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Thread: Which squadrons are the toughest?
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Arryth
Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:17 pm
#14
Haveing done all of them.. I can say that the hardest are any of the three rebel trees. Although the Storm Squadron is pretty lengthy. The nutral are the easiest.. those ships fly so very sweet. The imps by far have the easiest time on the master mission. Bomber strike is so helpfull.
Geevo
Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:21 am
#15
I have done Rebel Vortex ... wasn't too bad (seemed 'just right' when I was doing it)
I have done Imperial Inquisition ... wasn't too bad except one mission I think was really tough
I have done Neutral: Smuggler's Alliance ... seemed too easy, except when I started wanting help, I found it difficult to find Rebels available to help.
Calvintus
Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:10 pm
#16
We had a Storm Squadron mess dinner where we ate the babies and drank the bloodof Rebels, That's pretty tough!
Ratape
Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:56 am
#18
OK, so we have established that Storm Squadron is hard. How about the freelance squadrons? Nobody has chimed in on those.Message Edited by Rishathra on 02-15-2005 07:56 PM
Freelance is easy. I'm sure all of them are very easy. Only had to kill a corsec gunboat and I just killed it with piratetrap 1 after sitting right up inside it blasting the crap out of it. Limped out of there and pirate trap killed it by the time I got to the nearest station for repairs. The hardest part of freelance is killing the imp vette, and I'm sure that's only if your Smuggler's Alliance.
AlexKC
Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:12 pm
#19
Ratape wrote:
OK, so we have established that Storm Squadron is hard. How about the freelance squadrons? Nobody has chimed in on those.
Message Edited by Rishathra on 02-15-2005 07:56 PM
Freelance is easy. I'm sure all of them are very easy. Only had to kill a corsec gunboat and I just killed it with piratetrap 1 after sitting right up inside it blasting the crap out of it. Limped out of there and pirate trap killed it by the time I got to the nearest station for repairs. The hardest part of freelance is killing the imp vette, and I'm sure that's only if your Smuggler's Alliance.
It's interesting to hear someone say that pirate trap is useful. I'd like to see it beefed up and be more like bomber strike (but not as powerful as to destroy the corvette's guns, that isn't fair that Imps have it easy). I'd like to see rebels get a "fighter strike" command that calls in a group of A/B/X/Y fighters to attack the target. So each faction has a "call for help" skill.
Knightcrest
Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:24 pm
#20
NoVaRydr wrote:
Vortex is the hardest Rebel Squadron!
Ditto, I feel Vortex was the hardest. I just did this one last week and have previously done Crimson Phoenix, Arkon's Havoc and Smuggler's Alliance.Many of the escorts got pretty boring and long, so I feel for some of the Storm Squadron folks that tell of their extreme escorts.
Rishathra
Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:28 pm
#21
OK, so Vortex is hard because of long escorts, or from actual difficulty of missions?
Knightcrest wrote:
Ditto, I feel Vortex was the hardest. I just did this one last week and have previously done Crimson Phoenix, Arkon's Havoc and Smuggler's Alliance.Many of the escorts got pretty boring and long, so I feel for some of the Storm Squadron folks that tell of their extreme escorts.
Knightcrest
Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:35 pm
#22
Rishathra wrote:
OK, so Vortex is hard because of long escorts, or from actual difficulty of missions?
Knightcrest wrote:
Ditto, I feel Vortex was the hardest. I just did this one last week and have previously done Crimson Phoenix, Arkon's Havoc and Smuggler's Alliance.Many of the escorts got pretty boring and long, so I feel for some of the Storm Squadron folks that tell of their extreme escorts.
Hard to stay awake during the long escorts for one, but the difficulty of a couple of the missions seemed to feel a little more difficult than Crimson Phoenix. A lot of the missions were very similar if not the same with the exception of some natural spawns near the mission spawns making it more difficult. I also faced a couple more aggresors at a lower level in that path that weaker shields caused me to have to change tactics a little. Arkon's Havoc gave me no difficulty at all though. Vortex didn't seem much harder than Crimson Phoenix, but it seemed to be a little more so due to the afore mentioned nat spawns near missions and a few of the missions themselves.
AlexKC
Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:42 am
#23
I decided to get my firespray (which i now love) and have fun with it for a week before trying something else. About to start on the Inquisition today 
DarthKaelan
Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:00 am
#24
I just mastered Smuggler's Alliance, and yeah - the only really tough part is the Imperial Corvette mission.
I'm playing Vortex Squadron on my alt at the moment. From what I've heard and seen of other pilots' attempts, it's the hardest of the Reb paths.
Sar-larid
Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:06 am
#25
Storm Squadron is the toughest, but only because of the first 2 Tier 3 missions where the equipment certifications don't measure up to fighters a tier higher than you're supposed to be facing.
All the rest are easy (though 2or 3 ofthem are plagued by the"moreboring than tough"hour and a half escorts).
Tumbler2002
Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:10 am
#26
I finished black epsilon first and that was brutal. The tier 4 gunboat for the last tier 3 mission was probably the toughest mission. I had 4 guildies help on that and I was the only survivor and had extreme damage.
I'm going through Inquisition now and with the help of droid programs it's very easy. The end mission of tier 3 here involved a tier 3 gunboat, ALOT easier. So far it's been solo all the way.
I'm going through Inquisition now and with the help of droid programs it's very easy. The end mission of tier 3 here involved a tier 3 gunboat, ALOT easier. So far it's been solo all the way.
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