[MatthTheGeek]

I tend to do that too. Try again later rather than dropping the difficulty. Unless the mission is clearly unbalanced, which shouldn't be the case of retail missions.

[Timerlane]

It really depends, honestly. The AI behavior on both sides can seem to vary greatly from one attempt to another, and without any authority to tell them to do what they 'should' be doing(in this case), things can go no-win pretty quickly.

Slaying Ravana's obnoxious(seriously, shoot-through hulls pretty much everywhere?!) until A. you identify and remove that one offending AA beam from the underside spine of the Ravana, and B. park yourself up front near the 'mouth' of the beast and unload your bombs on the Navigational subsystem. Oh, and Ursa/Kayser turret, with Akheton SDGs in the first slot for quick turret busting.

If you could give your wingmen fighters to cover you(instead of almost inevitably being slaughtered themselves, in bombers), it'd be almost mindlessly simple(even on Hard; heck, probably even on Insane), once you realize the front of the destroyer is virtually undefended.

[QuantumDelta]

If he was stuck on some missions like slaying the ravana, I'd understand though, but quitting the game because of this mission and his own refusal to reduce the difficulty seems a tad odd >.>;

so what do you say to me who don't usually replay a campaign because I only play for the story.

to be honest i can understand why some ppl dont drop the difficulty and in this case i believe that doing so is an admission of defeat and would rather leave it and come back later than drop the difficulty

I don't have a problem with people playing it on difficulties where they don't have to pay attention to enjoy the storyline a bit more.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Sounds like me, but I stick to Very Easy because I'm a wimp.

[dayle]

well as rodo predicted, im back dammit. several months was what it took for me to calm down, but im back. im gonna take dragons advice and play through FSPORT first, figure itll train me up and itll mean ill have some clue whats happening in the storyline.

thanks for all who tried to help me, even if your efforts were in vain.

 i have no idea what the hell was going on before but heres hoping that one day, far in the future, i beat that damn mission, and when that day comes i will paint myself with honey and roll around in breadcrumbs, and post a video of it for you all to see.

[TopAce]

Will you take our advice and play on a lower difficulty level?

[Spoon]

i have no idea what the hell was going on before but heres hoping that one day, far in the future, i beat that damn mission, and when that day comes i will paint myself with honey and roll around in breadcrumbs, and post a video of it for you all to see.

 

[Rodo]

Welcome back to Rome mate.

Hope you can beat that damn mission this time

[General Battuta]

Good luck. And seriously, turn the difficulty down. It was years before I went up to Medium.

[QuantumDelta]

Hell, if he's still having trouble after this attempt I'll hook him up with a multi session to sort him out -.-

[Vrets]

This may be chance, but I find this mission to be easier on hard, rather than medium, difficulty. On hard, the Iceni's beam cannons apparently do more damage and are more likely to eliminate the vasudan corvette before it evades the Iceni's firing arc. On medium, the corvette takes heavy damage or is even disabled, but beams the Iceni in the back as the Iceni slowboats to the node. Attempting to debeam that corvette usually gets me killed or leaves the Hinton and Iceni vulnerable to die in some other way.

[IronBeer]

Hey, I've never really tried to get above Medium personally. FSPort is really the best starting point- the missions are built to have less going on, and weapons start out fairly weak. Good to see you back, though, and good luck! 

[Rodo]

NO WAY FSport is easy, remember you are supposed to have unshielded fighters on the first missions.

[QuantumDelta]

NO WAY FSport is easy, remember you are supposed to have unshielded fighters on the first missions.

Back in my day..... men were men, mice were mice, and a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick was a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.
!

[Mongoose]

Word.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Good luck. And seriously, turn the difficulty down. It was years before I went up to Medium.

I haven't even touched Medium difficulty yet.

[Rodo]

I know what's a slice lemon wrapped around a brick of gold, I just said that FSport is not easier than FS2, just because you don't have beams and flak guns tracking you doesn't mean the campaign will be easier.

[TopAce]

It may not be easier, but it's much simpler. You don't have to worry about AAAs and flaks and being accidentally killed by a stray beam.

[QuantumDelta]

I know what's a slice lemon wrapped around a brick of gold, I just said that FSport is not easier than FS2, just because you don't have beams and flak guns tracking you doesn't mean the campaign will be easier.

The actual quote I was making a not-so-obvious pun off was;
"`In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Aplha Centauri.'"

I was agreeing with you

[SypheDMar]

I don't know. Despite not having shields, the enemies were much weaker. Disabling and disarming wasn't at all difficult, either. The only real threat were the Shivans at the beginning, and even they weren't that threatening because most of the time, they weren't chasing you.