Lt. Havoc Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 In the films "starfighters" such as the xwing, TIE series and so on are seen fighting in space and only landing and taking off from land based positions, not fighting within a planet's atmosphere. In the games however you see them attack ground targets and dogfight above the ground. So if they're able to do that what's the purpose of the (snow)speeder? If you have A, B, E, T, Y and X wings why have another fighter which can't fly in space, doesn't have shields and is lightly armed? It was my understanding that Star fighters fought only in space, hence the name, and speeders were for atmospheric combat. Why mingle the roles for the starfighters? Why take away a speeder's purpose? Imagine how quickly an X-wing could destroy AT-ATs and ground forces, if we apply the recent logic to the films couldn't the rebels have mopped up the Imperial invasion force on Hoth with a pair of X-wings and some proton torpedos? Yeah, yeah someone remind me that they used them as escorts. Sorry but I like things to have their niche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaebginn Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 you have a good point. while they can be used on the ground, tey lose some of their manueberabilty and such in atmosphere. I'm guessing the snowspeeders are cheaper, and they were never meant to take on ATATs they were meant as scouts to look around. It would be a waste to use X-wings for that. and during the evacuation, they needed all the X-wings they had available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 I always used the analogy of fighter planes and helicopters. Starfighters are like jets (duh) which are mainly used for high altitude dogfights and interceptions. Things like snowspeeders are more like helicopter gunshops which are used a lot closer to the ground, and mainly are used in air to ground combat. It isn't a perfect analogy, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhireStorm Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Well, the snowspeeder has some advantages, like the harpoon, maneuverability, th ability to have 2 players, and X-wings, etc., aren't equipped for hoth. The frigid planet is really cold, and the snowspeeder is built for that. the devs will probaly incorporate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Havoc Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 I've thought of that analogy too, and heard it before. I posed this same question to the boys at Galactic Conquest about 10 months ago. That could be right, but it seems that if you have this wonder weapon known as the starfighter why would you need anything else? The only real answer could be cost effectiveness. Still it makes me feel weird using speeders for maybe 1 map while we'll use X-wings on the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaebginn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 actaully, guy who posted a post or two ahead of Havoc, speeders were not made for the cold, they had to modify them. Thats why Han had to use a tauntaun to find Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Well, I admit it's a little bit weird. I read that they really think about what vehicle to use on what map, but I don't think putting an X-wing on any map makes sense. TIE-fighters give me less worry, in a lot of books they were used for planetary assault. Jedi starfighter isn't a problem either. But the naboo starfighter has the same problem of the X-wing again. I really don't know. Note that we haven't seen any screenshot at all of those fighters, do maybe that got a big suprise/solution for us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I still pray that we won't see x-wings on hoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Originally posted by tFighterPilot I still pray that we won't see x-wings on hoth. Well, we didn't see them on Hoth sreenshots. That's really weird. It's one of the most important starwars vehicles, and we haven't seen it any screenshot at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaebginn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 it was in the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Originally posted by yaebginn it was in the trailer. Yet the Tie Fighter wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaebginn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 yeah it was, they were dogfighting on tatooine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Wich trailer? Wich planet? An Xwing? I missed a trailer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Frankly, I would be just as happy if starfighters weren't in at all. Just doesn't seem necessary for mainly ground based combat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaebginn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm glad that there are ships, it makes for more enjoyment longer. It was in the most recent trailer on lucasarts.com am i the only one who saw it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Originally posted by yaebginn yeah it was, they were dogfighting on tatooine. I stand corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master William Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 In Rebel Strike for Gamecube you get to fly X-Wing after disabling all the AT-AT's on Hoth. But that happens in high air, it's so high I couldn't even see the ground when looking, barely. So I'm guessing that's sort of a new official part (game's by LucasArts after all), we didn't get to see it, but while Rebels attempted to flee their Hoth base TIE-Fighters may have attacked in the high sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevhision Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm all for space craft. Nice image of the x-wing vs tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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