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Thread: Yt 1300 and other vessels with turrets.

BrightStarSlayer
Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:15 pm
#1
I was just thinking it would be nice if you could shoot the turrets straight foreword. They sit straight foreword anyway when not in use.They did it in the movies a couple times and it would ad a lot of utility to multipassenger ships. Its not always fun to have to round up a crew EVERY time you see combat in those things. I also don't think they would unbalance things to much since they move like pigs anyway. Just a thought.


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Bomb20
Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:33 am
#2
The NOVA Courier (Rebel POB), The decimator (IMP POB) and the YT-1300 (Neutral POB) Are all exacly the same, with the sol exeption that the YT-1300 only has 2 ordenances, whilst NOVA and decimator have 3 (Whyever that is this way is beyond me, but typical SoE logic).


2 Turrets. One on the upper, one on the Lower side for these ships.


Pilot = Can fly (And Hyperspace)and Fire Ordenances and Countermeasures. Can NOT Fire forward with main weapons, Can NOT load droid commands!


OP Chair (Co-Pilot) = Can load Droid commands. Sadly that is it. Only droid commands for the second chair.


Gunners = uhm... can fire guns... And that´s it for em.


All Pilot positions can "dock" with a station, but only if the pilot does, then the entire ship docks. If you dock from a turret i.e. then only you will be on the planet, rest of the POB Crew will stay in space in the ship.


POB Ships can be repaired from the inside. The Subcomponents anyway like Reacotr/Engine/etx. Only armor plating can not be repaired in flight in a POB (not sure on cargo hold either).


POB Ships can hold the same item amount as Merchant tents. 100 Items. POB ships ALL have a mass of about 5Million... yes Million So you can literaly not overload them at all


Hope all this answeres ur questions




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eat-the-cheese
Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:14 am
#3
heard u can if u dont do a certain proscess to them, friend gettin parts that are 200k mass each



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Bomb20
Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:21 am
#4




eat-the-cheese wrote:
heard u can if u dont do a certain proscess to them, friend gettin parts that are 200k mass each





I think you were fooled. I been spending almost all my time in space since JTL release and necer have seen a single component with more mass then 90k (which was a piece of armor). and even IF it was 200k mass per item you would still not exeed 5Million mass.


Reastor/Engine/Shield/F. Armor/R. Armor/Cap/Weapon 1/Weapon 2/Ordenance 1/Ordenance 2/Ordenance 3/Cargo Hold/Booster/Droid interface... 14 parts x 200k = 2.8Million Mass, which is not nearly 5Million.


I know the furnitures mass also counts, but that is gimmicks, not required. So through Equipment alone you can NOT overload your POB.






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eat-the-cheese
Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:27 am
#5

was tired, probably was like 20k :/



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Washell
Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:46 am
#6
The new SW crafted POB-only components are 200 to 250k mass. Still not enough to overload them, but plenty to keep them out of fighters.

BrightStarSlayer
Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:50 am
#7
I hear what your saying. My point was that being able to fire the turrets foreword, would be a nice option for the pilot. Han did it in the first movie. Im pretty sure Lando did it in the third. I cant see any self respecting smuggler not making such an option available on their ship. While certainly not as effective as having a crew person in the turret, You could at least get yourself out of a tough scrape, without unbalancing the game. Lets face it the large POB ships arent dogfighters. Its annoying to spend so much on a great ship and only get little use out of them because you have to spend an hour finding crew. Missle weapons are certainly a nice back up, but dont really replace having your main guns. I dont think it would be hard to implement, and you wouldnt have to turn your million credit ship into a hangar queen because you couldnt find crew.
eat-the-cheese
Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:50 pm
#8

not that hard to get a crew, i useally get ppl gatherd up the day before i go up in a group, always has worked,



BTW new POB only parts i saw was a wep, up to 4.5k DMG omg! about 236k mass, 400k though u_u





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Karthrag-Inak
Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:13 am
#9

yeah, but it's easier as a pilot to target and shoot than it is as a gunner to try and 2nd-guess what a pilot is going for.


i agree, the yt would be much more useful if the pilot had a gun, imo.





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chervil
Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:40 am
#10
Just a note:

If you are the correct faction for the ship (i.e. - Rebel in a Nova), you can run droid commands from a turret.

Me and two other Guild Members take his Nova up with only the pilot and two gunners all the time and I run the droid commands from the belly gun.

Also, if you go to a fairly well-used starport like Espa, Eisley or Theed, and send a tell letting people know you are going into space in a POB, you can usually find a group in about 10 mins or so.

Make sure that if you find people who are competent (i.e. - not firing when you have said to "hold fire") that you add them to your "friends" list so you can find out quickly if they are on when you want to go up.

A guy from my old guild invited me to go up with a group that was going on someone else's YT.

Had a great time, was told to be sure to include them on my friends list, a few weeks later, BAM! we are flying nearly every night and started our own Guild dedicated to helping pilots get their Masters. (Old guild wasn't too active in space.)

Just keep your eyes and ears open and you will find a reliable "crew".

And if you're ever on Ahazi, give the Shadow Squadron a tell, we can help man that thing for you!

(Always looking for new members anyway! New house and a swoop. Squadron Uniforms coming soon!)



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Zeon_Zaku
Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:30 pm
#11

I too wish the turrets would lock forward when no one is in them and allow the pilot to fire them, or if the Devs put a third weapon slot on the front of the POB ship for the pilot to fire. Or even give turrets AI, or AI droids, which would probably be even better.


It's tough to find a group for a POB. And most that are willing simply get bored fast and want off, or claim they get headaches from being the turret gunner (don't ask me how they get headaches from that). But most people would rather just take up their own starfighter...





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