I never get to use the emp missile (in fs1 they gave you more of a reason to use them), but the other day i tried out the fs2 emp missile on that mission where you're scanning the sathanas with a stealth fighter. I shot the sathanas a couple of times and nothing happened (in fs1 these things were designed to stop destroyer for a certain amount of time). I was just seeing if the missile worked on a juggernaut :lol: After that i was playing around with the nahemas wasting all of my emp missiles on them when they were in front of that sobek.
What the hell is the brontes. We are talking about stock FS2, not fanmade creations. :confused:
I've always usually thought of an Ares as a glorified Herc ...Strange... I always thought of the Ares as a Herc 2 that just got out of Pimp my Ride...
Temps! Waiting for target lock sucks.. Ok, maybe slip in a few trebs if time permits.
That's what it is--it's a Herc with a six gun-mounts (first primaries are 2 mounts, second primaries are 4 more mounts) and some more secondary room. I prefer it, though.
Oh yeah? But my Hercs got an engine too :cool:Temps! Waiting for target lock sucks.. Ok, maybe slip in a few trebs if time permits.
Waiting for the temps to get in range sucks. :p
That's what it is--it's a Herc with a six gun-mounts (first primaries are 2 mounts, second primaries are 4 more mounts) and some more secondary room. I prefer it, though.
The Turkey is a monster of a fighter--it's better then a Herc2 in basically every way. It's not much bigger, much tougher, and has much more firepower. If not for the final missions justifying it, I'd say it's way overpowered as a fighter.
What is the Turkey? :confused:
The one that's painted like a Turkey.
The GTF Limo is simply too long to be effective--you have enemies from all sides taking shots at your excessive size. It's really horrible--no matter the direction, even if you change speeds, quite a few shots are bound to hit you while you are turning. The simple fact is the Limo is too long and not tough enough to be effective. There are quite a few larger ships that work better--the Ursa tops the list as largest but I find it is also one of the most-survivable, due to the top-mounted turret. In a Limo, I can't bring firepower to bear on a target--in a Ursa, I have a turret blasting you to shreds while I keep you above me.
For anti-bomber missions, I tend to load up with Tempests and Tornadoes. Tornadoes will usually take out one bomber and severely damage another by the time I get in Tempest range.
Also, the Ursa's turret doesn't do ****ing **** to your attacker. :rolleyes:
QuoteThe Turkey is a monster of a fighter--it's better then a Herc2 in basically every way. It's not much bigger, much tougher, and has much more firepower. If not for the final missions justifying it, I'd say it's way overpowered as a fighter.
You disremember the fact that it handles like a car with no wheels.
Wroks fine for me...A single keyser turret is not that much, yes.. but it can kill off a Mara or Astaroth rather fast
By the way, does anyone else find the Hornet basically useless? It doesnt track well enough to reliably take down a bomber from any angle except almost directly behind, and when I'm at that point I might as well use primaries.Pretty much so. One thing to remember though is that you can also dumbfire Hornets! Comes in handy against bombers, but using this against fast targets is... hard.
By the way, does anyone else find the Hornet basically useless? It doesnt track well enough to reliably take down a bomber from any angle except almost directly behind, and when I'm at that point I might as well use primaries.Pretty much so. One thing to remember though is that you can also dumbfire Hornets! Comes in handy against bombers, but using this against fast targets is... hard.
Makes you wish you could dumbfire cyclopses, talk about unbalanced if so.Oh yes, talk about anti-bomber ordinance! Wouldn't want to get one of those in my Ursa's "windshield", even if it didn't explode :D
Flying Ares in lower difficulties in kinda ok due the AI's poor handling of shivans.. however on higher difficulties Ares is a real POS as practically every single shivan ship can out turn you (yeah.. that includes bombers)...
By the way, does anyone else find the Hornet basically useless? It doesnt track well enough to reliably take down a bomber from any angle except almost directly behind, and when I'm at that point I might as well use primaries.
I can't stand flying an Ares.. especially during that last loop of missions.. I always get eaten up by Dragons, and I can never make it to the node before Capella blows anyhow.
- I was still on a P1 playing W95 and DOS games when the first P3's came out. (Call that an example if you like. :))
I don't mind hornets at all, they do their job just fine against cruisers and bigger ships 100% great. They don't track that great on fighters, and that's ok, everyone uses them for ship pounding anyway. Tornadoes are great too, but as long as their still used for ship pounding on stuff that's not fighters, they why make tornadoes?
I don't mind hornets at all, they do their job just fine against cruisers and bigger ships 100% great. They don't track that great on fighters, and that's ok, everyone uses them for ship pounding anyway. Tornadoes are great too, but as long as their still used for ship pounding on stuff that's not fighters, they why make tornadoes?
funniest thing i ever did was during one mission, i disabled a shivan basilisk 'thing it was 'slaying ravana' , i didnt do it purposely, must've hit it in the engines hard. I left it there, and once i'd finished the mission and all hostiles were eliminated, i launched a cyclops at it, just for fun. :lol:
I don't mind hornets at all, they do their job just fine against cruisers and bigger ships 100% great. They don't track that great on fighters, and that's ok, everyone uses them for ship pounding anyway. Tornadoes are great too, but as long as their still used for ship pounding on stuff that's not fighters, they why make tornadoes?
Never argue with me. I will drag you down to my level and beat you with experience.
Never argue with me. I will drag you down to my level and beat you with experience.
Seems like something that was not on purpose by trashman's part.
I haven't used bombs against fighters in a long time, sounds like a way to go from pissed to relaxed really fast if say you somehow take out a dragon with a helios on a mission that made you pissed off.
Hmm.... what was that missile in the FS2 demo that they changed in Retail? Tornado or Hornet, IIRC. I liked the FS2 Demo one better. I can post details if you like.
Go ahead, post it. I think it was the Hornet, but idk, i've never played teh demo.
Soon as I get home & can crank up FS2 and FS2 Demo. :DHad to play my way through Retail until I was authorized to carry the stupid GTM-4A Tornado. :ick:
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