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Firetrail
24.04.2012, 09:22
Hi all I am glad to introduce to you and invite you to join my concept wing. Expect unconventional streams of resource gathering and out-of-the-box tactics. most of all teamwork.

The FOCUS of the wing, at least initially, is to engage in combat against enemy liners in tor**** (NOVA missile) bomber squadrons. This is an unconventional route for low level players to take.

My experiment and theory is that you can get a squadron (20) of unimproved strikers, with pilots who have not improved their combat skills sets and armed with basic equipment in the ship slots and with standard ammo; and defeat a high level liner (100+).

The FOCUS of the wing is in bomber tactics, whether in open systems or in large fleet battles. The will be room for ace pilots in escorting strikers, however the focus is always on the bomber tactics.

The initial mission/experiment is to build a wing of enthusiast to test:

Can a squadron of level one ships defeat a level 100+ liner?

Ok, our player levels will not be one, but the skills and equipment will be unimproved for the experiment.

Once the test is fulfilled we can develop our skills, upgrades and tactics for tor**** bombing combat.

If you are an existing player (on another server) have you every wondered if an unconventional tactic can alter the course of a battle, or alter the course of a server.

Note: I prefer at the beginning to form a wing of focused new players (or new to the server). This way I think we are more likely to focus on the wing tactics.

This is a wing for active teamplayers. The art and power of tor**** bombing lies in the squadron and not the individual. By all means we need to gather resources and eventually, after the initial experiment, build up or ships.

I have selected the Sagitarron server and the colonial faction as from what I can tell they are doing it tough against the Cylons. So, if you are up for a challenge then join my wing.

My callsign is BOMBER1 and the wing name is THE_EXPERIMENT, request to join the wing and change your ship names at DELTA CANOPIS to" _THE_EXPERIMENT". Any experienced players can start an account ,get out there and build a small fortune of resources and be ready to test my theory and fly as a bomber wing. My preferred ship is the Viper Mk2, over the Raptor, due to the additional engine slots. Speed is our friend. The Viper MK7 is also good for this role. You will need to purchase credits for the MK7, however it will secure your account (so I understand).

If you can't think of a new individual callsign then just be in sequence with the squadron, if BOMBER2 is not available when you sign up then try BOMBER3 and so on and so on.

My setup is:
a. resource gathering: get all mining cannons and a scanner and go blast some rocks,
b. combat : all nova missiles up front, artemis computer module for damage buff and a power regulator for extra power to fire those missiles.
Fill your engine slots with booster, we can not be dragged into an aerial battle with strikers and high end escorts.
Cannons: who needs them, this is an unconventional wing.
I am only building up my non-combat skills being navigation (FTL etc) and asteroid mining skills.

For newbies, you will have a steep learning curve. The most important thing you need to do once you are in the game is to follow the tutorials and search the forums here and figure out how to find my wing and request to join it. Once in the wing experienced players can provide coaching and guidance via the chat tool.

In the beginning we will use the in game chat and see if this meets our requirements.

If the members are keen to test my theory we will organise a meet up and test it. If we prove it I will post a report and let everyone in the wing know that they can start building up their ships.

Any questions or queries then post a reply.

Lastly, to the moderators, I hope this is acceptable and I look forward to fair play and to see how the experiment goes and if the wing grows strong.

BOMBER1
LEVEL 3
VIPER MK2, VIPER MK7
Sagitarron
917011

BUGSMASHER
LEVEL 47
Mostly escorts and liners
Canceron
551038

Firetrail
04.05.2012, 08:19
+1 the experiment is growing!

AlexanderTheGreat
05.05.2012, 16:21
This is supposed to go in one of the server wing sections.

They forgot to fix the name here so it says Player & Wings even though your not supposed to put wings here.

Stux
05.05.2012, 17:36
Moving to Sagittaron Wings section.

solllooo_boss1
05.05.2012, 17:45
In theory this should work, but...
1. your target/s must be alone liner/s
2. you need to consider later increase in liners accuracy
3. if you encounter one of those high lvl escorts or strikes(and they are many ), expect your entire sqd to be wiped out in matter of seconds
Good luck with your experiment anyway, i'd like to see the results :)

restless_native
06.05.2012, 10:37
Our wing occasionally uses squads of strike bombers to take out outposts and annoy the humans so I know it can be a lot of fun.

Good luck with your experiment.

StarRaptor7
06.05.2012, 10:51
with slide and using artemis with 5 guns i think it might be possible to make more damage in 1 pass than if i used nova launchers

]didi[
13.05.2012, 15:08
i'm not going to give you any advice because you're human :D but i have to tell you it's lot of fun to play with nova/ruiners. good luck

Firetrail
01.06.2012, 03:50
Hi all, players did not take up the challenge as enthusiastically as I'd hoped. So I left the wing and consequently the experiment behind.

I am happy to be recruited into ax. I am still pursuing my craft as a missile strike, bomber.

Interestingly (brag alert) my very first DEO on this server at level 8 was against a level 125 fenrir. Although it cost me two nukes. Before that i came very close to soloing a level 35 jormung still with non-upgraded skills, equipment and standard white tip missiles. If only those npc's had not joined in!

I think that I would have been able to validate the experiment given enough enthusiastically minded recruits.

To any colonials out there and especially to ax members. If you see me online and need air support i will gladly do a bombing mission for you.

NB: I would still like to test the experiment, but I would be better off recruiting random players/wing members and starting over with a squadron to begin with.

Thread can be closed.

The_engineer1
01.06.2012, 11:22
Flying a bomber is always fun. But I think, Sagittaron has got a to big strike population that your experiment will work effectively.

And newbees in generall have other things in their mind, than to equip a bomber.

AlexanderTheGreat
01.06.2012, 16:15
@ The engineer:
Not to go off topic but are you the same engineer as the one on the German forums? Just wondering...

The_engineer1
02.06.2012, 11:42
@ The engineer:
Not to go off topic but are you the same engineer as the one on the German forums? Just wondering...

Hi there, yes I am.

Somtetimes I like to stroll here in the english forum. I like the Mythbusters and the Sagittaron part of this forum.

It is not good just staying to the germans if one is able to read (most times) and write (hopefully) in english language.