Range or Damage?

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:01 pm

Hello all!!

I have played for over a month now and I can say that I have tried some features of the game. I tried almost all of the weapons, lately I was using the Maxim - R as most people do, I have also tried the menacing Phantom, but, laughingly, the weapon of my choice these days is the simple, innocent, ''sniper'' gun Flarebeam. Not only it has the biggest range, but also has a faster refire rate than most other weapons and the lowest power consumption. So, as a result, I destroy the foes faster with this weapon than any other.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:09 pm

A lot of factors pile up here, but the most important one is the low power consumption, you are able to spray continuously.

I used to have power issues with my old mouse setup and having to use the N key to switch weapons but eversince I got my joystick to work and mapped the particle cannon to my trigger and the beam weapon to my thumb button number 1 I have no power issues anymore.

Simple gun switch in the world, thumb to drain shields, trigger to destroy enemy ship.

I will try the flarebeam today with this setup and see how it goes.

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:32 am

I have already won 2 pvp's against an experienced pvp pilot using this configuration. The extended range of the fusion makes it an ideal weapon for pvp. You shred the opponents shield before he is even in range. The hull is easy after that...

Ophiuchus · Post by **Ophiuchus** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:50 am

Have had a lot of success with the Max-R/Fusion/Excal combo, on a Starmaster frame, with some good bells and whistles.

Is now sorta like AAA (Aerospace Assault Artillery); launch the excals, then go in and knock off the big chunks.

Tried other combinations of laser/particle/missile elements. Fly w/ -3 shields and +3 weapons power bias, and the above mentioned wpns load-out. This seems to work best for me.

In combat/kill contracts, is usually a test of tactics - run whut ya brung - kind of scenario. And yes, there usually are more of them than advertised in the contract/mission brief. Going to have to kick my intel guy in the slats for an underwhelming performance.

Sounds to me like you have a handle on it !

C ya out dere !

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:39 am

I prefer Average for contracts and mission using different tactics depending on the contract or mission....For PvP you have to know your opponents tactics and choose your weapons and tactics accordingly one setup will not nesseceraly work against all experienced players...

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:53 am

I too used the Maxim for a long time but have recently returned to the Banshee.
It hits so hard that the enemy ship cannot hold a bead on you and return fire.
I have used Banshee only and have destroyed Vonarl w/o using the laser with only a few bursts.
Being hit by the Banshee with even a short burst is terribly disconcerting. Try it and you'll see what I mean.
It might not be for everyone and you are limited to short bursts, but if you are sure of a hit, it will do damage.

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:13 pm

Hmmm, so far the results show that people prefer range over damage.. let's see how this goes on...

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:17 pm

LOL...So far only 10 people voted. That is not enough to draw any conclusions.....

:P

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:17 pm

Yes!! Come on people!! Vote!!!

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:52 am

Voted.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:06 am

Voted;)

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:56 am

I didn't even see the vote until now lol.

Voted Average, assuming the Maxim-R is average on range and damage.

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:44 am

Nope. Maxim would go to range being second after the flarebeam.

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:32 pm

Went with range. I prefer the Maxim-R entirely because of its range.

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:12 pm

So far the results show that people prefer range over damage. Lets see if anyone chooses damage and can offer a good tactic usage too!!

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:08 pm

It's not so strange really, mostly because getting hit will reduce your energy and therefor your abillity to shoot back.

So being able to hit your opponents first is the way to win fights.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:13 am

Hehehe.....I got some more people to vote. Now it doubled from 10 to 20....LOL....... I think you need at least 100 votes to draw any conclusions.......

:P:P:P:P

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:05 am

I doubt there are that many players!!!!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:23 am

Oh...There are plenty more then a hundred players but not all read the forum on a regular basis let a lone take the time to read and vote on every voting thread....

:P:P:P:P

yohan89 · Post by **yohan89** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:53 pm

Haven't really though about it.
Probably something in between. It's annoying blasting and they won't go down. Usually I do a manuover to get behind them and stalks them until they're down. In overall I try to get a strong enough weapon with still decent range.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:30 pm

From post: 102807, Topic: tid=7286, author=yohan89 wrote:Usually I do a manuover to get behind them and stalks them until they're down.

Behind them? So how do you fight against multiple foes then since you can be 100% sure if you are behind 1 of em the rest is behind you.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:05 am

Doing a new test now, I traded my Maxim-R cannons for IceSpear cannons.

Since that extra 50 yards don't really matter to me that much I went with a cannon that has the same range as the Maxim-R but has the same rate of fire as the FlareBeam.

The extra 15 dmg really makes a big difference and same as the FlareBeam I can fire these IceSpear cannons "all day long" without running out of energy.

As it looks now I will leave my configuration like this.

BraveHart · Post by **BraveHart** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:10 pm

"I vote we all go to Al's Bar and have a Cold Flagon of Beer and Root-Beer for the young ones"[/b]

god-demis · Post by **god-demis** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:56 pm

From post: 103034, Topic: tid=7286, author=Nubarus wrote: Since that extra 50 yards don't really matter to me that much I went with a cannon that has the same range as the Maxim-R but has the same rate of fire as the FlareBeam.

Nice choice Nubarus. I on the other side, prefer the flarebeam because of the extra 50m, because by the time the enemy reaches me, he is out of shields.. The hull is easy to remove after. And the rate of fire is very cool. Makes the beam fire faster..

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:05 pm

Well, I forgot to write down one other reason.

I hate the "pee pee" sound the flarebeam makes, it sounds more like a toy gun then a big boy laser cannon.