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hornet vs. sunslayer

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Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:23 am

hornet vs. sunslayer

i bet your all tired of hearing me publicize the new clan, so heres a treat for ya:

argue about why some of you prefer the torps and others like disrupting cruz engines

personally, i'd say cruz disruptors... they make those assasination missions were the mark tries to make a dash a hel of a lot ezier and they're cheaper. but you can still carry both, CD for those assasinations and torps for base killing, if you ask me thats more fun

Knowledge is security... anything else, well... good luck

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 6:43 am

Nukes! Get in real close and set 'em off ...

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 10:10 am

i carry torps but not for bases

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 10:44 am

try to do div 43 missions in a defender and come back later...

i was happy that i had also sunslayer torps, they so good in destroy ships without shields...

(2 sunslayers in the beginrun can destroy already 1 or maybe a few ships and let some ships without shields)

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:01 am

Torps, just to fill the empty slot.
I don't use whasps.

If the ships have gun/missile hardpoints, why ain't the turret and the torp hardpoints turret/torp hardpoint?

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Edited by - Nickless on 22-08-2003 12:02:42

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:23 pm

Torps....all the way

I prefer it on the assassination jobs when they run for it
They take you to a new place with more ships, which means, better rep and more loot.

So what if i have a dozen bounty hunters shooting at me. My dear departed grandma could shoot better than them, even with the cataracts.

Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
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Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:55 pm

I prefer cruise disruptors bacause my guns do the same damage a s a sunslayer 4 free in a few seconds. But, how do you hit a ship with a torpedo? esp. if its fast?

We who are about to die salute you!

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:23 pm

for me this issue depends on what kind of ship i am in, there are two types,
Duelers for pvp action and NPC Missions ships.

PvP ships i prefer a hornet hands down, they can counter so many things the other player throws at ya, plus that last shot to kill them off haha.

As fas as NPC Mission ships, for regular fl i use a hornet, I take a lot of those assasanation missions, if the game is a mod that involves battle ships "capital ships" then the good old sunslayer has its value.

So i guess over all, if the game I am playing is not a mod, the Horent wins hands down...


thoughts ?



Edited by - FooGoo on 22-08-2003 16:24:15

Post Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:37 pm

Situation dependant. It helps to have one of each launcher, but only mount the one you'll use. That way, you can hook up the hornet for assassinations, and the torp for anything else.

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