Pilot Archive

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Komabai wrote:

So whats the point of having a firespray other than having a rare ship if its mass is about the same as a Krayt? I was hoping for something bigger since its quite easy to max out the mass on the Krayt with high lvl equipment. I'm I the only one that is disapointed with the fact thatthe Kraytonly masses about 20k more than the tier 4 ship? Thanks for all your input guys.

Komabai

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Because of the rarity of the Firespray, it's not something you see all over the place. The Krayt has more gun mounts, has a turret that is nice for another person to keep the bad guys off your 6 in a real furball, and gets a little more speed out of an engine. The Firespray has two missle hardpoints.

That said, the pilots I've spoken to that have a Firespray sing its praises. (I'm still 2 pieces away from getting my first complete set to make a schematic.)

Heh, only reason i woudlnt mind a firespray, is its the only ship i haven't flown yet. That said, personnaly i jsut cant see my way to spending 8 million for an sup par krayt with convergance issues just to look at a different cockpit

I paid 8 mil, I think, for the Firespray on Chilastra. I'm not a Master yet so the deed is still sitting in my bank box. What I can't figure out is ... Right now all I fly is my Dunelizard. It started out with all player made components but over the months I've tweaked it here and there with nice looted stuff to the point where she's running wonderfully now.

Once I master, I'm not sure what I'll have in my datapad ... ideally I'd like to have the Dunelizard, Firepray, Krayt, and the YT, but we only have 3 places. I guess the Dunelizard goes away. :/

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bmeenan wrote:
I paid 8 mil, I think, for the Firespray on Chilastra. I'm not a Master yet so the deed is still sitting in my bank box. What I can't figure out is ... Right now all I fly is my Dunelizard. It started out with all player made components but over the months I've tweaked it here and there with nice looted stuff to the point where she's running wonderfully now.

Once I master, I'm not sure what I'll have in my datapad ... ideally I'd like to have the Dunelizard, Firepray, Krayt, and the YT, but we only have 3 places. I guess the Dunelizard goes away. :/

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The Lizzy is what I flew to Master in the Freelancer trees, it is just a sweet ship. Of course I had already done Imp and had a ton of low mass components RE'd for my TIEs, I don't think I ever used more than 2/3 of the Lizzy's mass ever, all the vay through the Vette.

As for the KSE FireChicken, *shrug* As a Reb, I can see possibly getting used to it, as Freelance, the Krayt is much better. As Imp, well the Oppressor has less Mass, but if you get the right components...2 guns (equal to FireChicken)...and 3 missiles (one more than the FireChicken) with the exact same manuvering and speed modifiers.

Honestly, I am back to Imp...my FireChicken deed sits in my bank, I pull it out every once in a while for nostalgia, that is it. There are better ships out there.

>>Once I master, I'm not sure what I'll have in my datapad ... ideally I'd like to have the Dunelizard, Firepray, Krayt, and the YT

Unless you PvP, all you'll really end up using is the krayt. Your YT will just sit there looking pretty but doing nothing if you dont have a regular group to crew it with.

Heh, im a master SW, i know whats involved, but i still dont think its worth the hassel. All that REALLY matters is gun emplacements, YPR, and mass, everything else is just asthetics.

That said, I would very much like to see the KFC chickenspray buffed somehow to make it more defining in features, so cynical people like me woudlnt have any basis to be so critical about it.

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Ducimus wrote:

That said, I would very much like to see the KFC chickenspray buffed somehow to make it more defining in features, so cynical people like me woudlnt have any basis to be so critical about it.

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The Chickenspray is not that bad a ship, but being Imp I have a lot of really good low mass stuff, and I can pack it al into my Oppressor just as easy as the Chickenspray and have better firing pattern. I would say the advantage is the missiles, I can pack spacebombs in the Chicken, and in the Opp I am using Protons....but for me, missiles are not that important, and my big guns go into the Opp just fine, sooo...Opp it is, especially since the Opp is a *lot* cheaper to replace

Not to mention the oppressor has a smaller profile.

The oppressor also has one unique advantage going for it in terms of PvP. It is the only ship in the game that can mount three MK II Image-rec missles, and still be able to sport at least one L10 cannon. I have an L10 and and L8 borestal, trying to squeeze in another L10, still gathering parts