From: Jerry at Jenga
To: soc.military. starfighters
Subject: Mock battles are fun!
Hi everyone and thank you for getting enough virtual fighters together for this long mock battle yesterday. I don't know what you think, but I had a lot of fun. Cortana has already posted some number-heavy analysis (within the limits we all agreed on), so I will just post a few personal thoughts.
- the Wasp is deadly... either to targets when the pilot is an expert or to the rookie pilot. I discovered the second part when we swapped fighters for some time.
- beam laser cannons are fun to pop "Glass Cannons"... but I think they tend to smear the damage over larger parts of an armored surface.
- sideways strafing is not easy to get right without practice, even with the Third Eye support.
- all these gattling guns are really loud!
I am already looking forward to see the real prototypes!
Jerry
To: soc.military. starfighters
Subject: Mock battles are fun!
Hi everyone and thank you for getting enough virtual fighters together for this long mock battle yesterday. I don't know what you think, but I had a lot of fun. Cortana has already posted some number-heavy analysis (within the limits we all agreed on), so I will just post a few personal thoughts.
- the Wasp is deadly... either to targets when the pilot is an expert or to the rookie pilot. I discovered the second part when we swapped fighters for some time.
- beam laser cannons are fun to pop "Glass Cannons"... but I think they tend to smear the damage over larger parts of an armored surface.
- sideways strafing is not easy to get right without practice, even with the Third Eye support.
- all these gattling guns are really loud!
I am already looking forward to see the real prototypes!
Jerry