[Depth_Charge]

Between teh Shivans and the GTVA.....they would put up a hell of a fight with or with out the ancients..

[Woomeister]

Especially with the help of a certain EA warship...

[Qwer]

Will we end in R2 pushing back shivan invasion or will it continue to R3?
And you mean Icanus as EA warship?

[Woomeister]

I don't know if we'll do a third chapter or not, depends on how things go.
We may focus on smaller stories and extra mods for others to make their own missions with.

[Murderous Species]

Like the Ancients 2-mission chapter?
An excellent MOD, BTW.

BTW will you make gauntlets like those in FS1: a lone ship (you) fighting incoming waves of enemies?

[Woomeister]

The Ancient demos were just previews for R1.

[Murderous Species]

And about the gauntlets...?

[Woomeister]

I don't know I'd have to play the gauntlets again I haven't played FS2 in a very long time.

[Murderous Species]

FS1, Woomeister, FS1.
Don't know if there is actually a FS2 gauntlet.

[Woomeister]

Well I haven't played FS1 for even longer

[Qwer]

Gauntleds in FS1 are SP extra missions while FS2 ones are MP-Coop.

Anyway you fly as single ship (unlimited ship/weapon choice). You encounter single weak fighter, then 2 of em, next time 1 average, 2, 3, 1 strong, 2, 3, 1 very strong, 2, 3, 4 weak, 4 average, 4 strong, 4 very strong (after this first stage is complete and you may return to base OR if you are playing as bomber continue). 2nd stage contains one cruiser with 2 fighter escort (several waves). After destroying cruiser there's 3rd stage with destroyer and 4 fighter escort (several waves). After that gauntled is complete.
There are 3 gauntleds in standard FS. In Inferno there should be 5 (Terran, Vasudan, SOC, EA and Shivan).
Gauntleds are made for training. It's "How far will you get in?"-like mode. When you fly fighter you easily complete first stage and 2nd with little trouble, but you're unable to complete third (or able if you're flying Vesuvius with Assassin bombs ). When you're flying bomber it would be hard to complete first, but second and third will be easier.

[Woomeister]

Well you can't destroy capships without a bomber so you wouldn't be able to complete it easily.

[Murderous Species]

You can, in 2 (Terran or Shivan gauntlet) to 4 hours (Vasudan gauntlet; PVD Typhoon is far harder than GTD Orion or SD Demon classes) using a Hercules armed with both primary banks of Banshees and Hornets and Interceptors in secondary.

In Inferno there should be 5 (Terran, Vasudan, SOC, EA and Shivan).

6. Ancients. And there should be another stage fighting a corvette.

[Woomeister]

Ok I'll rephrase, you can't destroy Inferno capships without a bomber

There would be Terran, Vasudan, Shivan and EA since SOC and Ancients aren't in the current mod.

[Qwer]

That's right, you can't. If you're flying fighter you just end after first stage.

[Woomeister]

Kind of defeats the point of the guantlet if it can only be passed with specific ships?

[Qwer]

Gauntled as fighter is only testing fighting skills. There are stages with caps, but you are just warping out. If you're bomber you're showing great skills when beating fighter stage and to complete whole test you just blow up caps.

[Qwer]

Oh and are events from R1 wiped out and everything from pre-R2 will be in reR1?

[Woomeister]

R1 is completely seperate to the next release.

[Qwer]

So what chapters does reR1 and R2 have?