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As a privateer i found my three ships i always kept loaded were:
- Dunelizard
- Krayt (before kryat Ryxirk)
- The token MP ship, YT transport

As an imperia pilot i find my most commonly used ships are:
-T/A
- Tie/Oppressor
- Token MP ship, Decimator

One thing about the oppressor is that sure it doesnt have 3 weapon mounts for the pilot (it has 2), but it also has a smaller profile then a krayt and has the largest missle payload of any starfighter in the game excepting mulitplayer ships. Quite satifsying helping others on teir 3 missions cutting loose a salvo of three missles (or a space bomb or two) on the gunship they died to 5 times over before they got your help

Message Edited by Ducimus on 01-28-2005 01:40 PM

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GunFu wrote:

Just wondering which is better, Im thinking of dropping freelance and going imperial pilot. I prefer a fast, great turning, and heavy firepower. Ive never flown imp ships. I have a rebel pilot (I love the X-wing) and this freelance pilot which is 4444 and I hate all the ships I qualify for. Plz give me your views on things.thx

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If you prefer fast and great turning, realize that it will come at the cost of mass, and in some cases firepower too.

The first three imperial ships are more or less throw aways. T/F, T/ln and to a lesser extent the T/I you'll probably redeed and never use again once you get a T/A.

That said, the T/A has the best speed, manuverablity, to firepower ratio of any ship in its class. Tie's are genearly harder to work with in comparision to other professons because of mass limitations. However i've found that once your know what you really need in one, and at what tech level, its not a problem at all. Right now my T/A is packing more firepower than my xwing did as a reble pilot. (An RE'd Leve 8 cannon at 3600 damage for example is one of them).

In short, working with tie's i think requires a bit more intimate knowledge of ship parts then other professions.

My suggestion really, is to create an imperial pilot alt on another server and try it out and see how you like it. Realize however that the starter ship really wont demonstrate any shortcomings you may experience later on.. however with the right parts, tie's rock.

Ive done all three professions and im not changing back to rebel or privateer. I do however miss the Xwing, and i really miss the krayt, but the oppressor is nothing to sneeze at and im just as effective in it, as i was in my krayt.

Make an alt and try it out.

Message Edited by Ducimus on 01-28-2005 12:17 PM

exactly, freelance ships have unholy amounts of mass. as an imperial pilot i always had to watch the mass on any components going into my ships, but with freelance, mass is never a problem. as for turning/firepower etc. IMO freelance is better in eahc class then the imperial ships. as stated above, the T/A is all you really use... with freelance you actually make use of the ships. my arsenal is krayt, dunelizard, and kimo. as an imperial pilot my line up was T/A, decimator, Sorosuub.