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Post Tue Feb 25, 2003 1:56 am

best ships

What do you think the best ships in the game are? Please put them in 3 catagories:
Best light fighter
Best Heavy fighter
Best very heavy fighter

Post Tue Feb 25, 2003 6:53 am

Best light fighter - Banshee
Best heavy - not sure, either the Hammerhead or the Falcon
Best very heavy fighter - Sabre, hands down. Far better than the Titan because of the forward firing turret and increased maneuverability, all the level 38s on Elite use it instead of the Titan.

Post Tue Feb 25, 2003 8:26 am

yup, gotta agree about the sabre. I've flown the titan as well...lots of space for guns on those wings...and lots of wing to lose in firefights...the sabre is less likely to loose parts...especially since most enemies won't be getting past your shields anyway. Worth every cent.

Post Wed Feb 26, 2003 1:10 am

The sabre looks cooler too,

Post Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:50 am

Isn't the hammerhead a very heavy fighter??????



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Post Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:10 am

can u buy a big ship? like a battleship or someting else big? in that case where? can u store ships somewhere and switch whenever u want?

Post Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:28 am

Nope, no battleships I know thats a part I was looking forward too...And no switching ships either.

The best ship I have flown is the Sabre on my personal server, It fly's like a light fighter, with super stats...Very nice ship, combined with a Class 10 shield/weapons its like the ultimate killing machine! I was hoping for more ships tho...like 100+ pilotable ships...

Hmm that brings me to an idea...maybe I can piss everyone off cept the xeno's
that would be cool ^_^ lots lots to destroy

Post Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:34 pm


Isn't the hammerhead a very heavy fighter??????


Yeah, I think he meant the Barracuda, which is a nice ship, but I would have to say the Falcon is superior based on armor weapon classes.

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:10 am

dude the best light fighter for the money is most def the patriot (7,600)
the banshee costs (141,920)
same weps
banshee has 3000 amor+
20 carg0

for a price difference of 130,000!!!!!!

i know my numbers are a little of but still if ur price range is that high u should by getting at least a heavy fighter and same a bundle

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:12 am

although i havent flown either why do u guys say the sabre is better than the titan?

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:23 am

the sbare is way better than the titan, it has all the same stats that the titan has except a little less armor it has a turret that can fire a full 360 degrees unlike the tian that allows u to only shoot backwards. oh yeah and the sabre is way more manuverable

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:55 am

i have a titan right now, seems pretty good, but not very manueverable, a forward firing turret and more manuev definatly sounds good, where are sabres sold?

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:02 am

i've flown both... and let me tell you - in a fight with 10 other ships a little bit extra turning speed is a HUGE plus...

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 7:16 am

hehe the best fighter of any class for the money is the anubis since it sells for 1100 from the order battle ship

Post Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:16 pm

When thinking of Sabre vs Titan, it becomes a very clear choice when you start getting into the high end weaponry.

I've currently got a Sabre, packing 2x Diamondbacks and 2x Onyx, these are big guns that use a LOT of power. Most I can manage for the last 2 gun slots are Class 8 weapons. I can get off about 10 salvos before the energy is gone.

Titan has 8 weapon slots. Given the above those extra gun slots really aren't much use, since it will merely drain your battery all the more if you are using Class 10 weapons. Best you could do is mount some missiles, which aren't overly effective against good pilots, too easily avoided.

The only useful factor the Titan has is that +2k armour over the Sabre.

It's slower, bigger, and those wings, the wings are just begging to be shot off.

Sabre forever.

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