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Thread: Opressor/B-Wing/Krayt Need to be vastly similar :: Here's Why
hope to see one in action sometime soonMessage Edited by -Leonidas- on 12-20-2004 12:10 PM
S-1-l2-H-C wrote:
while i agree that the ships should not be the same, they should still be BALANCED.
right now the bwings only advantage is 30k mass over a krayt, and that the pilot can fire the forth gun without a gunner (not that your ever gonna hit with the forth gun in the bwing). for that 30k mass it has the same manuverabilty as the nova (the stats are identical) while the tie-opp and krayt fly way better than even the y-wing. now while i like the idea of the bwing being a heavy bomber, at least give it a serious advantage over the krayt in the heavy attack department, like even more mass or a couple more missle slots. as it is now the krayt is just as good at heavy attack but flys much better.
I own both.
Bwing - 4 pilot controlled blaster weapons and 2 missle tubes
t-22 - 3 pilot controlled blaster weapons and 1 missle tube, 1 turret gunner controlled blaster weapon.
30K is a big difference mass wise. When I point the bwing at a gun or system on the corvette, that gun/system get's vaporized with 2 advanced and 2 heavies all hitting it at once.
AnzelVincir wrote:
2.) PvP: Right now PvP in JTL has tremendous potential but very few players are taking advantage of it. I have two JTL characters. One is an Imp SS Ace and one is a RSF Master Pilot. Every time I launch into space the first thing I do is declare at the Imperial station yet I've had only one or two PvP encounters. The more balanced these three ships are the more likely players will be open to PvP... and PvP is one of the few activites at Master/Ace so it only makes sense to balance it as much as possible.
I think this thread is a little off subject. I'm not arguing who has the best ships or who should play what role. I'm saying that each faction needs to have access to ships of similar quality at the Master/Ace level.
But hey if you Rebs are content with me blasting the crap out of your A's, B's, and X's then so be it. Right now Privateer can declare as either Reb or Imp depending on your ground faction status so Privateer has the best of both worlds.
Pilots should pick a faction based on role play and not be concerned with who has the best ships...
AnzelVincir wrote:
I think this thread is a little off subject. I'm not arguing who has the best ships or who should play what role. I'm saying that each faction needs to have access to ships of similar quality at the Master/Ace level.
But hey if you Rebs are content with me blasting the crap out of your A's, B's, and X's then so be it. Right now Privateer can declare as either Reb or Imp depending on your ground faction status so Privateer has the best of both worlds.
Pilots should pick a faction based on role play and not be concerned with who has the best ships...
That's the point. They do. The problem is your ego won't let you see them because they may not be in the Master box.
Or are we all supposed to abandon all previous ships and only fly Oppressors, Krayts and B-Wings because everything else is below us?
Rhysen wrote:
AnzelVincir wrote:
I think this thread is a little off subject. I'm not arguing who has the best ships or who should play what role. I'm saying that each faction needs to have access to ships of similar quality at the Master/Ace level.
But hey if you Rebs are content with me blasting the crap out of your A's, B's, and X's then so be it. Right now Privateer can declare as either Reb or Imp depending on your ground faction status so Privateer has the best of both worlds.
Pilots should pick a faction based on role play and not be concerned with who has the best ships...
That's the point. They do. The problem is your ego won't let you see them because they may not be in the Master box.
Or are we all supposed to abandon all previous ships and only fly Oppressors, Krayts and B-Wings because everything else is below us?
To answer your question... Yes. I only fly the Krayt and Oppressor. Even when I am in a large group. And now I only fly the Krayt... which is the whole point of this thread. Every faction needs to have access to one really great fighter at Master. Just like they have equal access to one really great MP ships.
If it were up to me each faction would have one really good bomber, one really good fighter, and one really good MP at Master. This way all of the Tier 4 ships and below could be specialty ships for groups.
For instance, group 5 or 6 A-Wings together and you have a pretty deadly little swarm of Rebels. Or get one big arse decimator and have 5 TIE Advanceds escort it and you have an awesome group of Imps.
It has nothing to do with ego, just common sense. If the factions aren't balanced then you'll see Krayts become Space Composite very very quickly. Not only are they supieror to all other ships but they can be flown by either faction...
Rhysen wrote:
AnzelVincir wrote:
I think this thread is a little off subject. I'm not arguing who has the best ships or who should play what role. I'm saying that each faction needs to have access to ships of similar quality at the Master/Ace level.
But hey if you Rebs are content with me blasting the crap out of your A's, B's, and X's then so be it. Right now Privateer can declare as either Reb or Imp depending on your ground faction status so Privateer has the best of both worlds.
Pilots should pick a faction based on role play and not be concerned with who has the best ships...
That's the point. They do. The problem is your ego won't let you see them because they may not be in the Master box.
Or are we all supposed to abandon all previous ships and only fly Oppressors, Krayts and B-Wings because everything else is below us?