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In Waypoint, Paladin's message to Blair says something about him being glad to see Blair and Rachel back together on the same ship after some 'unpleasentness'. I guess it doesn't specify if that means them breaking up, or Blair choosing Flint. Still, if it was the Flint thing, 20 years is a...

Well, technically it makes YOUR ship harder to destroy as well. Personally, I would say that having shields makes it easier to get high kill scores. Say you are twice as 'good' as the average enemy pilot, in that if they do 50% of the damage that you do to them. Without shields, you're dead...

Well, if he Kamikaze's through your engine, I guess it's a draw :p.

I guess another reason is that most people prefer a simple AI, simply because we like to believe we're the best. Would you rather a) Have a lot of fun blowing up hundreds of cats and bugs and get your kill score way ahead of Maniacs b) Spend two hours trying to kill a single ship. I mean...

maybe that just had a baaad case of the mange on board :p

Sure, but he's not going to be flying them off a Plunkett is he :p .... unless it's a black ops Plunkett of course :cool: [Edited by AzraeL on 02-27-2001 at 02:36]

Note that you're talking about the Black Op's Wasp there guys, not the Vanilla variety which you would find on most ships.

Umm... the Lockheed P-38 Lightning is indeed an American WWII fighter. The English Electric F1 Lighting is a British Interceptor. It holds the distinction of being the last all British RAF fighter, and the first British aircraft to achieve Mach 2. Its main weaknesses were a (very) short...

I'd tend to avoid Wasps. I believe they're a short-range interceptor. Justifying a position for a strict interceptor on a limited flightdeck is difficult. I'd stick with Panthers - they would do the intercept job nearly as well, and other roles much better. Similar argument for the...

That's 'cos your wingmen are stupid, not 'cos you haven't got enough torps. If you're smart and patient, you do a Wild Weasel run on the ships first and take out the defending guns. Then locking your torp is a breeze. Even a single Shrike carries enough torps to take out 2 cruisers. That...

I guess it's the difference between CAN carry and USUALLY carries. You could probably stick a torpedo mount (and a torpedo of course) on a Hornet. You just probably wouldn't survive long enough to lockon and launch it. Besides, there are probably few pilots, besides the inestimable Blair...

Not really. A frontline ships duty could change at any moment. You cannot suddenly switch the fighter complement at a moments notice. Which means the fighters should really be selected to supplement the weaknesses of the cruiser, regardless. To me that is patrol (Piranha) and space...

If I had a limited number of fighters, I'd tend to try to keep them to one (or possibly two) type - cut down on storage space for spare parts etc. Personally, I'd probably go with say 6 Piranha for scouting and 10 Panthers for clearing out enemy fighter cover before I move in and finish off...

That or Piranhas for scouting or possibly Tigersharks (versatile) or even possibly Panthers (fighter suppression). Definitely not bombers and unlikely to be Vampires.

Ditto for the Tiamat, or perhaps the opposite. The Tiamat is a dreadnaught, designed for killing enemy fleets. She really requires support, both from her own fighter squadrons and escort carriers & destroyers for protection from enemy fighters. Get her within range of an enemy capship or...

Sure, anyone can die if they are unlucky. Maniac is simply skillful enough to get by when his luck fails, so there's a lot more to him then just luck. As for getting on with his wingmen, well, not everyone has a problem with his flying style. Some of 'us' may, because naturally we want to...

Maniac isn't just lucky. He's also a very talented pilot, despite his attitude. Someone (I wish I could remember who/were) said : You start out with a full bag of luck, and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the luck runs out. (or something like...

Well, they seem to go through Enterprises pretty quickly :) The Concordia in WC2 is a Confederation class dreadnaught. All you need is for the original Concordia (nameship and hence first of the Concordia class supercruisers) to be destroyed before she is commissioned. Then they simply...

Personally, it seems reasonable to me. Take out the engines and the ship is crippled. Take out the bridge and it is paralyzed. Once you've got 'em both, the ship is effectively 'dead'. It can't run, and it can't fight. When you want to kill someone, the easiest way is to shoot 'em in...

True. It was really just the frustration of not knowing I was couldn't win. The first few times, I didn't last long enough to get to the dread. Then, I figured I had to kill the Dread to win. By the time I managed to kill it (twice) and then keep fighting for another few hundred ships, I'd...