All Hail!
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Crazy AL Posted Nov 23, 2010, 7:38 am |
Street Pizza has a renowned Dustup! Anyone else have one of these gems? | ||||||||
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Nov 23, 2010, 9:24 am |
No .. but i have a ' Legendary ' duster
 congrats on getting that chassis renowned
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JS Posted Nov 23, 2010, 11:00 am |
Nice One!, ya beat me... grumble... |
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Crazy AL Posted Nov 23, 2010, 11:53 pm |
Your wife got YOU to legendary with the duster! |
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Karz Master Posted Nov 24, 2010, 4:52 am |
I died laughing | ||||||||
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Crazy AL Posted Nov 24, 2010, 5:27 am |
I killed you? Man, what's the bounty on Karz???? |
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*Rev. V* Posted Nov 24, 2010, 6:27 am |
And if we all were not brothers of cleaning, would we dust? YES! | ||||||||
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JS Posted Nov 25, 2010, 3:08 am |
Added a Renowned McFly to the garage. The Renowned McFly "Great Scot" | ||||||||
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Crazy AL Posted Nov 25, 2010, 6:59 am |
Probably the only one of those! Congrats! | ||||||||
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Mad Mike Posted Nov 25, 2010, 3:05 pm |
I just saw one on a travel, too bad I had no weapons ;( | ||||||||
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JS Posted Dec 5, 2010, 10:13 pm |
All Hail the most powerful vehicle in all of Evan. First the Hitmen brought you the Renowned Buggy. But now, we present to you the Renowned Estate "Gossip".
Gossip carries two PGs rear and 2 GGs front. It took some good lumps in its run to Renowned, not only is the armor thin, there isn't much of it. Not a great combo! She's slow, drives like a brick and is painted pink. Well, two tone purple/pink. It took a bunch of trips to the grocery before she got renowned, but those two gats really clear the parking lot spaces and ensure a place up front so the cold stuff doesnt melt and the veggies stay fresh. The Hitmen are glad to see her retired, it just wasn't healthy, or cool, to go into combat in her. |
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JS Posted Dec 13, 2010, 9:00 pm |
All Hail the newest Hitmen Renowned vehicle, the Sunrise Inflammatory. Did alll of its scouting in SS. Started with a RL and MML. I wanted to run a 2x RL "Scorpion", that vehicle we all love to hate, but no reloads was too much to take. I put a 2L Rot in it at first, but that was damaged and it ended with a standard 2L under the hood. Final config was a 2L, RL and GG, 2 gangers and a few reloads for each. Sunrises are not good diogfighters, and with the 2L (even the Rot) it was a bit anemic. Accel was terrible but it could get a decent speed on it. Not good for the sand maps though with the 2L. I lost a ganger in this car trying to dogfight while defending my turtled Motorhome (another "project" car of mine). The Sunrise seemed to be a bullet magnet and it spent a lot of time in the shop. Glad it is Renowned and retired as it was always touch and go. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Dec 18, 2010, 10:42 pm |
All Hail a milestone in Renowned vehicles. HTI announces the 50th Renowned HTI vehicle, the Royal Eaton Constitution. This vehicle made the run from Texan to start its life, dropping paint like a sissy all the way to SS. From there is was outfitted with a MMG/GG combo and given to HTIs newest scout Abdul "Stumpy Troll" Zito who used it to moderate success. The armor is thin and the enemy always seemed to wiling to fill it full of holes. At first it was A armored which made it extremely quick with a 3.2 V8, but very bouncy when shooting. Later it was outfitted with B armor, which did little to damped the Eaton hop. It was always a struggle to keep it pointed at the enemy and it got hammered a few times as it comes through to Renowned at 97% Chassis and 3% perma. Fun car for sure, not terribly effective. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Dec 21, 2010, 1:01 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Moose "Cheshire". This car has been used in camp its entire career, with a PG and MMG rear mounted. It has been a great support car. It's got the slaver shark mouth skin. Not a bad vehicle for the scout to ride in, and a guy to train ballistics. | ||||||||
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Dec 21, 2010, 3:26 pm |
You play FAR too much lol
blimey that is some tally of nicked vehicles congrats dude |
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JS Posted Dec 21, 2010, 5:06 pm |
There is no doubt that I play too much. |
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kometen Posted Dec 21, 2010, 6:20 pm |
I have a legendary dustup. Sandstorm, vehicle ID 105858. | ||||||||
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Flaming savage Posted Dec 21, 2010, 6:37 pm |
I just got my first famous car after almost 4 years of playing. 
