[Woolie Wool]

In The Great Hunt, the Lucifer thought it would be funny to open fire on the Bastion. So now there is no Bastion and therefore...

The Thoths and the bombers didn't launch.

Eight fighters isn't enough to take out the Lucy. I've failed the mission twice in a row because I can't take the reactors out fast enough! I need help now!

[Akalabeth Angel]

Uh, replay the first mission and hope that the Lucifer doesn't destroy the Bastion?

[Lightspeed]

As a joke, I once picked up all fighters with Ursa bombers and killed the lucy -- not just destroying the reactors

It's possible as the more reactors you destroy, the lower the hull integrity will go. Those last % can be whooped with a good amount of harbingers without any problem.

[Hippo]

yeah, you're kindof stuck there... you won't be able to get them now... uh... Good Luck?

[Woolie Wool]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
As a joke, I once picked up all fighters with Ursa bombers and killed the lucy -- not just destroying the reactors

HAW HAW HAW! Go you!:D:yes:

I cheated my way through (I killed the Lucy with the ~k cheat) and then played it again with all wings available in the simulator. It was ludicrously easy with Delta helping us.

Once I played an FS2 version with Ares, Erinyes, and Serapis fighters in Alpha, Beta, and Epsilon wings and with Helios instead of Harbingers, Kaysers instead of Banshees, Piranhas instead of Synaptic Bombs, Harpoons rather than Interceptors, and Tornadoes in lieu of Hornets. The Lucifer was THIS close to being destroyed normally when the reactors went down (under 10% integrity). In both cases, the mission was really easy and an anticlimax. If they had put a 6 or 7 minute deadline, it would've been better (In the sim it took me 6:30).

[Solatar]

In the last mission you don't even have to do anything, Delta will do everything for you. Just attack fighters.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
In The Great Hunt, the Lucifer thought it would be funny to open fire on the Bastion. So now there is no Bastion and therefore...

When they're both a good 9-10 kilos away?

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by Solatar
In the last mission you don't even have to do anything, Delta will do everything for you. Just attack fighters.

[Solatar]

How exactly did the Lucifer use it's main uber shooty things if the Lucifer is facing the opposite way of the Bastion?

[Woolie Wool]

It turned around to face the Bastion.

[Woolie Wool]

Originally posted by nuclear1




When they're both a good 9-10 kilos away?

Actually, the Lucy was around 11 kilometers away, but it still destroyed the Bastion (although one of its shots missed). It's flux beams' range is that long.

[Solatar]

It turned around...when it had orders to jump...

[Woolie Wool]

I never saw it jump. Command gave me orders to pursue the Lucifer into the node, and when I jumped, the Lucy was still there.

Is it because my copy of FS1 is v1.00?

[Liberator]

Can you replay the previous mission?  Try that, because the Lucy is supposed to jump out about 30 seconds after the mission starts.

[Hippo]

yeah... and it should be 18 K away from you too...

[Trivial Psychic]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
Once I played an FS2 version with Ares, Erinyes, and Serapis fighters in Alpha, Beta, and Epsilon wings and with Helios instead of Harbingers, Kaysers instead of Banshees, Piranhas instead of Synaptic Bombs, Harpoons rather than Interceptors, and Tornadoes in lieu of Hornets. The Lucifer was THIS close to being destroyed normally when the reactors went down (under 10% integrity). In both cases, the mission was really easy and an anticlimax. If they had put a 6 or 7 minute deadline, it would've been better (In the sim it took me 6:30).

Why in hell would you chose Kaysers, when you could use Maxims.  If you're fighting in subspace, no one has any sheilds, so you should Maximize your hull dammage and use the Maxim.  In the ported campaign, I used to fly a Herc with 4 Prom and 2 Banshee, but with the lower hull dammage of the Banshee, I've taken to replacing 'em with Disruptors so I can help out against the reactors.

Later!

[Woolie Wool]

Because I was recreating the original mission, only with FS2 technology, and Good Luck is a Red Alert mission, so you use default weapons in the simulator. Since the Herc you fly in Good Luck has Banshees by default, they're replaced by Kaysers.

I managed to reach the rank of Commander by the end of FS1. It's great to have a promotion once in a blue moon.

Speaking of promotions, remember the promotion debriefings for ranks above Commodore?

"We don't know how you did it, but you are hereby given the prestigious rank of Rear Admiral. (We think you cheated.)"

"You must've really cheated to get this rank? Do you want to sit behind a desk or something? That's what Vice Admirals do."

"You really need to stop cheating. This could become a natural thing for you, and that would be bad. Go on Admiral Cheater, I think you have to perform an inspection or ceremony or something."



Why did they take that out of FS2?

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
In both cases, the mission was really easy and an anticlimax. If they had put a 6 or 7 minute deadline, it would've been better (In the sim it took me 6:30).

... yeah.. that's why you play the game the way it's supposed to be played / up the difficulty.

[Woolie Wool]

Even at high difficulty levels, it is too easy. The enemy fighters' maneuverability is greatly reduced by the subspace tunnel, allowing me to pick off even Dragons at my leisure. The fact that Shivan fighters only have 100 hull hitpoints while I have 250 and that their weapons suck compared to the Prometheus and Banshee also tilts the balance in my favor. The Shivans are simply outmanned, outgunned, and doomed. Now, if the Lucifer had anti-fighter versions of those flux beams, it would be more interesting...

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool

"You must've really cheated to get this rank? Do you want to sit behind a desk or something? That's what Vice Admirals do."

 

I'm due for that one any time now... Pilotview says I've got 492 points left, with a grand total of 499508 (with my new pilot from early last year)...


As for the last mission, I can beat it in 3:30, or 4:00 on medium... I tried it on hard, and was close to finishing it, but i got disrupted by alpha 2 (i think) so i'm stuck there for 20 seconds, being torn apart by manticores...


Every time I do it, I take an ursa with 6 Harbs... one will take out a reactor, put a disruptor in the tripile bank, and a prometeus in the center one...

That reminds me, does anyone actually use the prometheus (either version) in FS2? I always find myself using Subachs untill the kaysers or maxims are available... I just find the prom R and S too slow firing compared to the FS1 version...