Pilot Archive
Thread: KSE wings need to fold when braking or at complete stop
Narrganocca wrote:
I am gonna say something here about convergence issue of lasers. the reason the Xwing was built the way it was, ie 4 spread wings with a cannon on each was to increase field of fire. this means the lasers DO NOT converge by intent. I actually like that they do not converge because it does allow a bit more slop in firing your weapons. Unlike the Y wing which really does require a high degree of recision to hit with since its blasters are centered, I think the X excels at PvP for this reason. It isn't so hot in PvE since you gotta shoot the crap out of a target to kill it, but in PvP 1-4 shots kill and having that spread against opponents with great handling engines/ships can mean the difference between making the kill or becoming space scrap
You fly an X in PvP? Are you only 3333? 
Any PvPer with an Advanced or a Dunelizard is gonna clean up on you with an X, it has way too much silhouette and way too little maneuverability compared with an A-wing. If you cant hit someone with convergent fire anyway, you shouldnt be PvPing 
In PvE the X owns, btw, because it can sling on so much firepower, but thats not worth as muchwhen half your shots go AROUND your targets.
And no, in every other game from LA there's always been convergence on the X-wing's laser fire, and in the EU it establishes that the lasers arent mounted in parallel, they're tied to the targeting computer. Watch some of the dogfights in the movies, all 4 of the X's lasers hit TIEs dead on, but you cant do that in the game now.