' Wrote:What can people who own a Bottlenose or Bullhead tell me how the ships handle? Are they worth the coin? Any tips or tricks to flying them beasts?
Nitram.
I owned two bottlenose. A very nice ship, and in the hands of a skilled pilot very destructive to fighters or bombers.
I want the Bottlenose for combat, the Bullhead will be used mostly for RP purposes, basically a HQ for me to operate out of. And I'll use the Bullhead when the threat is too big for the Bottlenose to handle. Or, that is my plan.
Bottlenose is actually agile little gunship yeah more like a gunship then gunboat. It can handle one to two bombers with no problem with a appropriate setup. I know i fought it its extremely hard to hit it if it is piloted by skillful pilot and bullhead well weak vs gbs, bombers, can kill a cruiser and you can snipe the bs for sure if you know how but that's same for all cruisers (bs part).
The bottlenose is, I believe, the most agile gunboat-class ship in the mod, the only other that can really stand up to it in terms of agility is the kusari gunboat.
Problem is, with only 4 forward firing turrets, it lacks firepower, and a half decent bomber pilot can kill on his own - though it takes a long time to do so =P
The only way to really pvp effectively with the bottlenose, IMO, is to go with a pulse + 3 razor loadout, and maybe put missiles on the back. You have to instakill the fighter or bomber you're engaging, because with 4 standard turrets you'll never put out enough damage to win the fight.
The bullhead I havent flown, but I can say from my experience fighting it, and from it's stats/equipment, that it's the best standard battlecruiser available right now. It has a thruster, and that alone puts it ahead of the IMG or Liberty battlecruisers. The Order Geb Carrier can mop the floor with it, just through sheer weapons power and shielding/hull, but a pair of good bullheads can take out a geb if they work together.
' Wrote:The bottlenose is, I believe, the most agile gunboat-class ship in the mod, the only other that can really stand up to it in terms of agility is the kusari gunboat.
Problem is, with only 4 forward firing turrets, it lacks firepower, and a half decent bomber pilot can kill on his own - though it takes a long time to do so =P
Kindly point me to that half decent bomber pilot so that we can put this claim to the test.
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.