Why? Eagle is clearly superior to the TItan. Lacks in armour it makes up with manoeuverability. Sure, it may have 20% or so less armor, but I am yet to be killed by a TItan.
And now, with my modded Eagle, I can take on any vessel. Dual Tizona del Cids, quadruple Cerberuses, a Firestalker and Cannonball missile launchers, Hornet cruise disruptor and a Sunslayer torpedo launcher. This mixed with Ripper mines and Adv. CDs makes me unstoppable.
Of course, you can mod and equip the Titan with the exact same things, but two thing Eagle will always be superior at over the Titan are:
- manoeuverability
- style
Seriously, the sight of an Eagle with moderate equipment is breath-taking. Perhaps, it is the most beautiful ship in the whole game.
Well, not really. Lower-classed civilian fighters look lighter, thus more gracefully to me. But, they can't, without modifications, carry and use top-shelf armament.

PS
Bah, another essay-post. I have got to stop doing that.

like you said the eagle you have is modded im talking about REAL freelancer

-((sTk))-MEDIGO**

Yeah, but manoueverability always wins out. The standard eagle from FrreLancer will beat the Titan. In every space sim I've played the "super" ship wasn't all that super. The eagle would be my choice too.

Well, it's only 2 cents, but it's usally enough...

just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger...

i know speed is important too but if your being hammerd from all sides the titan would have a better chance of surviving than the eagle
eg; you accept a 200k mission from planet crete from the corsairs and you confront 15 fully armed hammerheads with really annoying reaver weapons, the titan would last longer and you cant deny that.
it just depends how you fly your ship and how you engage the enemy i guess...

-((sTk))-MEDIGO**

> know speed is important too but if your being hammerd from all sides the titan >would have a better chance of surviving than the eagle
>eg; you accept a 200k mission from planet crete from the corsairs and you >confront 15 fully armed hammerheads with really annoying reaver weapons, the >titan would last longer and you cant deny that.


Nope that's how I make my money, rarely do a mission under 140k usually 200-245 on a difficulty level of 43 against lvl 19 HH's. If you can't survive that then you need more practice.

Engine kill In too the swarm as you take less if any hits that way, then enable your engine and kill the first asap. Then its just a case of remove shields and dog fight the rest. Letting them damage them selves on there own mines, cause you removed there shields.

And also, when fire's coming from left and right, and you can't survivie it in an Eagle, you can't survive it in a Titan either.

That 3000 armor ain't going to help anyone.

like i said it depends how you pilot your ship and how you engage the enemy,
strafing, afterburn are the most effective combat tools and i've never died yet on online servers or single player

-((sTk))-MEDIGO**

the titan is reliable and even 100 armour can make a huge difference in any combat situation

-((sTk))-MEDIGO**

ok a challenge for you, do a lvl 43 mission against GMG in your Titan

100 armours is nothing. One shot from most weapons will get rid of that. And considering most ships fire about 5/6 shots in one go, very fast,...

Well, it's only 2 cents, but it's usally enough...

been there done that...

And we are back to that Eagle vs Titan argument again. If Medigo likes his Titan so much, just leave him to it, but I seriously doubt anybody will join his "eagle haters' clan" or whatever he calls it.

The fact is, all 3 class 10 VHFs are more than good enough for any fights against the NPCs (in the hands of a capable pilot that is), and one only stands out against the others in PvP.

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War does not decide who is right, only who is left.

Edited by - CW on 20-06-2003 09:55:49

Yes. Why not join instead my 'Starflier Lovers' fanclub?

Everyone can go on bragging what they have destroyed in their trusty Starfliers!

My greatest achievement is a 1 on 8 battle against Piranhas, won it without using any shield batteries at all. Equipment was just the standard stuff, except the weapons, three Lavablade MK Is.