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It all depends on your flying style. I always attacked the fighters first, so I took out far more with my front guns then my turrets ever did. So personally, I'll take the extra two Neutrons in the front, speed and manouvreability (the damn thing's as manouvreable as a Sabre. Pity about the...

"If you can read this ... you're a great porcupine target"

Well, I didn't think relationship between Blair and Angel was that strong prior to the later stages of WC2. I thought she and Bossman were meant to be an item, although I must admit I haven't played the Special Ops? Secret Missions? whatever ... the addon to WC1 (no, don't go posting just to...

Well, I didn't pick anybody, although I must admit I really didn't think too hard about it. I did get real suspicious when you started to fly with Jazz right about the time those Stealth fighters turned up. If I had bothered to guess a traitor, I think Jazz would have been one of my first...

I'll have to go for the Excal. 4 Tachyon + 2 Reaper = Much Fun! Allthough I have to admit to having a soft spot for the Crossbow ... anything with 3 Mass Drivers and 2 Neutrons in the front can't be all bad. I personally don't have much time for the Dragon. Its firepower isn't all that...

Worst AI is definitely Priv 2. Their idea of an opening gambit is to fly head-to-head against a 5 Kraven wielding Freij Mk II, or to fly into capships and see how far you can bounce. Still, maybe I just notice it more in that game.

I tend to use guns whereever practical. I guess the main reason is simply tradition - in WC1 the missiles really weren't that effective (or maybe I just couldn't use them properly) and you didn't carry many. By the time you got to something with a descent missile loadout (e.g. the Raptor ...

Nah, he's talking about who wants to challenge him for Seether's knife :p

Oh, I agree. But it IS still the heavy fighter of the pack, not the Shrike. Personally, I feel the Vamp should be a touch slower, and a lot less manouvreable to make it more play-balanced. Like the Raptor and Thud - extreme firepower at the cost of manouvreablilty. Alternatively, maybe...

Well, the Shrike IS meant to be a light bomber, not a heavy fighter. If you want a heavy fighter, you go for God's gift to the fighter community - the Vampire. mmmmm ... quad tachyons ... aaahhhhhh!!!

Not really. All you need is sensors embedded at different levels of your armor. If the sensor no longer functions, it's probably reasonable to assume you've lost that layer of armor. The unrealistic thing though, is to treat armor damage like shield damage. I would expect that weapon hits...

Then can you imagine one that's 6 feet tall? I think it really depends upon the amount of 'alienness' we want the enemy to have (if such a word exists). Kilrathi are similar to lions/cats etc. Although they are not 'human' per se, the feline race shares a number of similarities with the...

I don't have a major problem with the Cobalt 60 type industrial. At least, not in the simulator, particularly for those gauntlet-type missions where you can jump in your Vampire and splat some bugs to a pumping beat.

Guns ... Lot's of Guns. My flying style is to manouvre in close and deliver as much pain as possible, as quickly as possible, at close range. I hate using missiles, so lotsa guns are essential. Reasonable speed and manouvreability are neccesary to get in close. Because the idea is to spend...

And even better if you combine the two, ala Metalica S&M

I'll go with the torpedo-lock music from WC2. The first few times, I would abort my torp run just to hear the music again.

I will sometimes add the Aurora in there after the Shaman. Although its shields are actually slightly worse than the Shaman, it has better manouvreability and (my main reason) the gun-mounts are much closer together. Often I won't bother, it all depends how sick I get of only being able to hit...

If you find yourself getting too close to the capship, just turn and run for a bit. Use your radar to keep the capship roughly behind you and zigzag away to avoid most of the incoming fire. I believe your turrets will still fire without you controlling them (at least I'm fairly certain about...

Not really. It just means that you operate in a dynamic universe. Can you just imagine the comm officer of the Terran Fleet : "Errr, excuse me unidentified green egg thing, can you please just wait a minute. We're errr waiting for this privateer guy. Ummm, he appears to have stopped off...

No, he means cinematic. Those 10 minutes while you sit waiting for your shields to recharge gives you plenty of time to go out and get more popcorn :p