[TopAce]

What's your favourite role as a pilot? With which fighter/armament. What makes it your favourite?

[TopAce]

I voted Intercept, because it is the most exciting, and killing fighters is my speciality.

I use the Ulysess, or the Perseus for that and sometimes the Myrmidon, when I have no other choice.

Double Kaysers deplete the generators quickly, and it is not so ideal in an intense dogfight, so I prefer the Prometheus S. I like to have a bank or Tempest for close combat, and against bombers. The another bank would be Harpoon.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Heavy Attack, 6-Gunned Herc II, Kayers in bank 1, maxims in bank two, Harpoons in bank one, Tempest or Trebs in bank two.

Can take out nearly anything.

[Thor]

I like Heavy Assaults.  But mixing it up with a bit of recon is a nice diversion.  as for bombing, it is
A) quicker to let the Caps duke it out
B) more satisfying to take out a cruiser in a fighter

My personal favourite rig is an Ares sporting either dual Kayser or a Kayser and a Maxim, and a loadout of Tornados (Air-to-Air) and Trebuchets (long range interception, anti-bomber, or cruiser destruction;) )  It's a tough little rig.  also fun is a Perseus with a Kayser/Subach combo and filled with Hornets and Tornados.  Most interesting combo that was forced apon me was a Myrmidon with Kaysers, Tornados, and 2 Helios! (from Into the Depths of Hell)  That was fun, and was much better as a light bomber than the Artemis.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Thor

dual Kayser  

I've never understood the point in having the same gun in both banks. If you can have the Maxim, then do. Twin Kaysers only result in a slower RoF

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Heavy Attack, 6-Gunned Herc II, Kayers in bank 1, maxims in bank two, Harpoons in bank one, Tempest or Trebs in bank two.

Can take out nearly anything.

And cannot you take out nearly anything with the 4-gunned version?
Please base your choice on the original Volition ships, ignore any mods, please.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


I've never understood the point in having the same gun in both banks. If you can have the Maxim, then do. Twin Kaysers only result in a slower RoF

If you are using both banks to fire at once, it slowens the Rate of Fire regardless the two banks are the same weapon or different.

Combining two different weapons is not my favourite, different RoF, and speed makes them unideal for use(for me, at least)
I tried the Circe-Maxim combination in Dunkerque(3rd Base evac, If I remember well). Well, adequate against particularly non-moving huge bombers, but against agile fighters, it is not the best.

Thor? Isn't the Helios can be carried by a Myrmidon a bug?(A bug ITHOV must not have ) <-Offline especially for Thor.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I never said I used both types of guns at once. I use the Kaysers for anti-fighter work, and the Maxims for anti-freighter/cruiser/etc work. I never use both guns banks at once. EVER!

[Thor]

Well, it may originally have been a bug, but it was well used in the story.

and I always use both banks.  I can knock out most fighters in a few well placed shots.  You just can't hold down the trigger.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I never said I used both types of guns at once. I use the Kaysers for anti-fighter work, and the Maxims for anti-freighter/cruiser/etc work. I never use both guns banks at once. EVER!

Ah! That's another thing. Isn't two guns(one bank) are bit ... effectiveless? Having double the firepower is far more effective than having 30% better Rate of Fire. And if you can give only one shot to a fighter in a dogfight(the chasee is maneuvering like a crazy, and you cannot give him multiple hits a round?

[FreeTerran]

I voted for HEAVY ATTACK

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Free Terran
I voted for HEAVY ATTACK

Why is it your favourite?

[FreeTerran]

I like it to sit in a heavy fighter and hunting some big shivan fighters and bombers.......

[Solatar]

Heavy attack. I'll usually fly a Myrmidon with the first two banks loaded with Trebuchets, and the last one with Helios. Because of their higher damage, I prefer the Trebuchet to the Harpoon.

As for primaries, I load the first bank with Prom S (so when my Kaysers eat all my energy, I have something to shoot with), and the second with Kaysers.

[FreeTerran]

Originally posted by Solatar
Heavy attack. I'll usually fly a Myrmidon with the first two banks loaded with Trebuchets, and the last one with Helios.

Myrmidon can take helios ?

[Solatar]

Yeah...one in each of the first two banks, and 2 in the last.

Not really a good bomber, but it fairs very well against cruisers.

[Corhellion]

I voted bombing...

like the dwarven demolitions unit in WarCraft 2 says:

"I like blowin' thins' up!"

Gimme a "Boa" or a Zeus, with Kaysers/Maxims and a full payload of either Cyclops (zeus) or Helios (Boa) and just call me "Death incarnate" (cookie to whoever gets the name of who called "herself" that on a TV show)

my second choice is Interceptor, I like dog-fights too

Cor

[Solatar]

I like dofights, but interceptor is not my style. I HATE escort missions...I usually just pop on the cheat codes and watch everything get bombed.

[NecroBob]

meh
been a while since I played it...

horus please.
load her up with harpoons, and a Mekhu HL-7 (generally don't worry about the other slot...)

or just give me a pegasus with the subach and harpoon.  

big guns are for impatient people who like brute force.
make mine finesse any day

[EDIT] and I HATE, I HATE I HATE I HATE I HATE bombing missions!!!!!!!!
the boanerges was absolute crap, as was the ursa, it was a fully equipped luxury coffin!
your teammates couldn't do jack to protect you while they got happily slaughtered by the enemies and you couldn't maneuver fast enough to get a good bead on them or the enemy, and all your cargo space was taken by bombs! big dumb bombs!
feh! feh I say! poo!
grrrrrrr........

bob
thinkage...

is it just me or is there a glitch in the ick smilie???? it lacks a closing colon.  or a functioning one for that matter...

[Liberator]

Originally posted by Corhellion
"Death incarnate" (cookie to whoever gets the name of who called "herself" that on a TV show)
Cor

That would be Commander Susan Ivanova, just before her White Star squadon engages the Omega-Xs.

"GOD SENT ME!"

Voted for "Heavy Attack", I prefer "Warship Escort" as it provides the explosions of Heavy Attack and the intensity of Interception.


Favorite loadout:  Erinyes with Maxim on the first primary bank and Kayser on the second one, loaded with as many Trebuchets as she'll carry.  It's fast, manuverable and makes short work of most anything a fighter is meant to engage.

Failing that I will fall back on a light bomber for the superior secondary capacity.

For the record the Medusa was the last decent bomber produced by the GTA.  
 
 - The Artemis while useful in it's designated role of bomber, lacks an effective primary pattern so once the missiles are gone it's dead.

- The Zeus, while fast and realtivly agile, suffers from an lack of available firepower for it's primary role.

 - The Ursa while having a massive primary and secondary payload, is really too slow and unresponsive to effectively engage small targets.

 - Finally the "Boa", which has an even greater secondary payload than the Ursa, lacks adequate primary cannon placement to effective defend itself.

The Medusa, while not a master in any area, is better than most of it's competitors, which explains it's continued use in the face of more advanced vessels.