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~Privateer
Questions about the Turrets in Privateer Answered, info nabbed from
the Internet.
~I'm still new to the Wing Commander Universe and I am having
~problems using the turrets on my Galaxy in Privateer. It seems
~that whenever I switch to the turret view in a fight I get ripped
~up because I am not maneuvering. Can anyone out there give me
~some tips?
>Turret Tip: They're crap. And you've hit the reason why - they
>don't shoot unless you go back there and shoot them, and while I
>just use em to mount a tractor beam...can't see another use for
>em, really.
The best use for a turret is to mount a tractor beam, but there is
another minor tactical use. If you are over your head and
afterburning away from a fight (which happens in Privateer
sometimes) and your opponents can afterburn after you and are as
fast or faster, I found that just a couple of rear turret shots was
enough to make them disengage. I would NOT recommend trying to
actually destroy someone this way, or to be making shots from the
turret for more than a couple of seconds, but if you keep the
afterburner button (TAB) pressed while sending a FEW shots their
way, they will back down.
wernst@crl.com (Warren Ernst)