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Thread: YT-1300 Still not soloable?
Tricerix wrote:
In "A New Hope" when Han Solo was Fying Luke and the droids to Alderon, Chewwie Fired a front facing gun at the tie that followed them, but the range was kind of weak. The real firepower was when Han and Luke manned the turrets. The yt-1300 should have a front facing gun, but the ship needs to be so non-maneuverabal that you can't really use it effectively. The turrets are the only real attack for big freighters like the falcoln.
non-maneuverable?..dude.. he shook tie fightersoff in an asteroid field.....
leeca22 wrote:
Tricerix wrote:
In "A New Hope" when Han Solo was Fying Luke and the droids to Alderon, Chewwie Fired a front facing gun at the tie that followed them, but the range was kind of weak. The real firepower was when Han and Luke manned the turrets. The yt-1300 should have a front facing gun, but the ship needs to be so non-maneuverabal that you can't really use it effectively. The turrets are the only real attack for big freighters like the falcoln.
non-maneuverable?..dude.. he shook tie fightersoff in an asteroid field.....
Remeber Han's ship was highly modified, the YT-1300 in game even with the best engine still moves like a brick.
Taram_Polluck wrote:
Han wasn't flying, Chewie was. If you watched the movie Han is wearing the headset you wear for communications in the turrets.
Chewie was flying, Han was firing the top turret. That was how those two always fought. In tight spots han was the gunner and Chewie flew. If they were 'running' Han would fly full evasive (like in the asteroid scene in ESB).
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or noticed, but ..........
While Han, Chewie, Ben, and Luke are chasing the TIE right before they get to the Death Star, if you look closely, you can see a headset hanging behind Han in the cockpit (there's also one behind Chewie). I had to have my hubby rewind the tape a few times to see this. Because at first, I thought it was a Nemoidian Birdcage hehe
KaylBreinhar wrote:
Tumbler2002 wrote:
Wouldn't it be fun to by those super AI turrets and put them in?
That's pretty much how it was in X-Wing Alliance. All you really had to do was fly around erratically while your AI picked off the TIEs.
Aimbots, anyone?
alarm starts humming.
HAN: There's another ship coming in.
LUKE: Maybe they know what happened.
BEN: It's an Imperial fighter.
Chewbacca barks his concern. A huge explosion bursts
outside the cockpit window, shaking the ship violently. A
tiny, finned Imperial TIE fighter races past the cockpit
window.
LUKE: It followed us!
BEN: No. It's a short range fighter.
HAN: There aren't any bases around here. Where did it come from?
EXTERIOR: SPACE.
The fighter races past the Corellian pirateship.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
LUKE: It sure is leaving in a big hurry. If they identify us, we're in
big trouble.
HAN: Not if I can help it. Chewie...jam it's transmissions.
BEN: It'd be as well to let it go. It's too far out of range.
HAN: Not for long...
EXTERIOR: SPACE.
The pirateship zooms over the camera and away into the
vastness of space after the Imperial TIE fighter.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
The tension mounts as the pirateship gains on the tiny fighter.
In the distance, one of the stars becomes brighter until it is
obvious that the TIE ship is heading for it. Ben stands behind
Chewbacca.
BEN: A fighter that size couldn't get this deep into space on its own.
LUKE It must have gotten lost, been part of a convoy or something.
HAN: Well, he ain't going to be around long enough to tell anyone
about us.
EXTERIOR: SPACE.
The TIE fighter is losing ground to the larger pirateship as
they race toward camera and disappear over head.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
The distant star can be distinguished as a small moon or
planet.
LUKE: Look at him. He's headed for that small moon.
HAN: I think I can get him before he gets there...he's almost in
range."
Message Edited by Everitt_Cage on 11-02-2004 12:26 PM
Chewie was flying, Han was firing the top turret. That was how those two always fought. In tight spots han was the gunner and Chewie flew. If they were 'running' Han would fly full evasive (like in the asteroid scene in ESB).
Ekykens wrote:i solo'd one, but nearly died, pure luck, i found a smuggler one in the tatoo system and disabled its weaps then blasted off its engines, the other time I faced one I was ripped to shreads within seconds.....
Umm... That ain't quite what the original poster meant with his title.... sorry
truewildman wrote:
ZeeEmperials wrote:
Bullbyte wrote:
AlexDarquan wrote:
Everitt_Cage wrote:
why would it be changed? did you watch the movies?
Notice at the end of a new hope when Han shoots the TIE off luke and spends Vader spinning?
Good one. You know your movies. Something Everitt_Cage does not.
Wookie?
Zactly. There is not one movie reference that shows the YT-1300 in battle with only one person in it.
I sincerely hope they leave it as is. You wanna battle solo? Keep a fighter in your datapad, or redeed one.
Not a chance that a roleplaying smuggler would give up his trusted ship for a starfighter, just because the Empire captured his trusted copilot and gunner (or if he's not online - there is no way a RP smuggler would let a stranger on his ship either, imagine if he was an imperial undercover agent!)...That's what bugs me the most, if we at least had the ability to use /follow on our targets from the gunner's chair and the autopilot tofly to a POI or something while we are not at the helmit would be alright, I guess. But right now, the ship stops if you stand up from the pilot's chair.
The best option would be to allow smugglers only to mount forward lasers/slave the unmanned turrets to fire forward.
Anotheroptionwould be to make the multipassengers ships so maneuverable and fast soa skilledpilot can evade most shots.
Message Edited by Glzmo on 11-03-2004 01:31 AM
Glzmo wrote:
truewildman wrote:
ZeeEmperials wrote:
Bullbyte wrote:
AlexDarquan wrote:
Everitt_Cage wrote:
why would it be changed? did you watch the movies?
Notice at the end of a new hope when Han shoots the TIE off luke and spends Vader spinning?
Good one. You know your movies. Something Everitt_Cage does not.
Wookie?
I sincerely hope they leave it as is. You wanna battle solo? Keep a fighter in your datapad, or redeed one.
Not a chance that a roleplaying smuggler would give up his trusted ship for a starfighter, just because the Empire captured his trusted copilot and gunner (or if he's not online - there is no way a RP smuggler would let a stranger on his ship either, imagine if he was an imperial undercover agent!)...That's what bugs me the most, if we at least had the ability to use /follow on our targets from the gunner's chair and the autopilot tofly to a POI or something while we are not at the helmit would be alright, I guess. But right now, the ship stops if you stand up from the pilot's chair.
The best option would be to allow smugglers only to mount forward lasers/slave the unmanned turrets to fire forward.
Anotheroptionwould be to make the multipassengers ships so maneuverable and fast soa skilledpilot can evade most shots.
Message Edited by Glzmo on 11-03-2004 01:31 AM
Oh, I see your point 100%. The bottom line is that there will be unhappy people if you try to solo in a YT-1300 in PvP (which currently is pretty much the only thing to do after Master). The game mechanics don't allow it.
Forward guns on a brick, solo... /shudder I still hate that thought.