What's your favourite gun?
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Death's Head
Spaceman
Plus different accelerations, some have autoslides, armor and sheild ratings, even recharge rates. Not many people seem to bring it up, but gun position is critical to high percentage shots. I rarely miss with the Hellcat V and Arrow compared to the Excalibur which has it's guns further apart, even with autotrack, you still miss smaller ships serveral times on the average melee. In WC4, the Bearcat is the worst, although I don't really care for the Hellcat's new gun positioning.
Earthworm, I gunned down a couple ships with a turret, several corvettes, and a deystroyer that I recall, not to mention fighters. I used the Longow's turret to kill at least one Arrow in WC4, those frigates are easy pickings on strafing runs.
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Earthworm, I gunned down a couple ships with a turret, several corvettes, and a deystroyer that I recall, not to mention fighters. I used the Longow's turret to kill at least one Arrow in WC4, those frigates are easy pickings on strafing runs.
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Death's Head
Spaceman
I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Odds are if you rely on a turret alone to kill a capship, you're going to find your fighter spinning out of control and blowing up.
With skillful maneuvering, and good turret use, it can, and has been done, although it is much easier to shoot off you front guns until you can't then steer in a good direction, and switch to the turret.
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Odds are if you rely on a turret alone to kill a capship, you're going to find your fighter spinning out of control and blowing up.
With skillful maneuvering, and good turret use, it can, and has been done, although it is much easier to shoot off you front guns until you can't then steer in a good direction, and switch to the turret.
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Wc1: mass driver
Wc2: mass driver
Wc3: tachyons
Wc4: the almighty stormfire Mk1!
WcP: nno particular preference
SO: Cloudburst and chain ion combo
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Wc2: mass driver
Wc3: tachyons
Wc4: the almighty stormfire Mk1!
WcP: nno particular preference
SO: Cloudburst and chain ion combo
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The time is near.
There are still quite a few days remaining.
I don't care for fame, power or money...
I just want to FIGHT!
-Sanosuke Sagara
Death's Head
Spaceman
There is when it's hooked up to a autotrack system
He liked them because he doesn't have to aim like you do in the T-bolt, although I myself sometimes turn off autotrack in certain situations. I think what he is saying is that without autotrack, he doesn't like them as much, is that correct?
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He liked them because he doesn't have to aim like you do in the T-bolt, although I myself sometimes turn off autotrack in certain situations. I think what he is saying is that without autotrack, he doesn't like them as much, is that correct?
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Just because it's connected to an auto-tracking computer doesen't make it an auto-tracking gun.
There is no such thing as an auto-tracking gun.
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Death's Head
Spaceman
I don't mean it has sensors mounted on the gun and the targeting systems are in the gun itself either.
As the guns are fired, they track the target using autotrack in the computer system or in the gun sensors, whereever it is doesn't matter, but as long as autotrack is engaged they are tracking the target selected. So in a sense the are autotracking guns, right?
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As the guns are fired, they track the target using autotrack in the computer system or in the gun sensors, whereever it is doesn't matter, but as long as autotrack is engaged they are tracking the target selected. So in a sense the are autotracking guns, right?
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Quarto
Unknown Enemy
Damn right it did. Every time you bludgeon somebody to death with your insistence on correct terms
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Why shouldn't we use correct terms?
If I started walking around the BB, saying that WC6 was already released, and that it's called The Prophecy of the Tiger. The main character in that game is Admiral Goefry Blair, and he's trying to defeat the Black Bugs using his Hornet supper fighter that can carry Skipper missiles wouldn't you start correcting me.
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A good soldier is not the one who die for his country, it's the one who makes his enemy die for his.
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Quarto
Unknown Enemy
You're missing the point, Earthworm
. Correct terms should be used, but if somebody makes a mistake, it's not such a big deal that you have to bug him about it for the next five thousand posts
. I'd prefer to see you use your time constructively. You know, like to post more than a one-sentencer about the latest chapter of my story
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Quarto
Unknown Enemy
Oh, I'd lost my mind a long time ago
. But I really wish people would read more than just "Bed-time Story" while they're in the FanFic section. Surely, that's not too much to ask?
...Not that it matters, since only about five or six people actually visit the FanFic section
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THANK YOU!
Chris Reid: Yes, I do know that the four different fighters each have different weapons and payloads.
Oh! Death's Head: Nice sig. Incoming fire DOES have the right of way when I fly.
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Hmmmmm..... What's this button do?
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Quarto
Unknown Enemy
Anagram: Awfully sorry about that, laddie. But only Moderators and Admin are allowed to yell at others. As you may have noticed, I am a Moderator; and I most definitely insist on doing my own yelling, thank you very much. Now, I've already told Earthworm off; as such, you have no reason to complain anyway. He will not bother you any further.
Also, please read others' posts carefully before retorting in anger. Earthworm wanted to show what incorrect terminology could look like. Thus, by yelling at him for it, you were making an utter fool of yourself
. And correcting spelling mistakes is the equivalent of sticking a "kick me" sign on your forehead.
I will not tolerate any further noise in regard to this matter from either of you.
Dismissed.
Also, please read others' posts carefully before retorting in anger. Earthworm wanted to show what incorrect terminology could look like. Thus, by yelling at him for it, you were making an utter fool of yourself
I will not tolerate any further noise in regard to this matter from either of you.
Dismissed.
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