why??
If I load them with heavy weapons they go slower than ground units. Is this normal?
What about making them all go at the same (fast) speed?
Heavy Body Vtols are too slow why?
Heavy Body Vtols are too slow why?
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Re: Heavy Body Vtols are too slow why?
Yes it's normal.
Usually, you can imagine how hard it would be for four jet propellors to drive a 5 ton tank in the air.
So I recommend VTOL's with light or medium bodies but good weapons.
Usually, you can imagine how hard it would be for four jet propellors to drive a 5 ton tank in the air.
So I recommend VTOL's with light or medium bodies but good weapons.
Re: Heavy Body Vtols are too slow why?
the mantis and vengance bodies can go a decent speed with decent weapons.
I beleive a vengance + pulse laser went 630 - 660 with a pulse laser or scourge ( i forget), and 580 with a rail gun. Before you add a weapon to a vengance with full engine upgrades, it lists the speed as 700, but the extra 500 pounds (for a pulse laser) slow it down. I had hoped for one more engine upgrade, or a tweak to the vengance body (higher output) to finally allow for a heavy body that can keep up with the medium VToL, after all, this was the ultimate highest tech body out there (before the non-official dragon and scorpions, which are slower than snot as VToLs) Even with a 200 pound machinegun or mini pod, it still doesnt get 700, but it gets far better than a tiger VToL, thats for sure
I beleive a vengance + pulse laser went 630 - 660 with a pulse laser or scourge ( i forget), and 580 with a rail gun. Before you add a weapon to a vengance with full engine upgrades, it lists the speed as 700, but the extra 500 pounds (for a pulse laser) slow it down. I had hoped for one more engine upgrade, or a tweak to the vengance body (higher output) to finally allow for a heavy body that can keep up with the medium VToL, after all, this was the ultimate highest tech body out there (before the non-official dragon and scorpions, which are slower than snot as VToLs) Even with a 200 pound machinegun or mini pod, it still doesnt get 700, but it gets far better than a tiger VToL, thats for sure
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Re: Heavy Body Vtols are too slow why?
3drts wrote: the mantis and vengance bodies can go a decent speed with decent weapons.
I beleive a vengance + pulse laser went 630 - 660 with a pulse laser or scourge ( i forget), and 580 with a rail gun. Before you add a weapon to a vengance with full engine upgrades, it lists the speed as 700, but the extra 500 pounds (for a pulse laser) slow it down. I had hoped for one more engine upgrade, or a tweak to the vengance body (higher output) to finally allow for a heavy body that can keep up with the medium VToL, after all, this was the ultimate highest tech body out there (before the non-official dragon and scorpions, which are slower than snot as VToLs) Even with a 200 pound machinegun or mini pod, it still doesnt get 700, but it gets far better than a tiger VToL, thats for sure
True, but the dragon is just about the only craft that can take a Vindicator to the face and get homeafterwards ;p. That makes it a decent choice for attaching to a VTOL tower to counteract incoming attacks, as it can survive most AA that is present with said attack, and doesn't have to go very far to attack the targets.
Although, if by heavy weapons, you mean "HEAP", then all bodies are pretty slow, simply because rapid HEAP bombing would just be horrifically unfair.
Besides, from the question, I don't think he's asking about