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Heyas All!

Ok, I admit:I havent had a space sim game since TIE, never even played X-Wing Aliances. I did however finish both the original X-Wing and Tie-Fighter. This was when? 10 years ago?

So I start my Rebel training and PUFF! Sure the Tie npcs look a lot thougher than before but they still fall like flies. The only mission I actually felt endagered was when I was up against a flight of 4 or 5 Ties plus got tangled with Hutt Pirates at the same time and even then not a single blast penetrated my shields.

Is this because there is something in the code that prevents starter ships from taking too much damage from the basic tier 1 npcs. I also took down one or two tier 2 ships that I found with ease.

In fact for as long as their first passage doenst actually hit me, they cant hardly come back and shoot me. I fought a Flight commander, 3 Ties with expert pilots I think, and the only good thing they had was the speed to move out of my guns range. Other than that they were sitting ducks!... make that very fast sitting ducks.... or is it flying sitting ducks?

However when I dared to tangle with a real X-wing in a duel all it took was one shot and I was being towed. I believe that pilot must have some serious firepower on that bird, while mine obviously didnt.

So.. Are the Z-95 that good Or the are all the Tier 1 ships that bad?

or is there some handycapt protection code for a new pilot?

Yours Truly

BW

BloodWarrior on Tempest

There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

-- (Terry Pratchett, The Truth)

I would call the starter Z-95 a piece of crap, but not even crap is that bad.

As soon as you finish those first missions the trainer gives you, get 1000 and get a y-wing or go 0100 and get a crafted z-95 with level 2 and 3 equipment.

The startership isn't even comparable to lvl 1 equipment more like 0.5 lvl equipment.

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Tier 1 NPC ships are really bad, wait till you hit tier 4 considering you are a Rebel heh. (Tier 3 for us Imps).