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Topic: The worst ship? (Read 14548 times)
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Rashid
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Wich ship is the worst, what are you think? As for me, a think shofixti is pretty useless... I've never manged to kill someone with it, and it's suicide wep does very little damage, if now beeing extremly close to the ship. Also I don't like Ilwrath - against most ships (CPU) it sucks.
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FalconMWC
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Agreed whoile heartedly. The umagh drone is the worst ship in the game.
As for the shofixti, I can beat a Ur-quan with it, I once beat a kor-ah, but only once. (All on Level Awsome) I can take out all the zipzats with the glory device, however I think that it is nearly impossible to beat a chmmr with it.
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Death 999
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In SC1, the Drone was significantly more powerful -- the cone was wider, which allowed the pilot to graze ships on the sideswipe. This was an important tactic, which SC2's reduced cone renders impossible.
I guess this was one of the compromises they made to make the game easier (the other being that the Intruder doesn't warp in close).
I wonder how hard it would be to reinstate the larger cone...
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FalconMWC
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.....Then you can download the patch for internet play, as for regular skirmish with a CPU I don't mind the umagh like that because some of the tactics of the CPU involve charging the umagh..
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Spurk
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Actually, the thing that ticks me off about the Umgah is that the computer on awesome is actually somewhat effective with it. It does a good job of backing up at just the right time in the right direction to appear suddenly right in front of me with its cone going. I've tried doing the same, but I guess I just don't have the coordination for that sort of maneuver.
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Alfred Simmerson
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In raw terms, yes, the Umgah is the worst (for human players), but in terms of badness relative to cost, I'd say Mycon is clearly the winner (er, loser). 23 points for that piece of crap!? It accelerates slowly, its regeneration is too slow and energy-gobbling to be good for anything, and its big homing shot is too slow and more often than not ends up hitting the Mycon itself (especially if it's up against a fast ship that can run rings around the Mycon).
Melee skills are irrelevant to whether the Mycon wins or not, because all the player basically can do is decide whether to shoot or regenerate at any given point. Regardless of the skill level of the Mycon pilot, it can easily be beaten by any ship that's faster than its homing ball. The Mycon is only useful against some slow ships like the Earthling, but plenty of ships are effective against the Earthling anyway. I can buy a Spathi for less than a Mycon and it sure as hell beats everything the Mycon can.
Ugh. For me it's Mycon all the way. I hate that thing (except when my enemy is piloting it, that is :-).
By the way, the Shofixti rocks (again for its cost). It's perhaps the *best* ship. 6 Shofixti (30 points) will beat an Ur-quan (also 30 points) any day. It's not useful as a primary attack ship but it's extremely useful to take out ships that are much more valuable. Example scenarios:
Shofixti vs. Arilou or Pkunk: enemy tries to come close to use its short-range weapon, Shofixti detonates, Arilou/Pkunk dies.
Shofixti vs. Chmmr: Shofixti explodes and destroys Chmmr satellites, now suddenly it's easy to beat the Chmmr with your Spathi or Thraddash.
Shofixti vs. damaged Ur-quan: Shofixti weaves between the plasma bolts, explodes right beside the Ur-quan, Ur-quan dies.
Shofixti vs. Mycon: Shofixti doesn't even need to explode, Mycon dies :).
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Chrispy
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The podship is good, the drone is bad. Most slow ships are long ranged other than the drone and the avenger. The avenger can cloak to get up close, but the drone has nothing. It has defence, but no offence.
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Defender
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can you say gravity whip... how deadly the mycon do become... time your release... and unleash the dogs of war!
~DEFIANT
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Shiver
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can you say gravity whip... how deadly the mycon do become... time your release... and unleash the dogs of war!
~DEFIANT
No no no, that's incorrect. The quote you're refering to goes like this: "Cry havok and let slip the dogs of war". I don't know where it's from; it's just one of those dumb things that sticks to you once you've heard it.
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umgahbob
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It's either hamlet or caesar.
Anyhoo, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the zoqfot for worst ship. I can do significantly more damage with a drone than I can with a stinger.
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