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Kenwa
Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:10 pm
#1
by FAR the hardest is SS. then i think smug alliance...hehe im imp, in an imp guild w/ imp ace pilots, and having to do the 2 hr escorts by myself...all the missions (except the vette)
but what is the hardest rebel squadron...and the easiest?
Kenwa
Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:39 pm
#3
ok thx so its:
Imperial- Storm Squadron
Freelance- Smuggler's Alliance
Rebel- Vortex
RedOnedi
Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:07 am
#4
Smugglers' Alliance only has one mission that can be considered really difficult. It's the one escort that has waves of tier 4 Tie Advanced, Aggressors, and Decimators. That one can be a real pain, for sure.
However, as of about a week ago, that mission is bugged, and you only get the first wave or two...then you sit there for the rest of the escort.
I think I might agree with Vortex. I remember a couple of SS'ish missions in there. I say *ish*, because they are not equivalent in difficulty, but closer than most of the rest.
Storm Squadron smokes all, hands down. I honesly would say that SS is more difficult than 99% of the rest of the PvE content in the game...and that includes the duty mission with the Ghrag gunboats from hell. The reason is equipment limitations while doing SS...high difficulty, without having the top-end equipment that you can have at Master for doing the Ghrag missions. Lord Cyysc (sp) would probably rank higher than SS, though, if you're trying to do it solo.
Kenwa
Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:13 pm
#5
well then can say that SS isnt necessarily dificult...it just takes a hell of a long time to do the escorts...
thedarkdude
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:26 pm
#6
imperial inquisition is hard too, the tier four missions are brutal
Coran_Sienar
Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:29 am
#7
If you're looking for challenge, you owe it to yourself to solo the exit mission for RSF. It's like the one for Storm Squadron, but it's not in an asteroid field you can use to tie up baddies and your "wingmen" won't lift a finger to help you.
Julak
Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:33 am
#8
in this order i think Stor, then black eps, then corsec, then inquissition, then SA, then RSF, then vortex, crimson phoenix, then havok, i soloed havok squad without dieing once and only using shield transfer droid programs.
GameMan2k
Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:16 pm
#9
The ability to solo 4/4/4/4 is how I determine the difficulty of a Squadron.
I have managed to solo 4/4/4/4 all of the Privateer Squadrons and two of the Rebel Squadrons.
The Rebel Crimson Phoenix Sq. has two Tier 4 Gunboats with 5 turrets each in the final mission. And at 4/3/4/4 I was not able to solo that.
I would say the Imperial Squadrons are the most difficult by far.
I have not yet been able to solo any of the Imperial Squadrons to 4/4/4/4, andI have not even been able to solo 3/3/3/3 in the Storm Squadron.
Message Edited by GameMan2k on 09-25-2005 03:40 PM
thegame350
Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:05 pm
#11
Maybe this is a bug with the RSF but I recently dropped Smugglers alliance in favor of RSF and when I did the 4/4/4/4 exit mission I got too far away from the escort and failed the mission. When I went back to get the mission again the trainer just told me to see the Admiral.
I have tried being an Imperial pilot and believe me none of the Imperial Navy missions can be considered hard per say. At least not in the typical sense we are thinking of. They are difficult because there is no Imperial spacecraft that holds more then 2 laser weapons. If I took a Privateer Rihk I could solo easily any of the Imperial Tier 4 missions. I know this because I have assisted many people with thier Imp space missions To include just taking them up in my M22 Krayt and soloing the whole thing for them.
Privateer missions are the toughest and moreso the Smug alliance. Even with the Rihk fully loaded I would get swarmed on the Tier 4 missions especially the one with the decimators and agressors. It wasn't bugged for me when I went through it though.
However thats just an OPINION. Read the word again OPINION. In My personal experience Privateer is toughest but I use a different payload for my ships then most of you probably do. I'll skimp on the armor, reactor, and engines to load my ship with more powerful lasers, shield, and a better capacitor cause I have reactor overload, capacitor overload, and shield shunt. I won't even use missiles.
EnjoyTelemacus
Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:38 am
#12
Nothing is that hard, if you have the right equipment. I solod RSF and Smuggler's Alliance with my JSF, and im going to solo Crimson Pheonix with it too. I've got the best components ive found on my server on it. I almost soloed to the Corvette with it too. Not too hard, just the escort craft are a pain.
Attacca
Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:30 am
#13
thegame350 wrote:
I have tried being an Imperial pilot and believe me none of the Imperial Navy missions can be considered hard per say. At least not in the typical sense we are thinking of. They are difficult because there is no Imperial spacecraft that holds more then 2 laser weapons. If I took a Privateer Rihk I could solo easily any of the Imperial Tier 4 missions. I know this because I have assisted many people with thier Imp space missions To include just taking them up in my M22 Krayt and soloing the whole thing for them.
Privateer missions are the toughest and moreso the Smug alliance. Even with the Rihk fully loaded I would get swarmed on the Tier 4 missions especially the one with the decimators and agressors. It wasn't bugged for me when I went through it though.
Some of the Imperial Missions seem to be put together differently - namely Storm Squadron. It's like SOE had several people doing missions, and they never compared notes. SS and a couple others will pit you against higher Tier ships earlier than other squadrons, or more of them in larger numbers. Black Epsilon lets you play tag with lots and lots of gunboats. For a new pilot those can be daunting in any ship, but a good pilot in a massive rihk or a light TIE Interceptor can solo either.
I didn't find any Freelance missions to be difficult, other than those exit missions with two gunboats (RSF?) and a swarm of fighters, that one took me two tries. Dunno how I'd do it now, with considerably more experience under my belt. Only thought for comparison is that the Rihk, although a great ship, is also a great big target for NPCs.
By the way, that bug you mentioned - fail a mission and get passed to the Admiral - I had that happen with a different pilot on another server. Botched the end of the RSF T4 and was sent to the Admiral anyway.
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