[bbobb]

What's with this fighter? I practically never noticed it because it was never introduced in the briefings. Was that just an oversight? It seems like a combination of the original herc and the basilisk.

[Zarax]

It's the toughest fighter you'll ever get...
Think about a beefed up Herc2...

[diamondgeezer]

It's a bonus fighter. Fan-made and included in the Game of the Year edition, IIRC. Pretty damn tough.

[karajorma]

Huh? The ares is in all the versions of the game AFAIK.

It's a bonus for completing the Lions Den mission (The one that starts Dive! Dive! Dive!)  in the way that the Artemis D.H is a bonus for completing the first SOC loop.

[diamondgeezer]

Well there you go. Learn something new everyday

[CP5670]

What's the point of that Artemis D.H. by the way? It has exactly the performance as the normal one (same table stats) and the only difference is the paint job. It looks like Volition forgot to change its stats from the normal version.

[diamondgeezer]

It's a deeply cool paintjob

[Janos]

bbob, Ares is by far the best fighter you can have in FS2. It has huge offensive punch - in terms of primaries bigger than Herc 2, in terms of secondaries better than Erinyes -, can carry every basic warhead (Tornado/Harpoon combo), has strong shields and is still somewhat mobile.

Love the Ares.

[karajorma]

Yep. They forgot. They even say in the tech room that it's better than the standard version too.

Either that or their changes unbalanced the D.H but they never got around to removing it.

[ryuune75]

Originally posted by Janos
bbob, Ares is by far the best fighter you can have in FS2. It has huge offensive punch - in terms of primaries bigger than Herc 2, in terms of secondaries better than Erinyes -, can carry every basic warhead (Tornado/Harpoon combo), has strong shields and is still somewhat mobile.

Love the Ares.

you forgot to say that it's horribly slow

[Janos]

But I'm OK with it.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Fan-made and included in the Game of the Year edition, IIRC. Pretty damn tough.

Neither, sorry dude. The Ares is definitely V-made. But you're right, very tough - and they're totally right about the handling like a potato.

[J3Vr6]

I never flew a potato, so I don't know if it handles like it *scratches head*

[Windrunner]

I like the Ares stats but its like a moving brick when flying with it.

[ryuune75]

It's wrong! My flying potato handles much better than this!


the Ares is slower than most bomber in FS2. I use to think fighters must be fast and bombers must be tought, and that's why i don't like the Ares too much. I'd use a Erinyes instead.... I never rely on missiles anyway, it's much better to blast shivans away with 8 Kaysers.

But, hey, everyone has his own tastes....

[redmenace]

I don't know about a potato but I think if flies like a brick or at least drives like  a truck

[Havock]

GTF Ares is definatly the coolest LOOKING fighter in the game, it looks mean, radiates aggressiveness and flies like a solid concrete slab.

it's also as tough as the last one.

i think "in reality", the ares is more like a mobile weapons platform than a real fighter.

[Zarax]

It's like the old good P47...
Handles like a brik but it's got hard skin and a mean punch

[Unknown Target]

The P-47 didn't handle like a brick


And the Ares is too slow to be viable, imho. It's so slow, that the firepower and armor bonus is almost completely negated.

[Zarax]

It's not mean to be used against fighters imho...
Strategic Assault means that it should play anticap roles, dsarming turrets and disabling subsystems...