Ship Nicknames

I haven't yet unlocked a bomber, and I'm thinking of going T-wolf, if only to avoid being just one more jerk in a panther.

The Mamba is, of course, the "Man's Fighter" In my eyes. It takes some serious cojones to fly, and win anything, in a Mamba, although lately I've been loving it for CTF. It's so whippy

Kackling Kobold wrote:I haven't yet unlocked a bomber, and I'm thinking of going T-wolf, if only to avoid being just one more jerk in a panther.

I consider the Panther to be substandard to the Timberwolf in every way except shield strength.

The structure of ships and upgrades will change soon, leveling off all the ships and giving them equal purchase prices. You can select any ship as your starter ship, though I don't recommend a bomber to start off in. See here for more details.

Heh, I wonder if a bunch of n00bs will go straight back to their favourite Dinner Plate

I tried chasing a "teen wolf" the other day in a CTF game... the only thing that made it less painful than trying to catch a "pay to win" was that it was actually killable... generaly after chasing it all the way across the map & back in my G5.

Speaking of G5's, I've started calling them "drift kings." kind of a double inside joke for me.

(yeah from VGHS, thats one)

Can-Swiss wrote:Might I suggest something that symbolizes the kind of Lumbering Rush you get from the Big Guy at the All You Can Eat Buffet when he hears that the Buffet table is open?

What about Locomotive?
It has the kind of movement that says "Shoot me all you want, I'll just keep coming."

Might I suggest Joust as the nickname for the Nighthawk?
My reasoning is as follows: In medieval jousting, knights had a massive lance to knock the other guy out. That could be the beams.
Since the Nighthawk has slightly-below-average endurance (In my experience), it could be compared to the final deciding factor in a joust: Once a guy gets hit by that lance (AKA: Once the other ships start firing on the Nighthawk), he is out.
What do you guys think?

I call my Mamba the Unlikely Suspect; everyone sees me as a noob...then I just blow them to pieces. Except for you guys of course, for you kill me as soon as possible XD.

Mamba should be called "Trouble Magnet" and it's wrong to say otherwise. N00b killers, missile spammers and asteroids read the ship list like: "Haha it's Mamba let's take it down!!"

Bison a Justice Bus? I'd call it a "no-can-do" or "Lazy Bones"

Kingfisher.... Fragger

Swordfish... Bragger

◄Reapers► Subedei wrote:When it comes to ship names my favourite are the ones in Iain M Banks' Culture series of novels. One of the types is a Thug class which would suit my A-80 nicely...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series

Oh god. I'm reading the page that you linked, and some of the nicknames are absolutely hilarious!