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CrazzlY
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Posted - 2003.11.16 22:03:00 -
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I just got myself a Typhoon, and I'll say this. Its way faster then a large battleship, and more agile. Alot more agile. Its flies like a blackbird. Also takes off with an MWD like one. I have lvl 5 elect so I have no problems with my fittings.
And those 1400mm hit hard and farther then any other gun when on a typhoon. Typhoon gets an opt range bonus and fire rate. They fire a couple of sec slower then a tach and I got a wide choise of dmg types.
Isn't typhoons bigger than tempest, when you compare their sizes I mean?
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Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.17 02:00:00 -
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Well when i first got the tempest i have lvl 3 elect and i could still fit it for PVP so w.e typhoons are trash. if any typhoon pilots wanna go 1vs1 with me. bring it on :)
u'll be podding home :(
Yumenti > anyone wanna buy a zydrine
Kayla Red > heh. just 1?
Yumenti > thats all i got from reprocess
Yumenti > darn, this sux
Yumenti > 134mil for a gellente industrial skill book |
Kashre
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Posted - 2003.11.17 06:41:00 -
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Well when i first got the tempest i have lvl 3 elect and i could still fit it for PVP so w.e typhoons are trash. if any typhoon pilots wanna go 1vs1 with me. bring it on :)
u'll be podding home :(
Bah! any battleship can beat any other battleship if one side looses out on the rock/paper/scisors setup game.
Except maybe the armageddeon. Man that thing sucks.
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Other Minion
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Posted - 2003.11.17 11:16:00 -
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I just got myself a Typhoon, and I'll say this. Its way faster then a large battleship, and more agile. Alot more agile. Its flies like a blackbird. Also takes off with an MWD like one. I have lvl 5 elect so I have no problems with my fittings.
And those 1400mm hit hard and farther then any other gun when on a typhoon. Typhoon gets an opt range bonus and fire rate. They fire a couple of sec slower then a tach and I got a wide choise of dmg types.
Isn't typhoons bigger than tempest, when you compare their sizes I mean?
Temp is even lighter, but typhoon is faster, Also this is compared to something like a Raven (can't stand its turning).
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CrazzlY
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Posted - 2003.11.18 08:38:00 -
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so what ship is *best all-around*?
Tempest or Typhoon?
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Ana Khouri
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Posted - 2003.11.18 10:07:00 -
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Edited by: Ana Khouri on 18/11/2003 10:08:01
Better allrounder - depends on you I think.
The Tempest has better shield, cap, armor & structure than the typhoon and a good amount more powergrid (12500 vs 9500). It has 1 med slot more (5 vs 4), but 1 lowslot less (6 vs 7). It can mount a maximum of 6 turrets and 4 launchers (not both at once, since it has 8 highslots).
The Typhoon has a much bigger dronebay (3500 vs 1500) and slightly more cpu (600 vs 550). 8 highslots as well, but can mount only 4 turrets and 4 launchers.
Generally I think the tempest is a better allrounder, but depending on your preferences the typhoon could be more versatile.
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Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.20 19:18:00 -
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Tempest is better all round... u can have the same 4 turret 4 launcher set up of a Typhoon but u have a better mining opion if u need isk or w.e better armor ect makes it better... and the different in speen is hardly noticable... and whoever would choose the typhoon over a tempest for the speeed is a moron. |
Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.20 19:20:00 -
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by the wya what the hell is the point in having a large drone bay on a more launcher based BS... 1 torp and your drones are all dead.i use 5 1400mm and a few seige and i use the drones for emerg only. or if a frigate decides to be ogre food.
Yumenti > anyone wanna buy a zydrine
Kayla Red > heh. just 1?
Yumenti > thats all i got from reprocess
Yumenti > darn, this sux
Yumenti > 134mil for a gellente industrial skill book |
Juan Andalusian
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Posted - 2003.11.21 11:46:00 -
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by the wya what the hell is the point in having a large drone bay on a more launcher based BS... 1 torp and your drones are all dead.i use 5 1400mm and a few seige and i use the drones for emerg only. or if a frigate decides to be ogre food.
Are you completely unable to control your drones? or are you able to only lock on target at a time?
