Stem Guns?

[DLFxHappy]

I'm asking cuz I was dueling a player with a Spatial (GMG Ship) that was using almost all marsflyer stem guns.

That combined with the 28,000 Armor, 300 Bots & Bats, Heavy Fighter manuverability and 6/3 weapons mounts was alitle rough.. Almost got him, but nomatter what I threw at him with the 20 refie 150+ Damage marsflyer turrets, I couldn't get him taken down. Hell, the stem guns are still just as good if not better as the turrets I have on my cruiser.

He had to of spent a pretty penny on that ship configuration.

The Player he is referring to is me ;)

First of all, those weapons weren't the marsflyer turrets, they were then marsflyer guns mark 3, so you wouldn't be able to equip those on your Cruiser. :cool:^^

Well, what can I say? The Spatial is a huge ship. If you have an agile fighter, it's like aiming at an elephant with a flamethrower, at a distance of 2 meters. (gotta be careful not to burn yourself ^^)
It's fairly easy to dodge a spatial, if you don't fly in a straight line while it is in engine kill. If it isn't, it's more like playing dart. Although the stem guns deal a considerable amount of damage, they also drain loads of energy, which only a Super Heavy Fighter like the spatial can supply. You could still mount them on a VHF but you'd be out of energy in notime. Its your choice ... agility vs. firepower.
It is simply the same deal as with VHF and LF.

Additionally you have to make a huge effort to get those stem guns. You need 2 Accounts and 10 mil per Gun, while the system is swarming with Nomads and you have to transfer the guns one by one. Believe me ... that’s certainly not a fun thing to do.

I also tried fighting a larger ship with the additional firepower of the stem guns, but the lack of agility and the spatial's huge hull made it virtually impossible to dodge a fighter killer configuration. I also lost against a RH Bomber equipped with 2 Novas.

All you get for having the trouble getting those guns and spending 50 mil on them + ship, a nice fighter for long time fighter duels but with great disadvantages in any other combat situation.

After all the Spatial is a SHF so its a class of its own and deserves/needs to be different and able to beat a VHF. And simply by mounting Cids and Nomads/Codes the ship wouldn't be any good.