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 Praetor vs Sorceress
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| schumador |
Posted on 10-11-2005 13:12
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The Hiigarans are going to the Praetor and the Vagyr are countering with refitting their CVB's into Sorceresses <--is this statement true? If so, how would a Praetor fare vs a Sorceress, 1 on 1? Has anyone tried this (as a Duel, for instance)?  |
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| Ar-Khanis |
Posted on 10-11-2005 14:50
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Dunno about that 'rumour', but I do know the outcome of the fight. I tried a duel between those two vessels when I first got my claws on the Haarsuk, and it blew the Sorceress out of space with 2/3rds health left to spare in a stand up fight, with practically zero subsystem damage to boot. -edit: And when I try my hand with the BVL, I can scrape it to just under half hp with some fancy flying. It may have those pretty Taiidani lithium IC's and a pair of autocannon, but wherever it goes, a Praetor can have half a dozen ICA180's trained on it at any one time, plus the PC's, and the HVR's, and the unbelievable missile/torpedo spam that thing produces... the Sorce's HVM's, rare that they fire anyway, can hardly get through the HDS + untold myriad CIWS turrets, too. They are, however, two entirely different ships, and expecting them to compare isn't really on. Praetor is practically a mobile base; the Vaygr BVL is exactly that. -edit- on another note, unrelated, I just took a LiirHra to a QJE in a duel. Higgy came out with over half health left. Is that supposed to happen? 
Edited by Ar-Khanis on 10-11-2005 15:48 |
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| Glacialis |
Posted on 10-11-2005 16:00
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The Vagyr are coming up with a response to HGN ICAs...else they won't be around much longer  . Probably a refinement of their existing laser-plasma weapons. *wild guess* |
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| Cobalt Shiva |
Posted on 10-11-2005 17:30
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Mmm, I should get to work on a new Vaygr energy weapon. Any suggestions? [further refinement of the LPC?]
"This is tactical control..."
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| TelQuessir |
Posted on 10-11-2005 22:59
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Do note that in a "realistic" order of battle the Praetor has a (projected) local escort of at least four cruisers and a wing of frigates, along with about 120 onboard heavy fighters and probably a gaggle of smaller carriers with the fleet's quick reaction force. That's not to mention the prospect of up to three battlecarrier and/or strike cruiser taskgroups operating as detached elements somewhere in the same star system. On the other hand the Vagyr 'witch' in her designed role is a capital escort combatant assigned to a battleship. Invasion era history also records that these ships are useful as flotilla command ships up to the assault cruiser level, and have been on occasion deployed on raiding missions in 'wolfpacks' of up to five ships of the same class (if earlier mark assault/battle carriers are used, they will tend to have very dissimilar loadouts). |
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| schumador |
Posted on 12-12-2005 13:59
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Posts: 70 Joined: September 21 2005 |
I just came across this thread again and just needed to say: I love the Sorceress! Give me a witch and a Nancy Ajram as escorts to a Quar'Jet and I am a happy camper  |
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