to apply debufs) while absorbing less power than medium hardpoints used for that purpose on the FdL.Īs for the long range Jousting, it's a variant of Jousting. The 4 medium on the FdL were a bad customer for sure, but the 2 large on the Mamba are much more dangerous, while its 2 smalls, instead of being a handicap, can be used for utility (i.e. Being the only medium ship with a huge mount AND two large mounts, it can bring those large hardpoints into a long-range battle as no other medium ship can. Large mounts have higher penetration than the medium mounts the FdL has. With its speed, the Mamba can use long range weapons to make some areas "poisonous" for the opponent even if not able to bring a killer DPS from afar, the DPS it can deploy and the ability to hit and run are more than enough to shift the balance of the battle in the area where it's deployed, so that the opponent doesn't want to fight there, or it does, it is likely to lose.įor deadly remote weapon, I meant the large mounts. Even when not in the role of the wingleader, but following orders, the Mamba is the weapon your wingleaders want, in order to bring numerical advantage where they want it, when they want it.Īrea Control is a similar concept: it's the idea of creating areas of interdiction for opponents places where your opponent doesn't want to be. The Mamba is the perfect ship to 1) hit hard from afar and 2) bring itself where needed, or 3) disengaging effortlessly where the field needs to be conceded. To do that you need to 1) have a clear picture of the whole battlefield, 2) be able to bring support where needed, and do it fast. You want either to 1) help the wingman that can close the fight the fastest, so to achieve numeric superiority as fast as possible, or 2) support the wingman that is suffering the most, in order to prevent the opponent to gain numeric superiority. Suppose you're a wing leader your three wingmen are busy in three dogfights. As the roll/pitch numbers are now, they make the FdL much better at dogfighting than before as it outclasses more maneuverable medium ships, as the Federal Assault Ship, in every other compartment, the FdL is now the most capable dogfighter.įield Supremacy is the ability to see the situation of the battlefield and intervene where necessary. Basically, the FdL was the least maneuverable medium sized ship.
A Python would have easily outmaneuvered you, and getting a clear aim at an Anaconda power plant was extremely difficult (while it was a piece of cake on a Python). Lateral/vertical thrusters apart, pitch/roll was abysmal, worse than the current Mamba.
I clearly remember FdL being much less maneuverable than Python, when I last touched it about two years ago. Click to expand.Ok, sorry for having been a bit cryptic.įirst, let's get the FdL retouch out of the way.
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