Light Fighter campain problems

Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:27 pm by Nickless V2

Ok, I need help here.
I'm replaying the campain with a Patriot and need to destroy some weapons platforms (Capture Tekagi's Transport) But when I get the first platform the game says I failed to destroy the platforms.
I have two possible explanations for this:

1 - There is a time limit.
2 - I need to destroy one of them, or both before the strike team takes over Tekagi's Transport, wich happenes after two of the enemy fighters are shot down.

In any of the two cases it's all about taking them down within a certain amount of time, wich could mean I need heavier weapons.

Now my for my question:

I know some of you have finished the game in a Light Fighter, Starflier even, can any of you confirm any of this? And do you have any tips for me?

Tnx in advance from an experianced, but slightly frustrated Freelancer

Edit: Damn spelling.

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Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:39 am by richard7254

Never ran into that. I have tried the campaign in every ship in the game. Got as far as Tekagi's fortress in a Patriot. I completed capturing the transport successfully. Lowest level ship I completed the whole thing in was a Dagger.

Tue Dec 16, 2003 6:34 am by T-hawk

Both platforms run on timers. (The "ship destroyed" comms are timed events; they don't actually depend on ships taking damage and being destroyed.) The trick is to go first for the platform closer to you as you approach the shipyard. The two platforms run on different timers; the nearer one starts and expires significantly sooner.

As for weapons, Xeno Adv.Scorpion guns are the highest damage-dealing and most energy-efficient guns you can put on a Patriot. Definitely get these if you're trying to beat the entire campaign in the ship. Before accepting the Transport mission, you can go to Colorado system and kill Xenos until they drop some of these guns, or kill Navy ships until the Xenos like you enough to let you land on a base and buy the guns.

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Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:29 am by Nickless V2

Will try, but as I said, when I destroy the first platform (the one closest to you), I loose.

Anyway, tnx for the help and I'll try it

Edit: Damn spelling.

Daft Vader - I am your father.
sS - Noooooooo! I demand a DNA-test.
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They call me spammer, but you may call me Master.
It's better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...

Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:15 am by DragonBreath

never run into this... i had it 1 time that the weap platforms stay neutral

my lowest ship with what i did the compaign was with the defender (still not done it with the dagger, tried to start, but deleted it also 2 times)

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Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:18 pm by NukeIt

Get a good mine. Then you can bomb the platforms to death- I'd suggest making an early pilgrimage to Omicron Alpha and grabbing a few rippers off the wrecks- those should cure your platform problem in no time. Just make sure you don't use too many, so you have some left for the Nomad Lair mission...

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Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:28 pm by cardam|ne

I had this exact problem, and it only happened if I tried to take out some ships before I tried it on the Weapons Platforms. Don't attempt to attack the ships, just concentrate your fire on the Weapons Platforms! Don't even select an enemy ship till you've taken out the weapon platforms!

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Wed Dec 17, 2003 3:07 pm by Nickless V2

I didn't atack any ship. I just need to be quicker I think. Better guns and better mines.
Gonna try it soon.

Edit: Damn spelling.

Daft Vader - I am your father.
sS - Noooooooo! I demand a DNA-test.
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It's better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...

Wed Dec 17, 2003 3:41 pm by DragonBreath

just come back if it doesn't work

Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:25 pm by Sh|ft

Don't use Slingshots unless you have bad energy efficiency. They do insignificantly more damage and rarely hit moving targets.

Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:00 pm by DragonBreath

Don't use Slingshots unless you have bad energy efficiency. They do insignificantly more damage and rarely hit moving targets.

i readed this twice... and i think that in here is something wrong...

@gromit, it isn't u that u r confused about it...

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Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:08 pm by NukeIt

Missile+turbo=boom.

The faster you go, the more damage it does, and the faster the missile goes, the less time an enemy has to evade it.

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"Although I do not consider myself a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, I find that their goals and mine often follow the same path. I will aid them when I can...if they give me a percentage of the salvage from whatever they frag along the way. But god help them if someone puts a bounty on THEIR heads, for I don't care who I hunt for, as long as their live capture(or untimely death) can get me enough credits to buy a decent sized mug of my favorite drink."- A Freelance Bounty Hunter.
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Anub- damn, what IS the plural for that? Anubii? Anubises? Anubice?

Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:27 pm by Sh|ft

Missile+turbo=boom

Wow, I didn't know that. Probably 'cause I never use missiles. Oh well, learn something new everyday.

I think that Nomads should be banned to promote use of more energy efficient weapons and missiles, and to make codenames worthwhile.

there is apparently a widespread myth among users that "spamming" is what happens when you dump cans of Spam into a revolving fan.

Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:03 am by Neo_Kuja

How do you ban Nomads ?

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Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:54 pm by NukeIt

I'd play in a server that did that any day...

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"Although I do not consider myself a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, I find that their goals and mine often follow the same path. I will aid them when I can...if they give me a percentage of the salvage from whatever they frag along the way. But god help them if someone puts a bounty on THEIR heads, for I don't care who I hunt for, as long as their live capture(or untimely death) can get me enough credits to buy a decent sized mug of my favorite drink."- A Freelance Bounty Hunter.
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Anub- damn, what IS the plural for that? Anubii? Anubises? Anubice?

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