I have a renowned bv though...that actually fights. |
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JS Posted Dec 29, 2010, 9:34 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Motorhome "Congress". This thing was a menace to every ganger I put in it. I turtled it at least ten times. It got a ganger killed when I tried to defend it while turtled. Initially used a 5L, but that got busted up, so went to a 4L after that. Put two PGs inteh back, and 2 GGs in teh front. It carried reloads and all the loot I could ever want. I used it only in SS. | ||||||||
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d0dger Posted Dec 29, 2010, 9:59 pm |
So when you've got one of every chassis available to you at renowned, do you start back through for the Famous ratings? | ||||||||
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Jose Bagg Posted Dec 29, 2010, 11:10 pm |
This is a great place to ask. What exactly leads to being reknown. Is it just scouts, or do travels and pro events count too? | ||||||||
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JS Posted Dec 29, 2010, 11:14 pm |
lol, I don't know, maybe. I thought the renowned thing would be enough of a challenge. I'm into the oddball cahssis now, and I'm taking losses at times, which is cool. If I stuck to Apaches and Buzzers, doubt I would lose much. but extracting the MH form ambushes and bad situations has been exciting. |
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Jeelz Posted Dec 31, 2010, 8:44 am |
I am just guessing, but I think vehicle fame is a bit like courage for your gangers in that you get it by being in danger. Travels would count but only if you had encounters. My best guesstimate is that it takes about 50 encounters. |
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JS Posted Jan 2, 2011, 9:38 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Chomper "Hoax". I started this game with several Chompers, got tired of my Windy's getting hammered in big scouts, so wanted some tougher armor. Armor was tough, but keeping them upright proved tougher, and I was running a HMG/GG combo, that thing bounced. When I got my first Apache I sold the Chompers, and never looked back, till now. Taking those lessons to heart, I armed my project Chomp with 2xMMG. This reduced recoil to acceptable levels, and let me cross in Gunnery. It's one of the Clown Fish skins and spent it's entire career in SS. It even had room for 2 reloads and a LRR on the side. Not a bad vehicle actually, and I recommed the build to new guys who want SUV armor at a Moose price. Beware, it can line decently, but it's not an Apache. | ||||||||
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Joel Autobaun Posted Jan 2, 2011, 9:51 pm |
Fighting high fame gangs, yes town events (pro) count too. The best event is the arena. |
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JS Posted Jan 5, 2011, 2:28 am |
All Hail the Renowned Turin "Dauntless". This car represents the investment of somewhere around 50 mil, counting camp purchase, build up, sponsorship (and repair after Joels attack). The Turin is an awesome car. This one has 2 Lasers, a 5L V12 and A armor. It achieved Renowned status through scouting, not in SS, but initially in Gateway and lately in Badlands where it is the scout vehicle for the Hitmen's B Team. Turins are blazing fast, corner like they are on rails and can take a decent amount of punishment. Basically a super Osprey, though the terrain clearance is slightly less, they are faster and handle better.
Additionally, this is the halfway mark for the quest to have a renowned car from each chassis. 28 and counting. |
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Snidely Carmichael Posted Jan 5, 2011, 3:17 am |
Quick, Sam, put in some new chassis! 
Kidding, kidding. Nicely done, JS. |
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*Dark Tempest* Posted Jan 13, 2011, 4:32 am |
All Hail the first renowned Marley in Evan! Ullr, named after the Norse snow god. Ullr started it's career in SS with a side mounted MG, orbiting battles and generally showing off to new guys what use a small fast car with limited firepower can be. The Legions star capped scout of the time drove the Marley all the way to her deathracer spec before leaving for greener pastures. Ullr was then left alone for months real time until I needed a way to cross train handguns. I then put a Heavy Rocket and a Mini Rocket Pod on the front of it for emergencies, and used it to take my paint rifling peds to the top of large hills. I has gotten my gang more points in handguns than any other vehicle in our history. | ||||||||
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Jan 13, 2011, 6:55 am |
All hail the first ever (To my knowledge) Legendary subcompact, The Legendary Venom!
This little sonic has been with me as long as I can remember ever since I saw it' perty little skin one scout. It has since been repainted but lost none of its charm. With a single PG and a single driver, this car makes a great ballistics AND driving trainer. It's also one of the safest cars in evan, because well, nobody thinks a little sonic can be a big threat. |
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JS Posted Jan 13, 2011, 10:28 am |
Well played on both gents. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Jan 16, 2011, 10:27 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Roadrunner "Extemporaneous". This car was loaded out with a 3L Rot, MMG and GG, carried two gangers and 2 MMG/1 GG reload. It spent its whole time in SS, occasionally as a trader chaser but mostly just a supporting/scout carrying muscle car and Gunnery trainer. It was decently fast with the 3L Rot, but nothing impressive. High end speed was good, but accel was a bit anemic for the smallish engine, to be expected. These cars handle somewhat uniquely and have a strange recoil profile. They turn a lot like a Turin, but without the wide stance. Which is to say they mostly turn like they are on rails, but will spin out much faster than a Turin, and when they spin out its impressive. For the recoil, its kinda weird as they seem like one or two tires are glued to the ground while the others bounce around. that's not a great description I know, but thats the best I could come up with. The model is pretty cool, but it's a bit on the small side scale wise (put this next to the buccy model and they seem like two different scales completely). Armor is actually pretty tough, only got breached a few times while I learned the handleing. Not a great scout car, but it was interesting. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Jan 22, 2011, 11:59 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Box Van "Boom Box". This one has been done many times I'm sure. But I wanted to share the build as it was one of the most successful SS support cars I've used so far. It had a 3.2 V8, 2 PGs rear, 2 GG front, 2 MD one on each side, and a LR on each side. The light rockets were there to make sure I could get the MDs on the rear/side slot. I carried 4 reloads for each weapon (bit of overkill) and had extra room for loot and 3 gangers. 4 gangers could be used as well which allows firing the PGs and the MDs all at once if its being chased closely while dropping mines. The mines are just good fun, and not really needed, but they discourage chasing too close and can break up incoming formations while the PGs provide cover from fire. The GGs let it add some offensive punch late inteh ball game if needed. This one was alot of fun. | ||||||||
