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Destroying Battleships

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coodycood

Post Wed Mar 05, 2003 7:08 am

Destroying Battleships

Hey I noticed that in the Player Profile there was a section for "Battleships Destroyed". Is it possible to destroy battleships then?
It's possible to disable a battleship's turrets, but they regenerate within a certain amount of time. Perhaps it's possible to destroy it if all the turrets are offline at the same time?
Afterall, if you can't destroy battleships, what good is weaponry like Sunslayer Torpedoes?

Please comment.

greencardlottery

Post Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:02 am

yep! i got one during the SP missions. torpedos, lots and lots of them. It is also quite funny when you are shooting them and it does *seem* to have any effect initially. That is how much armour and shields they have.

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Brother Grimm

Post Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:50 pm

Just to clarify, I don't think you can destroy the ones you can dock with.

coodycood

Post Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:21 pm

Well, are there any Battleships that you can kill in MP?

biocunsumer

Post Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:47 pm

can only kill em in campain mode, but u can take off their turrets

Idaho

Post Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:21 pm

What about those Rheinland capships u have to destroy (which looks like entire fleet)? I took that big cruiser without any torpedoes... IMHO capships are generally to weak and too small.

biocunsumer

Post Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:03 pm

its not the size that matters, its how ya use it

Idaho

Post Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:09 pm

Maybe, but destroying capship should be a little more complicated... anyone remember Freespace 2?

BuddyRich

Post Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:41 pm

I had 7 battleships taken out by the end of the single play campain, but 0 for Transport and Freighter...

I think I should have had more, it all depends on what they were counting? I know battleships were counted, gunboats weren't, not sure about Cruisers.

I know in the minefield strike mission, you can destroy 6 docked nomad battleships plus a bunch of rhineland gunboats, cruisers and 3 or 4 battleships. I don't think the nomads counted (and latter in the SP they die easily enough as well not sure if they counted either) I made sure I took out the Orion (it jumps in from cloak as a prototype and attacks the Osiris. I don't think it counted in my score either :-( )

What I want to know, is what constitutes a transport? A frieghter?

Shiv

Post Fri Mar 07, 2003 3:53 am

There are "Armored Transports", I often see them flying around escorted by police/allied with police factions. I believe those are what count as transports.

DVC

Post Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:00 am

I got 1 battleship kill by the end of the SP game, and I'm pretty sure it was one of the docked Nomad ships in the Alaska system.

There were ample opportunities to kill battleships in the SP game to be sure, however I think I was just unlucky - ending my firing run leaving it with just a tiny bit of health only to have it finished off by an NPC fighter or something.

I certainly hope there's an expansion which will see battleships added to the MP game in some capacity. I'm proud of my battleship kill, and I'd like the opportunity to chalk up some more.

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