IMG Quest - Protect Transport: I don't get it....

joker1231978 · Post by **joker1231978** » Sun May 27, 2012 12:52 pm

I engage one, kill them, and go to engage another firing on the ship.....and I fail. I can only engage one at a time so what am I missing? There's 5 or 6 firing on the ship. I thought maybe having a fleet might help to distract some of the other fighters, but that hasn't been the case. There has to be something I'm completely missing....

Killing them isn't the problem. Even after failing, I take them out and their reinforcements with ease. It's easily 20+ fighters, and I'll have missiles left to spare.

SIDE QUESTION SLIGHTLY UNRELATED: How can I target the ship in my sights? If there is another ship that is even slightly closer to me, I target them instead. It's really bugging me...

Major Grubert · Post by **Major Grubert** » Sun May 27, 2012 12:55 pm

T key i guees

Target

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:38 pm

Some useful targeting keys..

Y target ship in your gun sight.

Escort missions can be hard.
You need to be fast and use you missiles picking off the reds closest to the ship you are protecting.

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If you are able to, there is always MP . Escort missions are easy with more than one player.

[Edited on 5-27-2012 by MiaZ]

joker1231978 · Post by **joker1231978** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:52 pm

MP kind of scares me. Being griefed is the easiest way for me to quit playing any game. No....constantly being griefed isn't an incentive to 'get better'.

Major Grubert · Post by **Major Grubert** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:55 pm

Mp is quite cool

I'm a big noob and played mp only since started the game

here you can ask for help at anytime

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Sun May 27, 2012 2:00 pm

Your idea about a using a fleet might be able to work if its big enough.
Don't forget to give them the order to attack. lol

They don't seem to help all that much to be honest.
I wouldn't trust them to be able to help much more than just as a distraction.
The reds going after your transport don't get distracted though

So if MP it out of the question, you just need to be very fast killing the reds.
It is do-able but I know its not easy though. I have failed many escort missions in Pearl when playing on my own.

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I 've got to say, there has been very little griefing at all in this game that I have seen.
There isn't a lot of players online most of the time, its pretty quiet and always friendly.

[Edited on 5-27-2012 by MiaZ]

joker1231978 · Post by **joker1231978** » Sun May 27, 2012 2:12 pm

MP isn't 'completely' out of the question. Too bad voice isn't built in. You can only explain things by typing to a point lol.

What server would you recommend? I'm an older guy (mid 30's). In just about every online guy I've played, I always find myself most fitting in a support-type/secondary role.

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The Starmaster is a beast! It can take a lick and keep on ticking lol.

[Edited on 5-27-2012 by joker1231978]

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Sun May 27, 2012 2:27 pm

Starport6 and Galactica 1 are used the most often.
You can right click to see if anyone's online inside before you join : )

Janus · Post by **Janus** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:03 pm

Being constantly griefed would be harrassment and is prohibited on Starport 6. I'm the admin there. You get griefed there you can U2U me here and I can check the logs to confirm and it will be dealt with. Haven't had any problem like that that I know of.

But being pirated is just one of the risks with MP, but it doesn't happen often. But doing it over and over and over to the same person is griefing and harassment.

This is a game and is supposed to be fun. We don't take kindly to those who try to spoil others' fun. It runs people off and we take a very dim view of that.

Janus

joker1231978 · Post by **joker1231978** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:11 pm

From post: 137825, Topic: tid=9393, author=Janus wrote:Being constantly griefed would be harrassment and is prohibited on Starport 6. I'm the admin there. You get griefed there you can U2U me here and I can check the logs to confirm and it will be dealt with. Haven't had any problem like that that I know of.

But being pirated is just one of the risks with MP, but it doesn't happen often. But doing it over and over and over to the same person is griefing and harassment.

This is a game and is supposed to be fun. We don't take kindly to those who try to spoil others' fun. It runs people off and we take a very dim view of that.

Janus

Good to know

I hopped on MP and wouldn't you know it....the IMG quest changed from 12 escort fighters to 4. It was a piece of cake then lolol.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:16 pm

There are several commands you can use for fleets in an escort mission. You want the enemies that are closest to the Capital ship you need to protect destroyed first.

You can order your fleet to attack a ship you have targeted then target the next closest yourself and destroy the second closest then target the third closest and order your fleet to attack the third closest and then target the fourth closest yourself.....etc.....

Post by **Marvin** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:34 pm

If you jump to escort a ship and find that it's under attack by another capital ship ... life just got a little bit harder. Btw, in-game voice is available but its use is enabled or disabled by whomever is running the server ... depending on how much lag results from its use.

Post by **DaveK** » Sun May 27, 2012 9:49 pm

The nearest thing to grief are the "Bad Aliens" clan, and they only bounce you once - it's their way of saying "hello and welcome".

Experienced players won't attack you unless you are ready for pVp and ask for the experience - in fact if you are being attacked when you don't want to be (very occasionally by a newbie who hasn't sussed out the community spirit) the regulars (including the Bad Aliens

) will come to your assistance.

And as Janus says about Starport 6, all the server admins will bounce anyone who causes grief. Although I've not played MP in other games what I've picked up in the forum and chatting is that the EM community is very friendly and supportive. My biggest mistake early on was not getting onto MP because I thought I wasn't "good enough" - I learned more in the first session than in days of playing SP

In terms of in-game chat - the stuff built into the game tends to give a big performance hit and so several servers have it switched off, but many players use TeamSpeak. Either the server admin can give you the log on details or you can find out in the forum who to contact.

Post by **Marvin** » Sun May 27, 2012 10:32 pm

From post: 137857, Topic: tid=9393, author=DaveK wrote:In terms of in-game chat - the stuff built into the game tends to give a big performance hit and so several servers have it switched off, but many players use TeamSpeak. Either the server admin can give you the log on details or you can find out in the forum who to contact.

Starbuck's server lists the applicable TeamSpeak 3 address at log-on (in the Chat window). I used it today, for the first time, and had no problems at all.