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Thread: Vaksai vs Belabubb 22 vs KSE firespray for PvE
VAKSAI!!!
Sorry, I just felt like shouting that. Get a big gun (since its only got one laser slot I believe) and an RE'd L8 or L10 engine. That thing moves like crazy, has high mass, and a decent profile.
The B22 is not bad, but clone era ships aren't my thing.
You can fly a Firespray....If you like getting shot. That thing is soooo big I don't think you can shoot a laser in the same space sector and miss it. In addition, it handles like a cow on a Booster Blue downer.
Two gun slots make it weaker in short fighting than the Xwing and like ships, but for longer fights, two guns can deal impressive damage-sepecially with a 52 recharge cap.
I'd try all of the ships yourself and see what you prefer. However, one gun makes me think Awing...
Azarken wrote:
with a re my lvl 10 gun will be 4.8k to 5k dmg and 45-50k mass so i could get it into the vaksai easy. but the question is will it compare to 2x lvl 8's?
It depends upon how long you want to "chew" your target to death. Will it compare to the two level 8 cannons that I have one a KSE? (one with 4.5k damage, one with 4.2k damage, both firing at a speed of 3 or less and drawing approximately 13-15 per shot)
Well, perhaps it can over time since there's not really much shield regen going on, but it can't stand in there for damage per second.
Once again, it comes down to preference. If I don't want to get hit I use an Awing. If I want damage to pound a target I use the KSE (though it is dicey going against the corvette, tier V gunboats aren't really much of an issue so long as they are singles). I am currently getting ready to work on getting the Kashyyyk ships so I can't really compare how those fare vs. the KSE, but I can say that it's nice to have a ship with the mass of a Bwing (nearly) with the handling of an Xwing.
i switch between a bel-22 with a pair of crafted level 7 guns (.270 speed, 2300 damage) and my adv x-wing with two level 9 crafted guns (.290 speed 3300 damage) and a RE'ed incom tri-cannon (.380 speed 3900 damage)for PvE. fighting black suns the bel-22 does good but they don't do a whole lot of damage so avoiding attacks isn't such a big deal, something with a little more punch in firepower like the krayt would probably be faster imo. i know my x-wing is about 30% faster in black sun duty missions for me.
i'm working on collecting the guns to RE another incom tri-cannon and a borstel disrupter to replace the two L9's in my x-wing, once i do i doubt i'll use the bel-22 for regular PvE stuff. replacing the L9's will even allow me to use my 2544/15.7 shield in my x-wing too 
Message Edited by gaarawarr on 08-11-2005 05:08 PM
If you don't mind clone era ships... go with the Bel-22. its fast small and turns like a demon plus it has a really good weapon loadout. Unless you are REALLY good with big ships a gunboat or vette will eat you alive in a firespray. The vaksai is a great ship, although even with a RE L10 I never felt like it was as good for PvE (but it is a PvP monster)
Freelancers really got the shaft with high tier fast maneuverable ships so you don't have many choices if that is what you prefer. I always used my bel-22 for PvE.
PaceNebulon wrote:
Freelancers really got the shaft with high tier fast maneuverable ships so you don't have many choices if that is what you prefer. I always used my bel-22 for PvE.
Azarken wrote:
with a re my lvl 10 gun will be 4.8k to 5k dmg and 45-50k mass so i could get it into the vaksai easy. but the question is will it compare to 2x lvl 8's?
Not for PvE. In PvP I'd go with the Vaksai and the L10 because you can just one shot disable/destroy people, but for pounding gunboats you'll get better DPS out of 2 L8s.
Message Edited by Dragon942 on 08-11-2005 03:10 PM
Azarken wrote:
with a re my lvl 10 gun will be 4.8k to 5k dmg and 45-50k mass so i could get it into the vaksai easy. but the question is will it compare to 2x lvl 8's?