[Darkage]

I havent finished the campaign yet, but did play a few Skirmishes and a MP match with DragonClaw against two Hiigaren Comps. A very fun match. Even though i got killed first:D

Some pics from that match.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Don't mock me! I've got no money to buy the game!

[JC128]

how the hell do you have that detached build menu? You cheater!

[JC128]

Vagyr are so overpowered need to be nerfed badly

[übermetroid]

Originally posted by Liberator

I am determined to see the FS2 original campaign in HW2 however.

All Right!  I can't wait!!!  

[IceFire]

I played the demo...I liked it.  May buy the game later.  Can't understand what monkeys have been hired to write reviews of the game however.  They keep saying its too hard this, too hard that...the demo was easy (but enjoyable and cinematic) and the computer skermish opponents were a good match for me.

I enjoyed the challenges presented and I liked the interface.

[Turnsky]

it was easy save for one or perhaps two missons...

Originally posted by JC128
Vagyr are so overpowered need to be nerfed badly

sure the vagyr missile frigs can pummel your precious torp frigates.. but .. against pulsar corvettes, and ion cannon frigates.. they're pretty damn useless...

and note.. Heavy missle frigs are anti frigate.. and torp frigs are anti corvette..(i think)

[JC128]

Yeup it was good, but it sure wasnt hard. The ai just likes to swarm you big time, once you learn how to beat the AI swarm its cake. It was nowhere as bad as the gardens of kadesh in Homeworld. God that mission drove me mad the first few times i played it lol then i started capturing all the Ion Array and Multi Beam Frigates

[Turnsky]

okay.. here's what a decent-sized swarm of pulsars and gunships (as  well as bombers and interceptors)...

i used just them to beat mission four.. and took out that vagyr destroyer that's hidden in that level.. i did however use flak frigs so the strike craft wouldn't have any trouble from enemy fighters and corvettes...

[JC128]

Actually I dont even use torp frigates and the vagyr still chew up my fleet (usually consiting heavily of destroyers, battlecruisers and a huge fighter and PCV presence) my battlecruisers never go down though thanks to resourcers taking up every latch point on the hull

and forget docking a infiltrator frigate i fly them in pairs they can shoot frigates off eachothers back. such a great combo. especially with fighter and vette cover. I usually park some special supises in the BC's too hehehe

[Turnsky]

Wolfpacks of Ion cannon frigs are generally a good idea, as they work best in a large group...

i took out 2 vagyr carriers one after the other uncontested using them...

after a while.. i just stopped using flak frigs all together, and concentrated on building ions..


and platforms.. don't bother moving them anyway.. just leave them when they come out of the mothership.. they can prove to be a nasty surprise to any would-be attacker..

[JC128]

on several missions i built the cap of ion platforms and setup a defensive field near my mothership and pulled the vagyr and my fleet into the ion field it worked GREAT whiped them out in seconds the ions even nailed the fighters =)

[Turnsky]

i built half & half of ion and gun platforms... very flexible defense that way...

[DragonClaw]

Originally posted by JC128
Vagyr are so overpowered need to be nerfed badly

sadly mistaken my man... Hiigarans are better than Vagyr. Play a hiigaran normal comp while you are Vagyr in shield. Easy win yes, but it takes a little while. Then play a Vagyr comp as Hiigaran, you can get 2+ destroyers in before the Vagyr can even build one, and a BC in before the game is over. For long outstretched games maybe Vagyr might be better, but other than that I don't see why people think Vagyr are better. They're just cooler

But yeah, match was great with darkage. We got pummeled by the 2 comps and he died first, I warped my fleet out to where I thought an enemy MS was, but wasn't there anymore. My command ship and shipyard got destroyed but I had 3 BCs with 8 squadrons of laser corvettes left. I systematically hunted down the enemy motherships and shipyards. I had to leave before I took out the 3 remaining battlecruisers one of the computers had left though... but I would have won. Very entertaining

[JC128]

actually its been clocked it takes about 5 minutes for a vagyr player to build a battlecruiser 8 for a hiigaran. =) it really depends on how well the person knows the tech tree though and how fast they can set up good mining ops.

[JC128]

and during the campaign its not an option at all

[DragonClaw]

Vagyr Battlecruiser Tree---Research Module, research hyper gates, build hyperspace module, construct shipyard, build capital ship facility, research battlecruiser, build battlecruiser

Hiigaran Battlecruiser Tree---Construct Research Module, Construct Advanced Research Module, build hyperspace module, build shipyard, build capital ship facility, research battlecruiser, build battlecruiser

Same amount of steps, but the hiigarans can do it faster last I timed it _myself_. Besides, the Hiigaran Battlecruiser is better, with its turreted stuff. Just build a few bomber squads, take out the Vagyr BC's missile launcher and engines, pull the BC where u want it, and just blast away and it can't do anything about it. With dissabled engines and the top ion cannon out(the only one targetable), the Hiigaran BC can still own stuff, whereas the Vagyr can't own squat.

[JC128]

yea the Hiigaran BC is deffinantly better no argument there I love that ship.

[Turnsky]

that and the Hiigaran BC has more range to it's weapons than it's vagyr contapart..

and besides.. i like the Hiigaran vessels

[JC128]

yea hiigaran ships look a thousand times better especially with the faded blue/orange look