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Thread: The A-Wing

FiveToFour
Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:28 am
#14

sumner wrote:

Chiwawa wrote:

Drol_Redav wrote:
The A-Wing has to much mass for it's size. It is physically larger looking than the Interceptor and has 15k more mass. Not only that but it takes for ever to shoot down, is this a joke?
The A-Wing should not be nearly invincible!!!
Please make the thing a bigger size so it is atleast possible to target and kill.




Not being funny but Rebel pilot specials are rubbish, our droid programs are rubbish, so it seems fair that we get the best ship in the game

Find a droid program vendor and load them up! You can use any droid program you can get your hands on. I use all the freelancer programs and some of the rebel ones too.



But what we are able to program is nowhere near as good as the Imp and Freelance programs, engine overload 3 works especially well in the A-Wing with the pre-nerfed 92.2 speed engine RE'ed to be 95 speed.

As for it being nearly invincible, the A-Wing is a ship for true pilots with its speed and maneuverability it requires skill to use it, ESPECIALLY in PvP when you have to constantly dodge while attempting to kill your opponents, just ask how hard it was to hit me from my 22 imp kills(and how satisfying it was to kill me to the 3, of which 2 were gank squads, deaths ).



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Arryth
Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:41 am
#15

Chiwawa wrote:

Drol_Redav wrote:
The A-Wing has to much mass for it's size. It is physically larger looking than the Interceptor and has 15k more mass. Not only that but it takes for ever to shoot down, is this a joke?
The A-Wing should not be nearly invincible!!!
Please make the thing a bigger size so it is atleast possible to target and kill.




Not being funny but Rebel pilot specials are rubbish, our droid programs are rubbish, so it seems fair that we get the best ship in the game




ABSOLUTELY RIGHT...The rebel programs and skills all suck.. I dont even use the rebel droid commands on my rebel pilot.. Just the nutral and imperial.



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Skuzz
Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:45 pm
#16
Ahhhh yes the awing debate rears its head again. hehehe.

Heres my 2 cents...

In PvE Awings are mildly amusing but have a big fat ZERO on the threat indicator. They are zippy fun little guys to chase around but they pop easy and fast.

Those blasted droid fighters are waaaaay more annoying.

My 4333 rebel pilot alt is trying his best to get his awing tricked out but its slow going. Still havent figured out what sort of mix i want or need in it. I got spoiled rotten with my master privateer main toon, the neutral ships are just amazing. =) 





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psikobunny
Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:22 pm
#17
My Awing loadout:

REd L6 reward engine (prenerf)

REd L6 shield (best mass to hp value, low charge mitigated by CtSS)

REd L8 reward gun

REd L4 reward booster (I'd fit the L8 if I could)


Those are the key systems, everything else is pretty much low mass fluff that doesnt require much special. Reactor drain and Cap drain are minimal. Armor pointless, I may take it out altogether if it lets me put something tasty in. My shielding is solely to help me last the occasional PvE hits. Her name is the Death Sled.



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Kassuff
Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:49 pm
#18

Tier 5 A-wings are not much of a threat, more of an annoyance. They're not easy to hit, but when you do, they fold pretty fast. Target the engine or reactorand disable them quickly. Dont wait the 3 seconds for them to become vunrible again after disabling them. Target another A-wing and go to work.


Where the threat is with A-wings is they almost always support B or Y wings. EitherB's or Y'sin a group will ruin your day if on your tail. Wipe out the Y's and B's first before engaging the A's. If your cap can handle it, keep CtSh looped to keep your shield replenished.


As for PvP, I cant touch an A-wing in the hands of a good pilot unless they make a mistake. Perhaps I should RE my level 6 reward engine and get some better YPR stats, but I dont think it'll do much good. Awings are usually too small and too quick on their turns for me hit with much consistancy.


