Let me be the first person to mention DIVE DIVE DIVE.
The NarlyathotepI find it conciderably easier to call the damn thing "Nyr".
Is it just me, or did everyone forget the bigest "Oh wow!" moment in FS2: The Capella supernova ? First time I played the mission, and it started, I kept looking at the shockwave till it hit me.
Is it just me, or did everyone forget the bigest "Oh wow!" moment in FS2: The Capella supernova ? First time I played the mission, and it started, I kept looking at the shockwave till it hit me.
I call it Nyarly. (Luficer -> Lucy...etc)
(And the correct spelling is Nyarlathotep)
But hmm...the best moment would have to have been when I got roasted by the SD Beleth's beam cannon after finally taking down all the beams on the Sathanas after fifteen tries. Oh wait, that moment sucked. I swore.
I liked 'Memento Mori' (Derelict), 'Nemesis' (Inferno R1), and 'Forced Entry' (BP)...uhh...that's all I recall at the moment.
I didn't like 'White Noise' even though it was, by a FREDding standpoint, pure awesomeness. Why? No shields = I DIE ****ING LOTS. I was on the verge of just hitting the "skip" button. (plus it crashed until someone else fixed it).
Fail a mission (Five times?) and you get the option to skip the level along with the quit to main menu and replay buttons.Yeah, five times.
Or in the SOC loops there is a skip button! Or is that an exit loop button? :nervous:Exit loop.
Some people find the 3D Radar hard to use... I'm one of them.
I guess my IQ is pretty low then, huh...
I live 3d radar better. though i do finf it awkard sometimesDrunk or in a hurry?
Or both?I live 3d radar better. though i do finf it awkard sometimesDrunk or in a hurry?
Special moment for me is from Derelict, the dream mission.
I live 3d radar better. though i do finf it awkard sometimesDrunk or in a hurry?
Another great moment from that campaign was the Lucifer emerging from subspace (in subspace) and smashing that Charybdis.For me that was moment was just plain weird. The thing appeared, I was looking the other way and didn't notice for a while, and for some reason, the messages triggered 10 minutes too late (or something around 10 minutes), so I was flying around aimlessly for the majority of that mission with a huge Shivan superdestroyer that nobody else seemed to notice.
Some people find the 3D Radar hard to use... I'm one of them.It's just all the Healing Powder borking up your perception. ;7
I guess my IQ is pretty low then, huh...
I learned from Wing Commander, i can use either :p
Seeing the Lucifer destroy the Arcadia in FS1 in 2 easy shots. I was like :(
Psamtik destroyed. I thought like 3 Saths came!!
First appearance of the Ravana and Sath. Their blurry target view render and unknown size at that time gave me the creeps.
Flames of war dream mission, which was badly scripted. The sath simply fried me and I was like "Ok......?"
The first time i saw the Ravana was like......."ok.....wtf is that and how can it destroy a corvette so fast....who cares im outta here ....alt+j"
The sath was like "oh for the love of jessica alba what did they bring now a ravana on a 10 year steroid cure..." I was actualy thinking "command get me the hell outta here ...."
This line:
"Looks like the defecation is about to hit the ventilation." :wakka:
:ick:This line:
"Looks like the defecation is about to hit the ventilation." :wakka:
:lol:
Imagine the scene...
Seeing the Lucifer destroy the Arcadia in FS1 in 2 easy shots. I was like :(
Psamtik destroyed. I thought like 3 Saths came!!
First appearance of the Ravana and Sath. Their blurry target view render and unknown size at that time gave me the creeps.
Flames of war dream mission, which was badly scripted. The sath simply fried me and I was like "Ok......?"
I think you're thinking of the dream mission from my campaign Meditations rather than FoW. A mission which I played through, about 20 times, and never got hit by the Sath and yet when I give it to other people they get hit by the beams. Never understood myself. Some things work fine on one person's computer, and don't work at all on someone else's.
The hull breaches in "Love the Treason...".Yeah, that was great. I really didn't know what was happening or what I had to do, so I hit my burners and tried to get away as far as possible.
This line:
"Looks like the defecation is about to hit the ventilation." :wakka:
[snip] You can't retire from a fight until you've single handedly won the war! Running is for Kappa wing.
