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What is the most useless weapon?

Lamprey
6 (21.4%)
Circe
1 (3.6%)
Akheton
1 (3.6%)
EMP Adv
4 (14.3%)
TAG A-B-C
16 (57.1%)

Total Members Voted: 28

Voting closed: April 10, 2002, 04:08:30 pm

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Offline Nuclear1

  • 211
Most useless weapon
on: April 10, 2002, 04:07:22 pm
What's the most useless weapon in FS2?

       LAMPREY! LAMPREY! LAMPREY! :lol:
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

Offline vadar_1

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Most useless weapon
Reply #1 on: April 10, 2002, 04:13:01 pm
Search for similar topics before your post, this has already been done, and it has come to a conclusion that there is no useless weapon, some .... "non-veterans"... just don't know how to use them right.
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Offline Anaz

  • 210
Most useless weapon
Reply #2 on: April 10, 2002, 04:25:41 pm
Quote
Originally posted by vadar_1
Search for similar topics before your post, this has already been done, and it has come to a conclusion that there is no useless weapon, some .... "non-veterans"... just don't know how to use them right.


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Offline TheVirtu

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  • 28
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Most useless weapon
Reply #3 on: April 10, 2002, 07:17:11 pm
Wasn't there one of these last month?
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Offline Liberator

  • Poe's Law In Action
  • 210
Most useless weapon
Reply #4 on: April 10, 2002, 08:50:00 pm
Good God! Is there any worse weapon than the TAG:no: missle system?  The only reason it's in the game in the first place to give amatuer(meaning "not professional", not "not experienced") mission designers a nifty thing to play with for objectives, but as a practical weapon(i.e. general use SP or MP) it sucks because the mission designer had to code for it's use.

BTW, all the selections suck.  The TAG:no: just sucks the most.
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Offline Ace

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Most useless weapon
Reply #5 on: April 10, 2002, 08:55:33 pm
Actually, the TAG has some hard coded bits. However it is more effective in a multiplayer mission where TAGS have some scripted events. (most of [V]'s missions do have that scripted, I can't say the same for the fan ones)
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Offline FSW

  • 27
Most useless weapon
Reply #6 on: April 11, 2002, 12:41:26 pm
Oh... choices, choices...
 

Offline Kitsune

  • 27
Most useless weapon
Reply #7 on: April 12, 2002, 08:12:06 am
Not listed...

Well, I would have to say the old Kamikazi style of weapons tend to suck the most.
Get a fighter or anything really, pack it full of weapons, then throw it and a dozen others just like it at an enemy cap ship.

This is why we have bombers...  Plus you don't lose pilots and crew...  

Granted they do work, but at what cost?

But as for on the list, I never use the EMP missle.  I miss the old D-missle.  Can you imagine how useful that would be where capships now have aaa and anti-cap beams?  

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Offline CP5670

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  • 212
Most useless weapon
Reply #8 on: April 12, 2002, 08:24:00 am
I would probably go for the TAG missiles; unless the mission is scripted properly, those things are next to useless.

The EMP missile is pretty useless in singleplayer, but it is so effective in multiplayer that many consider it unbalanced and therefore disallow it. (but they are just wimps :D)
 

Offline Ulundel

  • Big press poppa
  • 210
Most useless weapon
Reply #9 on: April 12, 2002, 08:27:09 am
Lamprey for sure. :yes:
 

Offline Corsair

  • Gull Wings Rule
  • 29
Most useless weapon
Reply #10 on: April 12, 2002, 08:52:06 am
A game of TAG...damn that mission sucked. It's a pointless weapon in single player except for the missions where you must carry it.
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Offline Unknown Target

  • Get off my lawn!
  • 212
  • Push.Pull?
Most useless weapon
Reply #11 on: April 12, 2002, 01:51:47 pm
No. I'm sorry, and i know you're a newbie, but in my opinion: No. None of that VBB crap where: "What's your favorite ship?" or "Best Weapon combo?"
Sorry, but, again, no.
 

Offline Razor

  • 210
Most useless weapon
Reply #12 on: April 16, 2002, 03:42:53 am
Lamprey isn't useless weapon at all. When you get the Maxim for the first time, you can only use the Lamprey in combination with Maxim to kick Shivan butts. And if you have played a bit more with the lamprey, you would notice how good it is against shields. The shields can not recharge so fast when you use the lamprey. :D
 

Offline Setekh

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  • 215
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Most useless weapon
Reply #13 on: April 16, 2002, 08:43:27 am
Quote
Originally posted by TheVirtu
Wasn't there one of these last month?


Indeed there was...
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

  • Koala-monkey
  • 211
Most useless weapon
Reply #14 on: April 16, 2002, 12:21:14 pm
Rebel bomb, unknown bomb, unknown megabomb. These are ok except that no ships can carry them, not even shivans! Unless you edit the ships.tbl of course.
 

Offline Zeronet

  • Hanger Man
  • 29
Most useless weapon
Reply #15 on: April 16, 2002, 12:35:15 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh


Indeed there was...


We could do with a FAQ for these questions, one day we'll answer them all in the FAQ and this thread will be empty

Such a :shaking: thought.
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Offline beatspete

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Most useless weapon
Reply #16 on: April 16, 2002, 03:24:19 pm
I know about the TAG A and B missles, but i've only heard of the TAG C.  What does it do? Do you only get it in multiplayer?

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Offline Redfang

  • 28
Most useless weapon
Reply #17 on: April 17, 2002, 12:00:10 pm
I voted TAG missiles. Lamprey would be second, but Circe can be good. Also, Akheton SDG and EMP adv. are both very good. ;)  
 
TAG missiles are useless (well, almost ;) ) because they need scripting, and even if they have that, they're still not good.
 
Lamprey is also quite bad, because Circe is better version of it. Even if it doesn't suck power reserves. ;)
 
Circe combined with Maxim can be pretty effective, Circe does shield damage and Maxim does the hull damage and has long range. The only bad thing is that they have very different speeds, and it's hard to hit with both of them at the same time.
 
Also, beatspete:
;):p:)WELCOME TO THE HLPBB!:):p;)
 
You can't normally get TAG-C missiles, I have modified them so that I do. But they don't even work. :p
 

Offline Nuclear1

  • 211
Most useless weapon
Reply #18 on: April 17, 2002, 12:25:11 pm
Actually, last time I checked, the Perseus can carry the TAG-C.

I'm probably wrong though. :o  Usually am ;7 ;7 :doh:
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

Offline Razor

  • 210
Most useless weapon
Reply #19 on: April 17, 2002, 02:34:20 pm
Crud!! I forgot to welcome nuclear to the HLPBB! :o :o

WELCOME TO THE HLPBB. EXITS ARE TO THE BACK LEFT AND RIGHT. IN THE CASE OF A FIGHT, SHOTGUNS ARE UNDER THE SEATS. JUST A REMINDER. NERVE GASS MASKS CAN BE FOUND IN THE COMPARTMENTS ABOVE YOUR SEATS.


And of course, no welcome would be complete without: ;7

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