It's cool. I'll get plenty of ships in game and I know there will be plenty more floating around TEST. There's a possibility that I'll never fly my one ship once everything goes full swing since there will be so many TESTies to team up with.
I do like this thought process. TESTie rentals and loaners.
Hehehehe. Ba-BOOOOM!!
You're always welcome on board my ships, friend.
I thought the asteroids were the true enemy there? They certainly have the highest K/D ratio against me!
Aww, I had planned on it anyways, but thanks for the invitation!
I had to invite you. Vampires can't come in uninvited.
I don't finish all the waves, that only works when my allies stays long enough alive to diverse the Vanduul fire. Alone I'm a dead man ;)
:D First you learn to fly, then you can start to fight. For fighting asteroids I strongly suggest the Aurora!!! She really is perfect for that task;)
So what is the best dog so far? I know some say the Gladius is a "Hornet killer" but you black out in it so fast it doesn't seem to me that much attention to engines is the best choice. Gimme shields and guns any day over fancy stuff if that stuff makes you black out. That's worse than guns that go empty or overheat regularly.
I black out in a 350R, Gladius does much better. If you want to kill a Hornet then you should replace the Gimbals with some heavier guns. Also use some fast locking missiles. With the agility and speed I would try to spin around the Hornet, keep away from it guns, keep firing with CF117 repeaters to weaken its shield (you can fire those badges really long before overheating). By buzzing around the Hornet you would force it to turn allot and losing allot speed. Perfect target for missiles. Head on I would pick the Sabre.
I tried that too, was a bit disappointing. The Hornet lacks speed and agility. I put on 2x CF227 on the wings, 2x M3a on the canard and 2x CF117 on the turret and it worked better for me. Although, Super Hornet. I don't know if you can buy a turret for the Hornet.
I fly with 3x Panthers, and the Behring, although i dont do a lot of PvP, its great for killing Vanduul and Pirates. but thats personal preference. My cutlass ran a similar loadout.
I tried that too :eek: That was my first setup, remove the canard for a Panther, the 2 wing guns for Panthers and the ball turret with a Behring, but the biggest problem was: You can't shoot all Panthers at the same time, reconfigure firegroups was hard, and the Behring overheated too fast, but with the M3A and Badgers you can shoot allot, no overheating, the two Panthers come in play when target is close enough.
They keep the target busy avoiding them instead of fighting you
same, i group all 3 panthers together everytime i get in the ship, its not too hard, takes me about 3 seconds, i actually mapped out a VoiceAttack Command specifically to do this quick and easily. Stage 1 trigger fires panthers, Stage 2 fires all weapons. and my panthers rarely overheat. I guess, thats kinda where trigger discipline comes in, but being a former .50 Cal Gunner in the army, and also having plenty of experience with the M249 SAW and M240B i have gotten good at controlled bursts that almost always land on or near the target. my trick with the behring is to wait until its pip lines up with the panthers, or the enemy is close enough that both pips are on the ship.
