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Posted: 2002-10-01 04:42am
by EmperorMing
Still a good boat for smacking capships.
Re: Who wants to fly a Missile Boat?
Posted: 2002-10-01 05:14pm
by GrandMasterTerwynn
RayCav of ASVS wrote:General discussion about Cygnus SpaceWerks' XM-1 NovaWing Missile Boat!
I preferred the XG-1 StarWing Assault Gunboat myself. Heavily shielded, decently maneuverability and acceleration. (Very good acceleration if one had a Gunboat equipped with a tractor beam . . . I always just dumped the extra energy into the engines.) And it contains a decent loadout of concussion missiles.
Of course, then again, I'm perfectly happy in a TIE Interceptor or even a TIE Bomber.
Posted: 2002-10-01 07:38pm
by StarshipTitanic
Vympel wrote:Hang on the Missile Boat does have SLAMs in XWA doesn't it?
No.
Posted: 2002-10-01 07:42pm
by Master of Ossus
The TIE Bomber is a crappified Y-Wing. That's saying something.
Posted: 2002-10-01 08:24pm
by Raptor 597
StarshipTitanic wrote:Vympel wrote:Hang on the Missile Boat does have SLAMs in XWA doesn't it?
No.
Hell nothing on XWA have SLAMs.
Posted: 2002-10-01 10:25pm
by Enlightenment
In TieCD the presense of a tractor beam is mission-dependant for all ships. The Missile Boat is no exception: in some missions it's outfitted with a tractor beam, in some missions it isn't.
Posted: 2002-10-02 04:50am
by Thunderfire
RayCav of ASVS wrote:StarshipTitanic wrote:Without SLAMS in XWA, half of its utility is gone. Otherwise, it's a pretty good little ship.
The Missile Boat is severely castrated in XWA.
Yes it is.
1. Missiles Torpedoes now have a blast radius.
2. No Slam
3. Most Capital ships suck in XWA. Especially ISDII.
4. Fighters now get countermeasures.
5. Many ships now try to shoot the warhead down before
it hits the ship.