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quackentrumpet wrote:

Hi all.

I have browsed the board and seen references to this, but no real advice. SO...

I have been stuck on the first mission of tier 3 of Storm Squadron for a long time now, and the temptation to start over...AGAIN (I switched from reb to imp a while ago) is quite great.

I escort the transport, re-claim the transport, and disable/dock with the advanced recon fighter without incident. In fact, I upgraded my ship loadout last night and these steps became quite easy...wheras I used to have overlapping waves of fighters, now I can take out each wave with a comfortable amount of time in between.

THEN...I get to the portion of the mission where I have to dock with a freighter to help with repairs, and this is where I fail every time. I get jumped by 5 tier 4 pirates flying Z-95s. Last night I actually lasted long enough to dock with and repair the freighter...unfrtunately, that's when the reb ship waves began, and I just got swarmed.

The problem is that I can't destroy the pirates! I shot one of them for five solid minutes last night, and he never got below 50%. For every point I took off, he would recharge by 2! Before anyone asks, I AM using droid commands...I have 2 ready chips in my FC, so I am using an overcharged capacitor and the capacitor to shield shunt when I need it...this helped me to survive a bit longer than usual, but it just delayed the failure. I have tried using weapon overload, but even with an overcharged capacitor, it really drains my energy, especially if I am converting it to shield power.

If anyone has any tips on how to get rid of these pirates, I would appreciate it...the waves of reb fighters aren't the problem.

THanks.

BTW i am flying a TIE/In...I cannot afford a heavy TIE

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Ok here's the way around the tier 4 pirates.....go AROUND them on the way to the meeting with the freighter.

I did this in the tier 1 TIE light duty so I was very careful not to draw the aggro from them. You don't have to go directly to the WP, just take a short detour around the tier 4's