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britboy_78

Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:45 am

Forgive me, complete newbie question, I only started to play JLS yesterday and I am horribly lost.

I am an imperial, and I think I am on the 3rd Imperial Mission given by the trainer (the one where you need to intercept the Squad Leader and destroy his ship)

Well, I am not too sure how all this weapon power and shields thing works. I keep shooting and shooting and all that happens is that his shields just get higher and higher, not lower lol, so I am finding it impossible to cause any damage.

I have the basic Tie Figher you get when you become novice, and I have noticed the "manage ship" command when launching the ship. Do I need to buy upgrades and components? and if so? how do I use them?

I presume being only a novice pilot and have the basic newbie ship that I am limited to what I can do regarding upgrades anyway. Basically, I need to know how I can improve my gun so I can penetrate my opponents shields.

When replying.... please treat me as a complete newbie and that I dont know what I am doing, or understand anything you might say..... because thats what I am.

Thanks

WornTraveler

Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:50 am

#2

well, it sounds like you just aren;t hitting him. Just like health on the ground, the shield will regenerate.

Aim for the green cross, or lead indicator, that is in fron of the ship. This is the general place where his ship will be by the time your lasers have traveled to him. General rule is that the farther away you are, the farther in front of him you need to shoot. Best range is about 250m-100m. Fly at about 75% speed for optimal speed and handling. If you are having trouble hitting him, always disable his reactor furst so you can finish him off easier, or at least complete the mission.

Gledako Fo'Kray- Retired Master Ranger
Encoded until further notice!
Proud Captain of the YT1300 Vasarian Escape- Confirmed Stats from Last Battle- at least 3 kills, 5 disables, 2 spacebombs to the rear shielding and 4 snubs to take us down. Go crew!
Current one-on-one win-loss ratio for the Escape and her Crew- 11:1

Gledako -- Mercenary Dog of Spice --

britboy_78

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:06 am

#3

I am shooting him, and I am hitting him. I noticed on the HUD the red bar goes down from 500 every time i fire, and when i hit with a 500 shot it causes minimal damage. I presume this is the indication of how powerful my weapon is? If I shoot with anything else, say when the bar is on 476, I dont cause any damage with my shots, and at this point the guys shield is regenerating back up.

What do I do?

Schenstrom

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:12 am

#4

The red indicator is not the strength of your weapon, it's how much energy you have stored in your capacitor.

jason67

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:16 am

#5

it sounds like it's the bug that's become pretty common after RoTW's was released. You can try a missle sometimes that works, also for neutral pilots if they have epulse that will often work, as an imperial pilot bstrike can work as well.

Short of that it's simply trying to just get in the right position to hit it. It almost seems like a server lag issue though that doesn't exactly describe it either. I have found that most the time if I let my target get almost out of range my shots start hitting him. Short of that you can simply try to target different parts of his ship or try coming in at him from different angles.

HostageH
Master Lightsaber /3003Enhancer /4100Healer /0044Defender
/0044Force Reflexes /Master Force Combat

Arisa
MasterWeaponsmith(125exp/130assembly/25repair/22weapons repair) /MasterArtisan(14pt) /MasterShipwright /4400Force Crafting
Vendor Location 2355, -3922 just outside Coronet

WornTraveler

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:23 am

#6

well, in that case, here's what I think is happening...

You are hitting him the first time ( I assume it is your initial attack because you have a full cap), but then he is taking evasive manuevers and you start missing him. Try turning your joystick/mouse sensitivity to 100%, or, if you are a jerky fighter, turn it down. Best way to draw an even bead on an enemy is full throttle, since it is the hardest to handle, but dont get too close of course, he may pull the brakes and let you zip by. Practive practice practice. Thats what I am doing :-D

Gledako Fo'Kray- Retired Master Ranger
Encoded until further notice!
Proud Captain of the YT1300 Vasarian Escape- Confirmed Stats from Last Battle- at least 3 kills, 5 disables, 2 spacebombs to the rear shielding and 4 snubs to take us down. Go crew!
Current one-on-one win-loss ratio for the Escape and her Crew- 11:1

Gledako -- Mercenary Dog of Spice --

britboy_78

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:27 am

#7

I am literally pounding the guy when I am shooting at him, and its all hitting because I see his shields light up. It looks like my weapons just arent breaking his shields? I dont get it

WornTraveler

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:41 am

#8

Well if you are 100% sure you are hitting him, it must be a bug. Bug report it and wait a month

Then try again.

Gledako Fo'Kray- Retired Master Ranger
Encoded until further notice!
Proud Captain of the YT1300 Vasarian Escape- Confirmed Stats from Last Battle- at least 3 kills, 5 disables, 2 spacebombs to the rear shielding and 4 snubs to take us down. Go crew!
Current one-on-one win-loss ratio for the Escape and her Crew- 11:1

Gledako -- Mercenary Dog of Spice --

Peeter-Griffin

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:51 am

#9

I have a solution, if you are in a guild, get a master pilot to come up, make a group and he can kill the guy. Or, if you have the Equipment I skill (or whatever the imperial equivilent it) and i think its Imperial technology I or whichever gives you the ability to pilot the regular tie fighter, buy a new tie fighter, usually about 20,000 credits and you can usually find it on the bazaar terminal, and buy a new weapon with certification level three. If you dont have the skill that lets you pilot the better tie fighter, just buy a tie light duty one, same kind as the starter ship so you can put new equipment on it in the manage screen you saw

Also, you can just buy a new tie light duty fighter and use looted parts unless you always sell them to the chassis dealer and dont have any.

Hope that helps

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Adval

Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:53 am

#10

I've had this thing for ages. I think it's something about the weapon effiency, I've found out that you must hit either the rear (engines) or the front from behind or from in front of the ship to do any damage unless you're

a)higher tier than the enemy

b)on weapon overload

Dunno if it's working as intended or not, but it's annoying.

<Advius Soron - Chimaera>

Serving the Emperor's Divine Will!

jason67

Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:00 am

#11

This is actually a pretty common bug these days. I'm a master so I have an easy work around with my epulse, but for you you'll have to try the other suggestions in my above post or get a friend to help you out.

HostageH
Master Lightsaber /3003Enhancer /4100Healer /0044Defender
/0044Force Reflexes /Master Force Combat

Arisa
MasterWeaponsmith(125exp/130assembly/25repair/22weapons repair) /MasterArtisan(14pt) /MasterShipwright /4400Force Crafting
Vendor Location 2355, -3922 just outside Coronet

Wagadodo

Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:53 am

#12

Another thing you need to try is to find its sweet spot. I not sure if it is because of my lag, but some times if you shoot infront of or just behind the target you will notice a increase of damage. Remember the target is just providing you where the laser should be at its current turn and speed, if any of those change before your shot arrives you will miss.

Eynawyht - On the path of enlightment.. He hopes.
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WizKid72

Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:05 am

#13

there's a bug with JTL regarding nForce motherboards and any modern boards that uses spread spectum analyser technology..

If you are having a hard time registering damage on enemy ships even though you are clearly hitting them (and if they're warping around like drunk bumblebees now and then), I strongly recommend that you go into your motherboard's BIOS and disable spread spectrum..

read your motherboard's or computer's manual or consult your manufacturer's tech support on how to access your BIOS to disable it.. by default, it's usually set to auto or 50%..

IMPORTANT NOTE:IF YOU OR ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD IS USING A PACEMAKER, DO NOT DISABLE SPREAD SPECTRUM ANALYZER

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