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Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.22 04:55:00 -
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well if you launch your drones and your locked and shooting on sum1 the drones auto attack. or they auto attack ppl that are shooting at you. so not really and when the drones go close to the target and u use torps like in the typhoon they are all toast... so what gives...
Yumenti > anyone wanna buy a zydrine
Kayla Red > heh. just 1?
Yumenti > thats all i got from reprocess
Yumenti > darn, this sux
Yumenti > 134mil for a gellente industrial skill book |
Slithereen
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Posted - 2003.11.22 05:29:00 -
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First of all,
Drones have been "fixed" in the last patch to orbit outside of the largest missile explosion radius.
So yes, you should not worry about splashing your drones.
It is very difficult to defend against drones without warping away. Your guns can't track fast enough against these either (Large turrets can have problems targeting even a cruiser orbiting a BS at close range).
I think this is the time you wish you have FOF missiles and smartbombs. The FOF missiles would automatically target the drones firing at you.
Personally I like to see more Typhoons in the game, but its designed like a baby poor person's Tempest, and will no doubt suffer in the comparison just as the Bellicose did to the Rupture.
The problem of Minmatar is their basic all aroundness. Thus the ships don't really have much of a specialization. Each is just a variation of the same basic theme---a fast hardhitting ship with all around talents. So its just one ship that is bigger than the other.
This is compared to other races where there is more in-flavor within the same race. In Caldari you have EW, all out missiles ships and highly defensive combat ships. A Scorpion for example, is not definitely a baby Raven.
Apocs, Doms and Armas have become the predominant BS miners in the game. Sometimes I really wonder why people are still buying Armas (I bought one myself), but these machines are real cash cows that is the easiest of any BS to get into. The Arma is one thing, though, a superior drone carrier over the Apoc. The Dominix is certainly not a Megathron baby, with advantages in having more midslots and drones space.
The Typhoon is a good machine for anyone with significant investments in drones and missiles. I'm coming from using a Celestis/Arbitrator/Bellicose/Rupture, ships with both missiles and drones. Like missiles, there are times when I can vouch drones can save my pretty little butt when I get into a situation over my head.
I'm partial to getting a Typhoon though I'm saving up for a Scorp. I may just travel to Pator to see if there is a good price for one.
List of The Biggest Drone Carriers of the game in terms of space:
Dominix - 5000
Typhoon - 3500
Armaggeddon + Megathron (tie) - 2500
Thorax - 2000
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Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.22 20:36:00 -
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*cough* SMARTBOMB*cough* a large smartbomb could kill them easy.
Yumenti > anyone wanna buy a zydrine
Kayla Red > heh. just 1?
Yumenti > thats all i got from reprocess
Yumenti > darn, this sux
Yumenti > 134mil for a gellente industrial skill book |
Slithereen
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Posted - 2003.11.23 01:23:00 -
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*cough* SMARTBOMB*cough* a large smartbomb could kill them easy.
For small and medium drones.
Don't you know that Heavy Drones actually shoot some distance away?
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"Is it me or the bad guys just getting totally pathetic?"---Clover, Totally Spies,
"Hope is wasted on the Hopeless."---Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
"Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the Infinite shine through."---Confucius.
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CrazzlY
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Posted - 2003.11.23 11:20:00 -
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so... Typhoon isn't a BS, it's a battlecruiser? 
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Iban Cortez
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Posted - 2003.11.23 21:22:00 -
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ya man... i think its more of a sweet cruiser lol. cause its "worse" then most lvl 1 battleships but its still a great ship... therefor supercruiser
Yumenti > anyone wanna buy a zydrine
Kayla Red > heh. just 1?
Yumenti > thats all i got from reprocess
Yumenti > darn, this sux
Yumenti > 134mil for a gellente industrial skill book |
Jash Illian
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Posted - 2003.11.23 23:26:00 -
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so... Typhoon isn't a BS, it's a battlecruiser?
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ya man... i think its more of a sweet cruiser lol. cause its "worse" then most lvl 1 battleships but its still a great ship... therefor supercruiser
All Tier 1 battleships suffer when held up to the Tier 2 battleships. The only reason the Scorpion stands out from the Raven is ECM. But As a Missile Boat with Shield Tanking abilities, the Raven outclasses the Scorpion.
Tier 2 battleships are specialized platforms.
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