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Sep 11, 2014 Pizzasgood link
You know, most of the people I run into who fight for a bit and then run away are using valks, not hounds. I hardly ever run into people who screw around with a hound, and when I do? They turn out to be completely incompetent losers who I can pretty much ignore as I go about my fights, because they're so busy ensuring they don't get scratched that they're incapable of hitting anybody. Swarms are very much get-fired-at-and-forget weapons. :)
Sep 12, 2014 abortretryfail link
Pizzasgood, you don't fly heavy ships very often do you?
Sep 12, 2014 Pizzasgood link
I don't see a problem with hounds being effective against people who are trying to use a cargo ship as a battle platform.
Sep 12, 2014 abortretryfail link
The Ragnarok isn't a cargo ship, but it soaks up swarms like a sponge. So does the Hornet.
Sep 12, 2014 Savet link
Both of those are heavy bombers...and I would assert that one should not be sitting still in a heavy bomber. I have found that as long as you are moving in a forwardish direction, you can escape swarms fairly easily with a liberal application of turbo.
Sep 12, 2014 abortretryfail link
MkI-IV Warthogs soak up swarms like a sponge too. So do Revenants.

Actually, just about anything except for very lightly equipped small fighters and top-tier ship variants do if you get up in their face with it, which the new Greyhound excels at
Sep 12, 2014 greenwall link
What's wrong with ships soaking up swarms? I quite like when that happens.
Sep 12, 2014 abortretryfail link
Apparently they're get-fired-at-and-forget weapons?

with the hound's current thrust, it hauls a swarm launcher around like mass isnt a thing. :P
Sep 14, 2014 Pizzasgood link
Sure, swarms are mildly effective against heavy ships. So what? When you're in a heavy ship, it doesn't matter whether they're using a greyhound or just a hog2, because you aren't catching up with it anyway. If you are in a ship that could catch up with a fleeing hog2, then you're in a ship that can mostly ignore swarms.

As for firing swarms right in your face, when that happens, you die. Your ability to catch them afterward doesn't matter, since there isn't an afterward.
Sep 14, 2014 abortretryfail link
Rails and blasters will actually hit a fleeing Hog2.
Sep 15, 2014 Savet link
Oh yeah? Well a Greyhound will hit fleeing rails and blasters.
Sep 15, 2014 abortretryfail link
That's exactly the point of this thread. It accelerates too quick, even when loaded with very heavy weapons.
Sep 15, 2014 greenwall link
I think there is a significant difference between a ship being annoyingly good at things and a ship being so out of whack that it ruins the game. The hound is the former. Nerfing it will just make VO more vanilla.