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d0dger Posted Jan 23, 2011, 12:42 am |
Did that really work for you? I've found that on front weapons even when I move the right to the left it's actually still shooting from the right side... |
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JS Posted Jan 23, 2011, 2:02 am |
It worked on the side mounts no problem. I put the LRs in the "up" psotion and the MDs were on the rear/side slot. that helped dtop the mines and not run over them. I could drop mines in pretty heavy turns and not hit them. Braking hard was the only time I tended to hit my own mines, and that happens on pure rear mounts anyway. |
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Triferus Posted Jan 24, 2011, 5:25 am |
I didn't know the game even differentiated between slots on the same side. This is good to know! |
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Crazy AL Posted Feb 1, 2011, 4:32 am |
Hey Sam,
If I have a vehicle getting close to becoming renowned, and then I change the name, does that reset it's fame accruing? |
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Serephe Posted Feb 1, 2011, 5:40 am |
Name changes reduce fame significantly. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Feb 5, 2011, 12:59 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Alpha "Snippet". Terrible car. Horrible. Do not use these things. Slow, can't maneuver, no armor to speak of. Yikes. This car had a PG rear and a LRR. Was somewhat effective before the paint change. After it became somehting of a liability. More CR, and less effective it laid the paint smoke screen to cover for the others. It was fun, and let some of my guys train courage because they were terrified to go to combat in it. Glad I can now park it though. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Feb 6, 2011, 11:19 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Pickup Screech. These are decent cars for scouting. Not great but decent especially if you are on a budget. This one had a RL and a MMG. It can carry more wiht all the bulk it has, but the recoil is too much. Dual RL might be even better but I didn't like the 10 round deal as I was traning some newer guys. but as a supprt car with 2xRL I can see this thing being nice. With good gunners of course. I also used it to carry a couple extra reloads of CC/HCR so I could take my apaches out and not worry about reloads. Couple drawbacks. Only two gangers. Maneuverable, but can be knocked about (as you have seen when you have hit the NPC varieties), and its slowish. I had a 2L Rot in it at first, not bad, but this guy tended to get beat up and I had it damaged early on, so I went back to the standard 2L. I had several gangers injured in this thing, so be ready for some pain with a PU. | ||||||||
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*Bastille* Posted Feb 6, 2011, 11:39 pm |
Twin CRs ain't too bad, vsg in the door for cleanup | ||||||||
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JS Posted Feb 24, 2011, 10:37 pm |
All hail the Renowned Buccaneer "Legend". Not breaking any new ground here. Legend is a B armored Buccy with a MMG and GG. That kept the recoil to acceptable but still noticable levels. Very fast car, even for all that weight and decent maneuverability. Buccy's are good looking models and drive well, but are a bit on the flimsy side. They tend to be a bit expensive for a newer player. My first I bought in FL after one of my early characters got captured and sent to FL slave pits. After getting free I blew nearly every penny I had to buy a buccy and drive home. the guy had an actual 0 in scouting, so I figured it was all or nothing. Somehow, and I still have no idea really, I survived 3 encounters plus a gates. The tires were about done, and so were my nerves, but it was one of the things that hooked me on this game. Legend may be that chassis, I lost track, so I'll just claim it is for the good story... | ||||||||
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 12:05 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Marley "Jibe". Marleys are fun, they are fast an maneuverable, but not very tough. This one had a PG and a MRP. I gave up the reload for the MRP as a reloaded PG is rarely useful in SS. Not that an MRP is a game changer, it did come in handy on occasion. Probably should have front mounted it and used it as a mini flechette type thing. Not a terribly exciting career for jibe, it avoided most bad situations, its maneuverability and speed got it out of most bad spots. I'm sure it's a much better racer than combat car. This one had a 1.6 engine.
This car completes the sub-compact project cars. I have one Renowned of each of that class. |
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*Bastille* Posted Feb 28, 2011, 12:36 pm |
another one! haven't you run outa cars yet 
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 6:16 pm |
Oh man, its getting into the real squirrely ones now. Took my McKenzie out with 2x MGs and a 3L Rot in it. It did ok, but we gave it a Bandit all alone to beat up on. That one will take some care. I don't have a bus or a tanker in the garage so those will take some further efforts. And it seems that the Squad Car may not happen as they don't appear to be "getable". Working on a Symph, a Pike and a Merc now. The Merc is a pretty good car, I used it a ton early on, then never touched one, but they are really stable and decently tough. lol well, haven't run out yet, but I've got 34 of 55 Chassis done so far with some of the more exotic types to go. |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Feb 28, 2011, 6:44 pm |
Renowned Wurzel ? | ||||||||
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The Paranoid Tourist Posted Feb 28, 2011, 7:43 pm |
Not to take away from whatever the rules of your self-imposed challenge are, but you do know that cars can become renowned by staying in town events, right? In other words, you could do nothing but enter pro races with your McKenzie and still gain renowned status with it. |
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 9:21 pm |
Heh, not yet, it has maybe 20 scouts under its belt. |
