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It would be easier if someone posted and actually said "I want to fly the Y-Wing."

I want to fly the Y-Wing. There, how was that?

I just wanted to repost this because of the poor press the Y-Wing has been getting lately.



This is supposedly from ILM themselves, can't get more canon than that. But do note the definition of the word medium. It compares the maneuverability of the old ships against that of the new ships (I guess they were making the Falcon less maneuverable than in ESB, since it isn't specified as Medium). But it doesn't mean that the X-Wing, Tie Fighter and Y-Wing all have the same maneuverability compared to each other. Just the same speed, which is specified.

Poor B-Wing, way down there with the Falcon.
Lol, if the Falcon has "Low" maneuverablility, I shutter to think what the A-Wing can do.

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Its probably the games that gives us a bad impression of the Y wing. They always seems like a easier target to hit but perhaps more heavily armoured. I guess they wanted to put it between the X and B rather than similar to the X but with a more diverse loadout.

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If the Y has a useful and complementary role the mod will be better with it in.

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The B-Wing was intended for the heavy bomber roll: It would have some high blast radius, guided missiles (to get at docked ships in hangers or ships hidden in tunnel and hollow asteroids). It would also carry a few extremly powerfull unguided torpedoes against stations and carriers.
[^] and of course have an Ion Cannon as a disruptor gun.

From a balancing perspective, a ship like that would (have to) be fairly slow, so that it takes a while to go back to base and reload the missiles and torpedoes for a subsequent attack. That would give the station or carrier time to repair and the opponents time to regroup defenses as well as offer a possibility to intercept it.

The Y-Wing would do the job just as well and probably be less work for SecondChance than a B-Wing because the Y doesn't have S-Foils.

The amount of coding work necessary will be the same for both, because we're implementing the S-foils in the X-Wing anyhow and have the techniques and code for that.

We do have a concept for lots of interesting games/missions where only the Rebels have bombing capability but a Tie bomber would come in handy for the Imps too.

Would it be less work to make a Y-Wing and a Tie Bomber? instead of the B-Wing [?]



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Well, actually I'm already working on the B-Wing. If anything, I thought the Y-Wing would be in addition to, not instead of. I don't mind making them both. I also wasn't really thinking about the role that they would play in the mod, so I guess it's probably not a bad idea to include a Tie Bomber in the lineup as well.

(My secret plan: If I build enough ships, eventually this will turn into a complete Star Wars total conversion game.)

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I WANT TO FLY THE "Y-WING"!!!!!!!!!!
also tnx 2ndchance for the "2nd chance" u gave for the y-wing

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