Superior Phantom ships/weapons

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The only gripe I will air out is the disturbing trend to write roleplay to gain access to the best equipment in the game. I've seen a lot of Special RP Requests to fly Catamarans. I have yet to see someone place a special request to fly a Werewolf (pre-buff, it's a pvp monster now) or Waran bomber. If it's about the roleplay, then the ship's actual performance shouldn't matter.

Waran Bomber, hum? Well, considering it is a BW ship we don't really need Special Role-Play for it. We already have on fellow in a Waran. I think it's a ship I might be interested in, personally, and plan on flying because I find the Fatcat too bright from the rear.

As for our guns they should be 0% better than everyone else's, but it would be nice to have a kit we like to use. I seriously would rather use all Krakens than our current weapons. Our shield busters are class 8, sub all the class 9s. Energy efficient, but it takes five shots to drop a fighter shield with four of them... -.-; Our ships aren't any superior that I've noticed. Last few fights I was we won mostly by pure chance (I managed to insta-kill a fighter, for example). One fight we had before a crash was stopped a 23 NB for the enemy and 30 NB for one of each team. The others were unscratched.

I'd like a kit that we're happy with more than a kit that's better than anyone else... I'd rather use my Sabre which has 2 Dark Blossom codes (relating to her name), three Krakens, and 1 missile. I like the ship better, I like the guns better. I can't speak for all Phantoms on this matter, but my personal preference is high energy usage, high damage shield busters (which means class 9s and possibly two more class 9 slots on the RC, though I won't push it). The other guns follow my favorite type of weapon, 2.00s mixed with 4.00s. As it is, I'm thinking of getting all hull-busters because our shield busters are rather... Err... Useless feeling to me.

As for arguing that the Phantoms are the "best fighters" in the game... Hardly. We only win because we work together as a team. Our "ace" pilots are either all rusty or gone. DBoy (who was mentioned) is longer with Discovery in general. Our best pilots shouldn't be named because then they'll be targetted more in combat, but... Well, I'm actually among the top 3. That argument is void. We have just as many weak pilots and just as many Ace pilots as any other faction.

There was more I wanted to say, but I think I've lost it. In any case, it seems that I'll have to fly my Phantoms more often so more of you guys can see us as not-so-hostiles. I remember convincing a Navy Bomber to duel my Sabre to death to allow me free passage out of the New York system... I nearly won, but a lucky mine got me. However, it was after more than 20 minutes or more of role play in system chat with propaganda and minor taunts. I've spent hours in Alpha chatting with the locals, same in Gamma, though less (since it's farther from the Revenant). I once spent upwards of an hour spewing propaganda to forces roving the California system looking for me on the Hellbound... We're not always looking for the kill.

That said, it's hard to have good PR when a thread gets seven pages in less than a day and our Master of Communication (Glock/Hoodlum) isn't around to butt-heads with folks. I see I've taken his job today.




TL;DR Summary: 0% advantage, but a more powerful shield buster (level 9, higher damage/energy; personal opinion). We aren't all PvP-whore-gods. We enjoy role-play, fine wines, and a good hand-rolled cigarette with our tea.

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