[anged.exe]

I want to know if i can make the wingmen stronger with a mod or something else, cause they often die like flies.
Its not only cause the missions become much harder without them, but it is totaly unrealistic, that im the only one who survive everytime, even if we all have the same ship.

[TrashMan]

You can use special hits in FRED, guardian sexps, or make them auto-repiar (again, with sEXP's)

[Snail]

Are you playing on Very Easy?

Play on Insane. All your wingmen become better, but so do your enemies. They're still weaker than you but they should be better than they are on Easy.

[Admiral Edivad]

with FRED, you can also change their AI level

[Javito1986]

I play on Hard and Insane and am always impressed by how well my AI wingmen perform on those difficulty levels. They become very useful and actually I depend on them for survival since its virtually impossible to survive if you let yourself get drawn away from your wingmen and surrounded by two or more Shivan fighters... so what game are -you- playing?  Like Snail said, try ratcheting up the difficulty to improve their AI tenfold.

[Agent_Koopa]

but it is totaly unrealistic, that im the only one who survive everytime, even if we all have the same ship.

Much has been made of that fact, my friend.

[haloboy100]

you people are playing on insane? 

I could never beat the fs2 or fs1 campaign past the medium difficulty!!!

damn, i suck....

[Bob-san]

I only play on Insane. True, I use cheats when I'm on other campaigns (they're horribly unbalanced against me as I don't play on medium), but still when I play the normal campaign, I don't cheat and just play on Insane. I get 20% more points for everything, plus my wingmen are actually SMART and will follow my orders. What's fun is being in a very fast and very maneuverable ship while telling my wingmen (C-3-1) to kill my target. Only a few missions I've passed without wingmen (such as the first mission near the Knossos), and that is generally because I have to work . Just a note--early in the game, the best way to take out AAA beams is with Rockeyes... if you approach it you'll be blasted to death. Rockeyes or order wingmen to destroy the beam, though that usually results in 2+ casualties.

[Snail]

Rockeyes have a considerable range, but you just can't fit enough on a fighter to use them more effectively.

[Desert Tyrant]

Rockeyes have a considerable range, but you just can't fit enough on a fighter to use them more effectively.

Before Trebuchets, they are actually pretty effective at ship sniping.  1900m is a good enough range if you're trying to snipe off AAAF beams.(Goddamn things bounce me around like a ping-pong ball )

[Bob-san]

Exactly. Also useful in the supply mission at the end of act 1--you can "snipe" off the main beam from the cruiser while still almost 2KM away, preventing as much damage as possible. Early in the game, there is great alternatives to flying into beam weaponry... by the time you have to face them, you are armed with Stilettos or have a cruiser to do the work for you (most of the time).

[Snail]

What about 'into the Maelstrom?' I found out in that mission that Harpoons are USELESS against turrets. 

[Bob-san]

Which one was that? I don't remember names

[Snail]

Escorting a few gas miners and a freighter, NTF sentry guns, Hercs, Medusas, Rebel Bombs flying around, Rebel Cruiser NTC Maelstrom comes, must disarm turret, Colossus arrives, that one.

[Bob-san]

That's the one I was talking about... I guess the cruiser is the Maelstrom... anyways just shoot it with a bank of Rockeyes and it's not a threat (give your wingmen an ignore ship command so they don't get hit by AAA). Do the mission, then have em disarm and destroy.

[karajorma]

Best use for Rockeyes? Don't use them in the first mission against the NTF fighters. Save them up, approach the Belisarius and fire them into it. Then get the hell out of range.

Sit back and laugh at the fact that your little stunt alone has bought you 1/5 of the way to not being an ensign any more.

[Desert Tyrant]

Best use for Rockeyes? Don't use them in the first mission against the NTF fighters. Save them up, approach the Belisarius and fire them into it. Then get the hell out of range.

Sit back and laugh at the fact that your little stunt alone has bought you 1/5 of the way to not being an ensign any more.

What the deuce?

[BlueFlames]

Karajorma's just dorking out and flaunting ways he boosts his score in FS2.  Feel free to ignore or laugh at him.  Either is appropriate. 

[Desert Tyrant]

Karajorma's just dorking out and flaunting ways he boosts his score in FS2.  Feel free to ignore or laugh at him.  Either is appropriate. 

So I gathered.

[jr2]

Sit back and laugh at the fact that your little stunt alone has bought you 1/5 of the way to not being an ensign any more.

*Fanboy detected*



  Actually, there's probably a fanboy lurking in each of us somewheres...