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if you have, sign here. my best is soloed in only 2 tries
i'm just curious if its pretty common

There was a thread a week or so ago about people who solo'd the Star Destroyer. I think it's quite common.

/raises hand

I have about 4 solo kills of the ISD, 8 ISD kills total - Last time I was out I killed it twice in a row solo and then once more again with a partner, one trip to Dantooine on those three kills. What I discovered during that last run is that in regards to payout there is little gained in killing the SD... reason: once the SD is destroyed all Imperial NPC targets in Deep Space will disappear on the spawn of the new SD. All of the activity in DS originates from the ISD, if you wait and watch you'll see every gunboat/decimator convoy, every fighter group drops from under the SD and moves along a patrol pattern. Destroying the ISD nets you 500 FP, 10,000 Rebel Prestige and about 12k credits... but when it disappears you remove the countless gunboat/fighter/decimators that could get you much more and they will continue to come so long as the ISD is alive.

My resulition: Do not destroy the ISD, the craft associated with it in space are worth much-much more... It's worth more to me alive then dead...

Message Edited by Zade_Taerin on 02-03-2005 08:54 AM

I grinded FP on it, i've soloed it in every rebel ship (except the Z95 and nova did try using both didn't go well) its preety easy when you know how. (total SD solo'd 26)

Once you found a dead angle it's easy.
Takes time but easy ... after all it was also possible in Xwing

Solo'ing the Star Destroyer is like solo'ing a Rebel Gunship as an Imp...I'd say it takes about as much time too. It's quite a bit more impressive to solo the Rebel Space station (though back in the day it was incredibly easy, since the range increase it is quite a bit more difficult). I've done both and must say the Imperial Star Destroyer is a disappointment. It should really move throughout Deep Space imho at a bit of a stroll, maybe 125 km/h or so, somethign close to the speed of escort missions. That would make it a bit more of a challenge as you wouldn't be able to just sit still in its blind spot with no danger to yourself whatsoever. They should also fix the clipping issues of being able to shoot through the bridge to take out guns on the top and front to make it increasingly easier to take out, as well as fixing the problem where certain guns can shoot clear through the ship to hit you when you are on the other side. Ah well, just my two cents.

I have a solo kill on the rebel space station. I won't make that mistake again though cause it's just not worth killing.

1) It caused a reset of the battlefield which left deep space empty for half an hour.
2) Some fellow imperials were slightly grumpy that I took away the ships they were fighting *laughs*
3) It gave a whopping 10k prestige (lame)
4) It gave a whopping 10k in credits (I would have preferred to kill the half dozen corvettes and two dozen gunboats instead and got parts and money :/)
5) All I got for killing it was a level 3 booster with bad stats.

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Kaelmythe wrote:

Did it in a well-crewed YT-1300, which was harder (and infinitly more rewarding, even though if you take a look at my "deep space woes" post, you wouldn't think so ), than doing it solo in my Dunelizard .

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I have to agree a single YT is a great accomplishment. HArder then what I have done

/tiphat