Pilot Archive
Thread: Y-8 still kinda sucky for mining
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Narut0
Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:33 pm
#1
its big
Its bulky
It turns like sludge
the turrets still suck ( 180 arks only 90 ark and a 360 rotation)
there is now a TINT of grey fogged windows
basicly the ship sucks for mining in the typical way. i think the way we mine needs to be rethought or the ship be redesigned.
Its bulky
It turns like sludge
the turrets still suck ( 180 arks only 90 ark and a 360 rotation)
there is now a TINT of grey fogged windows
basicly the ship sucks for mining in the typical way. i think the way we mine needs to be rethought or the ship be redesigned.
psikobunny
Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:55 pm
#2
Yup, we knew that. In fact I could have told you months ago that just addign turrets wouldn't fix that ship. It's poorly thought out, and I honestly dont think there is a way to make it work for mining.
PaladinX333
Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:31 pm
#3
It just needs a (Y-8 only) "wide field" tractor beam for the pilot to use. One or two gunners could break up the roids and the pilot could scoop them in. This is how it should work... to bad it does not.
Yiddo-Chimaera
Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:04 pm
#4
Tried it myself straight after thePub was live, it is better then it was, seems more manouverable, but still isn't great. Even with the larger hold I suspect people will harvest more and quicker with solo starfighters.
Add to that the fact that for the front 2 turrets to be of any use the pilot has to constantly track the chunks, and I have 2 pilots who have no intention of doing that again as the scatter pattern is so erratic they were effectively useless.
Sorry SoE, unless someone susses out how to do this then it's back to the phat x-wing for me ...
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