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Beck316 wrote:

with my kimo heavy fighter at tier 2, I completely beat up a player with the privateer tier four ship, I can' t remember how to spell it......even had RL buddies that play the gamein the room so they could witness it. In my experiance, its all hand eye coordination and smart decisions on when to break off an attack and become defensive.

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Not to diminish your flight skills, as I agree that skill plays the largest role in determining who wins,but was your opponent using a pre or post mass change Heavy Blacksun Fighter? The extra 70k or so mass that the post change fighter has really allows you to make the Heavy Blacksun a much more formidable fighter than it used to be.

I've got an Advanced and an Oppressor. I've soloed three Vettes (plus their escorts) in two days with the Advanced, L4 armor equipped, an L7 player-made shield, and an REed L7 blaster. I'm firmly convinced now that anyone who *needs* an Oppressor to attack the Vette is far too dependent on missiles. It's all a matter of knowing how to conserve booster power, rolling on the way in, and knowing EXACTLY where the shield and reactor "hotspots" are.

Note: knowing how to completely blind the Vette from the underside helps QUITE a bit, too.

I'm wondering why I spent the cash to buy and equip the Oppressor.

Minimalism is key. I've built my Advanced like a hot rod, and it damn sure performs like one. Until I can loot stuff (or until SWs can MAKE it) that makes my Oppressor HALF as good in a furball, it's sitting in an imaginary hangar indefinitely. I can turn inside T5 A-Wings with my current 72.5 YawMax REed L6, and at the optimal setting of 85% throttle, I nearly match their cruising speed of 1099kph at 1059kph with EO3.

Why use a steel toed boot when you can use a sneaker?

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-25-2004 03:05 AM

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KaylBreinhar wrote:
I've got an Advanced and an Oppressor. I've soloed three Vettes (plus their escorts) in two days with the Advanced, L4 armor equipped, an L7 player-made shield, and an REed L7 blaster. I'm firmly convinced now that anyone who *needs* an Oppressor to attack the Vette is far too dependent on missiles. It's all a matter of knowing how to conserve booster power, rolling on the way in, and knowing EXACTLY where the shield and reactor "hotspots" are.

Note: knowing how to completely blind the Vette from the underside helps QUITE a bit, too.

I'm wondering why I spent the cash to buy and equip the Oppressor.

Minimalism is key. I've built my Advanced like a hot rod, and it damn sure performs like one. Until I can loot stuff (or until SWs can MAKE it) that makes my Oppressor HALF as good in a furball, it's sitting in an imaginary hangar indefinitely. I can turn inside T5 A-Wings with my current 72.5 YawMax REed L6, and at the optimal setting of 85% throttle, I nearly match their cruising speed of 1099kph at 1059kph with EO3.

Why use a steel toed boot when you can use a sneaker?

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-25-2004 03:05 AM

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Yet another example of someone finding holes in the AI and thinking that translates to skill. Yes you are skilled at defeating the limited AI, how that translates to flying skills is beyond me. I couldn't find a clearer example of why beating the AI is no accomplishment then this. You are not some great pilot, the AI is just stone dumb. That's why it was so great when the removed the PvP element from mastering pilot, now everyone can read how to do it on the forums somewhere. This is the same for all the fools who think they are so uber beating the NS queen, it's not you being smart it's the AI being dumb. Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back.

Oh, on top of that, find any privateer to burn you a reactor overload 3 chip to use in your flight computer. It works wonders.

Bottom line is, there is a whole world of options to explore to outfit any ship you want. Just have to take the time to explore them.

Message Edited by truewildman on 11-25-2004 01:57 PM

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Notch13 wrote:

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KaylBreinhar wrote:
I've got an Advanced and an Oppressor. I've soloed three Vettes (plus their escorts) in two days with the Advanced, L4 armor equipped, an L7 player-made shield, and an REed L7 blaster. I'm firmly convinced now that anyone who *needs* an Oppressor to attack the Vette is far too dependent on missiles. It's all a matter of knowing how to conserve booster power, rolling on the way in, and knowing EXACTLY where the shield and reactor "hotspots" are.

Note: knowing how to completely blind the Vette from the underside helps QUITE a bit, too.

