Use that speeder bike, people. It's the most versatile vehicle I've ever seen in any FPS game. Its only drawback is that it's not all that sturdy, but it's so useful (read: near-overpowered ) that it really needs a drawback or two.

I'd love to see the Rebels get a swoop bike, with one seat, no laser, and faster speed.

Shadowfax is now officially a heretic. Burn the Heretic! Abhor the Witch!

LOL. I'm a witch hunter, you should know, and you should never tell a witch hunter he's a heretic.  They have views on that sort of nonsense… the kind of views that also involve your kneecaps…

{readies his spork}

ITS A TRAP

I think this one is way too important to go unmentioned: Never bail from a doomed AT-ST in a combat situation. For an Imperial player, this is one of the best ways to make sure your vehicle ends up in Alliance hands: far too often the Rebels seize firing on the walker the second you leave it and concentrate on killing you instead, for then to repair the walker and use it for themselves. I myself have procured several walkers this way - kill the stormie, drive the walker off to a safe spot for repairs, and unleash Hell on the Imperials with it once it's fixed up.

Better to die like a hero in your walker and have it be destroyed, than to bail and get killed on the ground, for then to have your teammates killed by your walker later on.

THis situation actually came up last night when I was playing on TME.  I was a co-pilot in the ATST, we took too much damage, and the pilot ran off.   I was the Heavy Weapons class, and decided to scuttle the ATST so that no one would pick it up.

Better to die like a hero in your walker and have it be destroyed, than to bail and get killed on the ground, for then to have your teammates killed by your walker later on.

I thought the B-wing was developed/introduced AFTER the X-wing.  ^^^

Oh my gosh, you're right. My memory lore is invalid! FORGIVE ME LUCAS!!!!!!

What would you class the b-wing as? Fighter, Fighter Bomber or Bomber?

Only TIE Bombers are actual bombers: they can fly level with the land while dropping artillary bombardment straight-below them.

I would classify the B-Wing as an Assault Starfighter. Sacrificing some speed and maneuverability, it was designed for raw firepower with its many blasters, ion cannons, and complement of torpedoes. So it surely couldn't outfly or escape an A-Wing, but man does it pack a punch to TIE and capital-ships alike.

Only later did the Rebellion strike a better balance between firepower and agility, with the acquiring of the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter, though it did lack features like ion cannons and a large torpedo bay.

Alias Node wrote:

Here's a tip.

Speeder Bike > All

unless you have a mine

Try all you want, you won't hit my speeder with any mines.

The B-Wing is a hefty craft for any Imperial Navy fighter pilot to try and bring down.  I recommend NOT taking it head-on; ever.  If you ever see the B-Wing firing its trademark 3-laser salvo at you head-on, just juke left and try to fly right past the enemy to loop back behind him.

In most combat situations, you'll find yourself chasing down a B-Wing from behind, in a TIE Fighter.  The B-Wing will be concentrating on a capital ship.  The trick is to keep your distance from the B-Wing, so that you don't get in too close.  Aim for the section of wing connecting the cockpit to the engines only.  When you open up with lasers, rotate your ship in careful, 90 degree movements; if the B-Wing tries to juke slightly (I find they are too slow to try any crazy acrobatic evasion tactics) you can compensate and still get some hits.

Here's a tip.

Speeder Bike > All

unless you have a mine

Speeder Bike > All

about the b-wing and the rotation via x-key, it is useful when head on facing a fighter, since your lasers will keep on hitting him while it gets harder for him to hit your ship's body, also its useful when attempting to unload all the torpedoes against cap ships facing them head on under fire, since it will make all torpedoes hit and you being harder to hit yourself