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| - | ====== Fusion Genesis====== | ||
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| - | - Intro - | ||
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| - | 'Sup. No one likes scrolling through paragraphs of text that have nothing to do | ||
| - | with what they' | ||
| - | is my 1st guide so don't be a jerk. 2) I have an SDTV and bad eyes so excuuuuse | ||
| - | me if there are some spelling/ | ||
| - | errors in this guide, as well as discovered bugs, glitches, cheats, etc., I will | ||
| - | update the guide if enough people message me regarding the subject as I can't | ||
| - | trust just 1 source most of the time. My e-mail address is | ||
| - | [email protected]. 4) No, there is nothing in this guide that will help | ||
| - | with online play save for scant pieces of common knowledge. No, I cannot help | ||
| - | you with online play, and that's CAN not, not WILL not. Even if I had internet | ||
| - | access at my home I am not currently, have never been, nor ever will be, a | ||
| - | subscriber to Xbox Live's gold service lest it is either free or very close to | ||
| - | it. That's enough of that, you came here for answers, and answers thou shalt | ||
| - | receive! | ||
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| - | - Table of Contents - | ||
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| - | Use CTRL + F and copy/paste the [TAG] to find the section you're looking for. | ||
| - | Sections referenced in other parts of the guide will be in parentheses instead | ||
| - | of brackets so that searches go only to either the intended section or table of | ||
| - | contents only, the parentheses do not indicate a different section to be | ||
| - | searched for so just replace them with brackets. | ||
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| - | I - Basic Knowledge & Tips [I] | ||
| - | - Controls [BKC] | ||
| - | - Pause Menu [BKP] | ||
| - | - Quickview Menu [BKQ] | ||
| - | - Pilot Sub-Menu [QP] | ||
| - | - Zone Map [QZ] | ||
| - | - Ship Sub-Menu [QSH] | ||
| - | - Sentients Sub-Menu [QSE] | ||
| - | - Shift Platforms [QSP] | ||
| - | - Mission Sub-Menu [QM] | ||
| - | - Radar & Minimap [BKR] | ||
| - | - Achievement List [BKA] | ||
| - | - Miscellaneous Knowledge [BKM] | ||
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| - | II - Walkthrough/ | ||
| - | - Prometheus Station [WPS] | ||
| - | - Commandeer, it's a Nautical Term [WNT] | ||
| - | - Hidden Arsenal [WHA] | ||
| - | - Smuggling Ships and Other Impossibilities [WSS] | ||
| - | - The Fantastic 5 [WFF] | ||
| - | - Finding Identity [WFI] | ||
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| - | III - Main Story Missions [III] | ||
| - | - Old Friends, New Enemies [MS1] | ||
| - | - Hunter and Hunted [MS2] | ||
| - | - Undercover [MS3] | ||
| - | - War and Pieces [MS4] | ||
| - | - Sacrifice [MS5] | ||
| - | - Captured [MS6] | ||
| - | - Retribution [MS7] | ||
| - | - All Good Things [MS8] | ||
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| - | IV - Faction Information [IV] | ||
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| - | V - Consortium of Free Traders Story Missions [V] | ||
| - | - What's Mine is Yours [CSM1] | ||
| - | - Special Delivery [CSM2] | ||
| - | - Breaking the Code [CSM3] | ||
| - | - They Will Pay [CSM4] | ||
| - | - Throwing Rocks [CSM5] | ||
| - | - Impressment [CSM6] | ||
| - | - Unfinished Business [CSM7] | ||
| - | - The Last Stand [CSM8] | ||
| - | - A Good Cussing Out [CSM9] | ||
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| - | VI - Sunshadow Syndicate Story Missions [VI] | ||
| - | - Initiation [SSM1] | ||
| - | - Let's Make a Deal [SSM2] | ||
| - | - The Lucky Charm [SSM3] | ||
| - | - Odd Job [SSM4] | ||
| - | - Break [SSM5] | ||
| - | - Skin of Your Teeth [SSM6] | ||
| - | - The Rat [SSM7] | ||
| - | - Ouroboros [SSM8] | ||
| - | - What Goes Around [SSM9] | ||
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| - | VII - Praetoriate Fleet Story Missions [VII] | ||
| - | - The Blue Line [PSM1] | ||
| - | - On the Job [PSM2] | ||
| - | - Breaking Heads [PSM3] | ||
| - | - Dirty [PSM4] | ||
| - | - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished [PSM5] | ||
| - | - Dead or Alive [PSM6] | ||
| - | - Unwelcome Discoveries [PSM7] | ||
| - | - Interdiction [PSM8] | ||
| - | - Razing Sunshadow Bay [PSM9] | ||
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| - | VIII - Dominion of Allied Planets Story Missions [VIII] | ||
| - | - Shakedown [DSM1] | ||
| - | - Without Warning [DSM2] | ||
| - | - Reciprocity [DSM3] | ||
| - | - Casus Belli [DSM4] | ||
| - | - A Bad Taste [DSM5] | ||
| - | - Fight and Flight [DSM6] | ||
| - | - Unwanted Guests [DSM7] | ||
| - | - Recon [DSM8] | ||
| - | - A Nest of Vipers [DSM9] | ||
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| - | IX - Revenant Order Story Missions [IX] | ||
| - | - A Test of Faith [OSM1] | ||
| - | - Inquiry [OSM2] | ||
| - | - Divine Wrath [OSM3] | ||
| - | - Heathens [OSM4] | ||
| - | - A Plague of Unbelievers [OSM5] | ||
| - | - A Question of Blasphemy [OSM6] | ||
| - | - Apostate [OSM7] | ||
| - | - Heratic [OSM8] | ||
| - | - Shug [OSM9] | ||
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| - | X - Side Missions [X] | ||
| - | - Standard Side Missions [SM] | ||
| - | - Spy Mission Walkthrough [SPY] | ||
| - | - Upgrades Title Listing [UTL] | ||
| - | - Military Warzone Side Missions [WSM] | ||
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| - | XI - Preset Side Missions [XI] | ||
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| - | XII - Consortium Preset Side Missions [XII] | ||
| - | - Consortium Asteria [CPA] | ||
| - | - Consortium Erebus [CPE] | ||
| - | - Consortium Leviathan [CPL] | ||
| - | - Consortium The Graveyard [CPG] | ||
| - | - Consortium The Tempest [CPTT] | ||
| - | - Consortium Solaria [CPS] | ||
| - | - Consortium Tartarus [CPT] | ||
| - | - Consortium The Crucible [CPC] | ||
| - | - Consortium Shadowrift [CPR] | ||
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| - | XIII - Syndicate Preset Side Missions [XIII] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Asteria [SPA] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Erebus [SPE] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Leviathan [SPL] | ||
| - | - Syndicate The Graveyard [SPG] | ||
| - | - Syndicate The Tempest [SPTT] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Solaria [SPS] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Tartarus [SPT] | ||
| - | - Syndicate The Crucible [SPC] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Shadowrift [SPR] | ||
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| - | XIV - Praetorian Preset Side Missions [XIV] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Asteria [PPA] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Erebus [PPE] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Leviathan [PPL] | ||
| - | - Praetorian The Graveyard [PPG] | ||
| - | - Praetorian The Tempest [PPTT] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Solaria [PPS] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Tartarus [PPT] | ||
| - | - Praetorian The Crucible [PPC] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Shadowrift [PPR] | ||
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| - | XV - Dominion Preset Side Missions [XV] | ||
| - | - Dominion Asteria [DPA] | ||
| - | - Dominion Erebus [DPE] | ||
| - | - Dominion Leviathan [DPL] | ||
| - | - Dominion The Graveyard [DPG] | ||
| - | - Dominion The Tempest [DPTT] | ||
| - | - Dominion Solaria [DPS] | ||
| - | - Dominion Tartarus [DPT] | ||
| - | - Dominion The Crucible [DPC] | ||
| - | - Dominion Shadowrift [DPR] | ||
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| - | XVI - Order Preset Side Missions [XVI] | ||
| - | - Order Asteria [OPA] | ||
| - | - Order Erebus [OPE] | ||
| - | - Order Leviathan [OPL] | ||
| - | - Order The Graveyard [OPG] | ||
| - | - Order The Tempest [OPTT] | ||
| - | - Order Solaria [OPS] | ||
| - | - Order Tartarus [OPT] | ||
| - | - Order The Crucible [OPC] | ||
| - | - Order Shadowrift [OPR] | ||
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| - | XVII - Warzone Mission Guide [XVI] | ||
| - | - Basic Mission Progression and Rewards [WZNP] | ||
| - | - Important Mission Elements and Interaction [WZNE] | ||
| - | - Basic Mission Zone Layout and Contents [WZNZ] | ||
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| - | XVIII - Legion Invaision Mission Guide [XVIII] | ||
| - | - Basic Mission Progression and Rewards [LRP] | ||
| - | - Important Mission Elements and Interaction [LRE] | ||
| - | - Basic Mission Zone Layout and Contents [LRZ] | ||
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| - | XIX - Ark Raid Mission Guide [XIX] | ||
| - | - Stealthly Blitzkrieg [ARS] | ||
| - | - Clay Tok [ARC] | ||
| - | - Forks in the Road [ARF] | ||
| - | - Path of the Dead [ARD] | ||
| - | - Path of Knowledge [ARK] | ||
| - | - Path of Darkness [ARP] | ||
| - | - Hall of Mirrors [ARH] | ||
| - | - The Ark [ARA] | ||
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| - | XX - Mad Skillz (Pilot Skills List & Ratings) [XX] | ||
| - | - Base Skills [MSB] | ||
| - | - Faction Skills [MSF] | ||
| - | - Consortium Skills [MSC] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Skills [MSS] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Skills [MSP] | ||
| - | - Undercover Glitch: Eugene [MSUG] | ||
| - | - Military Skills [MSM] | ||
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| - | XXI - Challenge List & Recommendations [XXI] | ||
| - | - Exploration Challenges [CLE] | ||
| - | - Mission Challenges [CLMI] | ||
| - | - Combat Challenges [CLCO] | ||
| - | - Weapon Challenges [CLW] | ||
| - | - Acquisition Challenges [CLA] | ||
| - | - Consortium Challenges [CLC] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Challenges [CLP] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Challenges [CLS] | ||
| - | - Military Challenges [CLM] | ||
| - | - Sentient Challenges [CLSE] | ||
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| - | XXII - Sentient Information Guide [XXII] | ||
| - | - Sentient Rarity [SIR] | ||
| - | - Tank Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SIT] | ||
| - | - DPS Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SID] | ||
| - | - Healer Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SIH] | ||
| - | - Shared Sentient Ability Evaluation [SIS] | ||
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| - | XXIII - Weapons: Statistics and Recommendations [XXIII] | ||
| - | - Weapon Type Analysis [WTA] | ||
| - | - Statistics Intro [WSI] | ||
| - | - Consortium Weapons [WC] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Weapons [WS] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Weapons [WP] | ||
| - | - Dominion Weapons [WD] | ||
| - | - Order Weapons [WO] | ||
| - | - PVP Weapons [WP] | ||
| - | - Warzone Weapons [WW] | ||
| - | - Legion Raid Weapons [WL] | ||
| - | - Ark Raid Weapons [WA] | ||
| - | - Bonus Weapons [WB] | ||
| - | - Weapon Recommendations [WR] | ||
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| - | XXIV - Ship Statistics [XXIV] | ||
| - | - Consortium Ships [SC] | ||
| - | - Syndicate Ships [SS] | ||
| - | - Praetorian Ships [SP] | ||
| - | - Dominion Ships [SD] | ||
| - | - Order Ships [SO] | ||
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| - | XXV - Clarifications, | ||
| - | - Miscellaneous Info [MI] | ||
| - | - Clarifications/ | ||
| - | - Credits and Legal Information [CI] | ||
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| - | General Tips: | ||
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| - | Equipping 3+ weapons/ | ||
| - | This glitch will allow you to equip more weapons/ | ||
| - | be allowed and it is executed thusly: | ||
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| - | Step 1) - Simply purchase or commandeer a ship with 3 or more weapon slots. | ||
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| - | Step 2) - Equip the ship with the desired weapons/ | ||
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| - | Step 3) - Dock at Alpha Station in the Asteria zone & change factions. | ||
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| - | ...And Voila! Goodbye Becky (the starting mining ship) will have 3 - 4 | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
| - | you'll need to be aware of some things. First of all, whatever your default ship | ||
| - | is in any given faction you (re)join is the one that will have the | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
| - | will likely result in load outs being reset. You can also manually un-equip | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
| - | currently assigned to it if your ship has 3 or less weapon slots. Results are | ||
| - | inconsistent but tend to more often than not make any sentients in slots C/D be | ||
| - | equipped, (unless it's slot C and you're in a heavy fighter of course). This | ||
| - | will allow you to utilize their passive bonuses, but they won't fly around the | ||
| - | ship and attack. Weapons in slot C/D however appear to equip with no problem. | ||
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| - | Note: Although more items are being equipped to ships than should be possible, | ||
| - | they are still displayed normally in the list of weapons/ | ||
| - | result in you going beyond the 15 weapon/ | ||
| - | shouldn' | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
| - | which would likely cause it to glitch. | ||
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| - | - Basic Knowledge & Tips - | ||
| - | [I] | ||
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| - | While this section does contain features like basic controls, I highly recommend | ||
| - | those who are new to the game to look over this section because there is vital | ||
| - | information that you need to be made aware of. Even if you're not new to the | ||
| - | game but don't know everything about the interface will likely need to stop and | ||
| - | take a look because there are some things that not even the game will tell you. | ||
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| - | - Controls [BKC] - | ||
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| - | navigating menus this serves as the button you use to select options or menus. | ||
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| - | " | ||
| - | navigating menus this serves as the button you use to cancel an option or exit | ||
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| - | Left Analog Stick - Fly/Move | ||
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| - | Right Analog Stick - Fire Weapon (fires in the direction you point the analog | ||
| - | stick. Beams and missiles must be locked on before they can be fired). | ||
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| - | L3/Left analog stick button - Boost/ | ||
| - | analog stick button down, the boost is toggled). | ||
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| - | R3/Right analog stick button - Unused | ||
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| - | Left Bumper/ | ||
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| - | Right Bumper/ | ||
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| - | Left Trigger - Sentient Lock-on | ||
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| - | Right Trigger - Weapon Lock-on (for beams and missiles) | ||
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| - | Back/Select Button - Quickview menu(s) | ||
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| - | Start Button - Pause Menu (Figuratively speaking, the game doesn' | ||
| - | pause. | ||
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| - | Some of these will require a little more information but the Quickview menu | ||
| - | might as well have its own damn encyclopedia. Seriously, Starfire really dropped | ||
| - | the ball by failing to effectively provide a comprehensive rundown of its many | ||
| - | functions. It would be an inexcusable travesty for me not to share my knowledge, | ||
| - | but I'm going to start with some noteworthy aspects regarding the pause menu | ||
| - | first. Don't worry though, I'll describe the Quickview menu immediately | ||
| - | afterwards. | ||
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| - | - Pause Menu [BKM] - | ||
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| - | The two things you're most likely to use the pause menu for are selecting | ||
| - | special missions and changing settings. Selecting settings within the Help & | ||
| - | Options tab will let you adjust audio settings, but there' | ||
| - | option, you've been warned. The Safe Area settings let you shift certain | ||
| - | on-screen elements closer to the edges so that they don't obstruct your view too | ||
| - | much. | ||
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| - | The How to Play tab is riddled with incomplete information. The Controls section | ||
| - | (which incidentally was already provided a tab) fails to include the boost | ||
| - | command, the Quickview section barely scratches the surface of its various | ||
| - | functions, Onscreen display fails to explain the curved bars next to sentient | ||
| - | and pilot skills, (they represent the cooldown time/how much more energy is | ||
| - | needed to use it, whichever is needed most at the time), and lastly the icon | ||
| - | glossary only lists those that are either unimportant or easily deduced, failing | ||
| - | to include weapon classification icons, radar icons, and/or buff icons. | ||
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| - | The More Options tab includes some online options, the ability to turn off the | ||
| - | radar ring (though why you would want to do such a thing is beyond me), | ||
| - | something called Starfield which I must confess I have no clue about, and camera | ||
| - | options. The Camera is set overhead by default, provides an equal view in all | ||
| - | directions, and is the most useful for gameplay. Overhead + Look Ahead provides | ||
| - | the same view as the previous one but also looks in front of the ship slightly | ||
| - | but it's not that great. Fixed Angle gives you a 45 degree view that lets you | ||
| - | view certain visual elements that would otherwise have been obstructed by the | ||
| - | default setup. Tilt might as well have been titled "Vomit Inducer" | ||
| - | practically upside-down half the time and very disorienting. The game's | ||
| - | practically unplayable with that option. Lastly, the Lazy setting is one of the | ||
| - | more unique ones since it has a 45 degree angle like Fixed Angle, but unlike it | ||
| - | and the two overhead views, its orientation isn't fixed. Instead, Lazy follows | ||
| - | directly behind the player' | ||
| - | zones. I highly recommend switching to the Lazy setting once you've completed | ||
| - | a significant portion of the game and can cruise lazily around without fear | ||
| - | because the altered perspective lets you really take in the sights. | ||
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| - | The left side of the pause menu includes the galaxy map (which is also | ||
| - | accessible from the quickview menu), online social options, and the special | ||
| - | missions tab. Special missions can be initiated at almost any time and include | ||
| - | military warzones, Dark Legion invasion missions (more commonly referred to as | ||
| - | Legion Raids), and the Ark (more commonly referred to as Ark Raids. Military | ||
| - | warzones become available almost as soon as you join the Revenant Order or | ||
| - | Dominion of Allied Planets, Ark Raids are unlocked after completing all the main | ||
| - | story missions, but it's not quite clear to me when Legion Raids become | ||
| - | unlocked. All are explored in greater detail in later parts of the guide. | ||
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| - | - Quickview Menu [BKQ] - | ||
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| - | I'm not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that this is the heart of the | ||
| - | game and a make-or-break aspect that was clearly broken, as evidenced by the | ||
| - | game's low notoriety and sales (though the less than significant marketing | ||
| - | didn't help either). The information supplied in the Help & Options section | ||
| - | barely scratches the surface of what you need to know to be successful, and | ||
| - | it's the reason I'm guessing a lot of people didn't bother with the game after | ||
| - | playing the free trial. But fear not! For I have the answers you seek! Though if | ||
| - | you would like a video presentation, | ||
| - | Youtube that can be helpful. However, since its creator failed to respond to my | ||
| - | message, I will not be posting a link since I was unable to get permission. So | ||
| - | if you're the type that likes a visual look at what you need to know, search for | ||
| - | it. For those of you who prefer text to fancy-pants videos (and to cover my aft | ||
| - | if the video is removed for one reason or another) I've got you covered there | ||
| - | too. | ||
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| - | We'll begin from the top-left, work our way right, go to the bottom-left and | ||
| - | work our way right again. To navigate through the menus you have to hold the | ||
| - | left analog stick to select a menu tile and press " | ||
| - | the game's Help & Options section already describes the first set of menus I | ||
| - | won't bother listing it here, especially since most of it is either easily | ||
| - | deduced or has more significant meaning/ | ||
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| - | One thing I will explain here is that any time a menu tile is flashing it means | ||
| - | that there' | ||
| - | means you've acquired a base/ | ||
| - | the ship menu it means you've acquired an upgrade and/or new weapon (although | ||
| - | the upgrades tile will flash regardless of which one it is). Lastly, the | ||
| - | sentients menu will flash when your sentients have unassigned | ||
| - | skill/ | ||
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| - | - Pilot Sub-Menu [QP] - | ||
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| - | The Pilot Sub-menu is all about you and your growth as a character. (Small | ||
| - | interjectory note: you can exceed 999,999 credits.) Starting from the top-right | ||
| - | (because the top-left is the same as the tile you just selected to enter this | ||
| - | menu) is the Pilot Skills menu. The Skills button will automatically be | ||
| - | highlighted when you press " | ||
| - | analog stick and you can highlight the skills assigned to each button. By | ||
| - | pressing " | ||
| - | with the multipurpose " | ||
| - | the " | ||
| - | useless since the mini-map displays enemies in a wide area and you can select | ||
| - | the map from the first set of tiles in the Quickview menu anyway. It's good to | ||
| - | have on hand in the early parts of the game when you want to get your bearrings | ||
| - | but you'll definitely want to replace it with a skill once you know the basic | ||
| - | layout of the zones. Want to know what skills you've got or how to get a new | ||
| - | one? Select that skills button I mentioned earlier and I'll tell you what you | ||
| - | need to know. | ||
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| - | Skills are divided into Base skills and faction skills. Base skills are made | ||
| - | more effective by assigning base points to them. Base points are awarded every | ||
| - | time you level up, 1 per level, just highlight the skill and press " | ||
| - | point in it. You cannot put more than 25 points into any given skill. Faction | ||
| - | skills become available after joining a particular faction and completing one of | ||
| - | their story missions. Again, the skills are made more effective the more points | ||
| - | you put into a skill, points are awarded upon completing faction story missions, | ||
| - | and no more than 5 points can be assigned to a given skill. You can, however, | ||
| - | put faction points earned from one faction into another factions skill since the | ||
| - | points are universal. Lastly, Military skills are shared between the Order and | ||
| - | Dominion, so joining either faction will unlock that set of skills. For a more | ||
| - | detailed look at the skills and recommendations on what to get, see section VIII | ||
| - | of this guide. | ||
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| - | The third quadrant/ | ||
| - | are unlocked when you fulfill the criteria for a challenge in a given category. | ||
| - | Press " | ||
| - | you wish to view, and press " | ||
| - | challenges and recommendations on the best methods for completing them see | ||
| - | section IX of the guide. | ||
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| - | The last tile is the Squadron tile, which allows you to change multiplayer | ||
| - | social settings and presumably create/join a group of players. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Zone Map [QZ] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Nothing more than its title says, it's just a map of the zone you're currently | ||
| - | occupying. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Ship Sub-Menu [QSH] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The first quadrant/ | ||
| - | maximum total being 15 (Though you can't have more than 5 sentients). | ||
| - | Weapons/ | ||
| - | Press " | ||
| - | toggle between options, then press " | ||
| - | replace an equipped item without losing it (this is standard in like 99% of | ||
| - | games but the clarification is important since the same function is glitched in | ||
| - | another tile). | ||
| - | |||
| - | The second quadrant/ | ||
| - | display your ship's current statistics, which are modified by skills, upgrades, | ||
| - | and equipped sentients. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The third quadrant/ | ||
| - | three different types of upgrades: ship, weapon, and ability, and all have the | ||
| - | same basic features. After selecting the tile you can scroll through acquired | ||
| - | upgrades or use the left/right triggers to display a different upgrade type. | ||
| - | Once again, equipped upgrades will have a small circle before their titles and | ||
| - | you can have a maximum of 2 equipped in each category simultaneously. This can | ||
| - | include two upgrades with the same effect, and the number of upgrades capable of | ||
| - | being stored/ | ||
| - | also be able to pick up dropped upgrades even if your cargo hold is full, due to | ||
| - | the fact that upgrades do not take up cargo space.) Like weapon slots, it | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | exiting the ship tile upgrades in slot A will be listed at the top, and upgrades | ||
| - | in slot B will be just below it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pressing " | ||
| - | it in slot A/B, or desynthesize it. Although you can choose to replace an | ||
| - | already equipped upgrade, I strongly recommend that you don't. Upgrades can | ||
| - | sometimes fail to de-equip the one they' | ||
| - | the event is uncommon it will most certainly delete one, or possibly more | ||
| - | upgrades from your inventory. You can prevent this when you see more than two | ||
| - | upgrades equipped by de-equipping all of them and selecting the two you want. | ||
| - | But it's tedious to scroll up and down to make sure no more than two upgrades | ||
| - | are equipped, so I advise manually un-equipping upgrades. Although even this | ||
| - | method is glitched, it's easier to see when there' | ||
| - | tell if an upgrade has been successfully unequipped because equipped upgrades | ||
| - | are filled in light blue while empty slots are left empty and a darker blue. | ||
| - | Plus, you'll know exactly which upgrade is effected, just equip it, and un-equip | ||
| - | it again and the slot should be empty like normal. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The desynthesize option is the only way to get rid of unwanted upgrades since | ||
| - | they cannot be sold. Desynthesizing upgrades instantly provides you with green | ||
| - | crystals for ship upgrades, red crystals for weapon upgrades, and yellow | ||
| - | crystals for ability upgrades, (the amount yielded is shown at the bottom-left | ||
| - | of the mini-menu displaying the upgrade' | ||
| - | is for the number of upgrades because given the aforementioned glitch I didn't | ||
| - | want to risk exceeding any undefined limit like the item containers in The | ||
| - | Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I'd recommend keeping no more than around 10 | ||
| - | upgrades or so and desynthasizing unwanted ones at your earliest convenience | ||
| - | just to be on the safe side. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The last tile is the cargo tile which shows the various useless knick-knacks | ||
| - | you've picked up, how much room they' | ||
| - | credits.Selecting the sell now/sell all options will allow you to sell the | ||
| - | cargo item(s) without docking provided you have a sentient with at least 1 point | ||
| - | in the Trading skill equipped. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Sentients Sub-Menu [QSE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The left half displays equipped sentients and weapons, though with less | ||
| - | information regarding the latter. The bottom-right tile displays the total | ||
| - | number of each crystal you have, and lets you toggle Auto-Feed on or off. I | ||
| - | highly recommend you turn it off for reasons I'll explain later in this section. | ||
| - | Lastly, the top-right tile is a list of your sentients, press " | ||
| - | highlighted one to open up yet another set of tiles. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The first quadrant/ | ||
| - | status, and icons of abilities currently mapped to the D-pad. Sentient mood can | ||
| - | be toggled between defensive, aggressive, and passive with each changing all | ||
| - | sentient behaviors, not just the one you're currently viewing. Defensive is the | ||
| - | default setting with sentients attacking but not leaving your side. Aggressive | ||
| - | is the same for all but the DPS sentient which will fly around and pursue | ||
| - | enemies, making it easier for it's pulse weapon to hit targets (Though also | ||
| - | potentially making it more difficult to activate its abilities. Passive prevents | ||
| - | your sentients from attacking altogether and is mandatory when sentients are | ||
| - | equipped and you want to use the undercover skill for stealth purposes. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The second quadrant/ | ||
| - | skill points. Pressing " | ||
| - | will let you assign a skill point to a given ability (the maximum number of | ||
| - | points capable of being assigned is 8). Pressing " | ||
| - | highlighted, | ||
| - | where a skill is assigned on the D-pad. Abilities without this option are | ||
| - | usually passive and active at all times. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The third quadrant/ | ||
| - | Attribute points may be assigned to one of four categories: damage, speed, | ||
| - | armor, and shield which increases your weapon damage, speed, hull, and shield | ||
| - | strength respectively. Though I don't recommend putting as many points in armor | ||
| - | compared to shields since the pilot skill " | ||
| - | its description states, only increases hull strength. Pulling the left/right | ||
| - | trigger will allow you to view the sentient' | ||
| - | attributes and vice versa. These statistics modify the effectiveness of sentient | ||
| - | abilities, although the times for mining and trading actually go up rather than | ||
| - | down via stat point influence, it fortunately has no effect on the actual times | ||
| - | in the game. | ||
| - | |||
| - | As with the attributes list, pressing " | ||
| - | but there' | ||
| - | Creating a black crystal requires a red, yellow, green, and blue crystal, and | ||
| - | this menu option is the only way to get black crystals. Black crystals are also | ||
| - | the only way to acquire stat points because they are not awarded when the | ||
| - | sentient levels up like the skill and attribute points are. This is why turning | ||
| - | off auto-feed is advised, you can't get blue crystals by desynthesizing | ||
| - | upgrades, you'll develop favorite areas to mine, and auto-feed " | ||
| - | to sentients regardless of how many or few of a given type you possess. Speaking | ||
| - | of crystals... | ||
| - | |||
| - | The last tile displays your crystals, and since you're in the menu of a | ||
| - | sentient, you can " | ||
| - | crystal' | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | there are only so many that can be " | ||
| - | and blue) can be acquired by mining objects such as asteroids, ice crystals, and | ||
| - | pieces of debris. Leveling up a sentient, as mentioned before, grants skill and | ||
| - | attribute points to spend. (Note: You will still pick up crystals even if your | ||
| - | cargo hold is full because they do not take up cargo space.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Prismatic crystals are awarded after completing all 5 waves of a Legion Raid | ||
| - | mission or completing an Ark Raid. Both only yield fractions of a whole crystal | ||
| - | so multiple raids must be undertaken. Once you have one however, you can " | ||
| - | it to a sentient to reset all of your skills (both base and faction skills) | ||
| - | without penalty. You only need ONE whole prismatic crystal to do this so don't | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lastly there are the Black crystals mentioned earlier. Each black crystal " | ||
| - | to a sentient provides 1 stat point, and with a 10 point limit and six | ||
| - | categories you need 60 to max out its statistics. Neither these nor prismatic | ||
| - | crystals are " | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | the right amount. | ||
| - | |||
| - | A few small notes: crystals will still be picked up even if your cargo hold is | ||
| - | full. And although I don't know what the limit is (or if there even is one for | ||
| - | that matter), I was able to exceed 1,000 Red/ | ||
| - | prismatic crystals, and 100 black crystals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Shift Platforms [QSP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Also known as the galaxy map, it displays the various zones you have access to. | ||
| - | Although your eyes will be drawn to the upper-half of the screen, you navigate | ||
| - | from zone-to-zone via the list near the bottom-left corner of the screen. You | ||
| - | need to venture into as many regions in each zone as possible to unlock more | ||
| - | zones, the lower on the list a zone is, the more difficult enemies will likely | ||
| - | be. The first three contain tier 1 (weakest) enemies, the following two, contain | ||
| - | tier 2 enemies, the two after that tier 3, and the last two tier 4. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Selecting any one of the zones (save for the one you're already in) will open | ||
| - | the nearest SHIFT platform. Doing this while on almost any type of mission will | ||
| - | display a warning beforehand telling you that the mission will immediately be | ||
| - | quit, and if you're on a mission with a borrowed ship/ | ||
| - | equipment will be replaced with your own as soon as you confirm that you want to | ||
| - | quit. Try opening SHIFT platforms when on missions you'd rather play again to | ||
| - | sample an ability/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Mission Sub-Menu [QM] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The last, and probably least useful, is the mission sub-menu. If you're anything | ||
| - | like my you'll barely use this tile, if at all. All it does is list your current | ||
| - | mission objective, a description of the mission, its rewards, and the | ||
| - | mission-giver. That's literally all there is to this menu, so luckily for both | ||
| - | of us, there' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Radar & Minimap [BKR] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The radar ring is that blue ring around your ship with all the little markers on | ||
| - | them. Here's what they mean: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Green Triangles = Friendlies | ||
| - | Yellow Triangles = Neutral Targets | ||
| - | Red Triangles = Hostiles | ||
| - | Light Blue plus sign diamond things = primary objectives, carrier spawn points, | ||
| - | in warzone missions, and downed turrets in Legion Raids | ||
| - | Yellow plus sign diamond things = secondary objectives like spynet satellites, | ||
| - | Warzone Supply points, etc. | ||
| - | Red plus sign diamond things = hostile targets that you need to destroy. | ||
| - | Circles are SHIFT platforms. | ||
| - | Upside down Y's (be they Green, Yellow, or Red) are docking stations. | ||
| - | |||
| - | As explained in the tutorial mission, the light blue/dark blue bars at the | ||
| - | bottom left center of the radar ring represent your shields, while the | ||
| - | yellow/ | ||
| - | the top is a ship's forward shields, while the bottom is the aft/rear shields. | ||
| - | Maneuver your ship accordingly to prevent hull damage. If you take enough damage | ||
| - | you'll be left with 1 point of hull health that will not drop for a few seconds, | ||
| - | though shields can still take damage and any hull strength restored via a healer | ||
| - | sentient can still be depleted (though not past the 1 point. Get out if you can | ||
| - | and remember, once the hull invincibility wears off ANY hull damage will take | ||
| - | you down. | ||
| - | |||
| - | When you take damage and/or enter combat, the radar ring will go from light blue | ||
| - | to light red. While the radar ring is light red you CANNOT participate in | ||
| - | certain actions like entering SHIFT platforms. You also cannot begin to capture | ||
| - | a supply/ | ||
| - | capturing a point if an enemy attacks after you've begun capturing a point. | ||
| - | Being hit by a meteor in The Tempest zone counts as entering combat. They do | ||
| - | little damage to you regardless of size, & while annoying, can do a fair amount | ||
| - | of damage to NPC ships outside of missions. Getting too close to an asteroid | ||
| - | you're destroying might also make you enter combat mode temporarily. Exploding | ||
| - | ships like cruisers can do a little damage, so if you're in a vulnerable tier 1 | ||
| - | scout fighter and a larger ship is going down, steer clear just in case. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The minimap is useful for determining enemy locations without clogging the radar | ||
| - | ring with a ton of icons by putting points in Advanced Radar. You Check your | ||
| - | minimap from time to time during early exploration, | ||
| - | which objects are obstructions and which are just apart of the background. The | ||
| - | navigation arrow can also become very confused and unpredictable in asteroid | ||
| - | fields so check your radar/ | ||
| - | right track. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Achievement List [BKA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Chosen (10) Complete all the Revenant Order story missions. | ||
| - | Collector (10) Acquire a new sentient AI. | ||
| - | Crimelord (10) Complete all the Sunshadow Syndicate story missions. | ||
| - | Defender (10) Complete a Dark Legion Invasion mission. | ||
| - | Hero (10) Reach pilot level 75. | ||
| - | Lawmaster (10) Complete all the Praetoriate Fleet story missions. | ||
| - | Legend (10) Reach pilot level 100. | ||
| - | Omniscient (10) Level a sentient to maximum level. | ||
| - | Protector (10) Join the Praetoriate Fleet. | ||
| - | Savior (10) Complete the Ark special mission. | ||
| - | Skilled (10) Earn all skills for a faction. | ||
| - | Smuggler (10) Join the Sunshadow Syndicate. | ||
| - | Trader (10) Join the Consortium faction. | ||
| - | Tycoon (10) Complete all the Consortium story missions. | ||
| - | Upstart (10) Reach pilot level 25. | ||
| - | Veteran (10) Reach pilot level 50. | ||
| - | Warlord (10) Complete all the Dominion of Allied Planets story missions. | ||
| - | Warmonger (10) Complete a Warzone mission. | ||
| - | Warrior (10) Join the Dominion of Allied Planets. | ||
| - | Zealot (10) Join the Revenant Order. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Miscellaneous Knowledge [BKM] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Some information just doesn' | ||
| - | going to have to lazily dump them all here in no particular order. | ||
| - | Unprofessional? | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Don't fret when you're told not to completely destroy an enemy(s) in the | ||
| - | middle of a mission, enemies will automatically be crippled to non-functionality | ||
| - | when they receive enough damage be it from you or your sentient(s) and will not | ||
| - | be capable of being targeted (Am uncertain if they can still be damaged at this | ||
| - | point but sincerely doubt it). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The game doesn' | ||
| - | advantage by parking your ship near asteroids and letting your sentients mine | ||
| - | crystals and ore while you get accustomed to the interface, distribute | ||
| - | skill/ | ||
| - | move every now and then so the sentient(s) can reach other asteroids and keep | ||
| - | the camera from zooming in and preventing them from looting the items. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Alternatively you can park your ship near some weak Vanid and and have your | ||
| - | sentients take care of them. You won't get much XP/FXP but it's still something, | ||
| - | and they' | ||
| - | your ship. Dense concentrations can be found in the Crucible section but you can | ||
| - | also go to the Erebus Zone. when I was around the West entrance, my sentients | ||
| - | took out all but one of the Vanid and that one respawned nigh instantaneously | ||
| - | after being put down. I tinkered around in the menus for so long that the | ||
| - | updates bar was scrolling the Vanid XP yield for a half an hour! | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you have a particularly potent speed upgrade equipped to a fast ship such | ||
| - | as the Syndicate scout fighter or Dark Legion ship, your default speed can end | ||
| - | up being faster than boosting! | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scanning, hijacking, capturing, etc. will automatically disengage boost. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Upgrades range from as little as 2% to as high as 50%. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Friendly mines will not harm you, hostile, & even neutral ones WILL. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mines to not yield XP and do not appear to count toward damage/kill statistics. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Acronyms: | ||
| - | |||
| - | RTB = Return to Base | ||
| - | KIA = Killed in Action | ||
| - | AWOL = Absent Without Leave | ||
| - | DPS = Damage Per Second | ||
| - | LR = Legion Raid | ||
| - | AR = Ark Raid | ||
| - | PVP = Player vs. Player | ||
| - | WZN = Warzone | ||
| - | NPC = Non-playable character | ||
| - | HUD = Heads Up Display | ||
| - | DMZ = I'm pretty sure it stands for De-Militarized Zone | ||
| - | FYI = For Your Information | ||
| - | APB = All Points Bulletin | ||
| - | SOB = Son of a Bitch | ||
| - | ASAP = As Soon As Possible | ||
| - | pt(s) = Point(s) | ||
| - | Aft means rear AKA ass. | ||
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| - | |||
| - | ____ ____ | ||
| - | `MM' `MM' | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | | ||
| - | | ||
| - | | ||
| - | _MM_ _MM_ | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | - Walkthrough/ | ||
| - | [II] | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | The first part of this guide' | ||
| - | early sections that simply have no alternative methods or outcomes. After that | ||
| - | however, I'll guide you more directly in a manner that will give you a leg up. | ||
| - | You can also just go section by section from the table of contents to do as you | ||
| - | please but get information about what you're getting into obviously. But if | ||
| - | you're the type that smacks their head wishing they had taken advantage of | ||
| - | things that would' | ||
| - | this. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | A walkthrough of the tutorial seems like a rather moot effort, I mean if you're | ||
| - | stuck on the very first mission which is designed specifically to instruct you, | ||
| - | you're either beyond help, or completely new to this type of game/gaming in | ||
| - | general. But I won't leave you twisting in the wind, let's do this thang. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Your first objective is to reach the Prospecting Micro Mole ship known as | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | follow the giant white arrow next to it instead. Said arrow points you to your | ||
| - | current objective, and while its usefulness can change (I'll come back to that | ||
| - | later) you'll want to follow it more often than not. Press the " | ||
| - | when you get near the ship. You'll be asked to fly back to a point near the | ||
| - | station to see if the ship is safe (gee, couldn' | ||
| - | in the damn thing?) But as the following conversation implies, safety is a bit | ||
| - | of a luxury at a time when entire armadas are converging on your location with | ||
| - | the intent to take what they want whether you can oppose them or not. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Now you'll need to look at the text in the box to the right of the mini-map | ||
| - | because it's the only way you'll have a clue as to what you're supposed to do | ||
| - | next. It says " | ||
| - | confounding to anyone new to anyone new to the current/ | ||
| - | controllers because the Help & Options Controls menu doesn' | ||
| - | to tell you. You need to push the left analog stick down, no, don't pull back on | ||
| - | it like you're trying to pull up in a plane, I mean push the analog stick into | ||
| - | the controller itself to push the button underneath. Doing this will activate | ||
| - | the ship's boost called sub-light (as in below light speed because there' | ||
| - | Element Zero in this game). Press it again to de-activate the boost. Yeah you | ||
| - | vets may laugh but don't even pretend you weren' | ||
| - | found out the Playstation 2 and Xbox controllers had buttons underneath the | ||
| - | analog sticks. I myself went through several games and months of time before | ||
| - | figuring it out. And before you wet yourselves laughing I'd like to point out | ||
| - | that I didn't have anyone to point out what I was doing wrong. (Besides it's not | ||
| - | like I tried to depress the analog sticks by insulting them and telling them sad | ||
| - | stories). Anyway, Starfire Studios should really patch the boost command into | ||
| - | the controls screen (among other things). | ||
| - | |||
| - | HUD stands for Heads Up Display and includes the radar (that circle around the | ||
| - | ship), mini-map, objectives box, etc. The blue marks representing objectives are | ||
| - | light blue and can blend into the background so once again you will want to | ||
| - | follow the trusty white arrow. After the first power cell is acquired you may | ||
| - | notice that the arrow doesn' | ||
| - | should follow, this is both its strength and its weakness. The strengths should | ||
| - | be obvious, the Achilles heel is that it tends to go bonkers trying to | ||
| - | compensate for any potential obstructions, | ||
| - | what I mean soon enough, just be sure to check both the arrow AND the objective | ||
| - | markers when you're near small obstructions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | After collecting all three power cells your next task is to engage the | ||
| - | afterburner, | ||
| - | while using the afterburner is faster than using either by themselves. After | ||
| - | engaging the afterburner and listening to the dialog that follows your ship's | ||
| - | weapon will be activated. To use it, just point the right analog stick in the | ||
| - | direction you want to shoot in just like in Geometry Wars. (The direction you | ||
| - | need to move the analog stick is NOT dependent upon your ship's orientation). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Once you reach the other side of the asteroids and get to the recharging station | ||
| - | your ship will have shield functionality restored. Shields are segmented into | ||
