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Article #93656Re: An offer for space simmers
From: Brad Martin
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:57
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:57
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On 24 Mar 2003 18:43:39 GMT, shing...@aol.com (Shingen036) wrote: >>From: Brad Martin br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk >>Date: 3/24/03 12:10 PM Central Standard Time >>Message-id: > >> Do you ever use these other ships or is the BC >>MK III still the best all rounder?; > >well it depends on what u want to do, and how u play... the big massive >carriers are great for system wide/ planatary assualt support ( some have like >8 fighters on board ), but they are slow and do VERY poorly in dog-fights >against ANYTHING... I personally like the heavy crusier class ( Garid >specifically) because they are smaller and faster, and do very well in both >space combat against fighters and larger carriers, and can do planetary basse >attacks without getting creamed in 5 mins... also they don't have any fighters >that I have to worry about and pilots I have to keep re-cloning everytime I >turn around... on the downside, they only support 10 marines total and 5 system >engineers, so intruders can be a big problem and repairs/upgrades can take >longer... I really fancy a crack with the StormCarrier, it has ten fighters I believe, I know it's slow but with ten fighters you could launch some serious ground attacks. Can't stop playing the bloody thing again now. Did I tell you i'm going to get you for this? Bastard. br d
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