Pilot Archive

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Washell wrote:

Several reasons:

• It needs 4 RE'd guns
• Level 10 RE'd engine
• You need to commit yourself to it to learn to fly it, something not many people are willing to do with the JSF/Bel-22 and heavy-x available

My current B-wing is pretty flyable, but working on several components to free up mass to install better armor and missile launchers. At least 30k mass locked up in components that could be lighter. 244k sounds like a lot of mass, but with 4 guns and a heavy engine it's gone quick.

All in all, B-Wing pilots are rare and already know what they're doing. The reward is good though, the firepower you can quickly bring to bear on a target is awesome

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Death doesn't fly a JSF anymore...he flies a Gallente Thorax in EVE Online

Hey Julio, I'm proudly "resistant to change"
Since people seem to like my space loot thread, here's a link to it.

I fly a B-Wing. It's not my first ship of choice for every situation, but I fly it frequently. True, it's a slug, but with a massive near-80 PYR level 10 engine it doesn't handle quite so miserably.

The two characters on my main account are Rebel Aces and each flies two ships. Aucka flies the Advanced X-Wing and a B-Wing. Krysemi flies a Longprobe (Bloodfin's original Y-Wing-of-Death with about 25k worth of max damage from the two guns at the press of a button) and an A-Wing.

A lot of people tend to gravitate towards what's best. It's only natural. In the case of Alliance pilots, that ship is the Advanced X-Wing. I, personally, tend to gravitate towards what I like, whether it's the best or not, depending on the circumstances. If I'm just farting around doing this or that, I'll fly whatever ship I feel like flying. I like the B-Wing a lot, but it definitely takes a lot of getting used to.

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jimbrown wrote:

the biggest hurdle is the inertia. after flying it for a week, i learned to not oversteer quite often, but i still would not have dreamed of pvping in it.

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I think the best advice is to play a ship towards its strengths and not against it's weaknesses. Even with a tremendous level 10 engine, the B-Wing still does not maneuver well enough for an actual PvP dogfight. True you could still turn a smaller circle than a lot of guys out there, but nowhere near as fast. To play to the strengths, if you're taking it into PvP, equip an REd level 8 shield, and adjust it to extreme front. Bind all 4 guns and both launchers to one button.Fly straight at your PvP target at half throttle. As soon as you start hearing the missile lock tone, start mashing that button. 4 guns and 2 MK4 protons are gonna blow someone up before they get 1 or 2 guns through about 6000 front shield str in front of 2000 front armor

It's a dog to fly.

I have a nice lvl10 engine stats

P 80.1 Y 84.2 R 80.3 speed 97.1 and its still a dog to fly