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Article #105411Re: Microsoft Freelancer?
From: Jim Vieira
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:48
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:48
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"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.1f11cd794aeceb57989a09@news.individual.net... > In article <3wBpg.33050$VE1.6994@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, > martinfeller@sxfxcxgxlxoxbxaxlx.nxext says... > > > > It's been a while, but wasn't there a rock-scissors-paper relationship > > between the guns and the shields? If you have the "wrong" type of guns > > against the enemies you face, you won't do much damage IIRC, and once you > > have the "right" gun it was almost too easy. Or maybe I'm thinking of > > another game. > > > > Been a long while for me, too. But that never struck me as all that much of a > problem in Freelancer. Get the best guns you can find, set the speed so you > have maneuverability and whale away .... and run like hell if you're > overmatched ;-) I am pretty sure I always bought my weapons on damage stats, > and firing speed, never on type. Agreed. There were differences in missles however. One was good for killing hulls, another good for killing shields, and a third which was a bit of both. That is, IIRC.
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