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I found that fighters work well in large numbers. When I have used carriers I usually launch 10-15 at a time and have enough in storage to launch at least 1 if not 2 more full compliments. I expect them to be targets and need to be replaced. Lots of fun when you're involved in a massive battle against 5+ ships for instance. Switching the targeting for your fighters and ship to maximize damage potential.

And it looks really impressive when you've 15 fighters flying in formation around your ship.

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Fighters are indeed fun, but I always feel so sad when I see them destroyed not due to enemy fires, but due to collision among themselves http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

-Gateway103

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Their high cost aggravates the problem of their loss rate to both enemy fire and 'fratricide'. I wonder if they shouldn't be reduced considerably in price.

I think their biggest advantage though is that you can attack at long range withour risking your main ship. If only Starfury could be tweaked to make this a useful/essential feature. Maybe if starbases really had huge weapons that could take out capital ships with a single hit you could be forced to use massed fighters. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ June 01, 2004, 16:05: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

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Well, perhaps a game mod can sort out that and make fighters more useful, will have to remember to look into this

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How come they hit each other and bump into meteors !?!?! Or even hit other starships, it's a good thing but still costy.I guess you're right about how good it feels to launch a fleet of fighters,i haven't tried it yet.Are all the fighters same, because i saw different kinds of them each belonging to a different race.And DeadZone,please DO look into it.

EDIT:corrected spelling mistakes.

[ June 05, 2004, 17:36: Message edited by: SamZaWild ]

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They're faster than the other ships, which means the collision detection code has less time to work. Combine that with said code not being the best, and..SPLAT.

You can see the same thing with the other ships if you turn on time compression.

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I checked the giude book and found descriptions about them.It all depends on the weapon.Ammm,who are the Sithrak (not sure if that is the spelling) and what is a Null Cannon.I'm just a begginer trying to know advanced secrets. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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The Sithrak you'll run into later. The Null Space Cannon is a nasty little torpedo that skips all shields and armor.

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I like Abby Carrier for tonage
Use 2 psychic Flailers and 2 toxic in front and 2 subspace rupture beams and 2 null cannons sides. Smokes everything http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ))