The Epee has to be the worst fighter ever designed. I swear, that deathtrap's armor had to be made out of paper-mache because if you so much as spit on it, it fell apart. I have had more cursing fits flying with spirit in wc2, and that damn mission in so1 right before you go to the gettysburgh. As far as other ships, I really didn't like the rapier in wc1. I'd rather fly a hornet or a raptor. LOL am I the only one who toasted all those jalthi, dralthi and those 3 fralthi cruisers in sm2 with iceman? The hornet is still my favorite ship. Fast, maneuverable, quick shield regen, and a fast and almost unlimited firing rate. And I agree, the Crossbow in so1 was terrible for visibility. In so2 i liked the mornigstar, just for the mace missle. lol there's nothing like toasting 7 ships at once. + I've always liked maniac anyways. Hell, I would lose on purpose in wc1 just so i could fly with maniac in brimstone. In wc3, I hated, and I mean absolutely HATED the Longbow. The thing was a turd with thrusters. Sure, it was good for torping cap-ships, and it had a lot of missles, but it wasn't any fun, I like guns over missles any time I have a choice. My favorite fighter in wc3 would probably have to be the arrow. Loads of fun to fly, autoslide for cap-ships, really fast and maneuverable, I had the most fun flying this ship. In wc3.5, oops i mean wc4 , I loved the banshee, those 4 lasers pack a punch, especially since they never lose the capacitor charge, and the stormfire was just the thing for punching through heavier fighter's shields. I hated the Vindicator, unmaneuverable, underpowered, too lightly armored, just a bad ship all in all. In wcp i liked the vampire the best, simply because it was the best dogfighter I had ever flown. For cannon purists, the vampire, imho, is probably the best fighter ever made. As far as ships I hated, I loathed the shrike. Too slow, and underpowered, and is it just me? or does anyone else have a hard time getting their full gun salvo to actually hit a target? It's always like half, or 1/3 of the salvo. The guns are spaced too far apart, much like the sabre in wc2. in wcpso I liked the panther because of the cloudburst cannon, very fun to dogfight with. neways, just my $.02 worth. Sorry bout the novel I wrote!