Krayt outfitted for mining and fill up the cargo bay in record time using my tractor beam. That said, I see the original poster's point. Mining would suck without the third slot for an actual weapon. Killing the tier 5s in Kessel would take forever. A cross certed mining ship would be a good idea. Give it 3 mounts and make it a requirement that one is used for a tractor beam and another for a mining laser (or 2 mounts with an integrated tractor beam). Give the cert for it after completing the mining questjust like the Y-8, just make it crafted instead of a reward so the shipwrights get something.

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Wait, you're saying that using a tractor beam, you were able to blow a peice off the main asteroid and then pull it in without firing another shot? I didn't think that was possible. I thought it was mandatory that you blow themedium chunk into small ones.

Clarification? Anyone?

Message Edited by Arands on 05-09-2005 11:45 AM

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