You haven't flown an Ares Ion lately have you? I just flew mine for Save Stanton Phase 3 tonight. Once the fighters were down, I remained _stationary_ while in precision mode and firing at the Idris. My pip waved around like a drunk at a urinal. It was challenging to hit _the Idris_ let alone particular components. I keep it because I'm hopeful that Yogi will fix it, but at this point, even a Spirit C1 does more damage than the Ares Ion.
It's actually _better_ than the last time I took it out. During the last XenoThreat, it was even harder to hit the Idris even though you could get in within a 1000m or so because of all the friendly PC fighters drawing its fire.
@Storm-Cleaver I was doing HRT bounties exclusively in inferno before the master mode. It wasn’t that bad back then. Have to try it again. A functioning Ares in Polaris’ hangar will be quite something.
Yeah, the Inferno and Ion were both a lot of fun initially. It's why I bought one instead of an Eclipse. Still hoping they'll come around to fun again at some point.
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You haven't flown an Ares Ion lately have you? I just flew mine for Save Stanton Phase 3 tonight. Once the fighters were down, I remained _stationary_ while in precision mode and firing at the Idris. My pip waved around like a drunk at a urinal. It was challenging to hit _the Idris_ let alone particular components.
I keep it because I'm hopeful that Yogi will fix it, but at this point, even a Spirit C1 does more damage than the Ares Ion.
Sad to hear that. They nerfed it a while ago, then partially fixed it and now …
It's actually _better_ than the last time I took it out. During the last XenoThreat, it was even harder to hit the Idris even though you could get in within a 1000m or so because of all the friendly PC fighters drawing its fire.
@Storm-Cleaver I was doing HRT bounties exclusively in inferno before the master mode. It wasn’t that bad back then. Have to try it again. A functioning Ares in Polaris’ hangar will be quite something.
Yeah, the Inferno and Ion were both a lot of fun initially. It's why I bought one instead of an Eclipse. Still hoping they'll come around to fun again at some point.