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Thread: Corvette too easy?
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Kaylais
Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:09 am
#1
Corvette is just too easy. I solo'ed it yesterday. 2 bstrikes took care of the corvettes weapons. I 'hid' just below and behind the gunboats and took them out. I didn't get hit even once by the gunboats or the corvette and I didn't fire a single missile....just two level 7 weapons in a tie advanced. Only thing that hit me was one or two of the x-wing/a-wing escorts. If it wasn't for the fighter escorts, I could have done this mission with a tier 1 or tier 2 ship.
Is it just me, or was the imp tier 4 exit mission harder? (the one before you have to kill the 30 rebs in Kessel)
PS. Killing rebel players in Kessel during that mission counts towards the 30 kill target...thanks to the 2 Rebs pilots who were stationary and attacking the imp gunboat..you made easy targets. ;-)
Is it just me, or was the imp tier 4 exit mission harder? (the one before you have to kill the 30 rebs in Kessel)
PS. Killing rebel players in Kessel during that mission counts towards the 30 kill target...thanks to the 2 Rebs pilots who were stationary and attacking the imp gunboat..you made easy targets. ;-)
bpraswid
Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:39 am
#2
May be each time someone called bomber strike, the corvette automatically calling bomber interceptor reinforment 
Zilod
Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:47 am
#3
try to do it again whitout bstrike eheh 
the vette is soloable by all pilots, but for imps is easier to do that due to bstrike that is very effective against it, for others is way harder and have to pay a lot of attention.
is not that the vette is so easy by itself, is that bstrike is extremely good against it.
Grunholf
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:07 am
#4
I have one thing to say...
/flame-resistant suit on
May they nerf Bstrike as they nerfed E-pulse 3.
Or at least make it as effective as pirate-trap!(you know, tier 1 ships!?)
And yes, I have an imp pilot character...I just never use Bstrike.
/flame-resistant suit on
May they nerf Bstrike as they nerfed E-pulse 3.
Or at least make it as effective as pirate-trap!(you know, tier 1 ships!?)
And yes, I have an imp pilot character...I just never use Bstrike.
IL-Vec
Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:52 pm
#6
LOL you guys are funny try doing it as a rebel. I'd go against tier 5 A wings anyday over TIE aggressors also imp gun boats have 8 guns to rebel's 5 plus no bomberstrike, no pirate trap(almost useless not quite though), no Epulse, and best ship for it are Xwing or A wing with 100k and 65k mass respectively and only onemissle tube each. Y wing's maneuverability will have the fighters kill you before you reach the vette a second time(iff on first) or you just can't dogfight the fighters away from the vette fast enough or at all in it.
if you want a challenge do it as a rebel it's much harder and yes I mastered freelance first on first try with 2 guys and took 1 1/2 wks at 2 tries a day or more for rebel still working on imperial almost scared how easy it'll be.
oh and for anyone doubting my abilities I soloed all but 1 of the rebel and freelance tier missions (1-4) so don't give me that "you just can't fly" excuse for it being hard as a rebel, I know it can be done but not easily til you have 4-5 guys for rebel. If iffscramble was on a shorter timer I may agree with you.
Alos I'm glad it was hard but basically destroyed an entire Xwing chassis doing it
KaylBreinhar
Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:04 pm
#7
I've done it with and without Bomber Strike to prove I could. Once Turret 5 is down it's really a turkey shoot anyway unless you don't keep tabs on your position.
But I've found that eliminating a Rebel Vette in Kessel can cause spawns to start filling again, so when I see one, I take it down as quickly as possible.
DocDiablo
Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:18 am
#8
This is alot harder without bstrike, but still very doable. I soloed my final mission for privateer, I died twice and went back, but I still did it. It's actually really easy, unless they all turn....once they turn, you're screwed. Take out weapon 5, then take out the gun boats....once the gunboats are gone (easy), then just whoop up on the corvette....and try and stay out of the sites of the pesky gnat ships.
Kaylais
Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:30 am
#9
woohoo...100 posts
eh, anyway.... I'm sure I could do this mission without b-strike also. As others have pointed out, you can do strafing runs and take out gun 5 on the corvette. It's just even easier with the bstrike.
As for the Rebel Corvette mission being harder....well, that's what you get for being a rebel. :-)
I'm going to try the mission again later in a Tie Interceptor with no missiles or bstrikes. Should be fun, and I should get a lot of prestige points for it anyway.
eh, anyway.... I'm sure I could do this mission without b-strike also. As others have pointed out, you can do strafing runs and take out gun 5 on the corvette. It's just even easier with the bstrike.
As for the Rebel Corvette mission being harder....well, that's what you get for being a rebel. :-)
I'm going to try the mission again later in a Tie Interceptor with no missiles or bstrikes. Should be fun, and I should get a lot of prestige points for it anyway.
Ramona_Garcia
Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:32 am
#10
Kaylais wrote:
I'm going to try the mission again later in a Tie Interceptor with no missiles or bstrikes. Should be fun, and I should get a lot of prestige points for it anyway.
Not really. You get more faction for a gunboat kill than for a corvette.
Ratape
Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:42 am
#11
As a Freelance 4/4/4/4 pilot I have found it extremely hard to take out the corvette, and imperial gunboats are no slouches themselves. Having solo'd all my freelance pilot missions I was kinda bummed that it was so hard to find a corvette group on lowca. I'm not even going to try and solo it.
DocDiablo
Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:43 am
#12
I haven't played as a Reb, so I have no idea how to take out Imp Gunboats, but if you can take those out, or stay out of their paths and still shoot at the corvette, it is actually pretty easy to solo. You may die a few times, but just hyper out, fix up ur ship, and hyperback...normally, it will still be there. Took me 3 attempts to kill the Reb Corvette...but it doesnt go away until it gets to the end of it's pathway (which is about 45 mins- 1 hour). Just make sure you start in on it when it first comes into Kessel. That way if you die a few times, you won't run out of time.
Unmei_Sokudo
Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:13 am
#13
Ramona_Garcia wrote:
Kaylais wrote:
I'm going to try the mission again later in a Tie Interceptor with no missiles or bstrikes. Should be fun, and I should get a lot of prestige points for it anyway.
Not really. You get more faction for a gunboat kill than for a corvette.
he said prestige not faction... as in what you get after master instead of xp... corvette gives 43k prestige.. gunboats only give something like 27k.
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