Kalshion Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 How in the nine H***s do I beat this thing!?!?!?!? I can't even get close to it with my Firestorm before getting my hanger bays blown apart. Engine blown to peices, lossing the bridge and all the other places.. Anyone have ANY suggestions? its costing me a lot of money not to mension exp. * Died 26 times and have restored my game 29 times *
Kalshion Posted November 23, 2002 Author Report Posted November 23, 2002 RP Prime Help Me!!!! /RP lol
Cmdr Nova Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 Here's my combat strategy. Power settings for logistix and weapons and whatnot. Shields. Max it out. Full power to weapons, too. PTA, at 100%. IOD at like 50%. (For faster fire rate.) Engines, full power. ----- Use afterburner (tilde key) to get as CLOSE as you can. Point blank = better. Lasers = good. Missiles = not so good. If you can stay inside the laser arcs, it's a piece of cake. Of course, this is a ton easier with a cruiser, which is my specialty. Speed, small size, and maneuverability all make it extremely formidable against any cap ship. I can run circles around a Stormcarrier. Lol. I don't have much experience with carriers, so I can't specifically help you with Firestorm vs. Stormcarrier tactics. Later.
Epsilon 5 Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 target. get within 25k (pta range is 15k), shoot on the target leading box. Watch the pretty fireworks. Note : you can keep on getting close, but if PTA guns are too damaging, stay away. Never happens with me though.
Cmdr Nova Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 Indeed. Like I said. I dogfight with a cruiser. There's no such thing as "too close for comfort" unless we've crashed into each other. There's at least 1 blind spot in the PTA system of every ship. I try to use that to my advantage. Seriously. If you see a cruiser run head-first towards your ship, with lasers firing full blast, with no slowing down in sight, expect it to be me. If you see a cruiser hovering inches from the hull of another capital ship, expect it to be me. You'll want to expect every surprise possible in multiplayer; otherwise, you're doomed. There's probably tons of different things I haven't accounted for yet. (Cloaked enemies really really screw me on trade runs, when I don't put power to sheilds or weapons, to conserve Radine.) The best strategies are the ones you are comfortable with. If you think running a Firestorm really isn't your thing, then try something new. Or, think of a completely new, unique plan that's crazy enough to work. That's the replay factor of BCM right there--you've always got something else to consider, something else to work for, more to plan and strategize, more to try out. Expect the unexpected.
Kalshion Posted November 23, 2002 Author Report Posted November 23, 2002 Geez! How many of these carriers are around? I counted 6 SC's all in different sectors.. ALL IN SOL! I can't shake them and all I did was steal an artifact from one of there transports.
Crush7100 Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 There is one tactic that works, just took out a stormcarrier in about 2 secs. As long as you have no other engagements to worry about as soon as he jumps towards you go full stop. When he comes out of hyper he will be dead in front of you and for about 3 secs dead in the water, at that point hit him with everything. He wont even have time to bring his mains to bear. Just make sure your shields are ready cuz the PTAs will hurt.
Supreme Cmdr Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Kalshion: and all I did was steal an artifact from one of there transports.heh, there you are then
Guest Grayfox Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 you know what they say... dont rub the lamp if you dont want the genie to come out... best way to beat a stormcarrier is to stay out of its PTA range. pop it with missles, use your fighters to comat their fighters, and do a cloak hit and run... or you can just stay cloaked and run like hell to the nearest jump point
Wolferz Posted November 23, 2002 Report Posted November 23, 2002 there's always fatal missiles heheh : 0
Kalshion Posted November 24, 2002 Author Report Posted November 24, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by Kalshion: and all I did was steal an artifact from one of there transports.heh, there you are then I must commend you guys then I never met an AI that would go after me just for stealing some Crystal Orb thing. This is an AI I've dreamed for =)
Cruis.In Posted November 24, 2002 Report Posted November 24, 2002 so I really must be experienced. storm carriers are cake to me. but thats just me perspective. nice to know they are really hard but i am just really good. no one can really tell you how to beat one. i recommend however upgrading your ship if you havent. even though its still not too hard un upgraded...depending on approach. use your after burners if your shields are dropping... i use a questar cruiser and they have a good set of PTA which usually chews storm carriers apart fast.
Epsilon 5 Posted November 24, 2002 Report Posted November 24, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Cruis.In: so I really must be experienced. storm carriers are cake to me. but thats just me perspective. nice to know they are really hard but i am just really good. I bet I could take 10 stormcarriers at once in my sunflash. and I bet I could do the reverse! 10 sunflash in a stromcarrier! but I need the gbs to test that
Kalshion Posted November 24, 2002 Author Report Posted November 24, 2002 I hope Playmode will be Compatible with RC 25. Cause I wanna have another try agaist the Stormcarrier. =) [ 11-24-2002, 12:30 AM: Message edited by: Kalshion ]
chrismoney7 Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Ever played be TheBunny? You fight 10 stormcarriers in earth.
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