[TopAce]

Why wouldn't we give the B-wing ion cannons?

[brandx0]

Yes, of course there will be Ion cannons in game, and the B-wing will have 3.  The debate was never whether we would include ion cannons, it was what sort of effect will ion cannons have.

[WOLF_Angel]

There was another thread at one point debating the validity of using ion cannons in this game.  I think it started with a discussion as to whether or not the GUN should be brought in.  Which lead to the reason it was in the X-Wing series was for it's ION cannons.  And the debate went downhill from there.

Hence I was not sure IF they were going to be in the game or not.

[WOLF_Angel]

The debate was never whether we would include ion cannons, it was what sort of effect will ion cannons have.

Was that part settled?

[brandx0]

Not entirely.

Oh, and an update here on the texture:

[Snail]

holy ****!

[Thaeris]

MWAHAHA-HA

If only I could forgive the B-Wing for its countless hours of disappointment...

[Col. Fishguts]

MWAHAHA-HA

If only I could forgive the B-Wing for its countless hours of disappointment...

STFU N00B... the B-wing was the be-all and end-all in XvT.

OT: Very nice, I'm looking forward to see this finished in the same quality as the previous Rebel fighters.

[Thaeris]

STFU N00B... the B-wing was the be-all and end-all in XvT.

SILENCE, FOO!!!

Ever play X-Wing? The B-Wing has always been overplayed by LucasArts... well, not in X-Wing... but, still! Comparable to FS bombers/the Ares in many respects... packs a punch and might be fast... but it's a damn potato! (Otherwise TIE-Fodder...)

[Commander Zane]

The Ares is fast?

[TopAce]

The B-wing is fast?

[Thaeris]

...I was thinking Artemis when writing that...

And the B-Wing was supposed to be pretty fast... Faster than the Y-Wing at least. Though you're going to die in a dogfight with a B-Wing, whereas the Y-Wing should be able to hold its own.

How or when should we expect to see some cockpits, Brand?

[TopAce]

The B-wing is a bomber. It's not supposed to be fast. And it isn't fast.

[StealthSudaka]

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packs a punch and might be fast... but it's a damn potato! (Otherwise TIE-Fodder...)
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True. It was just me and my little TIE fighter picking off countless B-wings. The head on was the deadliest, but the TIE's agility was more than enough to avoid the b-wing's barrage of death. Once a TIE got on your back, you were pretty much dead. Same with the Y-wing.

[Col. Fishguts]

STFU N00B... the B-wing was the be-all and end-all in XvT.

SILENCE, FOO!!!

Ever play X-Wing? The B-Wing has always been overplayed by LucasArts... well, not in X-Wing... but, still! Comparable to FS bombers/the Ares in many respects... packs a punch and might be fast... but it's a damn potato! (Otherwise TIE-Fodder...)

BURN THE HERETIC!

Ok, granted the games pulled stats out of dark places, but I had heaps of fun with the B-Wing in "Balance of power", it's almost as fast as the X-Wing and has shields to shrug off almost  any fighter attack. Although it's sort of sluggish, I preferred it over the Y-Wing to dogfight any day.

In XWA the B-Wing got even deadlier with the laser convergence and the ability to link lasers and ions together. A concentrated blast from all 6 guns could ruin any Imperial fighter pilots day... even those pesky TIE Advanced only could take 3 or 4 concentrated hits.

[GT-Keravnos]

An excellent model, well done! 

[Vector Leader]

Woweee!! She's coming along nicely, brandx0. Gorgeous.

I read someone asking about the proton torpedo tube placements earlier. If memory serves me right, the default configuration has one just above the engine cluster (between it and the cockpit pod) and one at the base within the weapon mount cluster. Speaking of which, will the B-wing's weapon load out configuration be customizable?

And the B-Wing was supposed to be pretty fast... Faster than the Y-Wing at least.

Actually, you got it backwards. However, both are slower than the X-wing. Forget what you've scene in the X-wing/TIE Fighter series. lol

The B-wing is a bomber. It's not supposed to be fast. And it isn't fast.

Well technically the B-wing's combat designation is Assault Starfighter, but yeah, it's not suppose to be fast. It wasn't designed to dogfight.

[IceFire]

I always liked the B-Wing.  Maybe not fast or designed to dogfight but correct me if I'm wrong but the B-Wing is basically the greatest amount of firepower in the smallest ship possible right?  Its designed to make things bigger than it hurt... a lot.

[Dragon]

It was always my fighter of choice (in XWA), as it could carry a lot of torpedoes or missiles, had a lot of weapons and autoconvergence to compensate for them being spread off center.
It's only flaw was low speed and manouverability, but I learned to compensate by using it's "Corner velocity" a lot and transfering power to engines when needed (I bound ETS functions to HAT). Anything that got in front of my guns was dead in a short while and I mastered many ways to make this happen. Also, that's what I expect from FoTG B-W, to be though, well armed and sluggish, but not in the way that makes dogfighting impossible.
On a side not, are you going to make versions B-E (It would be great to fly this one in XWA, as it's even better armed and faster, but less maneuvrable, which is easy to compensate in that game), B-E2 (Ackbar's B-W, which he crashed due to sabotage), or shuttle variant (may open some interesting possibilities for FREDers)?

[chief1983]

The B-wing won't be an effective dogfighter, but that's not to say it won't be able to get the occasional lucky shot.  But anyone stupid enough to get caught in its line of sight deserves a quick death.