Getting lost in nebulae is for Kappa wing. :pAlright guys. I get the idea. :sigh:
Anyways, when Kappa returns in that mission you have to save the Aquitaine in.No it dusnt. It reappears in "A Game of TAG" when you're tagging the Shivans with the Lucidity and Warspite providing AWACS and fire support (respectively).
Anyways, when Kappa returns in that mission you have to save the Aquitaine in.No it dusnt. It reappears in "A Game of TAG" when you're tagging the Shivans with the Lucidity and Warspite providing AWACS and fire support (respectively).
Commander Command is as idiotNo, he just has a hidden motive and doesn't give a crap about an "insignificant'' pilot.
Commander Command is as idiotNo, he just has a hidden motive and doesn't give a crap about an "insignificant'' pilot.
I only cried one other time and that was in one of BR's campaigns, can't remember which,Probably "Homesick", when you have to leave your corvette behind in the node and get out before it collapses. I guess its because you were so close and had kept it alive through the entire campaign, only to have to save your own skins and let it be destroyed.
... This conversation seems awfully familiar ...
I forgot the missions and even the campaigns these were in, but:
When I was so close to the end of a fifteen minute mission, and somehow manage to fly into a bomb.
When I was shooting a a bomb and got squered by AAAf form the ship I was protecting.
One of my favourite moments was when I was launching a Harbinger bomb at a Typhon and a damaged wingmate zoomed in front it and got hit.
"Blink. Blink. I don't think that was included in the Mission Training."
TSM missions always make me smile. Reminds me of the simulators from wing commander 3. (imagination)TSM units are approved for use as part of the GTVA combat training program or as a review for qualified pilots. The TSM series is not intended as a substitute for actual field training. Terms & conditions apply. Seek bill payer's permission. Standard simulation charge is 15 Terran credits.
I thought it worked by inserting one or two coins. :pNo, that's how you activate the Colossus' main beams.
The first time you open FRED, setting 40 caps against each other, only to be frustrated that none of them are firing their beams when you play the mission.
The first time you open FRED, setting 40 caps against each other, only to be frustrated that none of them are firing their beams when you play the mission.
During the Command Brief, everyone realises I am no longer in command of my own vessel!The latter doesn't work.
Being blown up by your own missles/flying into your own bomb, (Do I get sectioned for deliberately trying the latter?)
"The defecation has hit the ventilation."
BEST. LINE. EVER.
"The defecation has hit the ventilation.""Is about to hit". Not "Has hit".
Its the mission where civilian protestors try to blockade the Tau-Sigma/Altair Jump node, and the Ny... :???: that lucifer jumps out in front of them
The thing I liked about ITLD was that you went through the second Ancients Knossos, only to find another Knossos. The Shivans had managed to wipe out a civilization quite possibly much farther along than the GTVA, and that you really were screwed without a miracle. The 17 Sathanas Juggernauts helped that feeling a tiny bit, too, I suppose.
When I first played it, I was sitting too close to the corvette and got ripped by the BFReds . . .The Sath uses SReds or something weak like that in Monster in the Mist I believe.
Never felt the same about flying in red nebula after playing Transcend.So As Lightning Fall scares you now? :P
Well crap.
I think it was the Colossus Reborn or something.
There was the Colossus X-2 or something. And the Colossus 3000AD...
Commanded by "Not derek smart"
Firing a Piranha in a dogfight online.
Firing a Piranha in a dogfight online.
Did you hit anything?
You wanna hear another story about duct tape?
[edit] I heard that Alpha-2
Sorry
Then there was another dialogue where Mackie said, "Sorry" a second time.
Alpha 2: Geez, there won't be much for the Arbiter to pick up here, unless they use a sieve.
Lonewolf: Cut that out, Alpha 2. Have some respect for the dead.
Alpha 2: Sorry...
It was such an anti-climax for me . . . :(
FRED2 playing YMCA in JAD 2, followed by the subsequent appearance and almost immediate destruction of "Not Derek Smart"...Yea, that one too. I roflmao when YMCA started.
Someone ought to make videos of the JAD trilogy missions and put them up on Youtube
I knew what was coming when I heard the music (courtesy of the release thread), but even that wasn't enough to prepare me for the ship formations... :DNo one would be able to be ready for them.
