Jdawg
Commodore
my retro journey is officially over it started with wc4, then wc saga and then wc3, then wc2 and (so1 and so2), finally wc1 and (sm1 and sm2) that has to be a grand total of what at least over 200 missions flown. and you know what I want to thank all yall for the pro tips, helping with glitches and bugs, and generally being a great and outstanding community. I wish all messageboars were run like this one.
so here are some of my general thoughts on sm2, its a fun expansion but to me not as great as sm1, I thought the whole subplot of maniac going crazy was fine until the usually very bright Col. Halycon put him on ya wing for the final two missions (there is no way he should have been cleared to fly.) but to be honest he caused no problems for me. I even got the medal of valor for keeping him alive I guess. then on the final mission he got 4 kills even though he stole 2 from me basically lol. I really like the story of the Firekkans I just wish they showed up in more games. I understand why they are not in wc3 and wc4 it would be too expensive to create them, but it would have been cool to see at least one in wc2, (yes I know they are in the novels more.) I loved flying the dralthi and did not think they were as bad as some think on here. I thought sneaking up on the enemy trying to take out the transport ship was fun. the only thing I didnt like about them, is I thought it was too easy to lose a turret, and the fact you could not eject.
I did encounter more bugs/glitches but none game breaking. on the final escort the drayman mission it flew all the way back to the claw without me and never encountered the enemy between nav 3 and the claw, so that was a good glitch. then on the mission where you had to wipe the enemy completely out. I know at least one enemy escapes so I checked all nav pts, but when I got back to the claw's check pt. the tiger claw was gone so I had to eject. it still counted as a successful mission for me though. although I feel like I should have gotten two medals, all I got was the one for ejecting and surviving.
I think SM2 had the easiest final mission of all the final missions of wc1 or wc2 and their expansions, the only final mission that is easier is wc4 final mission. also as a whole I found sm2 to be far easier than sm1 by a long shot.
anyways in the next couple of days im going to write a comparative review of wc1 and wc2 and it will include all their expansions. anyways thanks again for all the help
so here are some of my general thoughts on sm2, its a fun expansion but to me not as great as sm1, I thought the whole subplot of maniac going crazy was fine until the usually very bright Col. Halycon put him on ya wing for the final two missions (there is no way he should have been cleared to fly.) but to be honest he caused no problems for me. I even got the medal of valor for keeping him alive I guess. then on the final mission he got 4 kills even though he stole 2 from me basically lol. I really like the story of the Firekkans I just wish they showed up in more games. I understand why they are not in wc3 and wc4 it would be too expensive to create them, but it would have been cool to see at least one in wc2, (yes I know they are in the novels more.) I loved flying the dralthi and did not think they were as bad as some think on here. I thought sneaking up on the enemy trying to take out the transport ship was fun. the only thing I didnt like about them, is I thought it was too easy to lose a turret, and the fact you could not eject.
I did encounter more bugs/glitches but none game breaking. on the final escort the drayman mission it flew all the way back to the claw without me and never encountered the enemy between nav 3 and the claw, so that was a good glitch. then on the mission where you had to wipe the enemy completely out. I know at least one enemy escapes so I checked all nav pts, but when I got back to the claw's check pt. the tiger claw was gone so I had to eject. it still counted as a successful mission for me though. although I feel like I should have gotten two medals, all I got was the one for ejecting and surviving.
I think SM2 had the easiest final mission of all the final missions of wc1 or wc2 and their expansions, the only final mission that is easier is wc4 final mission. also as a whole I found sm2 to be far easier than sm1 by a long shot.
anyways in the next couple of days im going to write a comparative review of wc1 and wc2 and it will include all their expansions. anyways thanks again for all the help