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Whats your weapon of choice, pilot ?

GTF Hercules
16 (6.3%)
GTF Herecules MK II
16 (6.3%)
GTF Erinyes
77 (30.3%)
GTF Perseus
61 (24%)
GTF Pegasus
19 (7.5%)
GTF Myrmidon
14 (5.5%)
GTF Ares
43 (16.9%)
GTF Ulysses
8 (3.1%)

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Offline Stormkeeper

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Re: Favorite terran fighter
Well. The primary weapon bank placement affects accuracy somewhat.
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Re: Favorite terran fighter
Yes, but that's the ship, not the weapon. The Prometheus isn't any more accurate than the Maxim.

 

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Well, the Maxim does have its recoil, compared to the recoiless Prometheus.
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Well, the Maxim does have its recoil, compared to the recoiless Prometheus.
Doesn't affect accuracy. If you line up your Maxim the write way before you fire, you can hit an Edjo from 1000 meters away.

 

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Edjo? Whats that?
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Re: Favorite terran fighter
A Vasudan sentry gun.

 

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I think the maxim's recoil does cause slight inaccuracy.  It's barely noticeable if you can aim though.

 
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funny, sentry guns are rarely used at all, but theres a rather large number of them available for download anyways.
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I think the maxim's recoil does cause slight inaccuracy.  It's barely noticeable if you can aim though.
No, it fires in a completely straight line.

 

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Because fighters > sentry guns in most situations. And because a mobile defense will beat fixed emplacements most of the time.
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I think the maxim's recoil does cause slight inaccuracy.  It's barely noticeable if you can aim though.
No, it fires in a completely straight line.

Hmm ... must have remembered wrong...

 

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But in the end primary weapon placement still means alot.
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But in the end primary weapon placement still means alot.

Indeed. That's why I'd rather fly the classic Hercules than the Herc II if I'm given the choice. :)
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Iirc, the two of them have similar placement, don't they? Both their weapons port flank the cockpit, right?
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Iirc, the two of them have similar placement, don't they? Both their weapons port flank the cockpit, right?

If I recall, the Herc II has four gunpoints, two on each side of the cockpit.

The Hercules has SIX gunpoints, surrounding all sides of the cockpit except the top.
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Ah, yea. Now I remember. Haven't been playing FS recently, so I kinda forgot. Still, the Tauret is better than both of them. Too bad its not Terran.
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Ah, yea. Now I remember. Haven't been playing FS recently, so I kinda forgot. Still, the Tauret is better than both of them. Too bad its not Terran.

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The Herc II is significantly more maneuverable than the Tauret, it has a smaller much smaller target profile, has a higher damage threshold, has a bigger primary reserve, and comparable missile banks.

 

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The Herc II is significantly more maneuverable than the Tauret, it has a smaller much smaller target profile, has a higher damage threshold, has a bigger primary reserve, and comparable missile banks.

Actually, I prefer the Tauret. It's still pretty manoeuvrable, and it arguably has the largest missile banks ever mounted on a fighter (200 Hornets! :eek2:).
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You barely fly the Tauret anyway. Your default fighter is usually the Seraphis.
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