I roflmao when YMCA started.I actually did!
Here's an idea: Make Microsoft Sam say "soif" in FS2. For example, "the GTC Soif". I'm sure it'll be quite a laugh, because he always says "soif" in the weirdest way possible for a monotone.
I had a "special moment" a few days ago that highlighted just how great I think wingmen in Freespace 2 are and how much I rely on them. I play on insane difficulty by the way, I just love the AI on it.
Anyway, major fleet action in Blue Planet, our carrier was under attack and I had my wings holding off the bombers while I flew off on my own to destroy a Ravan's forward beam turrets. Ordinarily I would never even attempt this alone on insane diff but I was packing trident missiles and figured I'd be able to take them on from a distance and not expose myself too much.
So I was indeed able to blow away those beam cannons with the tridents and as I was turning back to assist in our carrier's defense I started getting a warning that I was being targeted and sure enough I had a wing of three or four Basilisks closing on me and I was isolated from the rest of my wing. Terrible situation, I avoid this like the plague. Furthermore I have missiles incoming and I'm all out of countermeasures. So I turn into the Basilisks, not really attempting to engage them but just to avoid their fire and keep them from getting a missile lock. Meanwhile I radio two fighters from the wing to back me up, not wanting to draw everyone else away just for little ol' me.
And although I do evade a lot of fire I little by little get chopped to pieces. Weapons are destroyed, nav is destroyed, down to 20% hull. And all the sudden I hear the sweetest sound of my wingmen's cannons firing like hell and Basilisks exploding. Those two guys jumped the all the Shivan fighters that were tearing me up and knocked them down like flies. And I survived and beat the mission.
It was beautiful. Were it real I'd buy those two guys a beer.
As someone who never saw the demo, when the colossus appears for the first time.
I had a "special moment" a few days ago that highlighted just how great I think wingmen in Freespace 2 are and how much I rely on them. I play on insane difficulty by the way, I just love the AI on it.
Anyway, major fleet action in Blue Planet, our carrier was under attack and I had my wings holding off the bombers while I flew off on my own to destroy a Ravan's forward beam turrets. Ordinarily I would never even attempt this alone on insane diff but I was packing trident missiles and figured I'd be able to take them on from a distance and not expose myself too much.
So I was indeed able to blow away those beam cannons with the tridents and as I was turning back to assist in our carrier's defense I started getting a warning that I was being targeted and sure enough I had a wing of three or four Basilisks closing on me and I was isolated from the rest of my wing. Terrible situation, I avoid this like the plague. Furthermore I have missiles incoming and I'm all out of countermeasures. So I turn into the Basilisks, not really attempting to engage them but just to avoid their fire and keep them from getting a missile lock. Meanwhile I radio two fighters from the wing to back me up, not wanting to draw everyone else away just for little ol' me.
And although I do evade a lot of fire I little by little get chopped to pieces. Weapons are destroyed, nav is destroyed, down to 20% hull. And all the sudden I hear the sweetest sound of my wingmen's cannons firing like hell and Basilisks exploding. Those two guys jumped the all the Shivan fighters that were tearing me up and knocked them down like flies. And I survived and beat the mission.
It was beautiful. Were it real I'd buy those two guys a beer.
There are no "Trident" missiles in Blue Planet. Nor is there a "Ravan." (Ravan is obviously a missing 'a' at the end, but Trident? Do you mean Trebuchet?)
Well statistically they're surprisingly close in some respects
Trident
Range: 7,360 KM
Yield: ~3.8 megatons
Trebuchet
Range: 5.6 KM
Yield: ~.5 Megatons
Oh, I have one.
The beginning of Twilight. "Mjolnirs! Mjolnirs!!" KABLAM. Best campaign start ever, no contest. :nod:
From JAD? Really, from what I hear of it, I think I should play them!
From JAD? Really, from what I hear of it, I think I should play them!
be prepared for anything, frakking command is gonna give you some lectures alpha 1 jeje..
I first thought 'Turducken' was made up, and was a mash-up of 'turd' and 'chicken'. ;)Same lol.
Disco Inferno - Microsoft Sam style. xD
It is still a hoot.
Nor have I.
