rofl...liberty rouges...rofl, I could take them with 1 justice mk I...mabye you arent using the mouse correctly, hit space when your going into combat so you dont have to hold down the left button...I did that for most of the liberty system

I used to have this problem, at least the speed part. Problem was, I forgot my ship had after burners... try using them, it makes a world of difference

Come on over to the Dark Side y'all...it'll be a hoot[!

Don't forget to have your throttle maxed as well when you afterburn.

If you're having trouble shooting them accurately, remember not to aim for the ship (especially one that's weaving and turning), instead put the targeting cursor on the red + that's near your enemy.

Thanx for the tips, I've finally gotten a Patriot that actually has some decent shield strength. I'm living to see another day errr... cycle? One mo question tho - is there a way to toggle the missile terminal on or off w/out the mouse? I forgot I had clicked on the missiles and was right clicking like a fiend, thinking I was using my lasers when I was really using my missiles and.....uh.....I ran outta missiles. Yeah I know there is going to be a lot of ROFL's over this, but I'm new to this type of game and interface so....okay.......call me stupid. But it's hard to click on/off the missiles while in mouse flight. And when under heavy fire its a PIA to click spacebar so I can use my mouse to click the missiles on/off.

Confused; defused

I don't really use missiles all that much, so that's not a prob for me

Default button for firing missiles is the 'q' key. I think you will find it easier using the key insted of activating the missile and deactivating. You can also use the weapons corresponding number to the keyboard to fire single guns. The same but with SHIFT + Num activates/deactivates the corresponding weap.