| - | fore and aft (front and back, respectively) and are represented by the two light | ||
| - | blue bars at the bottom of the radar ring. The bar on the top represents your | ||
| - | forward shields, while the bottom one represents your rear shields. When an | ||
| - | enemy attacks a point that is not shielded your hull (represented by the | ||
| - | yellow/ | ||
| - | is not differentiated based on the direction of attacks and therefore has no | ||
| - | segmented parts, a hit on any point depletes your ship's hull integrity as a | ||
| - | whole. Take too much hull damage and you're space toast, which is like normal | ||
| - | toast but in an icy vacuum Your shields will replenish if you stay out of the | ||
| - | line of fire long enough, but the first enemies you face are pushovers who | ||
| - | shouldn' | ||
| - | practically non-existent so don't assume the worst if you DO manage to fail. | ||
| - | Note that your enemies appear on the mini-map long before your radar ring, keep | ||
| - | that in mind for the future. | ||
| - | |||
| - | I am uncertain if prior playthroughs/ | ||
| - | sentient' | ||
| - | Creating a new pilot for this walkthrough the sentient started off at level 3, | ||
| - | had 3 attribute points, 1 skill point unassigned, 1 point in looting, 1 point in | ||
| - | mining and had 2 points in armor increase (could' | ||
| - | whatever.) Anyway, head over to the asteroids and press " | ||
| - | enough to start mining for crystals to " | ||
| - | you need you need to use the sentient skill, armor increase, which should be | ||
| - | mapped to " | ||
| - | to power-level the sentient as high as possible right here and now but trust me | ||
| - | when I say it's a bad idea at this point in time. When you activate the sentient | ||
| - | skill the next part of the mission will come up and crystal auto-feed will be | ||
| - | turned on regardless of whether you turned it off prior or not. In doing so it | ||
| - | will automatically " | ||
| - | possible regardless of how common or rare they are. You can turn auto-feed off | ||
| - | at this point and it's recommended you do it as early as possible so that you | ||
| - | don't have to think about it, though I'll remind you right before it's | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | easier on you for reasons I make clear in other parts of this guide, namely in | ||
| - | the Walkthrough/ | ||
| - | I mean Prometheus Station for your next objective. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Upon reaching your destination you are greeted by the forceful (Vice) Admiral | ||
| - | Kincaid, who wants the professor' | ||
| - | anyone else might have to say. With the professor trapped and you hopelessly | ||
| - | outgunned he does the only thing he can do, stall the enemy for every second | ||
| - | possible while you escape with his life's work and your hide to boot. What a | ||
| - | guy! Now you need to get out with your rust-bucket of a ship intact, so do | ||
| - | yourself a favor and do not engage the vessels that are too busy destroying each | ||
| - | other to bother with you, or now that I think about it, the ones that do. Know | ||
| - | that this is a race to the exit, because although the ships will not likely be | ||
| - | targeting you, you'll still take damage if you fly into the line of fire. This | ||
| - | might sound like a no-brainer but since you can't crash into ships no matter | ||
| - | what you might also think that weapons won't hit you unless you engage enemies. | ||
| - | (FYI, if you stop to listen to the sweet music long enough you won't fail the | ||
| - | mission if you're out of the way, but the tracks will eventually revert to their | ||
| - | defaults). | ||
| - | |||
| - | When you pass through the SHIFT platform (don't bother asking me what SHIFT | ||
| - | stands for because I don't have a clue) you'll be provided with an audio | ||
| - | recording, that scrolls in the text box, from the professor and created in the | ||
| - | event that he died so he could give a proper goodbye. The sentient then | ||
| - | calculates that the best course of action is to meet up with someone named Judah | ||
| - | who turns out to be an old acquaintance of the professor' | ||
| - | right quick that your ship isn't going to cut it, he's right, and tells you to | ||
| - | say goodbye to Becky (oh, I see what you did there...) Although there are 5 | ||
| - | different factions you're told to go straight to the Consortium of Free Traders, | ||
| - | a logical place to start for beginners but not where you'll want to stay to have | ||
| - | an advantage. Head to the NeoCorp Repair Facility and dock at the Consortium | ||
| - | station" | ||
| - | then Commodities, | ||
| - | (Don' tworry, cargo only encompasses the items you pick up that have absolutely | ||
| - | no function). | ||
| - | |||
| - | A mission will be made available to you: Help Wanted, yields 500 credits and 100 | ||
| - | XP, Rank: Base Rank 0. After agreeing to test an experimental prototype you'll | ||
| - | be given a new ship and the chance to buy another if you have the credits for | ||
| - | it. (Even if you do, don't buy it now. (Unless you're one of those people who | ||
| - | leveled to an insane degree and got like 9,999,999 credits mining in the earlier | ||
| - | section in which case go nuts because clearly you already have.)) This is your | ||
| - | last chance to turn off Auto-Feed before you start collecting crystals again so | ||
| - | if you haven' | ||
| - | Clearing Area, you can mine anywhere to advance the mission, but it's close to | ||
| - | where you are now so might as well just go there. When you're done, head back to | ||
| - | dock at Last Stand and turn in the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Commandeer, it's a Nautical Term [WNT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | ...And voila! It's done! (The linear parts I mean.) That's right, from here on | ||
| - | out you can pretty much go wherever you want and do whatever you want, leaving | ||
| - | it up to me to show you the optimal path to give you an edge and prepare you for | ||
| - | any and all pitfalls. There are a good number of things to go over before one | ||
| - | can be ready for future challenges, unfortunately there isn't any specific | ||
| - | linear path to follow to reach that point. There are however, a few tips you | ||
| - | can follow that can GREATLY reduce the difficulty of the process. Before that | ||
| - | though, you need to know how to change factions. All you have to do is fly back | ||
| - | to Alpha Station, select " | ||
| - | different faction. You can change factions at any time that you're not on a | ||
| - | mission, and you do NOT loose progress with a faction that would result in | ||
| - | having to jump through hoops to re-join, nor does your progress with a faction' | ||
| - | enemies affect anything within either faction. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The first, and most useful thing to have on hand when starting the game is the | ||
| - | commandeer ability. In the Syndicate faction there' | ||
| - | that lets you take control of enemy ships, but with many restrictions like the | ||
| - | fact that you can't dock anywhere without the ship being replaced with what | ||
| - | you had originally. The commandeer ability has the same basic concept but is | ||
| - | vastly superior in other ways, but most notably for being able to dock and take | ||
| - | part in missions without being replaced. Its only restriction compared to Hijack | ||
| - | is that it's restricted to friendly ships, but that can be circumvented. | ||
| - | Commandeer is a ship ability that's innate to an interceptor from either the | ||
| - | Dominion of Allied Planets or Revenant Order. Joining either faction will get | ||
| - | you access to the interceptors, | ||
| - | purchased right away for 2,000 credits. | ||
| - | |||
| - | With the commandeer skill you can take control of ANY friendly ship from the | ||
| - | same faction, regardless of tier level, but to encounter higher tier ships | ||
| - | you'll need access to new zones. To be permitted access to later zones all you | ||
| - | have to do is explore the regions of the zones you've already unlocked. And by | ||
| - | explore I mean fly into different areas, and when the text displaying the region | ||
| - | name appears it means you've " | ||
| - | higher the tier level of the ships are likely to be. You find tier 1 ships in | ||
| - | the Asteria and Erebus zones, tier 1, & occasionally 2, in the Leviathan zone, | ||
| - | tier 2 ships in the Graveyard and Tempest zones, tier 3 ships in the Solaria and | ||
| - | Tartarus zones, and tier 4 ships in the Crucible and Shadowrift zones. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Hidden Arsenal [WHA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | This next glitch is so ridiculously easy to trigger that you're bound to trigger | ||
| - | it eventually. Fortunately for us, it's a BENEFICIAL glitch. All you have to do | ||
| - | is fly a ship with 3 or more weapons into Alpha Station to change factions and | ||
| - | not change your weapon load out. No seriously, that's all you have to do! For | ||
| - | some reason, when you get switched to the ship " | ||
| - | factions, the equipped weapons remain equipped in spite of the fact that the | ||
| - | ship can only support 2. It's assumed that Starfire wanted to de-equip all the | ||
| - | weapons, were having problems with the upgrades glitch that makes upgrades | ||
| - | disappear from time to time, couldn' | ||
| - | releasing the game, and decided to just keep the glitches in and try to patch | ||
| - | the game later. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sentients will not be visibly active if assigned to slots C or D on a ship that | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | equipped in those slots. Weapons however, will function normally regardless of | ||
| - | whether the ship supports a slot or not. This glitch will reset when buying new | ||
| - | weapons or sentinets, or when switching ships (unless you're hijacking or | ||
| - | commandeering). You can also take advantage of this glitch if you fly a | ||
| - | commandeered vessel into Alpha Station to change factions, just so long as you | ||
| - | replace the ship with your own weapons first. Lastly, while you can manually | ||
| - | de-equip weapons/ | ||
| - | weapon in an unsupported slot manually. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Note: Although more items are being equipped to ships than should be possible, | ||
| - | they are still displayed normally in the list of weapons/ | ||
| - | result in you going beyond the 15 weapon/ | ||
| - | have to worry about valuable items disappearing if you buy/acquire new | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
| - | which would likely have caused it to glitch. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Smuggling Ships and Other Impossibilities [WSI] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlike the above glitch, you might trigger this one on accident, but you | ||
| - | probably won't realize it's potential right away. The Undercover glitch, AKA | ||
| - | Eugene, requires more effort on your part than the last glitch, but it's just as | ||
| - | beneficial, if not more so. Rather than go through the process, I'll just | ||
| - | direct you to the part of the guide that goes into the details (MSUG), and focus | ||
| - | on the applications and advice. Using Eugene, you can bring military | ||
| - | interceptors with the commandeer ability into other factions, and since the | ||
| - | ability works on ships that are a part of the same faction you're currently in | ||
| - | rather than ships marked green, you can use it to commandeer ships that were | ||
| - | never meant to be controlled by the ability. Unfortunately for you, the | ||
| - | Undercover skill starts off with a whopping 5 minute cooldown time after use, | ||
| - | so in spite of the fact that Eugene is capable of working with only 1 point | ||
| - | assigned to the skill, you'll need at least 3 assigned before the wait is less | ||
| - | ridiculous. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Fantastic 5 [WFF] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | There are 5 things you'll want in order to gain an edge in the game, credits, | ||
| - | crystals, side mission completion, faction skills/ | ||
| - | All are important in their own way, but few can be acquired without needing to | ||
| - | move on to the other before being done with the potential exception of mining | ||
| - | for crystals. Mining for crystals is slow enough as it is, but it's even worse | ||
| - | if you only have one sentient to do the mining. That's why you want 2 sentients | ||
| - | with the mining skill maxed out and a couple of points in looting before you | ||
| - | move on. You'll want the Tank and Healer sentients to start off with, and the | ||
| - | skills Mining, Shield Regeneration, | ||
| - | Hull Regeneration all maxed out. (Or at least close to it in the case of the | ||
| - | Healer sentient if you don't get the uncommon version of it). | ||
| - | |||
| - | To get the Healer sentient you'll need credits, which will also help you get | ||
| - | your hands on stronger ships in the future. Credits rewards for completing | ||
| - | missions are highest in the Consortium story missions, so you'll want to work | ||
| - | on their missions to get the money you need. That said, you don't really need a | ||
| - | ton of money unless you're aiming to get the uncommon versions of sentients or | ||
| - | purchase a tier 4 military cruiser to use with Eugene. But you'll also get | ||
| - | faction skill points for completing faction story missions, which are extremely | ||
| - | valuable. But to gain access to ALL the skills, you'll need to join each faction | ||
| - | and complete the first story mission in each, (Dominion OR Order may be chosen | ||
| - | since they both unlock the military skills). As for WHICH skills to develop, | ||
| - | there again is no way to say what the best order is because it depends on what | ||
| - | you plan on taking advantage of as well as your playstyle. But I'll list a few | ||
| - | that are of note, for more information see the "Mad Skillz" | ||
| - | guide, (XX). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Advanced Radar is a Praetorian skill you'll want to have so that you can see | ||
| - | cloaked enemies, especially if you're not using lock-on weapons like beams or | ||
| - | missiles. But you also only want to put one point in the skill because more | ||
| - | points just increases radar range and nothing else. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Roll is another skill you only need 1 point in to take advantage of the Roll | ||
| - | glitch, though if you're not planning on using a cargo ship or cruiser you can | ||
| - | skip this. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Undercover is fantastic for utilizing Eugene, but if you're one of those | ||
| - | people who don't cheat under any circumstances then you might want to skip it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Abation is best to me for its near neutralization of the tractor beam's | ||
| - | inhibiting effects on you, but it's also great for reducing the amount of time | ||
| - | abilities like disable and shield short effect you for. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Flares fire more frequently the more points you put in the skill which means | ||
| - | more energy drained, but if you have an analogous upgrade of any strength level | ||
| - | then you won't have to worry about it at all. Flares isn't as great against | ||
| - | missiles as the Roll glitch is against beams but it's not far off. | ||
| - | |||
| - | To get more faction points you'll need to complete more faction story missions, | ||
| - | and that means getting the faction experience points (AKA FXP) to unlock them. | ||
| - | The easiest way to earn FXP is to complete side missions, preset side missions | ||
| - | especially since they rarely require any skills/ | ||
| - | playing the Revenant Order story and preset missions if you want the resources | ||
| - | associated with them because some of the Dominion preset missions are | ||
| - | ridiculous, and nearly half of the Order story missions have presets too. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Finding Identity [WFI] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
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| - | It's important to know what kind of gameplay style you prefer so that I can put | ||
| - | you on the right road. In the beginning, you'll want to commandeer a tier 4 | ||
| - | cargo ship and have the Tank and Healer sentient equipped so that you can take | ||
| - | advantage of their increased weapon power and spam Recharge and Armor Increase. | ||
| - | This combination will serve you well for quite some time but will eventually | ||
| - | need to be replaced with something that offers more firepower. That's where this | ||
| - | section comes into play, it's purpose is to list ship, weapon, and sentient | ||
| - | combinations that achieve certain results. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Cruiser + Battlegun + All three sentinet types. | ||
| - | Description - This is one of my go-to setups, it's basic and well-rounded. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Consortium Heavy Fighter + Battlegun 4 in slot D + All three sentient types. | ||
| - | Description - This is an upgraded version of the above type thanks to increased | ||
| - | speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Military Scout + 2 DPS sentients in the A & B slots + Corsairs in the C & D | ||
| - | slots. | ||
| - | Description - The innately higher energy regenation of scout crafts, plus the | ||
| - | 33% cost reduction from military scouts, and the DPS sentient' | ||
| - | Regeneration skill let you unleash a volley of powerful projectiles against | ||
| - | strong targets (though it's not nearly as good for ship-to-ship dogfighting). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Scout + Undercover | ||
| - | Description - This is best used in Ark Raids with the Deathshrike Mine V. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate Heavy Fighter + Coffin Nail Missiles | ||
| - | Description - Power Missiles are good on any ship for their ability to fire | ||
| - | with minimal lock-on but full firepower. Coffin Nail missiles on the other hand | ||
| - | are very strong... but need max lock-on to be propelled at full speed. The | ||
| - | Syndicate' | ||
| - | Nail. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Heavy Fighter + 1/2 DPS sentients + 2/3 Power Lightning Beams | ||
| - | Description - This combo is a little iffy since I'm not certain whether the | ||
| - | Enforcer' | ||
| - | conveys the same ability as the power beam that fires at full power regardless | ||
| - | of lock-on time but doesn' | ||
| - | a fully locked shot. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Battlegun is a great weapon to have and there' | ||
| - | players covet it. It's a pulse weapon, so there' | ||
| - | supershield ability, it's handicap can be overcome by equipping it to a cruiser | ||
| - | or Consortium Heavy Fighter, and it fires extremely fast making it easier to hit | ||
| - | targets from far away. A level 4 Battlegun is pricey so you'll have to take | ||
| - | part in several Warzone missions before you can purchase it. It's also probably | ||
| - | best to use the cargo ship setup in tier 3 warzones like Solaria or Tartarus | ||
| - | since the points awarded are slightly less, but the enemy battleship will fall | ||
| - | faster. The other weapons require time spent in Legion Raids and Ark Raids so | ||
| - | they take longer to get access and are usually more difficult to get your hands | ||
| - | on. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Before we finish this section, I need to talk about base pilot skills. It's | ||
| - | important that you understand how each one effects you as you proceed because | ||
| - | you'll want to build up your character as early as possible. The four skills | ||
| - | to boost effect offense, defense, energy, and the Afterburner skill. Although | ||
| - | you may instantly be drawn to the increase in damage it's important to look at | ||
| - | the actual increase in value. The skills that boost offense and defense can only | ||
| - | go up to 25%, Afterburner can go up to 50%, and your energy pool can increase to | ||
| - | 100%! Increasing defense has some good to offer, but it's only REALLY potent in | ||
| - | the Dominion faction because, contrary to what the description of the skill | ||
| - | states, only your hull strength increases, not shields. Making the Dominion the | ||
| - | choice because their hulls are twice as shields, rather than the other way | ||
| - | around like it is in the Order. The Afterburner is a useful skill not just for | ||
| - | getting out of tight spots in a hurry, but for traversal in general which is | ||
| - | why I tend to boost the skill along with increasing energy reserves. Afterburner | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | it also reduces its energy cost. Eventually you can pair it with a DPS sentient | ||
| - | and boost for an indefinite amount of time! | ||
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| - | `MM' `MM' `MM' | ||
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| - | - Main Story Missions - | ||
| - | [III] | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Main story missions are those you get from Judah at Alpha Station in the Asteria | ||
| - | zone. They can be completed with any ship from any faction and culminate in the | ||
| - | unlocking of the Ark Raid special mission. All of these missions yield a measly | ||
| - | 100 XP so I won't even bother listing the rewards for the missions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 1: | ||
| - | - Old Friends, New Enemies [MS1] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 5, Gameplay Zone: Asteria. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - All you have to do is get to the preset locations and scan them, | ||
| - | then fly over to the Dark Legion Ship that appears at the end, nothing more, | ||
| - | nothing less. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 2: | ||
| - | - Hunter and Hunted [MS2] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 10, Gameplay Zone: Erebus | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - One of the more brief missions, the name of the game here is RUN, | ||
| - | and while faster ships aren't required, they sure as hell don't hurt. All you | ||
| - | have to do is take the SHIFT platform to the Erebus zone, fly to the | ||
| - | destination, | ||
| - | Before you can do that however, a handful of Dark Legion fighters and a cruiser | ||
| - | about the size of a cargo ship will appear. The fighters can be dealt with but | ||
| - | not the cruiser because its strength scales depending upon your level making it | ||
| - | do massive amounts damage, and most importantly cannot be destroyed. Just don't | ||
| - | dawdle and you should be fine. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 3: | ||
| - | - Undercover [MS3] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 15, Gameplay Zone: The Graveyard | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You'll be tasked with meeting an old colleague of Judah' | ||
| - | currently in the Dominion over at the Monument of the Fallen region. After a few | ||
| - | boxes of text he'll call for backup to keep his cover from being blown (even if | ||
| - | you're in a Dominion ship as opposed to an Order one). Judah will tell you that | ||
| - | you need to incapacitate the ships without completely destroying them but don't | ||
| - | worry, no matter how strong your attacks are the ships will be stopped and | ||
| - | incapable of receiving any more damage automatically after damaging them enough. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 4: | ||
| - | - War and Pieces [MS4] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 20, Gameplay Zone: The Tempest | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The Dominion and Order are done with small-scale skirmishes and | ||
| - | have engaged in full-on battle in the Tempest zone. No matter who wins, war will | ||
| - | be inevitable if you don't diffuse things fast. To do that, you'll need to | ||
| - | protect the battleships carrying major leaders from both factions, and that | ||
| - | means taking out as many fighters and cruisers as possible. Fortunately, | ||
| - | sides will be too busy fighting each other to launch a coordinated attack | ||
| - | against you. After destroying enough designated ships a Praetorian cruiser | ||
| - | arrives demanding an immediate ceasefire, stopping the conflict and opening up | ||
| - | the chance to warn the Convocation about the Dark Legion in the next mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 5: | ||
| - | - Sacrifice [MS5] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 25, Gameplay Zone: The Tempest | ||
| - | |||
| - | It's negotiation time and we're going back to the scene of the last battle, The | ||
| - | Tempest zone. With the Praetorian' | ||
| - | yet under control, but the biggest threat is not each other... Before things can | ||
| - | be settled Dark Legion Ships begin appearing out of nowhere and attack the | ||
| - | capital ships. | ||
| - | |||
| - | You'll need to protect both parties again but against much stronger ships this | ||
| - | time. Be especially careful of the cargo ship-sized cruisers as their Hellfire | ||
| - | beams pack a wallop. Admiral Alencourt should/will escape first, then the | ||
| - | Order' | ||
| - | turn in the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 6: | ||
| - | - Captured [MS6] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 30, Gameplay Zone: Solaria | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Alright! An agreement has been made and all you have to do is | ||
| - | facilitate a trade, easy right? Yeah, even if this was your first video game | ||
| - | you'd have to have a severe mental deficiency to look at the title of the | ||
| - | mission and not think that things are going to go South in some form or another. | ||
| - | Sure enough, when you arrive you're boxed in by a Dark Legion Dreadnought and | ||
| - | none other than the Order' | ||
| - | ships whose pilots are apparently under the control of Dark Legionnaires, | ||
| - | there' | ||
| - | ships blocking any hope of escape, not only will you not run into them, they | ||
| - | won't even fire at you when you leave! (Save for at the end of the mission as | ||
| - | they' | ||
| - | you need to destroy the ships to proceed, but the option is there to get out of | ||
| - | range if you start taking too much damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The first wave consists of four scout-class Consortium fighters, the second, 4 | ||
| - | interceptor-class Praetorian fighters, the third, 4 Order Heavy Fighters, the | ||
| - | fourth, a pair of Syndicate cargo ships, and finally, a Dominion cruiser. | ||
| - | Survive all 5 waves and the two ships will part ways and let you go with no | ||
| - | strings attached. One can only assume that they are under the impression that | ||
| - | there' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 7: | ||
| - | - Retribution [MS7] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 35, Gameplay Zone: Shadowrift | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Lock and load, we've got a major combat mission on our hands and | ||
| - | the enemy isn't going to just lay down and die. I recommend torpedoes and/or | ||
| - | strong missiles for this since you're going to be taking down capital ships that | ||
| - | don't go down easy if you're using a tier peashooter. With the Order' | ||
| - | gone bad in the worst way, the Dominion are the only major force backing you up | ||
| - | in this endeavor which makes things look grim. That is until you actually enter | ||
| - | the fight... | ||
| - | |||
| - | Remember how I said that the enemy wouldn' | ||
| - | lied, kinda. The matriarch' | ||
| - | much for everyone other than the crew of her ship to accept because there are no | ||
| - | Order ships other than the flagship. And there must be some serious infighting | ||
| - | on board because it never fires back at you or anyone else! The Dark Legion | ||
| - | arrived in less-than-optimal numbers too so making the matriarch pay is as easy | ||
| - | as can be. | ||
| - | |||
| - | With its targeting distraction sundered, the Dark Legion ship makes a tactical | ||
| - | relocation AKA runs away like a pansy. But the Legionnaire is justified in his | ||
| - | confidence when you catch up; you're up against a carrier-class vessel with no | ||
| - | backup in sight. But then, out of nowhere, a Syndicate Reaper cruiser commanded | ||
| - | by warlord Alencourt, son of the Dominion admiral of the same name, forces his | ||
| - | way into the fray to assist you! Now that the unexpected cavalry has arrived, | ||
| - | avoid the carrier' | ||
| - | After taking enough damage the carrier will try to flee again but it's no use, | ||
| - | they just can't make it past the DMZ. With nowhere to run, shields gone, and | ||
| - | hull at 50% it's time to turn that Dreadnought into a pile of scorched debris! | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Main Story Mission 8: | ||
| - | - All Good Things [MS8] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked at: level 40, Gameplay Zone: Shadowrift/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This is it, the final main story mission. Your goal is to fly into | ||
| - | the heart of Dark Legion space so you can pinpoint the location of, and go to, | ||
| - | the Ark. To do this, you can either get yourself a high tier ship, load it up | ||
| - | with powerful weapons and/or sentients, and upgrades, dodge the powerful | ||
| - | hellfire beams fired by the numerous Legion tanks, take the SHIFT platform | ||
| - | through to the Ark and destroy the enemies you find THERE as well... Or you can | ||
| - | switch on Cloak/ | ||
| - | Ark as soon as you arrive. No seriously, the latter description really is that | ||
| - | easy. Although the Ark enemies are worth a sizable amount of XP, you can engage | ||
| - | them any time you want when initiating Ark Raids so there' | ||
| - | stay. After turning in the mission you will unlock Ark Raids in the Special | ||
| - | Missions menu. | ||
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| - | `MM' `Mb( | ||
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| - | - Faction Information - | ||
| - | [IV] | ||
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| - | - Basic Knowledge and Recommendations - | ||
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| - | You can change factions at any time by docking at Alpha Station in the Asteria | ||
| - | zone and selecting the option on the missions screen. (You cannot do this in the | ||
| - | middle of a mission though). Changing factions does NOT affect your statistics | ||
| - | and will NOT change your relationship with a given faction upon re-joining them, | ||
| - | even if you switch to its enemy. There are 5 factions, each with unique | ||
| - | characteristics. The Consortium of Free Traders, The Sunshadow Syndicate, The | ||
| - | Praetoriate Fleet, The Dominion of Allied Planets, and The Revenant Order. | ||
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| - | The Consortium is a business-centric organization that performs smuggling | ||
| - | operations from time to time but is on the right side of the law more often than | ||
| - | not and have few enemies. The Syndicate is a band of the most ruthless | ||
| - | cut-throats in the galaxy, consisting of smugglers, pirates, assassins, and just | ||
| - | about anyone you'd want to steer clear of. They have no allies apart from | ||
| - | themselves and are sworn enemies of the Praetorians, | ||
| - | close second. Speaking of the Praetorians, | ||
| - | the terms of the truce that has kept the galaxy from descending into civil war. | ||
| - | The Dominion is the human government military that represents the species | ||
| - | officially, and though a Colonel was discharged, a high ranking Admiral has been | ||
| - | the subject of much criticism behind closed airlocks. They are the enemies of | ||
| - | the Order. The Order is a militant religious group that consists of mostly | ||
| - | humans and is led by a mysterious matriarch that dictates the course the whole | ||
| - | group takes. They are the enemies of the Dominion. | ||
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| - | Each of the factions has an additional aspect that differentiates them from | ||
| - | others. Consortium ships have, on average, twice the normal cargo capacity | ||
| - | compared to ships of the same class (with the exception being the cruisers which | ||
| - | have the same capacity as the Praetorian and Syndicate' | ||
| - | Dominion and Order' | ||
| - | weapons cost 50% less but with no statistical downgrade. Dominion ships have | ||
| - | twice the hull strength compared to shields, save for the heavy fighters, and | ||
| - | Order ships have twice the shield strength compared to hull, again save for the | ||
| - | heavy fighters. | ||
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| - | - Faction Story Mission General Information - | ||
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| - | All faction missions have certain shared qualities that I'm going to list here | ||
| - | rather than repeat throughout the descriptions. For starters, the first section | ||
| - | of each faction category involves both the joining of the faction and the first | ||
| - | story mission given as a full member. This is because the initial joining is | ||
| - | incredibly short and easy, and the following mission usually isn't much more | ||
| - | substantial. Completing the mission that lets you join the faction supplies you | ||
| - | with a free tier 1 scout fighter and neither the joining mission nor the | ||
| - | following first mission requires faction experience points (AKA FXP) before they | ||
| - | can be attempted, unlike those that follow. Speaking of FXP, you need 300 for | ||
| - | the second mission, and 300 more for every one that follows before you can | ||
| - | attempt them. Faction XP can be earned by performing tasks that support the | ||
| - | faction such as destroying ships allied with the faction' | ||
| - | side missions, etc. | ||
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| - | Faction XP will NOT carry over, meaning if you unlock a story mission for a | ||
| - | faction and earn 10,000 FXP you'll still have to regain FXP to unlock the next | ||
| - | story mission. You can see the amount of FXP you've earned/need for the next | ||
| - | story mission on the Faction stats screen of the dock menu. If you see a number | ||
| - | showing how much FXP you've earned rather than a number out of the necessary | ||
| - | amount to unlock the next mission it means you've already unlocked the next | ||
| - | mission. | ||
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| - | You gain faction levels by completing the Faction story missions that follow | ||
| - | your initial joining of the faction, so don't bother trying to get a tier 4 | ||
| - | cruiser by earning FXP because you'll just be wasting your time. You will always | ||
| - | ascend to the faction level analogous to the mission number, i.e. completing | ||
| - | mission 5 will have you at faction level 5, completing mission 8 will put you at | ||
| - | faction level 8 etc. You always receive a faction point to put in skills after | ||
| - | completing a story mission that advances faction level as well. | ||
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| - | With the exception of the Consortium, which yields more credits as you complete | ||
| - | missions, faction missions always yield 100 XP and 250 credits upon completion. | ||
| - | The mission-giver zone is where you need to go in order to start a mission for a | ||
| - | given faction after acquiring the necessary amount of FXP. The gameplay zone is | ||
| - | where you'll be sent to take part in a given mission, and the later the stage, | ||
| - | the tougher things usually are. Rank is just a title you're given within the | ||
| - | faction that can be viewed when you look at your faction status in the docking | ||
| - | menu, it has no effect on gameplay and serves no purpose but I thought I'd list | ||
| - | it anyway. Presets are ships and weapons you're supplied for a given mission and | ||
| - | that mission only. | ||
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| - | The Praetorians appear to be glitched because if they scan you and find stolen | ||
| - | goods (which I'm assuming are the commodities dropped by defeated enemy ships | ||
| - | picked up while in the Syndicate faction) they don't just attack you, they | ||
| - | become invincible. Yeah you read that right, it's literally impossible to do ANY | ||
| - | damage to them no matter what you do. | ||
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| - | - Consortium of Free Traders Story Missions - | ||
| - | [V] | ||
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| - | - What's Mine is Yours [CSM1] - | ||
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| - | Joining the Consortium is mandatory if you want to be able to switch to other | ||
| - | factions and such so I won't bother going over it again, even though the mission | ||
| - | to follow is even easier. All you have to do is pay 2,000 credits, leave the | ||
| - | base, and come right back. No really, that's ALL you need to do, and since the | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | it, so even if this is early in the game and you were saving for an interceptor | ||
| - | from the Dominion/ | ||
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| - | - Special Delivery [CSM2] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 300 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Rewards - Consortium Rank 2 and 6,000 credits. | ||
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| - | Orders are pouring in for the prototype you tested and the staff is overworked, | ||
| - | so you've been contracted to make some deliveries to thin out the work load. | ||
| - | Although Remus mentions taking a cargo ship, your ship does not change. Just | ||
| - | cruise over to the marked location, deliver the goods, and when you do you'll | ||
| - | receive a call. Apparently, the Dominion is making things difficult in the | ||
| - | Erebus sector and you need to find out what's wrong. | ||
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| - | Things are grim when you arrive as Admiral Kincaid is capturing or killing | ||
| - | everyone aboard Consortium ships. One of the pilots tells you to flee before | ||
| - | being blown to bits, and you'd be wise to heed that advice. Deal with the | ||
| - | Dominion fighters that get in your way and get your aft through the SHIFT | ||
| - | platform and out of there. | ||
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| - | - Breaking the Code [CSM3] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 600 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Leviathan, Rewards - Consortium Rank 3 and 9,000 credits. | ||
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| - | As if Kincaid wasn't enough, the situation back at Last Stand station is nothing | ||
| - | short of insane in the membrane. Remus informs you that a hidden code in the | ||
| - | prototype is infecting Consortium ships, making them attack one another. An | ||
| - | antivirus program has already been created but you need to get to the corrupted | ||
| - | ships and upload it into their systems before they blast each other to pieces. | ||
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| - | Romulus will tell you not to return fire but you need not worry about your | ||
| - | sentients because they won't attack either. Get in there, avoid attacks, hang | ||
| - | back and give your shields the chance to recharge when needed, and you should | ||
| - | complete the mission without incident. Upon returning it's clear to Romulus that | ||
| - | this was an inside job working on behalf of either Kincaid or the Syndicate, | ||
| - | meaning we have a traitor in our midst. | ||
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| - | - They Will Pay [CSM4] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 900 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Graveyard, Rewards - Consortium Rank 4 and 13,500 credits. | ||
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| - | Romulus has his money on the Syndicate being behind the latest attack but | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | assault, you and a group of Consortium ships (including a cruiser to discourage | ||
| - | enemies from attacking) are sent into Syndicate space to get some answers. | ||
| - | The Syndicate is less than eager to talk so you'll have to protect Commander | ||
| - | Cuss, who is leading the operation, by either dealing with enemies directly, | ||
| - | healing/ | ||
| - | above. Upon reaching the end of the mission you'll find a lone Consortium ship | ||
| - | attempting to flee. Pursue it, and if you stay close enough for long enough | ||
| - | Romulus will identify the culprit. | ||
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| - | - Throwing Rocks [CSM5] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1200 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Tempest and Asteria, Rewards - Consortium Rank 5 and 20,250 credits. | ||
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| - | The traitor Raconteur has been traced to a region in The Tempest zone, head to | ||
| - | it and confront him on behalf of the Consortium. When you've done enough damage | ||
| - | he'll warp to Asteria, follow him and confront him again. This time you can | ||
| - | cripple his ship after doing enough damage and drag his sorry aft back to | ||
| - | Romulus who, after a good talking to and scolding alongside his brother, | ||
| - | mercifully lets him go, finishing the mission. | ||
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| - | - Impressment [CSM6] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1500 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Crucible, Rewards - Consortium Rank 6 and 30,375 credits. | ||
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| - | Kincaid is back to threatening the Consortium, and with the Praetorians occupied | ||
| - | at the moment Romulus is looking to resolve this sooner rather than later. | ||
| - | That's where you come in, you'll be paired with Commander Cuss again, and sent | ||
| - | into the region where the Consortium prisoners are being held. Kincaid himself | ||
| - | and his supercarrier are there to greet you, and after Cuss initiates the scene | ||
| - | depicted on the game's digital cover art the battle will begin. | ||
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| - | Bring down half of the supercarrier' | ||
| - | Consortium fighters moving while he deals with Kincaid. Time is of the essence | ||
| - | so reactivate them and reactivate them FAST if you don't want to fail this | ||
| - | mission. Kincaid will have gotten away if you succeed, but at least the | ||
| - | prisoners are safe. | ||
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| - | - Unfinished Business [CSM7] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1800 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Tartarus, Rewards - Consortium Rank 7 and 45,562 credits. | ||
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| - | The Syndicate is long overdue for a good aft-kicking after that prototype viral | ||
| - | fiasco, and the only person with knowledge of the organization that can be | ||
| - | turned to is the traitor Raconteur. Your mission is to have him guide you to an | ||
| - | Element 213 production facility critical to the Syndicate' | ||
| - | and wreck it. Automated security systems won't make things easy and will | ||
| - | eventually become too much after destroying enough of the marked targets. It | ||
| - | forces Romulus to tell you to abandon the mission and retreat, but Raconteur | ||
| - | isn't going anywhere, instead sacrificing himself by crashing into the main | ||
| - | silo, crippling the facility and delivering a massive blow to the Syndicate. | ||
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| - | - The Last Stand [CSM8] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2100 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Asteria, | ||
| - | Rewards - Consortium Rank 8 and 68,343 credits. | ||
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| - | The mission to make the Syndicate pay for their antics with interest was | ||
| - | successful, too successful actually. They' | ||
| - | your interest fees and are coming down to the Last Stand base to propose an | ||
| - | alternative settlement. By which I of course mean, they' | ||
| - | station and make sure everyone dies as horrible a death as possible. | ||
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| - | Scouts have detected everything from fighters to cruisers inbound, but many of | ||
| - | them thankfully belong to lower tiers so as long as you're not still in the tier | ||
| - | 1 scout fighter this should be a breeze. This is more of a battle of attrition | ||
| - | though because it takes a while for the Praetorians to show up. When they | ||
| - | eventually do though, and the Reaper cruiser that's stronger than its peers | ||
| - | shows up and is destroyed the Syndicate should back down. | ||
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| - | - A Good Cussing Out [CSM9] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2400 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Shadowrift, Rewards - Consortium Rank 9 and 102,545 credits. | ||
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| - | Admiral Kincaid' | ||
| - | superiors, because he's now AWOL and wanted by the Dominion. It's time to get | ||
| - | some serious payback, and Romulus knows just where to find him. Unfortunately, | ||
| - | when you arrive you'll find that Kincaid' | ||
| - | impenetrable shield that Commander Cuss will need to hack. Dominion fighters and | ||
| - | security droids will be after you both so protect Cuss while he works and watch | ||
| - | your aft. Once the shield is down, the weapons will be able to fire, and will be | ||
| - | gunning for you, so either be very mindful of the amount of damage you're | ||
| - | taking, or just use the roll glitch and laugh maniacally as you tear that hunk | ||
| - | of metal asunder. (Note: Maniacal laughter is optional and will not improve | ||
| - | likelihood of success). | ||
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| - | - Sunshadow Syndicate Story Missions - | ||
| - | [VI] | ||
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| - | Joining the Sunshadow Syndicate | ||
| - | - Initiation [SSM1] - | ||
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| - | Before you can even get to the Syndicate' | ||
| - | its members, Captain Zazo. Avoid his missiles and best him in combat and he'll | ||
| - | make you an offer you can't refuse (that is unless you quit the mission by | ||
| - | opening a SHIFT platform or turning off the console). Accept the mission and you | ||
| - | will have gained access to the Syndicate and your first mission as an initiate | ||
| - | which is creatively dubbed " | ||
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| - | Your task is to destroy containers outside of Mintek which sounds like a breeze | ||
| - | but is more complicated than that. The complications in this case being that, | ||
| - | the Praetorians are the sworn enemies of the Syndicate, and the Praetorians just | ||
| - | happen to have a base set up at MinTek. Also, since every other faction is | ||
| - | neutral towards you, you'll have more enemies than allies on hand. All while in | ||
| - | the weakest fighter in the faction. | ||
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| - | It's a good thing that your ship is also the fastest in the game, so make good | ||
| - | use of it and high-tail it when things get tough. I had a fighter, a cargo ship, | ||
| - | and, no joke, a bloody CRUISER on me and I still managed to complete the mission | ||
| - | with no hull damage so even in the most dire of situations it's far from | ||
| - | impossible. The Prospector Field sometimes houses friendly Syndicate ships so | ||
