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Offline MatthTheGeek

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You need to play with improved AI. Turrets don't do squat otherwise, but they become really OP when they can fire on their own and without artificial cooldown penalty.

EDIT: you want a better idea of what I'm talking about ? Think Isis, but faster, with shields and bombs. Now think a wing of them. There you go, Osiris with improved AI. Have fun assaulting that with anything less than a full friendly wing or long-range missiles. They basically run their own escort. Same for the Amun.

Medusa and Ursa are less problematic because they only have one turret that covers only half the ship. No exploitable dead angle on Osiris and Amun. All FS2 bombers are turretless, and are nothing more than interceptor fodder as long as you're flying anything more agile than a cruiser.
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You need to play with improved AI. Turrets don't do squat otherwise, but they become really OP when they can fire on their own and without artificial cooldown penalty.

EDIT: you want a better idea of what I'm talking about ? Think Isis, but faster, with shields and bombs. Now think a wing of them. There you go, Osiris with improved AI. Have fun assaulting that with anything less than a full friendly wing or long-range missiles. They basically run their own escort. Same for the Amun.

Medusa and Ursa are less problematic because they only have one turret that covers only half the ship. No exploitable dead angle on Osiris and Amun. All FS2 bombers are turretless, and are nothing more than interceptor fodder as long are you're flying anything more agile than a cruiser.
I'd have to agree with that. They both have good coverage (although the Osiris is somewhat better), and with enhanced AI a wing of them would be very dangerous.

I thought you were arguing that the Osiris is better than the Amun, but you never actually said that.

Wait, what was the point of this argument?
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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The point was that the Osiris doesn't suck. You can argue that the Amun is better, but you can't argue that it isn't an effective design as long as you have an AI that can actually use the turrets. The Sekhmet is probably a better ship for the player, who is actually able to defend itself, but the Osiris is gonna give you more trouble in tight wings.

We had to nerf the bomber turrets in BtA, reducing rate of fire and giving them fov, just so they wouldn't be completely, utterly overpowered. And even after that, they will still run their own escort, and don't expect take them out alone and without damage even with a fully armed Herc.

Survivability-wise, Artemises and Boanerges are just ridiculous jokes compared to Osirises. They're just flying targets. Osiris is a flying gunboat.
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Offline Apollo

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Wow, you had to nerf their turrets?

I think what we have here is a heavy bomber that poses little threat to capships but is very dangerous to fighters.

Perhaps the GTVA should take all the Osirises, replace their Cyclops with three banks of anti-fighter missiles, and use them as convoy and warship escorts?

EDIT: Now I know why retail AI nerfs bomber turrets so much.
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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Well actually it poses more threat to capital ships than an Artemis does, because it has more chances to survive long enough to deliver the bombs. Which is the whole point of a bomber to begin with.
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Offline Apollo

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Then I guess neither of them excel in that role. :p Never liked the Artemis anyway; its poor maneuverability and bad gun placement makes it a terrible dogfighter.

Seriously though, would the Osiris be useful as an escort ship? A wing of them armed with Kaysers or Prometheus S turrets would be very dangerous to fighters.
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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Why not, whatever rocks your boat. Shouldn't be hard to whip up a quick test mission to see for yourself.
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Better yet, try that one mission from the Blackwater Ops demo (if you're using FS2-era assets). There are waves of Osiris bombers.

(If we had Prometheus S turrets or something akin to the Avenger, then I would quit complaining.)

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Not seeing how a 40, 40, 20 capacity and crap primary mount is any good, but ok I won't try to "start that again" (as if I had any idea I was and/or was trying to "start something").

Sekhmet or Bakha instead plz.

 

Offline niffiwan

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Not seeing how a 40, 40, 20 capacity and crap primary mount is any good

You're right - those bits are not very good.  However 2x turrets with upgraded AI == very good :)

As a human pilot, you probably do not want to fly an Osiris (for the reasons you mentioned, plus the poor manoeuvrability).  But as a human pilot, you're also going to dread flying against a wing of Osiris.
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Not seeing how a 40, 40, 20 capacity and crap primary mount is any good, but ok I won't try to "start that again" (as if I had any idea I was and/or was trying to "start something").

Sekhmet or Bakha instead plz.

I don't see any problem with "starting that again" if "that" is a free space discussion on a freesoace discussion board. :P
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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It was more about not start it again in the release thread. We have this thread here for that.

Bloodfleet, have you read the thread before posting ? It's not that long.
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Yeah I get it, you in a fighter going against a wing of them with improved ai and avenger/prom/kayser/whatever turrets is going to hurt. I guess I should say that I agree on that point. Perhaps then you should get your allies to help, usually you have allies yes? That or trebuchet, double tornado, tempest...

I take it I should have specified I am talking about having to fly one yourself?
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Offline MatthTheGeek

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Well yeah, but flying bombers in general is quite unentertaining. And since the turrets are the biggest trouble, and that you don't control them, it's even less attractive as a player ship. I do prefer flying a Sekhmet myself.
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Offline crizza

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And I just wanted to add the Stheno...
But well, the Sekhmet should be the zod bomber of choice.