From: wolfone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Nobody of Consequence)
Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
Subject: Re: DD's need improvement!
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:41:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: geraldo.1jv2ehINNakk
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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In article <106234@netnews.upenn.edu> paulsen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Brian Paulsen) writes:
]In article <1jpep2INNo1l@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> wolfone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Nobody of Importance) writes:
]>In article <1993Jan21.190620.63021@cc.usu.edu> sl7sg@cc.usu.edu writes:
]>]In article <1993Jan21.205121.24813@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, bdhall@todd.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian D Hall) writes:
]>I almost always fly DDs and I've found that they are pretty good at dogfighting
]>against larger ships. They are especially the death of all those ensigns who
]>learn to fly BBs and haven't learned how to use tractors. 30 pts a torp isn`t
]>much but it can add up quickly.
]
]Again, against clueless people, you can use any ship to get kills.

I'm also pretty good against slower vessels. I can sweep in, fire, move out,
repeat. Or run away if I run out of fuel.
 
]>I also use a DD during base oggs or planet
]>fakes/escorts. While cloaked, I can dodge quite a bit of fire and still close.
]>If I get hit by a torp I can usually make a quick course change and throw off
]>anyone trying to track me. I can also usually make it to the base and explode
]>on top of it; sometimes I can decloak in time to tractor and empty my torps
]>into it too.
]
]It's a rare day when I can't at least make it to the base or the planet
](unless, of course, Yea Boy is hanging around).  The CA gives you enough hull
]to at least get a phaser and 2-3 torps out.

I've tried it with CAs. I just can't dodge or get close enough in them. 
I also have problems with "Ye Gods of Phasering Cloakers" too. :(
 
Guess I'm just fully adapted to DDs and not to other ships. I usually only
fly AS's when I need a lot of armies or BBs during an LPS. I only use SCs
on sturgeon to use it's strafing capabilities. Yes, I'm one of those people
who like sturgeon too. I still play a team game. My rank comes from bombing
mostly. Of course, I usually wait till I get .5 kills to get a recharge 
upgrade before getting serious. :)



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