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 9:23 pm |
Yep, very true. That is another class of renowned vehicle entirely. In fact I'd say it's well moreimpressive than any of my PvE renowned. If you entered enough races to get renowned in a McKenzie, my hats off to ya. Same for a deathrace/rally car. Those are vs humans for the most part and any car that lasts that long is a great achievement. Mine all PvE so far. Edit: I believe there are several people who have town only renowned vehicles out there. |
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Serephe Posted Feb 28, 2011, 9:50 pm |
If you need a tanker we can work something out. I'm out of buses at the moment, apparently they don't make good ram vehicles. | ||||||||
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The Paranoid Tourist Posted Feb 28, 2011, 10:01 pm |
Yeah. I've got a Hotrod that is renowned. I may have taken it out of town for a travel once but I know that it's never fought. It seems like it didn't take all that many matches for it to become renowned, though it has been around since early 2007.... Some of your renowned scouting vehicles are really something else. Well done. |
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 10:05 pm |
Thak you and back at ya on the Hotrod. It's an inspiration, I'm thinking I may try for the Hot Rod in town events. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Feb 28, 2011, 10:07 pm |
BTW, this is not really my thread, I was hopeing others would announce their triumphs and some lessons learned/setups etc abot their cars, even if it's an old lesson there are lots of new people who can benefit. | ||||||||
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iceman Posted Feb 28, 2011, 10:09 pm |
I got a bus in Sars that I can swap for something if you want |
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JS Posted Mar 10, 2011, 3:06 am |
All Hail the Renowned Pike "Parliament". Wow, these are cool cars that suck. Great model, big car, pretty fast, but ick. This one had a 3.2 V8 an HMG and a GG. Pikes bounce, they bounce when you look at them. I had one very early in my playing, used it twice and sold it. So it was left to be one of the last muscle cars I worked to Renowned. I probably would have had better luck with a MMG/GG but I wanted some punch. It's probably a better racer than scout vehicle, and I've seen one used to good effect in a rally as the suspension allows some silly off roading. | ||||||||
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Crazy AL Posted Mar 10, 2011, 5:53 am |
Yes they do bounce suck. |
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Stingray191 Posted Mar 10, 2011, 6:52 am |
Best use I've found for a Pike is an Engine repairer to haul 95-100 bulk to camps.
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JS Posted Mar 10, 2011, 11:26 am |
Good call. Never considered that. |
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JS Posted Apr 1, 2011, 9:28 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Flail Dispute and the Renowned Mercenary Soprano.
First the Flail. I really want to like the Flail more than I do. Great model, cool car from the 80s. Lots of room, strong armor, pretty fast. But wow, does it have issues with recoil and its maneuvering is not so hot for a muscle. Still the bulk makes it attractive. Unfortunately, the recoil makes using all that space interesting. One of teh cool things about the large bulk muscle cars is you can put a 5L or 5LV8 in them and some smaller weapons and they are fast as heck, but their bite is limited. Or you can put in more weapons and 3.2V8, but again, with the Flail, recoil is something you have to constantly manage. I had a HMG/GG and a 3.2 V8, which let me put in 3 gangers and some reloads. Having teh luxury of a dedicated driver in a muscle is interesting, and not really required, but I set it up this way to avoid, you guessed it, recoil problems. I also messed around a bit wiht a dual RL set up, limited reloads was an issue, but recoil was minimal. Not a bad set up, but it had trouble puttitng down enemies and often needed help to finish them off after the obligatory initial rocket misses and runnin gout of ammo. For the Merc I went HMG/HMG initially. Good set up, only two gangers and 2 reloads. But this guy hits hard, your basic Freelance. Later I went to a MMG and HMG, more reloads, still hit pretty hard and let me switch to Gunnery training for one of the crew. Change was driven more by trianing needs than any issue with the HMGs. This car is solid and handles recoil really well. Both these set ups are excellent for new players, highly reccomended starter set up. |
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FireFly Posted Apr 1, 2011, 10:20 pm |
JS, The best setup for a "Heavy" combat muscle such as a flail or osprey if you are going for power but with some ammo and cotrol, the best weapon setup would be something like a HMG/RL combo.
The recoil from one HMG isn't all that bad, and the RL gives you extra punching power, you let the driver fire the HMG and you'll never be completely out of ammo. If you dont use a dedicated driver, in a flail you'll get an extra clip of both types of ammo in there. Oh, also, you play to much, keep going
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JS Posted Apr 1, 2011, 10:28 pm |
Yup, good set up, but don't like the RL for training. Also don't like it for low skill gangers which what I use in most of these project cars. | ||||||||
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FireFly Posted Apr 1, 2011, 10:33 pm |
Hehe, you should try CC/MML then 
(Yes, I know, that's even worse for training) |
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JS Posted Apr 9, 2011, 4:44 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Stormer "Pedantic". I'm really warming up to the Stormer, both it and the Moray are great choices for something between the Phoe and Osp. The Stormer is fast, takes a hit ok, and does not hop too much from recoil. It has a similar handling and hop to the Pike, but not as bad, which is nice. Pedantic is a vehicle I have had for a long time, I think it is my first Stormer, and I have used it fro many travels all over Even. When it was time to work a Stormer to Renowned I armed it up and gave it a custom skin. It had a 3.2V8 a MMG and a GG. They are pretty good chasers, but not great "dog fighters". And the model is cool, even if the skin is a mess. | ||||||||
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*Rev. V* Posted Apr 9, 2011, 5:18 pm |
"I'm really warming up to the Stormer, both it and the Moray are great choices for something between the Phoe and Osp."
I actually like Morays more than Ospreys... |
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FireFly Posted Apr 9, 2011, 5:20 pm |
You know, I dont know anyone who really likes how the osprey handles...
