Discovery 4.82 Beta features, bugs & suggestions

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LFs don't need class 10 guns, they're not suppose to be able to win easily against VHFs, wear VHFs down or fight them to a standstill, yes.

Win easily, no. Have a better chance of winning LF vs. VHF, yes. The VHF shouldn't have the advantage in dogfighting over an LF. The LFs are created for escort and protection, yes. But their main purpose is anti-fighter. It shouldn't take 2 LFs to kill a VHF. Just time. An LF's agility helps it dodge, but it lacks the firepower to kill any decently-piloted VHF. It should be able to strip the shield in 4 shots, instead of the VHF's 2. But it should still have that chance. Right now, if you want to do any hull damage, you can't use pulse weaponry. Making it extremely difficult to take out the shield. Either way, you hit a brick wall. If you can take the shield with pulse, you'll be stuck on the hull. If you can do decent hull damage, you are extremely hard pressed to get the shield down, let alone keep it that way.

Zuk and I are both good fighter pilots. But my Eagle could beat his LF. The only way for me not to be able to, was for him to dodge a ton. Doing that prohibited him from shooting back. He couldn't do any damage to me without me stripping his shield, then getting at least one hull shot. He did about 3 bars of shield damage in the time I would regen 5-6. The problem wasn't piloting. He was doing better than me that day. The problem was, by the time he could get my shield down, I was facing him, shooting back, doing easily three times the damage. LFs need a firepower upgrade. Not major, but some.

If VHFs were meant to be the best of the best in dogfights, then thats what the police would use. But they use LF because the LF was made for that purpose. The militaries use VHFs and HFs because, while they can do damage to LFs, they can also do damage to capital ships. But the LF is still meant to be the best dogfighting ship out there. Police are always up against pirate fighters. Militaries are up against other military's capships. They have specific fighters designed for the dangers they face.

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