| - | heading East is probably your best bet if you're having trouble. | ||
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| - | - Let's Make a Deal [SSM2] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 300 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Leviathan, Reward - Syndicate Rank 2, Presets - Tier 1 cargo ship, Multi | ||
| - | Missile II, and Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. II. | ||
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| - | Alright initiation' | ||
| - | being given a cargo ship full of extremely valuable goods to deliver to a | ||
| - | religious militant organization with whom they have a secret fragile business | ||
| - | alliance. Say what?!? If the Syndicate trusts that much sensitive information, | ||
| - | valuable property, and mission responsibility to a rookie they' | ||
| - | shorthanded that they' | ||
| - | duties, they' | ||
| - | you so much as entertain the notion of betraying them, or the exchange isn't | ||
| - | that big a deal because they have super secret projects to create death star | ||
| - | laser pistols or space hamster assassins or something. Or maybe they' | ||
| - | stupid.... | ||
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| - | Anyway, you need to meet up with the Order vessel and make the trade, but when | ||
| - | you do the 5-0 arrive. You need to bounce back to base but can't warp while | ||
| - | you're up to your pelvis in Praetorians, | ||
| - | nebula (walk in the park) to thin them out with the equipment you've been given. | ||
| - | You and your client should escape with ease, but upon returning it seems as | ||
| - | though a member of the Syndicate was captured during the skirmish... | ||
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| - | - The Lucky Charm [SSM3] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 600 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Asteria | ||
| - | and Erebus, Reward - Syndicate Rank 3. | ||
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| - | Captain Zazo needs his star pilot back and you're going to help, but first we | ||
| - | need to find out where the poor SOB was taken. To find out, you need to hijack a | ||
| - | Consortiums ship so that you can get close enough to a Praetorian station and | ||
| - | hack the necessary Intel out of it. If you do not possess the Hijack skill it | ||
| - | will be automatically be capable of being used even if you don't put any points | ||
| - | into it. For more information on the skill see the Syndicate Skills section | ||
| - | (MSS). | ||
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| - | Cargo ships are slow but have an annoying beam attack, while Consortium Heavy | ||
| - | Fighters are faster but have a slower missile attack. If you're capable of | ||
| - | executing the roll glitch outlined in the Consortium Skills section (CSS) with | ||
| - | your current resources then the former is an obvious choice, otherwise, you're | ||
| - | probably going to want to go with the Heavy Fighter. Once you have the ship just | ||
| - | go through the SHIFT platform, get the info, and leave quick before the | ||
| - | Praetorians get wise. | ||
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| - | - Odd Job [SSM4] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 900 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Leviathan, Reward - Syndicate Rank 4. | ||
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| - | During planning Captain Zazo is informed that something has come up, and you | ||
| - | need to scan some Consortium ships to gather data. If you have the | ||
| - | Cloak/ | ||
| - | like scanning while hectically dodging enemy fire. But that's really all there | ||
| - | is to this mission, scanning ships, then leaving. | ||
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| - | - Break [SSM5] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1200 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Tempest, Reward - Syndicate Rank 5. Presets: Tier 2 interceptor and 3 Crusher | ||
| - | C-Beams. | ||
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| - | Since no one else can get close enough (and you have no say in the matter), | ||
| - | you're going to be hijacking a Praetorian cruiser. Don't worry though, this | ||
| - | isn't as difficult as it sounds. You're given resources to help you, and that's | ||
| - | where things get odd. | ||
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| - | Your ship is a tier 2 interceptor yet your given 3 Crusher C-Beams, which are | ||
| - | all equipped in spite of the fact that interceptors are only supposed to have 2 | ||
| - | weapon slots. This isn't unheard of, but it only get's weirder from here. You're | ||
| - | given a Consortium ship rather than a Praetorian one, but your pilot profile | ||
| - | picture puts you in Praetorian gear, and you can even REPAIR SpyNet satellites! | ||
| - | As if all that weren' | ||
| - | the Syndicate ships, which can be targeted but not damaged... | ||
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| - | To get a cruiser away from prying eyes and sensors, fake distress calls will be | ||
| - | made to patrolling Praetorian forces. You have a small squadron of cloaked | ||
| - | interceptors ready to pounce on the unsuspecting prey. (They' | ||
| - | allies here too so you don't have to worry about accidentally targeting them | ||
| - | with your beam weapons). You'll lure a small group of Praetorian fighters first, | ||
| - | a pair of cargo ships second, and finally a cruiser. Your allies help distract | ||
| - | the big guns away from you but they can only survive for so long so work fast to | ||
| - | complete this mission successfully. | ||
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| - | - Skin of Your Teeth [SSM6] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1500 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Asteria, | ||
| - | Reward - Syndicate Rank 6. Presets: Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a Piledriver | ||
| - | Missile 1, and 3 Viper Proximity Mine I's | ||
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| - | Everything' | ||
| - | laid plans and all that... Oddly enough though, it's not riding up in a | ||
| - | Syndicate missile-loving heavy fighter that raises the alert but the bioscan of | ||
| - | you. The Praetorians should take a lesson from the movie " | ||
| - | with their eyes. | ||
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| - | If you try to complete this mission without using mines you WILL fail, so make | ||
| - | sure that you deploy them at every chance you get with the right bumper/ | ||
| - | button. Although the cooldown time for the mines is a little lengthy, it's | ||
| - | countered by the fact you have three different launchers for them that have | ||
| - | cooldown times independent of each other. If you hold out long enough that Lucky | ||
| - | can take control of the ship and lend fire support, you should have no problems | ||
| - | from then on. | ||
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| - | - The Rat [SSM7] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1800 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Solaria, | ||
| - | Reward - Syndicate Rank 7. | ||
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| - | Now that Lucky is back and the Syndicate is one big happy back-stabbing family | ||
| - | again, matters can once again return to undercutting the law for personal gain. | ||
| - | There' | ||
| - | it doesn' | ||
| - | entire Syndicate to the Praetorians who are not fooling around. | ||
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| - | Don't bother trying to chase/shoot down Vestium' | ||
| - | South for awhile because Order ships are down there and they' | ||
| - | neutral enemies rather than allies. Just focus on the Praetorian forces which | ||
| - | consist of a cruiser and a lot of fighters to be exterminated. You have a pair | ||
| - | of cargo ships backing you up but you'll have to handle the brunt of the work in | ||
| - | this fight yourself, especially since the mission fails if Zazo falls in battle, | ||
| - | so don't even think about playing this mission as a tier 1 scout fighter. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - Ouroboros [SSM8] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2100 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Tartarus, Reward - Syndicate Rank 8. | ||
| - | |||
| - | As the title of the mission suggests, the Syndicate is tearing itself apart with | ||
| - | the help of Vestium who is taking part in the divisive battle being waged | ||
| - | himself. Zazo tries to get everyone to stand down but to no avail, there are | ||
| - | jamming signals coming from cargo ships that were no doubt brought by Vestium. | ||
| - | Unfortunately, | ||
| - | everyone at each other' | ||
| - | as you can. Once the cargo ships have been dealt with, Lucky will transmit | ||
| - | evidence of Vestium' | ||
| - | make a break for it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Chasing and firing at your target will eventually force it to warp to another | ||
| - | zone, somehow managing to do so in spite of the fact that there are no SHIFT | ||
| - | platforms nearby. Did Vestium cut a deal with the Order to get a share of | ||
| - | whatever they were using Element 213 for in exchange for letting his former | ||
| - | Syndicate brothers and sisters take the fall from the Praetorians, | ||
| - | something more sinister at work? Whatever the case may be he's out of your | ||
| - | reach... for now... | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - What Goes Around [SSM9] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2400 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Crucible, Reward - Syndicate Rank 9. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Thought we were done with Syndicate mission weirdness? It ain't over 'till the | ||
| - | fat piggy warlord squeals, and in space no one can hear you squeal... No one... | ||
| - | Before the mission even starts Zazo tells you that Vestium has been tracked | ||
| - | down, only to tell you sentences later that he doesn' | ||
| - | also tells you during the brief that you can bring Vestium back dead or alive... | ||
| - | only to to tell you to bring him back alive only as soon as the mission starts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Anyway, all you have to do is damage the cruiser enough that Vestium tries to | ||
| - | flee in an escape pod, then capture the pods before he gets away. The cruiser | ||
| - | will primarily use missiles and can fire during the scrolling of the dialog | ||
| - | boxes so prepare yourself accordingly. After Vestium has been dealt with Zazo | ||
| - | will be promoted and you'll have a comfortable standning in the organization. | ||
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| - | - Praetoriate Fleet Story Missions - | ||
| - | [VII] | ||
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| - | Joining the Praetoriate Fleet | ||
| - | - The Blue Line [PSM1] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Praetoriate Fleet is always looking for more people to help keep the peace, | ||
| - | so head to the destination and get their attention by dispatching the two | ||
| - | Syndicate scouts causing trouble to prove your worth. Note: When I tried to sic | ||
| - | my sentients on them they wouldn' | ||
| - | fighters) so bring at least one standard ship weapon for this battle. Joining | ||
| - | the Praetorians will grant you the rank of Cadet. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Your first official mission is an easy one, scan Consortium ships to make sure | ||
| - | they' | ||
| - | that you should arrest them if they come quietly, I'm all but certain that such | ||
| - | an event cannot occur. Also, any Consortium ship will do, not just the cargo | ||
| - | ships and not just those found near the objective marker. Therefore I advise | ||
| - | that you stay as close to the home base as possible if you happen across an | ||
| - | enemy that's too much for you to handle at present. Plus, since you only have to | ||
| - | scan 3 ships, it's possible you won't even have to leave anyway, or engage in | ||
| - | combat for that matter if you didn't put any faction points into the Advanced | ||
| - | Scanner before starting this mission. You'll be promoted to the rank of Officer | ||
| - | after completing this mission. | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 2: | ||
| - | - On the Job [PSM2] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 300 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - Detective rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | You'll be partnered with a veteran Praetorian named Kel from here on out, he can | ||
| - | be gruff, but he's not as condescending as Malus. Anyway, you need to ask around | ||
| - | marked Consortium ships at the destination by flying close enough to them that | ||
| - | the use option changes to " | ||
| - | one of them will point you where you need to go, and when you arrive you'll need | ||
| - | to deal with the nearby hostiles to keep from blowing the informant' | ||
| - | then deal with the small group of Syndicate ships gunning for him. Once all | ||
| - | hostiles have been dealt with, the mission will be complete. (Just an FYI, the | ||
| - | informant happens to be the Standard side mission supplier when you're in the | ||
| - | Syndicate faction.) | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 3: | ||
| - | - Breaking Heads [PSM3] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 600 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - Praetorian rank 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Apparently there' | ||
| - | rendezvous with your partner and help the damsel in distress in the Hive region. | ||
| - | The Order ship's weapons, shields, and thrusters are kaputt (busted/out of | ||
| - | order) so they' | ||
| - | but Vanid as enemies " | ||
| - | the nebula (walk in the park) for you. The mission drags on for awhile due to | ||
| - | the enemies being so weak that they hardly pose a thread at all so just bear | ||
| - | with it and you should complete the mission without incident. | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 4: | ||
| - | - Dirty [PSM4] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 900 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Graveyard, Reward - Praetorian rank 4. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Praetorians are now aware that Element 213 was utilized in some form during | ||
| - | the destruction of Killan' | ||
| - | needed they aren't about to let any shipments go without intercepting them. | ||
| - | Malus believes that one such shipment is being transported in the Graveyard Zone | ||
| - | and wants you and your partner, who isn't so keen on the idea, to investigate. | ||
| - | Don't fret when you exit the SHIFT platform and immediately enter combat, the | ||
| - | Monument of the Fallen just has a bit of a Vanid problem so it's nothing to | ||
| - | worry about. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Once you reach the objective marker you'll get visual contact with the small | ||
| - | Syndicate convoy transporting E. 213. Malus orders you to attack but Kel thinks | ||
| - | you need reinforcements (and if you're still in a tier 1 scout ship he might be | ||
| - | right if you don't have sufficient abilities/ | ||
| - | regardless, reinforcements wouldn' | ||
| - | deal with them as you are, ready or not. | ||
| - | |||
| - | There' | ||
| - | something' | ||
| - | even when their attacks hit him inadvertently... Sure enough, after eliminating | ||
| - | the opposition your partner reveals that he was in league with the scallywags | ||
| - | and promptly disables your ship, leaving you to die. Fortunately, | ||
| - | is able to reboot your ship's systems and get them back online, allowing you to | ||
| - | return and get Malus to send out an APB for your ex-partner. | ||
| - | |||
| - | It should also be noted that when I played through this mission while | ||
| - | Undercover, all of the enemies ignored me even when I fired upon them, save for | ||
| - | the cargo ship, which started firing back at the end. Also keep in mind that I | ||
| - | was in a Praetorian Peacekeeper, | ||
| - | disengaging the ability. | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 5: | ||
| - | - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished [PSM5] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1200 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Tempest, Reward - Sergeant rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The reputation of the Praetoriate Fleet, and Malus in particular, will suffer | ||
| - | greatly if word gets out that Kel was a dirty cop, so you're going to go look | ||
| - | for him. You're going to The Tempest zone, and the region you're sent to will | ||
| - | have both Vanid and Syndicate ships of various classes close by so be prepared | ||
| - | when you go through the SHIFT platform. Once you reach your destination you'll | ||
| - | find it devoid of importance and Malus with no lead left to follow. But | ||
| - | something more immediate demands attention, a member of the Order is in danger | ||
| - | and has sent out a distress call. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Get to the escape pod containing Aspirant Choi on the double and tether it to | ||
| - | your ship before anything can finish the pod off. When you do, Dominion ships | ||
| - | will arrive, but for some reason they want her dead not because she's an enemy | ||
| - | combatant but because she's a Heratic wanted by the Order... WHAT?!? I can only | ||
| - | assume that Starfire programmed the wrong fighter type to show up as enemies and | ||
| - | intended for them to be members of the Order. | ||
| - | |||
| - | It turns out that not only does Choi know what happened at Killan' | ||
| - | what device, utilizing Element 213, was used to put it in that state, but also | ||
| - | knows where to find Kel! Wow, either she's extremely well informed about the | ||
| - | important goings on in the galaxy right now, or she's saying anything to seem | ||
| - | useful so that you don't throw her to the metaphorical wolves. Malus | ||
| - | understandably wants to find out for certain but doesn' | ||
| - | completely destroyed, though you don't have to worry since it's not possible for | ||
| - | you to do so anyway. Return with Aspirant Choi and Malus will contrive some BS | ||
| - | charges to keep the Dominion from trying to get ahold of her. How about that? | ||
| - | Bureaucracy FACILITATING justice rather than hindering it, who would' | ||
| - | |||
| - | (FYI, Aspirant Choi was presumably on board the cruiser you helped in the third | ||
| - | mission in spite of the fact that Sister Octavia was the one communicating with | ||
| - | you. I can only assume that either Starfire placed the wrong character portrait | ||
| - | in the dialog box or Choi was just on board the ship too. Personally I think | ||
| - | that the former is the case.) | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 6: | ||
| - | - Dead or Alive [PSM6] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1500 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Solaria, | ||
| - | Reward - Lieutenant rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Kel's been found, he's somewhere in Solaria and you need to find him, and you | ||
| - | are to begin your search in the Sea of Fire region. Scan the Consortium ships, | ||
| - | he's hiding in one of them and he'll attack once you sniff him out. Show him | ||
| - | who's boss and he'll attack while fleeing instead, follow him while taking care | ||
| - | to avoid his attacks and you'll be led to the Syndicate zone base. Kel will then | ||
| - | be content to let others do his dirty work, sending out a large squadron of | ||
| - | fighters (about 6 - 8 scout fighters) to take you down, all of which are | ||
| - | Praetorian for some reason. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defeat the ships and Warlord Cinnefa will intervene, inquiring the reason for | ||
| - | your assault to your superior, who then explains and requests that Kel be turned | ||
| - | over. Shockingly enough, it works, Cinnefa kicks Kel's aft out of the hanger as | ||
| - | an offering to the Praetoriate Fleet under the reasoning that if Kel can't get | ||
| - | rid of one human pilot (not to mention the fact that his cover was blown) he's | ||
| - | useless, and getting rid of him would keep the Praetorians off them for a time. | ||
| - | Also, if he was successful at driving you off, they would think twice about | ||
| - | attacking the Syndicate again. That Cinnefa' | ||
| - | vacuum and leave before you overstay your welcome. | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 7: | ||
| - | - Unwelcome Discoveries [PSM7] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1800 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Tartarus/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | Malus is giving you a break from all the Syndicate-associated neck-risking | ||
| - | antics in favor a nice quiet investigation of an anomalous radiation signature | ||
| - | that might be tied to the utter obliteration of an entire colony. ...Well it's | ||
| - | the thought that counts... I guess... head out to Tartarus and start scanning. | ||
| - | As you may have already guessed, this mission isn't exactly a drift through the | ||
| - | nebula because you're transported to an uncharted location. A location so alien | ||
| - | and unknown that there' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Anyway, it looks like you're in space inhabited by the Dark Legion, and they | ||
| - | aren't exactly known for being the most sociable and diplomatic, especially when | ||
| - | others intrude on them. Your sentient is working on opening a SHIFT platform out | ||
| - | but it's going to take some time so you're going to have to fight or stay out of | ||
| - | sight of the incoming ships. After you've eliminated or snuck past the enemy | ||
| - | ships you'll find yourself right in the middle of Syndicate-controlled space in | ||
| - | the Shadowrift zone. Don't brown your trousers though because before they can | ||
| - | gang up on you they realize that some Dark Legion ships followed you and will be | ||
| - | distracted by them while you escape and report back to Malus. | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 8: | ||
| - | - Interdiction [PSM8] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2100 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Shadowrift, Reward - Major rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Although the higher-ups are more concerned with quelling the war between the | ||
| - | Dominion and Order, you're sent to the aftermath of a battle to see if the | ||
| - | source of Element 213 can be found and eliminated. The debris is found in | ||
| - | Syndicate and Legion controlled space so either be prepared for a fight or cloak | ||
| - | yourself/go undercover. There are 4 scanning destinations with 3 being in | ||
| - | Syndicate space and the last 1 in Legion territory. | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | Praetoriate Fleet Story Mission 9; | ||
| - | - Razing Sunshadow Bay [PSM9] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 2400 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Crucible, Reward - Commander rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Praetoriate Fleet has discovered the location of the Syndicate' | ||
| - | manufacturing facility and you're going to bring it down. To do this you'll need | ||
| - | to overload 4 key points, and you can't be engaged in combat at the time so | ||
| - | you'll need to either destroy everything in the area or go in while | ||
| - | cloaked/ | ||
| - | automated security droids which can spot you whether you're concealed or not. So | ||
| - | if you plan on taking the sneaky route you'll need to lure the droids away from | ||
| - | the station, destroy them, go back in to overload another tank and repeat. Do | ||
| - | this and you will have completed all the Praetorian faction story missions. | ||
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| - | - Dominion of Allied Planets Story Missions - | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | Joining the Dominion of Allied Planets | ||
| - | - Shakedown [DSM1] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | As soon as you get to the destination you'll find a Dominion Flight Commander | ||
| - | named Joran engaged with hostile Syndicate ships and requesting assistance. | ||
| - | Funnily enough, even if you don't so much as twitch a butt-cheek and she fights | ||
| - | them off herself she'll still praise your skill and let you join the Dominioin. | ||
| - | (Apparently the military' | ||
| - | they should be for commanding officers. For completing this initial skirmish | ||
| - | and joining the Dominion of Allied Planets you'll be brought in at the rank of | ||
| - | Private. | ||
| - | |||
| - | You are given a test of skill to see if you have what it takes to join up, | ||
| - | tasking you with clearing out a mines within a set time limit. Speed is | ||
| - | important so if you're going to commandeer a vessel, make it a tier 4 scout | ||
| - | rather than any type of cruiser. Also, be advised that once you reach the end | ||
| - | you'll be close to Order territory, so if you're vulnerable you had best be | ||
| - | careful and leave ASAP. Completing this mission will earn you the rank of | ||
| - | Corporal. | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | | ||
| - | - Without Warning [DSM2] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 300 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - Sergeant rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Killan' | ||
| - | Upon arriving you find the colony obliterated and Order ships on the scene. | ||
| - | Joran wants retribution but Lieutenant Brighton is hesitant, though ultimately | ||
| - | complies. You'll be up against a heavy fighter, a small squadron of | ||
| - | interceptors, | ||
| - | you up this won't be easy. That is assuming you haven' | ||
| - | ship and/or have strong weapons to back you up. Brighton is still convinced | ||
| - | that the destruction was too great for the Order to have achieved, and is | ||
| - | leanded credence when an anomalous radiation signature nearby that you're asked | ||
| - | to scan before finishing the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | | ||
| - | - Reciprocity [DSM3] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 600 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Leviathan, Reward - Master Sergeant rank, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser and 4 | ||
| - | Vanquisher Miniguns. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Your mission is to assault the Order Carrier Guardian One as a ruse to cover for | ||
| - | an infiltrator hacking intel on how the Order destroyed Killan' | ||
| - | have all three classes of fighters at your side and will contend with fighters | ||
| - | and turrets. Do enough damage and/or destroy enough fighters and the matriarch | ||
| - | herself will appear to drive you away. (Interestingly enough, although it takes | ||
| - | awhile, you can destroy the matriarch' | ||
| - | interesting dialog box nor fail the mission for doing so). | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - Casus Belli [DSM4] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 900 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Tempest, Reward - Lieutenant rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | You're being sent on another carrier assault run but this time it's not a ruse, | ||
| - | it's a full-on battle, and you get to bring your own ship and weapons this time | ||
| - | so this shouldn' | ||
| - | enough damage and the matriarch will show up again, and it is again both | ||
| - | possible and pointless to destroy her ship. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - A Bad Taste [DSM5] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 1200 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - Solaria, | ||
| - | Reward - Commander rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | A squad of Dominion ships have gone dark and Admiral Alencourt himself wants you | ||
| - | and your squadron to find out why. When you arrive you find the squadron wiped | ||
| - | out and Consortium scavengers picking through the debris for valuables, but | ||
| - | before being persuaded to leave, Admiral Kincaid butts in and accuses them of | ||
| - | destroying the ships. Since he's clearly going beyond acceptable deviations in | ||
| - | commandment issuance and judgment under Dominion military protocols, AKA being | ||
| - | a colossal douchebag Joran and Brighton both defy his orders. Protect the | ||
| - | innocent traders by destroying the marked fighters, some of them might be stuck | ||
| - | outside the rock walls so if things go quiet for a while don't be afraid to | ||
| - | leave them by themselves. Also, Kincaid' | ||
| - | Consortium ships for that matter) and won't be marked as hostile so just ignore | ||
| - | it. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - Fight and Flight [DSM6] - | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 1500 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Erebus/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | Surprise surprise, Battle Group Sicarus WASN'T wiped out by the Consortium; | ||
| - | Dominion brass made it official when another anomolous radiation signature was | ||
| - | found that matched Killan' | ||
| - | from the former colony and the Dominion wants you to investigate. A shaken | ||
| - | Consortium pilot flees the scene and recommends that you do too but your | ||
| - | superiors need answers. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Not long after scanning you're pulled into a wormhole that takes you to an | ||
| - | uncharted sector that features an ancient super sentient and a good number of | ||
| - | Legion ships. The super sentient begins opening a SHIFT platform back, but it | ||
| - | will take time that the Legion don't plan to squander. You can either fight off | ||
| - | the ships or try using cloak/ | ||
| - | eventually open to take you to the Shadowrift zone. Once there, go through the | ||
| - | other platform that opens and return to base to complete the mission. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - Unwanted Guests [DSM7] - | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 1800 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - Tartarus, | ||
| - | Reward - Major rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Apparently the footage from your ship's camera wasn't conclusive so Admiral | ||
| - | Alencourt has judged that trying to enlist the aid of the Convocation wouldn' | ||
| - | be wise without sufficient proof. The Dominion needs hard data on the Order' | ||
| - | weapon and intelligence points to a scientific outpost in the Tartarus zone. | ||
| - | Your mission is simple, destroy all fighters and turrets, then capture any | ||
| - | personnel attempting to flee. Some of the fighters are actually Praetorian, but | ||
| - | since they' | ||
| - | have to worry about them calling in cruisers for backup when you destroy them. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - Recon [DSM8] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 2100 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Shadowrift, Reward - Colonel rank. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Dominion has finally pinpointed the location of the Order' | ||
| - | it's aboard a battleship in the Shadowrift Zone. If you're familiar with the | ||
| - | warzone missions you'll know what to expect here, except this time all the | ||
| - | supply/ | ||
| - | spawn point) and you start off pretty close to the enemy battleship. | ||
| - | Unfortunately, | ||
| - | laughing in the face of beam/ | ||
| - | torpedoes. Don't be too ashamed to boost and hide while your shields/ | ||
| - | recover because otherwise you'll have to start over. | ||
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| - | | ||
| - | - A Nest of Vipers [DSM9] - | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Unlocked with - 2400 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - General rank, Presets - A badass Dark Legion ship, a Hellfire Beam, | ||
| - | Healing and Wormhole abilities. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Before I get into the more standard description I'd like to point out that this | ||
| - | is probably the single most unique mission in the whole game as it's the only | ||
| - | time you get to pilot a Legion ship. I've tested the Undercover glitch (MSUG) | ||
| - | AKA Eugene on this ship and it does in fact work, but that means that if you | ||
| - | want to pilot the ship, you CANNOT complete this mission! Once you complete the | ||
| - | mission the game will autosave, and you will NEVER be able to fly a Dark Legion | ||
| - | ship again. To use Eugene, replace the skill mapped to the " | ||
| - | Undercover when the mission starts, activate the ability, open a SHIFT platform | ||
| - | to abort the mission, then de-activate the Undercover skill to revert to the | ||
| - | Dark Legion ship. | ||
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| - | Somehow, the Dominion managed to get its hands on a Legion ship, and they want | ||
| - | YOU to pilot it. Not only that, but they' | ||
| - | device that was recovered in the last mission so that you can destroy Aerie | ||
| - | Shipyard AKA Vostok 2. The " | ||
| - | heals them, though unlike the Healer sentient' | ||
| - | Since you're in a Legion ship the Order won't be your only opposition because | ||
| - | Praetorians mistaking you for a Legionnaire will attack you on sight. | ||
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| - | Your job is to destroy the multiple enemy cruisers, and the battleship they | ||
| - | surround. An outwardly daunting task for such a small ship, but child' | ||
| - | one that can summon an army. Keep an eye on your ability cooldown, keep pumping | ||
| - | out Legion hard-hitters and cannon fodder, and let the enemy ships target the | ||
| - | summoned ships while you heal them and the Order ships will be decimated. | ||
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| - | At the end of the mission Commander Joran will defend the actions of Lieutenant | ||
| - | Brighton who flew in to evacuate some of the Order population before the Legion | ||
| - | overtook the base since they were civilians and not enlisted military personnel. | ||
| - | Those curious as to why she continuously calls him " | ||
| - | it's his knick-name, but damned if I know how he got it. | ||
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| - | `MM' `MM( )M' | ||
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| - | - Revenant Order Story Missions - | ||
| - | [IX] | ||
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| - | Joining the Revenant Order | ||
| - | - A Test of Faith [OSM1] - | ||
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| - | Presets - Tier 2 heavy fighter, 2 Devastator ES 1's, and 2 Purifier Light Lasers | ||
| - | (yes, that's 4 weapons even though heavy fighters can only have 3. | ||
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| - | As soon as you approach Vostok 1's station the Order' | ||
| - | will speak to you, already aware of who you are, and your significance. She then | ||
| - | permits you to pass and provides the opportunity to join them if you pass a | ||
| - | "test of faith" | ||
| - | heavy fighter with several other ships to back you up for an assault against a | ||
| - | Dominion carrier. It sounds like a tall order (no pun intended), but as long as | ||
| - | you keep firing you're bound to succeed. Completing this mission will grant | ||
| - | access not only to Military skills, but Warzone special missions as well. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 2: | ||
| - | - Inquiry [OSM2] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with: 300 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - Agent Order Rank, Presets - Tier 1 cargo ship and 1 tier 1 Purifier | ||
| - | Light Laser. | ||
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| - | You're job is to venture into Killan' | ||
| - | few scans a Dominion recon pilot will come across you assuming that you | ||
| - | single-handedly destroyed the colony with your devastatingly powerful tier 1 | ||
| - | ship and weapon. -_-. With no way to reach into the cockpit and beat some sense | ||
| - | into them, you're left having to destroy them instead. There are only 4 | ||
| - | interceptors so it shouldn' | ||
| - | and weapon. Complete the mission and Aspirant Choi will already know what really | ||
| - | happened after analyzing the scan results, smart cookie that one. The Dark | ||
| - | Legion was behind the attack. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 3: | ||
| - | - Divine Wrath [OSM3] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 600FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Graveyard, Reward - Secret Agent Order Rank, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 3 | ||
| - | Absolution Laser Assemblies, and a Tornado - CS3. | ||
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| - | The higher-ups believe the devastation of Killan' | ||
| - | Raid, either they' | ||
| - | groups or someone laced mercury into the hairspray they need to make their funky | ||
| - | hairdos. Anyway, you're sent on a mission to give some payback for the lives | ||
| - | lost. Enemy ships are higher in tier but your weapons make up for the difference | ||
| - | somewhat, plus you've got a small squadron of fighters to back you up. Fire away | ||
| - | at the Syndicate base and be mindful of the ships that come out (Reaper cruisers | ||
| - | can be especially nasty), then head through the SHIFT platform when you're done. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 4: | ||
| - | - Heathens [OSM4] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 900 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Leviathan, Reward - Order rank 4. | ||
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| - | This is the first Order mission to not feature preset ships and weapons so | ||
| - | you'll be able to use a commandeered vessal for this mission. You've likely | ||
| - | noticed that you've been sent back to Asteria and Aspirant Coi, but in the | ||
| - | mission brief it says that you need to defend the Supercarrier Guardian One | ||
| - | which is housing... Aspirant Choi... Uh, oooookaaaayyyyy.... How can she be the | ||
| - | mission-giver if she's in the middle of organizing the defense of the ship? I | ||
| - | mean the brief seemed rather simplistic in its content, by which I mean they | ||
| - | don't mention anyone making a recorded video distress broadcast so it's not like | ||
| - | she personally requested your help. | ||
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| - | Sorry, got a bit distracted by the details. Anyway, the Dominion is out to get | ||
| - | the Order for that squadron you destroyed and the destruction of Killan' | ||
| - | You need to rocket your way there to offer temporary assistance until the big | ||
| - | guns show up. The Dominion will attack from 2 directions but only one side of | ||
| - | the ship, and their forces will consist of interceptors and the occasional cargo | ||
| - | vessal. Since you are no longer restricted to a specific ship and weapon | ||
| - | loadout, you should have no problem mowing down until the matriarch arrives and | ||
| - | lends assistance. After mopping up the rest of the ships you'll get a mission | ||
| - | complete and be free to turn in the mission. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 5: | ||
| - | - A Plague of Unbelievers [OSM5] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1200 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - The | ||
| - | Tempest, Reward - Order rank 5. | ||
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| - | An Order patrol has been silent for 3 cycles (days) and Aspirant Choi is | ||
| - | understandably concerned. You need to head to their last known location and | ||
| - | either offer assistance or find out what led to their untimely demise. As you | ||
| - | arrive you find Syndicate and Consortium ships are scavenging the wreckage of | ||
| - | the patrol and fighting over the salvage. You're task is to drive them off | ||
| - | before they can make off with something that could lead to an understanding of | ||
| - | what happened there. There are several scouts and heavy fighters in the area, | ||
| - | but fortunately for you they don't gang up on you all at once, and as soon as | ||
| - | you deplete enough numbers from a particular group they' | ||
| - | outright. Once you've driven off the vultures from the scene it'll be time to | ||
| - | figure out what happened to the patrol (aside from dying of course). | ||
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| - | Scan the wreckage and you'll come across an anomalous radiation signature | ||
| - | similar to the one at Killan' | ||
| - | that the matriarch has just stated that the patrol was wiped out by the | ||
| - | Dominion, something is definitely wrong here... Head though the SHIFT platform | ||
| - | and return to base. When you hand in your mission report Choi will tell you that | ||
| - | she wants to trust you with a secret. Oh please let it be that she's got a crush | ||
| - | on me, because women who are not only pretty but think for themselves and | ||
| - | question authority when presented contrary evidence (especially in a religion), | ||
| - | is a major turn-on for me. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 6: | ||
| - | - A Question of Blasphemy [OSM6] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1500 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - | ||
| - | Tartarus, Reward - Order Rank 6. | ||
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| - | Aspirant Choi is going against the matriarch' | ||
| - | people! Viva la revolucion! Freeeeeeeeeeedoooommmmmmm! ...By sending a science | ||
| - | team to collect more data... (sigh), okay so maybe taking on a zealous religious | ||
| - | military organization with only two people yelling " | ||
| - | idea but it would' | ||
| - | the Evangelist Fleet. Besides, I thought we were made aware that the Dark Legion | ||
| - | was behind all this like 5 missions ago. | ||
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| - | Anyway, you need to get to the science team and make sure that they perform | ||
| - | their task without outside interfe- aw crap, the Legion' | ||
| - | arrive just in time to see the last research vessal pulverized and the Legion | ||
| - | carrier disappear. You'll be asked to investigate with caution, but it's not | ||
| - | easy to do so when you're next to a wormhole and, sure enough, you get sucked in | ||
| - | while scanning. You'll reach an uncharted section of space and be near an | ||
| - | ancient Progenitor sentient on the other side. But no matter what you might | ||
| - | think regarding the gravity of such an encounter you'll have to get out ASAP | ||
| - | because Legion ships are closing in on your position. The sentient offers to | ||
| - | open a SHIFT platform for you but it's not as young as it used to be so it's | ||
| - | going to take awhile. Your options are cloaking/ | ||
| - | until the platform opens or flying and blasting at anything that moves. If your | ||
| - | weapons/ | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 7: | ||
| - | - Apostate [OSM7] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 1800 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Asteria, Gameplay Zone - Erebus, | ||
| - | Reward - Order Rank 7, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, 3 Devastator ES III's and a | ||
| - | Mongoose Proto Trap 2 (a mine deployed with the right bumper/ | ||
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| - | Aspirant Choi has discovered that the Order has secretly been constructing a | ||
| - | wormhole device that can bypass the mines in the DMZ, bringing Dark Legion ships | ||
| - | in from the other side. No matter what the reasons might be one thing is clear, | ||
| - | it's far too dangerous to exist any longer. Your mission is to protect Choi's | ||
| - | ship long enough that she can break into the secret facility, steal the device, | ||
| - | and make a SHIFT jump to safety. While it's not necessary to use the mines, they | ||
| - | will help a little though you don't want to rely on them exclusively either. | ||
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| - | Having said that this mission is a good opportunity to test the function of this | ||
| - | particular mine if you're thinking about purchasing it with PVP points, or to | ||
| - | boost your mine damage/kill challenge completion. Also keep in mind that after | ||
| - | fending off the enemies as part of the mission, said mission will NOT end at | ||
| - | that point or even after going through the SHIFT platform. This means that you | ||
| - | can complete the mission, then combat Syndicate/ | ||
| - | challenge completion or further test the mine's applications before actually | ||
| - | turning the mission in. Aside from the above information, | ||
| - | will be hindered by the occasional tractor beam, and that you fight Praetorian | ||
| - | ships (presumably on the matriarch' | ||
| - | really isn't anything left you need to know. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 8: | ||
| - | - Heratic [OSM8] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2100 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus (personally also had it | ||
| - | available in the Shadowrift zone too), Gameplay Zone - Solaria, Reward - Order | ||
| - | Rank 8. | ||
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| - | Alright, Choi's turned traitor and now it's time for you to hunt down that dirty | ||
| - | two-timing bi-whoa whoa WHOA! Back that cargo ship of confusion up! Why am I | ||
| - | helping the Revenant Order track down Aspirant Choi when I was the one helping | ||
| - | her in the first place?!? I mean, I understand that you'd have to keep up | ||
| - | appearances to avoid suspicion but come on! | ||
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| - | Anyway, she was last seen in the Solaria zone and you're tasked with accessing | ||
| - | data from satellites to find out where she went. you can use cloak/ | ||
| - | bypass the hazards altogether or just fight your way through. The first | ||
| - | satellite has nothing, the next two have Dominion fighters guarding them, and | ||
| - | the one closest to the Dominion base has a cruiser and various random forces | ||
| - | patrolling to deal with. You've been warned. | ||
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| - | Order Story Mission 9: | ||
| - | - Shug [OSM9] - | ||
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| - | Unlocked with - 2400 FXP, Mission-Giver Zone - Erebus (again in Shadowrift too), | ||
| - | Gameplay Zone - The Crucible, Reward - Order Rank 9. | ||
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| - | Looks like I underestimated Aspirant Choi. Not only did she keep the Order from | ||
| - | finding her via the satellite data, they' | ||
| - | her or the wormhole device that they' | ||
| - | supplied them with the element 213 needed to make the device work. Gotta love a | ||
| - | resourceful woman... | ||
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| - | Seneschal Brighton tells you to meet with the Syndicate warlord known as Shug so | ||
| - | that the Order can politely ask if the Syndicate wouldn' | ||
| - | production contract, not be paid for the last shipment, and quietly slink off | ||
| - | into the darkest corners of the galaxy amicably. Either she's profoundly stupid | ||
| - | or she's leading you to slaughter because she secretly found out about you | ||
| - | aiding Choi's efforts. Whatever the case, we need to head to the | ||
| - | Syndicate-controlled region of The Crucible. | ||
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| - | Before you go you should have at least 1 weapon equipped instead of nothing but | ||
| - | sentients, you'll find out why soon enough. The meeting goes downhill faster | ||
| - | than you can say "told ya so", Shug's cruiser erects a supershield, | ||
| - | squadron of cloaked fighters start gunning for you. Cloaked enemies CANNOT be | ||
| - | targeted by sentients, even if you target them manually for them, so you'll have | ||
| - | to take them out with your own weapons. | ||
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| - | Once the pups have been dealt with it's time to take down the nigh illiterate | ||
| - | big dog and his cruiser. After it's destroyed Brighton will further test your | ||
| - | patience and make you want to reach through the TV screen to slap some sense | ||
| - | into her because she not only offers to rescue Shug, not turn him in to the | ||
| - | Praetorians, | ||
| - | chance to gather his strength, exact revenge against Brighton and the Order, and | ||
| - | most importantly not die, Shug is either too stupid or too prideful to accept | ||
| - | the offer and goes down in flames instead. Hopefully if she tries pulling that | ||
| - | crap again it will be her own aft on the line and not the poor shuttle pilot she | ||
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| - | - Side Missions - | ||
| - | [X] | ||
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| - | Side missions come in three different types: Standard, preset, and military. | ||
| - | Each has their own unique individuals that dispense the missions and | ||
| - | characteristics that differentiate themselves from others. I'll give the | ||
| - | important details in each section but they' | ||
| - | them so you won't have to scroll through a ton of text just to know what you're | ||
| - | looking at. Also, since the preset side missions require more information than | ||
| - | the other two types, I've segregated them into their own sections, so this | ||
| - | section is going to focus on the standard and military side missions. | ||
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| - | - Standard Side Missions [SM] - | ||
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| - | Standard side missions are limitless but randomized and have disproportionate | ||
| - | ratios for certain mission types. Therefore I'm going to list the mission types | ||
| - | from least common to most common. Spy missions require more information if you | ||
| - | want to complete them successfully so you'll want to see the (SPY) section below | ||
| - | for vital data. The difficulty of standard side missions can be adjusted while | ||
| - | viewing them by pulling the left/right triggers to decrease/ | ||
| - | difficulty, respectively. Pulling the triggers will also change what missions | ||
| - | are displayed so you don't have to exit the screen to get a particular mission | ||
| - | to appear, just flip back and fourth between difficulty settings. Increasing the | ||
| - | difficulty and/or participating in standard side missions in later zones grants | ||
| - | access to more credits and better quality upgrades upon completion. (Note that | ||
| - | there are only three levels of difficulty). You can also increase the amount of | ||
| - | credits yielded from standard side missions from a faction the more times you | ||
| - | complete side missions of any kind for said faction. | ||
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| - | Following the spy mission walkthrough will be the Upgrades Title Listing (UTL), | ||
| - | which lists the names of the upgrades and what they do so that if you're trying | ||
| - | to get a particular kind of upgrade you'll know what you're getting. Gameplay | ||
| - | hot tip - All side missions contain enemies, so use cloak/ | ||
| - | missions that don't require combat, i.e. the Seeker, Explorer, and Collector | ||
| - | missions. | ||
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| - | Mission types: Spy, Courier/ | ||
| - | Locator/ | ||
| - | Kill/ | ||
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| - | Faction: Consortium, Mission Supplier: Preacher. | ||
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| - | Moonlighting = Spy | ||
| - | Convoy Escort = Courrier | ||
| - | Mayday = Defender | ||
| - | Sabatoge = Defender | ||
| - | Scouting = Explorer | ||
| - | Mapmaker = Explorer | ||
| - | Locate Object = Seeker | ||
| - | Identify Escape Pods = Seeker | ||
| - | The Lost Pilot = Seeker | ||
| - | Rogue Drones = Killer | ||
| - | Syndicate Plunder = Killr | ||
| - | Syndicate Purge = Killer | ||
| - | Lost Cargo = Collector | ||
| - | Lost Cargo (turrets) = Collector | ||
| - | Lost Cargo (friend) = Collector | ||
| - | Maintenance Man = Collector | ||
| - | Scan Reports = Collector | ||
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| - | Faction: Syndicate, Mission Supplier: Sketch | ||
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| - | Tracking Device = Spy | ||
| - | Inside Information = Courier | ||
| - | Information Overload = Explorer | ||
| - | Escaping the Net = Defender | ||
| - | Hotwire Help = Defender | ||
| - | Salvage = Collector | ||
| - | Viral Infection = Collector | ||
| - | Syndicate in Need = Collector | ||
| - | Jammed Coms = Seeker | ||
| - | Missing Ships = Seeker | ||
| - | Eyes and Ears = Seeker | ||
| - | Consortium Strike = Killer | ||
| - | Easy Pickings = Killer | ||
| - | Praetorian Strike = Killer | ||
| - | Law Deforcing = Killer | ||
| - | Dominion Trouble = Killer | ||
| - | Dominion Strike = Killr | ||
| - | Order Trouble = Killer | ||
| - | Revenant Order Strike = Killer | ||
| - | Loose Ends = Killer | ||
| - | Mousetrap = Killer | ||
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| - | Faction: Praetorian, Mission Supplier: Praefectus Juventis | ||
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| - | Parole Breaker = Spy | ||
| - | Protect the VIP = Courier | ||
| - | Hit = Defender | ||
| - | Evidence Protection = Defender | ||
| - | Stakeout = Explorer | ||
| - | Watch Duty = Explorer | ||
| - | Joyride = Seeker | ||
| - | Distress Signal = Seeker | ||
| - | Law Enforcing = Killer | ||
| - | Pirate Hunt = Killer | ||
| - | Disinfection = Collector | ||
| - | Station Security = Collector | ||
| - | Security Test = Collector | ||
| - | Suspect Debris = Collector | ||
| - | Stolen Goods = Collector | ||
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| - | Faction: Dominion, Mission Supplier: Lieutenant Brighton | ||
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| - | The Traitor' | ||
| - | Defection = Courier | ||
| - | The Ambush = Defender | ||
| - | Defend the Transports = Defender | ||
| - | Missing Spysats = Seeker | ||
| - | Brokern Communications = Seeker | ||
| - | Patrolling = Explorer | ||
| - | Exploration = Explorer | ||
| - | Sentry Shutdown = Collector | ||
| - | Turret Defendse = Collector | ||
| - | Lost Convoys = Collector | ||
| - | Ambushed Supplies = Collector | ||
| - | Antipiracy = Killer | ||
| - | Syndiacte Hunt = Killer | ||
| - | Demolition = Killer | ||
| - | Revenant Oder Hunt = Killer | ||
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| - | Fation: Order, Mission Supplier: Brother Bookman | ||
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| - | Traitorous Deeds = Spy | ||
| - | Save the Defector = Courier | ||
| - | Surprise Attack = Defender | ||
| - | Transport Defender = Defender | ||
| - | Lost Contact = Seeker | ||
| - | Lost Satelites = Seeker | ||
| - | Exploration = Explorer | ||
| - | Renenant Patrol = Explorer | ||
| - | Turret Defender = Collector | ||
| - | Sentry Reactivation = Collector | ||
| - | Lost Convoys = Collector | ||
| - | Psi Repair = Collector | ||
| - | Syndicate Eradication = Killer | ||
| - | Dominion Storm = Killer | ||
| - | Dominion Hunt = Killer | ||
| - | Dominion Probe-lems = Killer | ||
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| - | - Spy Mission Walkthrough [SPY] - | ||
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| - | Spy missions deserve their own guided explanation as they can be infuriating if | ||
| - | you aren't aware of the following information. The first rule of spy missions | ||
| - | is to ALWAYS pick the easiest version of these missions, for reasons that will | ||
| - | become clear later in this section. Also, regardless of what the mission | ||
| - | description says, it will always involves finding a targeted fighter and keeping | ||
| - | it in range long enough for the mission to be completed. Even if you're | ||
| - | cloaked/ | ||
| - | and you don't need to be hidden to trail targets anyway. | ||
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| - | Right from the start there are complications you need to be made aware of to | ||
| - | avoid frustration. Such as the percentage number in the objectives box on the | ||
| - | HUD which will not only climb when at the appropriate distance, but also descend | ||
| - | into negative percentages, | ||
| - | is to get to +100%, but unless you pay attention to both your distance from the | ||
| - | target AND the percentage indicator you won't know how close is too close. You | ||
| - | typically need to keep the target ship at the bottom/top edges of the screen and | ||
| - | where the edges WOULD be on an equal-sided square for the left/right sides. But | ||
| - | do the complications stop there? Hardly, we've only just started. | ||
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| - | You see, the ships vary in speed and behavior. It can be as easy as a | ||
| - | slow-cruising heavy fighter with a barely curved vector, or as frustrating as a | ||
| - | speedy Syndicate scout fighter conducting more U-turns than water in an | ||
| - | infinitely looping S-bend. But what makes this guide so important to have is the | ||
| - | last, and possibly most crucial complication of all, the one that made me stress | ||
| - | the importance of selecting the easiest difficulty setting: Weapons Fire. | ||
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| - | You see, every spy mission has enemies in the area near the target. You're | ||
| - | probably thinking that setting the difficulty lower is needed so that destroying | ||
| - | the enemy ships is easier, thus making your attacks less likely to hit the | ||
| - | target ship right? WRONG! While it's true that firing on your target is a no-no | ||
| - | and you'll want to dispose of enemies ASAP, it's really because if ANY ship hits | ||
| - | your target the mission will fail as though it had been you that did it. Why | ||
| - | would enemy fire hit the target you're tailing? Because Starfire programmed them | ||
| - | as neutral targets rather than hostiles, so hostile weapons fire can still hit | ||
| - | your target even though they' | ||
| - | enough, the spy target can actively engage in fire-fights, | ||
| - | Legion are an obvious concern when taking part in spy missions in Shadowrift, | ||
| - | the ever-present Vanid will end the mission as soon as one of their beams locks | ||
| - | on to the target. The easiest missions take place in pocket areas outside of all | ||
| - | zones and feature no Vanid or Dark Legion ships, it's not perfect but it's the | ||
| - | best possible way to complete the missions if you're trying to complete the | ||
| - | analogous challenge. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Upgrades Title Listing [UTL] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Upgrades have titles that are meaningless once you have them but are easy to | ||
| - | forget when you need to know them. Therefore, I've compiled a list of all the | ||
| - | upgrade titles and what their effects are so that you'll have the information | ||
| - | needed to find what you're looking for. However, I won't be listing the | ||
| - | adjectives that describe the upgrade' | ||
| - | important. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ship Upgrades: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Injector = Increases the maximum speed | ||
| - | Coil = Increases maximum warp speed | ||
| - | Energizer = Increases maximum shield capacity | ||
| - | Lining = Increases maximum hull strength | ||
| - | Pod = Increases maximum cargo size | ||
| - | |||
| - | Weapon Upgrades: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Gem = Increases damage of all weapons | ||
| - | Recharger = Increases the refire rate of all weapons | ||
| - | _____ Boost = Increases the damage and refire rate of _____ weapons (i.e. mine | ||
| - | boost boosts mine weapons, auto boost boosts autogun weapons, etc.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ability Upgrades: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Harvester = Harvest | ||
| - | Deceiver = Feign Death | ||
| - | Escaper = Roll | ||
| - | Hider = Cloaking | ||
| - | Teleporter = Teleport | ||
| - | Stealer = Hijack | ||
| - | Scanner = Scan | ||
| - | Shielder = Supershield | ||
| - | Misdirector = Undercover | ||
| - | Flaregun = Flares | ||
| - | Controller = Clone | ||
| - | Ram = Ram | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Military Warzone Side Missions [WSM] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Military Warzone side missions are the most simplistic since there are only two | ||
| - | factions that have them, there are only three missions, and they' | ||
| - | both factions with zones only changing the rewards. The people who supply the | ||
| - | missions are Sergeant Torsky (Dominion), and Sister Octavia (Order). When taking | ||
| - | part in these missions keep in mind that you cannot go to a different zone | ||
| - | after accepting them to fight in a different zone. You also cannot collect your | ||
| - | reward for completing the side mission while taking part in a warzone battle, | ||
| - | you have to wait until you win or lose before turning in the mission. That is | ||
| - | unless you take part in a warzone battle in a different zone by selecting | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | appear automatically upon completing the objective. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Warlord - The objective is simple, destroy 20 enemy ships. This includes all | ||
| - | pilotable ships as well as carriers and the battleship, though turrets do not | ||
| - | count. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Supply Chain - Although Supply Chain missions state that you need to capture | ||
| - | supply points specifically, | ||
| - | to capture at least 5 points to to complete the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | War! - About as straightforward as it gets, you just have to win. You do not | ||
| - | have to fire the final shot on a battleship to get credit for destroying it for | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | at least damage it to get credit for the analogous challenge. | ||
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| - | - Preset Side Missions - | ||
| - | [XI] | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Preset side missions almost always provide you with ships, weapons, and skills, | ||
| - | making perfect for those just starting the game and want to sample different | ||
| - | weapons and abilities. Preset missions are access by speaking to a certain | ||
| - | faction representative in each zone (which will be listed at the beginning as | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | provide the same amount of XP and FXP in each zone set so I'll list them at the | ||
| - | beginning rather than 3 times apiece. Completing all 3 missions unlocks a 4th | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | It's laughable to label it as a " | ||
| - | station and go through the designated SHIFT platform. No that's really all there | ||
| - | is to it, you don't even have to dock at the station on the other side, you just | ||
| - | appear in the menu, turn in the mission, and get 500 XP and 50 FXP (this value | ||
| - | is consistent between zones and factions alike) for practically no effort. (Note | ||
| - | that you do not need to perform this super easy task to unlock the set of preset | ||
| - | missions that are in other zones.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | However, there are some exceptions to the first statement that you need to be | ||
| - | made aware of before you jump straight to them, with the first being the | ||
| - | difficulty level of missions. While most of the missions are a breeze, a scant | ||
| - | few can be incredibly difficult, so keep the difficulty rating in mind. The more | ||
| - | *'s out of 4, the more difficult a mission is, so be mindful of the rating, as | ||
| - | even early missions and/or shared missions can have high ratings. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Speaking of which, since there are 3 missions for 9 zones, and 5 different | ||
| - | factions, it's rather cruel to chastise Starfire for not coming up with 135 | ||
| - | unique missions on top of all the other missions in the game. And while they | ||
| - | aren't ALL the same, 2 thirds of the missions ARE shared between factions. Said | ||
| - | shared missions include two that defy the preset missions label by not providing | ||
| - | you with a ship, weapons, or abilities. They' | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | for the challenge, or come prepared because they take place in later zones. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Another important aspect you need to be made aware of is that one of the three | ||
| - | presets has many caveats, with the biggest being that it's not even really a | ||
| - | preset strictly speaking. While there are in fact abilities assigned to the | ||
| - | player for use regardless of whether they have them or not, the abilities are | ||
| - | capable of being customized, unlike the ships or weapons. You do not need to | ||
| - | have the same skill(s) in order to replace them with something else in the pilot | ||
| - | submenu of Quickview, but if you DO swap out an ability you don't have with | ||
| - | something else you won't be able to swap it back IN unless you start the mission | ||
| - | over. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Abilities are also modified by the number of faction points a player has put | ||
| - | into them, minus a couple of exceptions. While most abilities with 0 points put | ||
| - | into the skill will still function as though you had put at least 1 point in | ||
| - | the skill, Ram is one of the exceptions, functioning (if you can call it that), | ||
| - | for a flicking second before disengaging. Teleport on the other hand is the | ||
| - | opposite of Ram, not only functioning when you have no points assigned to it, | ||
| - | but actually being BETTER for it by surpassing the cooldown time of the skill | ||
| - | even when the maximum number of points are assigned. The other abilities | ||
| - | function normally, and work better the more points you have in a given skill. | ||
| - | Passive skills are also active without penalty regardless of what the preset | ||
| - | abilities are. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lastly there' | ||
| - | (Standard) Survival, On-Rails Survival, Mixed Survival, and Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | Escort, as it should be obvious, means you're going to be protecting a ship(s), | ||
| - | warhead, etc. from enemy damage. (There' | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | one mission with the same objectives repeating so I felt no need to list it as | ||
| - | an independent category). (Standard) Survival involves avoiding damage, although | ||
| - | sometimes it can feel more like an assault depending on the circumstances. | ||
| - | Sometimes the missions are timed and it's not always clear so I again didn't | ||
| - | create an individual category for Timed Survival. On-Rails Survival means that | ||
| - | your ship is piloted for you throughout the entirety of the mission. Mixed | ||
| - | Survival meanwhile means that you start off on-rails, but eventually have | ||
| - | control returned to you. Finally, Stationary Survival, as its name implies, has | ||
| - | you incapable of moving at all throughout. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Gameplay Hot Tips: | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although they aren't visibly equipped, sentient passive abilities will still | ||
| - | be active when taking part in the mission, and since the more there are the | ||
| - | better off you'll be, it's a good idea to dock with a cruiser that has all 4 | ||
| - | weapon slots occupied by sentients. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Use the left analog stick during missions that take place while | ||
| - | stationary/ | ||
| - | extending your lock-on range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although boring, timed survival missions can be completed by loading up your | ||
| - | ship with DPS sentients that have high Energy Regeneration passive abilities, | ||
| - | and using the supershield to absorb all damage from enemies until the time runs | ||
| - | out. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you manage to break through the huge number of fighters that are at the | ||
| - | Northern entrance of the area you fight in during the " | ||
| - | mission, you can leave the immediate combat area and give your shields the | ||
| - | chance to recharge. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Similar to the above tip, although you're expected to fight within a | ||
| - | particular area, there are no physical barriers preventing you from accessing | ||
| - | other parts of the map. Though escort and defense mission paths/areas aren't | ||
| - | ones you'll want to move away from, survival/ | ||
| - | easier by putting distance between yourself and the area where the enemies | ||
| - | spawn. | ||
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| - | - Consortium Preset Side Missions - | ||
| - | [XII] | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 500 XP and 200 FXP | ||
| - | - Asteria [CPA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deploying the Satellite, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, | ||
| - | 2 Dirge Rail Gun Mk. II's, Roll, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You are to escort a Consortium cargo ship to deploy a satellite. | ||
| - | Syndicate scout fighters will try to intercept but the escort target is armed | ||
| - | so it's not all on you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defending the Icy Wastes, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 3 | ||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. I's and a Multi Missile. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This mission type is simple, shoot anything that isn't you. You | ||
| - | don't have any special abilities, but you don't need any either. The Dirge | ||
| - | Rail Guns are good enough on their own but the Multi Missile gives you a | ||
| - | significant advantage. Shoot down about 26 enemies and the mission will be over. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | A-Beam, a C1-Hawkeye, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You need to escort a ship out of Syndicate-occupied territory, and | ||
| - | while things start off hectic with 4 to 5 enemy heavy fighters, once they' | ||
| - | dealt with the mission might as well be done because there will be nothing but a | ||
| - | few scout fighters sent, which the ship you're escorting can dispatch with a | ||
| - | singe missile before they even de-cloak. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 550 XP and 220 FXP | ||
| - | - Erebus [CPE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defending the Pit, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 4 Spike | ||
| - | A-Beams, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - It's basically the same as the Defending the Icy Wastes mission | ||
| - | except you've got beams and have to deal with interceptors instead of scouts. | ||
| - | Try focusing your fire on one fighter at a time because dividing up your attacks | ||
| - | among enemies takes too long. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Space Mites, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 Heavy Fighter, 3 Dirge | ||
| - | Rail Gun Mk. I's, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The only enemies you encounter are Vanid, the ship will | ||
| - | automatically avoid the cluster of mines, and it's armed and competent enough | ||
| - | that you don't have to lift a finger to help it. You couldn' | ||
| - | if you TRIED. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Struggles, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | B-Beam, a C1-Hawkeye, Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This one starts off on-rails, facing a few Syndicate scouts along | ||
| - | the way, but you'll be free to move once you reach your destination. Your task | ||
| - | is to destroy the turrets, which happen to fire missiles so make use of the | ||
| - | Flares skill. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 600 XP and 240 FXP | ||
| - | - Leviathan [CPL] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mining Near the Edge, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, 2 | ||
| - | Slasher B-Beams, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Depending on how fast the enemies are you can fail this mission in | ||
| - | seconds, but that's not the case most of the time. In my experience, you get the | ||
| - | chance to follow your target long enough for you to get your bearrings more | ||
| - | often than not. This mission is difficult because of how incredibly vulnerable | ||
| - | the ship you need to protect is. The most effective tactic is to intercept | ||
| - | enemies before the target ship even gets their, be it by memorizing when and | ||
| - | where they appear or keeping a sharp eye on the mini-map. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fire Down the Aisle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Slasher B-Beam, a Dirge Rail Gun Mk. II, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Your job is to thin the herd of drones, a straightforward task | ||
| - | that can be as easy as it sounds. Even though some of your enemies are armed | ||
| - | with torpedoes, your ship is pretty hardy so it's far from a death sentence if | ||
| - | you're hit by them. Just focus your attacks on the top/bottom because the laser | ||
| - | can target the defense towers on the other side of the walls even though it | ||
| - | won't actually hit them. Speaking of the defense towers, they fire missiles that | ||
| - | the Flares skill are meant to counter, but just like your beam attacks they | ||
| - | can't hit you anyway, so don't bother using it unless you're trying to increase | ||
| - | the Dazzler challenge or something. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Core Control, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, a Dirge Rail Gun | ||
| - | Mk. I and II, a Spike A-Beam, a C1-Hawkeye, Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This is on-rails through and through, and you need to shoot | ||
| - | everything in sight to survive. Make sure that you make use of the Flares skill | ||
| - | to counter missiles, and take advantage of the Roll glitch to stop beams if you | ||
| - | can. You're bound to take a significant amount of damage and lose your escorts | ||
| - | with base skill levels; you might even lose outright, but it's not impossible by | ||
| - | any means. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 650 XP and 260 FXP | ||
| - | - The Graveyard [CPG] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ship of Fools, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a Crusher | ||
| - | C-Beam, a C2-Hawkeye, Supershield, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You'll face every kind of fighter during this mission, and while | ||
| - | the cruiser you're escorting is armed and uses the Supershield skill from time | ||
| - | to time you can't rely on it to all the work for you. The scouts are the most | ||
| - | annoying because they use the Roll skill every time you first fire a beam attack | ||
| - | at them, so fire a barely locked on shot first, then charge up a fully powered | ||
| - | beam while the enemy rolls to evade the last attack. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fallen on Hard Times, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. II, a C3-Hawkeye, Flares, and Teleport. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - One of the more difficult repeating preset missions, though less | ||
| - | so in this version because of the Lighting beam you're supplied with. As | ||
| - | mentioned in the Gameplay Hot Tips portion of the guide, a massive amount of | ||
| - | fighters will appear when you go to the upper portion of this area. The | ||
| - | Lightning beam can parse through enemies so it's easier to destroy many of them | ||
| - | as soon as they appear because they' | ||
| - | DO plan on staying, make sure that you fire the beam in short bursts because it | ||
| - | does a lot of damage anyway, and if it's fired at a cruiser using supershield | ||
| - | or a scout using roll, not much energy will be wasted. Speaking of the cruisers, | ||
| - | they' | ||
| - | and have supershields but their Lightning beams are the worst, though they won't | ||
| - | do damage when you're on the other side of a solid structure, it will continue | ||
| - | to fire until it gets a proper angle that you won't be able to see as well | ||
| - | because the beam visually parses through obstructions. Take down cruisers as | ||
| - | soon as possible because you won't last long if you don't. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mind the Minefield, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. III, a Crusher C-Beam, a C3-Hawkeye, Flares, Teleport, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You're going after a pair of cruisers, and you have to get through | ||
| - | a minefield, but this is easier done than said. Yeah you read that right, in | ||
| - | spite of mines and enemies, I wasn't destroyed while writing down the presets | ||
| - | until control was given back upon reaching the cruisers. The cruisers themselves | ||
| - | are armed with tier 2 pulse weapons and supershields so don't sweat it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 700 XP and 280 FXP | ||
| - | - The Tempest [CPTT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fog of War, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, 2 Crusher | ||
| - | C-Beams, a C3-Hawkeye, Clone, Supershield, | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You'll start off with the ship being flown for you so | ||
| - | unfortunately you'll be vulnerable, but after a certain point you'll regain | ||
| - | control. When you do, clone your ship there, stick close to it, and let your | ||
| - | enemies come to you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Double Envelopment, | ||
| - | C-Beams, a C3-Hawkeye, a Dirge Rail Gun Mk. III, Flares, and Afterburner. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - In spite of being able to accumulate a legion of enemy fighters, | ||
| - | the high tier level of the cruiser makes its defensive properties too strong for | ||
| - | them to effectively penetrate before being obliterated by you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Close to the Edge, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Rupture G-Beam, a Dirge Rail Gun Mk. III, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - While there are too many enemies to let your escort target do all | ||
| - | the work, its weapon is just as potent as yours, which incidentally is a level | ||
| - | higher than your ship's tier is supposed to be capable of supporting yet | ||
| - | functions anyway. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 750 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Solaria [CPS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hot Time in the Hotzone, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. IV, a Rupture G-Beam, Supershield, | ||
| - | Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Sadly no, this mission does not involve steamy action with Belinda | ||
| - | that results in handprints on the inside of the ship's windows. Instead, you'll | ||
| - | be taking down 55 Syndicate fighters (not all at once of course). There isn't | ||
| - | much to be worried about, the difficulty level comes more from attrition than | ||
| - | enemies that are challenging to defeat. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Quickbuck Crossing, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. IV, a Rupture G-Beam, a C2-Hawkeye, Supershield, | ||
| - | Clone. Gameplay - Stationary Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Just lay on the trigger (or analog stick as it were), and you'll | ||
| - | be fine. You can use flares and clones but they' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Space Madness, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | G-Beams, Clone, Teleport, and Flares. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This. Is. SPACE SPARTA!!! Sorry, I just had to. Use clone as soon | ||
| - | as the mission starts and target the cargo ship that's right in front of you (I | ||
| - | know it's a ship from your faction, just bare with me). There' | ||
| - | lot of enemy fighters up your aft so use sub-light/ | ||
| - | and around the dividing wall to give your shields the chance to recharge if | ||
| - | things get crazy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 800 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Tartarus [CPT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Patrol at the Edge, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, 2 Power | ||
| - | Pulses, a Lightning Beam Mk. IV, a Rupture G-Beam, Flares, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Another on-rails tour of destruction in a cruiser. The weapons are | ||
| - | quite capable, but not being a tier 4 ship means you're not quite at the top | ||
| - | when it comes to defense so you'd best make quick work of your enemies just in | ||
| - | case. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Information Shredder, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Power Beam, a Power Pulse, Flares, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - If you let the enemy fighters grow too large in number they can | ||
| - | start to overwhelm you, so focus on the highlighted debris, but make sure to | ||
| - | blast the ship every so often to keep their numbers under control. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Waste Management, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, a Dirge Rail | ||
| - | Gun Mk. IV, a Rupture G-Beam, a C4-Hawkeye, a Thumper Autogun Mk. III, Ram, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - (Press the right bumper/ | ||
| - | You can deploy the autogun twice if you first deploy it before reaching around | ||
| - | 25 kills, but it's not necessary to succeed. It's another on-rails tour of | ||
| - | destruction in a cruiser that's lower in tier than the weapons it inexplicably | ||
| - | supports. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Belinda, Rewards - 850 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - The Crucible [CPC] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | M-Machine, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a Power Pulse, | ||
| - | a Power Beam, Supershield, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The warhead you're escorting is pretty flimsy, so position | ||
| - | yourself between it and the enemy whenever possible to soak up incoming fire. | ||
| - | Also, try not to stray far from it, as some of the enemies are cloaked and will | ||
| - | sneak up on it if you try to fly off and intercept enemies that are farther | ||
| - | away. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Equipment Check, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None, Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This is one of the two repeating missions that does not feature | ||
| - | preset ships, weapons, and abilities so be warned. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Eye of the Needle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Rupture | ||
| - | G-Beam, a Dirge Rail Gun Mk. IV, a C4-Hawkeye, a KL-088 IV, Ram, Flares, and | ||
| - | Cloak. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You don't even really need to use the missile/ | ||
| - | good enough on its own, though the Dirge Rail Gun and Flares don't exactly hurt. | ||
| - | Once you get to the end, movement control will be relinquished back to you. At | ||
| - | this point, turn around and re-trace the ship's path back because it's highly | ||
| - | likely that there are stray ships waiting to catch up with you. | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | | ||
| - | - Shadowrift [CPR] - | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | Nosey Neighbors, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Power Pulse, | ||
| - | a Power Multi Missile, 2 Rupture G-Beams, Flares, Cloaking, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Even if your ship were a lower tier your weapons could pick up the | ||
| - | slack, and you get plenty of time between bouts to recover shields so it should | ||
| - | be no problem. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enemy Hands, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Power | ||
| - | Lightning Beam, a Power Multi Missile, a Power Beam, a Thumper Autogun V, | ||
| - | Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You're heavily armed, but so are your enemies, so I highly | ||
| - | recommend deploying the autogun (using the right bumper/ | ||
| - | center of the three-way intersection, | ||
| - | book it to let your shields recharge when things get to be too much. Utilize | ||
| - | burst attacks, and don't neglect using the Flares or Clone abilities. If all | ||
| - | else fails, high-tail it to friendly territory until the mission is complete | ||
| - | because you don't need to stay in the region to complete the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Catastrophe in the Catacombs, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None, Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This can be difficult even with strong ships and weapons, but | ||
| - | there isn't a lot I can say that wouldn' | ||
| - | in my walkthrough/ | ||
| - | and that they' | ||
| - | probably want to hear about. | ||
| - | |||
| - | I was playing the mission with a tier 1 ship and common sentient so offense was | ||
| - | completely out of the question. I fled to Omega Station as soon as the mission | ||
| - | started so that the fighters attacking would be crushed by the defensive turrets | ||
| - | and friendly ships. After " | ||
| - | and lead the ships into Legion space, but before I could even make it to the | ||
| - | satellite I got a " | ||
| - | that were right behind me. Alive. | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | I honestly have no idea what happened. My only guess is that it's a mission that | ||
| - | can be completed by either destroying all the ships or surviving for a certain | ||
| - | amount of time, whichever comes first. | ||
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| - | - Syindicate Preset Side Missions - | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 500 XP and 200 FXP | ||
| - | - Asteria [SPA] - | ||
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| - | Bombing Run, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 Heavy Fighter, 3 Reaver | ||
| - | Antimatter Cannon II's, Cloaking, and Flares. Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Your ship will be on auto-pilot until you reach Nemo's Folly, | ||
| - | which means that things are slightly more difficult because there will be | ||
| - | several neutral ships in addition to the mines. Given that you can't control | ||
| - | your ship, and the mines can slow your rate of fire while trying to clear a | ||
| - | path by themselves, you'd be wise to avoid any unnecessary conflict, so fire | ||
| - | with as much precision as you can. Once you regain control however, the mission | ||
| - | might as well end right then and there because the turrets you need to destroy | ||
| - | are laughably weak both offensively and defensively. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defending the Icy Wastes, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, a | ||
| - | Piledriver I, 3 Reaver Antimatter Cannon I's, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Gameplay - You don't really need to use the missile but it doesn' | ||
| - | Use the Roll glitch to make this mission a slam-dunk. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Piledriver II, a KL-088 II, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Having a strong and competent ship to escort is one thing, but having strong | ||
| - | weapons to protect it on top of that is another. I didn't even have to follow | ||
| - | and protect the ship and I still won this mission. | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 550 XP and 220 FXP | ||
| - | - Erebus [SPE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Attack on Precinct 357, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 2 | ||
| - | Incinerator Plasma-Throwers, | ||
| - | Cloaking, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You have a little backup on this mission but otherwise there' | ||
| - | nothing very distinct about this mission. (Note that the beam weapons are best | ||
| - | used at close range though, so they won't do as much damage to far away targets | ||
| - | as the pulse and missile weapons). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Space Mites, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The antithesis of the Consortium version of this mission, the | ||
| - | cargo ship you're supposed to escort fires missiles at the Vanid rather than | ||
| - | beams so it's one of the least capable of taking them down. Fortunately you're | ||
| - | armed with not one, but two battleguns that can take them down with the | ||
| - | slightest flicker of fire so this mission is still very easy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Struggle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | I, a Reaver Antimatter Cannon II, Cloak, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 600 XP and 240 FXP | ||
| - | - Leviathan [SPL] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Flounder, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a Piledriver | ||
| - | III, an Incinerator Plasma-Thrower II, Clone, Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay | ||
| - | - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You need to defend a cruiser against an onslaught of Consortium | ||
| - | interceptors until time runs out. Supershield is useless since you're trying to | ||
| - | defend a target, and missiles are rarely used, making Flares next to pointless | ||
| - | as well. This leaves Clone as the sole ability to lean on, so if you've trained | ||
| - | that ability you'll have a bit of a leg up. But you're still not in an overly | ||
| - | powerful position so lock on and fire away. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fire Down the Aisle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Piledriver II, a Lightning Beam Mk. II, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Core Control, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, 2 Reaver | ||
| - | Antimatter Cannon Mk. I's, a Piledriver I, an Incinerator II Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | Ram, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - A bit easier than the Consortium version of this mission, (CPL), | ||
| - | thanks to a slightly stronger beam weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 650 XP and 260 FXP | ||
| - | - The Graveyard [SPG] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cage Match, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Interceptor, | ||
| - | III, a KL-088 III, Undercover, Cloak, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You're tasked with taking down 4 cruisers, and although you're in | ||
| - | a fighter, your high tier level and ridiculously strong KL-088 make the enemies | ||
| - | pushovers. Couple that with little to no other forms of resistance and this | ||
| - | mission' | ||
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| - | Fallen on Hard Times, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Piledriver III, a Lightning Beam Mk. III, Flares, Teleport, and Afterburner. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mind The Minefield, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, 2 | ||
| - | Incinerator III Plasma-Throwers, | ||
| - | Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 700 XP and 280 FXP | ||
| - | - The Tempest [SPTT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Double Trouble, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, 2 Reaver | ||
| - | Antimatter Cannon Mk. III's, an Incinerator III Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | III, Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Another onslaught of enemies to put down, utilize Flares and | ||
| - | knock 'em dead. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Double Envelopment, | ||
| - | Antimatter Cannon Mk. III's, a Piledriver III, a Lightning Beam Mk. II, Flares, | ||
| - | and Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Close to the Edge, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | KL-088 II, an Incinerator III Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 750 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Solaria [SPS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Diplomatic Immunity, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Incinerator IV Plasma Cannon, a Piledriver IV, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay | ||
| - | - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Although the cruiser' | ||
| - | mines from its path, it's best if you do it yourself. Dominion ships are the | ||
| - | enemies this time around rather than the Praetorians/ | ||
| - | down even though they' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Quickbuck Crossing, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, an Incinerator III Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | III, Flares, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Space Madness, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, an | ||
| - | Incinerator IV Plasma Cannon, a Piledriver IV, Teleport, Clone, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 800 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Tartarus [SPT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | ATTACK!, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, 2 Power Beams, a | ||
| - | Power Multi Missile, Clone, Undercover, and Supershield. Gameplay - Survival | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You have to shoot down a lot of enemies for this mission, about 70 | ||
| - | in total. Fortunately, | ||
| - | your total. Said total got about halfway with no input on my part before being | ||
| - | destroyed so anyone actually trying will succeed with ease. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Information Shredder, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | KL-088 III, Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, Flares, Undercover, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Waste Management, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, a Deathbloom | ||
| - | Autogun 3, a KL-088 IV, a Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, an Incinerator IV | ||
| - | Plasma Cannon, Ram, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 850 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - The Crucible [SPC] - | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Cold Cuts, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Power Beam, | ||
| - | a Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, Flares, Undercover, and Supershield. Gameplay | ||
| - | - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The problem with this mission is that you can't control your ship, | ||
| - | and the AI pilots like it's drunk and will almost certainly end up with you | ||
| - | stuck in a wall at LEAST once (depending on how many drinks the AI's had). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Equipment Check, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None, Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Eye of the Needle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Piledriver | ||
| - | IV, a KL-088 IV, 2 Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV's, Ram, Cloak, and Flares. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Warlord Cinnefa, Rewards - 1,000 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Shadowrift [SPR] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
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| - | Frozen, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Corona IV, a Reaver | ||
| - | Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, a Power Missile, a Power Lightning Beam, Flares, | ||
| - | Undercover, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This mission has full-on cruisers engaging you this time, along | ||
| - | with Dominion ships again for some reason. This mission will go down with | ||
| - | greater ease if you have a pair of DPS sentients with Energy Regeneration to | ||
| - | counter the drain from the Corona and Power Lightning Beam. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enemy Hands, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Deathbloom | ||
| - | Autogun 5, a Power Pulse, a Battlegun 4, an Incinerator IV Plasma Cannon, | ||
| - | Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Catastrophe in the Catacombs, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | - Praetorian Preset Side Missions - | ||
| - | [XIV] | ||
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| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 500 XP and 200 FXP | ||
| - | - Asteria [PPA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Syndicate Hotshots, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Crackshot LR II's, Supershield, | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Your ship will be auto-piloted for a time, during which you'll | ||
| - | have to take down some fighters. Upon reaching your destination, | ||
| - | be returned to you. Neither instance is particularly challenging so don't sweat | ||
| - | it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defending the Icy Wastes, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 4 | ||
| - | Crackshot LR's, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Since you've got nothing but beam weapons and your enemies use | ||
| - | the roll skill as soon as you first target them you'll have to fire a barely | ||
| - | locked on shot, then a full lock-on while it's rolling before firing again. | ||
| - | Try to concentrate on one fighter at a time for maximum damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 Heavy Fighter, 2 Pulse | ||
| - | Ex-I' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The interceptors dogging (no pun intended) the escort target are | ||
| - | equipped with missiles, and although it's equipped with Flares, it can suffer | ||
| - | significant damage if you don't intervene. The rest of the mission is easy | ||
| - | though as there' | ||
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| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 550 XP and 220 FXP | ||
| - | - Erebus [PPE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Crackshot LR, 2 Pulse Hi-Ex I's, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Hey didn't we just do this? Well anyway, you're again escorting a | ||
| - | cargo ship but you don't need to jump in the fray as soon as the mission starts | ||
| - | to keep the target from taking significant damage. Even if you don't jump right | ||
| - | in, the enemy reinforcements spawn pretty damn far off, letting you intercept | ||
| - | and destroy them before the escort target can even encounter them. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Space Mites, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, a Multi | ||
| - | Missile, a Crackshot LR, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - This mission is more difficult, and I use that term loosely, than | ||
| - | the Syndicate version since you don't have the pulse weapons from that mission, | ||
| - | meaning you have to lock on to multiple targets to make the most of the pulse | ||
| - | weapon, but it's still so easy that it's hardly worth mentioning as a | ||
| - | hindrance. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Struggles, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Hi-Ex I, a Packhound v1, Flares, Cloak, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Mixed | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 600 XP and 240 FXP | ||
| - | - Leviathan [PPL] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Eyeful, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a Crackshot LR II, | ||
| - | a Pulse Hi-Ex III, a Packhound v2, Supershield, | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description. Go in, and shoot down the marked targets. Don't even bother with | ||
| - | the other ships, just hit the 2 specified ships and the mission' | ||
| - | that. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fire Down the Aisle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. II, a Pulse Hi-Ex II, Flares and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Core Control, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, a Multi Missile | ||
| - | II, 2 Packhound v1's, a Crackshot LR, Ram, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - An improvement over both the Consortium and Syndicate versions of | ||
| - | this mission thanks to the Multi-Missile. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 650 XP and 260 FXP | ||
| - | - The Graveyard [PPG] - | ||
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| - | Wrath Unleashed, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, a Pulse Hi-Ex | ||
| - | III, a Crackshot LR III, a Multi Missile I, a KL-088 I, Flares, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - There isn't really much to say, other than you're heavily armed, | ||
| - | and shoot everything that isn't you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fallen on Hard Times, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Crackshot LR IV, a Packhound v4, Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You have higher tier basic weapons to compensate for the lack of | ||
| - | the Lightning beam, but you're still more vulnerable this time around, so make | ||
| - | double sure to deal with the cruisers as fast as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mind the Minefield, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, 2 | ||
| - | Pulse EX-II' | ||
| - | Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 700 XP and 280 FXP | ||
| - | - The Tempest [PPTT] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Routine Maintenance, | ||
| - | Crackshot LR IV, Packhound v4, Flares, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Timed Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - A timed survival mission, you can either fortify your attributes | ||
| - | and erect a supershield to soak up damage until time runs out, or take the less | ||
| - | boring route and just blast the bajesus out of your enemies. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Double Envelopment, | ||
| - | Pulse Hi-Ex III's, a Lightning Beam Mk. II, Packhound v3, Flares, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Close to the Edge, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a Pulse | ||
| - | Hi-Ex Iv, a Crackshot LR IV, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 750 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Solaria [PPS] - | ||
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| - | Solaria Flare Up, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Beam, a Reaver Antimatter Cannon IV, Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - The Syndicate has managed to commandeer a Revenant Order carrier, | ||
| - | and a ship that powerful can't be allowed to fall under their control. When the | ||
| - | mission starts the carrier will not have arrived in the system so don't bother | ||
| - | barging in and busting up the Syndicate fighters, wait until the ship arrives | ||
| - | and concentrate on it to end the mission quickly. | ||
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| - | Quickbuck Crossing, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Packhound v4, a Crackshot LR IV, a KL-088 IV, Flares, Clone, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Stationary Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Using the KL-088, you can destroy enemies before they can get | ||
| - | halfway to you so you're practically untouchable. | ||
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| - | Space Madness, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a Power | ||
| - | Beam, a Power Pulse, Teleport, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 800 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Tartarus [PPT] - | ||
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| - | Absolute Horizon, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Pulse | ||
| - | Hi-Ex IV, a Crackshot LR IV, a Packhound v3, Ram, Clone, and Afterburner. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Another escort job, this time it's a cruiser that can defend | ||
| - | itself pretty handily, but don't think that you can leave it alone. You'll still | ||
| - | need to keep close to keep some of the heat off and clear mines that it would | ||
| - | otherwise run into due to the navigational problems mentioned in the mission' | ||
| - | brief. | ||
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| - | Information Shredder, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | KL-088 III, a Crackshot LR IV, Flares, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - The KL-088 makes this mission easier, especially when you have a | ||
| - | DPS sentient or two to compensate for the energy drain. | ||
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| - | Waste Management, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, a Power Pulse, | ||
| - | a Crackshot LR IV, a Packhound v4, Praetorian Autogun 3, Ram, and Flares. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 850 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - The Crucible [PPC] - | ||
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| - | Rampage, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presetes - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Power Missile, Cloak, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - The pilot who took the Heavy Fighter mentioned in the briefing | ||
| - | likely won't be discharged given how close he'll come to death if you complete | ||
| - | this mission. Presumably the pilot is a greenhorn drafted from the local | ||
| - | interstellar daycare because his/her idea of going on a rampage is to divert a | ||
| - | good amount of shield energy to TVs or back massagers or something, load the | ||
| - | ship with a terrifying payload of 1 weapon, and rain Hell upon the Syndicate at | ||
| - | a blistering 2 kph. So yeah, you can't count on the noob to do anything right | ||
| - | other than going slow enough that you can position yourself between him/her and | ||
| - | the enemies, which you'll pretty much have to do to keep the dumb SOB alive. | ||
| - | Also, don't fly ahead to take out the turrets because Syndicate ships spawn | ||
| - | without warning close to the target and need to be dealt with right away, just | ||
| - | act as a sentient shield and eliminate the opposition. Thankfully, the mission | ||
| - | is short, and it doesn' | ||
| - | so don't give up if you fail faster than you'd expect. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Equipment Check, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Eye of the Needle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Pulse Hi-Ex | ||
| - | IV, a Packhound v4, a Crackshot LR IV, Lightning Beam Mk. IV, Ram, Flares, and | ||
| - | Cloak. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You sadly don't have the KL-088 this time around, but the Power | ||
| - | Pulse, while not as strong, should still provide you with enough firepower to | ||
| - | swat down the bothersome flies buzzing around you. (Don't forget to backtrack to | ||
| - | take out enemies you likely missed). | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Keelhaul, Rewards - 1,000 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Shadowrift [PPR] - | ||
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| - | Invasion, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Power Pulse, | ||
| - | a Power Missile, a Power Lightning Beam, Flares, Clone, and Undercover. Gameplay | ||
| - | - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - This mission can be easy to the point of boredom depending on the | ||
| - | circumstances. From what I can tell, the ships spawn from Omega station after a | ||
| - | certain amount of time has passed, so if you destroy a ton of ships in rapid | ||
| - | succession, those ships will spawn at the same rate after the set time has | ||
| - | passed. The intent was likely to create a steady stream of ships to combat, a | ||
| - | handful at a time. But if you take out a ton of them at once as mentioned | ||
| - | previously, there will be plenty of time between clashes to let your shields | ||
| - | recharge. Either take out a few at a time or bring them together and blast them | ||
| - | all at once, the choice is yours. | ||
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| - | Enemy Hands, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Battlegun | ||
| - | 4, a Power Beam, a Power Multi Missile, Praetorian Autogun 5, Flares, Clone, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Catastrophe in the Catacombs, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | - Dominion Perset Side Missions - | ||
| - | [XV] | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Asteria [DPA] - | ||
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| - | Attack on Vostok 1, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 4 Phalanx | ||
| - | Plasma Cannon Mk. II's, and Flares. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - A high Flares skill helps, but 4 tier 2 pulse weapons is more than | ||
| - | enough to see you though this mission with ease. | ||
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| - | Defending the Icy Wastes, Difficulty 4/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, 3 | ||
| - | Dominion Miniguns, a Multi Missile, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - 4/4 difficulty? For one of the first preset missions in the | ||
| - | faction?!? Yeah, that's one of the reasons I advise joining the Order over | ||
| - | Dominion to gain access to interceptors with the ability to commandeer. This is | ||
| - | the only version of the mission where the enemies use missiles, which are | ||
| - | usually fired at your aft nigh perpetually from offscreen, and since you can't | ||
| - | outmaneuver them, fire while using the Supershield (or recover your shields), | ||
| - | your beam weapons take time to get to full strength and enemies use the roll | ||
| - | skill, you have to rely exclusively on the Multi Missile, which, because it's | ||
| - | an energy weapon will make you run out of energy for the Supershield more | ||
| - | quickly. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Basically, this mission sets you up to fail in almost every way possible. What | ||
| - | keeps this mission from getting a 5/4 impossibullshit rating is that a high | ||
| - | level Flares skill makes it an utter pushover by comparison. While yes, it's | ||
| - | possible to have the skill at the ready without even having to go into the | ||
| - | Quickview menu, the default presets make the mission' | ||
| - | A DPS sentient or two probably wouldn' | ||
| - | to success. | ||
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| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. I, a Dominion Minigun, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. I, Clone, | ||
| - | and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Again, this mission can be difficult without the Flares skill, but | ||
| - | it's nowhere near as difficult with the default equipment, especially if you | ||
| - | intercept enemies before they reach the cargo ship. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Erebus [DPE] - | ||
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| - | Torpedo Delivery, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Vanquisher Minigun, a Dominion Minigun, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - This mission is a cake-walk up until you reach The Core, and even | ||
| - | then it's not that difficult. There' | ||
| - | enemies at all, so just clear a path and wait for the torpedo to catch up. The | ||
| - | Core is where the target and enemies are, intercept the fighters before they | ||
| - | try to take down the warhead, and you're good to go. | ||
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| - | Space Mites, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Plasma Cannon Mk. I's, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - Not as " | ||
| - | as easy as the Consortium version due to the cargo ship you're escorting using | ||
| - | a pulse weapon. | ||
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| - | Power Struggles, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Death Mk. I, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. I, Cloak, Flares, and Afterburner. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Leviathan [DPL] - | ||
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| - | Stronghold, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a Creeping | ||
| - | Death Mk. II, a Vanquisher Minigun, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. II, Flares, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Your job is to take out a collection of mines and turrets, which | ||
| - | take priority over fighters because your ship's on autopilot and will fly right | ||
| - | into mines if you don't clear the way. But as the difficulty rating suggests, | ||
| - | you've got the advantage here. Last tip, use Flares to counter the scout ship's | ||
| - | missiles. | ||
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| - | Fire Down the Aisle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. II's, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - The need to aim directly up or down with precision is most | ||
| - | important in this version of the mission than any other due to you having | ||
| - | nothing but missiles this time around. You'll need to lock on fully to make sure | ||
| - | the missile flies as fast as possible, but its sharp turning arc and close | ||
| - | quarters means that firing with only a partial lock won't be fruitless. That | ||
| - | said, it only takes 1 missile to bring your enemies down so don't bother | ||
| - | emptying a salvo for 1 enemy. | ||
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| - | Core Control, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, a Vanquisher | ||
| - | Minigun, 3 Dominion Miniguns, Ram, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - A potent version of the mission thanks to an all-beam-weapon | ||
| - | arsenal. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - The Graveyard [DPG] - | ||
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| - | Getting Probed, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a Creeping | ||
| - | Death Mk. III, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. III, an Annihilator Minigun, | ||
| - | Supershield, | ||
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| - | Description - Another mostly on-rails mission that's pretty easy to survive, | ||
| - | even with a cruiser accompanying all the fighters gunning for you. You can use | ||
| - | Cloak to slip past until you regain freedom of movement since the Order won't | ||
| - | attack right at the start of the mission, though you'll need a complimentary | ||
| - | upgrade equipped to keep your energy from being drained along the way. | ||
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| - | Fallen on Hard Times, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Power Beams, Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Since all the fighters you'll face are interceptors, | ||
| - | have to worry about them using the Roll skill to dodge. Since you're using the | ||
| - | Power Beam however, you're still at a significant disadvantage compared to the | ||
| - | versions of this mission that feature the Lightning Beam. | ||
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| - | Mind the Minefield, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. III, 2 Annihilator Miniguns, Flares, Supershield, | ||
| - | Teleport. Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - The Tempest [DPTT] - | ||
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| - | Subtle Diplomacy, Difficulty - 4/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Interceptor, | ||
| - | Death Mk. III, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. III, Teleport, Clone, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - This is easily the most difficult preset mission in the game, | ||
| - | because unlike Defending the Icy Wastes, there' | ||
| - | mission as easy. You're pretty much guaranteed to fail your early attempts, with | ||
| - | the reason for this being that the cruiser you're escorting is about as hardy as | ||
| - | a home built with popsicle sticks suffering from a termite infestation. In fact | ||
| - | at one point I swear that it was destroyed before I even reached it at the start | ||
| - | of the mission. The fact that you're armed with a weak pulse weapon that | ||
| - | overheats and a slow-moving missile doesn' | ||
| - | enemies is the kidney stone on top of the turd sundae. As bleak as things are, | ||
| - | this mission can, with effort, be completed. | ||
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| - | The target is equipped with Flares but they alone aren't very effective at | ||
| - | diverting missiles, so you may want to consider quickly equipping and using | ||
| - | Flares of your own (replacing the Teleport ability). The Clone skill isn't | ||
| - | exactly an odds equalizer but it will distract some enemies and might even take | ||
| - | some of them down, but your greatest asset is your mini-map. If the escort | ||
| - | target survives the initial fire-fight it will start going straight through an | ||
| - | artificial structure. This is your chance to break off and intercept fighters | ||
| - | before they get the chance to damage the target. Use your mini-map to locate and | ||
| - | destroy ships making their way to the target, don't wait for them to come to | ||
| - | you. | ||
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| - | If the target manages to survive all of that, you'll face the ungodly odds of | ||
| - | defending it against a full-blown cruiser and 6, count-' | ||
| - | exit. Again, the odds are greatly against you, but know that this mission CAN be | ||
| - | completed. Good luck, and Godspeed sir or madame. | ||
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| - | Double Envelopment, | ||
| - | Death Mk. III, 3 Annihilator Miniguns, Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Close to the Edge, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Crusher C-Beam, a Multi Missile III, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - The Multi Missile and 33% energy consumption reduction of the | ||
| - | scout fighter for power weapons make this a borderline 0/4 *'s difficulty | ||
| - | mission. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Solaria [DPS] - | ||
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| - | A Long Way Home, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cargo ship, a Creeping | ||
| - | Death Mk. IV, Ram, and Flares. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - No it's not a typo, you really do only get 1 weapon for this | ||
| - | mission, even so, it's not that hard. In spite of the fact that that it's less | ||
| - | than capable of dealing dealing with mines that will be in your way. You should | ||
| - | be able to clear the mines without losing all your shields, and even if you do | ||
| - | lose your shields keep in mind that this is a Dominion ship, so its hull is | ||
| - | twice as strong as its shields. A heightened Ram skill could help, but again, | ||
| - | it's not necessary and unless you have a few prismatic crystals would be a | ||
| - | waste. Lastly, neither fighters nor turrets can take more than 1 missile up the | ||
| - | aft, and they don't use Flares so you're good. | ||
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| - | Quickbuck Crossing, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Reaper Minigun, a Creeping Death Mk. IV, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. IV, Flares, | ||
| - | Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Space Madness, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | a Power Beam, Teleport, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Tartarus [DPT] - | ||
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| - | Revenge is in Order, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Beam, a Creeping Death Mk. IV, Flares, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - The first part of this mission has a ton of mobile mines and | ||
| - | fighters but it's only temporary. Once you pass a certain point the sea of | ||
| - | enemies and explosives will subside, giving you the chance to recover your | ||
| - | shields recover. When you're directed to Vostok 4, the target will appear. I | ||
| - | can't give an analysis regarding difficulty because I didn't even know I had | ||
| - | engaged the target until I got a mission complete during combat. Though anything | ||
| - | that gets taken down before one can even acknowledge its presence isn't really | ||
| - | a " | ||
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| - | Information Shredder, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter a | ||
| - | Power Missile, a Power Pulse, Flares, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Waste Management, Difficulty - 0/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, a Power Beam, | ||
| - | a Power Pulse, a Battlegun 4, a Viper Proximity Mine V, Flares, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - The mine you're given is useless, but the Battlegun you're given | ||
| - | is anything but. It, combined with the Power Pulse will single-handedly | ||
| - | obliterate anything that gets within visible range of you. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - The Crucible [DPC] - | ||
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| - | A Shift in Allegiance, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Piranha-D, a Power Beam, Flares, Undercover, and Clone. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Focus your attacks on the Dominion ships and not the Order ships, | ||
| - | as destroying the latter will not advance the mission. | ||
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| - | Equipment Check, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Eye of the Needle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Creeping | ||
| - | Death Mk. IV, a Reaper Minigun, a KL-088 IV, a Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. IV, | ||
| - | Ram, Cloak, and Flares. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Vusal' | ||
| - | - Shadowrift [DPR] - | ||
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| - | Fire for Effect, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Lightning | ||
| - | Beam Mk. IV, a Piranha-D, a Power Pulse, a Multi Missile IV, Flares, Ram, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Just shoot the buggers, there isn't anything complicated or | ||
| - | noteworthy about this mission. | ||
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| - | Enemy Hands, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Battlegun | ||
| - | 4, a Piranha-D, a Power Beam, a Viper Proximity Mine V, Flares, Clone, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - This is one of the more difficult versions of this mission since | ||
| - | you're in the weaker version of a Heavy Fighter and don't have the Autoguns the | ||
| - | other versions had. If all else fails, just high-tail it to Dominion-controlled | ||
| - | space since you don't actually have to stay in the given area to complete the | ||
| - | mission. | ||
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| - | Catastrophe in the Catacombs, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | - Order Preset Side Missions - | ||
| - | [XVI] | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 500 XP and 200 FXP | ||
| - | - Asteria [OPA] - | ||
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| - | Torpedo Delivery, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. I, a Devastator ES I, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - Most of the fighters will appear by Vostok 1 and Alpha Station, | ||
| - | and then in the Dominion territory. Take them down before the torpedo gets there | ||
| - | and it might get there without taking any damage at all. That said, the warhead | ||
| - | isn't exactly volatile, I considered quitting the mission because it was taking | ||
| - | so long for it to be destroyed while writing down the presets for the mission. | ||
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| - | Defending the Icy wastes, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 cruiser, a | ||
| - | Multi Missile, 3 Devestator ES I's, and Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium/ | ||
| - | (CPA)/ | ||
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| - | Prototype Escort, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. I, a Devastator ES I, Supershield, | ||
| - | - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 550 XP and 220 FXP | ||
| - | - Erebus [OPE] - | ||
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| - | Revenant Order Hotshots, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 1 scout fighter, 2 | ||
| - | Devastator ES II's, an Absolution Laser Assembly, a Piranha-A, Flares, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - A mission that's more a test of patience than skill, the cruiser' | ||
| - | slow speed and few enemy encounters to be had make this mission drag on. Long | ||
| - | enough to let the mind wander to questions like, "Why is the mission called | ||
| - | Revenant Order Hotshots when the pilots you're taking down are from the | ||
| - | Dominion?" | ||
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| - | Space Mites, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, 2 Devastator | ||
| - | ES I's, Clone, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort | ||
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| - | Description - See the Dominion version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Power Struggles, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 interceptor, | ||
| - | Deveatator ES II, Piranha-A, Flares, Cloak, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Mixed | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 600 XP and 240 FXP | ||
| - | - Leviathan [OPL] - | ||
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| - | Restoration of Order, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. I, a Viper Proximity Mine I, 2 Thumper Autogun 1's, and | ||
| - | Clone. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Between the Lightning Beam, 2 turrets, a mine, and clone ability, | ||
| - | you've got plenty of firepower at your disposal. You'll fly around in circles so | ||
| - | I recommend setting each autogun (using the right bumper/ | ||
| - | also sets mines)) opposite the other to make sure that you have as much fire | ||
| - | spread out as possible. | ||
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| - | Fire Down the Aisle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. I, a Devastator ES I, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Core Control, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 2 cruiser, 2 | ||
| - | Devastator ES I's, a Lightning Beam Mk. I, a Piranha-A, Flares, Cloak, and | ||
| - | Afterburner. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - About on the same level as the Praetorian mission' | ||
| - | the Lightning Beam. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 650 XP and 260 FXP | ||
| - | - The Graveyard [OPG] - | ||
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| - | Holdout Piece, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a Lightning | ||
| - | Beam Mk. III, a Devastator ES III, Clone, Teleport, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - There are no objectives listed on the HUD but you clearly have to | ||
| - | destroy a certain number of fighters. Even though the turrets are highlighted | ||
| - | as well, their destruction will not cause the mission to fail. | ||
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| - | Fallen on Hard Times, Difficulty 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 interceptor, | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. III, a Multi Missile, Flares, Clone, and Afterburner. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Probably the easiest version of this mission thanks to having not | ||
| - | only a Lightning Beam, but a Multi Missile at your disposal. But be warned that | ||
| - | since you now have two power weapons, your energy will be drained more quickly | ||
| - | with every shot. | ||
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| - | Mind the Minefield, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 Heavy Fighter, 2 | ||
| - | Deliverance Custom Lasers, a Lightning Beam Mk. II, Flares, Teleport, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - Mixed Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 700 XP and 280 FXP | ||
| - | - The Tempest [OPTT] - | ||
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| - | Running Hot, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a Lightning | ||
| - | Beam Mk. III, a Devastator ES III, Roll, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - Another warhead escort, but with a couple of oddities. For one | ||
| - | thing, I wanted to see how much damage the meteors would do when they hit the | ||
| - | warhead since NPC ships often take a fair amount of damage compared to how much | ||
| - | damage they do to you. However, in spite of doing everything in my power not to | ||
| - | interfere, not 1 of them hit the warhead. Also odd is the fact that Praetorians | ||
| - | start attacking about midway through for some reason. Anyway, I doubt that the | ||
| - | meteors do much damage, but feel free to clear a path anyway just to be safe if | ||
| - | you want. | ||
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| - | Double Envelopment, | ||
| - | Beam Mk. II, a Piranha-B, a Devastator ES III, an Absolution Laser Assembly, | ||
| - | Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Close to the Edge, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. II, a Devastator ES III, Flares, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Escort. | ||
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| - | See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 750 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Solaria [OPS] - | ||
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| - | Merciless Space Mites, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. II, Devastator ES III, Flares, Undercover, and Supershield. | ||
| - | Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - This is probably the only time in the entire game where the | ||
| - | Vanid are a legitimate combat threat, save perhaps if you encounter them while | ||
| - | in a tier 1 scout fighter while flying through a tier 4 zone. In spite of the | ||
| - | mission description evoking thoughts of deploying drones and satellites to dot | ||
| - | the region, your true task is to protect yet another warhead. Also, you once | ||
| - | again have no objectives posted on your HUD. | ||
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| - | The radar compass arrow points to the warhead but DON'T GO ANYWHERE, seriously, | ||
| - | don't bother moving at all. Vanid beam attacks can't be outmaneuvered, | ||
| - | you try to go to the warhead, they' | ||
| - | the warhead goes off close to where you start off and the Vanid don't spawn to | ||
| - | target the warhead from anywhere else so you're best off stemming the tide where | ||
| - | you are. | ||
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| - | The Lightning Beam can parse through targets but can't jump to others so fire in | ||
| - | very short bursts to conserve energy and save time. The Vanid may be easily | ||
| - | destroyed but don't underestimate their offensive capabilities, | ||
| - | of the mission may seem laughable at first, they' | ||
| - | do significant damage if you disregard them. | ||
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| - | Quickbuck Crossing, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a | ||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. III, a Devastator ES III, a Piranha-D, Flares, Clone, and | ||
| - | Supershield. Gameplay - Stationary Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Space Madness, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a Power | ||
| - | Lightning Beam, a Multi Missile IV, Teleport, Clone, and Supershield. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 800 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Tartarus [OPT] - | ||
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| - | Western Flank, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Power Lightning | ||
| - | Beam, 2 Piranha-D' | ||
| - | Gameplay - Stationary Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - I've got nothing to add to the above information. | ||
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| - | Information Shredder, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 scout fighter, a | ||
| - | Power Missile, a Power Pulse, Flares, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Waste Management, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 3 cruiser, a Power Beam, | ||
| - | 2 Devastator ES IV's, a Piranha-D, Flares, and Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Your weapons aren't exactly black-hole-disruptingly powerful, but | ||
| - | your enemies are so weak that they don't need to be this time around. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 850 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - The Crucible [OPC] - | ||
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| - | Breakout, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 interceptor, | ||
| - | Beam, a Power Spray, Clone, Undercover, and Afterburner. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - The Power Spray is definitely a potent weapon that you'll likely | ||
| - | want to use over the Power Lightning Beam. Just head south and make sure the | ||
| - | path is cleared, but keep an eye on any ships gathering near the warhead while | ||
| - | you do so. | ||
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| - | Equipment Check, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - Escort. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Eye of the Needle, Difficulty - 1/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Lightning | ||
| - | Beam Mk. IV, a Devastator ES IV, 2 Piranha-D' | ||
| - | - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Again, your weapons are standard, and again, it doesn' | ||
| - | matter. | ||
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| - | Mission Provider - Stais, Rewards - 1,000 XP and 300 FXP | ||
| - | - Shadowrift [OPR] - | ||
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| - | Out of the Dustpan, Difficulty - 2/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 cruiser, a Power | ||
| - | Lightning Beam, a Devastator ES IV, a Piranha-D, a Tornado-CS4, | ||
| - | and Supershield. Gameplay - On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - Another cruiser survival mission, this time against both Dominion | ||
| - | ships and Legion ships. At least 1 (ideally 2) DPS sentients with high Energy | ||
| - | Regeneration Skills to offset the torpedo' | ||
| - | skill is recommended. Possibly the Roll ability to dodge Legion Tank Hellfire | ||
| - | Beam attacks as well. | ||
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| - | Enemy Hands, Difficulty - 3/4 *'s, Presets - Tier 4 Heavy Fighter, a Power | ||
| - | Lightning Beam, a Battlegun 4, a Power Beam, a Mongoose Proto Trap 5, Gameplay - | ||
| - | On-Rails Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Dominion version of this mission' | ||
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| - | Catastrophe in the Catacombs, Difficulty - ?/4 *'s, Presets - None. Gameplay - | ||
| - | Survival. | ||
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| - | Description - See the Consortium version of this mission' | ||
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| - | - Military Warzone - | ||
| - | [XVII] | ||
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| - | - Basic Mission Progression and Rewards [WZNP] - | ||
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| - | Military Warzone missions are unlocked after joining the Revenant Order or | ||
| - | Dominion of Allied Planets, and can only be initiated while an active member of | ||
| - | either faction. To take part in a Warzone battle, open the pause/start menu, | ||
| - | select " | ||
| - | simple, destroy the enemy' | ||
| - | can be played alone or online in PVP, and take place in one of the nine zones in | ||
| - | the game. This is why there are no Syndicate vs. Praetorian, Syndicate vs. | ||
| - | Consortium, etc. versions of this mission, because aside from necessitating a | ||
| - | military focus that would justify the construction of massive battleships, | ||
| - | bases of the factions need to be far, and opposite one another. Each zone has | ||
| - | Order and Dominion on opposite edges of the map, making it necessary to capture | ||
| - | carrier points to spawn from, and supply points for support. That was likely the | ||
| - | working theory anyway, but since this is an RPG, certain behaviors that would be | ||
| - | logical in games like Star Wars Battlefront just don't translate. | ||
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| - | Battleships will always attack you over your allies because the player stands as | ||
| - | the most significant threat more often than not. Because you're capable of | ||
| - | growing in strength several magnitudes greater than NPC ships, or perhaps due | ||
| - | simply to poor programming and pathfinding skills, your allied forces will not | ||
| - | storm the enemy base in force for a great length of time, if at all, even when | ||
| - | you're in control of every single resource available. So unless you're piloting | ||
| - | weaker ships with peashooter weapons, it's faster to just rush in and assault | ||
| - | the battleship by yourself, and even if you DO die, you won't fail the mission | ||
| - | unless it happens 25 times (more on that later). | ||
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| - | Warzone missions function the same Legion Raids with regards to difficulty | ||
| - | adjustment. There will be a number in parenthesis next to the areas that are | ||
| - | displayed on screen whenever you move into a region or exit a base structure. | ||
| - | Said number indicates the tier level of your enemy' | ||
| - | 1 - 4, no more, no less. The number is dependent upon the whichever value is | ||
| - | highest, the Zone you're playing in, or the highest tier ship you posses in your | ||
| - | current faction (this does NOT include the tier level of a hijacked/ | ||
| - | ship). So if you have a tier 2 ship but are in a tier 3 zone, the enemy' | ||
| - | level will be 3. Also, if you're in a tier 1 ship but posses a tier 3 ship, in a | ||
| - | tier 1 zone, the enemy' | ||
| - | highest tier ship you posses, not what you're currently piloting. The tier | ||
| - | associated with each zone is as follows: Asteria, Erebus, and Leviathan are tier | ||
| - | 1 zones, The Graveyard and The Tempest are tier 2 zones, Solaria and Tartarus | ||
| - | are tier 3 zones, and The Crucible and Shadowrift are tier 4 zones. | ||
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| - | The number of Warzone points (WZN pts.) yielded is also effected by the final | ||
| - | tier level of your enemies. You get 3 times the tier level after the battleship | ||
| - | is destroyed, regardless of whether you were the one to fire the final shot, or | ||
| - | even damaged it in the first place. Destroying enemies, capturing supply | ||
| - | points/ | ||
| - | of warzone points you receive at the end. Note: There are NO penalties for | ||
| - | quitting before the enemy battleship has been destroyed, but you will NOT be | ||
| - | able to resume where you left off. Warzone points are great for getting one | ||
| - | weapon, and one weapon only, the Battlegun. Even if the torpedo weapons weren' | ||
| - | outmatched by the Legion Raid Corsair, the Battlegun is a fantastic weapon to | ||
| - | get ahold of, especially early on in the game. | ||
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| - | - Important Mission Elements and Interaction [WZNE] - | ||
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| - | The first thing to note is the HUD boxes to the left and right. The one on the | ||
| - | left always represents the Order, and the one on the right represents the | ||
| - | Dominion. The percentages represents that faction' | ||
| - | second item represents captured carrier points, the third, supply points, and | ||
| - | the last representing human player points. Battleship " | ||
| - | you damage it, but shields can be recovered slightly if NPCs or human players | ||
| - | use the Recharge ability. (NPC cargo ships can use it by themselves, but human | ||
| - | players must have Healer sentients, that have the ability, actively equipped.) | ||
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| - | Battleships can have many different weapons and abilities, the latter being | ||
| - | dependent upon the faction it belongs to when it comes to the specifics. | ||
| - | (Dominion Battleships can have Creeping Death missiles, Order Battleships can | ||
| - | have Piranha missiles, Dominion Battleships can have Silkworm torpedoes, Order | ||
| - | Battleships can have Tornado torpedoes, etc.) That's right, the battleships | ||
| - | unfortunately can have torpedoes in addition to missiles, beams, and pulse | ||
| - | weapons. They can also use Disable, Tractor Beam, and Shield Short if you get | ||
| - | too close as well. NPC ships, battleships included, are not restricted by energy | ||
| - | cost either, so don't expect a torrent of torpedoes to ever let up. | ||
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| - | Carrier spawn points, as their name suggests, spawns a carrier upon capturing | ||
| - | it. When a carrier is under your control, it acts as a spawn point for you if | ||
| - | your ship is destroyed (you spawn at the carrier closest to the enemy base). | ||
| - | Carriers also heal you and your NPC allies. When a carrier is destroyed, the | ||
| - | spawn point can be captured by either side, provided that it's a neutral point. | ||
| - | There are two different kind of carrier spawn points, neutral and forward. | ||
| - | Neutral points can be captured by either faction, but forward points are close | ||
| - | to the enemy' | ||
| - | only while in the possession of a neutral point. Forward carrier points can be | ||
| - | valuable, but it's best to attempt to capture them while cloaked/ | ||
| - | Carriers can also be healed by NPC ships and players, and to a greater degree | ||
| - | than a Battleship. | ||
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| - | Supply points are more numerous and contribute to the number of NPC allies | ||
| - | spawned to combat the enemies. These points are always neutral and can be | ||
| - | captured at any time, regardless of whether you or your enemy currently controls | ||
| - | it. You cannot begin to capture a supply/ | ||
| - | however be able to CONTINUE capturing a point if an enemy attacks after you've | ||
| - | begun capturing a point. Lastly, human player points are subtracted by 4 | ||
| - | whenever you're defeated in battle, and this is regardless of your | ||
| - | ship' | ||
| - | you fail the mission, so defeating human players in PVP 25 times will win the | ||
| - | mission without destroying the battleship. | ||
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| - | - Basic Mission Zone Layout and Contents [WZNZ] - | ||
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| - | This will be an outline of where each carrier spawn point/ | ||
| - | found within each zone. Points are in the center or in such a small area that | ||
| - | it's nearly impossible to miss unless otherwise noted. Locations in parentheses | ||
| - | dictates the location of the region, locations following the Supply | ||
| - | Point/ | ||
| - | the enemy Dominion battleship in The Tempest zone to become glitched & not take | ||
| - | damage for varying periods of time. I have not encountered this problem | ||
| - | elsewhere so I would recommend avoiding The Tempest for Military Warzone matches | ||
| - | just in case. | ||
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| - | - Asteria - | ||
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| - | Ghost Zone (path between Calico Base and Alpha Station), Supply Point, found | ||
| - | about halfway through to the first entrance to Calico Base). | ||
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| - | Calico' | ||
| - | before the collection of barriers in the corner. | ||
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| - | Nemo's Folly (North of Fort Hestion), Supply point, A little East of the center. | ||
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| - | Icy Wastes (North of the entrance to Fort Neston), Carrier Spawn Point, almost | ||
| - | directly North of the entrance. | ||
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| - | Vostok 1, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, at the Northern end of the main | ||
| - | area. | ||
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| - | Fort Heston, Order Forward Carrier Spawn Point, at the Southern end of the main | ||
| - | area. | ||
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| - | Alpha Station, Carrier Spawn Point, almost dead center and far South of Alpha | ||
| - | Station itself. | ||
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| - | Clearing Area. (East of Alpha Stations), Supply Point, between the two Southern | ||
| - | triangular map objects with circles in them. | ||
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| - | Pitkins Patch, (east of Alpha Station), Supply Point, in the Northwest corner. | ||
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| - | MinTek Storage Depot, Supply Point, between the two entrances and the base | ||
| - | itself. | ||
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| - | Prospect Field (between MinTek and Last Stand), Carrier Spawn Point, bottom | ||
| - | center. | ||
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| - | The Last Stand, Supply Point, in the center of the central structure in the base | ||
| - | area. | ||
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| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 3, Total Supply Points: 7. | ||
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| - | - Erebus - | ||
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| - | Shadowden, Supply Point, Center. | ||
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| - | Habitation, (area South of Shadoden), Supply Point. | ||
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| - | Beta Station, Supply Point, center. | ||
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| - | Killian' | ||
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| - | Power Generation, (near North East quadrant), Supply Point. | ||
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| - | Fort Thorn, Order Forward Carrier Spawn Point, Far South end of the Core. | ||
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| - | Vostok 2, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, far north end. | ||
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| - | Processing Plant, (near South West quadrant), Supply Point. | ||
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| - | Hive, (far South West quadrant), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
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| - | Pit, (Near South East quadrant), Supply Point. | ||
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| - | Silverlode, (Far South East quadrant), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
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| - | Precinct 357, Supply Point, center. | ||
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| - | - Leviathan - | ||
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| - | Colony, (West of Guardian One/The Vigilant), Supply Point. | ||
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| - | Guardian One/The Vigilant, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, to the left of | ||
| - | the base ship). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Communications Array, (north East of Delta Station and South West of | ||
| - | Guardian One/The Vigilant), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Solar Collectors (North West of Sanctuary and South East of Guardian | ||
| - | One/The Vigilant), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Delta Station, Supply Point, Just North of the station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Delta Station, Carrier Spawn Point, Just East of the station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Core, (between Delta Station and Sanctuary), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sanctuary, Carrier Spawn Point, Near the bottom of the Sunshadow Syndicate | ||
| - | symbol. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Control, (South of the Power Core), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Engine Bay (South of Control), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Eagle' | ||
| - | of the base ship. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Graveyard - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Minefield (North East of Falcon' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Falcon' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sentinal Gate, (East of Falcon' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Breaker' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cemetery, (North West of Kappa Station), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Monument of the Fallen, (South West of Kappa Station), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station Kappa, Supply Point, just North of the Station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Wraithmist, (North East of kappa Station), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cage, (South East of Kappa Station), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Radzone, (North West of Guardian Two/The Defiant), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Guardian Two/The Defiant, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, North West | ||
| - | between it and the Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Calico' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 2, Total Supply points: 8 | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Tempest - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fort Bravo, Order Forward Carrier Spawn Point, South East of Fort Bravo and very | ||
| - | close to the Dominion Battleship. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Attractor, (East of Fort Bravo (or East by Northeast), Carrier Spawn Point, East | ||
| - | side of the structure. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Wilderness, (South of Attractor), Supply Point, almost at the center of the dark | ||
| - | amorphous blob on the map. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sanctuary Station, Supply Point, South West of the station, just outside. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sanctuary Base, Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fog Core, (East of Sanctuary Base), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Gauntlet, (East of Shroudport /Ruined Biosphere), Supply Point, Near the North | ||
| - | end. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lonecrag Lighthouse, (Far East of Sanctuary base), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Shroudport, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vostok 3, Dominion Forward Carrier Point, Right North next to Vostok 3 and the | ||
| - | battleship. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Research Outpost, (East of Vostok 3), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Brimstone Creek, (East of Research Outpost), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Widow' | ||
| - | Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 3, Total Supply Points: 7. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Solaria - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cauldron, (West of Lambda Station), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lambda Station, Supply Point, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sea of Fire, (East of Lambda Station), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Eden, (South of Cauldron), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hotzone, (South by South West of Lambda Station), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sunshadow Bay, Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ventrica, (South of Eden/North of Condor' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Port Quickbuck, (South of Sunshadow Bay), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ventrica, (South of Eden/North of Condor' | ||
| - | Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Glassica (South of Quickbuck and North of Guardian Three), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Guardian Three, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, North East of Guardian | ||
| - | Three and South West of Glassica. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 3, Total Supply Points: 6. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Tartarus - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Recycler, (North of Fort Bilgh), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Theta Station, Supply Point, Just South of the station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Theta Station, Carrier Spawn Point, South of the aforementioned point (and near | ||
| - | the Tightrope region). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Brink Science Outpost, (East of Theta Station, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Apex Antimatter Factory, (East of Fort Bilgh), Supply Point, South by South East | ||
| - | of the center. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Apex Antimatter Factory, (East of Fort Bilgh), Order Forward Carrier Spawn | ||
| - | Point, South West of the center. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Event Horizon, (Center of Zone, East of Apex Antimatter Factory), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vosok 4, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, between the Tempus Labs and the | ||
| - | South West corner of Vostok 4. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dimension Gate, (South of Fort Bilgh), Supply Point, in the third/Far right | ||
| - | circle. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tempus Labs, (Structures South East of the Event Horizon), Carrier Spawn Point, | ||
| - | Almost directly South of the Event Horizon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | New Eden, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Chrona Farm (East by North East of the Event Horizon), Supply Point, at the | ||
| - | center of the closed off section. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 2, Supply Points: 8. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Crucible - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cold Storage, (North East of Fort Deckard), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Epsilon Station, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fort Deckard, Order Forward Carrier Spawn Point, Next to the Southern Collection | ||
| - | of mines. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Assimilator, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Flotsam Wastes, (North East of Nexus (the Zone's center)), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Metropolis, (North of Vostok 5), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Nexus, (the center of the zone map), Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spinespire (South of Nexus), Supply Point, South of Nexus near the downed cargo | ||
| - | ship. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vostok 5, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, between Vostok 5 and access | ||
| - | point from the inner part of the map. | ||
| - | |||
| - | MinTek Headquarters, | ||
| - | of tunnels not near the buildings. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Drydock, (South West of Vostok 5), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sunshadow Bay, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 1, Total Supply Points: 9. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Shadowrift - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Omega Station, Supply Point, North of station' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fort Baxtor, Order Forward Carrier Spawn Point, between Murkpit, City Ruins, and | ||
| - | Fort Baxtor. | ||
| - | |||
| - | City Ruins, (East of Fort Baxtor), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lost Hope, Carrier Spawn Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Catacombs, South of center and equidistant to Lost Hope and Omega | ||
| - | Station, Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cathedral, (West of Vostok 6), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vostok 6, Dominion Forward Carrier Spawn Point, North at the divide between | ||
| - | Vostok 6 and Cathedral. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Murkpit, (far South West/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dustpan/ | ||
| - | Dustpan and Catacombs. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Infection Island, (South East of the Catacombs), Supply Point. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Impact Site, (South of Dustpan/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | Webweave, (South of the Impact Site) 2 Supply points. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Total Neutral Carrier Spawn Points: 2, Supply Points: 9. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
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| - | | ||
| - | dMM. YM. ,P | ||
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| - | |||
| - | - Legion Invaision Mission Guide - | ||
| - | [XVIII] | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dark Legion Invasion Missions, or Legion Raids as they shall be known from this | ||
| - | point on, are tower defense/ | ||
| - | an onslaught of Legion ships. It's not clear exactly when Legion Raids become | ||
| - | unlocked, though pilot level doesn' | ||
| - | occur while in the process of changing factions. The goal of these missions is | ||
| - | to protect the station from Legion attack waves until the attacks stop | ||
| - | altogether. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Basic Mission Progression and Rewards [LRP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Attack waves are represented as " | ||
| - | mission. Be warned however that every time you survive to the end, the mission | ||
| - | will be slightly more difficult the next time you initiate it, and will be made | ||
| - | evident by the " | ||
| - | times that the difficulty can increase, and it will stop increasing once the | ||
| - | starting " | ||
| - | you with part of a Prismatic crystal, and more importantly, | ||
| - | upgrade that is pretty much always 50% when you're at a high enough level. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The difficulty of the mission is dependent upon a pair of factors, which are | ||
| - | your ship's tier level, and the zone you play the mission in. The difficulty is | ||
| - | represented as a number in parenthesis next to the name of the region you're in. | ||
| - | The number coincides with the tier level of your enemies so it will always be | ||
| - | 1 - 4, no more, no less. The number is dependent upon the whichever value is | ||
| - | highest, the Zone you're playing in, or the highest tier ship you posses in your | ||
| - | current faction (this does NOT include the tier level of a hijacked/ | ||
| - | ship). So if you have a tier 2 ship but are in a tier 3 zone, the enemy' | ||
| - | level will be 3. Also, if you're in a tier 1 ship but posses a tier 3 ship, in a | ||
| - | tier 1 zone, the enemy' | ||
| - | highest tier ship you posess, not what you're currently piloting. The tier | ||
| - | associated with each zone is as follows: Asteria, Erebus, and Leviathan are tier | ||
| - | 1 zones, The Graveyard and The Tempest are tier 2 zones, Solaria and Tartarus | ||
| - | are tier 3 zones, and The Crucible and Shadowrift are tier 4 zones. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The number of Legion Raid points (LR pts.) yielded is also effected by the final | ||
| - | tier level of your enemies. You get 1 times the tier level after completing the | ||
| - | first 4 waves, and 3 times that same number for completing the fifth and final | ||
| - | wave. So if you're enemies are tier 3, you get 3 points for the first 4 waves, | ||
| - | and 9 points for the last wave, totaling 21 points in all. Note: You do NOT | ||
| - | forfeit any points earned if you quit before all waves have successfully been | ||
| - | completed, but you will NOT be able to resume where you left off. | ||
| - | |||
| - | It's advised that you play as either the Dominion or Order, since the ships more | ||
| - | often than not have higher hull or shields, respectively, | ||
| - | from those factions last longer against Legion ships as a result. You get | ||
| - | reinforcements from the faction you're currently in, regardless of whether the | ||
| - | ship you're piloting is from another faction be it via hijacking, or using | ||
| - | Eugene. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Important Mission Elements and Interaction [LRE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The basic elements to be conscious of are as follows: Your environment, | ||
| - | station itself, friendly ships, the resource mini-menu, supply satellites, | ||
| - | turrets, and of course, enemies. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Be mindful of your surroundings, | ||
| - | supply satellites are, where reinforcements gather, etc. is very important if | ||
| - | you want to succeed. (I've listed the zones and thier characteristics in the | ||
| - | (LRZ) section of this part). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Unlike Battleships in warzone missions, the stations have no shields and | ||
| - | therefore cannot recover from damage inflicted, which means that prevention is | ||
| - | your only option. You can also dock at the station to repair your ship and/or | ||
| - | restore energy reserves, as well as switch out ships, shop, and do everything | ||
| - | else normally. However, the battle will continue while you're docked so either | ||
| - | make your visits as short as possible, or don't even do it at all. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Friendly Consortium ships will constantly leave the station and make their way | ||
| - | to the edges of the region before warping out. For each ship that successfully | ||
| - | warps out, you are granted 1 resource point. Resource points are valuable, but | ||
| - | you should not escort every last ship, thinning out enemy numbers is far more | ||
| - | important. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The resource mini-menu, the HUD box near the center on the right edge of the | ||
| - | screen, displays the following from top to bottom: The station' | ||
| - | percentage, the number of resource points, the number of fighters, the number of | ||
| - | cargo ships, and the number of cruisers, all of which are friendly. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Supply Satellites are the highlighted satellites in each zone, and they allow | ||
| - | you to exchange resource points for bonuses and support. To do this, you need | ||
| - | only fly near the satellite and press the " | ||
| - | do not need to be out of combat, flying away from the satellite will NOT close | ||
| - | the menu, and boost is disengaged automatically upon displaying the menu). You | ||
| - | can purchase the following from the menu: Fighters (max 3) for 1 resource point | ||
| - | each, cargo ships (max 2) for 3 resource points each, a cruiser (max 1) for 5 | ||
| - | resource points each, launch the station' | ||
| - | each time, and upgrade all turrets for 9 resource points each time (max 2 | ||
| - | times). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Fighters are weak and easily destroyed, but are cheap and persist from wave to | ||
| - | wave as long as they survive. cargo ships aren't that strong offensively, | ||
| - | are a vital asset for their ability to heal friendly ships like you, cruisers, | ||
| - | and even each other. Cruisers are slow and costly, but more powerful than the | ||
| - | other ships. Launching the station' | ||
| - | situations because A) The drones don't appear to persist from wave to wave, and | ||
| - | B) they' | ||
| - | station security drones will still do damage and distract some enemies from the | ||
| - | station itself, so while costly, it's not useless. Lastly, turret upgrades are | ||
| - | the very first thing you're going to want to get. Although costly, turret | ||
| - | upgrades increase all turret' | ||
| - | mission, and apply to turrets that are/will be destroyed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Speaking of turrets, they' | ||
| - | important if you want to succeed. Turrets are present at every point where Dark | ||
| - | Legion ships have to move through to reach the station, and typically are | ||
| - | grouped in sets of 3. Whenever a turret is destroyed, an audio cue will alert | ||
| - | you and its radar icon will change. Destroyed turrets can be restored by getting | ||
| - | close enough to them that the " | ||
| - | button, and waiting a short time. Reconstructing turrets also supplies you with | ||
| - | 1 resource point each time you do it. However, it's a very bad idea to | ||
| - | intentionally allow enemies to destroy turrets to farm resource points unless | ||
| - | you're very close to the end of a given wave. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - (Note: You do not have to be out of combat to rez turrets, or to buy support | ||
| - | from satellites in Legion Raids.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The last element to consider is also the focus of the mission, the enemies. | ||
| - | Among the ranks of Legion ships are fighters, which I have yet to see an | ||
| - | official name for, so I call them " | ||
| - | fragile. The green interceptor-type ships, which I call " | ||
| - | other green ships that are officially known as " | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | beetle' | ||
| - | annoying, and C) the scarab was the ancient Egyptian symbol for immortality | ||
| - | which reflects the ship's restorative capabilities. There are the Tanks, which | ||
| - | are about the size of cargo ships but are officially classified as cruisers. | ||
| - | Tanks in Legion Raids also use Power Beams that are much weaker compared to the | ||
| - | Hellfire beams fired by Tanks in the Webweave region. Last, but most certainly | ||
| - | not least are the Dreadnoughts. Although they' | ||
| - | Dreadnoughts are actually carriers armed with torpedoes, and housing | ||
| - | teleportation technology that allows them to summon a huge number of fighters | ||
| - | when its hull gets about halfway down. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Basic Mission Zone Layout and Contents [LRZ] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Knowing where to find what you're looking for and where enemies can come from is | ||
| - | important in Legion Raid missions. Therefore, I've created a list the zones, | ||
| - | what you should expect to find in each, and a note regarding my feelings toward | ||
| - | playing in that zone during these missions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Asteria - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Alpha, number of Supply Satellites - 4, their locations | ||
| - | - North, South, East, and West of the station, number of enemy points of entry - | ||
| - | 4, their locations - Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest of the | ||
| - | station, turrets posted at each - 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - A standard-sized area to engage Dark Legion ships, its high | ||
| - | satellite count is appealing but the asteroids are irritating to navigate, | ||
| - | especially with slower ships. The Northeast defense point is the most vulnerable | ||
| - | due to the fact that there are two tunnels and Legion can enter from, but only | ||
| - | 3 turrets to defend both areas. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Erebus - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Beta, number of Supply Satellites - 3, their locations | ||
| - | - Northeast, Northwest, and South of the station, number of enemy points of | ||
| - | entry - 3, their locations - East, West, and South of the station, number of | ||
| - | turrets posted at each - 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - A little smaller than Alpha station, Beta is worse because there | ||
| - | are even more asteroids that get in the way. Plus, its smaller size means that | ||
| - | you have less time to put down threats before they reach the station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Leviathan - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Delta, number of Supply Satellites - 1, its location - | ||
| - | East of the station, number of enemy points of entry - 2, their locations - | ||
| - | North and South of the station, number of turrets posted at each - 5. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Though it features only two major points of entry, for enemies, | ||
| - | some fighter squadrons can bypass turrets from the sides, and since your allies | ||
| - | likely won't be around, they can assault the station unopposed. The area is too | ||
| - | large to get from point to point quickly, and its size definitely doesn' | ||
| - | when trying to discern which turrets have been destroyed. Not to mention the | ||
| - | fact that there' | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Graveyard - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Kappa, number of Supply Satellites - 2, their locations | ||
| - | - Northwest and Southeast of the station, number of enemy points of entry - 3, | ||
| - | their locations - North, South, and West of the station, number of turrets | ||
| - | posted at each - 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Neihter the best, nor the worst of the lot. It's large, but in | ||
| - | spite of there being more points the enemy can come from there' | ||
| - | bit of distance they have to cover before reaching the station. Having more than | ||
| - | just 1 satellite doesn' | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Tempest - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Sanctuary Base, number of Supply Satellites - 2, their | ||
| - | locations - Northwest and Southeast of the center, number of enemy points of | ||
| - | entry - 2, their locations - Northeast and Southwest of the center, number of | ||
| - | turrets posted at each - 4. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Things are very cramped, and it's difficult for the station not to | ||
| - | take damage once enemies are inside. Things are a lot more concentrated but | ||
| - | there' | ||
| - | ships also don't tend to stick close together so it's a lost cause trying to | ||
| - | rely on them. But if you like using autoguns, mines, and/or parsing beams like | ||
| - | the Lightning, Hellfire, or Big Green Power, this might be a good place for you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Solaria - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Lambda, number of Supply Satellites - 2, their | ||
| - | locations - Northwest and Southeast of the station, number of enemy points of | ||
| - | entry - 2/3, their locations - East and West, number of turrets posted at each - | ||
| - | 2 to 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - This is my personal favorite zone to play these missions in. The | ||
| - | station is vulnerable on the East side, but the West side has many ways of | ||
| - | slowing enemies down if you have to hold back those coming from the East. This | ||
| - | is because in addition to fighting the first two turrets enemy forces will | ||
| - | encounter, there are another two before they reach the station, and those coming | ||
| - | from the entry point at the farthest West side may have to contend with the | ||
| - | turrets posted to keep the enemies coming from the closer entry point. As if | ||
| - | that weren' | ||
| - | two pairs of turrets on the west side, making it easier for cargo ships to heal. | ||
| - | Again, the East side is vulnerable so it's not perfect, but it's the most | ||
| - | manageable/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Tartarus - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Theta, number of Supply Satellites - 2, their locations | ||
| - | - Southeast and Southwest of the station, number of enemy points of entry - 3, | ||
| - | their locations - South, East, and West, number of turrets posted at each - 3. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Since everything drifts slowly to the right, the East side is most | ||
| - | vulnerable and your reinforcements seem perpetually trapped on the West side. I | ||
| - | had what must have been an armada come in from the East side and take the | ||
| - | station from 100% to less than 35% in one round. Your reinforcements at least | ||
| - | manage to keep West side enemies back to a certain degree, but between the | ||
| - | unremarkable South side, and woefully weak East side, you're better off leaving | ||
| - | this one alone. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The Crucible - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Station being defended - Epsilon, number of Supply Satellites - 1, its location | ||
| - | - Southeast of the station, number of enemy points of entry - 3, their locations | ||
| - | - West, South, and East, number of turrets posted at each - 3, 2, and 1 | ||
| - | respectively. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Yet another instance where the East side is the weakest, and this | ||
| - | time it's because there' | ||
| - | even if it weren' | ||
| - | 1 to 2 turrets defending an area just doesn' | ||
| - | |||
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| - | - Shadowrift - | ||
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| - | Station being defended - Omega, number of Supply Satellites - 1, its location - | ||
| - | East of the station, number of enemy point of entry - 2/3, their locations - | ||
| - | East and South of the Station, number of turrets posted at each - 2 to 3. | ||
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| - | Evaluation - Another one of my favored locations to conduct this mission. Like | ||
| - | Solaria, this zone's station features multiple turrets that can damage enemies | ||
| - | after passing a previous group, though it's also only for one section, making | ||
| - | the East side slightly more vulnerable. The area is large enough that enemies | ||
| - | have to travel a good distance before reaching the station, but small enough | ||
| - | that it doesn' | ||
| - | Reinforcements don't tend to wander off to other areas either. (I put 2/3 points | ||
| - | of entry because Legion ships enter at both the South and Southeast sides but | ||
| - | end up following the same path to the station. | ||
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| - | - Ark Raid Mission Guide - | ||
| - | [XIX] | ||
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| - | Ark Raids are unlocked after completing all the main story missions so you'll be | ||
| - | at a minimum of level 40 when you start this, meaning you should have access to | ||
| - | many resources at this point such as high-tier ships, weapons, and high level | ||
| - | sentients. If you don't then you probably shouldn' | ||
| - | section, but if you do you'll likely still need some pointers before you jump | ||
| - | into the fray. Ark Raids are pretty much all about boss fights with each having | ||
| - | their own strengths and weaknesses, and I'll be sure to walk you through them. | ||
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| - | The Ark Raids are a good mission set to take part in before attempting to best | ||
| - | later versions of Legion Raids, as you can be supplied with more weapons and | ||
| - | upgrades to help you along. It's also good for power leveling as the first two | ||
| - | sections of the mission feature cannon fodder enemies that yield a high amount | ||
| - | of XP when compared to how much damage they take to destroy. Ark Raids also | ||
| - | offer the only way to get rarer sentients without getting them through the | ||
| - | mobile game Fusion: Sentient, as well as some sweet weapons. In order for | ||
| - | weapons to be dropped however, you must have room for them, i.e. no more than | ||
| - | 14 weapons and sentients total. It's not clear if certain weapons or 50% | ||
| - | upgrades are exclusive to a given boss but I'll list all the ones I've | ||
| - | encountered in my personal experience. More information on the weapons | ||
| - | themselves can be found in the Bonus Weapons section (WB). | ||
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| - | It's worth noting that since you don't start off docked at a station like the | ||
| - | Warzones and Legion Raids, you can take hijacked ships through this as long as | ||
| - | you don't die, otherwise you'll respawn as your original ship. Ark raid points | ||
| - | are awarded thusly: 1 point for the first boss, 2 points for each of the | ||
| - | following 3, 3 for the Hall of Mirrors boss, and 5 for the final boss for a | ||
| - | possible total of 15. Lastly, there is no penalty for leaving Ark Raids before | ||
| - | they' | ||
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| - | - Stealthly Blitzkrieg [ARS] - | ||
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| - | In spite of the fact that the majority of enemies in the game react to your | ||
| - | presence when you shoot them while cloaked/ | ||
| - | exception to this rule as few will return fire or even react for that matter. | ||
| - | For reasons that are unclear, Splitters and Janus (Mirror boss) will attack the | ||
| - | player if you're cloaked, but not when you're undercover. The rest of these will | ||
| - | fail to acknowledge your presence regardless of your stealth ability of choice. | ||
| - | All the first enemies, (including the boss) all Path of the Dead enemies | ||
| - | (including the boss), the Elder ones, and all droids and torpedo nodes in the | ||
| - | final area. | ||
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| - | While in a state of stealth, you can let your sentients attack for you if you're | ||
| - | undercover, but you'll have to use your weapons if you're cloaked. It should | ||
| - | also go without saying that you need either the Syndicate or Praetorian scout | ||
| - | fighter if you want to attack without disengaging the cloak or undercover | ||
| - | abilities respectively. But since you need to do as much damage as possible | ||
| - | against the Elder Ones, the Deathshrike Mine V is a good weapon to use.As a | ||
| - | side-note, it's worth mentioning that the Splitters only need to be split once | ||
| - | each in order to " | ||
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| - | During the battle with Janus (Mirror boss), I should note that while you can | ||
| - | technically use sentients to attack him/her while in a cruiser, there are more | ||
| - | complications outside of the obvious increased defensive qualities of your | ||
| - | enemy. Since Janus doesn' | ||
| - | in the environment, | ||
| - | time have their positions reset, Janus just disappears. So don't say I didn't | ||
| - | warn you, and no you cannot leave and come back to reset the state of things, | ||
| - | you have to start all over again. | ||
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| - | - Clay Tok [ARC] - | ||
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| - | The first part of the Ark Raid is, appropriately, | ||
| - | the end of the last main mission. You should see a large number of hostile | ||
| - | markers on your mini-map, and you'll want to take them out, but try to keep your | ||
| - | distance with the right/ | ||
| - | engage too many at a time, they' | ||
| - | attention of most of them at once is a really stupid idea, especially since | ||
| - | they can boost each other' | ||
| - | though, so if you're able to perform the Roll glitch then feel free to go nuts. | ||
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| - | Once you've cleared out most or all of the smaller enemies it will be safer to | ||
| - | venture to the right/East. Guarding the path to the other areas is a giant | ||
| - | version of the enemies you were fighting, which in turn were giant versions of | ||
| - | the Vanid/space mites. It is known as Clay Tok, and if you didn't heed my advice | ||
| - | regarding the destruction of the many smaller enemies or just blundered too | ||
| - | close by mistake, you can probably kiss your aft goodbye. This is because | ||
| - | partway through inflicting damage to it, Clay Tok will draw in ALL of the | ||
| - | smaller enemies, allowing them to not only gang up on you but boost Clay Tok's | ||
| - | firepower. | ||
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| - | Without the added support however, Clay Tok can be bested with ease if you don't | ||
| - | stay still long enough for its KL-088 attack (those pink/ | ||
| - | to hit you. Clay Tok uses Supershield and, most prominently, | ||
| - | missiles are a bad idea in this fight. It only uses the Supershield ability for | ||
| - | a second or two after being attacked initially, similarly to many cruisers and | ||
| - | cargo ships, before stopping. You don't actually visibly see the shield come up, | ||
| - | but you can hear the effect noise it makes, and it clearly suffers no damage | ||
| - | even though it should. While the KL-088 is pretty strong, clay Tok is completely | ||
| - | incapable of firing while it uses Feign Death, and though you can't see its | ||
| - | statistics it takes damage in that state, so hit it with everything you've got. | ||
| - | A 50% Feign Death upgrade can be dropped by Clay Tok, as well as the Power Beam | ||
| - | and Deathshrike Mine V weapons. | ||
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| - | - Forks in the Road [ARF] - | ||
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| - | After defeating Clay Tok it will drop either an upgrade or a weapon, pick it up | ||
| - | and fly near the portal-like opening which the game calls a door until the | ||
| - | option to go through comes up. On the other side will be a ton of Splitters and | ||
| - | many more barred entrances. If you're unfamiliar with them, splitters are the | ||
| - | enemies you can encounter North West of the center of The Crucible. As their | ||
| - | name implies, they split apart, becoming defensively weaker, though I'm | ||
| - | uncertain if they' | ||
| - | Splitters multiply whenever you completely deplete their health and can only | ||
| - | split so many times before being completely destroyed. They use beam weapons so | ||
| - | if you can/are taking advantage of the Roll glitch you won't even have to worry | ||
| - | about them. | ||
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| - | There are 4 doorways with 5 splitters in front of each. The Northernmost door | ||
| - | leads to the Librarian boss, the Northwest one leads to the Elder ones, the | ||
| - | Southwest one leads to the Mirror boss Janus, and the Southeast one leads to | ||
| - | the Ghost Battleship. All three must be defeated before the door leading to the | ||
| - | Mirror boss can be opened so you've got no choice but to fight them all. So | ||
| - | I'll be listing them in an order that I feel represents the incline of | ||
| - | difficulty from least to greatest, starting with the Southeast doorway leading | ||
| - | to the Path of the Dead. | ||
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| - | - Path of the Dead [ARD] - | ||
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| - | The minute you reach the other side you'll encounter a Ghost Dominion cruiser, | ||
| - | whose Admiral you need to speak with to proceed. Regardless of your faction | ||
| - | you'll be tasked with protecting said cruiser from missiles that appear out of | ||
| - | thin air multiple times. This is easier than it might sound however because | ||
| - | although they can be damaging for the escort target, they don't do too much | ||
| - | damage to you if you're in a tier 4 cargo ship/ | ||
| - | amount of time to reach them, and they' | ||
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| - | The missiles will appear in clusters that are easily seen from the mini-map, and | ||
| - | appear in front of cruiser, front, front left (your left, not the cruiser' | ||
| - | left (again, your left, not the cruiser' | ||
| - | AND behind it. Go after the one's in front first because the cruiser is | ||
| - | actively moving away from the others. The cruiser has tier 4 Dominion beam | ||
| - | weapons but they alone are not enough to intercept the missiles. | ||
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| - | Once you've fended off the missiles you'll need fly close so that you can talk | ||
| - | to the Ghost Admiral again. This time you'll have to protect the cruiser from | ||
| - | several ships aiming to destroy it. Failing to protect it will not forfeit the | ||
| - | entire mission, or even send you back to the beginning of the Path of the Dead, | ||
| - | but you will have to fight all ships over again until you succeed. Said ships | ||
| - | are pretty weak but the cruiser won't fire back this time around so it's | ||
| - | entirely up to you. You'll have to fend off fighters, cargo ships, a pair of | ||
| - | cruisers, a carrier that launches fighters, and a Ghost Battleship before the | ||
| - | mission is through. | ||
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| - | The cargo ship's have annoying supershields, | ||
| - | with relative ease, the carrier always has tier 4 Dominion beam weapons, and | ||
| - | the Battleship always fires missiles. Unfortunately, | ||
| - | ships appear is not consistent, so keep close to draw fire away from the escort | ||
| - | target just in case. Flares are useful for countering missiles, Clone is good | ||
| - | for drawing away attacks, and a Healer sentient' | ||
| - | quite useful here. Once you defeat the Ghost battleship a reward (with the Power | ||
| - | Lightning Beam being possible) will be dropped and you'll be given the | ||
| - | appropriate number of Ark Raid points. The mission also starts as it means to go | ||
| - | on by NOT making you backtrack all the way back to the entrance of the area, but | ||
| - | rather the threshhold leading to this circular area. | ||
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| - | - Path of Knowledge [ARK] - | ||
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| - | Head to the far North end and enter go through the doorway leading to the Path | ||
| - | of Knowledge. You again have to initiate a conversation, | ||
| - | a massively oversized healer sentient. Follow the path to the end of the tunnels | ||
| - | swatting down security droids along the way and you'll eventually find yourself | ||
| - | in another boss arena. This time however it's one enemy with pretty high | ||
| - | defensive statistics and a beam attack that would make the BFG 9,000 from Doom | ||
| - | feel insecure about it's potency. Fortunately, | ||
| - | weapon, and as such is susceptible to the Roll glitch, as well as the Roll | ||
| - | ability in general, and the Supershield ability too. Speaking of Supershields, | ||
| - | the giant enemy sentient will have a supershield up if you're too far away so | ||
| - | don't expect to pick away at it from a distance. You have to get pretty close to | ||
| - | the sentient for the shield to go down. After 1 section of its shields are | ||
| - | depleted it will erect a supershield and start drifting away while it | ||
| - | presumably makes modifications to boost weapon power because it's Big Green | ||
| - | Power beam can slaughter you at this point in time if you can't avoid it. Try to | ||
| - | stay as close as possible to its center while it's drifting and when the shield | ||
| - | eventually goes down. If you have enough firepower you can destroy it utterly | ||
| - | before it manages to get even 1 shot off. | ||
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| - | It's worth noting that in addition to the standard rewards of upgrades, | ||
| - | potential for weapons, and Ark Raid points, this is the only method by which | ||
| - | you can acquire rarer sentients in the game without transferring them from | ||
| - | Fusion: Sentient or getting them from online Auctions. So long as you have | ||
| - | 14 or fewer weapons (including equipped ones) AND 4 or less sentinets, there' | ||
| - | a chance that the Librarian boss will drop a Rare, Epic, or Legendary sentient | ||
| - | that can be one of the three different types. A 50% Flare upgrade is also | ||
| - | possible. | ||
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| - | - Path of Darkness [ARP] - | ||
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| - | Head to the Northwest section and go through the door to be on your way to the | ||
| - | Path or Darkness. Unlike the Path of Knowledge there aren't any enemies on the | ||
| - | way, but the journey is the most dangerous of the three since there are | ||
| - | booby-trap-esque Hellfire beams being fired in the tight spaces. The beams get | ||
| - | all the more frequent by the end so if you're having trouble with just the early | ||
| - | bits you're horrendously unprepared for what lies in wait at the end. Once | ||
| - | again though the roll glitch lets you sail through with ease, unless of course | ||
| - | you're in a cruiser in which case the tight quarters are going to be quite | ||
| - | irritating to navigate. | ||
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| - | Upon reaching the end you'll be greeted by three yellow Dark Legion carriers | ||
| - | being controlled by beings calling themselves The Elder Ones, and request the | ||
| - | administration of voluntary euthanasia. But apparently they' | ||
| - | that isn't progressive enough to permit such a practice without mandating | ||
| - | self-defense because they fire incredibly powerful missiles at you and | ||
| - | constantly heal one another. You have to either deplete their health incredibly | ||
| - | fast, or get close enough to one that it starts chasing you, and allow you to | ||
| - | lure it away from its allies. You'll need either Flares or Supershield for this | ||
| - | fight because as I said previously the missiles they fire are incredibly | ||
| - | powerful. Fortunately while their shields are pretty tough and can be healed, | ||
| - | their hull strength is laughably weak and can't be recovered so once their | ||
| - | shields go down they won't have long. | ||
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| - | Watch out if you're engaging The Elder Ones in one of the three fighter types | ||
| - | though because they have a tendency to use the Healer sentient knockback skill | ||
| - | which is not just annoying, it can prevent you from avoiding the missiles fired. | ||
| - | You'll have to take each of the three down one at a time, but don't expect them | ||
| - | all to yield goodies, only the last one you destroy will provide an upgrade or | ||
| - | weapon. Speaking of which, the Power Big Green Power Beam and Power Missile are | ||
| - | possible weapon drops. | ||
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| - | - Hall of Mirrors [ARH] - | ||
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| - | Now that all three major bosses have been extinguished we can move on through | ||
| - | the door that was previously sealed in the Southwest part of the main area. | ||
| - | Unlike the preceding sections though you only fly a couple of meters before | ||
| - | the boss, Janus, makes his/her presence known. Janus copies you ship but only to | ||
| - | a certain extent. It's defenses appear to be higher, but the weapons used are | ||
| - | thankfully not your own. The ship that is mimicked is whatever you're currently | ||
| - | flying, not whatever you might be able to change into when you disengage the | ||
| - | undercover ability. Janus also only copies what your ship's statistics are | ||
| - | SUPPOSED to be and inflates them a little from there. Meaning if you rock up in | ||
| - | a scout fighter with the shields and hull of a military cruiser using Eugene | ||
| - | then Janus will be stuck with defensive stats that are pathetic by comparison. | ||
| - | The area's large enough to run and use a Healer and Tank sentient combo to boost | ||
| - | your shields if things start going South so it's not too difficult overall, it | ||
| - | can be more about attrition than anything. A 50% Undercover upgrade can be | ||
| - | dropped, as well as the Deathshrike Mine V, and the Power Lightning Beam. | ||
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| - | |||
| - | - The Ark [ARA] - | ||
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| - | Getting to the right point where you can enter the next door will be a little | ||
| - | difficult but once you get there you can proceed to the Ark's core. Ahead of you | ||
| - | will be the Ark super-sentient, | ||
| - | start, there are large beams inhibiting your progress that need the emitters at | ||
| - | both ends to be destroyed. Doing so will get rid of the deadly beam (seriously, | ||
| - | it can be VERY dangerous if you're defenses are not too close to the top), as | ||
| - | well as launch security droids from the damaged nodes that are weak | ||
| - | afterthoughts. After shutting down a few of those pesky beams you'll come to | ||
| - | the Ark's inner sanctum, only to find more beams in your way. Or at least that's | ||
| - | how it LOOKS, the beams are actually powering a shield that recovers faster than | ||
| - | you can damage it, and the beams themselves can't harm you in the slightest. | ||
| - | What CAN harm you however are the nodes, on either side of the towers supplying | ||
| - | shield energy, which fire massive torpedoes that will do a lot of damage if | ||
| - | you don't keep moving and stay out of the way. Destroying those nodes will keep | ||
| - | the torpedoes off your aft but not for very long so concentrate on the ones | ||
| - | supplying shield energy instead. | ||
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| - | Once you've cut off all four towers from the super-sentient you can attack the | ||
| - | sentient itself. Unfortunately however, you can only do 25% hull damage before | ||
| - | its shields are brought back online. Even more frustrating is trying to damage | ||
| - | it while in one of the three fighter classes because like the Elder Ones the | ||
| - | Ark super-sentient can use the knockback ability. But as long as you keep moving | ||
| - | and damaging the core you'll eventually defeat the age-old construct and claim | ||
| - | your due rewards, which can include the Power Missile. A message might pop up | ||
| - | very quickly and ask if you're sure you want to quit the mission. Either select | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | boss, because not only is the upgrade/ | ||
| - | in Legion Raids, Prismatic crystal pieces are dropped rather than being | ||
| - | automatically added to your inventory. | ||
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| - | - Mad Skillz (Pilot Skills List & Ratings) - | ||
| - | [XX] | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | - Base Skills [MSB] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | No more than 25 base points, which are awarded upon leveling up your pilot | ||
| - | character, can be assigned to any one skill, and since you get one point per | ||
| - | level and 100 levels you'll have enough points to max out every skill with the | ||
| - | only question being how you'll initially distribute the points. I should mention | ||
| - | that energy cost of using the Afterburner ability can decrease to the point | ||
| - | where having 1 DPS sentient equipped with a high enough level Energy | ||
| - | Regeneration bonus can let you use it indefinitely. Speaking of energy, although | ||
| - | your first thought may be to increase energy reserves since it offers the | ||
| - | highest increase per point, you'll want to avoid weapons that drain energy in | ||
| - | the early parts of the game, and some of the upgrades to abilities can outright | ||
| - | negate the energy cost so focus on the others. Lastly, while the description for | ||
| - | Increase Defense states that it increases both shields and hull, it only | ||
| - | increases hull strength, so keep that in mind. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Increase Damage - 1% increase per point, Total possible = 25% | ||
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| - | Increase Defense - 1% increase to hull per point, Total possible = 25% | ||
| - | |||
| - | Afterburner - 2% increase to speed and efficiency per point, Total possible = | ||
| - | 50% | ||
| - | |||
| - | Increase Energy - 4% increase per point, Total possible = 100% | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Faction Skills [MSF] - | ||
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| - | Faction skills are where you can become either a terror among the stars, or a | ||
| - | laughingstock for touring vessels to point at and mock. I'll help you make sure | ||
| - | you become the former, and turn your enemies into the latter. Each skill will be | ||
| - | evaluated with more in-depth descriptions and information after point level | ||
| - | statistics. The *'s represent how good a skill is, the more *'s the better, | ||
| - | though that should become apparent in the description. But first, some general | ||
| - | info you need to know. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Faction skills are added when you become a member of a faction and completed a | ||
| - | mission that rewards you with a faction point to spend on skills. Don't worry | ||
| - | about accidentally choosing one of the lame skills since Prismatic crystals can | ||
| - | reset all your skills without penalty, just keep in mind that it may take a good | ||
| - | deal of time before you can get some and the act of acquiring them will be made | ||
| - | easier if you have better skills. Faction points are universal, meaning that | ||
| - | points earned in one faction can be spent to unlock/ | ||
| - | Also, Military Skills are shared between the Revenant Order and Dominion of | ||
| - | Allied Planets, so joining either faction will unlock the skills. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Consortium Skills [MSC] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
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| - | Harvest (Passive) - Extracts ore from any asteroid or gas cloud. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 10% Lvl 2 - 20% Lvl - 30% Lvl 4 - 40% | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 50% | ||
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| - | Rating: 1/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Although the name is different and it mentions gas clouds, the | ||
| - | Harvest skill is just mining. The gas cloud bit is bizarre because there' | ||
| - | expanded function for the mining ability, it only speeds up the mining time, | ||
| - | there doesn' | ||
| - | resources yielded. Although you can put enough points into the ability that you | ||
| - | can mine faster than your sentients with maxed out mining skills, the fact that | ||
| - | you can have multiple sentients mining at a time makes this skill useless until | ||
| - | you can get prismatic crystals without leaning on certain skills. In all I'd say | ||
| - | it's got 0/4 *'s in the early parts of the game and maybe 2/4 *'s for the later | ||
| - | parts with the average being the final rating seen at the beginning. | ||
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| - | Feign Death - Fakes the death of the ship, possibly tricking enemies. Energy | ||
| - | Cost - 50 pts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 160 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 40 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 10 sec cooldown | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating: 1/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - If you've fought Clay Tok then you probably already know why this | ||
| - | skill doesn' | ||
| - | Feign Death can stop missiles mid-flight but note that the description states | ||
| - | that it can only POSSIBLY trick enemies into stopping their attacks. When you | ||
| - | use Feign Death you're completely immobile until the effect wears off, and | ||
| - | though your shields can recover in this state, you can take damage too. This | ||
| - | means that if you use the ability in the no-man' | ||
| - | be hammered with projectiles even if the enemies DID back off. The afterburner | ||
| - | is a base skill, you'd best use it instead. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Roll - Performs a roll maneuver, allowing dodging of beam attacks. Energy Cost - | ||
| - | 25 pts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 4 sec cooldown and 1 sec evasion | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 4 sec cooldown and 1.5 sec lock-on break | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 4 sec cooldown and 2 sec lock-on break | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 4 sec cooldown and 2.5 sec lock-on break | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 4 sec cooldown and 3 sec lock-on break | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating: 4/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - I'm sure a lot of you are surprised by this rating because I | ||
| - | originally was going to put this at 0/4 *'s. That was until I looked more | ||
| - | closely at the skill and found many errors that elevate its standing and a | ||
| - | glitch that makes it a must-have for nearly everyone. For one thing, the | ||
| - | description is not true, there is NO cooldown time for the ability. And since | ||
| - | the analogous upgrade negates the energy cost regardless of its percentage | ||
| - | value, you can use it as many times as you want. That's great n' all but it's | ||
| - | not what gives this skill such a high rating it's the following glitch. | ||
| - | |||
| - | My theory is that Starfire programmed the roll animation to be executed with | ||
| - | fighters but not capital ships because the idea that such a large craft avoided | ||
| - | beam fire by out-maneuvering it would come across as understandably absurd, | ||
| - | leaving the effect to be explained by shield movement deflecting fire or | ||
| - | something else the player might imagine. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the | ||
| - | coding for the skill presumably had the effects activate when energy was | ||
| - | deducted, and concluded after the roll animation was finished, but since the | ||
| - | animation never actually STARTS, the duration never ends. That's right, if you | ||
| - | use the roll ability while in a cargo ship or cruiser you will be immune to all | ||
| - | forms of beam weaponry INDEFINITELY. That's not much of an exaggeration, | ||
| - | going through SHIFT platforms, docking, initiating missions, etc. do not reset | ||
| - | your status. Not even switching out the skill with a different one will change | ||
| - | it! | ||
| - | |||
| - | Being immune to an entire category of weapons that at least 1 ship from every | ||
| - | faction uses is great enough in its own right, even if it's limited to cargo | ||
| - | ships and cruisers. But the fact that this effect can be applied with only 1 | ||
| - | point assigned to the skill to reap the benefits of the glitch gives it a | ||
| - | perfect rating. Note: The barrel rolls your ship sometimes performs cannot be | ||
| - | induced at will outside of using the Consortium Roll skill so don't bother | ||
| - | asking be how to make the ship do it. Lastly, although you don't take damage | ||
| - | from the beam attacks and the hijack skill will not be interrupted, | ||
| - | will not recover when beams are being fired at you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Increase Cargo (Passive) - Increases amount of cargo the ship can carry. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 20% increase | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 60% increase | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 100% increase | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating: 2/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Cargo capacity is hardly vital, but not having to go back to | ||
| - | docking stations/ | ||
| - | convenience, | ||
| - | game when there are better options. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate Skills [MSS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cloaking - Cloaks the ship, making it almost invisible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - Drains shields in 5 sec, 10 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - Drains shields in 10 sec, 9 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - Drains shields in 15 sec, 8 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - Drains shields in 25 sec, 7 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - Drains shields in 30 sec, 6 sec cooldown | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Once near the top of the heap, this skill gets thrown down to | ||
| - | useless thanks to another skill' | ||
| - | that when I talk about said skill, until then, here are some things you should | ||
| - | know: | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Your shields are drained a little, but your energy will run out long before | ||
| - | your shields. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - An analogous upgrade, regardless of percentage value will prevent any and all | ||
| - | energy/ | ||
| - | active however, not only will energy and shields not regenerate, but your hull | ||
| - | will be incapable of recovering with the Healer sentient' | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although there is no point in doing so, both the Cloak and Undercover skills | ||
| - | can be active simultaneously. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Enemy weapons can still harm you even if they don't target you while you're | ||
| - | cloaked, so watch out. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you attack or your enemy hits you while you're flying in anything other | ||
| - | than a Ghost scout fighter the cloak will automatically disengage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although the Ghost scout fighter lets you fire while cloaked, nearby enemies | ||
| - | will be alerted to your presence and will be able to target you even though the | ||
| - | ability was not disengaged. It won't be disengaged when fired upon either so | ||
| - | you'll need to manually turn it off to be able to recover shields, hull, and | ||
| - | energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Your sentients will automatically not engage enemies while you're cloaked, so | ||
| - | you don't have to worry about setting their combat mood to passive to keep them | ||
| - | from giving away your position. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although the the hint screens say that those using the Cloaking skill should | ||
| - | be wary of ships with advanced radar, it appears as though no ships possess it, | ||
| - | not even Dark Legion ships. If you're suddenly de-cloaked with no combat taking | ||
| - | place, it's likely that you flew too close to an enemy/ | ||
| - | ram shield erected. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Teleport - Teleports the ship to a new position. Energy Cost - 20 pts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 30 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 15 sec cooldown | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 5 sec cooldown | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Believe it or not, not only does this skill get better because of a | ||
| - | glitch, the glitch necessitates that you not put any points into the skill. You | ||
| - | see, preset side missions for the 5 factions will give you skills, and said | ||
| - | skills are usually more effective the more points you have in them even though | ||
| - | they' | ||
| - | Teleport skill the cooldown time is non-existent during those missions. Pair it | ||
| - | with an analogous upgrade and you can use it as often as you want, but | ||
| - | ironically, the skill is pretty lackluster even then. | ||
| - | |||
| - | All it does is teleport your ship a short distance away. The time in transit is | ||
| - | quick so you can't expect to be immune to enemy fire for an extended period of | ||
| - | time, the starting distance is short and doesn' | ||
| - | points into the ability, and the cooldown time is so long outside of preset | ||
| - | missions that you can avoid more fire and cover more ground with the default | ||
| - | afterburner. This is probably the single worst and most useless skill in the | ||
| - | game, don't even touch it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Hijack (Passive) - Takes control of a ship that has no shields. Not effective | ||
| - | against players. Energy Cost - 50 pts | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 10 sec capture time, 30 sec reuse time | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 8 sec capture time, 30 sec reuse time | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 6 sec capture time, 30 sec reuse time | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 4 sec capture time, 30 sec reuse time | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 2 sec capture time, 30 sec reuse time | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Before discovering the Undercover glitch this was the go-to ability | ||
| - | for people too cheap to buy ships and weapons of their own (like me). Now it's | ||
| - | more of a nice little novelty that has unfortunately lost its usefulness. Its | ||
| - | obsolescence will be made clear soon enough, in the meantime here is some | ||
| - | information regarding the skill you should know: | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you do not possess the hijack skill when starting a Syndicate story mission | ||
| - | that requires it, it will be provided for you, can be used even when not apart | ||
| - | of the faction, will be capable of being used without any points in the skill | ||
| - | until all Syndicate story missions have been completed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - You only need to deplete one section of shields in order to hijack a ship, NOT | ||
| - | both. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you hijack a ship, it will be replaced with whatever you were piloting | ||
| - | originally when you dock, though not when going through a SHIFT platform or | ||
| - | initiating special missions like Legion Raids or Ark Raids. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Dark Legion ships sadly can't be hijacked. :( | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Your sentients will stop attacking and your weapons will be disabled while | ||
| - | hijacking so that the targeted ship isn't inadvertently destroyed, so make sure | ||
| - | you have as few other enemies around as possible when attempting a hijack | ||
| - | because you will be unable to defend yourself. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - You cannot hijack friendly ship, only enemies or neutral targets with the | ||
| - | capacity to BECOME enemies. If you hijack a Dominion/ | ||
| - | use its commandeer ability to take control of a friendly unit that you could not | ||
| - | previously take control of. However, it will be subject to the same rules as a | ||
| - | hijacked ship and will be replaced with your original ship as soon as you dock. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Cloning while in a hijacked ship *will* produce a copy of the ship you | ||
| - | hijacked... but it will attack *you* instead of your enemies. However if you | ||
| - | hijack a Dominion/ | ||
| - | will aid you when cloned. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although you can't equip sentients in hijacked ships per say, their passive | ||
| - | bonuses such as energy regeneration and statistical boosts will still be | ||
| - | applied. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although you don't do any damage, hijacking a ship while cloaked/ | ||
| - | will cause the targeted ship to attack you. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although you don't take any damage, being hit while a supershield is erected | ||
| - | will hinder the hijacking process. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you hijack a ship(s) you were supposed to destroy the mission will glitch | ||
| - | and and fail to continue, even if you hijack a different ship to destroy it. The | ||
| - | only solution is to quit the mission. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - A high leveled Shield Short & Hijack skill make for a potent combo. The | ||
| - | Tractor Beam also is good for pinning down particularly slippery hijack targets | ||
| - | like fighters. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you hijack a ship during a mission, you will be reverted back to your | ||
| - | original ship the moment it's completed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - If you find yourself suddenly in the pod you were in at the start of the very | ||
| - | first mission while engaging Syndicate ships it means that your ship was | ||
| - | hijacked. Syndicate interceptors appear to be the only enemies that can hijack | ||
| - | your ship. Just as with you, they can't hijack your ship unless at least one | ||
| - | section of shields has been depleted, they can't attack, and their attempt will | ||
| - | fail if you destroy them first or get far enough out of range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Don't worry though, you don't have to re-purchase the ship, & you don't lose | ||
| - | weapons, upgrades, sentients, or crystals though I assume you lose whatever | ||
| - | cargo you were carrying, & possibly some credits as well. Dying or docking will | ||
| - | put you back in your ship good as new. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Scavenge (Passive) - Defeated enemies have a chance of dropping temporary | ||
| - | power-up. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 10% chance | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 40% chance | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Fusion Genesis' | ||
| - | game-changer, | ||
| - | on the other side of the screen you're not interested in this will certainly not | ||
| - | be an ability that you'll want. The only reason to pick this skill would be to | ||
| - | advance the Syndicate challenge of the same name. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Skills [MSP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scan Enemies (Passive) - Scans a ship for illegal goods and increases the chance | ||
| - | of higher-quality salvage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 10 sec scan time Lvl 2 - 8 sec scan time | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 6 sec scan time Lvl 4 - 4 sec scan time | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 2 sec scan time | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - You get much better upgrades from Legion and Ark Raid missions so | ||
| - | the major point of the skill goes out the airlock right there. But there are | ||
| - | other advantages to putting points into this skill that keep it from being as | ||
| - | bad as something like Teleport. For one thing there are challenges that are less | ||
| - | tedious to complete with the scan time reduced as much as possible. Also, | ||
| - | fighters in earlier zones will be momentarily incapacitated after being scanned | ||
| - | and will be unable to attack for a short amount of time. So in summary, good for | ||
| - | completing challenges but offers no significant boons for combat. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Since Scanning will temporarily incapacitate some lower class & tier ships, | ||
| - | try scanning an enemy while cloaked/ | ||
| - | advantage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - You must be an active member of the Praetorian faction to advance the scanner | ||
| - | and revealer challenges. Both scan targets must be Consortium ships, and the | ||
| - | revealer challenge requires you to put at least 1 point in this skill (because | ||
| - | you can't detect illegal goods otherwise). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - You can earn points for the Praetorian Judge challenge, by scanning and | ||
| - | destroying Syndicate ships while apart of the Order, Dominion, or Consortium, if | ||
| - | you have at least one point in this skill. But not while a member of the | ||
| - | Praetorian faction, and obviously not the Syndicate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Supershield - A special shield that nullifies pulse weapon damage, but drains | ||
| - | energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 100% energy drain rate | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 90% energy drain rate | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 80% energy drain rate | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 65% energy drain rate | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 50% energy drain rate | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating 3/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Contrary to its description, | ||
| - | damage, not just pulse weapon damage. While the Supershield is active your | ||
| - | energy is drained, neither you nor your sentients are capable of attacking, and | ||
| - | you can't recover your shields if you're under attack even though you're not | ||
| - | taking damage. In despite all those handicaps, the Supershield can be a valuable | ||
| - | asset. | ||
| - | |||
| - | As I said earlier, the Supershield negates all damage and not just pulse damage, | ||
| - | and while the percentages might make you think that the shield will drain your | ||
| - | energy reserves instantaneously it's not that bad. In fact, with the right | ||
| - | preparations you can maintain a Supershield indefinitely. That's partially | ||
| - | because the shield' | ||
| - | consume the same amount of energy blocking a super powerful boss attack as a | ||
| - | tier 1 Vanid' | ||
| - | while the shield is active and beams stop firing as soon as you erect it, | ||
| - | missiles will still fly to their targets. | ||
| - | |||
| - | A major advantage of the Supershield is that it's quick to erect and capable of | ||
| - | staying active for as long or as little as you'd like (provided you have the | ||
| - | energy to maintain it of course). This means that you can flicker the shield on | ||
| - | momentarily to stop a missile or hunker down against a torrent of weapon fire. | ||
| - | It's not the best ability but it definitely warrants attention. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Undercover - Turns the ship into asteroids and space junk and enhances its | ||
| - | defensive capabilities. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 300 sec cooldown time and 10% damage absorption | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 180 sec cooldown time and 25% damage absorption | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 90 sec cooldown time and 40% damage absorption | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 60 sec cooldown time and 55% damage absorption | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 30 sec cooldown time, 70% damage absorption, and 50% damage increase | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 5/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - No, that's not a typo. This is it. This is the singe most versatile | ||
| - | and useful ability in the entire game, not even Abation can exceed this skill' | ||
| - | caliber, and it's all thanks to the most beneficial glitch this game has to | ||
| - | offer. Before I had discovered the Undercover glitch (AKA U.G.), which I call | ||
| - | Eugene, this skill was an afterthought and I never used it. After discovering | ||
| - | Eugene however, it opened up a staggering amount of possibilities that | ||
| - | completely changed the game. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Undercover skill was meant to be the Praetorian version of the Syndicate | ||
| - | faction' | ||
| - | you're there. The Undercover ability turns your ship into an unremarkable | ||
| - | asteroid to both slip past enemies and increase your ship's defensive | ||
| - | properties. Since it actually improved defense rather than weaken it by | ||
| - | hindering regeneration handicaps had to be tacked on to balance it out. These | ||
| - | included having the ability drain energy while moving if you didn't have the | ||
| - | analogous upgrade, having to go into the sentient menu and set their combat mood | ||
| - | to passive to keep them from attacking while the ability was active for stealth | ||
| - | purposes, and most crippling of all, greatly reducing movement speed and | ||
| - | maneuverability. Although the description doesn' | ||
| - | like molasses going uphill in January. With crutches. And though the ability | ||
| - | gains a damage absorption percentage that borders on the absurd, and there' | ||
| - | apparently a 50% boost to weapon damage at level 4, your slow speed and terrible | ||
| - | maneuverability makes it difficult to go beyond a compensation factor. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Undercover Glitch: Eugene [MSUG] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | I began to notice something though; every time I docked at a station while | ||
| - | undercover, my ship would no longer be disguised when I exited. What's more, I | ||
| - | had to activate the ability twice to re-engage it, and every time I completed a | ||
| - | mission the same thing would happen to my ship because mission completion | ||
| - | reverts you to the status your ship has after having docked. | ||
| - | It was a curiosity that eventually led me to a great realization; | ||
| - | ship's appearance and controls had changed after docking, the Undercover ability | ||
| - | was still active! This is why when you try to activate the ability again after | ||
| - | leaving a docking station that your ship flickers and you have to activate it | ||
| - | again, because it was actually disengaging the ability. By simply activating | ||
| - | the Undercover ability before docking at a station and then leaving, you can | ||
| - | take advantage of all the boons without having to suffer with the navigation | ||
| - | handicaps! Eugene' | ||
| - | but he has so much more to offer than that alone. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Not long after I discovered the application Eugene possesses that can completely | ||
| - | change the game: the ability to take a ship from one faction and use it in | ||
| - | another. As strange as it sounds it's actually true, with Eugene' | ||
| - | pilot any ship from any faction (save for the carriers and battleships of | ||
| - | course), and even Goodbye Becky! All you have to do is... | ||
| - | |||
| - | 1) activate the Undercover ability for the ship you want to use, then either | ||
| - | dock at nearest station to reduce travel time, enter Alpha Station, or in the | ||
| - | case of Goodbye Becky, just continue to the station you're supposed to dock at. | ||
| - | |||
| - | 2) Head to Alpha Station and select the option to change factions (you do not | ||
| - | need to do this if you are trying to pilot Goodbye Becky), and leave the | ||
| - | station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | 3) Join/ | ||
| - | Undercover ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | 4) Enjoy your success because you're now flying the ship you were in when you | ||
| - | used the Undercover ability! | ||
| - | |||
| - | Eugene can have a slight downside, but one that can not only be compensated for, | ||
| - | but turned into yet another major game-changing advantage. You see, while | ||
| - | everything else is the same, your ship maintains the shield/hull strength of the | ||
| - | ship you are put into by default when joining/ | ||
| - | starting will find think this is an unavoidable hurdle that will leave powerful | ||
| - | ships with a tier 1 scout fighter' | ||
| - | this isn't a problem in the slightest. Because while you start out with a scout | ||
| - | fighter when first joining a faction, the ship you are put into automatically | ||
| - | after RE-joining a faction is whatever you were last piloting. Connect the dots | ||
| - | yet? That means you can take a scout fighter from one faction and give it the | ||
| - | hull and shields of a military-grade cruiser! Believe it or not, there' | ||
| - | more Eugene has to offer. | ||
| - | |||
| - | With all the possibilities Eugene provides you're probably thinking that he's | ||
| - | all well and good later on when you have tier 4 cruisers to play around with, | ||
| - | but what about during the early sections of the game? Well, you know how you | ||
| - | can't hijack one of your own faction' | ||
| - | interceptor will allow you to commandeer friendly ships? Well if you use Eugene | ||
| - | to get one of the aforementioned interceptors in another faction you can use it | ||
| - | to commandeer a tier 4 ship from a later zone without it being replaced as soon | ||
| - | as you dock because it wasn't hijacked! Now you see why the Undercover skill has | ||
| - | a better-than-perfect rating; the benefits gained from Eugene just can't be | ||
| - | matched. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Think we're done? Think again, there' | ||
| - | you do. As mentioned before, there are many fun things you can do with the ships | ||
| - | you own, but there' | ||
| - | ship that was never meant to be used more than once. That's right, you can | ||
| - | perform the Undercover glitch with the Dark Legion ship provided to you in the | ||
| - | last Dominion story mission and use it whenever you want! The catch is that you | ||
| - | can't complete the mission or you won't get to pilot it and work Eugene' | ||
| - | again so you'll have to forfeit the faction point you'd get for completing the | ||
| - | mission to continue piloting the ship. In order for Eugene to effect the ship, | ||
| - | you need to manually replace the default Afterburner skill with Undercover, use | ||
| - | the ability, then manually open a SHIFT platform to abort the mission (this is | ||
| - | because you can't dock at a base during the mission). Then disengage the ability | ||
| - | when you revert back to your ship to revert back to the Legion ship. Note that | ||
| - | you can't summon Dark Legion ships to fight for you or heal them. I know that | ||
| - | this section is already very long, but there are just a few more things to know | ||
| - | about the Undercover skill before moving on: | ||
| - | |||
| - | - As mentioned previously, you need to switch your sentient' | ||
| - | aggressive/ | ||
| - | purposes because they will attack enemies otherwise. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Undercover does not disengage upon completing missions it just gets switched | ||
| - | to the state you find the ship after docking. (Already being in that state when | ||
| - | a mission ends will not disengage the ability or revert it to its intended form | ||
| - | either). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Unlike the Cloak ability, you can recover hull, shields, and energy while | ||
| - | Undercover, and even be hit by enemies without the ability being disengaged. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Get a good Undercover upgrade and a DPS sentient with a high level Energy | ||
| - | Regeneration skill and you can move without draining energy. You can also boost | ||
| - | and still regenerate energy or even not drain energy at all if you have enough | ||
| - | DPS sentients with high leveled Energy Regeneration skills. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although there is no point in doing so, both the Cloak and Undercover skills | ||
| - | can be active simultaneously. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Although the Peacemaker ship lets you fire while undercover, nearby enemies | ||
| - | will be alerted to your presence and will be able to target you even though the | ||
| - | ability was not disengaged. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Enemy weapons can still harm you even if they don't target you while | ||
| - | undercover so watch out. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - When taking part in Legion Raids, the reinforcements you get come from the | ||
| - | faction you last joined, not the faction whose ship you are piloting using | ||
| - | Eugene' | ||
| - | |||
| - | - When taking part in Ark Raids, the ship that Janus (Mirror boss) turns into is | ||
| - | the one you're piloting while you're undercover, not the one you can change | ||
| - | into by disengaging the ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Likewise, when engaging Janus in a ship from a different faction and/or class, | ||
| - | Janus will copy the statistics that the ship is meant to have, meaning it will | ||
| - | have a scout' | ||
| - | hull/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Advanced Radar (Passive) - Uncovers cloaked enemies and increases radar range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 2,500 units of range Lvl 2 - 3,000 units of range | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 3,500 units of range Lvl 4 - 4,000 units of range | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 4,500 units of range | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 2/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - This one's a bit polarizing since the ability to see cloaked | ||
| - | enemies can be advantageous, | ||
| - | from greater distances than you need to be aware of can be a nuisence. | ||
| - | Personally I just put one point in the skill and be done with it as cloaked | ||
| - | enemies don't become more easily visible the higher the skill gets or anything. | ||
| - | And since I use the mini-map when looking for far away enemies and the radar | ||
| - | ring for more immediate threats I see no reason to add any more points. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Military Skills [MSM] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Flares - Deploys anti-missile countermeasures. (The energy cost for this ability | ||
| - | is estimated to be around 20 points per cluster of flares). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 15 sec cooldown, number of flares fired- 1 | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 12 sec cooldown, number of flares fired - 2 | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 9 sec cooldown, number of flares fired - 3 | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 6 sec cooldown, number of flares fired - 4 | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 3 sec cooldown, number of flares fired - 5 | ||
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| - | Rating - 4/4 *'s | ||
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| - | Evaluation - This is one of the few skills that manages to pull its own weight | ||
| - | without the use of glitches. Missiles are the most damaging of the basic weapon | ||
| - | types so this ability is in a good position right off the bat. And while it's | ||
| - | not guaranteed to prevent a missile from hitting you, it succeeds often and most | ||
| - | importantly, | ||
| - | entirely automated, just press the assigned button once to activate the ability | ||
| - | and your ship will automatically fire flares whenever a missile targets you. Not | ||
| - | only that, but as you put more points into the skill, the number of flares fired | ||
| - | will increase, while the time between flares being deployed decreases. Lastly, | ||
| - | the energy cost can be nullified when an analogous upgrade is equipped in | ||
| - | addition to reducing the cooldown time by the percentage indicated. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Clone - Projects a duplicate of the ship that will temporarily assist in combat. | ||
| - | Energy Cost - 50 pts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 15 sec fight time and 180 sec cooldown time | ||
| - | Lvl 2 - 30 sec fight time and 120 sec cooldown time | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 60 sec fight time and 90 sec cooldown time | ||
| - | Lvl 4 - 90 sec fight time and 60 sec cooldown time | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 120 sec fight time and 30 sec cooldown time | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 2/4 *'s | ||
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| - | Evaluation - The Clone ability sounds like something you want, and want now but | ||
| - | that's not quite the case. You see while the ability does indeed get much better | ||
| - | the more points you put into the skill it's not the battlefield-dominating skill | ||
| - | you might think it is. For one thing the cloned ship does not have your | ||
| - | statistical bonuses from upgrades, skills, or sentient statistics. It also | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | and tier can be seen using outside of missions in the various zones. Things look | ||
| - | bad but they' | ||
| - | controlled in any capacity and will often stay put while you advance and engage | ||
| - | enemies elsewhere without assistance. You can clone a ship again even while the | ||
| - | first clone is still active but A) the newly cloned ship will replace the old | ||
| - | one so you can't build up a sizable amount of reinforcements, | ||
| - | cooldown time means that you're likely going to take down most of the enemies | ||
| - | yourself before you'll be able to use it again. | ||
| - | |||
| - | With all that said it's still great for point defense missions, especially when | ||
| - | you have a cruiser, clones distract enemy ships from you/escort targets, and | ||
| - | while they' | ||
| - | cloning while in a hijacked ship *will* produce a copy of the ship you | ||
| - | hijacked... but it will attack YOU instead of your enemies. However if you | ||
| - | hijack a Dominion/ | ||
| - | will aid you when cloned. | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Ram - Generates a temporary shield that damages anything the shielded ship | ||
| - | collides with. Energy Cost - 20 pts. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 4 sec duration | ||
| - | Lvl 3 - 12 sec duration | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 20 sec duration | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 0/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - This is another skill with no redeeming qualities that's near | ||
| - | Teleport levels of uselessness. The barrier generated is small, requires that | ||
| - | you be right on top of an enemy ship to damage it, and to top it off couldn' | ||
| - | significant damage to ship with no shields and major rust problems with its | ||
| - | hull. The skill is also glitched in preset missions, but not in a good way. Ram | ||
| - | will not work properly in preset missions unless you have at least one point | ||
| - | assigned to the skill, but even if it worked better in preset missions you'd | ||
| - | want to avoid this skill. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Abation (Passive) - Reduces the effects of negative attacks such as Tractor | ||
| - | beams, knockbacks, and control effects. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lvl 1 - 20% Lvl 2 - 35% Lvl 3 - 50% Lvl 4 - 65% | ||
| - | Lvl 5 - 80% | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rating - 4/4 *'s | ||
| - | |||
| - | Evaluation - Before finding out about Eugene this was the number 1 skill to get | ||
| - | and it's not hard to see why. It's an entirely passive ability that makes the | ||
| - | Tractor Beam practically powerless when it's used against you, and significantly | ||
| - | cuts down on the time Shield Short and Disable affect you for. | ||
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| - | - Challenge List & Recommendations - | ||
| - | [XXI] | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Challenges are not necessary to unlock anything but they' | ||
| - | attraction for completionists, | ||
| - | descriptions and tips when I feel it's needed, otherwise I'll just leave the | ||
| - | basic in-game listing. All of the challenges are cumulative, i.e. the criteria | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | experienced an instance where my sentient damage challenge was reset. I regained | ||
| - | completion status quickly but am concerned that this could happen with other | ||
| - | challenges as well. (This happened with the Pulse weapon damage challenge too. | ||
| - | Again, I regained completion status quickly.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Exploration Challenges [CLE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Explorer - Explore all the regions in a zone. | ||
| - | Description - Don't worry, although challenges don't register completion until | ||
| - | after completing the mandatory mission for the Consortium, any areas you went to | ||
| - | beforehand, though not counted, can be visited again to count toward the | ||
| - | challenge. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Docker - Dock at as many different stations as possible. | ||
| - | Description - By " | ||
| - | bother listing all the stations and try to dock at each one because that won't | ||
| - | work. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Traveler - Move a certain amount of distance. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Booster - Travel a certain distance using boost. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Burner - Travel a certain distance using afterburner. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Warper - Warp into new zones a certain number of times. | ||
| - | Description - By " | ||
| - | means "not the one you were just at". | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Mission Challenges [CLMI] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | For more information on what side missions fall into each category see the | ||
| - | Standard Side Missions (SMS) section of this guide. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Killer - Complete kill or destroy missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defender - Complete defend object or NPC missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Seeker - Complete locate object or NPC missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spy - Complete spy missions | ||
| - | Description - See the (SPY) section of the Side Missions guide for more in-depth | ||
| - | information. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Explorer - Complete explore or scout missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Courier - Complete courier or escort missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Collector - Complete use or acquire missions | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Combat Challenges [CLCO] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Most of these challenges can be completed inadvertently by joining the faction' | ||
| - | enemy and completing their story and/or side missions. Kills by sentients count | ||
| - | toward these challenges. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Consortium Bankrupter - Kill Consortium ships | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cop Retirer - Kill Praetorian ships | ||
| - | |||
| - | Syndicate Slayer - Kill Syndicate ships | ||
| - | |||
| - | Military Enforcer - Kill Dominion or Order ships | ||
| - | |||
| - | Legion Bane - Kill Dark Legion ships | ||
| - | Description - Webweave and Legion Raid missions seem like the obvious choice | ||
| - | here but the best way to rack up the Legion kill count is by engaging the | ||
| - | Splitters in the Ark Raid mission since it counts as a kill each time a Splitter | ||
| - | splits. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Asteroid Clearer - Destroy asteroids | ||
| - | |||
| - | Critter Killer - Kill critters | ||
| - | Description - Critters, also known as space mites, are the little dots you can | ||
| - | see flying around aimlessly in certain regions like Asteria' | ||
