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gjkhgyiuynnll wrote:

There was absolutely no need to invent the TIE Oppressor,

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gjkhgyiuynnll wrote:

TIE Defenders: There was absolutely no need to invent the TIE Oppressor, which, cool though it is, is not quite proper. The TIE Defender (google it, I dare ya) was a hot little ship whose stats are remarkably similar to the Oppressor. I say we replace all Oppressors with Defenders. Wait, better idea. Leave Oppressors, and give Defenders more mass, but only able to hold 1 ordnance slot, and 3 laser/ion/disruptor slots. Imperials DEFINITELY need a better master starfighter.While some say the Defender was invented later in the saga, it was actually the same time as the B-Wing. Also, you don't gotta invent it-it's already there, and waiting with hotness.

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People asking for TIE Defenders are my pet peeve when it comes to JtL. If SOE did them the way they should be, they'd be way too freakin' overpowered. If they did them wrong, it would be horrible for them to slap the name "TIE Defender" on a ship.

Doing them "right" would be to give them a TIE Interceptor's maneuverability with the TIE Oppressor's mass and three weapon slots...or maybe even four, since the TIE Defender came with a lighttractor beam, as well as four lasers and two ion cannons, plus a missile slot.

Not only that, but the Imperials are the only ones who have a fighter with three missile tubes. The Rebels have a YKL-37r which has three missile slots, too, but the Imperials have the Decimator, which is basically the same thing. Freelancers have no ships with triple missile slots. None. Which means that Imperials are the only ones with the triple missiles on a fighter. The. Only. Ones. Now you want to have your cake and eat it, too--you want a superpowered triple-weapon ship *and* a superpowered triple-missile ship.

The Imperials also don't need a better master-level fighter. What do the Rebels have for a master fighter? The B-wing. Ever flown one? Sure, they pack massive punch--but unless you spend a lot of time flying them and become very, very skilled at anticipating your targets as well as your ship's slide, they are impossible to dogfight in.

The TIE Defender and the B-wing were *not* made at the same time. The B-wing was produced pre-Hoth; the TIE Defender was developed post-Hoth.

/rantoff

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