HardWar - Moths

MOTHS

HardWar


Prison Oubliette


THE MOTH

General Descriptions
Combat Performance
Silver-Y
Moon Moth
Neo-Tiger
Hawk
Death's Head
Police Moth (L-2000)
Swallow
Engines
Cells
The Fusion Cell
Pods & Drones
Software
Start-up Moths
Upgrading

Getting Death's Heads
& Police Moths




WEAPONS

Cannons
Missiles
Defensive Items
Weapons Combinations

How Your Enemies Are Armed

Getting Specialty Weapons



SURVIVAL

Setting Up The Game

Basic Training
Flyng & Targeting
Evasion & Defense
Dogfighting

EMERGENCIES !!
(the most important page on this site!)


Amnesty 101
Further Reading
Using Tunnels
Advanced Tactics

Titan's Economy
(an overview)


Making Money



LIFE ON TITAN

Interactive Map Of Titan

Detailed Maps Of Titan

Factions
Amnesty
Handling Enforcers
Titan's Economy
Trading Basics

Nar Sluke's
Trading tips


Zaznorf's
Hardlist
(in XLS/Excel format)


Trade Items
Trade Routes
Geography
Scavenging
Advanced Drone Use
Bounty Hunting
PIRACY

Captain Zedo's
Dirty Pirate Tricks


Getting and Using a Hangar

Cloning

General Tips

Cheats



DOWNLOADS

Cheats

Saved Games
for version F2.1


Saved Games
for verson F2.0


Hardwar Wallpapers
(for Windows)


Hardwar Skin
for WinAmp


Rob Hawke's
Hardwar Font


Shrekken's
Hardwar Cursors


Shrekken's
Hardwar Icons


Shrekken's Alien Pix

Hammer's Galleries

Screenshots
(by the ton)


How To Take Screenshots

Moth Skins

Offline Game
Setup Manual


Official Patches

Ouch's Patches
(the Wizard of Greed)


Free Playable Demo



SKINS

How To Skin
a Moth


Silver-Y
Moon Moth
Neo-Tiger
Hawk
Death's Head
Police Moth
Swallow

Redeemer's
Skin Pack


dyar1's
Skin Pack


Viper's Hawk
Pack


Hardwar Skin
for WinAmp


Rob Hawke's
Hardwar Font


Shrekken's
Hardwar Cursors


Shrekken's
Hardwar Icons


Shrekken's Alien Pix

Hammer's Galleries



SITE SERVICES

Walkthrough
Bulletin Board
Chat
Patch News

Polls
(favorite Moth, weaopns, etc.)


Links
Interviews
About Hardwar
Site Updates
Pilot Profiles
E-Mail Me



ONLINE PLAY

Joining an Online Game
Hosting an Online Game
Online Game Setup
Online Problems
Advanced Tactics



OFFLINE CHALLENGES

Xaffax's Challenge
(original)


Venom's Challenge
Ashlocke's Challenge
Nar Sluke's Challenge

Police
Guard 3's
Challenge


Venom's Hangar Turret Challenge

Lancelot's Challenge

Xaffax's Second Challenge

The Hippie Challenge

HARDMAN'S Challenge










INTRODUCTION

Selecting and buying a Moth is the most important thing you will do on Titan. Your Moth determines how well you can fly and fight. The different Moths all have their advantages and disadvantages. Below are two tables that show relative Moth characteristics and costs.


MOTH BASICS

COST TRADE-
IN
VALUE
TOP
SPEED
TURNING
RADIUS
SILVER-Y 20,000 7,5000 312 Medium
MOON
MOTH
25,000+ 10,000 386 Very
Sharp
NEO-
TIGER
30,000 12,500 490 Widest
HAWK 35,000 14,000 416 Sharp
DEATH'S
HEAD
40,000+ 16-
17,000
380 Sharp
POLICE
L-2000
26,000

Thanks dyar1

10,500 454 Sharpest
SWALLOW 49,159 20,000 514 Medium


Most people like the Neo-Tiger and Swallow for their speed. You can get a lot done in a little time with these Moths. The Swallow's so good that it's almost a cheat to use it in the offline game. It's only disadvantage seems to be that you can't fit a laser turret to it. The Neo-Tiger supports a turret, but is frailer and slower than the Swallow. I still like Neo-Tigers.

Scavengers may well do better with a Hawk or a Moon Moth. The Hawk is tougher and more manuverable than the Neo-Tiger and has plenty of speed to run salvaged cargo. The Moon Moth is even more manuverable, but not as tough or as fast as a Hawk.

After buying a hangar and maybe a Cell upgrade, I suggest saving up for a better Moth.




MOTH TRADING

You can't sell Moths directly to the public (-sigh-). The only way to get anything out of a Moth is to trade it in for another at a substantial loss. Check the first table above to see how big those losses are.

The best bet for saving money is to trade only once. This way you trade in your original Silver-Y that you got for free for $7,500. Trade for the Moth you expect to play the bulk of the game with. As you get wealthy, you can start buying Moths at your leisure without a trade-in.

Remember to strip your Moth down before trading it in. Remove everything you possibly can: pods, drone, cannons. Your missiles and software stay with the Moth so remember to budget for immediate upgrades when getting a new Moth. Check out my Software and Weapons pages for prices.






More On Moths

SILVER-Y

MOON
MOTH


NEO-
TIGER


HAWK

DEATH'S
HEAD


POLICE
L-2000


SWALLOW

Get Moth Skins







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