Techniques of Dogfighting

[Thexare]

if in a fighter with a lighter turnrate, study how the other guy flies and prevent him from EKing, then just stick to his arse and watch for mines. Some good fighter jocks will EK on you no matter how many CDs you throw at them, through sheer reflexes and fast fingers beyond my skill. The trick for them is to just not get caught jousting too often if in the weaker fighter.

If you're in a LF or lighter HF, you can sometimes stay on their ass even with them EKing, there has to be a pretty big difference in turning though. That leads me to my other point - if you want to use an LF or HF effectively, you need to fly it differently than a VHF. The specifics will vary quite a bit between ships, but that's true of most classes. Generally speaking, just don't joust in a small ship.

That's all I'll say about LFs, because I'm not exactly an expert on the topic and most people use VHFs anyway.

You're using a Virage? I've got a Freelancer Virage in Liberty, Masayuki.Minamoto. He's using a strictly store-bought setup, no codes. Your opponent had a lower projectile speed, which makes aiming a little harder; a test against mine would show how you do against shots that hit more often, but don't hit as hard.

Plus, it'll help me out a little. I'm more of an LF person usually. *points to sig*


(edit: this took too long to type.:()