Pilot Archive
Thread: B-Wing in Deep Space: After action reports and analysis.
Engine Overload 3
Capacitor Overload 3
Weapon Overload 2 (For days when I feel like playing it straight)
Weapon Overload 3 (Yeah, yeah, sue me
)Yep I have found the Nova to be miles more manouverable than the B-wing, even with a 80, 79, 81 pyr engine it it, the Nova can keep up with Tier 5 fighters. The B-wing is great in straight lines 
Even on lower throttle is is a beast to handle, but still fun
I was having a play up against a mates Deci the othr day in my Nova, we were scooting about nose to nose juts like a JSF and RG Tie. It looked quite surreal in 3rd person i must say , but yes, there is something wrong with the handling of the B-Wing. I think from what you see of the Falcon in the movies, the PYR of these things can be pretty amazing, whereas the B-Wing is a lumbering beast, that hits anything with a punch as big as a Super Nova
Kirkmeister wrote:
Yep I have found the Nova to be miles more manouverable than the B-wing, even with a 80, 79, 81 pyr engine it it, the Nova can keep up with Tier 5 fighters. The B-wing is great in straight lines
I was having a play up against a mates Deci the othr day in my Nova, we were scooting about nose to nose juts like a JSF and RG Tie. It looked quite surreal in 3rd person i must say
Kirkmeister wrote:
Yeah, but try it with Front enhance extreme on lol. you get a front shield of 6.5 k lol with elite shields. he can tage you a fair few times before he scratches you. I had my mate fire IR II's at me whilst like this, it barely took 20% of my shields. ofcourse, my rear shields were like paper, not a pretty sight if I had someone on my arse
After the B-Wing flight, I went back and we did a go with me in an A-Wing, he beat me by outgunning me, and that's when I noted that all the hits were forward. Needless to say, for PvP flying at least, the gears behind my eyes started going overtime.
So goes to show, it is a calculated risk trying to second guess your opponant :/
Kirkmeister wrote:
Yep most hits in PvP whilst in a furball tend to come to the front, this got me thinking too last night. i tried the same tactic in my jsf only for him to clip my arse and rip out my cap, engine and everything else
Yeah, I figured Extreme Adjust was going to be a bit much, thought Heavy would be enough. I just need to mitigate how much gets to my armor, not looking to drop my pants at the same time.
Of course, with that set up, I have Type III forward Armor and Type II rear, if I go with the shield adjust, i can always reverse that armor set up.
Loki_Ashaman wrote:
I've been playing with Moderate Adjust, and so far I've liked it. Not sure if I'm daring enough to use Heavy, as I'd like enough protection in case of PvE followers.
Well, since I have a Shipwright in my back pocket, I was thinking about trying at least one experiment with a shield that has lopsided forward protection, then go and buff it up.
That was how the devs 'fixed' the shield RE exploit in January.
JanuHull wrote:
Loki_Ashaman wrote:
I've been playing with Moderate Adjust, and so far I've liked it. Not sure if I'm daring enough to use Heavy, as I'd like enough protection in case of PvE followers.
Well, since I have a Shipwright in my back pocket, I was thinking about trying at least one experiment with a shield that has lopsided forward protection, then go and buff it up.
tried that....the lopsided shields just average out the first time you launch.
Loki_Ashaman wrote:
Loop-sided crafted shields (and all shields) get equalized upon landing.
Gah!! And I've made a few crafted shields with minor lopsidedation in them from amazing successes.