[aldo_14]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Dragons are a nice challenge, though if there are lots of them you're in trouble. Shooting up cruisers with Tempests while dodging flak and AAA is fun as well (works best with an Aeolus)

One thing I really didn't like was the penultimate mission of FS1, where you launch from the Bastion to chase down the Lucifer. A HoL destroyer jumps in across your path, and launches a load of Thoths with Flails that push you miles back the way you came before you can kill 'em all. Irritating in the extreme. Getting bounced around between several AAA beams without being able to escape is a pain. And the tail AAA on a Lilith cruiser is possibly the most annoying thing ever, especially when trying to kill it with a fighter.

I loved that mission, actually; because I just floored it and ducked round the thing and didn't get hit (or fight), it felt like a proper last-minute dash through a ****storm of fire.

[Mav]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
And the tail AAA on a Lilith cruiser is possibly the most annoying thing ever, especially when trying to kill it with a fighter.

Nope. The quarter-AAA on that Terran Cruiser (was it Fenris or Leviathan?) are far more annoying.

And I like dogfighting with Maras and (like TopAce said) evading turret bolts.

[NGTM-1R]

SB Vindacyl (or however the hell you spell it). Sadistic modders...

If it's big and I have a bomber, I'm good.

[WeatherOp]

Fun: Becoming Road kill by that Sathanas, after hearing Command say those fatefull words, and getting your butt scared off.

Not Fun: Getting run over by some other Destroyer when about to complete a mission.

Not Fun at all: Same as above, except with the destroyer you are suposed to protect as it jumps out to complete your Primary Objective.

[Kosh]

Chasing Manticores can be really annoying. They have ways of moving a lot faster than whatever you're flying. If a Horus has problems keeping up with it, then it must really be fast.

I also find chasing Ulysses fighters annoying to chase along with dragons. Damn low profile fighters......


I love to wipe out waves of Basilisks and Aeshmas. They are slow and easy targets.

[TopAce]

The key to beating Shivan fighters relatively easily is to deliver the most damage when its shields are almost down. If you only manage to damage it down to ~ 70%, it starts moving like hell and you really have to spend some more time to kill it. But if you deliver the fatal blow when its hull is at 100%, you won.

It's generally true to all AI pilots. Since Shivan fighters have weak hull, this trick can be used.

[Sheepy]

Originally posted by BlackDove
50 Sekhmets armed with Morningstar - tornadoes vs. You in ten respawns. On insane of course.

Not as hard as it is fun.

Been flying lightys training thing again lately then? How many counter measures did you end up using? lol

[TrashMan]

Maras suckorz.

Dragons are the trickiest little buggers out there!

[BlackDove]

Dragons are tricky in FS1.......not FS2 though.

[Roanoke]

picking off fighters with one or two well placed shots (can't stand earlier missions where you're hacking away for ages)

[Mongoose]

Originally posted by Kosh
I love to wipe out waves of Basilisks and Aeshmas. They are slow and easy targets.

Ah, I forgot about Aeshmas.  They make even Basilisks seem good. Honestly, I'm not sure what the Shivans would think a wing of Aeshmas could accomplish, other than getting blow to bits seconds after jumping in.

[Hippo]

Love: Ashema's
Hate: Lilith's (hey, on medium, don't even think about attacking one...) ...

[Moonsword]

Maybe their refit target drones?  Or just bad Shivans that don't  "Work and play well with others?"

[brozozo]

Love: Basilisks, bombers of any class.

HATE: Manticores and Dragons.

Especially when I have to fly against them while I am in a Herc Mk2.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by d3r3k
Love: Basilisks, bombers of any class.

HATE: Manticores and Dragons.

Especially when I have to fly against them while I am in a Herc Mk2.

Yes, that ship needs two additional primaries.

[psycho_fergo]

Originally posted by Divine Wind
Bah, dragons are easy, kinetic weapon + rockeye = lots of dead dragons:lol:

this is so true, i almost forgot about that.

oh, and liliths arent that hard...hell, they must be harder on medium then on insane, because on insane i can fly right past them and not even take any damage.

i find that AAA beams are the most annoying weapon out there...and in the mission where you have to scan the sathanas subsystems...on insane, you will 90% of the time get hit by one of these beams....best way to no get hit is to stay as close to the sath as you can...as i always say about any warship in FS2..the closer you are, the safer you are  (i mean within 50m of course)

[Mav]

Originally posted by TrashMan
Maras suckorz.

Dragons are the trickiest little buggers out there!

Haven't played much during the last year(s).  Only recently played the gauntlets a bit, and there're no Dragons in there. So I kinda lost the feel for them. Will possibly do a bit about that soon.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by d3r3k
Especially when I have to fly against them while I am in a Herc Mk2.

On the contrary: I find that the Herc II is the best fighter to go up against a Manticore or a Dragon with. The thing can carry two primary weapons with awesome energy reserves and has a huge secondary bay. Load it up with Harpoons and Tornadoes, and then you've got a lot of dead Shivan fighters.

[TopAce]

Nah, I rely mainly on my primaries. That's why I don't really like the Herc II. Mark I is okay, but my choice is any of the Perseus, Ulysses or the Loki.

[Hippo]

The Ulysseys and Perseus both have 4 primary points too... They only have manuverability and speed over the HercII, but are both more limited in weapons compatability (ignoring secondaries, as they are irrelevant in this case)...