Light Fighters

[Fro]

I've been seeing a lot of light fighters recently. Not just in low rank military officials, but in indies as well... I just had a few questions. Why? What are the advantages? What is your preferred LF?

[Maelstrom]

Hey Fro,

I can think of one reason to fly them, they are harder than hades to hit if flown decently. Another reason would be role play. Light fighters make great escort ships and scouts.

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[sean24]

They aren't better as such than VHF's. But better for certain things. As Maelstrom said, escorts and scouts.

For combat I prefer the Loki over other LF's because it looks good and can mount a mini:)

Griffin is actually pretty nice too.

[Korny]

They aren't better as such than VHF's.

I don't agree with that. Flown right, a light fighter can become a real threat to even VHF's, but especially for bombers. Combined with nukes and a good set of weapons they are better than most people would think, but if flown -right-...That's pretty much the condition. Your advantage is the speed and strafing, try to stay behind the enemy rather than jousting it and light fighters can become pain, especially in group fights.

But of course, they are mainly used as scout ships, which makes most sense inRP.

My prefered light fighter...hm...I'd say Scimitar. I didn't fly a lot LF's but that one worked best for me. Capaple of mounting a forward firing turret which gives it more firepower than other ships in it's class.

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[qwertypp7]

Light fighters are an utter bitch to hit. They don't pack much firepower but someone in a light fighter who knows how to use mines and cruise disruptors is a force to be reckoned with.
They can literally fly circles around pretty much any ships but other Light Fighters which might explain their popularity.
A lot of people underestimate light fighters too. I used to have an indie Outcast Scimitar and every time I pirated with it I would get a bomber or two who thought they'd be able to just brush me aside with no effort. Needless to say they were usually proved very wrong.

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[Disparagess]

Light fighters are like annoying flies, with a bad bite. They're *almost* impossible to kill with bombers and even hard to kill with a VHF. The only problem is, when flying one, don't expect to deal a hell of a lot of damage in a short time. Most people don't have the patience to fly one.

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[Govedo13]

People already summed almost everything about LFs- you must be very good with mines, you must have the time and patience to fight 40 min against VHF in order to win. I lost two times against light fighters because I wasn't able to hit them, they wasn't able to take my sheidregen and hull fast enough and I just stopped due to the lack of time. Mines are the most powerful LF weapon, mines and patience.

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Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)

[Exsiled_one]

Awesome support ships to knock down shield or to keep the bombers energy drained so they can't fire.

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[Stygian]

My preferred LF is the Liberator. Put some screamer mines and full magma hammers on it and it's surprising just how much damage it can do. Like the others have said, patients are the key. Especially against a VHF.

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[Snoozzzer]

Heh....great to fly circles around the opposition with, hurling insults and never getting hit. Traders also feel more at ease and might even play with you for a while

:3 my scimitars

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