if you can get it, the fed cruiser is elite. you just need to upgrade speed etc. and tweak the weaponry a little bit.
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**Uh, Missiles arent that good against government ships. You need Torpedoes.**
Or bombs or heavy rockets since the feds are so slow.
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Or bombs or heavy rockets since the feds are so slow.**
Bombs? Yea... I tried once smashing bombs straight on a Frigate. After 5 bombs its shields were down to 3%, after which it was short work to fire Protons to disable it in my Kestrel.
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**that is soo true. I love the Rebel Cruiser for its beauty, and its usefulness. it's plenty strong, has fast shield regeneration, and is perfect...PERFECT when upgraded a bit with shield upgrades, and turning/accel/speed upgrades (none of which are at all NECESSARY)...it's fighter launching speed is AWESOME (almost instantaneous) and, I'll say again, it is a VERY beautiful ship. Just one question...WHY LASERS? just because the profile says so in the Outfit Ship place, doesn't mean they actually accel at doing what they say they do. I've found that protons, though they weigh more, have a faster rate of fire, and do much more damage. though, I must say, a combination of the two is PRICELESS. 2 laser turrets, and 2 proton turrets work beautifully together. the lasers do their thing, while the protons do their thing...VERY nice stuff.
peace out**
Actually, regarding proton and laser cannons, potato is doing the right thing. If you calculate the ResEdit statistics on the two weapons, the rate of fire of the laser cannon actually does slightly more damage against shields. Protons, however, excel against armor. Laser cannons are the way to go against shielding (which is why it is the primary choice for the alien missions).
Proton turrets, on the other hand, are a much better choice than the laser variant.
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**Bombs? Yea... I tried once smashing bombs straight on a Frigate. After 5 bombs its shields were down to 3%, after which it was short work to fire Protons to disable it in my Kestrel.**
The only thing making sure you have enough space to hold enough, as they take up quite a bit of space. But if you get it right, the results are awesome. You should try using those like the monty python. You should make contact almost every time.
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**I like to fill protons for my turrets and lasers for cannons, because there are three protoons on a turret vs. the laser having two. I like the slightly longer range of the laser cannons as well. Combined they work quite nicely.
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**Hehehehehehe. In EVO, I would say the Igadazra. In EV. I will say the ALien Cruiser**
You've got damn right!!!
I think that Alien fighter is better than cruiser anyway.
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Originally posted by Destroyer E:
**In the normal game my two choises are:Rebel Destryer
Alien fighterBut with the Aurora plug-in the Nuetronic Kestral kicks anyones butt.**
Destroyer. You cant buy a Alien Fighter.
Edit- 1200 th post! Im a really high poster like Chestnut now. Um, yeah...
Edit 2- Neutronic Kestrel, not Nuetronic Kestral.
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**I CAN buy an Alien Fighter.SEE CHEATER PLUG-IN
But I do not always cheat, that was just for fun
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**It worked for me:D**
Probably you didnt land then. Or that plug adds IDs for the drones and beam in outf resource.
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**I did land.**
Probably you didnt land often enough to lose the weapons.
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(QUOTE)Originally posted by MartiNZ:
(B)In EV I quite liked the Clipper.. it was a nice size and looked good, and generally had to last you quite a while - in my experience usually between a Scoutship and a Lightning or Rapier - so about 1M credits, which used to take so long to work up in EV! The Clipper's only problem was the terrible turning rate - if it had been able to turn fast, even the AI pirate Clippers would have done quite nicely :).I totally agree with you. Clippers rock. They're just a little slow and stuff. But I really like them because they are all around everything
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other than the clipper, the rapier adn lightning are pretty cool. Just the clipper is good for cargo AND money.
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**General, I think you got the wrong plug-in**
Oh well. Someones work, some do not. Those who add the two Alien weapons in the outf resource let you keep your weapon after you land. That its there means generally youre supposed to buy it. Otherwise it will be lost when you land because its meant only to used by AI ships.
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On a Lightning fighter, once, as an experiment, I put on three proton cannons and a laser cannon. Very pretty - the blue shots of the proton cannons don't show up well on my screen (or rather, on the screen I had at the time, about 3 years ago...).
Anyway, the effect was that the laser cannon shots acted like tracer bullets. Every third or fourth shot was bright green. Really made targetting easier. The only strange part was that it seemed like it was occasionally misdirecting a proton cannon shot...like the protons and ions were interfering with each other.
Anyway: Favorite ship? Obviously the Corvette Mod G. (A heavily customized variety...)
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