I did however, kill a Shivan by crashing into it. :drevil:
Sounds... weird :PNor have I.
I did however, kill a Shivan by crashing into it. :drevil:
Yeah, I've killed a few shivans by smacking 'em. When I'm in a heavy fighter ramming becomes part of my strategy, since bonking a Manticore in a Herc 2 does essentially no damage to you but quite a bit to the Manticore.
Sounds... weird :PNor have I.
I did however, kill a Shivan by crashing into it. :drevil:
Yeah, I've killed a few shivans by smacking 'em. When I'm in a heavy fighter ramming becomes part of my strategy, since bonking a Manticore in a Herc 2 does essentially no damage to you but quite a bit to the Manticore.
Once I recall when I was playing on FS1 OEM, on a multiplayer mission, Reaching the Zenith I caught sight of a GTS Centaur going to dock and rearm a Shivan Basilisk. No mistake seriously - it was still and the Centaur was on the standard docking procedure.
I was so stunned that I quickly gunned down both the Centaur and the Basilisk. Even till now, I regret it because I'll never see what will happen. :sigh:
What about if it's a fellow Terran?
That just pisses me off more.
How long was that?
When I first clicked COMMIT, I went, "Get ready to type www.freespace2.com." :D
...with Shivan Super Laser... ;)
You're joking! :lol:
The ending of Sync...
The ending of Sync...
Anyone who played Sync here? I didn't like the ending... not because of what happened, but because that everything remained soooo unexplained...
The ending of Sync...
Anyone who played Sync here? I didn't like the ending... not because of what happened, but because that everything remained soooo unexplained...
Yeah, Sync was like that. A delightful piece of mind****ery, but it remains ultimately unexplained.
Transcend is the king of all campaigns when it comes to how well missions are FREDed...especially that last battle.
I like the Colossus in the way that there's no beam blind spot you can sneak in like the Sathanas. If a powerful ship attacked the Sathanas from broadside or rear there's no way the Sathanas can easily destroy it. It can't be said for the Colossus though . . . ;7*Ahem*
And of course the Sath could always, y'know, turn. Or moon the enemy and smoke it with its absurdly strong LRed (which has better DPS than the Colossus's BFGreens)
A Common FRED mistake is to treat capships as stationary weapons platforms. This is possibly because maneuvering a destroyer is about as much fun as trimming my nails with a blow-torch.
Yes. I panicked even though I gave myself 800 000 hitpoints.
Anyone who ever managed to scare himself by the very own mission he made?
In the first FreeSpace, when you have to disable the Vasudan Aten-class ship that's packed with explosives and trying to ram your ship (I forget whether it was the Galatea or the Bastion - prolly the Galatea), and you manage to take out its engines when it's about a meter from the Galatea... and you collapse with relief... then, when the Galatea moves to jump out, it brushes the Aten and blows up. Is Tenderizer the name of that mission?Tenderizer was a great mission. I really liked how the HoL just came out of nowhere after reprogramming those turrets, then the Amuns showed up packing Tsunamis...
The target-view model needs more polygons. :nervous:Doesn't SCP allow you to use LOD 1 for that now?
I knew beforehand that the Colossus would be destroyed, so I was kind of like "Oh, so that's how it dies. Cool."
Galemp pointing to a recently emptied Table in the Tottenham (pub) and looking at me and saying "C-3-5" and me understanding.. Its a rare thing only us Freespacers have :lol:hehe reading this made me laugh out loud.
I once killed a Mara by ramming it while flying a Boanerges. It felt good.
I once killed a Mara by ramming it while flying a Boanerges. It felt good.
I once killed a Mara by ramming it while flying a Boanerges. It felt good.
my best random kill i can remember was lobbing twined trebs at a Seraphim and as I hit the fire button an enemy fighter blasted past me it ran into one of the launching missiles both went bang kind of spectacular style :D
I had something similar happen, only it was a friendly fighter that got in the way.No hard feelings Alpha 1
Sorry random ally, totally didn't mean to blow you up.
The Maxim is actually quite dangerous if fired from a quad-linked gun mount. I once fried several Lokis in SGWP2 while flying a Sekhmet equipped with a Maxim.
Such a power hog, though.
Windmills.
