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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: CT27 on August 27, 2025, 02:10:27 am
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I've read comments on this over the years and the Myrmidon seems to be relatively divisive (I like its primary firepower).
How do you feel about it...do you like to fly it or hate it?
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Primary firing points are slightly too high, unusual secondary weapons compatibility. Large target profile, modest maneuverability. I think RNI originally started building this ship as a light bomber, then re-tooled it halfway through the design, aiming for an anti-shipping and anti-cruiser attack fighter. Someone in the GTA thought it would be a decent all-purpose fighter, but they already had the Herc and Herc 2. So it got labeled as a "superiority fighter" to get it thru OMB.
It honestly doesn't excel at anything it does...but it doesn't excessively fail at anything either.
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Honestly its arguably the best Terran interceptor in FS2 - the Perseus isn't much faster than it, and its primary firepower lets it kill bomber wings much faster. Thanks to the 2-4 configuration, you can carry the Morning Star to more easily shoot down incoming warheads without sacrificing any DPS. Also it can carry 1 more Trebuchet. It's an interesting role reversal, where the Perseus "interceptor" is better at space superiority, and the Myrmidon "space superiority" is better at intercept.
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I like it :) Primary bank placement isn't an issue for me, since they're so close together that it counterbalances any problems from the off-centeredness. Also dogfighting without a bank of 4 firing points feels slow af.
(The 4-2 configuration also feels nicely balanced, since the Myrm's 4-bank alone has the exact same DPS as both banks linked with the same weapon, so you're not penalized at all for sticking an offhand weapon like an Akheton in the 2-bank. In an Ares you can do the same with a Maxim, but ofc the Ares is the best fighter in FS)
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Its missile capacity could be better in its first 2 banks, but having 6 guns balances it out to be an effective multi role fighter. With the Kayser, I can one shot weaker fighters and quickly wear bombers down before they can fire on Allied vessels. With 3 banks of tempests, it becomes an effective convoy and cruiser killer, something I have done often to the NTF and Shivans alike. Also, being able to carry the Helios makes it into a fast bomber. It is easy to rush in danger close, launch, then pull away at the last second before impact. I crippled many Ravanas that way