Favorite team...

[Lance]

Auricom is your favourite? I would never ever have guessed. :turbowink:

Welcome to the WipeoutZone, am_auricom.

[Mark Of Insanity]

A warm welcome to the Forums, am_auricom!

My favourite visually is either Auricom or Goteki. They're very different from all the others but that's in a good way. Goteki is simple yet elegant, but Auricom looks like some kind of rabid dog imo.

While Pirhana is easy to handle, my favourite has to be AG Systems.
Acceleration > Top Speed. (Except on the last Prototype tracks and Altima)

[RJ O'Connell]

But why are you now flying with Icaras, Mark? ^_^

Well, if Thrust > Top Speed in Wipeout 3, then how come Icaras, which has the poorest in-game acceleration of any ship in the game, has almost every #1 record on the tables and not Qirex, which has a 4/5 in both Speed and Thrust?

I think that's a point only valid in Pure. But what do I know, really.

[Lance]

In WO3, when Icaras catches a boost pad, it reaches a substantially higher speed than any other ship, and the boost lasts longer; no other ship can hold high speed so well. Most of the tracks have at least one really long straight where that high speed helps a lOt, and when you reach the corners. Icaras' slow handling/yaw rate lets it use turboscraping more reliably, too.

[Mark Of Insanity]

Er I meant in WO1 and Pure really when I said Acceleration > Top Speed, which is stupid because this is a Wipeout 3 thread... er, yeah lol. I love Icaras, but for different reasons from those I stated for AG-Systems. I enjoy AG-Systems, but Icaras is actually a better craft in general, over all of the others, really. The only way I can describe my playing style is by looking at the stats of EG-X in Pulse. (The stats are shown in alot of the videos on YouTube.) Acceleration and Speed sacrificing Handling and Shield. But if I had a choice between better handling or better shield, I'd go with Handling 'most every time.

But because I suck at Turboscraping and Turboboosting (how can I press that button without letting go of the accelerate button, my hands are small lolz), I find Icaras harder than AG-Systems to fly, even if I end up with better times... I used to play WO1 avidly, and there I trained myself to avoid walls but keep a good line. The playing ethic in Wipeout 3 is totally different. A slight scratch against the wall actually helps rather than stops you dead. Anyway, point in case, I need more practice at Icaras and Wipeout 3 to find it easier. But the more I play it, the easier and more useful Icaras is.

I've grown to appreciate it more, I think, as it has molded into my playing style. Once I start to play 2097 and 3/SE as much as I did WO1, I will hopefully start to become better at those games too.

In short, the reason I don't always fly with Icaras is because I suck too much, but am getting better so it always seems more appealing until it becomes worth my while flying Icaras and becomes an even more appealing experience.

[andy]

I have finally switched over from assegai to icaras =D

[Lance]

Icaras

[Chill]

I did that later on too... "Admiring my Icon"...

[Lance]

Did what? I was pointing out the misspelling of the team name.

[Rapier Racer]

I have finally switched over from assegai to icarus =D

You fool!

[Lance]

Coming from a guy who used to call himself ''Assegai Developments'', this response is not surprising.

[Chill]

Did what? I was pointing out the misspelling of the team name.

I was talking to both of andy and you, not to just you, so my post still has reasoning... HWA HWA HWA!!!!!

You fool!

What's wrong with a little bit of speed freakyness?? We're not fools, we're champions!

[Rapier Racer]

I don't remember Icaras winning any championships. I remember Icaras complaining about the state of the tracks and never finishing a race..

[Chill]

That's because they're all or none, that's just how we roll, or should I say... FLOAT!!!

[Lion]

how very Ricky Bobby
if you're not first, you're last

[Infected]

In the begining Assegai Developments but after finishing Phantom Class i managed to change my fav into: Piranha Advancements

[adelheid]

Traitor! >

[Lion]

and to add further confusion, his avatar is now Triakis

[Medusa]

Signs of a widely-travelled pilot?? Personally I'm a huge traitor to AG-5Y5 right now in the wipeout world...it's sad. Qirex in WO64, Puma1 in Pure, Icaras in SE. I plan to return gung-ho to the AGS-all-the-time-club in Pulse.
(Piranha on Phantom in Wip3out...I dunno about that one. Maybe you're thinking of Pure...)

[Infected]

and to add further confusion, his avatar is now Triakis

Haha! yeah im a traitor maybe but the reason why i have Triakis avatar is that its: Hardcore and i love Hardcore music, just try to listen something from this label:

Braindestruction Recordz

In The freetracks zone you can find out what is really Hardcore;P


Anyway i started flying with Triakis in Pure and i must say its awesome ship cause now in Phantom Class PUMA1 is too messy to fly too much handling