(07-03-2013, 11:11 AM)GTB Wrote: Dear me, you listed some bad ships there to choose from as fighters. About the only one worth considering is the Sabre from that bunch, but there are some other decent ones you could fly not listed. Eagle isn't bad for a VHF instead of Sabre, neither is the Falcon, Marauder and Bayonet if you want something a little lighter to fly. Bayonet is pretty good to use!
Im thinking about getting the eagle then. Honestly for me the look of the ship is almost as important as how good it is. And what would you suggest as a bomber?
You wouldn't like my pick for a Bomber, I like the Warren, but not many people do.
Roc for bomber. Or Cutlass. And use snac, not nova, for more versatility. You can fight any ship class in a snac bomber with a reasonable chance of success.
And Eagle for VHF. Or Sabre.
I prefer Sabre (more firepower, more forgiving controls and can do some nice tricks, nice lore as a "badguy" ship and awesome looks) and Roc (agile, fast turning, wide snac arc (although I hear Cutlass has a wider arc for snacs).
Also if you are new to the game and you would like to take on battleships and so on, you could consider getting the IMG "Nanda Devi" heavy bomber and put 1 snac and 1 nova on it. A couple of new players in those can wreak havoc on a new player in a battleship - easily.
(07-03-2013, 10:35 AM)Jack_Henderson Wrote: Do not get a BWT (it makes you ragequit bc it cannot dock properly).
bwt4life
but seriously I just get bwt cuz it looks better than the firefly. and its more of a zoner ship.
and if you wanna shoot anything transport or weaker, a grizzly with some armor is always fun- it's fast, fairly agile and makes people hate you cause they aren't progessive enough for turret view. and it looks awesome.
No atmosphere? GTFO.
The propeller is the greatest invention of all time.
Ok, if we disregard the freelancer id what would you say about the colonial republic ships? The Nyx, the Pytho and the rest of the colonial ships. I like their design and they look pretty good capability wise.
Ok I guess ill stick to Freelancer ID for figher ships. Currently I have a Hegemon with a DSE id and IFF, also got myself a Havoc bomber(even if its not so good, i guess ill have to see for myself) Next target is an Eagle. I also saw the X Shuttle, liked the ship and thought smuggling might be fun. What are your opinions on the ship and how profitable would be smuggling with it, and some pointers as to where to start with smuggling would be nice.(also Id only dabble in smuggling if this ship is any good, as I really hate the giant and defenseless freighters and transporters, and I kinda like how the ship looks)