[Otter]

I run an equal mix of Scattering and Stealth armor. It's maxed out at 95% effectiveness. The engine sapping missles have very little effect. Also, the missles are too slow when you're chasing someone. Their relative speed allows them to be shot down easily or they time out and self-destruct. I only use a bLast of two at point blank range. One might get shot down but the other piles into the target. Oh, and I practice the stay close on his rear strategy and just bLast his behind off. Even Battleships (or Dreadnoughts) go down fast. Keep you ship well stocked with electronic countermeasures. I double up on Scanner Jammers (multiples are still allowed), and the one each allowed MasterComputer and Neural Combat Net. Even in large clusters of enemy ships very little actually hits me and they're all kind enough to stay far enough out of the action to let me pound the backside of the first victim before switching to the next.

[ January 31, 2004, 04:19: Message edited by: Otter ]