[Commander Zane]

The Piranha also uses seekers, they're just horribly ineffective seekers.

[crizza]

Hm, a ship firing Piranhas damages itself, doesn't it?

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Hm, a ship firing Piranhas damages itself, doesn't it?

If the shields are in really bad shape, yes.

[crizza]

I'm talking about capships.
Don't know which one, but I once fredded a capship using them...and it blew up itself quite spectacular^^

[Kosh]

The Piranha also uses seekers, they're just horribly ineffective seekers.

Yeah but when you've got an inbound wing of bombers launching them all at once they can be ****ing terrifying

[Commander Zane]

It's also a complete waste of Tempest space which would still help you kill them faster.

[Kolgena]

You read wrong. Kosh said piranha spam BY the bombers can be scary if you fly intercept.

I just do barrel rolls and spam X, though I lose valuable time that could be used for shooting down bombs.

[NGTM-1R]

It's also a complete waste of Tempest space which would still help you kill them faster.

The Piranha is much more effective than the Tempest in the hands of the AI.

[Commander Zane]

They can be made to use dumbfires properly can't they?

[Deadly in a Shadow]

They can be made to use dumbfires properly can't they?

They do it, thanks to the Fury AI.

[Mars]

They can be made to use dumbfires properly can't they?

They do it, thanks to the Fury AI.

Oh god Vassago's Dirge. . . some of those fighters are nightmares with Tempests.

[Kosh]

You read wrong. Kosh said piranha spam BY the bombers can be scary if you fly intercept.

I just do barrel rolls and spam X, though I lose valuable time that could be used for shooting down bombs.

And since those Nahema's are nearly as fast as your interceptor that gives them a lot of time for Cyclops spamming too, making interception even harder. Not to mention the losses your AI wingmen will undoubtedly take in the process.

[Commander Zane]

Nahemas are true Jerkasses. They're faster than anything classified as an Interceptor except for the Horus, which it is equal in speed (Its engine overclock is botched though, then again when it comes to FreeSpace 2's bombers, everyone's engine overclock is botched except the Boanerges and Taurvi (The Sekhmet has too little of a boost to count)), and out of all the bombers you fight they're the ones that love trying to intercept you. They're large and weaker than the other Shivan bombers though, if you're lucky and they haven't started zipping all over the place two or three can at least be taken out in a single pass.

[LordPomposity]

See, I love Nahemas. My strategy for Clash of the Titans II consisted of getting in an Ares, ordering my wingmen to guard the cruisers, speedmatching the Bastion, and sitting in front of it spamming Trebuchets while constantly C-5ing. Nahemas are the only Shivan bombers that go down in one salvo.

This would probably fail spectacularly if I tried it on Insane, but so would any other strategy I tried on Insane.

[Timerlane]

I think Argonautica is the one most of us are thinking of, with Vasudan fighters as your only choices(leaving pretty much just the Tauret and Seth as durable enough to stand up to Piranha spam).

[LordPomposity]

Ah, yes. The mission where the Aquitaine is fooling around in the nebula for no good reason and gets bumrushed by a moloch.

[Buckshee Rounds]

I think Argonautica is the one most of us are thinking of, with Vasudan fighters as your only choices(leaving pretty much just the Tauret and Seth as durable enough to stand up to Piranha spam).

Nah take a Serapis, flies like a dream. "Avoid the bomblets and you won't get hit, pilot."

[Destiny]

I think Argonautica is the one most of us are thinking of, with Vasudan fighters as your only choices(leaving pretty much just the Tauret and Seth as durable enough to stand up to Piranha spam).

Nah take a Serapis, flies like a dream. "Avoid the bomblets and you won't get hit, pilot."

Guess what, shockwaves kills it if not the bomblets.

[Buckshee Rounds]

"Avoid the shockwaves and you won't get hit, pilot."

[-Norbert-]

So what's the logical conclution of that chain? "Avoid being hit and you won't get hit pilot"?