Horizons Taipan????

jasse

jasse
I was attacked by something naimed Taipan???
Have no idea what it was as I had to leave Dodge veeeery quickly.....

Have anyone else encountered this?
What was that?
 

jmp470

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The new ship launch fighter. It's awesome! I have 1 in my Cutter, it does 45 DPS and boosts to 564m/s. It sticks to larger ships like glue!!!
 

Mercury7

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I have two of them. :D NPCs can fly ship-based fighters now, too...

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jmp470 said:
The new ship launch fighter. It's awesome! I have 1 in my Cutter, it does 45 DPS and boosts to 564m/s. It sticks to larger ships like glue!!!
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I'm not sure I trust the AI with my main ship... missing the fun of flying the fighter in combat for any period. They are crazy fast/maneuverable! :D

If you park your main ship up somewhere (no AI) will it get attacked? I guess it could? Fighters have a 30 km range limit from the mother-ship though, so doing this in a res could be silly I think.
 
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joshman72nd

joshman72nd
its a small fighter not very threatening at first however its dmg builds up quick

fighters have a 30km range from the ship that launched them i parked my main ship in the middle of the res point and had it hold there as my nav point and jump fight to fight in assisting the police.......... i made more than i ever have.
(please note i was in a squad with 3 other people who also used their fighters and main ships to help me along.
 

Mercury7

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Did you have any AI flying your main ship? There seems to be two modes: hold position (ignore threats) and defend, but if the fighter gets attacked, it will fly out to defend it (if you're in a fighter).

Does anyone know if it will defend itself if attacked, regardless of mode, or will the AI allow itself to be attacked? :eek: I'd want it to hold position, but defend itself (ignoring what I do).
 
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joshman72nd

joshman72nd
dont carry cargo/materiel and dont be wanted ai wont attack. the ship will defend itself and you if set to attack at will and the ai will fire on everything red. (beware of frag cannons, beam lasers, and or multie cannons ai tends to shoot them all over and give you a wanted statues in a fur ball if they are a big enough class like my cutters dual class 4 -_-)

when the mother ship is attacked it shows at the top mid in big letters that its under attack you also have your big ships shield and health on the dial to the right mid of the hud.
 
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JeffBea

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What happens if you die while piloting one of these small ship launched fighters? Are you just transferred back to main ship?
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
JeffBea said:
What happens if you die while piloting one of these small ship launched fighters? Are you just transferred back to main ship?
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yeah, the ship launched fighters are drones, you do not fly IN them you remote control them from your ship via telepresence.

make sure mother ship does not blow up however.

PS i love the Taipan... sure its the lowest, least nimble of the ship fighters BUT it can actually take a full on hit of even large ships and live to tell the tale if you get away. in VR it is also the most claustrophobic cockpit in the game.
 
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