But it doesn't matter when you can arm it like a landrunner, the car that feels better will also be toast
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Crazy AL Posted Apr 9, 2011, 6:17 pm |
You can add me to the list of those who don't as well. And it really isn't exceptionally fast with a smaller V8 either. |
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Lord Foul Posted Apr 9, 2011, 8:59 pm |
I think they have good handling, drift quite well in turns and recover quickly like the moray. Their main issue is that they don't handle bumps well. I have used them for all my travels over the past 2 years since they were introduced and have not lost one yet. I also think they are a good suport car for scouts and can fit mulitple roles in a scout, from a fighter, chaser, escort etc... |
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JS Posted Apr 22, 2011, 12:13 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Voyager "Incognito". Great cars Voyagers. I have heard people talk about them for a year, but never really tried them. this one had a V8, and 2 MMGs. Handled the recoil very well, but ony room for 2 gangers and 2 reloads with the V8. Still, it was decent line fighter, chased well, was maeuverable and stable. Nice choice for lots of roles. This things can climb, they are like spiders. | ||||||||
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Kornkob The Dude Posted Apr 22, 2011, 12:29 pm |
I jsut realized that sometime in the recent past "Burning Spew"
(Vehicle ID: 222035) became Renowned for it's daring escapades of scattering bits of broken metal and leaking burning oil about. The 3rd in a series of Renowned dropper apache's Spew is going to get a well deserved rest for a while as I bring another SUV up. |
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JS Posted Apr 22, 2011, 12:31 pm |
Nice one, always good to see that a unique build gets used a lot and is a success. Gues we don't all use CC armed Buzzers eh? Odd, I thought that was what we all used... | ||||||||
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Kornkob The Dude Posted Apr 22, 2011, 12:40 pm |
I'm not a good example ---the 'real Vets' seem to consider me anti-PvP and besides, I only scout in groups and in SS so there's that. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Apr 25, 2011, 2:02 am |
All Hail the Renowned Dustup Inquiry. These are a bit disappointing. They should have more bulk. Even with a tiny engine they cannot carry even two people and a weapon. Never mind 2 weapons and 2 people. This one has a PG in back and was used as a Ballistics trainer. They are fairly slow, can climb like crazy and have a white ghost, and thats about all that can be said about them. | ||||||||
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FireFly Posted Apr 25, 2011, 2:05 am |
The Dustup... Sucks slightly less than the Buggy! | ||||||||
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Crazy AL Posted Apr 25, 2011, 6:57 am |
Wrong, way better than a buggy. Top speed, handling, available bulk all better and armor totals and strength, WAY better. |
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JS Posted May 6, 2011, 6:47 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Symphony "Snicker". This car had 2 MMG and a 2L. I had a 2L Rot at first and a HMG/GG, but the recoil was too much and the car tended to get breached on occasion. I threw in a cheap 2L and 2xMMG and the recoil issues got way better. Interestingly the breaches stopped too. Most were likely caused by the recoil management and having guns go off line because of arcs. This paint job is something I threw together when I got sick of looking at the plain jane skin. Of course, it went renowned on the scout after I painted it! Now it just looks pretty in the garage. These cars are cheap, but they have the turn radius of a train. |
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FireFly Posted May 6, 2011, 8:04 pm |
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Crazy AL Posted May 9, 2011, 9:54 pm |
I disagree to the "everything else" portion. I would take a Dustup before nearly any sub-compact or compact car and maybe some sedans. I would be interesting to get a usage/viability ranking of all of the chassis from the player base. How could we do that in the forums? Would we need another website to collate the data? |
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JS Posted May 30, 2011, 4:14 pm |
All Hail the (first ever?) Renowned Wurzel "Pastoralist". Wow, these things are silly. Tough as nails, weird driving and wacky spawns make the Wurz a challenge. Many of this vehicles scouts were with a McKenzie in a duo squad called "Beauty and the Beast". The McKenzie is not quite Renowned but trying to keep a McKenzie alive in a scout with a Wurz as its wingman is not easy. This vehicle had a 3.2 V8, a CC and GG, ennough room left for 2 gangers and 2 reloads for each weapon. Pretty good CC platform, fairly solid, unless it got hit a few times and then it did the dance. That could get hairy. Terrible dog fighter, if anything needed to be chased or it had to turn things got dicey. Certainly was interesting though... | ||||||||
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Lord Foul Posted Jun 5, 2011, 7:53 am |
All hail, the Renowned Demon Cougar.
My first racing chassis to finally get a name after all these years of pro racing. I do have a Legendary Turin and Osprey, but only through scouting. Also have more Legendary Flails than I know what to do with. |
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*Bastille* Posted Jun 5, 2011, 7:58 am |
great effort man, heapsa cool
If anyone deserves a renowned racing chassis.... |
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*SirLatte* Posted Jun 5, 2011, 12:31 pm |
It would be Lattes Legendary McKenzie:P Grats Foul.. Bast is spot... Your track skill itself is "legendary" |
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JS Posted Jun 5, 2011, 1:07 pm |
Nice one LF | ||||||||
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*Bastille* Posted Jun 5, 2011, 2:12 pm |
hehe and nothin' away from you either dude two legends of the track
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Jun 5, 2011, 3:25 pm |
fixed that |
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*Bastille* Posted Jun 5, 2011, 10:19 pm |
*giggles* | ||||||||
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*Rev. V* Posted Jun 5, 2011, 11:23 pm |
All Hail the buzzer "FREEDOM!"... This amazing SS Red hunting machine of awesomeness, object of terror in commie eyes, and defender of all that is good and righteous, is Renowned....
