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Base-Pixar
Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:08 pm
#1
Right this missionis dusgustingly hard i have even tried it in groups it lasts well voer a hour and a half and thsts just for the first 2 parts. i get squadron afte rsquadron spawning of ywings and x wings tier 3. tehn i have to capture a rebel transport which has a bwing and loads of a waings at one point i had over 15 spawn on me. and the a wings are so fast its hard to shoot em. Also there seems to be a problem with rashes and when u crash in a dog fights tis not good i often log back in as quick as possible to find my sheild and armour gone and i am floating in sapce with no engines. there is a part wehre i have to investigate but i get blown up before i could even get to the mission waypoint. From what i found on the forums inquister squad is better to join but this would put me back to 0 0 0 0 in skills when i am 2 2 2 2.
what i need to know is will thedevs fix this soon and what date approx. if not i will need to join a different squad as i failed this mission a massive eight times and never failed the other missions at all once.
please answer this
thanks
Tarrif
Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:30 pm
#2
You need four or five good friends to help you on the mission for tier 3
Jaqknife
Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:37 pm
#3
STORM SQUADRON MISSIONS
I think you are missing the point totally here. STORM SQUADRON teir 3 mission (when you are imp pilot 2 2 2 2) that you get to escort a engineering ship in endor is pure BS. It is a 5 part mission on the first part where you were sent to escort the ship I counted at least 7 waves of 6 ships each all tier 3 x-wings y-wings and z-95's. Ok so this mission aint too bad all by itself.It takes about 20-30 minutes to complete the first part. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
After that part is complete and it even says the mission was a success, you get a distress signal saying that another shuttle has been taken by the rebels and you must go disable it. HAPPY JOY! This shuttle is protected by a-wings and b-wings. I can disable it all fine and dandy but it sent 3 waves of 6 fighters each mostly a-wings all tier 3 (thaqt was as far as I got b4 I died). And this is just part 2 of a 5 part mission?!?!?!?! All the freaking captain asks you to do is escort the original shuttle but all this other crap has to be done to pass the whole freaking thing and if you die you gota start all over again.
Now I know some of you gonna say oh its easy I did it solo yada yada, and others will say well you gota group. Well WHO CARES! The fact is this; with all the damn ships flying around my connection gets a bit lagged and even tho I am nailing the damn a-wings there is no damage being taken off and the only way to fix this real fast is by doing a SHIFT ESC and reconnecting real fast. I have a cable modem with 5MB DL and 1MB UL. I just upgraded my graphics card as well so all you that think its that; it's not. I have read posts on this about people trying for 10 hours straight and failing and people who get groups of 7 or more and STILL FAIL!
They (the devs) should either
- let the missions save after each completed part
- OR get rid of the freaking lag by making the game run smoother or whatever.
Now b4 some troll on here posts that the fact the devs don't care or don't post changes on here etc. The are full of it. Seems someone just recently petitioned for the TIE interceptor to have the mass increased to 50k and it seems that they've done it. We can only hope they will do something about this mission as well.
Lorelai_Seabreeze
Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:01 pm
#4
5 attempts so far and still no luck.
It wouldnt be so bad if this mission came after we got the tie bomber.
It wouldnt be so bad if this mission came after we got the tie bomber.
Mordegar
Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:21 pm
#5
My first Tier 4 Mission was easier than my First Tier 3 in Storm Squad. Well, if you call 2 Tier 4 Novas with Tier 4 Escorts easy....
Try the Mission with 2 Buddys in an Interceptor or Tie Bomber, itll be much more easier.
But dont do this with only one Teammate because after the prelast Step, where you had to cover the damaged Freighter, Tier 4 Khiraxian Fighters in a Random Spawnzone will appear and attack.
Try the Mission with 2 Buddys in an Interceptor or Tie Bomber, itll be much more easier.
But dont do this with only one Teammate because after the prelast Step, where you had to cover the damaged Freighter, Tier 4 Khiraxian Fighters in a Random Spawnzone will appear and attack.
Cuality
Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:31 pm
#6
are you people trying to solo these missions? get a friend or a group of friends... it is a heck of a lot easier and you die less. We had a group of 5 breeze through this.
Fosterkenobi
Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:06 am
#7
I failed the mission 6 times ina row got pretty annoyed but wouldnt let it beat me.
The KEY to completing this mission in my honest opinion is GROUPING if youare trying to solo at 2222 forgot about it.
If you are going with a group of 2222 players you need at least 8 to complete the mission.
Or try and find some players who are 3322 and above, YES there are loads 
The thing that pisses me off with it, I have helped several players now from differnt squadrosn do there tier 3 mission 1 and I have to say these are 10 times easier than the mission for black squadron I do not understand why they made storm squadron so out of balance for the first mission.
Message Edited by Fosterkenobi on 11-01-2004 11:17 PM
Minic
Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:41 am
#8
i;m not going to comment on the soloability of hte tier 3 series of missions but i just think that they should make it so after each segment in the series the progress is actually SAVED.
(and yes i've been soloing the teir 3 missions in my teir 1 fighter for a while now; all succeessful till the 4th mish when i'm outta chaff...)
please make mission progress save...
ReinerdOne
Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:53 am
#9
Well i've done to part2 by myself... can't get to the third transport because there is 5 tier 4 pirates camping it out
but i agree that this mission is virtually unsoloable... and takes waaaay too long to do
and those a wings are so small they're extremely hard to hit
Hillslayer
Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:00 am
#10
Erm... it's not to increase the mass to 50k, it's to increase it ABOVE 50k I beleive.
Base-Pixar
Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:23 am
#11
ah hell. i tried this mission with 5 people but got blown at end of part 2. lol looks like its back to inquisiter
ReconSOC
Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:02 am
#12
I did this with one other person, and I almost did it solo. It is not that hard, just long. Between missions, go to the space staion and repair if you need to. When the last freighter leaves you need to do an in-sector hyper or you will die. If I had done this when I was solo, I would have been able to deliver the plans, but instead I tried to run away/fight 7 ships at once. Just evade and hyper out and you're fine. The next mission is a lot more difficult. the 3rd one is rather easy. Not sure about the 4th yet.
MadaSyne
Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:17 am
#13
I would be horrified if all the missions were as difficult as this one, but the fact is that they aren't. It's a wonderful mission and a great attempt on the DEVs part to force players to play together and develop a stronger sense of community in them game. I'm personally sick of MMORPGs becoming games were the only contact a player has with another player is when he/she needs supplies. It is absurd for a single person to be able to run around killing everything in his/her path without a little help from someone. Personally I'm happy to see the DEVs take this risk.
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