New Light fighter initiative

[Hidamari]

I fly a light fighter all the time, they are way underpowered, they should be able to have 1 lvl 10 weapon mount at least.

I fly them because I dont like the unmanoueverable larger fighters, some of yall make it sound like its impossible to be killed in a light fighter... its pretty easy, they are made of tin foil, with ascetate for windows.

even improving the enegery capacity on the Light fighter would be enough, forget the level 10 weapons, just make them not run out of gas in like 30 shots and that'd be fab

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[mjolnir]

When e-killing the "cruise disrupt" time is always the same. Real cruise disrupt (as in dropping forum cruise speed), doesn't really change much, specially as it's a very short for all fighters now already.

even improving the enegery capacity on the Light fighter would be enough, forget the level 10 weapons, just make them not run out of gas in like 30 shots and that'd be fab

That was already done for 4.86 and I mentioned it in the other thread some time ago.

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[JIVA]

and thats where opinions differ ( or experiences with them ) - i have used quite a lot of different light fighters - sometimes for a longer time, sometimes only shortly.

but - while i was quite often not able to kill someone ( not trying too hard though ) - i was always able to dodge everything.

in the very case that i got myself blown up in the process - i was aware that i made a fatal mistake ( pilot error ) and that it was not about the stats or anything. - being a little careless gets you killed - but thats not reason enough to buff them up. - other shipclasses are of higher priority to receive love.


everyone wants the ship (-class) buffed up that he cares about. and its easy to be at least short sighted for different arguments ( which btw. applies to both sides of course )

lets look at more likely enemies: ( including the most likely factionized weapons available to the ships )

- voidrunner vs. manta or nephtys - i m fairly sure the voidrunner wins
- wyrm vs. templar - i m quite sure the wyrm wins
- liberator vs. valkyrie - i d place my bets on the liberator
- phantom vs. avenger - tough one... last time i used the phantom it sucked
- hussar vs. chimaera - i d actually place my bets on the hussar, but the stakes would be high there
- centurion vs. sabre - well, i guess the sabre wins
- scimitar vs. titan - in that case - i d again bet on the titan.
- sea serpent vs. sabre / titan - i guess the sabre or titan wins - but then last time i used the sea serpent was 4.84

then there are many light fighters ( especially custom ones and mk1 ones ) that have absolutely no chance of course. - or such oddities like the slipstream ( 6 guns ) and the loki ( the only LF aside from the voidrunner that can fire a minirazor i believe ) - but thats quite a large ship.

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[jakub963]

Well yeah, every skilled pilot will tell you that LF is literaly pain in the ass. But i think that if you have to sweat blood and never blink to survive is bad. Incidents happens, but in LF EVERY,even little, mistake is fatal. It is not made of tinfoil, it is made of polystyrene.

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[Hawkwings]

The thing with fighting VHFs in LFs for me is getting the enemy's shield down. I've resorted to using missiles for that, as the guns really do not do the job. I guess it might be because I'm using 600 speed guns and even a bit of lag makes them miss, plus VHFs can dodge gunfire fairly well too.

Then again, in my LF I try not to get into lots of fights.

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