Pilot Archive
Thread: Vette Tactics
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psikobunny
Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:34 pm
#1
What isnt often clear to new pilots is that Corvettes require you to aim at components to do damage. Select the part, hit that portion of the ship, and it will get damaged and destroyed, but you will never "do damage" in the traditional way you are used to.
TUMOS_GHOST
Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:53 pm
#2
disable gun 5 and you will have a ton of safe zone under the ship. then take out shield 1 and then 2, then engines and wait.
taco_fox
Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:42 pm
#3
I just did it as a 4/3/3/3 pilot and it was incredibly easy. After you take out the first escort fighters, just /follow the Vette until you're about 5000m from the space station (this will also conviently place you directly in the blind spot of the Corvette). THEN start your attack and disable the Corvette. This way you'll only have to fight through two or three waves of fighters and you'll never even see the gunboats.
Urrano
Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:02 pm
#4
if your fidning it real hard, take a privateer with you, the corvette wont agro him, the escorts will, let him take agro to you approx 2000m away, any closer and he may get agro from corvette, take out escorts, get privateer to sneak up behind and remove gun 5 for you (bottom one), you approach rear with space bombs loaded, target,take out the shields then engine.
JorenNighthawke
Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:23 am
#5
Doing the Mission to get the Vaskia (sp????) ship. What is the best tactic to disable the Vette and what weapons must you use. I pounded away at it for 5 minutes and did 0% damage. I'm a freelance pilot 4-4-4-4. Would I just be better off completing Master Pilot and coming back with a Krayt Gunship? ANy info would help, Thanks
GhostInAShell
Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:42 am
#6
You have to destroy the shield generators and then the engines. It's not a normal ship that you can pound away at; you must take down subsystems only. Use your best torpedoes on the shields/engines from the blindspot directly behind the corvette, and then hold still while the crew takes over. It's best if you do this when it's within 5500m of the Neutral station so you don't have to worry about the gunships coming and blasting out of the sky. Leave its weapons intact, and help it against the fighters that come along, and you'll have your Vaksai in no time!
JoceSearar
Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:27 am
#8
There is absolutely no good reason to take out gun 5. People just do it out of habit because thats what you do with the vettes in Kessel. The vettes in Kessel have 2 gunboats right behind them to protect a HUGE blindspot the Corvettes have directly behind them. The corvettes in Kashyyyk space do not have gunboat escort. Leave gun 5 intact, and just snuggle up close to those engines. And here is a hint. The vette will not agro on you until you hit it. Just be careful to not shoot it while taking care of the escorts. Once the escorts are done, you just /follow the vette until you are 5.5km from the station. Target shields and take them down with ordinance. Then same with secondary shields, then same with the engine. This leaves all of the vettes firepower online to help with any pesky attackers during the escort part.
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