The more I play the more the fighter blows

i played my first competitive game yesterday. i have to say i didnt think i would get this into Tribes Vengeance even though i am a vet of the previous two titles. but i was flag capping like mad and then some newb took the fighter and starting spamming. i got so pissed, the fighter is WAY to powerful and i just lost it. i couldnt believe someone would be so obnoxious with that thing. i started flaming and he got made at me, but that thing takes no skill, its hard to shoot down (sometimes) and the missles are killer.

you're kidding. that thing is easy to kill. chain, burner, disc all wipe it out of the sky. hell, you snipe th epilot to death as well. burner works _really_ well. try it.

i got so pissed, the fighter is WAY to powerful and i just lost it.

pretty easy for me to take out by myself. Couple disks and CG. Play before you complain, k thanks.

The fighter is pretty damned easy to shoot down.

the pods spam ability is lame, but who gives a shazbot its easy as eff to outrun

yes i found a neat 'illusion' use the rocket pod. zoom in so that the pod fills a 3rd of the screen. then imagine its a d.launcher instead of a r.pod and lead like ur trying to score an ma.

now when dueling aim straight up, fire, let it ride for a second, then place crosshair around ur target----> steelrain baby.

now when dueling aim straight up, fire, let it ride for a second, then place crosshair around ur target----> steelrain baby.

video please.

Assault Ship & Pod both allow for too much spam. At least add a goddamned firing delay.

video please.



ok... i guess.

just aim strigaht up.... fire hold for a sec. then bring it down to bear.

it, the rockets, are so far up that because of the angle it comes basically striaght down and can effectively adjust properly.... then it could a closer target.

The fighter is pretty damned easy to shoot down.

yea, people just jet up and own it up quite easily. it's not fast either.

i can see it being used tho, probably to stop heavies midfield or to annoy the LD.

ok... i guess.


The problem here is that we're all talking about the fighter pod vehicle, and you're talking about the rocket pod weapon.

.... you are correct.

the first part of my claim is very effective for taking down pods.

Rocket pod has a good spread of missles and each does decent damage to the fighter. In addition, as others have said, it's easy as hell to out run (try skiing) and also easy to take down if you jet right up to it with a few discs.

The only time I use the chaingun is in battling fighters, and it works superbly. A speedpack enchances that. Discs and burner shots work great too, unless the fight pilot zooms up and away every time you attempt to attack.