(And contributed quite heavily to my listing on the Evan Reds gang page as an "enemy gang".... )
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JS Posted Jun 9, 2011, 11:19 am |
All Hail the Renowned combat McKenzie "Erudite". This one was scary. Thin armor, and not much of it. Fast but can't really turn at all. Had a 3.2 V8 and 2x MG with 2 reloads. not very reliable in a fight. I used it to flank, very carefully, which was limited by it's horrible turning, especially in sand. Was often a liability as it could not really take on many vehicles by itself. Essentially it did not carry its weight in CR and usually needed some kind of help finishing its target, or was relegated to helping another vehicle with its target. On several occasions it required saving, changing the tactical/strategic flow of a scout simply to avoid the 5 mil loss of a very rare car. But wwe made it, 3% perma chassis and all.
Most of its scouts were paired with my Renowned Wurzel. Those were interesting scouts for sure. |
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*Bastille* Posted Jun 9, 2011, 11:59 am |
Can't say I've heard of it
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JS Posted Jun 12, 2011, 8:11 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Spirit "Earnest". Not a bad car really for those on a budget. Armor is ok, decent room and pretty stables. Bad things, slow, slow, slow. Mine had a 2L rot and 2x MMG, 3 gangers and 6 reloads. You can see that it had room for larger wepaons and reloads. I was just needing gunnery at the time. I did not try it with a HMG, so not sure how the recoil is. however, with the MMGs it was quite stable. This one was the last Sedan in my quest to get a renowned in each cahssis (except the Police Cruiser). | ||||||||
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Stucky Posted Jun 20, 2011, 3:57 am |
All hail my first titled vehicle, the Renowned BPU "Triphammer". It's had 2 ATGs since the start and A armor til last week when I switched to C. Not sure if it's worth it. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Jun 20, 2011, 10:54 am |
Nice one Stucky! |
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Juris Posted Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 pm |
Hail the Renowned Sonic "Pocket Rocket". It was my first dedicated deathracer, that also proved just as capable as a racer with the MMG removed. Ridiculously good handling and pretty quick with a 1.6L and stripped-down A armor. The MMG gives it decent firepower as well. It does get scary over 100 mph.
Despite the roll cage suffered 3% perma after a few bad collisions on the tracks in GW, so I moved it to EL where it continues to rack up professional race and deathrace victories. Its appearance is very plain since I never imagined it would succeed so well. Anyone have a Sonic skin? 
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JS Posted Jun 26, 2011, 11:26 am |
All Hail the Renowned Tanker "Bloviate". This was one of the more interesting vehicles I have played. I got the idea from Sere who ran a ram Tanker. Mine has a Re-Ram front, Rocket Booster and HFOJ rear, an 8L and a roll cage. The HFOJ was great for messing up pursuit of my squad, the RB helped get the Tanker up to speed if it had to turn, and the Re-Ram was deadly against nearly anything. Ramming is a bit of an art, and it took a while to get decent at it. I had well more misses than hits early on. but a Tankers armor is pretty good, which was important as it took a lot of damage. Not to mention that the design was rough on rams, and engines. The roll cage is critical in a ram car imo. Lots of fun with this one, which got even better when the driver got Offensive Driver. H's a 100 capped PSI with the vehicle shield ability, also interesting in a ram tanker, as well as the occasional time he knocked himself out in teh middle of a ram! | ||||||||
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Serephe Posted Jun 26, 2011, 11:36 am |
Nice to hear it's still kicking, JS, and I'm glad it remained as a ram vehicle. 
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JS Posted Jul 28, 2011, 7:20 pm |
All hail the Renowned Bullet "Intimidator". 2x GG, V8 and 2 gangers with 3 reloads. Terrrible maneuver, but very fast, light armor. Put my scout in it and my Gunnery trainees. It was serviceable, but really needs a big oval racetrack for it to shine I suppose. | ||||||||
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*Bastille* Posted Jul 29, 2011, 12:12 am |
Not another one
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JS Posted Jul 29, 2011, 12:28 am |
Darn right another one, about 7 to go. |
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JS Posted Jul 31, 2011, 9:39 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Hotrod Onamonapia (Vroom!). Not nearly as cool as doing it onteh race track, but this car had a PG, MRP and a V8. Reasonalbe support vehicle and Ballistics trainer despite Paint being less than it was. Quite fast with a V8 in it. With a smaller engine is might be able to carry a couple GGs or MGs. Sadly no data on recoil though with the way it handles it's probable decent. Might have to test that a bit actually. Cool model, fun car, great for racing, limited for scouting.