I'm wondering why I spent the cash to buy and equip the Oppressor.

Minimalism is key. I've built my Advanced like a hot rod, and it damn sure performs like one. Until I can loot stuff (or until SWs can MAKE it) that makes my Oppressor HALF as good in a furball, it's sitting in an imaginary hangar indefinitely. I can turn inside T5 A-Wings with my current 72.5 YawMax REed L6, and at the optimal setting of 85% throttle, I nearly match their cruising speed of 1099kph at 1059kph with EO3.

Why use a steel toed boot when you can use a sneaker?

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-25-2004 03:05 AM

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Yet another example of someone finding holes in the AI and thinking that translates to skill. Yes you are skilled at defeating the limited AI, how that translates to flying skills is beyond me. I couldn't find a clearer example of why beating the AI is no accomplishment then this. You are not some great pilot, the AI is just stone dumb. That's why it was so great when the removed the PvP element from mastering pilot, now everyone can read how to do it on the forums somewhere. This is the same for all the fools who think they are so uber beating the NS queen, it's not you being smart it's the AI being dumb. Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back.

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I'm 7-1 in PvP, soon to increase that record (hopefully) because I just bought a base with my capped faction. The only person who has even taken me down was a guy who caught me going 300kph behind a gunboat on the last day Kessel was general PvP - everyone else that's been stupid enough to engage me (as I only engage if an overt comes within 2k of me) spawned with decay. I've soloed five Vettes in my "small" Advanced with only one blaster, and I've faced swarms of 10 missile-armed T5s all aggroed on me, and I've survived.

So don't hurt yourself typing those keys trying to make others feel meek and small, you troll. I don't think I'm uber, but I also *know* I'm a LOT damned better than most of the people out there. I've spent a lot of time customizing my ship to fit my flying style like a glove. If the AI can't keep up that's the development's fault, not mine.

Personally I bemoaned the "dumbing down" of JTL. I want Y-Wings with turrets on them because I'm tired of hearing Rebels moaning about how Imperials don't know what it's like to take down a ship like the Aggressor. I WANT it made harder. My tenure is in sims like LOMAC, Falcon 4.0 SP3, IL-2, and Flanker 2.5. Is JTL easy? You're damn skippy when you compare it to those.

If anything, the meager accomplishments in this game greatly outweigh the accomplishments in the ground game, as here macros, third party programs, and even weapons really mean nothing, just a quick hand, a good sense of virtual orientation, and a good eye for components really gives you an edge.

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-25-2004 05:02 PM

Oh, my mistake...I'm reasoning with someone who penned the following literary masterwork in a goodbye thread on his server:

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Notch13 wrote:
Who give a rat's anus? Go play Wow, play with yourself .. play in traffic. Good bye the game won't be the same without you, it'll be better. Move along, we'll try somehow to struggle by without you.

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MY turn to play psychoanalyst, flame boy. I would bet you're the type of player that takes an M and an O out of MMORPG. You're probably a JOY to the others in your guild, if the guild isn't only about 5-7 players strong.

Oh yeah, I'd also bet you're the type that becomes bitter and intransigent when others have figured out how to do something HE can't. Have a nice goddamned Thanksgiving.

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 11-25-2004 05:15 PM

Hilarity at it's finest, again like I said you are the master pilot since you found holes in the AI. Nothing you stated makes any change in that, you can out"think" the pathetic AI in this game and that makes you special. How is this any more impressive than using macros or such in the ground game ? Oh I'm a troll because I hurt your fragile ego regarding your meager accomplishments. Don't worry obviously some people will be impressed. Yup guild really hates me, how do your guildmates feel? Oh you can't even find 5-7 fools to be impressed by your big ego. Sorry I touched a nerve by dismissing your "great" accomplishments. If you didn't think they were so great you wouldn't have bothered to post them nor defend them. It's ok, people with no clue will be impressed. Why not post where you read how to do them? Oh I forgot that wouldn't fit your "ACE" pilot image. FLame away all you want, it won't change the fact that there is nothing to brag about beating the retarded NPCs in this game. Hey I'll give you credit you are smarter than the AI.