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So the RSI site is down for the final website migration.  At 11:00AM CST tomorrow the new site will go live with a 24 hour Wingman's Hanger live stream event!



Tune in for new ship deals, game info, and some special surprises!  For now, the RSI chatroll is still up Chatroll

Another question for Wingman!  This week I ask about whether there will be any restrictions on the types of ships that NPC wingmen could fly.  We know there is currently a limit of 2 NPC wingmen and there was some assumption in the forums that these could only be small fighters.

The answer was a resounding 'no'.  There are no such restrictions and if you want to fly a fighter craft and have 2 cargo haulers as your wingmen then good for you.  You could even fly a formation of 3 Constellations or, presumably, Corvettes.   Due to the way they reference the larger ship piloting, I would hesitate to assume higher.

So, what does this mean?  It means that we'll see more flexible game play and some of the discussions mentioned in the Pirate Boxing Theory article could be accomplished without multiboxing at all.  Do you know a route that is really safe?  Fly a formation of 3 tankers!  Have slow reflexes, but still want to do a lot of damage?  How about 3 Retaliators!  This all rides on the strength of the AI so we'll have to see how they balance this, but the combinations can get really fun.