This brings me to 47 of the Chassis at Renowned and leaves 7 to go. 8 if you count the Squad Car, but I'm not going to consider that as there has only ever been one that I am aware of and it seems to have passed into legend. |
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d0dger Posted Aug 2, 2011, 6:24 pm |
Out of curiosity which 7 are left? | ||||||||
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*sam* Posted Aug 2, 2011, 6:35 pm |
Woah let me know when you're done and I'll make you a badge! | ||||||||
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JS Posted Aug 6, 2011, 5:41 pm |
Right on! All Hail the Renowned Deville "Academic". Had a 3.2 V8 in this and it still was fast as heck, even weighted down with a GG/MMG and 2 Gangers. Great handling but a bit bouncy wiht the recoil. Armor is ok, but I would not want to slug it out with it. Fun car, and looks great. |
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JS Posted Aug 6, 2011, 5:42 pm |
It's 6 now. Corghette Bus Vampire Cougar Semi Tractor trash truck Squad Car is also there, but I only know of 1 so its not going to count unless I get my hands on one in teh near future. |
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*goat starer* Posted Aug 6, 2011, 6:07 pm |
he can have a badge when they are all legendary... sheesh we will be giving badges out for being toilet trained next 
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 6, 2011, 6:11 pm |
somebody give that man a squad car .... | ||||||||
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JS Posted Aug 6, 2011, 6:14 pm |
right on! I'll let ya know when I am! |
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FireFly Posted Aug 6, 2011, 7:55 pm |
Heck, I bet saying you'll trade 3 fire engines for one wouldn't work
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JS Posted Aug 6, 2011, 7:59 pm |
I don't think you could trade 10 for one. Unless someone is sitting on one somewhere. |
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*Tango* Posted Aug 6, 2011, 8:08 pm |
They don't actually exist, it's just a long running gag to screw over the completionist types. |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 6, 2011, 10:28 pm |
Oh they do, ninesticks had one ' mummy mobile' THOUGH THAT WAS NOT CAUGHT IN THE WILDS, DONT THINK ANYONE HAS GOT ANY THAT WAY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS | ||||||||
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FireFly Posted Aug 6, 2011, 10:38 pm |
And that is a bit... silly...
For crying out loud, it's just a souped up sedan, why cant we have it... *Cry* |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 6, 2011, 10:47 pm |
if the lasers were taken off, then maybe | ||||||||
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 6, 2011, 10:48 pm |
sould spawn at least the same as a FT or even more frequently | ||||||||
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FireFly Posted Aug 6, 2011, 11:06 pm |
TAKE OF THE LASERS!!!
DO IT!!! LET ME LOOT IT!!! ARRRRRGH! /rage moment |
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Serephe Posted Aug 7, 2011, 1:02 am |
Make it camp producable with 215mr.
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JS Posted Aug 7, 2011, 10:20 am |
I actually wondered if it was hidden up at that kind of MR. We got our camp to about 210, but no squad car, it might still be higher, dunno. |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 7, 2011, 10:37 am |
Should not be rarer than a FT or even buzzer | ||||||||
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*Bastille* Posted Aug 7, 2011, 11:00 am |
yes it should. its good to have really rare stuff of legend, soon otherwise we would have no vehicle to talk about in threads like this oe because they would already be common enough. Once you get the ability to solo for buzzers, they can pop up every second scout. You may get 3 in one scout, thats too often IMO. FT rare maybe. But then look at you big wigs with 10 FTs like ThunderFly, thats too common for stuffs of legends too. windsors, runners, and rods would be nice in the wild.
 stuff made in camps breaks 50x quicker due to Bastpestinol and the subsequent reaction Bastupidation making things a figment of the imagination
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FireFly Posted Aug 7, 2011, 1:38 pm |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Aug 7, 2011, 1:54 pm |
There is rare then there is unobtainable, lets at least have a chance of the Squad car spawning | ||||||||
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Serephe Posted Aug 7, 2011, 2:30 pm |
Squadcars should share the same stats as a windsor II.
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FireFly Posted Aug 7, 2011, 2:48 pm |
So it's a muscle that looks like a sedan... I dont care about performance really, I just want to make a police interceptor squad
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JS Posted Aug 7, 2011, 3:01 pm |
Concur. |
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*Longo* Posted Aug 8, 2011, 12:22 am |
Had mine up around 250 way back when if I recall. Cant make them, or McFly |
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*Bastille* Posted Aug 8, 2011, 2:37 am |
they're the same size
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JS Posted Aug 11, 2011, 10:33 am |
All Hail the Renowned Trash Truck "Rubbish" (Name is not clever I know, but neither is the vehicle!). Might be the first TT to Renowned, they seem to have expoded a lot. This thing was used a couple times hunting traders in GW a long time ago, twin TGs on it. Great for that job, lots of cargo space. Brought it down to SS to finish up the project on it. Put 2 HFOJ on the back just for kicks and dropped a 7LV12 in it to see what that did for it. Tango asked me about how it worked the other day. I told him that the 7LV12 made it go from 0-30 very quickly, aaannnd, then its a Trash Truck again. These are slow, and they turn on a dime, the size of New Jersey. It's being charitable to say the armor is about Apache toughness, some of that may be because they are so big and slow they get hit a lot. It was a fun one, brought lots of loot home. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Aug 22, 2011, 5:24 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Semi-Tractor (that's right, Semi-Tractor) "Blunt". This silly thing had 2 CGLs for Balls training, and a 3L Rot so I could carry two reloads. Suprisngly good trader harassser at leat until they out ran it, but it could put some stress on them. I tried to go with direct fore weapons, but it just took it to the face so much it was best to have it further back. as it was, it had a tendancy to catch any errant rockets which missed the first row in the face.