That is all.
Starts off when i first played the first freespace when i was like.. 8-9 maybe..i was rather good but i was jumpin in my seat going "OMG OMG OMG I RICK OMG AWESOMEZ!!!!!" yeah i was odd. i saw my friend...and i love shooting my allies in the back..and it was OH NO YOU DOnt you know? lol like i could turn traitor..so of course i laughed evilly and wickedly..and cheated an destroyed my friends..and then i though..f--- now im bored REDO!!!! lol but yeah. leading upthe FIRST shivan encounter you know?i went ALLLL that way to the freakin warship..just to have it destroye dby some random red glowing things.... who mad eme almost break my T key.....lol. an dthen they left so im like...ok.... and then they go for teh plato.....i swore rigth as my mother came in the room....lolQuoted for future reference :lol:
Next...omg I HATED teh galatea misssion thos easteroid pisse dme off somethignbad.. but man when teh shivan finally show up i wa slike COME ON COME ON COME ON!! LAMOST THER!!! ALMOST YES!!!!!!" i screame dand fell abckward ha dto play on my knees leaving the chair where it was. heh. i ha dto try that misssion 15 times....after that its mostly a blur. but when i finally FINALLY got the dragon under control...greatest..dissapointment..ever.. i wa sliek HELL YES i get to fly this pain in the butt finallly...and then i saw... HOW THE HECK DOES TIS THING KILL SO MANY CAPITOL SHIPS?! lo. god teh lucife r i mean..talk about amassive ship...i wa slike all "OOH ahh ya know?" i was so amaze diwth i was really feeling the dread whenever it showed up. god wa si happy to finally beat the game...the power went out before it registered had to restart the entir ecampaign lol. but it was awesome still...
i love dteh freespace2 demo.....omg the beam cannon...first tiem seeign that thing wa sliek HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!..... "high pitch praise" and finally to hsorten this for msyelf an dothers im doign this drunk and at very late nigth with sor ebody but proud thougts.....
the capella phase......i mean i was liek wowe dby lucifer...but i saw teh star....... and this wa swhat i thought.
"oh yeah.....no wya in hell are we gonna live...nope...shivans boned us. well nic eplayign ownder what else is on HLP
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(oh and hi this i smy first post lol im sorry...relaly tiredso ill spell check later k?)
My favourite was a split second thing - I was flying straight towards a group of 3 hostile fighters more or less dead on, getting pummelled with primaries, but with my shields pumped up enough to survive. just before I would have crashed into them, I weaved down a little, and they all peeled off in 3 separate directions. It was brilliant, like a choreographed piece of movie SFX. Of course, 999,999 times out of a million they'd just have rammed into me, but this one time made that all worthwhile :)If only such things could be scripted.
I like the Colossus in the way that there's no beam blind spot you can sneak in like the Sathanas. If a powerful ship attacked the Sathanas from broadside or rear there's no way the Sathanas can easily destroy it. It can't be said for the Colossus though . . . ;7
Terrans have beams firing to all sides.
Congrats :nod::blah:
No-one spoil the admiral rank easter egg. (that bonus mission where you fly the aquitaine)
Onoz my spoiler tags didn't work :nervous:
I like the Colossus in the way that there's no beam blind spot you can sneak in like the Sathanas. If a powerful ship attacked the Sathanas from broadside or rear there's no way the Sathanas can easily destroy it. It can't be said for the Colossus though . . . ;7
That pretty much fits Terran methodology.
Terrans have beams firing to all sides.
Vasudans have beams firing to the top.
Shivans have beams firing to the front.
That pretty much fits Terran methodology.
Terrans have beams firing to all sides.
Vasudans have beams firing to the top.
Shivans have beams firing to the front.
Eh, the Sath can turn. And no Terran or Vasudan capship (including the Colossus), sans table editing, has enough firepower to take the Sath down before it turns around and mops up.
Fenris?
Terrans have beams firing to all sides.
I call it Nyarly. (Luficer -> Lucy...etc)
(And the correct spelling is Nyarlathotep)
But hmm...the best moment would have to have been when I got roasted by the SD Beleth's beam cannon after finally taking down all the beams on the Sathanas after fifteen tries. Oh wait, that moment sucked. I swore.