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Post Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:40 am

@BH Jackson you make a big issue out of the Turret. The Turret on the HH doesn't as the Eagle does fire foward at Any angle. It only fires backwards so pointless relying on it for combat. To use it you either have to:

Use rear view - Hole point of the HH is its turning ability, you never want someone on you arse in a fight if you do allow that then you won't last long.

Use Turret view, meaning no control over flight so flying in a straight line, so crying out for a single pass run by any player and either dropping a Torp or Ripper at point blank = you dead.

As for my loadout

Twin Adv Debilitators
Twin Wyrm Type 1's
Twin Skyblast A's
Star KIller Torp
Ripper mines
lvl 8 Grav shield = only good reason to fly the brick

Post Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:24 am

He asked for a turret suggestion, and he wanted a Bounty Hunter load-out... I gave them to him. Don't blame me for crying out loud...
And aft turrets have their uses. A skilled light fighter pilot can stay behind a Hammerhead no matter what you do. That's when you switch to the aft turret. And a Buckshot'll rip it to pieces.
BTW, instead of having six Reavers, you might want to replace two of them with Buckshot particle guns instead. After thinking about it, if you do that, it'll have to be two of the MkIIs, because the Hammerhead only supports four class 9s, and the Buckshots are class 9, I thought they were 8s. Still, leave the Buckshots deactivated until you really need them, or they'll eat into your dogfighting.
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Edited by - Bounty Hunter Jackson on 3/14/2004 1:39:46 PM

Post Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:00 pm

I'll stick with my sabre vhf with 2x cannonbal missiles 2x salamanca mkII. 2x wyrm mkII. (or was it kraken i forget) salamanca mkII. turret screamer or ripper mine i forget adv. countermeasures (not that i use them) and sunslayer torp. launcher. oh and it doesn't handle like the titan (the things a cow seriosly) and has almost as much armor.




Edited by - Dragonborn on 3/13/2004 2:06:17 PM

Post Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:05 pm

Ah, how many scalps I've gained from Sabre pilots

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Post Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:24 pm

thanx, quite a great help you've all been.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Post Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:45 pm

Hey, no problem. After you've tried the Hammerhead, why not take the Barracuda into the Border Worlds ?

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Post Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:27 pm

eheheheh...hammerhead is almost a waste of $$$ if you are a hard worker...just a little while and you could get a Sabre....
The best setup is probably a full set of Wyrms (Planet Malta, Omicron Alpha) or Krakens (Ruiz Base, Omicron Beta)

Post Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:59 am


Ah, how many scalps I've gained from Sabre pilots


AHEM...

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"If it aint on fire, you haven't shot it up bad enough yet" - my old teacher on Planet Housten.

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Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:25 am

Eagle
4 Skyblast b GMG photon cannons
2 Firestalkers
Sunslayer
Ripper mine
Adv.countermeasure
Skyblast B turret
Adv.champion Graviton shield
full load of nano's and shields

one of the few ship loadouts i trust saying, 'u wanna piece o' me?' in, blast the shiled off with the photons, and finish them off with 4 firestalkers or a sunslayer at point blank, right up thier ***.

either that or my old APC-X with 8 static lasers and 2 hyperseekers

Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:58 am

I don't think any load out is complete without a Tizona del Cid/ Torro. I don't use missiles though, mainly 'cos I'm cheap, also because guns are generally more powerful anyway, considering they have a far better refire rate, also no ammo limit.

@Arania- you can't get a Champion shield- only in mods.


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Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 12:39 pm

Where do they sell the Skyblast B's? I've been looking for 'em but can't find 'em.

Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:18 pm

@Eh_Steve, you can buy the Skyblast Bs at Gas MIner Naha in Sigma-13.
@Arania, you can't get the Champion shields unless your game is modded.

Dark Helmet: Gimme that, you petty excuse of an officer!
Now hear this: LUDICROUS SPEED!!!
Col. Sanders: Sir, hadn't you better buckle up?
Dark Helmet: Eh, buckle this! Ludicrous speed...GO!!!

Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:48 pm

Thanks Cowami. I could use those for my wreck looting expedition into hostile outcasts space... in a Hammerhead.

Post Sun Mar 28, 2004 6:22 pm

You dont need to MOD your game to get the C10 Graviton, i modded it on using IONCROSS, and it dosent really give you much of an advantage. Fly into a group of 8 holtile Sabres and you can say bye-bye to your hull.

The Skyblast B is the most powerful Photon gun in the game, found at gas miner Naha, C9, very high power drain level, but very powerful considering its 200 damage per shot at 8.33 shots per second

Post Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:54 am

In case you guys don't know: THE HAMMERHEAD IS CRAP WITH A CAPITAL C!!! Spend you money on a Sabre or Eagle.


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