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VikingOfSixth:
I am starting to fall in love with the Junker again but need some tips on handling pyra's (may their captains burn in a special hell). They always seem to have the upper hand in a close range punch out and though I have been able to drop them with wonderful engi's and gunners working the ship that is less likely to happen with a skilled Pyra pilot.

They have the speed, the maneuverability, and an equal match or typically one gun more in firepower. I seem to fair average with most other ships but pyra's are absolutely frustrating since they all seem to fight the same ( the gatling/flak combo with the attempt to circle your ship in close combat while ripping apart the hull). Is there any advantage to the Junker besides being able to take more hits and hoping to drop the other bastard with superior gun play in this sort of fight?

Queso:
Junker v. Pyramidion is a hopeless fight. It's a sad state of affairs.

Pickle:
Tar barrel helps against a Pyra, he really wants to get close into your stern blind-spot.  If you can get him into your arcs, it's not easy to take out both forward guns on a Pyra but a good gunner can do it with heavy clip on a gatling.  If your Junker is set-up for tanking (dual flaks on lower mounts, dual gatlings on upper) you can deal quite a bit of damage back.  But if the Pyra knows what he's doing and has you in a trifecta with a pure brawling build (so you have trained on you one gatling and two flaks), you're going to need teammate support.  But a trifecta has a disadvantage - there's no one fixing if you're able to do some damage back.

What the mine launcher will do for the Junker remains to be seen.

Captain Smollett:
I have to respectfully disagree about the tar barrel on the junker being effective against a Pyra.  For someone who flies the Pyra a good bit, I must say my general strategy against a Junker is to simply shoot it.  I don't care much about what side I'm on, the Junker arc is too large to make it worth manuevering about and in a 1v1 fight, I can usually just go shot for shot and out tank it.

Commodore Phoenix:
Some games are going to be set up but I would like to know in advance any dates which are preferred in the next 3 weeks so as we can get a few teams together and play a couple of good games

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