[Stryke 9]

Who needs an anti-cruiser weapon? I've taken down cruisers with Subaches!

[Mr. Vega]

I've taken down cruisers with Subaches!

In about 3 hours.

[Stryke 9]

In about 5 seconds. Most capships aren't all that tough, dude. The only ones with even reasonable armor to protect against fighters are the Sath and Colossus.

[Mr. Vega]

I'm referring to the really tough ones like the Lilith.

[Galemp]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
The Ares is half bomber.

Agreed. The Ares is a bomber that can't carry bombs.

Just a comment for the Lamprey-bashers: Has anyone tried using it in multiplayer?? Aha, now you know why it's in there.

[Mr. Vega]

I've never used the Lamprey much, so is the damage to shields, and afterburners permanent?

[CP5670]

I personally think the Ares is awesome; next to the Tauret, it is definitely my favorite fighter.

The Lamprey basically drains your afterburner/weapon/shield energy reserves, but they recharge over time as long as you have some energy allocated to them.

[LtNarol]

For those of you slandering the Maxim cannon, i would like to point out that it has the highest range of ALL primary weapons, it kills cruisers extremely fast, 5 seconds of continuous fire 4 way linked for a Fenris, which would take closer to 20 or 30 seconds with a Subach.  Also, i have killed many players online with it simply because of the hull damage it does.

The morning star is very useful, especially in multiplayer.  Virtually all experienced players use them in TVTs.

The Inferno is useful in its own ways, they are very versatile for a missile and can be used as a simple dumbfire, fighter suppression, and even disarming/disabling.  While there are better weapons for each of these jobs, this is one that fullfills each of those fields and im sure many others.

The Lamprey on the other hand, is in my opinion rather useless as the Circe does the same thing only better.  The Cirice looks cooler too.

(500 posts! woohoo)

[Kamikaze]

Boo Lamprey! I have nothing better to say...

[CP5670]

The Maxim is simply fantastic; one of the coolest weapons I have seen in any game.

[Setekh]

The Lamprey might actually be cool if it sapped about the triple the power. Then it could be cool in conjunction with something like the Prometheus S. Would be useful for taking down those annoying interceptors that burner away from you when you pursue them, especially since Shivan ships are outrageously fast. It would be even more useful when flying heavy assault (since your speed will be limited).

[CP5670]

Yeah, that's what I did in my campaign; the Lamprey does twice the damage (or energy draining) and the projectiles move a lot faster. I have put the normal Lamprey on some of the enemy fighters though; it can be extremely annoying to suddenly have your gun and shield energy drop to zero. It seems to be very effective when used by the enemy but player's usually cannot do much with it. (except in multiplayer)

[Stunaep]

Hmh. No prometheus R. IMHO, that piece of cows buttocks isn't worth a 1/4 of a dime. Well, Infyrno finishes close second. As and fighter supression weapon, Piranha does a clean sweep, and welll the Infyrno aint useful for anything else as well

 Man, I love this smiley

[diamondgeezer]

Most pathetic weapon of all time, any game, ever: Klobb

And you lot stop your Ares bashing, I knows where th'lives

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Stunaep
Hmh. No prometheus R. IMHO, that piece of cows buttocks isn't worth a 1/4 of a dime.

Oh, the Prom R...

Yeah, that's pretty pants as well...

[CP5670]

Yeah, I would say the Prometheus R is even worse than the Lamprey. At least the Lamprey has some usefulness in multiplayer dogfights; the Prometheus R is complete crap against anything.

Infyrno is very good actually in my opinion; it takes some experience to use it correctly, but it pays off. With some practice, you can usually take down entire wings of enemy bombers with one missile. In multiplayer TvT/dogfight games, most people do not allow its usage because they think it is unbalanced.

BTW has anyone noticed that the Prometheus S is just the Prometheus R turned on its side? (in the weapon selection menu animations)

[Mr. Vega]

BTW has anyone noticed that the Prometheus S is just the Prometheus R turned on its side? (in the weapon selection menu animations)

Amazing how turning it on its side could make it so much better.

[TeflonBob]

Lamprey = big grey pants but i also hate the akethon, ok so sometimes you have to use it if your disabling a weak hulled ship but i spent 5 minutes trying to cripple a couple maras with it, i could have taken out half a dozen wings with a pair of kaysers.

Infyrno pirhana emp never use any of them, i usually damage myself with the infyrno and the emp? well i don't actually see what it does apert from look pretty.

Maxim, Kayser, Prom S + Harpoon, Tornado, Treb, Tempest and Rockeye. Never use anything else.

[LtNarol]

Ahketons are there for a reason my friend, they're designed to disable and disarm capital ships, especially the smaller ones.  They were not meant to be anti-fighter weapons like the Kayser.  In my opinion, every weapon was designed for a specific scenario, and therefore they all are very useful for certain missions.  I find the Lamprey to be not so hot because it does the same thing as the Circe, but the Circe does more, and therefore makes the Lamprey obsilete (sp).

[Thorn]

Bah! I use the Ahketon to knock out fighters shields, it does it pretty damn fast...