New player. Could use some help.

[DukeVonBathrobe]

I just picked up the game the other day and now have learned my way around the game systems and controls. I can take down any number of enemy AI fighters as long as I have the fuel and CMs to keep me going. So overall not having too much difficulty until I started running the main mission line.

I am currently piloting the starter military ship armed with C3 Repair, C5 shield boosters, cannon relay, cannon heatsink, and jump drive C5. For weapons I have Class 14 Phantoms and Class 5 Fusion Laser with Excalibur Missiles.

Now I am stuck at the mission where you need to destroy the enemy Capital ship. I have tried getting under it, flying on top, and getting behind the engines but I always end up either getting spammed by missiles or thrown off the ship entirely from trying to get too close. Even greater than that is that no matter where I fire at the ship I do not see the shield getting hit graphical effect.

I understand the concept is get out of missile range, use beams to drop shield, unload everything to finish it off. I still have not been able to put that into practice after a few hours of failing so any help would be appreciated.

[Edited on 11-16-2010 by DukeVonBathrobe]

[PandaBear]

Look lik you are doing great there. Tatic for cap ship work a litttle defferent and other people use defferent tactic to destroy it.


As for myself o fly over on top of it then dive into the middle of the ship. Get close to 450 then target it Eng with the "u" button. It still fire missile, but the missile will hit it own shields and destroyed it self.

You got to make sure you are on the top side and and near the Eng then set your speed to 0 to stay in place

[SeeJay]

Pandabear has a great tactic. One I use sometimes is strafing back an forth behing the ship and target engines, or if you have a friendly cap ship in combat (normaly fires the length of the ship, left or right) then strafing along the ship with guns/lasers to "help" your cap ship. Good luck!

You could also read: http://www.starwraith.com/evochronlegen ... lguide.htm
Thats for EL but it applies to EM as well.

See ya out there.

[PandaBear]

Also a good way to learn is to jump on MP. And ask to fly as a turret gunner for other player. It a great way to learn from other and made some friend along the way

[49rTbird]

Hello DukeVonBathrobe, (lol) Welcome to the forum and the Sim. See you out there sometime.

[DukeVonBathrobe]

Thanks for the advice and welcome. Using maxims will probably work well as a crutch until I can keep my flight path tighter for strafing runs. Would you suggest I switch to beam only to drop shields or fire cannons as well?

Decided to skip the mission last night and go straight to the war zone from cerulean. I take back my statement about being able to handle any number of fighters. Vonari have been giving me quite the run for my money and a lot of fun. Defeating a 14 over 2 waypoints with capital ships duking it out in the middle of the objective zone was super fun.

Would you guys suggest that I run back and grab my starmaster? Or do the military frames get good enough fast enough? Also what is the progression rate through military ranks (as in how many mission completes required for each upgrade? I am loving the agility but I miss my fuel tank.

Also can you get warzone military rank progress online? If you can then I am most certainly down for some groupings on these missions soon.

[49rTbird]

Hello DukeVonBathrobe, Eclipse is correct in suggesting the Maxim R as it gives you great range and good amount of damage compared to some others. Frame wise it depends on "Your" fighting and flying style. I use a Starmaster at all time as I like my crew and cargo plus the 8 equipment slots allow for added weapon and shield boosting equipment. You lose out out on speed but you gain in durability IMHO.

Oh and you don't need a military ship to do military missions.

[Edited on 11-16-2010 by thetiebers]

[Pyroka]

Yes, you can get military rank online. Anything you do in SP(aside from reputation) translates into MP, and MP to SP.

Welcome to the forums and the sim, hope to see you out there.

[Maarschalk]

Hi DukeVonBathrobe, welcome to the game and forum. Hope to see you out there some time...