Leonid is correct accept for one thing. This only works if the 1-c pilot never gets even one lucky shot opportunity, which leads to the real point of the question, and the only true answer.... don't get shot by one. I have never escaped after being shot even once by a 1-c, regardless of the plane I was flying. This is the only plane this has happened against, having taken hits from an opponent but surviving long enough to turn the tables and kill him against virtually any other plane. I have downed several 1-c's if I started out with the alt/E advantage, and I totally agree with Leonid and others. As long as you don't fight the hawg pilot's fight, they can be defeated. But if even the smallest of snapshot opportunities opens up for your foe, kiss it goodbye. The overmodeled cannons, not the plane, are the reason for the 1-c's dominance. And, yes, I have said it many times before, Torque and a VERY FEW others know how to fly the hawg quite effectively,... all vulching comments aside. I have seen, and been victim of, this smart flying.... dive, engage, extend, climb, return, dive, engage, extend, climb... etc... very smart for a hawg pilot. I on the other hand am only a decent (or not so decent) hawg pilot, and I still can almost guarantee at least a couple of kills in every sortie on the rare occasions that I decide to fly it, simply because I am almost assured to get a shot opportunity on one or two hapless souls before I waste all my E, and those guys are guaranteed toast, a la super cannons. This is where most people who are upset about the c-hawg get frustrated... a crappy pilot that can't kill much of anything otherwise jumps in to a c-hawg and instantly becomes lethal. And I also question a 1-c going on a tank killing spree (3 in a row the other afternoon). I didn't realize the Hispanos used depleted uranium rounds.
If I were a gambling man, I would stake a pretty big sum on the bet that the 1-D flown a comparable amount of hours would not have anywhere near the killing efficiency as the 1-c, removing the "superior pilots/superior plane" argument except in a very few cases. OK, I will quit mercilessly kicking the dead horse already... but just couldn't resist one more shot of common sense.
[This message has been edited by Skorpyon (edited 05-21-2000).]