Glad to get that one over with. Now for the Bus! |
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JS Posted Aug 27, 2011, 12:21 am |
All hail the Renowned Corghette "Stingspray". These are fun cars. Kind of a mix between muscle and the super cars (Deville/Cougar etc). It's not exctly either though, like most compromises it doesnt live up to eithers strengths. Pretty fast, and good handling (Cornering) like the supers, good slow speed maneuver like most of the muscle, but not much room for weapons. Mine had a 3.2 V8, MMG and GG, with 1 MMG reload and 2 ganger. I, had a 3.2 in it at first, but V8 just gave it more pop. Decent armor. Great car for chasing and putting your scout in it. | ||||||||
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FireFly Posted Aug 27, 2011, 12:37 am |
The Renowned "Horizon" Vehicle ID: 225611 Used to be the spearhead of the sarsfield trade-slaughter squad, got it renowned way back last year
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JS Posted Aug 27, 2011, 12:38 am |
There ya have it. |
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FireFly Posted Aug 27, 2011, 12:41 am |
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*JeeTeeOh* Posted Aug 29, 2011, 2:17 am |
All hail the renowned Sonic, 'El Toro Malo'. As our primary compact deathracer, this car has chewed up more than its share of the opposition: Flashes, Marleys, Pickups, whatever, it's not real picky. The car has gone through numerous configurations; presently it's rolling with twin machineguns and a 1.6 liter engine. That's forty rounds of .50 caliber ammunition for the ganger lucky enough to climb into this little war machine. Great handling, tough as a compact can get and still sporting a perfectly straight chassis, this car earns its 'Bad Bull' nickname every time it gets out on the track.
It's also our first renowned anything. YEE HAW! |
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JS Posted Aug 29, 2011, 2:30 am |
That's way impressive for a Deathracer, and a Sonic no less. Congrats and well done. |
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JS Posted Sep 14, 2011, 9:28 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Bus Bureaucracy. Nothing very exciting here. 7L, 2xCGLs 6 reloads, two guys and several kegs for the party. This thing drives like, well, a bus. You can certainly put a lot of guys in it, and get them killed (right Jeelz?!) | ||||||||
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Sep 14, 2011, 9:36 pm |
...I just got one my buzzers renowned?
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JS Posted Sep 14, 2011, 9:48 pm |
Right on Rez, nice one, now rename it so you can get better courage training, heh. |
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d0dger Posted Sep 14, 2011, 11:31 pm |
yup |
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Sep 15, 2011, 6:42 am |
Real men don't need courage training
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*Bastille* Posted Sep 15, 2011, 8:30 am |
courage training is.. hmmm
Maybe Im just a little confused. I always have a courage under fire guy and a combat psyc, and renowned vehcs, and have never had a courage spec even though I often fight the whole battle red. I need to do taxi missions to gain courage. :/ |
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JS Posted Sep 15, 2011, 9:43 am |
No Bast, you are doing the prudent thing. I do much the same. My guys are some of the lowest courage/high skill guys in the game. It's a bit counter intuitive. but if you do what you are saying your cars are well fortified vs demo, but on the other hand they have a harder time gaining courage. |
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*Bastille* Posted Sep 15, 2011, 9:58 am |
I must admit, Ive not had one of my main squad demo for a long time. I guess I just want the courage spec so I can say, there, done it
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JS Posted Sep 15, 2011, 10:32 am |
One way to do it is put a small car, a sedan or muscle with paint, or a dropped, or a small support weapon, in with your heavy hitters. They get good training. |
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Sep 15, 2011, 3:44 pm |
Scout with me, you'll have courage specs in no time
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JS Posted Sep 15, 2011, 3:56 pm |
Rez, Rez, Rez, the dead have 100% courage all the time... |
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Sep 15, 2011, 4:01 pm |
*Witty retort goes here*
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JS Posted Sep 17, 2011, 2:47 am |
All Hail the Renowned Cougar Cerebral. These are not bad scouting vehicles actually. Pretty good bulk, a 3.2V8 works well, had a MMg/GG combo and some reloads with 2 gangers. Recoil was not a huge problem either. One of the better supercar scouters. | ||||||||
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JS Posted Sep 21, 2011, 4:49 pm |
All Hail the Renowned Vampire Noisome. Fast with a V8, but bumpy when firing the 2xGG. Hard to control while driving form the recoil. Can't take much punishment. not a great scouting car that is for sure, though I've seen them used as single weapon interceptors to good effect. This is the last of my project cars, I no whave a Renowned in all Chassis, except the Squad Car. | ||||||||
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*Bastille* Posted Sep 22, 2011, 3:09 am |
was there not.... never mind |
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*JeeTeeOh* Posted Sep 27, 2011, 3:12 am |
Seems a good thread to get some clarification on this:
When a vehicle is renowned, etc., I know that renaming it will mess with its status somewhat. But what about new paint? I want to upgrade the look of my one renowned car but don't want to bounce right back to zero renowned, ya know? Thanks in advance. |
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Crazy AL Posted Sep 27, 2011, 3:56 am |
Should be no problem. |
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Oct 8, 2011, 8:58 pm |
All hail the legendary Whaaaambulance!
It's only my second legendary vehicle and if you've ever scouted with me in SS you'll know why, this thing comes with me whenever I scout. It doesn't leave much to take home, but when you're busy blasting things up with a TG you don't pay attention to the details. |
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*JeeTeeOh* Posted Oct 8, 2011, 11:17 pm |
Heh. Love the Whaaambulance. Congrats! | ||||||||
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JS Posted Oct 9, 2011, 1:05 am |
Nice one Rez. |