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In article <3pmibd$q...@agate.berkeley.edu> mxhe...@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Michael X. Heyeck) writes:
>: WC2 - Epee - good gun but almost no armor.
>
>Gotta agree.  Someone else vilified the Crossbow, and I have to retort by
>saying that the Crossbow was 10x better than the Broadsword, and no way
>was it the "worst."

I adored the Broadsword, a superior bomber. Nearly invulnerable because 
of its 3 turrets, and mammoth amount of shielding, it was used and meant 
to be a strike bomber.

On the other hand, You are constantly being assigned to escort missions 
flying a crossbow, and it just does NOT hack it for those missions 
because of its total lack of anything even aproximating a long range gun, 
and a complete lag of both flight speed and thrusters.

And then there is the fact that 3 mass drivers and 2 neutron guns drain 
*all* of your gun power with a single shot...I gave up using full guns on 
the crossbow, even if you hit, unless the target was a stealth fighter or 
a sartha, the thing lived, and then you spend 10 minutes regerating the 
gun power to try again.