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Thread: Smuggler's Alliance, Tier 4, Missions....advice...help
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RobtiVabin
Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:59 pm
#1
I've been 4/3/3/3 for a week now and within that week i have not been able to get a thing done. For all you Master Pilots out there, can you give some hints help do's and donts for a struggling pilot?????
Imaridril
Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:11 pm
#3
Get a Blacksun Heavy Fighter. Don't bother wastingmass on missiles or really heavy armor. Instead try your best to fit in three nice guns andthe best shield you can get your hands on.Next make sure that you're running Engine Overload 3, Weapon Overload 3, Capacitor Overcharge 3 or 4, Capacitor to Shield Shunt 4, and whatever Reactor Overload you need togetenoughenergy for the programs above. After that its just a matter of flying well and making sure your shots hit. Also, remeber that on many types of missions you can do an in-system hyperspace jump and not fail the mission. This can be a real life saver if you get in over your head and need to fall back and let your shields recharge or run over to a space station for repairs. (Speaking of repairs, make sure you have some all purpose repair kits in your inventory, so that you'll be able to get 100% repairs at stations.)
Trienco
Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:53 am
#4
is it a specific mission or just getting the xp? for the latter, go to kessel and pick on poor rebels. youre neutral so neither imps or rebels attack unless you attack them, making it nice and comfy with one enemy at a time. why rebels? because their ships arent ridiculously fast compared to the damage they can take, making them a much easier target than ties where you cant do much more than joust until they blow up. with rebels (except a-wing) you can just get behind them and stay there.
little detail: if you feel lucky and want to take on gunships (really good xp) find the weaker armed side, get close and try to stay below it while shooting. though when i tried that i was suddenly inside the ship (absolutely no ship to ship collision detection as it seems) which is kind of annoying. gunship cant hit you but you can only hit very few spots on it too (all that are facing you as collisions seem to only be checked when coming from the "outside" of a polygon). reminds of games where capital ships had flightdecks that you could fly into and blast away if you were good enough not to end up in the walls *g*
little detail: if you feel lucky and want to take on gunships (really good xp) find the weaker armed side, get close and try to stay below it while shooting. though when i tried that i was suddenly inside the ship (absolutely no ship to ship collision detection as it seems) which is kind of annoying. gunship cant hit you but you can only hit very few spots on it too (all that are facing you as collisions seem to only be checked when coming from the "outside" of a polygon). reminds of games where capital ships had flightdecks that you could fly into and blast away if you were good enough not to end up in the walls *g*
Message Edited by Trienco on 12-14-2004 04:57 AM
KyrYxus
Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:25 am
#5
Okay I solo'ed through tier 4 without using any programs save Reactor Overload 3. HOWEVER, that was only because I was too lazy to use them. Get them and use them. I reccomend RO3, CO3, Shield Shunt 4, and even though I've never used it WO3.
What your focus needs to be is NOT on killing the ships that come your way, just keeping them out of it. I can't say it enough: DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE. Knock out their engines and forget about them. Next if you need help don't be afraid to check the Pilot Helper lists on here and get a wingman.
If it comes down to getting the XP kessel is faster but the ships out there can pose more of a threat to you. I hunted rebels in Endor (tier 4 are much faster kills than tier 5, drop the same loot, without much difference in XP) I finished tier 4 in 4 days this way.
Infestus
Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:47 am
#6
get help. It is soloable, but just 1 friend can make tier 4 a cake walk.
Shehb
Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:21 am
#7
>I've been 4/3/3/3 for a week now
That's where i am at the moment too. I have attempted the delivery mission once so far (starting in Lok via Dantoine) and completed 2 deliveries, but on my way to the third a complete armada of Corsec including gunboats spawned right in front of me and i barely made it out alive (those turrets fire WAY too accurately...) That gunboat is lethal on my 1800 HP shields and i certainly don't have the firepower to take it down alone yet... but nobody said i had to destroy it.
I found the first 3 tiers way too easy... but tier 4 certainly has my attention now.
That's where i am at the moment too. I have attempted the delivery mission once so far (starting in Lok via Dantoine) and completed 2 deliveries, but on my way to the third a complete armada of Corsec including gunboats spawned right in front of me and i barely made it out alive (those turrets fire WAY too accurately...) That gunboat is lethal on my 1800 HP shields and i certainly don't have the firepower to take it down alone yet... but nobody said i had to destroy it.
I found the first 3 tiers way too easy... but tier 4 certainly has my attention now.
KyrYxus
Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:28 pm
#9
mostly bypasses the issue. Unless you don't get back in time in which case they leave and you fail.
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