Pilot Archive
Thread: Need For Speed
S-1-l2-H-C wrote:
Anyone else done this yet?
Heh, I always find it interesting to see how people lay out their HUDs. Personally, I find the radar more useful immediately below the center reticles, so I don't have to look far. Otherwise, my layout is nearly the same.
Message Edited by S-1-l2-H-C on 05-19-2005 12:19 PM
Hit an even 2000 in the Actis the other night using a mk5 engine and booster w/ engine overload 4. The engine is 117.9 I believe, and can't remember stats on the booster. Not a useful configuration for the ship, but going from the station hangar to 1k away in 6 seconds is fun.
Kebb Wallesh
Naritus
I hit an interesting bug a while back with my Y-wing LP. My engines were "well used" and I issued a /vrepairother on a guild associate who was completing a mission. Result: My engines disappeared.... I waited, called for support... engines didn't appear... did it again... engines reappeared.... engines read as -7 hp... now here's where the fun starts....
Y-wing LP: Top sustained speed without booster: 5200, with boster 5800 
My Y/P/R was incredible, doing flips every 0.5 seconds...
I asked a guildie to join me and Kessel... told him to line up behind me... said "watch this"....slammed booster..."Holy crap!"... dida full review of Kessel vette Despawn and Spawn point in less then15 seconds...
As tempting as it was to keep it needed to be corrected... landed... returned to orbit... speed reset...
But for those few minutes I could honestly claim that I had the fastest engines in SWG...ever....
S-1-l2-H-C wrote:
BonesDragon wrote:
Heh, I always find it interesting to see how people lay out their HUDs. Personally, I find the radar more useful immediately below the center reticles, so I don't have to look far. Otherwise, my layout is nearly the same.
i used to put my radar there too, but my joystick ends up blocking my view of it, so i moved it to the right. i wish i could make it bigger like you can on the ground.
You mean centered at the bottom of the screen? I meant right under the reticle, as in nearly touching it.
Like this:
http://necrobones.com/gamestuff/swg/dunelizard/stardestroyer4.jpg
Zade_Taerin wrote:
I hit an interesting bug a while back with my Y-wing LP. My engines were "well used" and I issued a /vrepairother on a guild associate who was completing a mission. Result: My engines disappeared.... I waited, called for support... engines didn't appear... did it again... engines reappeared.... engines read as -7 hp... now here's where the fun starts....
Y-wing LP: Top sustained speed without booster: 5200, with boster 5800
My Y/P/R was incredible, doing flips every 0.5 seconds...
I asked a guildie to join me and Kessel... told him to line up behind me... said "watch this"....slammed booster..."Holy crap!"... dida full review of Kessel vette Despawn and Spawn point in less then15 seconds...
As tempting as it was to keep it needed to be corrected... landed... returned to orbit... speed reset...
But for those few minutes I could honestly claim that I had the fastest engines in SWG...ever....
Holy wow... I'm glad I wasn't in Kessel that night, if I saw a CFA Y-wing doing that I'd be scared to ever enter DS again!
Imperial Transmission:
All Imperial Pilots report to the attached coordinates. Crimson Fleet Alliance has been spotted testing out a prototype Y-wing with unknown engine. Seek and Disable, repeat, Seek and Disable. Recovery of unknown engine is top priority.
/endtransmission
Loki_Ashaman wrote:
Zade_Taerin wrote:
I hit an interesting bug a while back with my Y-wing LP. My engines were "well used" and I issued a /vrepairother on a guild associate who was completing a mission. Result: My engines disappeared.... I waited, called for support... engines didn't appear... did it again... engines reappeared.... engines read as -7 hp... now here's where the fun starts....
Y-wing LP: Top sustained speed without booster: 5200, with boster 5800
My Y/P/R was incredible, doing flips every 0.5 seconds...
I asked a guildie to join me and Kessel... told him to line up behind me... said "watch this"....slammed booster..."Holy crap!"... dida full review of Kessel vette Despawn and Spawn point in less then15 seconds...
As tempting as it was to keep it needed to be corrected... landed... returned to orbit... speed reset...
But for those few minutes I could honestly claim that I had the fastest engines in SWG...ever....
Holy wow... I'm glad I wasn't in Kessel that night, if I saw a CFA Y-wing doing that I'd be scared to ever enter DS again!
Imperial Transmission:
All Imperial Pilots report to the attached coordinates. Crimson Fleet Alliance has been spotted testing out a prototype Y-wing with unknown engine. Seek and Disable, repeat, Seek and Disable. Recovery of unknown engine is top priority.
/endtransmission
hehe... I was tempted to keep it for a bit and to find a group of Imperials doing missions. I would have flown thrown the pack, disappeared, come back... could just picture the chatter:
**WOOSH
"Jesus, WTH! What was that?"
**WOOSH
"There it is a again... holy crap, was that a Y-wing?"
**WOOSH
"Crap! WTH is going on here!?!?"
BonesDragon wrote:
Heh, I always find it interesting to see how people lay out their HUDs. Personally, I find the radar more useful immediately below the center reticles, so I don't have to look far. Otherwise, my layout is nearly the same.
Overall, the only speed "boost" that we get is from Terrain Negotiation. We end up something like 2-3 times as fast as other players, but only when crawling. Walking, the only benefit we get is that we don't slow down when walking on hills (and your hill speed caps out at Master Scout or Exploration 4 + BE clothing). If you want to walk faster, get yourself a pair of cybernetic legs.