I can never get multiplayer...as someone else said here, "Gamespy is giving me grief." My type of grief is computer speed when downloading...
How did we get off topic like this?
I can only fly Shroud in the last mission no matter what, I always get knocked by the Ion Cannon. In other missions, Shroud is pathetic vs. motherships. I can give Basilisks *beep* when i'm cloaked, however, since they don't know who's following them, and then you can shoot, before the cloak, you know what happens next. One can argue that a pilot's skill shoudl be enough to take down a basilisk without blind fire. Unfortunatly, I am not so skilled like that.
Reaper can take out enemies faster then Shroud, and if you're a skilled pilot, you can wup a squardron (pardon spelling) without the use of Solomons. If you can't decide which to paly, then try something new, like a Naginata in the last mission. See if you'll survive.