Smuggler Archive
Thread: SOoooooo I broke down and went SA pilot...
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maxtheusher
Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:20 am
#1
I decided that being called a smuggler by npcs and having access to the YT was worth dropping 2222 rebel for... BUT I'M STILL ANGRY ABOUT "s"MUGGLING! RAAAA!!!!
testify4
Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:28 am
#2
I think I will go back to SA for fun. I did 3-2-2-2 with the SA, but then got gated because of my ability and ship components. I remembered the first couple tiers being fun so I dropped Freelance Pilot and went to the Imperial Inquisition. When that got old, I transferred over to the Black Eps and did 3-2-2-2 again.
The missions after 3-2-2-2 aren't that fun solo, so I just drop and transfer once in awhile. It doesn't take very long to get back to Tier 3 again. Fortunately my Dunelizard is still in spacedock somewhere. 
lurdanta
Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:09 am
#3
I tell you, for whatever it's worth, the YT is really, really cool.
01201986
Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:14 am
#4
I'm considering doing something similar, dropping Alliance Ace to do SA. The nova is just kinda disappointing, and the B-wing is so slow and hard to steer, it's not even worth flying it. It's a shame that the two best ships for the rebs IMO aren't even master ships (X and A wings). I mean, in the movies, the B-wing's were pretty manuverable, something else SOE screwed up i think. 
/shrug
/shrugMessage Edited by 01201986 on 12-08-2004 10:15 AM
01201986
Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:24 pm
#5
yeah, nova is pretty cool on the inside, but it's like driving a bus. only good thing about it is the rediulously high mass. I'll be disappointed if the YT drives the same way. Han and Lando could steer that thing with the manuverability of an X-wing...
maxtheusher
Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:20 pm
#6
Unfortunately, I think all the MP ships pilot like an elephant riding another elephant, which is a shame, because yea, the falcon sure could move. That being said the YT does also have very high mass. Who knows, maybe if we complain enough they'll add retardedly high mass engines specifically designed for the MP ships that will give them the maneuverability they really should have. It's not like they're capital ships or something.
TomoRainer
Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:47 pm
#7
YTs, Novas, and Decimators all handle exactly the same, so don't let that influence your decision to switch pilot professions.
Privateers are finally up to speed now, though, what with the new droid commands and the master ship on TC, so it's not a bad time to switch to the Smuggler's Alliance.
Privateers are finally up to speed now, though, what with the new droid commands and the master ship on TC, so it's not a bad time to switch to the Smuggler's Alliance.
maxtheusher
Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:49 pm
#8
switch BACK to SA you mean.... I actually have been SA now twice, once in beta, and again before i dropped it for rebel which I now dropped... I'm fickle.
I actually have been SA now twice, once in beta, and again before i dropped it for rebel which I now dropped... I'm fickle.
maxtheusher
Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:07 pm
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I was upset, was at a vendor, buying my dunelizard, and they had a vt49 and a Nova, but no YT. I would've bought it right then looking toward the future
01201986
Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:16 pm
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maxtheusher wrote:
Unfortunately, I think all the MP ships pilot like an elephant riding another elephant, which is a shame, because yea, the falcon sure could move. That being said the YT does also have very high mass. Who knows, maybe if we complain enough they'll add retardedly high mass engines specifically designed for the MP ships that will give them the maneuverability they really should have. It's not like they're capital ships or something.
That's a true shame. The lack of maneuverability makes it hard for me to want to drive them. I like that idea about the engines. The YT at least should be to handle well. the nova and decimator, I can understand them being bad at handling because they are like gun-boats. But now there is a nuetral gun-boat on TC, so maybe the YT will get some help with maneuverability. although i doubt it, cuz the YT is the iconic "Smuggler" ship, and improving the YT could be considered love for Smugglers. It would be great if even we "ground" Smugglers got a maneuverability advantage when it came to the YT
maxtheusher
Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:26 pm
#12
01201986 wrote:
maxtheusher wrote:
It would be great if even we "ground" Smugglers got a maneuverability advantage when it came to the YT
Shhhh don't let them hear you, we won't eat for a week!
Yea saw the new Privateer Master ship, and it looks like the Kimogila got beaten with the Ugly Stick, then fell out of the Ugly Tree, hitting every branch on the way down, only to land in a big pile of UGLY. lol. But yea, It's got 3 Pilot controlled guns, and 1 turret. It really could be our slow lumbering tank while the YT could be awesome...
Or we could go with your smugglers get maneuverability bonuses thing
TomoRainer
Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:11 pm
#13
There's a small chance they'll change the YT around somehow, as currently it only has 2 missile slots to the Nova and Decimator's 3 (which is about the only issue us privateers have left), but I highly doubt it would be anything significant, and I know they'd never make the YT somehow better than the other two ships. They may well improve them all in some ways--currently, there are a boatload of problems with them--but I don't expect improved maneuverability to be one of them. I think they're more likely to do something about increasing the shields/armor on them, possibly the capacitor, and maaaybe the weapons, with gyroscopic turrets one option to do that.
Oh yeah, and to stop the plasma fires from triple incap killing you whenever your ship's parts get disabled. That's kind of annoying.
Oh yeah, and to stop the plasma fires from triple incap killing you whenever your ship's parts get disabled. That's kind of annoying.
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