The worth of wingmen.

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Turricanion
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The worth of wingmen.

Post by Turricanion » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:16

I just bought a nova raider, and decked it out. i still have a fully decked out elite. Is it worth making him a wingman, or will he just crash into a station and die, or will he just get chopped to bits by the enemy and be a waste of cash?

Are wingmen useful at all?
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Post by aka1nas » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:19

They aren't bad if you give them missiles (preferably ones w/o a large explosion radius ), but don't take them into massively overwhelming situations as they will get themselves killed much easier than a decent player will. Helps to have more than one as well.
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Post by Turricanion » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:22

are they much improved from X3:R in TC?

I noticed in X3:R when i docked at a station, wingmen would crash into it, when i flew past an asteroid, wingmen would crash into it.
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Post by MegaJohnny » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:30

I'd sell it. An old Elite can be a nice wad of cash or a wingman with a life expectancy of 10 seconds. I really don't like trusting anything smaller than a corvette with the simple-minded AI in a fight.
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Post by delray » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:38

Elite is slower than your Nova. Hard to have a wing that doesn't fly at similar speeds...
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Post by fOSSil » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 02:38

You know, the whole reason for me to grind through and finish certain plots in the game is to get a fleet of Vidars as wingmen. That is because I think the most important property a wingmen can have is shields. Then comes speed and firepower.
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Post by delray » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 03:01

Get Falcon Haulers then. 200MJ shield, 132 speed, PBG up front and a PRG turret. They have enough shields to safely give them Thunderbolts to use when they run out of energy.
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Post by Turricanion » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 03:02

so sell it is then :D
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Post by Demotruk » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 16:01

If you're ok with using some scripts (that were bonus packed in the last edition) it's a very good idea to give your wingmen Mosquito Missile Defence, especially if you're using lighter wingmen without rear turrets (like the Solano, which makes for a much better wing than the Elite, and I think it's cheaper actually...).
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Post by anneonemous » Sun, 19. Apr 09, 16:47

If you want wingmen, check out fighter drones... they've been underestimated by lots of people since X2 :)

Cheap too; you can pick them up back up when you're finished, or command them to dock at a ship with a dock on it (so I'm told- I have never tried this).

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