I certainely agree with you on all those points.
In my <rare, almost non-existant> more honest moments I'm sure I'd admit that any of the "elite" Klingon pilots would be able to kill me with a D7L vs a C7
-Although I'm also certain it packs enough power that even I'd do quite a bit of damage to it.
My main point was that Age (who as far as I still know has never fought a PvP) thinks highly of the D7L.
Unfortuantely the impression that I get from him anyway, is that he thinks "If (Nemesis) likes the D7L it must be the best"
I will admit I dislike his posting style, and some of his unfounded claims have annoyed the crap out of me.
All that being said I'm more than willing to give him a chance to <someday> actually get on the D2 and play.
As far as I'm concerned my comments stand.
The D7W is a marginally superior ship (I like it- just can't fly it)
the FD7K will beat it in *most* battles of equal pilot skill, due simply to the increased power .
The FDW's and DWL's will cut it to pieces given two pilots of even remotely similar piloting skills, due to superior Phaser1 suites, powercurves etc.
The D5L might have a *slight* uphill battle, but I'd still give it the edge sue to the powercurve and better shields/ phaser suites and dizzy arcs.
And really in most any battle against a C7 , the D7L's victory would depend more on the C7 pilot screwing up than on the D7's pilot being better.
(No I'm not volunteering to fly the C7 for a GSA test
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I do respect the fact that you prefer a "lesser" ship to fly,.
I guess I'm a little more cheesy myself. Favourite ship's the CWLP, Actually enjoyed (much to my surprise) flying the NCF on GW3,I like the D7 series, just not good or patient enough to win with them.