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  1. Kaunisto

    SO2 Sabres

    It's been a while since I last played Special Operations (before just now) so my memory may play tricks, but I remember that the Mandarin Sabres have previously been like a Morningstar with Sabre graphics (3 particle cannons). Now they had the Sabre's 2 particle cannons (wider than MS 3), but...
  2. Kaunisto

    Academy Gauntlet

    I wish Academy would've at least had all ships of WC2, it would've been fun to put Concordia and other carriers against several fralthras. Can't say I've played Academy much otherwise, the Gauntlet just haunts me as one great challenge.
  3. Kaunisto

    Academy Gauntlet

    To answer my original question: I edited the game to have level 15 as level 1 and tried few times with all ships with and without wingman how they'd do. It still seems Broardsword with a wingman is the best option, but Sabre without did pretty well too. For some reason Rapier also works well...
  4. Kaunisto

    Academy Gauntlet

    I've looked into this further and here's some information for anyone interested. List of the Academy gauntlet enemies: Number of enemies/type/difficulty Level 1 Wave 1 1/Sartha/1 Wave 2 1/Drakhri/1 Wave 3 1/Jrathek/1 Level 2 Wave 1 2/Sartha/1 Wave 2 2/Drakhri/1 Wave 3 2/Jalkehi/1 Level 3...
  5. Kaunisto

    Academy Gauntlet

    No, there's nothing that needs torpedoes. I've actually been thinking of editing the gauntlet to a version where you'd have big ships and bases to torpedo. I could do it, if I can find my old notes from years back... Ferret isn't very good for me as I tend to collide enemies with it. I don't...
  6. Kaunisto

    Academy Gauntlet

    Who has finished WC Academy gauntlet and on Broadsword or any other ship? You see, I've been trying 15 years and never have. 7 or 8 times I've died in 15-3, dozens more in 15-1 or 15-2 - always with Broadsword, of the other ships my best result is to 14-1 with Sabre. What I really want to know...
  7. Kaunisto

    hardest mission and a mission that was easier than you expected

    That and the other one with two fralthra (which comes if you fail that, I think?) are the worst anywhere in WC1&2. I love the one where you go after transports with Bossman (Kurasawa 1?), not that you'd expect it to be very hard, though few missions have that many enemies.
  8. Kaunisto

    Trippy Wing Commander II Special Operations 1 Character Mixup Bug?

    I've seen plenty of times Trakhath/Blair/someone else mixed in that one point and sometimes Edmond with wrong body (but not naked). I recall sometimes there's no character at all, just empty background talking. I think most often I get Blair talking to himself.
  9. Kaunisto

    rank your fav wing commander games in order

    1. WC1 (first I played and still fav, plus the "wide" mission chart is better than the more linear ones) 2. SO1 (moral dilemma of Gettysburg, the Kilrathi imperial family) 3. SO2 (mace) 4. P1:RF 5. P1 6. SM2 7. SM1 8. WC2 9. P2 10. SO 11. WCP 12. WC3 13. Academy 14. Armada
  10. Kaunisto

    Movies with WC actors

    I recently watched Blue Thunder, which has Malcolm McDowell and Jason Bernard, and I was wondering what other movies have two or more of WC cast? Or one of the less famous actors in interesting roles.
  11. Kaunisto

    OK YET MORE stupid questions...

    I'm replaying UE and only now found out you can get B ending even from 10A by losing the Fralthi there.
  12. Kaunisto

    What have you felt when Kilrah exploded?

    I didn't feel much storywise, more as and end to a gaming effort (as I's played 1/SMs/2/SOs/Priv/RF so many times before that). I only got WC3 2000, so I'm pretty sure I had heard what happens. Nevertheless, I think the presentation sort of lacks pathos, for an ending to trilogy+Priv+5 mission...
  13. Kaunisto

    What is your favorite WING COMMANDER game?

    WC1 is still my favorite, for gameplay and structure. SO1 has the best story. I generally prefer 1/2/Priv to 3/4. Prophecy was great as a game (SO in some ways even better), but not that good in story and feeling.
  14. Kaunisto

    Wing Commander III. Major Success, or Dramatic Fail?

    I'm just playing WC3 again and I like it less than before. It lacks the playability that made 1&2 enjoyable, at least Prophecy has some of that. In Prophecy/SO the huge numbers of enemies are OK since you have dozen friends out there, but it's stupid to make missions long by adding wave after...
  15. Kaunisto

    Did I break the plot in Privateer 2?

    I faintly remember having read something like this years ago. I think some FAQ/walkthrough warned about this; I'll have to dig around.
  16. Kaunisto

    Wing Commander- Least Favorite game.

    Hard to say... but it begins with A. Can't say about Arena since I haven't played it. I'm tempted to choose Academy, but because of playability I say Armada.
  17. Kaunisto

    Is this weird?

    I've sometimes had gameposters (from certain old magazines) on living room wall for months or maybe even years. Including: Shadowlands, Secret of the Silver Blades (you've got to admit that's some awesome cover art) and Wonderland (as in "Alice in"; old text adventure). And above my bed I...
  18. Kaunisto

    The fighters that you'd have liked to have stayed longer

    I would've preferred new versions of old fighters more often, like WC2 Rapier (despite that particular ship being so bad). I like Ferret, it's a mix of good things of Hornet and Scimitar and it's also different anough from all other WC1/2 ships (well except Epee maybe, but at least it's very...
  19. Kaunisto

    Defending Earth (Wing Commander III) *SPOILERS*

    Damn, I think I've never done that. Got to remember next time I play.
  20. Kaunisto

    SM2 cover question

    *facepalm* because 1. I googled half internet to find pic instead looking the obvious place 2. couldn't recognize/remember side view That's from Rapier, isn't it?
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