Pilot Archive

i think POB ships are great in pvp.... they do need to be beefed up just a tad, but we use one jsut about everynight. the crew is anyone under master pilot needing xp or needing missions done and wanting to have some fun. now we do have 2+ escorts at all times. the POB ship provides an excellent gunning platform for the escorts and the escorts well just do their job. the nova is fully loaded with ordinance and that is a big plus when it locks on. goin to deep space and waiting is like going to theed and standing around for pvp. get a group up, declare, do some missions or whatever. there is a reason they refer it to hunting

Be careful mentioning multiplayer ships around twitch kiddies. It offends them that they might have to cooperate withsomeone to succeed at anything.

As it stands now, the POBs and Heavy fighters really have no role in PvP, which is primarily about pilots in high performance ships trying to outdo other pilots in high performance ships. POBs and Heavies were designed to tackle targets MUCH bigger than they are, which makes them vulnerable to something lighter, yet capable of carrying an equal amount of firepower.

Consider the B-Wing. Aside from POBs, they have the worst maneuverability, but the greatest amount of firepower, exceeding even the POBs (I have a B-Wing set up with 4 3200+ max damage weapons). They are single pilot ships, and all the weapons are forward aiming. It was designed with one purpose in mind, taking out targets substantially larger than itself. It doesn't turn well, so it cannot effectively engage a target that's too much more maneuverablethan it is. Given that there are VERY few PvPing players in other heavy Fighters or POBs, the role they were meant for has no real place in the current scheme of PvP.

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tokeway wrote:

Speaking as a JTL Beta vet, they can make that AI freakin' merciless, relentless and nightmarishif they want to. If you've ever cursed at the sight of an Aggressor coming after you in Kessel since Live, you ain't seen them at their worst. That turret used to NEVER miss a shot.

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man i used to hate that rofl

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I'm glad Y-wings don't have turrets, hearing about those Aggressors scared me in beta... oh, wait, the player ones do, just the NPCs forget to hire a gunner. O.o

i hear ya man and great points. we use our heavy fighters / bombers to go after the enemy's heavy fighters / bombers. its a shame combat is so different on other servers. the bwing does excellent in pvp. its role is of a heavy fighter/bomber in our group. basically they see a POB ship and go at it. each ship does great. as long as you use them properly for their roles.