Hornet swaps

[Shadow Reaper]

I was looking at a vid, discussing the Hornet Ghost-Tracker combination:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfv-bjaV3j8


and though this does not really answer questions about IR (dependent upon weapons loadout) and Radar Cross Section (which should have changed--the WillsOp Long Look Radar has its own RCS), it is nice to note the EM remains unchanged.

What I am most curious about is, it looks like he has an S4 weapon on the chin and both wings. Do the Hornets all carry 3 S4 mounts? The ships page is still showing 2 S4 mounts, and if it has 3 plus the top turret, that is just astonishing to me. So what is the deal with this bird?

 

[marcsand2]

S4 weapon on the chin and both wings.

Those are S3 MANTIS GT-220

 

[Blind Owl]

Yeah, 3 s3 mounts, and one flashfire mount for a size 4 on the turret.

 

[marcsand2]

The ship page is crap

The Super Hornet has:
- 2 S2 Gimbal mounts which can be replaced with 2 S3 fixed guns
- 2 S2 Pylon mounts
- 2 S3 Pylon mounts
- 1 S5 mount with a manned / unmanned turret with 2 S2 guns which can be replaced by a fixed flash mount with 1 S3 gun
- 1 S3 unmanned turret with 2 S1 guns which can be replaced by 1 fixed S3 gun

 

[Doggen]

I think the flashmount can fit an S4

edit: yeah im using the C-788-Combine-Ballistic-Cannon on it :)

 

[marcsand2]

I think the flashmount can fit an S4

edit: yeah im using the C-788-Combine-Ballistic-Cannon on it :slight_smile:

Yup, I mixed that up with the nose mount. The Ship customization in AC works better than the ship stats

 

[marcsand2]

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This are the guns in the vid (except the flashfire mount)

 

[Shadow Reaper]

Still, it is disappointing it does not have the pair of S4 wing mounts stated on the ships page. CIG needs to fix this. People are paying for all sorts of ships that they have misrepresented, and it is not that much time to fix this stuff. One employee could do it in one day.

 

[Blind Owl]

Still, it is disappointing it does not have the pair of S4 wing mounts stated on the ships page. CIG needs to fix this. People are paying for all sorts of ships that they have misrepresented, and it is not that much time to fix this stuff. One employee could do it in one day.

The entire ship matrix page is supposed to be getting overhauled. Soon. Haha. I've been begging for that for months. Nay, even Years.

 

[Floating Cloud]

I was looking at a vid, discussing the Hornet Ghost-Tracker combination:

and though this does not really answer questions about IR (dependent upon weapons loadout) and Radar Cross Section (which should have changed--the WillsOp Long Look Radar has its own RCS), it is nice to note the EM remains unchanged.

Unfortunately I think it is a little too early to assume that any results seen now will be valid going forward. Radar implementation has not yet been released (3.0), so any radar unit is effectively a dumb placeholder object. It still remains to be seen whether the Tracker radar unit will fit in an Item 2.0 converted Ghost. Currently it physically fits but once they have converted to 2.0 it is quite possible that there will not be the power/control connectors present on the ghost to manage the device.

I am hoping for the best, but expecting the worst in this respect (yes, having a Ghost with a Tracker radar unit has been on my wishlist too).

Fingers crossed. ;)

 

[DirectorGunner]

I was looking at a vid, discussing the Hornet Ghost-Tracker combination:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfv-bjaV3j8


and though this does not really answer questions about IR (dependent upon weapons loadout) and Radar Cross Section (which should have changed--the WillsOp Long Look Radar has its own RCS), it is nice to note the EM remains unchanged.

What I am most curious about is, it looks like he has an S4 weapon on the chin and both wings. Do the Hornets all carry 3 S4 mounts? The ships page is still showing 2 S4 mounts, and if it has 3 plus the top turret, that is just astonishing to me. So what is the deal with this bird?

I think it might be a bug or just showing the tracker at idle doesn't add to IR signature, the tracker drastically increases both potential drag forces as well as radar cross section, the IR signature might not drastically increase if the tracker technology doesn't get hot when in use or at idle.. but still... I wouldn't want to get in a dog fit with a big hump under my ship's hull.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

People are paying for all sorts of ships that they have misrepresented, and it is not that much time to fix this stuff. One employee could do it in one day.

I totally understand what you mean and feel the same way, but I have to play Devils Advocat on this one:

Unfortunately when one buys a ship there is a button you click that says "I understand it is an alpha, all subject to change and the final product may not resemble what is currently offered" or words to that effect. I've clicked it loads. You have clicked it at least once but probably more. We all have. None of us can say we were not warned.

For the pages not to be as up-to-date as they can be is very annoying - No way does the 350R have what is advertised on that page in almost any way, shape or form. It used to, but doesn't any more. First time I looked at my shiny new 350R in the hangar I was like:

But that button will not let you pledge until you click it, and when you do you are saying "I understand this may change."

Knowing this as a long-time backer is okay... it's not nice but it's okay... not knowing it as a first time backer is poor. The only part they need to advertise is that the stats may have changed already and make sure people see it...

It's the perils of Alpha. If you think it's bad now, when Balancing comes in Beta all sorts of crazy shit is going to go down. There'll be enough salt to grit Antarctica.

 

[DirectorGunner]

There'll be enough salt to grit Antarctica.

lmao that was perfect! <3