[LtNarol]

Deimos, because its slash beams are definitely not worthless.  as for the Sobek, a flying fish? gimme a break; and besides, it has a far weaker hull.  The Moloch, while it has good armor and mass, it has almost no beam weaponry.  hence i find that the Deimos is best.

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[TheVirtu]

Woah this topic is still alive.

Pfft Deimos would be slow as hell if it wasnt for Vasudanian powerplants

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[vadar_1]

 

Originally posted by TheVirtu:
Woah this topic is still alive.

Pfft Deimos would be slow as hell if it wasnt for Vasudanian powerplants

Vasudanian?
wouldn't it be Vasudian?

[WMCoolmon]

Just Vasudan...Sobek is better  

[TheVirtu]

-ian just makes it sound more belonging to Vasudans.

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[CP5670]

Overall I like the Sobek better; it looks cooler IMHO and the VSlash beams are better than TerSlash ones.  

 

gimme a break; and besides, it has a far weaker hull.

Actually all three corvettes have the same amount of armor. (80000 HP)

[This message has been edited by CP5670 (edited 01-30-2002).]

[Vortex]

Oh come on, who can resist favoring the black brick of death. Fishies, walls of flak and anti-fighter beam turrets that can hit you almost anywhere.

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[CP5670]

There is that area in the front though where nothing aside from two stupid Terran Turrets can hit you; you just sit there and bomb away.

[adwight]

I like the Deimos better, but it gets wasted 1 on 1 vs. a LILITH cruiser.(The LRed takes down about 30-40 % Hull each shot, and it reloads quite fast.)

[Kitsune]

I prefer the Deimos.  Just gotta love the layout.
Unfortunately the weapon layouts aren't compatable with the AI's fighting tactics.
It has Four Terslash beams against the vasudan's two Vslash.
AI's for capships just kinda walk up then start circling each other.  As if they were in orbit.  
The deimos has two of it's slash weapons up front, which is only good on that front, after that there's only one that can be used against the enemy.

But, with a little tweak, make the huge turrets on top and bottom into slashers.  This way if a ship is to one side or the other the guns will swivel around and all can be brought to bear on any ship.  

However, after looking the stats for the lillith over, I don't classify it as a cruiser.  It's officially a PAIN IN THE 4SS.
One LRED+75,000 hitpoints?!
That's 15,000 more than the Mentu, and the poor aeolus is next with it's 38k...
Thank god it doesn't have any flak or more than one AAA.

Aside from the above re-classification, the word I was looking for wasa light corvette.
Lotsa hull, few weapons.  I say give it a bump up in speed to around 35 with a max overclock of 50.

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[Stunaep]

MMMMHHH. That's a tough one. Really. I'd say Deimos. If its friendly. If its hostile and insane, then you should probably look for the respawn button.

Yup, Deimos it is.

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[Galemp]

I guess I gotta put in my 2 cents too.
The Deimos is better for enemies corvette size and above, while the Sobek is best against cruisers and fighter/bomber wings. The Deimos can move into position and use its two front beams while the Sobek has, what, 5 AAA beams? BTW: Deimos=latin for Panic. Sobek was an Egyptian crocodile-headed god of war.

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[Fury]

We have to remember that Sobek has much better arc of fire on it's main beams. The two beams can shoot almost on any direction, except below and behind.

[Corsair]

Deimos for me!
I think that the vasudan ships are just plain bad for the most part.
And who doesnt love the TAG A mission with the Deimos? (j/k)
Anyway I think the Deimos is just better, and its fun to kill like in the mission before I think Endgame where all the NTF ships are running the blockade against the Mjolners.

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[TheVirtu]

No one bashes Vasudans!

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[Corsair]

I'm not bashing the Vasudans, I just dont like their ships at all...which I guess is bashing them.   Oh well...

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Corsair:
Deimos for me!
I think that the vasudan ships are just plain bad for the most part.
And who doesnt love the TAG A mission with the Deimos? (j/k)
Anyway I think the Deimos is just better, and its fun to kill like in the mission before I think Endgame where all the NTF ships are running the blockade against the Mjolners.

If it's the NTF/ Mjolnir mission, Endgame has to be my favourite FS2 mission  

[Corsair]

how great was it when you got to bomb already weakened NTF ships? Fire about 3 cyclops at the NTD Uhuru and no more Orion! The Mjolnirs help a lot too. The Uhuru warps in and is instantly covered in beams from the RBCs!

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Corsair:
how great was it when you got to bomb already weakened NTF ships? Fire about 3 cyclops at the NTD Uhuru and no more Orion! The Mjolnirs help a lot too. The Uhuru warps in and is instantly covered in beams from the RBCs!

Don't care, it was just damn fun  

[Black Wolf]

I quite like the design of the Sobek, but the Deimos has a more intimidating reputation (and a well deserved one too  .

Overall the deimos wins it for me.

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