Let's trade war stories....
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DeltaKiller
Spaceman
Alright, so I'm addicted to going the hard road and doing what would be probably the most difficult. It seems more real to me that way. Can you blame me??
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Mad Hatter
Spaceman
O.K. , O.K., I got the message, it`s a piece of cake killing Thrak. I told you I wasn`t sure how hard it was, Just trying to blend in with the thread
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The utterly stupid way to die in WCP/WCSO: getting hit in the back by a torp lauched by the bombers you're protecting. Happened to me once while I was taking out the engine turret of a bug transport.
No,no. Scratch that. Now I remember: I killed myself once with my own torpedo. I fired one at a bug capship, but at an odd angle (when that happens, the torp sort of circles the capship for another try)and circled around the capship on the other side. Guess what I slammed into.
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No,no. Scratch that. Now I remember: I killed myself once with my own torpedo. I fired one at a bug capship, but at an odd angle (when that happens, the torp sort of circles the capship for another try)and circled around the capship on the other side. Guess what I slammed into.
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"...we follow the sun, we follow the sun, we follow the sun..."
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I've been slammed into by those happy 'CapShip Missile's fired by Bug CapShips... (In WC : SO) Not a good way to die. And after trying the mission some twenty times, it only made me madder...
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Maestro: "Lighten up Spyder! We're not gonna die! We're gonna WIN!!"
Zero: "Hey, Maestro... Uhh... If you DIE, can we pick through your stuff before we head back to Sol?"
Maestro: "You can burn in Hell."
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Maestro: "Lighten up Spyder! We're not gonna die! We're gonna WIN!!"
Zero: "Hey, Maestro... Uhh... If you DIE, can we pick through your stuff before we head back to Sol?"
Maestro: "You can burn in Hell."
Death's Head
Spaceman
Well I haven't been hit with a capship missile 20 times, maybe once or twice when I started out. The absolute easiest way to kill them is the Artemis ELRIR. The next easiest is your guns.
If you still have problems turn down the alien capship missile velocity in WCPedit.
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
If you still have problems turn down the alien capship missile velocity in WCPedit.
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
Or better yet...turn it up
I seem to remember once playing chicken with a joined Stingray...as you can imagine, it wasn't pretty
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I've also given up counting the amount of times that BFG on the Cerberus has shot me down...
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I seem to remember once playing chicken with a joined Stingray...as you can imagine, it wasn't pretty
I've also given up counting the amount of times that BFG on the Cerberus has shot me down...
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'Do what thou wilt. So mete it be'.
Wing Commander - Secret Ops Missions
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Death's Head
Spaceman
Crank it up? But I already turned up every alien stat 50%. If a stat is better being reduced, I reduced it that much. I even sluggified the Confed ships and reduced recharge rates. Even halved the damage of missiles and incresed their spoof percentage. If you though nightmare was easy, try my settings.
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Has anyone ever witnessed this little oddity?
I was playing the Defend Ella starbase mission in SO. I went after the bug capship which was firing capmisses. After having eliminated the first wave I nailed that ship at the very moment it started the second wave of missiles. The capship went BOOM! but there was one missile sitting there with no speed. I couldn't kill it neither with guns nor missiles. Even ramming it did no damage but to my fighter!
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No one will hear your cry of death in the void of space
I was playing the Defend Ella starbase mission in SO. I went after the bug capship which was firing capmisses. After having eliminated the first wave I nailed that ship at the very moment it started the second wave of missiles. The capship went BOOM! but there was one missile sitting there with no speed. I couldn't kill it neither with guns nor missiles. Even ramming it did no damage but to my fighter!
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No one will hear your cry of death in the void of space
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Death's Head said:
And how would I go about acquiring WCPedit? Does it come with Prophecy? If I knew where to find it, chances are I'd start making my own campaigns.
And I prefer to save my ELRIRs for things like Mantas, Devil Rays, and the occasional clustered Stingray. Especially since it only takes one to take down a Stingray or a Moray. (For those extra-dicey situations)
(Big Grin)
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Maestro: "Lighten up Spyder! We're not gonna die! We're gonna WIN!!"
Zero: "Hey, Maestro... Uhh... If you DIE, can we pick through your stuff before we head back to Sol?"
Maestro: "You can burn in Hell."
DeltaKiller
Spaceman
My roommate used the WC Ship Editor. It's something to do when you're bored. Ever see a Tigershark with 4 firelinked Mass Driver Cannons? That's truly evil. And yes, they could be charged. >
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Death's Head
Spaceman
Anagram, sorry I didn't reply sooner, I had to work about 12 hours.
Download it here
And the update
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
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Download it here
And the update
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
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Death's Head
Spaceman
Deltakiller, it's not just to be used when bored, it's to prolong interest in the game.
Making four Charging Mass Drivers is not hard at all. Every Charger you add is automatically syncronized with the others(if any exist), however with the default charging rate, you will soon find yourself out of juice, and with the Tigershark's mediocre recharge rate, that could prove a liability.
Why not use 2-4 LRIRs? That's what you have the Pilums for. If you don't nail the CSMs before they impact, it's mission failed, if you take your time, the Stingray's will do the work of the CSMs anyway. That is, if you aren't able to do the remedial task of taking the missiles out in short order.
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
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Making four Charging Mass Drivers is not hard at all. Every Charger you add is automatically syncronized with the others(if any exist), however with the default charging rate, you will soon find yourself out of juice, and with the Tigershark's mediocre recharge rate, that could prove a liability.
Why not use 2-4 LRIRs? That's what you have the Pilums for. If you don't nail the CSMs before they impact, it's mission failed, if you take your time, the Stingray's will do the work of the CSMs anyway. That is, if you aren't able to do the remedial task of taking the missiles out in short order.
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Briceland
A wingmen is essential; they give the enemy something else to shoot at.
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DeltaKiller
Spaceman
Look, you charge them, and something DIES! You charge them again, something else dies. And if you're good enough, you don't care about recharge rate, you just kill them, pull out a Vodka and drink to it. Hell, wanna be inventive? Give me till later, I'll make the GREAT WC DRINKING GAME!! (That is if it hasn't been invented yet and I missed the post.)
Look, I'm in college, I'm a pending computer engineer, and I, along with my roomate were bored. That gave us a good cheering up. Anything wrong with that?
Thanks for your patience,
DeltaKiller
Look, I'm in college, I'm a pending computer engineer, and I, along with my roomate were bored. That gave us a good cheering up. Anything wrong with that?
Thanks for your patience,
DeltaKiller
Death's Head
Spaceman
DeltaKiller
Spaceman
Know what's even more fun? 4 STORMFIRES!!
"You men go northward, you southward! I'm just gonna stay right here and walk in a circle." -History of the World, Part 1
"You men go northward, you southward! I'm just gonna stay right here and walk in a circle." -History of the World, Part 1