Pilot Archive

guide in my sig seems to help ppl out.

You probally making two large mistakes.

1. Your not pulling the fighter screen far enough from the vette and gunboats that they can still attack you also

2. Your pulling the screen and flying in a straight line.

Once you pull the screen they will chases you for a good long time before giving up so you can turn and weave and they will still be following you. Remember you should always be turning and never slow down if that means you have to make more passes against slow fighter then do that. Slowing down behind them is death if your trying to solo it. Also If you going after the IMP vette attack the Oppressor first then interceptors then Adv and the aggressors last. If you are going after the rebel vette the B-wing and Y-wing first then A-wing and Xwing last. The awing and interceptors will hit you the most often but they don't hit even half as hard as when the B-wing and Oppressors do so that's why it's important to get rid of them first.

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Death_Blossom wrote:

I'm not an idiot jedi pilot

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BrynnQel-Droma wrote:

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Death_Blossom wrote:

I'm not an idiot jedi pilot

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How about an idiot non-jedi pilot?

Honestly I don't see where jedi comes into play. I'm a jedi pilot and working on my 7th pilot squadron. Stop getting hit, choose your approach vecor accordingly, and don't blame a wholegroup of players that aren't you for your shortcomings. Also, RE'd parts can be really great - but they can also be really pathetic, depending on who's making 'em and out of what. Make sure you read the stats on your parts.

Hopefully your past experiences in XvT and X:WA isn't turning into a handicap. They're completely different games, and even the physics are different between them. Good luck up there and keep at it!

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I am in the same boat. I soled the Imp a number of months ago in a Rihx. I am also master shipwright. I went to help a fellow freelancer and we could not get the engines down in time. I opened with a Mark II spacebomb on gun 5 and was instantly vaped when it hit. No time to even blink. Same for the friend when he went for Primary shield. Did they change something on this? I would take some serious shield damage the first time I soled it but now I go bang then boom. No time to to do anything. I fly alot and know all the tricks but it is just instant Vaped.

I saw you flying a YT last night, did your vette? Or is Celaki RSF and Meliya SA?

Give me a shout tonight if you need a hand, I'm on after 8:30-9pm EST. Also feel free to pop in on the phoenix chat channel to ask for assistance.

Unless you want to solo it of course. I'd be happy to talk tactics and loadout.

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Goraf wrote:
I saw you flying a YT last night, did your vette? Or is Celaki RSF and Meliya SA?

Give me a shout tonight if you need a hand, I'm on after 8:30-9pm EST. Also feel free to pop in on the phoenix chat channel to ask for assistance.

Unless you want to solo it of course. I'd be happy to talk tactics and loadout.

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sounds like it may be time to transfer your character to a more populated server and get a group going. I never assume I can defeat these missions alone, and flying with others is a lot more fun anyhow.

Hi,have u tried or got the vaksai yet?i find it a great ship for soloing a vette in(either one) 150k mass will let you fit a lot of trick parts in it and a mk 4 proton will allow you to takeout the main parts on the vette no problem.

I wonder if this is a bugwhere the other turrets are firing down through the hull, or something wierd like that. Even when I tried my half-hearted corvette attempts I didn't get downed that fast... well except whenI tried to solo it in my A-Wing with 900 f/b shields.

Message Edited by Bawarr on 08-24-2005 02:03 PM

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Death_Blossom wrote:

I wasted last weekend trying to kill the Star Ravager on two seperate occasions and wasted all of this afternoon trying again two more times. I've tried different tactics, loadouts, fighters, and all I got was vaped. Not even a single fighter was killed. This is my second squadron (mastered RSF previosly) and it appears that I'm not supposed to master it.

I draw off the fighters... blam, i'm dead in 30 seconds. The longest I lasted was when I used IFF scramble ti save my hide after getting pounded. I have no clue what else to do other than give trying to master Smugglers Alliance.

I'm sure someone is goingto say find a group. Yeah, well, not happening on Valcyn. Unless you are part of huge guild or one that wasn't recently started, no one has time to help out. And even if someone by chance ever did, I'm unable to fly till I replace my joystick.

I used to love flying in space

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I wish I could help you. I find it not that difficult to kill it solo, after some training. Especially in JSF. What can I say...draw fighters away from vette (it has some strange shooting range, so make sure you take some space between you two), then kill fighters. I'm sure that part is simple, unless you are not using programs and...er....uhm....have....a...suxor ship components. 2k shields, 75 speed engine, at least one 3k .6 vs gun,with other around 2-2.5k and a fast draid interface (16 is max speed you should use, aim for less if mass allows it). After you kill fighters some people would tell you to kill gunboats. What I do is order bomber strike (which you don't have being neutral), so try pirate trap. I know it sucks, but you don't need them to kill gunboats but just draw their fire away. You kill the vette, ignoring gunboats. With weapons overload 4 and guns as mentioned above you can get to blowing it's guns fast, in few runs. About ship handling now - avoid flying straight at vette - drop some shots from max range and when you see it starts to retaliate just turn around and fire your busters (don't fly in stragiht line here either).
Or find a co-pilot I see you say it is difficult on valcyn...what I do when I need a pilot is go to Theed and send some tells to people with non-dumb nicknames (those with dumb names are usually wast of time talking to).

Good luck