Poll

What is your favorite playable ship?

GTF Ares
6 (9.1%)
SF Mara (Terran)
16 (24.2%)
GTF Perseus
11 (16.7%)
GTF Erinyes
11 (16.7%)
GTF Myrmidon
2 (3%)
GTF Hercules
2 (3%)
GTF Herc Mk. II
6 (9.1%)
GTF Loki
1 (1.5%)
GTF Ulysses
2 (3%)
Other (specify)
9 (13.6%)

Total Members Voted: 41

Voting closed: March 10, 2003, 01:06:21 pm

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Offline Woolie Wool

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And this poll is:

What is your favorite playable fighter?
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Offline Sesquipedalian

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Since you neglected to post any Vasudan ships, I'll go with the Herc II.
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Offline Woolie Wool

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Vasudan ships?
/me rounds up Vasudans and hands them to a bunch of hungry Shivans.

For some reason I have a deep loathing of Vasudans and a desire to fight on the Shivan side (maybe because Shivan ships are so damn cool...).

My favorite playable ship is the GTF Ares, with the Mara a close second. You can actually keep shooting in an Ares for a while without running out of juice as opposed to an Erinyes. The Mara would be better had it more hull hitpoints and secondary weapons capacity. Speaking of secondary weapons capacity, the Erinyes could use a lot more.

But what I really want to fly is an SF Dragon. I've designed tables to make the Dragon playable, but I can't get weapons to work! Help!
« Last Edit: March 10, 2003, 01:21:30 pm by 1099 »
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16:47   Quanto   D:

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Offline ZylonBane

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My favorite is the one I use to strafe newbs who start polls.

'Tis best to nip this tendency in the bud, lest we get another rash of poll-spamming.
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Offline Lonestar

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The Vasudan Bomber "Sekhemet".

Ill fight anything in it, fighters, cruisers, corvettes, destroyers, transports you name it. I will kill it in a Sekhemet.

Same goes for the Terran Bomber GTB Ursa. Got to be the best Terran Bomber out there along with the Boanerges.

I wont fly the Herc II much, however i have a great amount of respect for it. Although its missile load capacity reaches no where near the Sekhemet (I know its a bomber, but its as good as any fighter out there, and if flown right is better), the Herc II makes up for it in speed and primary guns. Even tyhough all ships have different primary gun power drain, the power management makes this not a worry.

Fear The Sekhemet....

 

Offline Woolie Wool

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If you want to dogfight in a bomber, the Artemis D.H. is your ship. Those ****ers can outmaneuver a Herc II. But what really wins in the "pain in the ass" category is the SF Manticore. They are ridiculously hard to hit, and the Horus is no fun to dogfight either.

If you're really crazy, a Helios can be fitted to a GTF Myrmidon fighter, but the enemy ship's turrets can take you out easily while you're getting a lock. That is, if the enemy ship is not a piece of crap like an Orion or Aten.
« Last Edit: March 10, 2003, 01:27:22 pm by 1099 »
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16:46   Quanto   it itches like hell
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16:46   BotenAnna   Woolie: The outlook is good.
16:47   Quanto   D:

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What?! No Pegasus?!!?!

:(

Oh well, I'll go with GTF Perseus 2nd favourite :D

Cor

 

Offline Woolie Wool

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What?! No Pegasus?!!?!


You're kidding, right?

Right?

Seriously, if you're piloting a Pegasus or (even worse) a Ptah (that name is the sound I make when I have to fly one...), once you are sighted by an enemy ship you can kiss your ass goodbye as the enemy's primaries rip through your paper-thin hull.
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16:46   Quanto   it itches like hell
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16:46   BotenAnna   Woolie: The outlook is good.
16:47   Quanto   D:

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Offline CP5670

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Well, both my favorite fighter and bomber are vasudan (Tauret and Sekhmet), but out of those it is without a doubt the Mara. This thing is so good as to be unbalanced since it excels in almost every way, with great speed/maneuverability, very heavy armor, the biggest missile banks of any fighter and as a bonus, the ability to very slowly slide. :D The only problem is its terrible primary weapon compatibility, but it can still use the powerful Kayser. I suppose that the Mara is not really a standard ship though, so out of the more "normal" Terran fighters it would probably be the Ares for me.

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But what really wins in the "pain in the ass" category is the SF Manticore


That award I think should go to the Dragon. Very small and hard to hit, and incredibly maneuverable. The Horus can be annoying too, but it can't compare to that Dragon.

 

Offline Woolie Wool

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That award I think should go to the Dragon. Very small and hard to hit, and incredibly maneuverable. The Horus can be annoying too, but it can't compare to that Dragon.


The Dragon is just a little bit less of a pain because there's less of them and they don't appear during the TAG mission (if there were Dragons in the TAG mission, it would have taken the pain in the ass award). Manticores, on the other hand, are ****ing EVERYWHERE,  and if you don't have any secondaries left over and have Prometheus on your ship (never EVER bring along. Prometheus when you'll be left missile-less against Manticores or Dragons!), you're pretty much ****ed. Plus, Dragons at least are the coolest-looking ships in the game and you have some eye candy to relieve the frustration with.

If only I could FLY a Dragon...
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If only I could FLY a Dragon...


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Offline Woolie Wool

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Ever play the original Freespace? ;7 :thepimp:


No, but I'm gonna download the FS-FS2 conversion and then I'll change my missions to work with the conversion (teach the last remaining Apollos [instead of Lokis] in the GTVA what Kaysers are!)
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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The Herc II is only worth flying if you have the six-gun mod.
Sod the Sekhmet, you can take down anything in a Herc II!

'cept capships, of course. Ok, I'll go with... THE ATHENA!!!

 

Offline Nuclear1

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I liked flying Vasudan ships better than Terran ships, for some odd reason. When SA comes out, you will Ph34r Vasudan fighters :thepimp:

Anyway, my favorite Terran ship would be the Herc II.

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Offline Darkage

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I love the Herc2 fighter. Most of the time i load it with 2 Kayser banks. 1 Tornado bank and 1 bank of Harpoons. After that the perseus interceptor and atlast the Enrys.
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Myrm.  6 gun points are better than 4, and it has no real weaknesses.  Zues can also be good fun, i like the long afterburner supply, but if only it was a tad bit faster. :sigh:

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And this poll is:

What is your favorite playable fighter?


Wow this guy is fast. :yes:

Mara. :nod:
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Offline Knight Templar

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The Athena all the way.


That baby is a real ship. Has looks. Has Power. Has the speed like no other.

*drools*


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Peronally, my first place goes to the Apolllo for old style charm value. Second goes to the Sekhmet because it's so damn fine, and third goes to the Athena because of a combination of both.
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Offline Anaz

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The Athena all the way.


That baby is a real ship. Has looks. Has Power. Has the speed like no other.

*drools*


;7 ;7 ;7


hell yeah...

but if it is an FS2 ship...mara r0x0rz all...
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