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Offline Woolie Wool

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Which weapon do you think is the most satisfying to use and blow things away with? I nominate the Trebuchet. Taking out Nahemas from 3.5 clicks is great fun. Tempests were also pretty cool. Pull up behind and let 'im have it!
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Offline karajorma

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For sheer fun you can't hammering the enemy with dumbfires :D

The dumbfire from Inferno is even more fun. My only problem with it is I find myself burning through the entire bank in seconds :D
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Offline Flipside

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I use Dumbfire for closework on Bombers if I've not got any trebs to hand.

I think the first time I used a Maxim/Kayser combination against the Shivans was one of the most satisfying, almost as satisfying as using the Prometheus in FS1 for the first time :)

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Offline Ghostavo

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Yeah, Trebuchets are great...

Try taking down a bomber with a well placed dual trebuchet 10 meters behind him!!! :D ;7

Another fun weapon to use is the kinetic effect one... Morning Star I believe... making bombers and fighters strafing against their will is great! :D

Try modifying and entire destroyer or cruiser only to carry this weapon... :rolleyes: :drevil:
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Offline Knight Templar

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Offline Trivial Psychic

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For secondaries, I too nominate the Treb, but not just for its bomber-downing capabilities.  In missions such as "Their Finest Hour", I like to use the treb to knock out beam weapons on cruisers from outside their range.

A close second is the Tornado, which is better than the treb for taking out fighters.  A single volley is almost guarenteed to destroy any shivan fighter, and even a Nahema at close range.

For primaries, the Kayser is the obvious choice, with the Maxim a close second.

However, all of these are nothing unless they are mounted properly on the correct fighter.  While many people choose the Erinyes with its 8 primaries and better maneuverability, but I prefer the Ares.  Its slow, but it's heavily armored.  For most missions, I chose this mounted with 4 kaysers and 2 maxim, especialy when going against bombers, its the reverse if there are more cap-ships to engage, then secondary bank 1 with Tornadoes and 2 of trebs, but if the threat is almost exclusively bombers, then I grab as many trebs as I can mount.

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Offline Janos

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I go for Tornado. In later main campaign missions where you fight against bazillion fighters and can fly Ares... It's like some berzerk bloodbath. H, lock, launch, T, lock launch, T, lock, launch... I just love it.
Trebs are also soooo lovely. Shelling the s*it out of cruisers and taking down their beams and m-launchers before going in seeing red and Kaysers blazing is almost better than sex. Almost. Not quite.

As for primaries, I would go for Maxim. Who needs an explanation? :)
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Offline pyro-manic

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Ares + Trebs + Harpoons + 4 Prometheus S + 2 Maxim.

Switch guns between fighters/capships, switch missiles at range.

Harpoons because they're more accurate than Tornadoes, Prometheus S because you can fire 'em all day in an Ares without running out of power. Kaysers suck too much juice for my liking.
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Offline castor

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Must be the Tempest. Used from short range, thus one gets a good view of the result.

 

Offline Falcon

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Piranhas (sp) are fun and so are rockeyes and of course the emp.
with some maxims and morning stars

 

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Offline Carl

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Maxim is pretty fun. feels like you're hitting them with a sledge hammer.
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Offline Taristin

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I thouroughly enjoyed using EMPs in multiplayer. :drevil:

Other than that, I loved the Avenger in FS1, and the Tempests in FS2. I loooove dumbfires. :D  I used to load up every bank on a modified Aeolus with them, and send in bombers on a doomed bombing run. :devil:
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Offline Singh

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A maxim/Morning star combination.......long range, strafe and watch your ship shake like its dancing to some rock tune :lol:
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Offline Zarax

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Harpoon + Trebuchet + Kayser on Ares/Erinyes.
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Offline Falcon

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I like the disruptor missle in Freespace 1 those were fun. Disableing cap ships, fighters, and bombers, now get the Port, arm a disruptor missle with some maxims and morning stars.... you know what happens next. :devil:

 

Offline Taristin

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I liked how a ship could be temporarily immobilized by them :)
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Offline Falcon

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Bash them with some Helios :lol: no wait... cross Port with Inferno arm disruptor with those new bomb I hear of and grab some popcorn.

 

Offline karajorma

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Hit them with a disruptor THEN a helios :D

I quite liking the mission where you have to test the Oberon from the Pegasi with double Morning Stars :D You can have so much fun shooting them and watching those low mass ships fly off into the distance :D

Of course yu can't win the mission that way :D
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Offline SA22C

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I gotta say, the first time I was assigned Hornet swarmers in FS1 was the most satisfying weapon experience.  I'm a big Robotech/Macross fan and the sight of 8 swarming missiles screaming out of the dual missile bays on my Herc was just plain cool.  

Then most of them missed. :p

In FS2, the Trebuchet was my fav, declawing Shivan destroyers from afar was good fun.