Mercenary Work

[Mastery]

Terrorist bombers, fighters and gunboats would be nice, and then merc fighters, bombers and gunboats.

The capital ships arent really suited for escort or pirating work, more to exert control over the surrounding area.

I could say F Worf that 4 iron hammers arent really good at taking on anything but weak shields, 2 tiz/colada would be much better. However I agree that transport class shields and above are hard to get down with anything but a good few coladas, unless ofcourse you mount infernos, razors or Novas which would put you at a disadvantage when faced with enemy fighters.

I will probably make a Xeno ID`d bomber when I have time and attack traders. After all if I dont have any outstanting merc contracts then I`ll Ive to spend my time doing something;)

The last point is that merc work isnt all about escorting, for some reason people believe that, and hunting pirates, is the only work we can do. Isnt there a war or something somewhere that could use a couple of fighters, bombers, gunboat for a week or two?!:)

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Jupiter Guild Forums

[fwolf]

Actually there are wars going on. The problem is that, according to what Koord said to me in a PM, most clans are too much proud of themselves and when they hire mercenaries, the other clans calls them cowards. This childish proud-of-myself attitude, based on a "winner vs loser" dichotomy, suited to people with ego problems, is one reason why war contracts are down.
And yes, codenames are not good against shields. However, if I mount a inferno in a fighter, the trader escape from me and I cant fire cruise disruptors on him. One solution was to group together, but people are so close-minded (read above, childish proud-of-myself attitude) that, with exception of Kusari space, theres not much left. Actually theres a xeno fever in Liberty, a lot of "Prospector copycats" with their own pilot logs, but you can only group with them if you are also a xeno. Theres no outcasts, hackers and hessians actually. So pirating alone is the only option. I already said to modding the Death Scythe so that can mount the nova torpedo but nobody listens to me. Its a ship with two slots, one for torpedos and other for cruise disruptors, but dont have enough power to fire a nova.
Battleships are not suited for escort, but cruisers are. Did you already flow the bounty hunter destroyer? Take a look on it. Its suitable for escort. Same for the Talarca cruiser, although this one is a blood dragon ship. These ships are also suited for piracy, against transports with too much armor. During war times a mercenary can also get a privateering contract, to attack traders. Unfortunately, due to two rules suited for crying babies who love the boredom of trading - one against the use of cruisers and other for asking money before destroying the transport - and also ID restrictions (some people call it "roleplay"), privateering contracts are not possible in this server.

[Fellow Hoodlum]

Lordy F Wolf, I'll mail ya a box of tissues, you seem to be the only one crying a river round here ...
Nothing's ever right for you is it ? Can't make the most of a good thing ?
Its a broken record now, and it wasn't a particularly good song to start with. If everyone here are such big
crybabies, please take your toys and go play in another sandpit. This one obviously doesn't suit you.
Its just bitchin' and whinin' noises I'm getting, and pedantic children are not my favourites.
I hear you can do exactly what you want next door ... Or do you need someone to hold your hand ?

Hoodlum

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Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."

[Mastery]

I guess cruisers could be used, but as you said you can't pirate in a cruiser and I would find it boring escorting against gunboats in a cruiser, especially considering bombers are more common and easier to kill in another bomber, fighter or gunboat.

Would the Death Scythe be able to fire an inferno, I think it uses half as much energy...but then you`d be left with hull and possibly high armour so it wouldnt really matter.

So as I understand it, even if payed Mercenaries can't attack traders without asking for money(which their ID stops them from doing) ?


Roleplay terms...Pride verses possibly getting killed and/or losing a war/battle. I bet all the people with pride would be dead by now, lucky for them they have a nice respawn button.

It is ofcourse possible to hire mercs privately, who is to say that it was the opposing side that hired them, it could be someone in the shadows with their own agenda.

Hoodlum I`m sure F Wolf can give you the mail address for those tissues and find out the location of that sandpit over private channels.

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Jupiter Guild Forums

[fwolf]

Well, Mastery, I dont tried the Inferno on the Death Scythe, but even if it works, the transports are now using capital armor upgrades class 6, 7 and 8 and it will take too much time to kill one using just codenames. You will need a nova for that.
I understand your reasoning about cruisers and gunboats, but not all people think this way. Just look to lawful house factions, they usually came with cruisers or battleships so even if you use a gunboat as a escort against pirates who are also using gunboats, as soon as your convoy enter a house system the local house faction will bring a cruiser or a battleship, thus causing unbalance. Add to this the fact that theres more lawfuls than unlawfuls in the server, and you will find why people dont need escorts these days.
As for Hoodlum, he is on my ignore list for some two weeks. I dont care for his opinion.