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Thread: Royal TIE Corvette Bugged?
Is this mission currently bugged or something? It SEEMS like the ship must be getting attacked because the thing always blows as a wave of ships arrives, however the trick is that it's WHEN the wave arrives, not when they begin to attack. It always blows before they even get in range.
Can anyone tell me if we're doing something wrong or if the missions just bugged right now?
did you put a bomber-strike on the corvette? because the bomberstrike keeps on attacking the vette even after it has been captured. maybe they destroyed it.
using a bomberstrike is rather tricky in this mission. a good tip is to leave the reactor intact. and to maybe use a small bomberstrike.
mandark wrote:
did you put a bomber-strike on the corvette? because the bomberstrike keeps on attacking the vette even after it has been captured. maybe they destroyed it.
using a bomberstrike is rather tricky in this mission. a good tip is to leave the reactor intact. and to maybe use a small bomberstrike.
The bomber strike doesn't do any damage once its captured.
You could try doing the mission un-grouped, I remember with one of the Y-8 quests, if you were grouped on one of the missions it got bugged and always failed.
that wasnt the case when i did the quest (shortly after ROTW came out). bomberstrike did damage, of course only if they directly hit the currently active subsystem (e.g. reactor or bridge), which they often dont.
Cyrus_Biddissi wrote:
The bomber strike doesn't do any damage once its captured.
Must have changed recently then, my bomber strike 3 was attacking the vet throughout the entire escort part.
mandark wrote:
that wasnt the case when i did the quest (shortly after ROTW came out). bomberstrike did damage, of course only if they directly hit the currently active subsystem (e.g. reactor or bridge), which they often dont.
Cyrus_Biddissi wrote:
The bomber strike doesn't do any damage once its captured.
Why bomber strike it in the first place.
Take out the fighter escort.
Space bomb turret number 5
Space bomb the shields (both sets)
Blow up the engines
Be sure to stay behind the corvette at all times when using space bombs else the rest of the turrets blow you up very quickly.
This can be done solo in an opressor if you have good enough equipment in it.
Failing that get a couple of friends to come give you a hand.
only destroy one turret as it doesn't repair them when you take it over and you are really going to need them later.
jp_alone wrote:
Why bomber strike it in the first place.
Take out the fighter escort.
Space bomb turret number 5
Space bomb the shields (both sets)
Blow up the engines
Be sure to stay behind the corvette at all times when using space bombs else the rest of the turrets blow you up very quickly.
This can be done solo in an opressor if you have good enough equipment in it.
Failing that get a couple of friends to come give you a hand.
only destroy one turret as it doesn't repair them when you take it over and you are really going to need them later.
Yeah yeah I know, I just completely forgot about the bottom turret thing at the time! It'd been ages since I'd taken out a corvette! 
Easier than space bombing the shields (well less wasteful at least) is to fly some distance in front of and below (can't shoot you once bottom turret has been taken out, again with just lasers) the vette and shoot the shields, they die in a couple of shots anyway. Then continue around to the aft and take out the engines...easy!
Message Edited by Cyrus_Biddissi on 07-11-2005 01:51 PM
Why spacebomb? Just shoot the danged turrets.
Anyhow, that's not what the thread is about. That vette can be a pain - we did it a few nights ago, and almost lost it to some yellow con Tier 3 NPCs, so you might watch for those. That, and the attacking ships may have launched a missile. After each wave check the corvette's reactor, since that's what they're targeting. It's the only component they have to blow, so if you give them any chance at all it goes pretty quick.