PBG. Do u use them?

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PBG. Do u use them?

Post by chelo_boga » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 15:56

I bought a lot of PBG guns, about 60 of them

I did it, mainly because the factories were fully stocked and I could make a lot of profit, but then decided to keep them when the time comes I have a sufficient fighter force.

I was wondering if people use them, and if they do, what ships they equip them with, and if they have friendly fire problems.

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Post by Deadbeat_Spinn » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 16:01

Yes, I use PBG's. Usually they are mounted on Blastclaw Proto's since they can't have HEPT's and I have a few other ships with them mounted, don't recall which ships though. Never had friendly fire issue's since I fly alone, unless you count the occasional NPC who decided to fly through my field of fire. But it's rather easy to regain any lost rep so it's no biggie.

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Post by Cyphr » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 16:08

flamethrowers on a M3 interesting idea - I've never used them but I think you could hit the AI for "holyshitwhatthehelljusthappenedtothattarget damage" They can't hit me with them but I fly insane and at about 20 meters off of them anyway so that probaly doesnt amount to much.

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Post by Black Gryphon » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 16:12

I put 6 on my Hyperion when I go after capital ships.
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Post by GCU Grey Area » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 16:30

No - generally don't use them. Don't really consider PBG's to be a viable weapon for general combat due to their excessively short range - really don't like letting enemy ships get that close.

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Post by Baddieus » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 17:11

I use a pair of PBG's routinely when dogfighting in an M3. they make mincemeat out of M4's & M5's with one or two shots, and count towards your shots fired/hits ratio. If you have never tried them, I recomend doing so .... Khaak scouts or Xenon N's are gone in a single blast.

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Post by Poobah » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 17:20

NPCs melt my face off with them far too often when I'm in a small ship for me to have any desire to use them. Instead I kill anything red that has one, and some blue things too :wink:
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Post by someone else » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 18:30

AI Eclipse+PBG= TOTAL PAWNAGE.

load a Panther with PBG-Eclipses and nothing will stop you. :D
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Post by chelo_boga » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 18:35

Thanks guys. I'll equip a wing and give them a try

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Post by DR_Junior » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 18:37

I'm wondering, they should be real good for oos ? Powerfull and (I guess) no risk of Friendly Fire...

Did anyone tried it ?

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Post by Poobah » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 19:13

No such thing as friendly fire OOS.
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Post by dalin80 » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 21:15

no as its a cheat/broken weapon.

a batch on a m3 can kill the average m6 within a few seconds.
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Post by Jopj » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 21:18

I used them on my Falcon armada! Feels like a cheat tho, melting those Q's away...
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Post by ephemeron » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 21:39

I have a Perseus* wing armed with PBG's and PBE's. They don't last as long as the HEPT/EBC wing, but watching them take down Kha'ak Corvettes in Operation Final Fury missions was a lot of fun.

* For aesthetic reasons, because this game used the Poisoned Paranid start and they're homebased to a Zeus. Falcon Haulers or, with a larger budget, Eclipses would be much tougher.

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Post by s_mak » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 22:10

BUt if you are on a Visdar and put turrent defence to "attack enemies", the khaak scouts go down just as fast. like in 2/3 shots. A lot of time i just get the message that i got x amount of money for taking out a scout while i am engaging some bigger Kahaak ships. It was fun. Oh yeah, if you are on a Vidar, PBGs are useless against you. But then,m when it is fired at you, it looks so pretty being felt boil alive. :)

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Post by Killjaeden » Tue, 4. Aug 09, 22:22

the PBG OOS isn't as powerful as IS... (wyvern11 made tons of OOS-logs - there is a list of average damage of each weapon OOS, but dunno where it was)
Feels like a cheat tho, melting those Q's away...
PBG are like a cheat - or just horrible balanced. I don't use them cuz i hate them. All enemy fighters have that thing MOT so i don't want to see it all the time on my fighters.
(HEPT, PAC and PRG work very well and do a good amount of dmg and it doesn't feel like cheating)
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Post by yourpowersareweakoldman » Wed, 5. Aug 09, 02:40

* For aesthetic reasons, because this game used the Poisoned Paranid start and they're homebased to a Zeus. Falcon Haulers or, with a larger budget, Eclipses would be much tougher.
It's nice that you care about aestetics. Personally I do too, the Perseus Sentinel is the coolest looking ship in the game.

However, I don't see why you needed to point this out. It seems as if you're saying there's no reason to field the Perseus other than the aesthetic. It's a solid fighter. Very good in the M3 role.
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Post by Snowship » Wed, 5. Aug 09, 08:57

I use them when my HEPT's are out of energy cause PBG use very little energy..

For AI wings I use(d) them but I'm removing them from all of my main wings cause they kill all missiles before the missiles hit the target... and watching Silkworms/Thundeerbolts/Tempests even Wasps get crisped away before they hit the target by PBG is making me :cry:
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Post by dalin80 » Wed, 5. Aug 09, 14:14

how about making it a true pirate weapon, in that it only works with space fuel on board as ammo?
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Post by Gosnell » Wed, 5. Aug 09, 14:17

the best anti fighter drone weapon there is short of psg,there deadly nothing can stand long against them i love them

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