This may be the best mission in the game for me, it tops the Valkyrie mission. Sorry, I just couldn't let that Armageddon escort mission go, but I finally got it. I don't know more to help you with it, I'm also bad in those missions. Capship missiles are higher priority than bombers, but watch how far away they are. Bombers won't kill the carrier with guns. If you hear a torpedo launch, press 'B' and kill it first. Don't fly too close to your carrier so you have a bit of time killing the bombers before they launch torpedoes Don't fly too far away from your carrier so you don't have to fly that far to the next wave. Don't shoot at maximum range, that will just use you energy and you hit nothing despite auto-aim. You may want to choose HS missiles because they have a bigger warhead, or dumbfires if you are even more skilled. When you encounter 3 or 4 bombers simultaneously kill one of it using a missile. Use high speed shelton slide often or you will run low on AB fuel quickly. Ignore all the fighters and press 'B' like there is not tomorrow. No clue how many waves there are, sorry. Well, I hate that carrier defense missions as well and in most cases I wasn't able to make the bonus goals, so I may not be the best person to answer you. I'll add more if I remember additional tricks. Don't panic when you hear a missile warning! Use decoys late, otherwise you'll run out of decoys pretty early. Do target bombers and torpedoes with 'B', otherwise there are too many distractions. Do avoid flying behind capship engines, especially on medium or higher, your hull doesn't like it. Hit your afterburners for at least 5 seconds if you are close to a exploding capship, longer if your hull is damaged. An Arrow will not survive a cruiser or carrier blowing up next to it. Your wingmen are often invincible in the Saga main campaign, you aren't. Target subsystems instead, there is a key for that. Also the turret aimed at can destroy the torpedo easily. The turret aimed at may be destroyed and the torpedo will lose its lock. Either destroy the turrets first or fly close before firing. Don't fire torpedoes from too far away. Don't use your missiles in high-G turns or from maximum distance. That's especially true for the Arrow and Hellcat. Don't use full guns if you are not a too precise shot yet. Do equalize your shields (Q key or something on your stick) when taking damage from only one side. I tend to sacrifice some speed for more weapon energy and shield recharge. You will be asked to do this in some missions. You can slow down and even stop enemy capships by destroying their engines. Destroying the weapons subsystem decreases the turrets' accuracy. Do attack capship missile launchers first if own capships are near. (Bombers fire torpedoes more easily when not under fire) Do attack capship turrets from under the shields, beginning with the medium ones. Don't fly away from your wingmen too far, the Kilrathi will notice it and focus you down It is not wise to be in the firing arc of four rear turrets. Do attack fighters/bombers with rear turrets from the sides to avoid their fire, especially whole wings of Paktahns. Dralthi pilots also like to use ImRec missiles at point blank range. Especially Vaktoths, and Sorthaks, but even Dralthi if it is more than one. I think that is because you can't cloak missiles in the FS2 engine.)Īnd while we are at it, some general tactical tips: (Except the Skipper, in the engine that one is a kamikaze fighter that looks like a missile. don't ram them or fly too near so they don't explode in your face. They are really hard to hit from the front or rear Then you will fly past them and can shoot them from the sides. if you fly past them, go on a parallel course and quickly hit your afterburners, activating autoslide. I prefer the following tactics while flying an Arrow or Excalibur: Often the best tactics are different ones in different difficulty levels, but this one is the same on all of them:īecause of some funky gameplay reason those missiles are invincible the first few seconds after they appear, but that is not the problem, you are able to kill them in time nevertheless.
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