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Hi there,
I need a little advise for the mission to get the heavy X-Wing. Seems that somehow I became a little rusty... :/

The problem is simple I am esxorting a Corvette through Kashyyk space and the I gotta face four fighters and one tier 5 assault gunship. Not thinking much about it (I destroyed enough tier5 imperial gunboats already - this cannot be much harder anyway) I attacked.

This gunship however proves to be quite hard, anyway... I couldn't even make the best angle to attack it and am not not quite sure where the hell that freakin third turret is (the other two are outide on the topside of the wings). My hit and run tactics didn't even work, since that ship is relatively fast on my tail for something that big.

Thinking over it again, I believe the best attack angle - if I can choose it - would be horizontally straight towards it and vertically 30° below it. But that is only theoretical since the gunship would simply turn its two wing-guns towards me...

well im my limited pilot experience(Sp?) i have noticed gunship=death hope that helps

Wait till the vette is within 6K or closer to the rebel station before taking out the engines.......leave all of the guns intact if possible and IF a gunboat spawns when u are that close to the station use IFF......and get there quick...

If you are really intent on taking out the gunship you'll have to joust it. Fly towards the area underneath the ship as you com in head to head. Jink up. Let loose a couple of shots jink down and turn on boosters. Make sure you stay out of it's top side arc as much as possible. Recharge sheilds if needed. Once your around 1200 meters infront of it (since is chases you) turn around and repeat the process.

Thank <insert appropriate diety> there is a way around those darn gunboats! I've been going nuts all week. I've already replaced my chasis once and figured I was going to have to ask for help.

The best I did was to disable one of the gunboats and kill all but one of the fighters. I kept hiding underneath the corvette. Well, not hiding enough...

Thanks for the advice!

Kure;

I think you are talking of a something different. The Gharg Pirates the poster speaks of belong to a Destroy Duty Mission,gained from the Rebel Station once you do the Heavy X-Wing Quest. The Gunboat doesn't Jump Out.

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HewerofWood wrote:

Kure;

I think you are talking of a something different. The Gharg Pirates the poster speaks of belong to a Destroy Duty Mission, gained from the Rebel Station once you do the Heavy X-Wing Quest. The Gunboat doesn't Jump Out.

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Then feel free to explain how it did so

I really hate gunboats. I haven't managed to kill one yet. If you take the "Kill the Ghrag" duty mission from the Kashyyyk station, you'll be sent against tier 4 and 5 ghrags. The very last leader wave will pop a tier 5 gunboat on you. Last time I did it I couldn't even get away fast enough. I was torn to pieces. So much hate....

Well I can't speak for the Rebel version yet, but from my experience on the Royal TIe and Vaski quests, it should be the same, and I've soloed both, and here's how. First try to only disable the vette's shields and engine, if possible leave all the guns intact. (If you need too kill gun 5 to give you some breathing room, do it.) Despite what the description says, you don't need to take out all the guns to regain control of the vette. After it comes back online, it'll have use of all the guns you haven't shot up and use them to defend itself. Usally enough firepower to cause gunships to back off long enough for it to reach the end of the escort. Aslo, disable ships attacking the vette, don't destroy them, enough disabled ships will slow down the spawn rates and buy you more time to finish. When i did the neutral version, I actually just buggered out when the gunships arrived. (1 at first, then another 2 to back it up) Vette's guns kept causing them to fly off for a bit, then attack again. Eventually the Vette jumped to light speed and the quest was over. then the gunships aggroed me and I got blown up, but I still got the Vasaki.

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TienShao wrote:
I really hate gunboats. I haven't managed to kill one yet. If you take the "Kill the Ghrag" duty mission from the Kashyyyk station, you'll be sent against tier 4 and 5 ghrags. The very last leader wave will pop a tier 5 gunboat on you. Last time I did it I couldn't even get away fast enough. I was torn to pieces. So much hate....

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I used to have trouble with that, but then I got Engine Overload 3!

So I started that wave by killing all the smaller ships, then went after the gunboat. I'd dive toward the gunboat and let loose maybe 2 shots, then I'd pull up and fly off, then come back again. Eventually I pierced the shields and destroyed the reactor. Then I started on the guns, and just as I got one down to half health, the Gunship Jumped and i failed the mission.

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Yeah just hide behind the vette and let the gunboats play.

If you want to tkill them Joust is the way. Just like a TIE aggressor. come in a bit under fire off shots and bombs. boost out. Uturn and repeat. Have good engine though cause they are fast.

Oh and the 4 time I have done the mission for peeps I have taken out gun 5 and it comes back once the vette is under control