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Re: WC3: Fave parts....

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From: mxhe... Michael X. Heyeck
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
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I've only played up through SO2, but here're my votes:


Ka On Lee (ko...@chat.carleton.ca) wrote:
: > FAVE SHIP:
: WC1- Raptor - Good firepower and fire rate.

Most of the time - YES!!!  On one or two missions, tho, the extra speed
of the Rapier pays off.


: WC2- Also Sabre - firepower, with the Morning Star a close second.

No way.  Morning Star has roughly equal shields, better weapons (I like
machine-gun rates of fire) and more manuverability.  Smokes Sabres with
ease.  Compare the missions in SO2 vs. the 2 Fralthras (Guarded, in my
version, by 3 "Sabres" that fire and fly like Morning Stars) vs. the
mission against Ayers Rock, Guarded by 5-6 real Sabres - the first is MUCH
harder than the second.  Plus, the Morning Star has got a nuke.



: WORST SHIP:
: WC1 - Hornet - poor gun.

Scimm.  Slow, and the guns/armor don't make up for the fat it flies like
a dead pig.

: 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."



: > FAVE WINGMAN (choose by character & performance):
: WC1 - Maniac(!)  - aggressive.

Knight - he flew okay, and didn't take your kills.


: WC2 - Hobbes - aggressive and follow order.

No preference - they all sucked.



: > FAVE CHARACTER (because you enjoy their dialogue):
: WC# - everyone

: FAVE Capital ship
: Concordia

The 'Claw - Concordia didn't make any sense, as in the pictures you
were shown of it didn't seem to reflect a real object.  Plus, the 'Claw
was the original!



: Easiest emeny fighter:
: WC1 - Dralthi I - poor gun and armor, big.

Yep.  Slow, too.


: WC2 - Draithi - only 3 lasers?

Gotta go with the Jalkehi - it's big, it's slow, it's dead meat.  Just 
duck under the initial barrage, and pump its nose full o' particle beams.
Just in case I screwed up the spelling (all the damn Kilrathi ships
have similar, unfamiliar names) these are the 2nd heaviest fighters, just
behind the Grikath things.



: Toughest enemy fighter:
: WC1 - (forgot the name) the one that have two laser and two mass driver.

Hriss.  Well, actually the Rapiers you fly against, but Hriss
are the hardest "Kilrathi" ships.

: WC2 - Thrakhath's fighter, and the one introduced in SO1.

Gothris.  Well, actually the Morning Stars you fly against, but Gothris
are the hardest "Kilrathi" ships.


							Mike
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Date: 1995/05/21
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