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Sabredog

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:08 pm

Why Me?

I'm on the end(?) of Mission 13, inside the Nomad sphere, and getting my butt kicked every time.

What's got me peeved is that am I the only one shooting at the generators? I'm supposed to have a "wing" plus Juni and King with me and yet I'm the only one shooting. Which means that without shields and not many nanobots I'm a sitting duck.

The best I've been able to do is kill 2 of the 4 generators before I get blown up. Nothing I've tried for tactics seems to work. I've been close in, just withing range, moving, hovering, I've targeted the generators well before Juni or King mention the need to kill them, whatever. Nothing seems to work.

I've also disobeyed orders and shot up the Nomads to get shields and nanobots but most of the ships don't have any when they blow.

Is there something I'm missing here? Should I just fly around hoping Juni or King will do the job?

Thanks,

John

tux7227

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:53 pm

What kind of missiles are you using?

RevRaz

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:04 pm

I managed to do it in a Hawk with Catapult missiles. It's hard and takes good strategy, but you can do it. Take out the ones away from the Battleship first, then work on that one last.

WiM

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:31 pm

I think i only had to take out 2 of the 4 generators (inside the cube/sphere thingy :p)
I just flew towards a generator: launched some torpedos, shooted at it and then i flew rounds around it releasing mines. When you're flying around the generator nmy ships and weapon platforms seem to have some trouble shooting at you .

PurpleGerbil

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:02 pm

You do only need to blow 2 generators.

I had the same problem. I was advised to fly right into the generators and park in the gap with the blue glow. If you are on the outer side of gen where the turrets cant hit you, you are 90% safe. Blast away at the generators, easy.

I was succesfull first time, with hardly a hit on my shields.

Sabredog

Post Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:24 pm

Thanks all of you.

I've been shooting Windstalkers and Javelins.

I'll try your suggestions.

John

ReAction

Post Sat Mar 22, 2003 8:17 am

I managed to kill the generators with nothing but my energy weapons.

Just use the Anubis, sit in the one place moving from side to side, shooting continuously at the generators. Then when your shields are knocked out, afterburn out into the fields. You wont be followed, once your generators have recharged, just go back. simple.

Easy Rhino

Post Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:06 am

Old thread, but I was actually able to "circle-strafe" the generators with some success.

Get in really close. Fly along the side of the big rock in circles. Aim at just the edge of the rock and blast at it with your guns. Apply side thrusters to keep you moving to the outside of your orbit.

This way you basically drive around in circles. It keeps you moving which makes you a little bit harder to shoot, but it also keeps you close to the generator to shield you from weapons.

ER

kimk

Post Sat Mar 22, 2003 12:54 pm

get the anubis, its like really cheap... $1100, i still dun believe it..
load it up with the best guns with highest damage output versus rate of fire versus energy consumption. invest in a starkiller torp launcher. get 50 torps. u'll need it.
wat i did was;
afterburn all the way to one of the generator, when its in range of my weapons, normally around 600m, i start blasting, and torp launching. by the time ur infront of the gen, u'd have launched at least 3 torps and cut down like half of its HP. then fly around for another run. after the first, get into the dug-out thing and afterburn to the next one. repeat the process. use like 8 torps on each. that makes up to 32 torps gone. u'll need the rest. keep it. i'll not spoil any further.

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