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Title: SF Gorgon?
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 10, 2008, 04:53:46 pm: ...and others I don't think are supposed to be there.

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Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Goober5000 on May 10, 2008, 05:14:06 pm: We took out all of the FS2-specific ships when we released version 3.0. Since that made a lot of ships.tbl slots available, we thought we'd use the opportunity to add a bunch of FS1 mods that might be useful for people designing FS1-era campaigns.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 10, 2008, 05:43:38 pm: Isn't the Gorgon like the epitome of death? A bit overkill for FS1?
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Goober5000 on May 10, 2008, 05:51:58 pm: It was originally an FS1 mod, so I don't see how.
http://www.wild666.freeserve.co.uk/Ships5.htm
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Droid803 on May 10, 2008, 06:22:50 pm: Speaking of the ships from that site, do you have the skins for the Daedalus? The links are dead.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Goober5000 on May 10, 2008, 06:30:02 pm: Look for the #medical ships.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: blowfish on May 10, 2008, 06:53:51 pm: That really needs to be updated for the HTL Faustus...
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 10, 2008, 07:26:13 pm: Quote from: colecampbell666 on May 10, 2008, 05:43:38 pm
Isn't the Gorgon like the epitome of death? A bit overkill for FS1?
Not really IMO. It's really big so you can shoot it down easily, unless you give it stupid stats, in which case it just looks silly twirling around with such a large target profile. The Dragon is harder to kill mostly.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Droid803 on May 10, 2008, 09:04:52 pm: Quote from: blowfish on May 10, 2008, 06:53:51 pm
That really needs to be updated for the HTL Faustus...

I just did that five minutes ago. :)
I'll upload later (complete with edited shine and glow maps)

The skin works, just needs to be reapplied.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2008, 02:28:57 pm: Quote from: Snail on May 10, 2008, 07:26:13 pm
Quote from: colecampbell666 on May 10, 2008, 05:43:38 pm
Isn't the Gorgon like the epitome of death? A bit overkill for FS1?
Not really IMO. It's really big so you can shoot it down easily, unless you give it stupid stats, in which case it just looks silly twirling around with such a large target profile. The Dragon is harder to kill mostly.

In INFA you can still handle it in one on one/two dogfights. The weapons there are closer to FS1 so I guess the Gorgon isn't overkill in a FA1 environment as long as you don't exaggerate using it. Small and rare wings of 3 Gorgons are fine, for me.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 11, 2008, 02:32:59 pm: Dragons are far harder to kill than Gorgons, even in INFA. The Gorgon is just too slow and big.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2008, 02:34:37 pm: Fortunately. It would have been much more dangerous had it been smaller.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 11, 2008, 02:52:37 pm: Really it's slightly more effective than a Mara IMO.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Mobius on May 11, 2008, 02:57:29 pm: I don't know if I can agree with that statement, I see them as two fighters with different purposes.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 11, 2008, 03:03:49 pm: It's got an above average armament, but isn't remarkably fast and is really big.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 11, 2008, 03:16:48 pm: So INFR1 overrates it?
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 11, 2008, 03:24:28 pm: Even in INFR1 it sucked.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 11, 2008, 03:25:46 pm: Yeah, but the tech description makes it sound like it will break your cheekbone with a tiny hammer, and then kill you.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Snail on May 11, 2008, 03:26:42 pm: Then it's wrong.
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Droid803 on May 11, 2008, 03:37:05 pm: Its a Shivan Erinyes, then?
Good firepower, decent shields, big, and not that fast?
Title: Re: SF Gorgon?
Post by: Titan on May 11, 2008, 03:44:46 pm: ANd something that, even though it replaced something that came beforre it, pilots stuck with the old thing. :doubt: