Whats freespace 2 like?

[trelin]

Originally posted by: Alex C
Do you need a joystick for this, or is it still good with a mouse and keyboard?

There are some swear by using a joystick, but personally I was much more comfortable with a mouse. It's not like a flightsim where your target changes direction in relatively smooth arcs. Using a joystick I found myself smacking the stick around too much when the enemies quickly changed directions at random.

 

[Kalmah]

This game is starting to piss me off.. It's making me want to install Tachyon again though. heh

I guess the biggest turnoff is the lack of free exploration. The combat is great.. but it has started to become somewhat stale.

It's also very overwhelming.. I can't seem to keep up with what's going on in the story. And I've completely ignored the custom weapon loadouts because the loadout screen uses window's text-to-speech on EVERYTHING you select. (yeah.. I have Bonzi Buddy talking to me) It's so annoying I can't stand going to the loadout screen.

So now I'm on a mission which I assume is the end or very close to the end boss.

Spoiler

I have to take out 4 laser beams on this giant ship. I target them.. fire.. they hit.. sometimes they do tons of damage but 9/10 times they do zero damage even though they hit. This is whats pissing me off. They hit and no damage!!??? I've restarted this mission 30 times because I only get to have 4 of the missiles needed to take these out. It takes about 8 minutes to even approach the ship.. and then when my first missile hits and does no damage I allready know I have to restart.

I wonder if people even play tachyon the fringe multiplayer anymore? I'm tempted to dig the cd out to go and see.

 

[Qbah]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
This game is starting to piss me off.. It's making me want to install Tachyon again though. heh

I guess the biggest turnoff is the lack of free exploration. The combat is great.. but it has started to become somewhat stale.

It's also very overwhelming.. I can't seem to keep up with what's going on in the story. And I've completely ignored the custom weapon loadouts because the loadout screen uses window's text-to-speech on EVERYTHING you select. (yeah.. I have Bonzi Buddy talking to me) It's so annoying I can't stand going to the loadout screen.

So now I'm on a mission which I assume is the end or very close to the end boss.

Spoiler

I have to take out 4 laser beams on this giant ship. I target them.. fire.. they hit.. sometimes they do tons of damage but 9/10 times they do zero damage even though they hit. This is whats pissing me off. They hit and no damage!!??? I've restarted this mission 30 times because I only get to have 4 of the missiles needed to take these out. It takes about 8 minutes to even approach the ship.. and then when my first missile hits and does no damage I allready know I have to restart.

I wonder if people even play tachyon the fringe multiplayer anymore? I'm tempted to dig the cd out to go and see.

SPOILER




Ahh yes, the Sathanas assault One of the tougher ones. Basically, what I'd advise is to have all your wing men cover your ass and you do the mission objectives and ignore any other enemy. Put all energy to engines during the catchup - should give you a few more seconds for the assault.

As for the damage, fly as close to each beam cannon as you can and just before you fire your missiles, hit afterburners (so they get some more initial speed). Do it almost at point blank range. So afternurners, fire two missles at once, turn around and escape the shock wave. That way you should have enough ammo for 2 beam cannons. Move a bit away after that, ask for a resupply and repeat for the other two.

Also, do not fire the missiles from far away because the Sathanas is loaded with flaks, mini-beams and has many many fighter escorts - all that will shoot the missiles down before they reach their target and they will do no damage (even if they detonate close to the cannons). Taking out the forward flaks can ease the whole mission too - though you might run out of time to destroy the main beam cannons! Also, remember that you do not have to destroy all of them to finish the mission - it's enough you take out 2 I think - the next mission will be harder, but doable too.

And you still have some missions to go So don't worry.



/SPOILER

 

[CP5670]

Disable the text-to-speech in the launcher. There is no reason to have that on for the main campaign (or anywhere else IMO, but opinions on it differ in the community).

That mission is not quite at the end, but is certainly the hardest in the campaign. You have to hit them from certain angles and call in support at some point, well before you actually run out of bombs. Although you can get only two cannons and still pass the mission.

 

[datalink7]

One of the best games ever made IMO. Top 5 for me. I've played it through probably 10 times. Been a few years and I've been itching to go through it again lately.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: CP5670
Disable the text-to-speech in the launcher. There is no reason to have that on for the main campaign (or anywhere else IMO, but opinions on it differ in the community).

That mission is not quite at the end, but is certainly the hardest in the campaign. You have to hit them from certain angles and call in support at some point, well before you actually run out of bombs. Although you can get only two cannons and still pass the mission.

/Spoilers
The last mission qualifies as the hardest for me. Shitloads of fighters and bombers are popping up everywhere in a 5k radius and you're expected to be johnny on the spot or the civilians DIE! :evil: You also have to coordinate 4 other wings otherwise they'll just die and you'll have next to no support. For the longest time I kept getting separated from my wing(s), owning bombers all on my own, only to get gangraped by that squad of dragon fuck-err.. fight-ers that come out of nowhere, yet they always seems to end up less than 1k from me. Agile little fucks with a slim profile and moderate shielding. 5 of them, against my poor little Herc II.

 

[Kalmah]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: CP5670
Disable the text-to-speech in the launcher. There is no reason to have that on for the main campaign (or anywhere else IMO, but opinions on it differ in the community).

That mission is not quite at the end, but is certainly the hardest in the campaign. You have to hit them from certain angles and call in support at some point, well before you actually run out of bombs. Although you can get only two cannons and still pass the mission.

/Spoilers
The last mission qualifies as the hardest for me. Shitloads of fighters and bombers are popping up everywhere in a 5k radius and you're expected to be johnny on the spot or the civilians DIE! :evil: You also have to coordinate 4 other wings otherwise they'll just die and you'll have next to no support. For the longest time I kept getting separated from my wing(s), owning bombers all on my own, only to get gangraped by that squad of dragon fuck-err.. fight-ers that come out of nowhere, yet they always seems to end up less than 1k from me. Agile little fucks with a slim profile and moderate shielding. 5 of them, against my poor little Herc II.

I don't know why but that made me grin.

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: CP5670
Disable the text-to-speech in the launcher. There is no reason to have that on for the main campaign (or anywhere else IMO, but opinions on it differ in the community).

That mission is not quite at the end, but is certainly the hardest in the campaign. You have to hit them from certain angles and call in support at some point, well before you actually run out of bombs. Although you can get only two cannons and still pass the mission.

/Spoilers
The last mission qualifies as the hardest for me. Shitloads of fighters and bombers are popping up everywhere in a 5k radius and you're expected to be johnny on the spot or the civilians DIE! :evil: You also have to coordinate 4 other wings otherwise they'll just die and you'll have next to no support. For the longest time I kept getting separated from my wing(s), owning bombers all on my own, only to get gangraped by that squad of dragon fuck-err.. fight-ers that come out of nowhere, yet they always seems to end up less than 1k from me. Agile little fucks with a slim profile and moderate shielding. 5 of them, against my poor little Herc II.

That's actually one of my favorite missions since there are many things to do and you can rack up a lot of kills quickly. I take the Ares with the usual Kayser/Tempest combo I use at that point, and hit things that are far away with Trebuchets. The Dragons can be annoying close up, but go down easily at longer distances.

By the way, once you guys are done with the main campaign, be sure to check out the many excellent fanmade campaigns available.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Are there any big open exploration MP mods similar to Discovery for Freelancer?