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heh, the Voinian Heavy Fighter is worse than the Interceptor. And the krait is worse than the VHF. And it doesnt take seconds. It takes seconds to kill a VHF, it takes milliseconds to kill a krait.
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Originally posted by Arada Pilot: **heh, the Voinian Heavy Fighter is worse than the Interceptor... **
Surely not! I remember my days at the Borb Academy of Tactics. Give me a Heavy Fighter over an Interceptor any time. They're much roomier inside, which makes for pilot comfort on long flights... oh, and a decent missile load.
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Originally posted by VoinianAmbassador: **
Originally posted by Arada Pilot: heh, the Voinian Heavy Fighter is worse than the Interceptor...
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The VHF owns! You can pack an amazing amount of firepower in it. It owns the Crescent, knocks out UE Carriers with ease, and say good bye emalgha. I would gladly take a VHF, get the Manueverability Upgrades, and kick serious butt.
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are you people serious? You'd rather fly a VHF than a VI? Thats horrible... In game thhe VHF sux0rs. Thats why VC's are so easy to kill and also, thats why the dreadnought has ints instead. Ever just sat back and watched NPC battles? a UE Carrier can take a VC because it has good fighters and the VHF's are worthless.
As I can't add anything much to the topic here, I'll just let my descriptions of the ships in my (url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/evosite/shipyard.html")web site's shipyard(/url) do the talking.
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The Voinian Heavy Fighter has a good load:
Three neutron cannon, two rocket launchers and some rockets... I'm not quite sure how many rockets. I regularly pirate them and take up to eight rockets, yet Forge's excellent ship stats pages (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/rdrejer/")http://www.geocities.com/rdrejer/(/url) list the VHF as having only 5 rockets. shrug Let's use five rockets in the example, anyway...
Three neutron cannon at 15 tons each: 45 tons Two rocket launchers at 30 tons each: 60 tons Five rockets at 2 tons each: 10 tons Free space in standard ship: 10 tons
Total equipment space: 125 tons! Holy cow... you can do a lot with 125 tons. That's enough for a fighter bay and you'd still have room for some guns! Plus there's 20 tons of cargo space, so you can add a mass expansion if you need to, making for 135 tons of weapons. A snip at just 300,000 cr.
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Originally posted by Arada Pilot: **heh, the Voinian Heavy Fighter is worse than the Interceptor. And the krait is worse than the VHF. And it doesnt take seconds. It takes seconds to kill a VHF, it takes milliseconds to kill a krait.
Hmmm, I wouldn't say that. The Voinian Fighter tends to hold up longer against exposed fire, and it is much more likely to get an extra rocket launched before being destroyed or disabled.
If you compare the Interceptor and Heavy Fighter (of the Vonians) statistically, the only advantage the Interceptor holds over the Heavy Fighter is speed.
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As a point of reference, a single rocket can disable a VHF. This is not so with a Voinain Interceptor.
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Originally posted by UE Crusader: **As a point of reference, a single rocket can disable a VHF. This is not so with a Voinain Interceptor.
Perhaps so, but the Voinian Heavy Fighter still has a tendency to deliever extra rockets...
The VHF is awesome at being a gunboat. 4 of them can decimate a UE Carrier. The VI is an anti-fighter ship, with a high power punch.
Originally posted by General Rak: **The VHF is awesome at being a gunboat. 4 of them can decimate a UE Carrier.
True, but only if the United Earth Carrier is without escort or has lost all of its fighters. Otherwise, I've seen packs of Heavy Fighters annihilate Carriers also.
Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: **True, but only if the United Earth Carrier is without escort or has lost all of its fighters. Otherwise, I've seen packs of Heavy Fighters annihilate Carriers also. **
Right... But overall, the VHF is a better gunboat, while the HF is a better fighter.
i must say that the UE Carrier isnt as bad as you think. It can take a Voinian Cruiser 1 on 1. I'd never fly one (too slow) but they are an asset to the UE.
Originally posted by Arada Pilot: **i must say that the UE Carrier isnt as bad as you think. It can take a Voinian Cruiser 1 on 1. I'd never fly one (too slow) but they are an asset to the UE.
No they can't... I had a voinian cruiser down to 75% armour, and no fighters. A UE Carrier came in, attacked with everything, got the VC down to 14% armour, but lost!
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Only if the UE Carrier is in the hands of the player. And even then, he'll have to depend on plenty of weapons and ship enhancements to bring the Voinian Cruiser to its knees.
nope. and its cheating to use the armor % plug. also, without any damage to either ship, the UE Carrier wins. Go watch an NPC 1 on 1 in the game.
Originally posted by Arada Pilot: its cheating to use the armor % plug
Says whom?
Originally posted by Arada Pilot: also, without any damage to either ship, the UE Carrier wins. Go watch an NPC 1 on 1 in the game.
I watch quite a few, all UEC vs. VC the Voinians win
Originally posted by General Rak: **Says whom? **
I agree. It's a (minor) cheat. The plug gives you information that I don't get. With 'show armour' in, I could choose between two attackers, to make sure I nailed the weaker one first... which is always a good idea since it halves the number of weapons you're facing. I'd know when to charge in and finish something off, and when I should hang back and use rockets, because it's in a better shape than me. So... I call it a cheat, and avoid it.
In fact, since EV:O has expanded our vocabulary, perhaps I should say I eschew it!
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: True... The shuttlecraft doesn't make that bad of a fighter. Armed with three blaze cannons, an afterburner and a few other minor outfits, it can handle a Helian or a pair of Kraits with ease.
In fact, since EV:O has expanded our vocabulary, perhaps I should say I eschew it! **
So? If it increases the enjoyment I get out of EV:O, why not? It doesn't make the game very much easier, and I can come up with a reasonable explanation for using it... It is currently possible to penetrate armour with scans, and measure the degree of loss.