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Try the Federal Assault ship, I think it has a better pitch rate. Not sure though, however i always seem to get attacked by commanders in them so maybe its better for pvp?
Stick railguns on the med and small hardpoints and a large laser on the Large. Then see what its like
Stick railguns on the med and small hardpoints and a large laser on the Large. Then see what its like
I'll give this a try but the pitch rate is what gets me
It's a support ship, not a deuler. That may not be a good roll in Elite's "every ship a dogfighter" gameplay model PvP-wise, but I've heard that some have success with it(always in a wing thouh).
With it's best hard points located towards the bottom of the ship, that makes sense.
Don't try pitching like that, at least not all the time.
Think about you. You have an A6 PP but a A7 Distributor.
This means with four pips to engines you can boost turn basically forever. Even with two you can boost turn continually for a while. This is how good gunship pilots fly. Ever noticed how in an RES you get those gunships that are somehow outurning you? that's why.
In addition the FGS has very impressive "stopping" capabilities. It can go from full speed to zero faster then a lot of other ships. Which means going from full steam ahead to reverse while in combat is very possible, very quickly. This can be used as well.
Think about you. You have an A6 PP but a A7 Distributor.
This means with four pips to engines you can boost turn basically forever. Even with two you can boost turn continually for a while. This is how good gunship pilots fly. Ever noticed how in an RES you get those gunships that are somehow outurning you? that's why.
In addition the FGS has very impressive "stopping" capabilities. It can go from full speed to zero faster then a lot of other ships. Which means going from full steam ahead to reverse while in combat is very possible, very quickly. This can be used as well.
Thx for the tip. I was playing around with boost turns last night. This does make sense esp since multis don't use that much power.
"The federal gunship kills everything"
-some guy called phantom cypher.
-some guy called phantom cypher.
Long time ago i got attacked by a Imp courier and a Railgun Viper Cmdr while in a Res sight. I outurned them and it took awhile due to chaff and the average range of engagement reducing my large beam lasers accuracy, but the minute their sheilds went down my 6 multicannons killed them in less than 5 seconds. I was heavily damaged due to the rail viper having open season on me. If you can fly the beast it can really pour the dps on, and it can take a beating with its hull. I typically use blitz tactics with it to minimize my sheilds damage if possible.