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Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.09.02 03:35:00 -
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Should be stickied, and OP should put this on his New Eden resume'.
The ability to teach that which is difficult will make you a great asset to whatever corp buys your soul. |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2012.09.04 02:26:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Could someone give me the lowdown on how to stop? Like, I'll be moving along, then I'll want to slow down to give my gunners a good shot...but I kind of just whip all over the place. Is there some way to stop quickly, or do you have to bank all the way around to slow down?
As the OP says, these mechanics are like Lunar Lander. You have to roll/yaw the ship against your direction, then use L1 throttle to stop. The real trick is making it one smooth motion, and not panicking |
Zat Earthshatter
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
304
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Posted - 2013.01.25 10:36:00 -
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I just tried out my first dropship of the Open Beta - one of nine Vipers that I had stocked up for a nice, open match. BTW, I haven't climbed in one since Precursor.
I found such a match in Manus Peak Skirmish, spawning on B (attacker) side - a nice long redzone to play with.
Precursor-era flight behavior is still used, but the craft is far faster and more stable. As a result, I was able to keep it right-side up, fly at a good clip, and even recover from a Swarm Launcher's applied torque with little more than instinct. Even so, next time i'll peruse this thread before throttling up the nacelles again.
Now my fit was pure militia, but it was still expensive - about 180k total IIRC - nothing a good match won't fix.
I swapped the missile launchers for Blasters, then used twin resistance amps alongside the stock shield booster. Impressively, this was enough to completely tank a single Swarm user - I only had to retreat when a second arrived on the field.
A Forge Gun would have likely destroyed my ship in two shots, however.
My ride ended when, trying to get away from the twin swarmers, I landed on one of Manus Peak's signature rocky spires - which was an insta-kill. |
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