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Machiavelliest:
Good hint--no spyglass as pilot.
RearAdmiralZill:
--- Quote from: Machiavelliest on April 22, 2013, 09:09:11 am ---Good hint--no spyglass as pilot.
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I protest that statement.
Machiavelliest:
I expect my gunners to spyglass their targets after they fire, in time to make the proper ammo type reload. This is why Charon is my gunner.
HamsterIV:
I have tried piloting as an engineer class from the deck of a Galleon. It didn't go well, but that may have has some thing to do with the caliber of opponent I was facing. Most new pilots don't use their piloting tools, so I can see why you might want to take different tools to be more useful on your ship.
Think about your strategy like this if you can reliably leave the helm and keep your guns on target, you have gained an extra engineer for free. However if your guns go off target while you are off the helm fixing stuff, you have lost one possibly two gunners to gain one engineer. Now think about the situations where these conditions might arise. If you can keep your guns on target while off the helm the enemy must be pretty far away. Maybe it is a sniping battle, so while the extra engineer is useful your current engineers aren't being overwhelmed. The other situation is that you are at close quarters. Here your engineers are getting overwhelmed by the damage and could use the extra help. Unfortunately if you leave the helm to go help there is a good chance your opponent will dance to your blind side. It is impossible to win a slugging match if you can't punch the other guy.
Flying while in the engineer class isn't wrong, but in many situations the costs outweigh the gains.
RearAdmiralZill:
--- Quote from: Machiavelliest on April 22, 2013, 09:31:12 am ---I expect my gunners to spyglass their targets after they fire, in time to make the proper ammo type reload. This is why Charon is my gunner.
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I expect my gunner to be on the gun, ready to fire as soon as they or I see a ship, spotted or otherwise. This is why Yiski is my gunner.
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