I keep pair of level 10 Blasters (2600+ to 4100+, 0.700+ to both armor and shield, non-RE'd) on my TIE Opressor, but I'm finding this a little boring for both PvP and PvE. These one shot kills are not all that fun (I win some and lose more so I've mounted a pair of level 9 crafted guns. These have average damage, around 1900 to 3000 and 0.480 to both armor/shield which is nothing worth mentioning, until you look at the 0.260 speed. Alternating fire between both cannons givesfighters a rate of fire more like what you see in the movies. I find it more fun to "machine gun" npc fighters to death, and in PvP, opponents last a little longer (and sometimes I pay the price for that


Bottom line is that I respect the A-wing. The performance seems to more than make up for the heavy weapons and defences on my TIE (at least until I'm a better pilot)


Kaelmythe
Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:57 pm
#19
What would be considered the Freelancer Equivelant to the A-Wing/TIE Agressor?


I'm not sure if it'd be like a Dunelizard, or a Khirxhax (not the correct spelling,but you get the idea) or perhaps an Ixiyen?


Not meaning to hijack, of course...just curious and didn't feel another thread was neccisary.



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master-ch
Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:36 pm
#20
um we are fast why um because our shields suck armor sucks if nwe even got it on we only have 1 gun 1 ord if we can fit it so on so ya get over it we are just like a fly on the wall hard to hit, but other than that we dont do much.... btw my a wing goes 1632 w booster good luck hitting my engine lol!




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psikobunny
Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:22 pm
#21
there isnt a Freelancer equivalent at the upper end of the spectrum, this is the only downside of the introduction of the Krayt, as wonderful as it is, it is simply a better version of theRhixirk as opposed to a ship with a markedly different profile, like the differences between the Y, X, and A. Khirax is too small to put any equipment of note into it, and thus even with droid programming cant compete. I dont think its possible to oufit one with a good engine, decent weapon and acceptable shield, along with needed subsystems. Crunching numbers in my head leads me to think that you might be able to fot an RE'd L6 gun, but thats about all. Even then, the inherently high albedo (can't paint Blacksun ships for squat)and the larger shape than the Awing and TIEinterceptor, make it a much easier target than its counterparts.



Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]


Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician


Made it before all hell broke loose.



master-ch
Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:26 pm
#22

just be glad u got the krayt please dont whine u dont got speed the krayt is an awesome ship u got a gunner its yaw pitch and roll arnt bad. so really its not bad at all. we rebels only have the b wing which is worse in turning than the y wing and we got the nova(i hate the lay out) so no need to whine

Message Edited by master-ch on 01-17-2005 07:27 PM




IGN hidaulaus- elder jedi

I am an avenger...
I must obtain power no matter what,
even if I must let the devil take hold of my
body... This is the only way I can kill HIM...-Sasuke


The Kenwa & Hid FC!!
^(R-I-P)^


psikobunny
Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:11 am
#23
Who said I was whining? I was making a logical comparison between the different fast ships in each branch and stating that the wonderful ship given to us was designed for a role that we already had a ship for. call a spade a spade, but don't call me a whiner when I'm not.



Gilack Mehoipou [Bloodfin]


Quintuple Master- Marksman/Squad Leader/Rifleman/Vortex Pilot/Politician


Made it before all hell broke loose.



Eaca
Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:18 am
#24
dune lizard has better handling, only slightly lower speed, and 15k more mass than the a-wing...
Zedzuada
Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:56 am
#25
Eaca wrote:
dune lizard has better handling, only slightly lower speed, and 15k more mass than the a-wing...


...and is a much, much bigger target.


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mrmark200000
Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:30 am
#26




Velneth wrote:
They're not invincable. They're speedy, small tough to hit little buggers.

You want invincable? Try Aggressor NPC's. They're 10x worse than A-Wings.




hell yeah, aggressors sure are 10X worse than A-wings, aggressors are annoying as hell. but. however, they arent invincible, ive klled many of em, just targget the tail gun first



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