Pilot Archive

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1st_Viduus wrote:

Everyday Flyer - Tie Advanced, same loadout since I was 4-3-3-3 (nothing over Cert 7, mostly Cert 5).

Once In A While Cadillac Damage-Dealer - Tie Oppressor, mostly Cert 7, guns Cert 8, 3xprenerf SB2 launchers)

Even More Rarely - VT-49 Decimator, all Cert 10 RE'd, except lower gun and DI, still need some comps for the RE jobs.

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Hows the TIE advanced fly?

Im almost certed for one of these

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HootGibson wrote:

Firespray

Hoot Gibson

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twc wrote:

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HootGibson wrote:

Firespray

Hoot Gibson

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Ya like everyone has those...

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8 mil on my vendor and you too can have one!

Anyway, I used to vastly prefer the interceptor. It has a small profile, its "sweet-zone" for manuverability is pretty much right up at top speed, and its fast. Right now I'm running my tier 3 reward engine in it, along with a 2k min/3k max gun that's about .65 vs shields and armor, and fires quite fast. My reactor is 984.1 mass, 12832 output, but I only use about 8k-8.5k of that. I don't carry armor, only a nice 17.5k-ish mass shield with 2k front/back, and a pre-nerf 14.3 speed level 1 droid interface that's under 500 mass and reactor drain. Programs I run are Reactor Overload 4, Engine Overload 4, Weapon Capacitor Overcharge 3 and Weapon Overload 3 (in that order), and then while in combat I have a Capacitor to Shield Shunt 4 chip that I can use to repower my shields. It's a pretty nasty little rig.

However I prefer my Advanced now. When I discovered that that reactor let me run engine overload 4 if I ran reactor overload 4...that cinched it. My top speed in the advanced is the same as the interceptor - 1342 - and if I drop back to about 1200, the advanced is just as nimble. However, I crammed my UberGun, a 2600-4880 .68 vs shields/armor cannon into my advanced...so paired up with interceptor-level manuverability, its easy to see why I prefer that.

I also have my Firespray fitted up as a "Heavy Assault Ship", basically...I load out some real heavy shields, my *other* tier 3 reward engine (I bought one extra), the big gun from above and then another big level 10 gun (haven't gotten this one yet, though), plus two Mk.IV Proton Launchers. I looted a reactor that, once I reverse engineered it, gives me about 28.8k of energy, so I put that in there...running Reactor Overload 4 lets me get away with Engine Overload 4 and Weapon Capacitor Overcharge 4 (though not Wep Overload 4; even with the cap overload, two linked-fire guns drain energy FAR too quickly), and I still run the same cap to shield shunt 4. It's not as nimble at top speed, though if I cut back to around half speed it gets close. Obviously it isn't nearly as good as the others for PvP (maybe once I'm used to flying it more?), but for trashing Gunboats and things like that, it's awesome.