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  1. Shadow Reaper

    Vanguard Hoplite or Glaive?

    I wonder if you want to fight in close like with the Reaver ship, wouldn't you still be better with a Sabre with 4 close range scatterguns? Are the Pyros still massive damage the way they were? At least in the Sabre you have stealth to get onto your target. View...
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    Vanguard Hoplite or Glaive?

    I think you need to decide what you want to do with it before you ask the question. IIUC, the Glaive is designed as a glass cannon, so nothing like the Hoplite. If you want to focus on FPS gaming, the Hoplite is going to be hard to beat. If you want to fly a glass cannon, try the Hurricane...
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    why I don't want to build a gaming machine

    I was actually hoping for 3X 3800 X 1600, so I think needs 3 cards? https://www.amazon.com/Acer-XR382CQK-bmijqphuzx-UltraWide-FreeSync/dp/B01N6S1P2D?tag=p00935-20&ascsubtag=04tJ4DCtEaVc2UtKYp49cHG
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    why I don't want to build a gaming machine

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/desktop-computer-reviews/digital-storm-aventum-3-review/ http://www.digitalstorm.com/aventum-3.asp?workstation=1 I want to sit this behind a gaming chair, with overhead arching supports for three ultra-widescreen monitors. My question right now is, can I run...
  5. Shadow Reaper

    ♪♫♬ Operating System Blues ♪♫♬

    I'm a Mac user, which is why I don't play SC yet, but I will be building or buying a machine just for SC in the next few months. I haven't use a windows machine in a decade, so am a little apprehensive about it. What is the "windows 10 gaming overlay"?
  6. Shadow Reaper

    This is us every shipshape.

    I can't honestly tell which is the most beautiful, the Carrack, 600i or Polaris. They all rock.
  7. Shadow Reaper

    Wait are we the bad guys?

    Good guy, bad guy. . .who cares? I hope there's pudding.
  8. Shadow Reaper

    Florida

    I'm planning to move to the Space Coast very soon, and planning to do Disney on the weekends so will be happy to meet up with any Testies who come through. I am actually hoping to cut my hours back from 70/week to 45/week once I move. Might even get that gaming machine I had planned as well...
  9. Shadow Reaper

    Gaming Laptop

    Woosh! So this has HDMI 2 out. How many external monitors could you add with this and can you put a different display on them than on the laptop itself? If you were gaming in a chair, with a HOTAS, and had the laptop on a table in front of you, could you put one view on the 17" laptop display...
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    This is us every shipshape.

    Oh. . .no. . .regal pun alert. How did this never occur to me? What are we and what have we become? A rose by any other name and all that, but did we sign up for this indignity?
  11. Shadow Reaper

    Thinking of investing in a Vanguard. Help?

    I am not a Drake guy. I get the appeal, but the Vanguards will kill any Drake product pretty quickly. Looks like even the Bucky can't take a hit, and the Cutty maneuvers way too slowly to be dangerous, IMHO. The Vanguards rotate slowly compared to a dogfighter, but the Cutties are way slower...
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    Gaming Laptop

    Thanks for that, but its not for me. Its for my partner who will be running COMSOL on it. A laptop for that costs significantly more than a workstation, and you don't get the nice sized monitor, but it will enable him to work in his off hours and I am all for that. Basically just needs lots...
  13. Shadow Reaper

    This is us every shipshape.

    I will never look at Lancers the same again.
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    Thinking of investing in a Vanguard. Help?

    I still don't know what to make of the Defender. I think it is supposed to be a real option for long range escort--that's what it is designed for. But IIRC, it has lots of little guns which means no range on your weapons. You have to engage up close which is definitely a dogfighter's forte'...
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    Thinking of investing in a Vanguard. Help?

    For a long range escort, you need a long range fighter. None of these are actual dogfighters, so as marcsand2 notes, you need a plan for when things go badly wrong. Personally I think the guns on the Vanguard are about the best you'll find for a sniping machine. It carries the only S5 gun...
  16. Shadow Reaper

    Do stripess make it go faster?

    My BabyDoll likes the stripes. I dunno. . .Makes it feel like a 100i. What do you think, do the stripes ruin the classic lines?
  17. Shadow Reaper

    Post your PC builds here!

    That is pretty cool. I like that. The more situational awareness the better.
  18. Shadow Reaper

    Warm, flat, skunky beer. . .

    . . .and you came to look for it anyway. Post a note and tell others how lowly you are.
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