[Petrarch of the VBB]

Does anyone here still play HW online? I had my first mp game this morning, and I'm hooked!

[Unknown Target]

oh, yea, at least like 24 ppl a day

[Nuclear1]

I do Cata online, though I could install HW real quick and patch it.

Good to see someone else online

[Petrarch of the VBB]

In two words: w00t! Feck!

w00t because I've found someone to play against.
feck because I'm off for a week.

[Unknown Target]

You have to download the HW patches from somewhere else. auto-update for it no longer works.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

The patches are still on the Sierra site, as I found out this morning.

How's Cata online? I might try that when I come back.

[Unknown Target]

cata suxors.

[elorran]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
cata suxors.

You're just jealous of all the rest of us l33t cataclysm players

I occationally still play both Cataclysm and Homeworld multi.  If you want a game just give me a shout some time.

[01010]

I've taken quite a shining to C&C: Generals online at the moment.

[demon442]

I own HW, but i hate the multi. Its a spam war.

[Corhellion]

I still play HW from time to time...but I ussually play TFC now

I'm waiting for HW2 to come out

[neo_hermes]

Hw2 is going to rock

[Nuclear1]

HW is partially a big hole of trolls and flamers (yes, just like the old VBB ), but there are still lots of experienced players who are willing to help you out. Take GNE for example. He's active on the HW forums helping noobs out, and same for online.

Cata's not as trolly, but is equally skilled. Most of these people are either migrants from HW or Cata-only ub3r-1337 players.

Plus, if you're looking for me online, I'm Nuclear1 (either with KS in HW or TFL in Cata).

[DragonClaw]

I always get owned in HW + Cataclysm online, dunno why, I just suck at attacking resourcers and stuff, I think its too underhanded

[Krackers87]

the one thing i dont like in cata is the siege cannon. I know its the only thing that rivals beast infection (other than researching faster, energy cannons and dreadnought overpowering taidan destroyer thing) ......


anyways i hate how it can fire from so far away.

[Makil Heru]

I love to play Homeworld but I have been stuck on this one mission for a long time so I stopped playing.  But multi player also rocks.  Has anybody seen the new trailer for HW2 it looks awesome.  I also heard that the mothership is supposed to be really beefed up with weapons that actually allow it to defend itself.  That is one part of the game that I can't stand.

[elorran]

What mission are you stuck on Makil?

The new MS in HW2 is supposed to have some medium guns on it along with it's traditional point defence systems.  Though this new firepower still isn't going to make the mothership something you want to spearhead and attack with.

The siege cannon can actually be countered in a number of ways.  The obvious method is to not let your opponent get one in the first place, but when that fails you can resort to one of the following...  a dreadnaught's repulser field can deflect siege shots, beast DFG frigate can stop siege shots with their defence fields (it makes the shot detonate but reduces about 25% of the blast damage.  4 DFG's can virtually nullify the effect though this is difficult to set up), fly a fast moving ship (like a recon) into the path of the siege shot to make it detonate (requires skill to do but once you've got it down it's easy).

There is also a leech docking point on the fire point of the siege cannon.  So if you can get lucky and place a leech right you will pretty much stop the sucker from firing at all, just BOOM!

[Nuclear1]

I didn't know about the DFG weakening the shot... cool info elo!

[Makil Heru]

I am stuck on mission 9 Garden of Lost Souls or something like that.  I'm supposed to capture or kill some ships and they are impossible to cap so I have no idea what I should do.  Thanks for the help.

[elorran]

Originally posted by nuclear1
I didn't know about the DFG weakening the shot... cool info elo!

Yep, Castewar (Chris Stewart) from Barking Dog mentioned it in a thread about game balance over at sierra's cataclysm forum.  You can't totally negate the damage of a siege shot since it works on a percentage calculation (like the infection beam) but 4 DFG's will bring the damage down to a really small amount.

Infection beams for anyone who doesn't know, do damage equal to 20% of a ships current health level (so a ship at 1000 health will take 200 damage, a ship at 200 health will take 40 damage, etc).

Makil, the level is called Sea of Lost Souls it's the mission just before the supernova research station.  The Ghost ship (that mysterious vessel) is controlling the other ships in the group and has a control field that can take control of any capital ship you send near it.

What you need to do is use strike craft only, thats fighters and corvettes.  You can't actually damage the Ghost ship much, but by attacking it you disrupt the control field after a certain amount of time.  I would advise using interceptors and attack bombers to do this job.  Set the interceptors on attacking the ghost ship and use the attack bombers to get rid of some of the ships if you need to.  I would advise you to try not destroying the missile destroyer in the attack as when you gain control of the fleet it will give the the missile research option.