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X-Rebel
Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:54 pm
#1
i am on radiant and no one there belives in chaff launcher. Am i crazy in even tninking i need them. The buty missions i have been getting when i am fighting 6 to 7 black suns and if i dont kill them real quick i get a missle up my butt 3 or 4 times. I look and player venders and stuff and on bazzar but no chaff launchers.
I can find chaff packs alllllll day long but no launchers. Again am i crazy to think i need them
Oh and is it just me or what the player made ship componets suck compared to what i can loot. Or have i just not found the right player vender yet. i am on teir 2 on ship and componets.
oh lol and the kimogla teir 2 ship style 2 is that ship really that big or is there something wrong with my camera zoom back. i like to fly 3rd person and its hard to do with that mamoth thing.
Message Edited by X-Rebel on 12-10-2004 01:57 PM
TjadenFederov
Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:06 pm
#2
No, you aren't crazy. Chaff launchers are usefulfor PvE, especially if your rear shield is down as well as most of your armor and an NPC launches a missile. Chances are that missile will disable you unless you countermeasure it. Saved me several times before so I know are useful. However I think the BIGGEST application for them is for Player versus Player scenarios. A Mark 3 Missile can lay some serious damage onto another player, and a mark 4 proton missile will usually take out the shield and armor if its another ace. You can't afford to take a missile hit from another player, which is why it is essential to carry chaff launchers. I strongly believe that the reason that so few vendors carry Countermeasure launchers is that they aren't selling well yet. JTL is still pretty young, and most servers only have a handful of aces because it seems many people just go back to the ground game after hitting the difficulty wall on Tier 3. I know many of my buddies have. With Deep Space non-decay now, that will definately ramp up PVP, but give it a few months, once the number of Aces on the servers has increased quite a bit,there will be a bigger market for countermeasures since missiles are so nasty in PvP. Remember, most of the aces you see around now are either guilded and help from guild buddies throught the pilot, and chances are they may have done a serious grind. Pilot took me 3 weeks to master, but i was working on it every day for at least an hour or two, usually more. There are so many casual gamers out there that aren't grinding the proffession quickly, but they'll make ace... thats the way I see it.
Liani
Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:00 pm
#3
I love countermeasures.
Often keeps both npc's and players from blowing up my lightly armored A wing.
Believe in the teh chaff!
Ditolus
Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:09 pm
#4
have they added a sound effect yet for when u release a cm? i havent used one in a while.
X-Rebel
Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:03 pm
#6
lol ya suck lol i want a chaff launcher i need one at teir2 when i get hit with 6 teir3's after me they always kill me now with missiles.
X-Rebel
Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:05 pm
#7
lol finally got a chaff launcher and boy does it help thank u to the people that make them lol
BillyBobthe50th
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:12 am
#8
no one on my server makes any form of countermeasure, then again my server is basically empty.
Amuro0079
Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:22 am
#9
Try go to the trades forum for your server and scream "WTB chaff launchers now, pronto!"
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