| - | have the same appearance as the Vanid which can be found in areas like the | ||
| - | Erebus zone's Hive region but are not the same behavior wise or in challenge | ||
| - | criteria fulfillment. Critters are not hostile towards you and that's how you | ||
| - | can tell the difference, so squash the bugs every chance you get because there | ||
| - | are no missions where you can engage them inadvertently. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pincushion - Take Damage | ||
| - | |||
| - | Unstoppable - Die many times | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Weapon Challenges [CLW] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sentient attacks (and presumably autoguns) count toward both the damage and kill | ||
| - | challenges listed here as well. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Beamer - Cause damage with beam weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Missiler - Cause damage with missile weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pulser - Cause damage with pulse weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Torpedoer - Cause damage with torpedo weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mine-iac - Cause damage with mine weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Beam Kill - Kills obtained with beam weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Missile kill - Kills obtained with missile weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pulser kill - Kills obtained with pulse weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Torpedo kill - Kills obtained with torpedo weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mine Kill - Kills obtained with mine weapons | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Acquisition Challenges [CLA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Shopaholic - Buy as many ships or pieces of equipment as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Contrary to its description, | ||
| - | credits spent not number of items purchased. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Improver - Get as many upgrades as possible. | ||
| - | Description - upgrades can be acquired by looting them off some destroyed ships, | ||
| - | occasionally mined out of asteroids, or completing standard side missions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Desynther - Desynth as many upgrades as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Upgrades cannot be sold but they can be broken down into crystals | ||
| - | to " | ||
| - | option in the upgrades section of the Quickview menu and you'll complete this | ||
| - | challenge eventually. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Temper - Earn as many temporary power-ups as possible | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reddy - Mine as many red crystals as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Yellower - Mine as many yellow crystals as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Bluey - Mine as many blue crystals as possible | ||
| - | |||
| - | Greener - Mine as many green crystals as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mixer - Create as many black crystals as possible. | ||
| - | Description - See the (QSE) section of the Quickview guide for more information | ||
| - | on the creation and function of black crystals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rainbow Chaser - Earn as many prismatic crystals as possible. | ||
| - | Description - See the (QSE) section of the Quickview guide for more information | ||
| - | on the acquisition methods and function of prismatic crystals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Consortium Challenges [CLC] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Trader - Sell as many trade goods as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Sell items from your cargo hold, not weapons/ | ||
| - | appears to only advance when using the analogous shared sentient ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Miner - Mine as many pieces of ore as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Roller - Evade as many beam attacks as possible. | ||
| - | Description - It's not clear if the roll glitch outlined in the Mad Skillz | ||
| - | section as it might not register with this challenge unless it's functioning | ||
| - | normally. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Feigner - Fool as many enemies as possible into stopping their attacks. (Using | ||
| - | the Feign Death ability if that wasn't apparent) It's not clear if tricking | ||
| - | missiles counts toward the completion of this challenge. If it does, the most | ||
| - | convenient place to do so would likely be the Path of the Dead battleship as | ||
| - | when it's not near the escort target, it fires four missiles at a time and | ||
| - | nothing else. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Challenges [CLP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scanner - Scan as many targets as possible. | ||
| - | Description - You must be actively in the Praetorian faction, and the scan | ||
| - | targets must be Consortium ships. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Star Employee - Earn as many credits from a wage as possible. | ||
| - | Description - This one's a little odd, as there doesn' | ||
| - | determining what is necessary to fulfill the criteria for this challenge. It | ||
| - | seems like a given that you have to be in the Praetorian faction, but as for | ||
| - | what you need to do, that's not so obvious. I think that patrolling zones helps, | ||
| - | but your best bet will probably be completing standard side missions and | ||
| - | destroying Syndicate ships. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Revealer - Unmask as many criminals transporting illegal goods as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - Again you must actively be in the Praetorian faction, and again | ||
| - | the scan targets must be Consortium ships. You also need at least one point in | ||
| - | the scan skill because you won't be able to detect illegal goods otherwise. When | ||
| - | a Consortium ship turns hostile after scanning it, it means you've exposed its | ||
| - | illegal cargo. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Judge - Stop as many criminals transporting illegal goods as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Surprisingly you can actually advance this challenge without | ||
| - | actually being in the Praetorian faction. You can earn points this challenge, | ||
| - | by scanning and destroying Syndicate ships while apart of the Order, Dominion, | ||
| - | or Consortium, if you have at least one point in this skill. But not while a | ||
| - | member of the Praetorian faction, and obviously not the Syndicate. Otherwise, | ||
| - | you need to destroy the Consortium ships that become hostile after scanning and | ||
| - | revealing their illegal cargo. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Undercover - Use the undercover ability to observe as many enemies as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Description - You do not need to be in visual range of enemies or be moving for | ||
| - | this challenge to register, you can even advance it while docked at a station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Shielder - Absorb as much damage as possible using Supershield. | ||
| - | Description - Having DPS sentients with high level Energy Regeneration skills | ||
| - | and/or an analogous ability upgrade will make this challenge easier. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Repairer - Repair as many Spynet satellites as possible. | ||
| - | Description - I'll provide the locations of the various satellites below. You do | ||
| - | not have to be out of combat to repair spynet satellites. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Asteria Zone: Ghost Zone and Icy Wastes regions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Erebus Zone: Habitation, Power Generation, and Pit regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Leviathan Zone: Left/West half of the ship's Solar Collectors, Power Core, and | ||
| - | Control Regions | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Graveyard Zone: Radzone and Breaker' | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Tempest Zone: North edge of the Research Outpost and Gauntlet (just above | ||
| - | the halfway point) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Solaria Zone: Cauldron and Glassica regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tartarus Zone: Northern edge of Dimensional Gate and Chrona Farm (next to the | ||
| - | little plus sign that's 1 of 7 and furthest to the East). | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Crucible Zone: Mintek Headquarters (southernmost portion of the buildings), | ||
| - | and Nexus regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Shadowrift Zone: City Ruins and Catacombs regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spynet satellites will reset their status, i.e. you can repair them again, | ||
| - | whenever you use a SHIFT platform, but NOT after dying, completing missions, | ||
| - | docking at stations, etc. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate Challenges [CLS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hijacker - Hijack as many enemy ships as possible. | ||
| - | Description - The best way to do this is to get a strong beam weapon upgrade to | ||
| - | give yourself an offensive advantage, have the flares skill to counter missiles, | ||
| - | and hijack Consortium cargo ships while using the roll glitch. Since the hijack | ||
| - | skill isn't interrupted when avoiding beam attacks your enemies will be | ||
| - | helpless. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Looter - Steal as much loot from destroyed enemies as possible. | ||
| - | Description - You must be actively apart of the Syndicate in order for this | ||
| - | challenge to be completed, but it will register even if your cargo hold is full | ||
| - | upon looting items enemies drop. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cloaker - Travel as far as possible while cloaked. | ||
| - | Description - Just like with the Undercover skill, you don't have to be moving | ||
| - | in order to advance this challenge, and can even do so while docked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scavenger - Scavenge as many temporary power-ups as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Not only do you have to actively be in the faction in order to | ||
| - | advance the challenge, but you also have to have at least 1 point put into the | ||
| - | ability of the same name. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hacker - Hack as many Spynet satellites as possible. | ||
| - | Description - I'll provide the locations of the various satellites below. You do | ||
| - | not have to be out of combat to hack spynet satellites. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Asteria Zone: Clearing Area and Prospector Field regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Erebus Zone: Processing Plant and Core regions | ||
| - | |||
| - | Leviathan Zone: Control and the trench dividing the Communications Array and | ||
| - | Solar Collectors regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Graveyard Zone: Wraithmist and between Cemetery and Monument of the Fallen, | ||
| - | just before reaching the Sentinal Gate region. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Tempest Zone: Just to the West of the Ruined Biosphere region (on the edge | ||
| - | of No Man's Land), and the Wilderness region East of Fort Bravo. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Solaria Zone: Sea of Fire and between the Ventrica and Eden regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tartarus: SE corner of the Recycler region and Brink Science Outpost, near Theta | ||
| - | Station. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Crucible Zone: Cold Storage and Metropolis regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Shadowrift Zone: Western edge of Infection Island and Impact Site regions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spynet satellites will reset their status (i.e. you can hack them again) | ||
| - | whenever you use a SHIFT platform but NOT after dying, completing missions, | ||
| - | docking at stations, etc. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Military Challenges [CLM] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Warlord - Win as many warzones as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Resupplier - Capture as many resupply points as possible. | ||
| - | Description - Like the faction military mission, this challenge is advanced when | ||
| - | capturing carrier spawn points, not just supply points. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Carrier Bane - Destroy as many enemy carriers as possible. | ||
| - | Description - You'll have to allow the enemy to do their own thing if you want | ||
| - | them to capture a carrier spawn point. I recommend, going off and mining for | ||
| - | crystals you wait. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Battle Bane - Destroy as many enemy battleships as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Legioneer - Win as many Dark Legion Raids as possible | ||
| - | Description - You have to play until all waves of attack have concluded, you | ||
| - | can't complete a few waves and quit. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dazzler - Use the Flares ability as many times as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Sentient Challenges [CLSE] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Damager - Deal as much damage with the sentient as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Leveler - Gain as many sentient levels as possible | ||
| - | |||
| - | Healer - Heal as much damage with a sentient as possible. | ||
| - | Description - The Healer sentient' | ||
| - | this challenge' | ||
| - | restoration function counts as well. What's not clear is whether the shield | ||
| - | reboot part of Repair and the passive Hull Regeneration abilities count too. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tractorer - Tractor as many enemies as possible. | ||
| - | Description - You can use either the Tractor Beam OR Knockback abilities, and | ||
| - | you can use them on the same target multiple times. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Disabler - Disable as many enemies as possible. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Debuffer - Debuff the shields of as many enemies as possible. | ||
| - | Description - This is referring to the Shield Short ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enhancer - Enhance the energy, armor, or damage for as many friends as possible. | ||
| - | Description - This counts when using the abilities on yourself, though things | ||
| - | will obviously go faster when using it on multiple other allies. The best | ||
| - | opportunity to do this is during warzone missions when several allied ships | ||
| - | eventually migrate to the enemy battleship. | ||
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| - | - Sentient Information Guide - | ||
| - | [XXII] | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Sentients are a big part of the game, after all they' | ||
| - | and have their own game in the form of Fusion: Sentient. You can have a maximum | ||
| - | of 5 sentients, even though the weapon/ | ||
| - | knowledge regarding sentient abilities can make a big difference in battle, | ||
| - | which is why I'm going to list and evaluate them here. I'll also provide a quick | ||
| - | look at sentient rarity, but that will be all. If you want to know more about | ||
| - | how to use or upgrade a sentient, see section (QSE) of the Quickview guide. | ||
| - | Keep in mind that a cargo ship can use sentient skills at nauseam without using | ||
| - | energy, so go nuts. This is particularly useful for sentient-based challenges | ||
| - | dependent upon using their abilities to harm enemies/ | ||
| - | Increase, Damage Increase, Energize, and Recharge apply to you as well, not just | ||
| - | friendly ships. Lastly, s sentient' | ||
| - | your ship's tier level, the higher the the tier, the more powerful its weapon. | ||
| - | Although you may not notice it, the healer sentient DOES have an offensive | ||
| - | weapon. It fires missiles that are not as conspicuous as the tank and DPS | ||
| - | sentient' | ||
| - | attributes. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The weapons that sentients use are capable of being purchased from the | ||
| - | Consortium and include the following: | ||
| - | Tank sentient - A/B/C/G Beams | ||
| - | DPS sentient - Dirge Rail Gun Mk. 1/2/3/4 (primary weapon, the secondary weapon | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
| - | Healer sentient - C1/ | ||
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| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Sentient Rarity [SIR] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sentients come in 5 different rarities. Going from least to greatest, there' | ||
| - | Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. Common and Uncommon variants can | ||
| - | be purchased in nearly any station store in the galaxy, with the Common ones | ||
| - | costing 1,000 credits, and the Uncommon ones costing 10,000 credits. The other | ||
| - | versions of the sentients can be acquired in one of three ways: 1) By being | ||
| - | transferred through the tie-in game Fusion Sentient. 2) By purchasing them | ||
| - | through the in-game online auction store (which I have heard is glitch and | ||
| - | should be avoided at all costs for reasons I do not know). or 3) By having it | ||
| - | dropped by the Librarian sub-boss in the Ark Raid mission (this is not a common | ||
| - | occurrence, and you must have 14 or less total weapons/ | ||
| - | total sentients). | ||
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| - | The characteristics of the sentient rarities are as follows: | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Common Sentients are " | ||
| - | credits, and have 32 levels. | ||
| - | - Uncommon Sentients are green, cost 10,000 credits and sell for 9,000 credits, | ||
| - | and have 40 levels. | ||
| - | - Rare Sentients are Dark Blue, sell for 45,000 credits, and have 48 levels. | ||
| - | - Epic Sentients are Pink, Sell for 90,000 credits, and have 56 levels. | ||
| - | - Legendary Sentients are Orange, sell for 450,000 credits, and have 64 levels. | ||
| - | |||
| - | (Sale prices are based off of in-game station stores, not the average online | ||
| - | auction prices, it also does not change regardless of level or point | ||
| - | distribution) | ||
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| - | - Tank Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SIT] - | ||
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| - | The first sentient you gain access to, the Tank Sentient, is in the middle when | ||
| - | it comes to offensive strength and ability usefulness in my opinion. Recommended | ||
| - | number of sentients of this type - 1 | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Following information is based upon the MAXIMUM possible statistical ratings | ||
| - | that are boosting by assigning attribute points, which are gained by " | ||
| - | sentients Black Crystals. Again, see (QSE) of the Quickview guide for more | ||
| - | information. | ||
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| - | Shield Short - Nullifies part of enemy shields for 10 seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - Cutting off an enemy' | ||
| - | great and all that, but you'll want to use tractor beam to keep the ship from | ||
| - | turning the unaffected half of the shield to face you. In case you didn't deduce | ||
| - | this from the previous statement, Shield Short only effects either the fore or | ||
| - | aft section of shields. It will also be next to useless in PVP matches against | ||
| - | opponents with high Abation skills. But this ability IS useful when used in | ||
| - | conjunction with the Hijack ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Taunt - Taunts an enemy into attacking the sentient for 50 seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - Hands down the most useless ability of the lot, taunt makes your | ||
| - | enemies target the Tank sentient instead of you. But how that's supposed to be | ||
| - | any kind of an advantage when you still take damage is beyond me. Your rear | ||
| - | shields are still harmed, there' | ||
| - | has taken effect, and it's also pretty fickle, probably requiring you to | ||
| - | manually target specific enemies for it to work properly. I'm not sure if you | ||
| - | can avoid hull damage damage, but again, it's not very reliable so I'd hardly | ||
| - | count on it in an emergency anyway. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tractor Beam - Slows down the movement off the targeted enemy for 10 seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - This ability slows down enemies to a crawl, allowing you pin down | ||
| - | particularly slippery enemies that would otherwise be too difficult to hijack or | ||
| - | hit with missiles. While it's again useless against PVP opponents with high | ||
| - | Abation skills, and hardly a game-changing tide-turner, | ||
| - | ability to consider. | ||
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| - | Armor Increase - Ionizes friendly ships, absorbing 40% of any damage inflicted | ||
| - | for 30 seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - This ability absorbs a portion of damage rather than marginally | ||
| - | boosting hull/ | ||
| - | be useful at all for high tier cruisers with the maximum amount of shields/ | ||
| - | Although it can't match/ | ||
| - | potent form of protection that makes you and your allies that much stronger for | ||
| - | a time. (Note: This ability CANNOT stack with the Undercover ability and absorb | ||
| - | 110% of damage so don't even bother trying it). | ||
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| - | Shield Regeneration - Increases the ship's shield regeneration rate by 200%. | ||
| - | Evaluation - Passive abilities are always good to have and you'll most certainly | ||
| - | want to have this one, as Shield Regeneration greatly increases the rate at | ||
| - | which shields are recovered. Although you still have to deal with the delay | ||
| - | beforehand, which can be circumvented with the Healer sentient' | ||
| - | it's still a must-have. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - DPS Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SID] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | DPS sentients are pretty lackluster, in fact were it not for its passive ability | ||
| - | I probably wouldn' | ||
| - | this type - 2 | ||
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| - | The Following information is based upon the MAXIMUM possible statistical ratings | ||
| - | that are boosting by assigning attribute points, which are gained by " | ||
| - | sentients Black Crystals. Again, see (QSE) of the Quickview guide for more | ||
| - | information. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Primary Weapon - Increases the power of the pirmary weapon that the sentient | ||
| - | uses. | ||
| - | Evaluation - You know that expression, "you can polish a turd but it's still a | ||
| - | turd"? Well the same principle pretty much applies here, you can increase the | ||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun's power, but it's still a Dirge Rail Gun. (Note that the DPS | ||
| - | sentient is the only type affected by changing sentient mood to aggressive | ||
| - | (noted in the (QSE) section of the guide), and will make it more likely to hit | ||
| - | its targets. This will also potentially make it more difficult to activate its | ||
| - | abilities since it won't be close to you most of the time). | ||
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| - | Power Weapon - Increases the power of the secondary weapon that the sentient | ||
| - | uses. | ||
| - | Evaluation - You may have asked yourself, "a stronger weapon for the sentient to | ||
| - | use, and a more accurate beam weapon no less, why WOULDN' | ||
| - | words: Energy cost and default status. The title of "Power Weapon" | ||
| - | more than just strength, it also drains energy, even with Energy Regeneration | ||
| - | set as high as possible. And while you might want to have the ability on | ||
| - | SOMEtimes but not others, the ability is on by default when equipped, so you | ||
| - | have to tinker in the menus to assign the skill, exit out and use it, and then | ||
| - | go back in the menus to assign the skill you really want. If you don't use power | ||
| - | weapons or abilities that would otherwise detract from your energy pool then I | ||
| - | guess it's not a bad option to have on all the time for added firepower. | ||
| - | Personally though, I like to not put any points in the skill at all. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Disable - Stops the target from using special abilities for 20 seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - While it's not as useful against NPC enemies as shield short or | ||
| - | tractor beam are, PVP opponents have to wait twice as long as the aforementioned | ||
| - | abilities before they recover. Use it at the right time and your opponent will | ||
| - | be utterly helpless. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Damage Increase - Increases the damage of nearby friendly units by 40% for 30 | ||
| - | seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - The DPS sentient' | ||
| - | this ability increases weapon damage by a solid amount. However, it's more | ||
| - | useful to you than to allies in Warzone or Legion Raid missions since their | ||
| - | damage values are lower than yours, so your better off using Armor Increase in | ||
| - | those missions to keep them alive as target fodder while you do most of the | ||
| - | work. Though that's not to say that you can't boost the ships with BOTH | ||
| - | abilities, just that I prefer the other skill if forced to choose between the | ||
| - | two. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Energy Regeneration - Increases the ship's shield regeneration rate by 200%. | ||
| - | Evaluation - This is where it's at baby, this is the ability that makes a DPS | ||
| - | sentient worth having! | ||
| - | completely negate the energy drain of an Afterburner skill that's leveled high | ||
| - | enough, make a KL-088' | ||
| - | the Afterburner skill while Undercover for longer. Plus, since passive abilities | ||
| - | stack, that means multiple DPS sentients can compensate completely for weapons | ||
| - | like torpedoes, or even skills like Supershield. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Healer Sentient, and Ability Evaluation [SIH] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
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| - | The Healer sentients are the best on average in my book, striking a good balance | ||
| - | of weapon strength and ability usefulness. Recommended number of sentients of | ||
| - | this type - 1 | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Following information is based upon the MAXIMUM possible statistical ratings | ||
| - | that are boosting by assigning attribute points, which are gained by " | ||
| - | sentients Black Crystals. Again, see (QSE) of the Quickview guide for more | ||
| - | information. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Repair - Constantly repairs 50 units of hull and reboots the shields. | ||
| - | Evaluation - Probably its most useful ability, using it in conjunction with | ||
| - | a Tank sentient' | ||
| - | to completely full in a matter of seconds. You still have to avoid enemy fire, | ||
| - | but for far less time. It also repairs hull damage at the cost of energy, but | ||
| - | will do so whether you're taking damage or not. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Recharge - Restores 200 units of shield energy to all nearby friendly units. | ||
| - | Evaluation - This ability doesn' | ||
| - | much, but when used continuously in conjunction with a cargo ship you can be a | ||
| - | VERY difficult target to take down. This ability is also good to have on hand | ||
| - | for the Ark Raid Path of the Dead section. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Knockback - Knocks back up to 20 nearby enemies. | ||
| - | Evaluation - A minor nuisance in PVP, and completely worthless against NPC | ||
| - | enemies, this ability is a complete dud because it doesn' | ||
| - | far back, doesn' | ||
| - | and can't even be used often enough to be a novelty. It's at least worth noting | ||
| - | that it can advance the Tractor Sentient Challenge, but you're better off | ||
| - | advancing that with the Tractor Beam. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Energize - Increases the energy capacity of friendly ships by 40% for 30 | ||
| - | seconds. | ||
| - | Evaluation - A potential 80 pt. increase to energy reserves sounds nice, but | ||
| - | with no boost to regeneration rate, a 30 second duration, energy cost of its | ||
| - | own, and NPCs possessing an infinite amount of energy, this ability is another | ||
| - | dud. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hull Regeneration - Increases the hull regeneration rate of the ship by 200%. | ||
| - | Evaluation - Potentially the weakest of the 3 passive abilities, it's still | ||
| - | worth investing in. Hull Regeneration will, in spite of its high percentage | ||
| - | total, slowly but surely repair hull damage at all times. Note that although | ||
| - | this applies during temporary invincibility, | ||
| - | the state immediately after recovering a small amount of health, you still have | ||
| - | to wait until the set amount of time has passed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Also worth noting is the unique nature of the ability. Hull Regeneration, | ||
| - | Shield Regeneration' | ||
| - | to. Since some ships have stronger/ | ||
| - | restored differs from ship to ship because the rate of regeneration is a fixed | ||
| - | percentage. That means that ships with higher shields/ | ||
| - | per second restored whenever the ability is active. But since Hull Regeneration | ||
| - | is active at all times, and passive abilities stack, you can probably see where | ||
| - | this is going. A ship with a strong Hull like a tier 4 cruiser, (ideally a | ||
| - | Dominion cruiser), coupled with a Healer sentient or two with high Hull | ||
| - | Regeneration stats can potentially recover hull damage faster than it can be | ||
| - | depleted! | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Shared Sentient Ability Evaluation [SIS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Following information is based upon the MAXIMUM possible statistical ratings | ||
| - | that are boosting by assigning attribute points, which are gained by " | ||
| - | sentients Black Crystals. However, said attribute points actually makes 2 skills | ||
| - | in this category LESS effective if you just look at the listed times, when in | ||
| - | actuality, they do not change from their values prior to " | ||
| - | sentient. Therefore, I'm going to list BOTH values so that you understand the | ||
| - | contrast. Again, see (QSE) of the Quickview guide for more information. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mining - Allows the ship to mine nearby asteroids with a mining time of 14 | ||
| - | seconds (listed statistic post-attribute point assignment), | ||
| - | actual statistic observed post-attribute point assignment, and listed statistic | ||
| - | pre-attribute point assignment). | ||
| - | Evaluation - Considering sentients can mine faster than you (though not when the | ||
| - | Harvest skill is leveled up), and you can have up to 4 out at a time, this skill | ||
| - | is pretty useful. You'll want to pair it with the looter skill and a cargo ship | ||
| - | with nothing but sentients to get the most out of this ability. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Looting - Allows the sentient to loot any items that can be picked up with a | ||
| - | range of 10 | ||
| - | Evaluation - This ability is both a blessing and a curse. It enables sentients | ||
| - | to detect, and fly to, salvage, power-ups, crystals, etc. and pick them up for | ||
| - | you so that you don't have to line up your ship and do it yourself (which is | ||
| - | particularly irritating while in slower ships). But unfortunately, | ||
| - | cannot venture farther than the edges of the screen, but will continue to try | ||
| - | and get something that's out of their reach. In combat, this results in the | ||
| - | sentients being too far to use their abilities or attack most enemies. Sentient | ||
| - | pickup range can be as restricted as practically right next to it, or the | ||
| - | entirety of the area being viewed. I advise taking it slow and finding a range | ||
| - | that works for you, ideally one that's really close to the edges of the screen | ||
| - | without going beyond them. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Trading - Allows the sentient to travel to a station to sell items with a travel | ||
| - | time of 40 seconds (listed statistic post-attribute point assignment), | ||
| - | seconds (the actual statistic observed post-attribute point assignment, and | ||
| - | listed statistic pre-attribute point assignment). | ||
| - | Evaluation - Trading is a minor convenience, | ||
| - | won't need more than 1 sentient with this skill, but said sentient must be | ||
| - | visibly equipped if you want to use it. | ||
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| - | - Weapons: Statistics and Recommendations - | ||
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| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Weapon Type Analysis [WTA] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | There are many different types of weapons in the game, and they have different | ||
| - | strengths and weaknesses which I'll be listing here to give you an idea of what | ||
| - | to expect. There are three basic weapon types that are represented in every | ||
| - | faction' | ||
| - | other weapon types are torpedoes, mines, and autoguns and can only be acquired | ||
| - | by spending reward points or being dropped by certain major enemies. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Pulse weapons fire manually aimed rapid-fire projectiles at targets that were | ||
| - | presumably meant to be countered with the Supershield ability before being | ||
| - | changed to prevent all weapons fire. Pulse weapons have no specific counter but | ||
| - | have a handicap in the form of a reduced rate of fire if used for to long | ||
| - | without pause. However, tier 1 pulse weapons (and pulse weapons scaled down on | ||
| - | tier 1 ships) don't overheat and slow down, with the exception of the Battlegun. | ||
| - | The Pulse weapon' | ||
| - | Consortium Heavy Fighters or any faction' | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Beam weapons fire long blasts of energy and fire for longer periods of time | ||
| - | and do more damage the longer the weapon is locked on for. Beam weapons are | ||
| - | accurate, tend to have long range, and most will jump to another locked on | ||
| - | target after the last one has been destroyed. The beam weapon' | ||
| - | involves the fact that many fighters will roll and avoid most of the first | ||
| - | shot's damage, forcing you to lock on and fire again. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Missile weapons fire warheads that track down and detonate on targets, flying | ||
| - | faster the longer the weapon is locked on for (though not farther). Missile | ||
| - | weapons are quite strong but are limited to their speed and turning arc, making | ||
| - | them less effective against small and nimble targets like Vanid. Missiles also | ||
| - | must be aimed at a enemies with a certain degree of precision, as you can easily | ||
| - | lock on to the wrong target when there are large clusters of enemies. Missiles | ||
| - | can also be wasted if they collide with asteroids, meteors, or other ships en | ||
| - | route to the intended target. Lastly, the countermeasure used against missiles | ||
| - | is the Flares ability, which draws the missile away by making it chase a new | ||
| - | cluster of heat signatures. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Torpedo weapons fire very powerful energy projectiles rather than warheads | ||
| - | like you might have been expecting. Torpedoes can be devastating when used | ||
| - | against cargo ships, cruisers, and other large-scale ships, but diminish in | ||
| - | effectiveness when used against fighters because of the enemy' | ||
| - | and small size. Torpedo weapons also drain energy with every shot, necessitating | ||
| - | precise shots with time to recharge, and/or the pairing with a DPS sentient' | ||
| - | Energy Regeneration boost. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Mines are powerful explosive weapons that are set with the right | ||
| - | bumper/ | ||
| - | really useful during Legion Raid missions and some missions where they' | ||
| - | supplied for faction story missions. Since the enemy ships have to actually come | ||
| - | in contact with the mine to be damaged you need to either place them in choke | ||
| - | points or use maneuverable fighters to get right on top of your enemy to | ||
| - | deploy the mine. In spite of their many handicaps, mines tend to do much more | ||
| - | damage at a time than other weapons. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Autoguns are turrets that are another point-defense weapon set with the right | ||
| - | bumper/ | ||
| - | Raid missions. Again the weapons are immobile, but with one exception (the | ||
| - | Thumper Autogun) they doesn' | ||
| - | either missiles, beams, or pulse weapons to engage enemies. The handicap for | ||
| - | autoguns is the need to be near the weapon to ensure enemies coming for you will | ||
| - | be engaged by it, and its lengthy period of time before being able to be | ||
| - | deployed again. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Statistics Intro [WSI] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | I'm going to list various weapons and statistics so you can be informed of their | ||
| - | ups and downs through and through BEFORE spending you hard earned | ||
| - | credits/ | ||
| - | won't be listing much that you can't find out yourself. That said, I WILL point | ||
| - | you in the right direction to judge for yourself by listing missions that | ||
| - | feature them as presets so you won't be completely blind. | ||
| - | |||
| - | You can only have a maximum of 15 weapons/ | ||
| - | 5 sentients, there is no limit to consider outside of the 15 with regards to | ||
| - | weapons. Though it wouldn' | ||
| - | inventory When purchasing weapons, red text means that you cannot afford the | ||
| - | weapon, yellow means that you can afford it but it will have to be scaled down, | ||
| - | and green means that you can both afford it and it will work at full power. When | ||
| - | a weapon is scaled down, its attributes reflect that of one who's level is the | ||
| - | same as your ship's tier. This does NOT mean however, that a level 4 weapon | ||
| - | equipped to say a tier 1 ship will reduce the strength of the weapon | ||
| - | indefinitely, | ||
| - | of weapon attributes, unlike ships, the menus do not take into account damage | ||
| - | or rate of fire augments from stats, sentient boosts, or upgrades. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Weapon classification, | ||
| - | weapons it's based on the cost at maximum lock on) are consistent from weapon to | ||
| - | weapon of the same basic name but different tier, therefore I will only list | ||
| - | them for the tier 1 weapon rather than repeat the same information 3 more times. | ||
| - | Likewise, weapon tier level advances the same way every time, starting from | ||
| - | lowest and ending in highest, and always 4 in total, so I won't be listing the | ||
| - | tier level of the weapons at all. (FYI, DPS means damage per second in case you | ||
| - | didn't already know.) Range refers to the weapon' | ||
| - | distance. Close range weapons do more damage when you're near the enemy, long | ||
| - | range weapons do more damage when you're farther away, and medium range weapons | ||
| - | appear to do well at any distance. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The rate of fire statistic sadly isn't consistent from weapon to weapon. | ||
| - | Sometimes weapons with higher RoF fire incredibly slow, while others are pretty | ||
| - | damn fast. For example, many pulse weapons have an RoF of 8, but fire | ||
| - | projectiles faster than Deathshrike Legion mines which have an RoF of 3. | ||
| - | Conversely, the Deathshrike Legion mines have an RoF of 3, but the Deathshrike | ||
| - | mine V has an RoF of 1.5 yet fires twice as fast. Most pulse weapons have an RoF | ||
| - | of 8, the Praetorian pulse weapon fires much faster and has an RoF of 15, but | ||
| - | the Battlegun has an RoF of 1 in spite of firing about as fast as the Praetorian | ||
| - | weapon. In short, in spite of copying the RoF as seen in the game it's nigh | ||
| - | impossible to know what it means. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Consortium Weapons [WC] - | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | Spike A - Beam, Classification - Beam, DPS - 39, RoF - 0, Cost - 2,000 credits, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Description - A high-energy gravity-wave weapon. Popular for | ||
| - | its cost and reliability, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Slash B - Beam, DPS - 77, Cost - 3,000 credits, Description - Upgrade of the | ||
| - | Spike A - Beam, this gravity-wave weapon is effective at long range and against | ||
| - | armored targets. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Crusher C - Beam, DPS - 154, Cost - 10,125 credits, Description - Improved | ||
| - | version of the Slash B - Beam, highly effective with sustained bursts of | ||
| - | particle energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Rupture G - Beam, DPS - 553, Cost - 22,781 credits, Description - The pinnacle | ||
| - | of Consortium tech, the Rupture is coveted among free traders and operatives | ||
| - | alike for its sheer destructive power. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 2,285 credits, DPS - 36, | ||
| - | Rof - 8, Range - Medium, Description - Of Maris design, with huge slugs of metal | ||
| - | magnetically accelerated to high velocity to the target. Crude but effective. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. II, Cost - 3,428 credits, DPS - 71, Description - Uses | ||
| - | improved magnetic channels and aluminum rounds coated in a synthetic alloy | ||
| - | specifically to punch through targets. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. III, Cost - 11,571 credits, DPS - 145, Description - using a | ||
| - | secret Maris technique, the magnetic couplers have been coated in an unknown | ||
| - | substance that accelerates the round at deadly speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dirge Rail Gun Mk. IV, Cost - 26,035 credits, DPS - 289, Description - | ||
| - | Custom-made on Maris Prime and coveted by fighter jocks of any faction. | ||
| - | Fast-reloading and hard-hitting, | ||
| - | technology. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | C1-Hawkeye, Classification - Missile, Cost - 2,666 credits, DPS - 97, RoF - 1, | ||
| - | Range - medium, Description - A tried and tested missile, possessing a good | ||
| - | balance of turn rate and speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | C2-Hawkeye, Cost - 4,000, credits, DPS - 178, Description - Upgraded version of | ||
| - | the C1 - Hawkeye, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | C3-Hawkeye, Cost - 13,500 credits, DPS - 372, Description - Upgraded version of | ||
| - | the Hawkeye missile, boasting significantly improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | C4-Hawkeye, Cost - 30,374 credits, DPS - 744, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Hawkeye missile, boasting devastating damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate Weapons [WS] - | ||
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| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 3,426 credits, | ||
| - | DPS - 60, Rof - 4, Range - Long, Description - Slow-firing, | ||
| - | bolts of antimatter that are harmless until they come in contact with matter. | ||
| - | Most effective at range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. II, Cost - 5,142 credits, DPS - 121, Description - | ||
| - | Launches devastating bolts of antimatter at the target with an improved firing | ||
| - | rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. III, Cost - 17,357 credits, DPS - 242, Description | ||
| - | - Modified to more quickly assemble antimatter particles for a faster firing | ||
| - | rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaver Antimatter Cannon Mk. IV, Cost - 39,053 credits, DPS - 434, Description - | ||
| - | Delivers slow-firing, | ||
| - | until they com in contact with matter. Most effective at range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Incinerator Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | 55, RoF - 0, Range - Close, Description - High-damaging short-range plasma | ||
| - | stream popular with Syndicate mercenaries. Deadly in close quarters but | ||
| - | inaccurate at long range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Incinerator II Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | Deadly close quarters upgrade of the original that discharges a powerful stream | ||
| - | of superheated plasma. Requires recharging. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Incinerator III Plasma-Thrower, | ||
| - | Developed by Warlord Cinnefato effectively throw a longer and more sustained | ||
| - | burst of plasma. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Incinerator IV Plasma Cannon, Cost - 28,476 credits, DPS - 444, Description - | ||
| - | The height of plasma technology pirated from Convocation research; the deadliest | ||
| - | close-combat weapon in known space. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Piledriver I, Classification - Missile, Cost - 4,000 credits, DPS - 101, RoF - | ||
| - | 2, Range - Medium, Description - A Syndicate-hacked version of Order technology. | ||
| - | All navigation has been sacrificed to produce a super-fast missile that starts | ||
| - | off slow and is capable of high damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piledriver II, Cost - 6,000 credits, DPS - 184, Description - Upgraded version | ||
| - | of the Piledriver missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piledriver III, Cost - 20,250 credits, DPS - 404, Description - Upgraded version | ||
| - | of the Piledriver missile, boasting significantly improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piledriver IV, Cost - 45,562 credits, DPS - 775, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Piledriver missile, boasting devastating damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
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| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Weapons [WP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Like their ships, Praetorian weapons cost 50% less than the average price of | ||
| - | weapons in the same category and tier but are no less effective. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Crackshot LR, Classification - Beam, Cost - 1,250 credits, DPS - 64, RoF - 0, | ||
| - | Range - Long, Description - Accurate long-range energy weapon used by the | ||
| - | Praetoriate. Valued for its accuracy, which guarantees a hit on enemy ships. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Crackshot LR II, Cost - 2,050 credits, DPS - 128, Description - Upgrade of the | ||
| - | Cracshot LR, this long-range weapon fires penetrating guided rounds with | ||
| - | destructive results | ||
| - | |||
| - | Crackshot LR III, Cost - 6,328 credits, DPS - 255, Description - Next-Generation | ||
| - | long-range precision weapon that fires solid-slug rounds with internal guidance | ||
| - | systems. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Crackshot LR IV, Cost - 14,238 credits, DPS - 510, Description - | ||
| - | High-performance ordinance that puts a solid-slug round on target from distance | ||
| - | with improved tracking. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Pulse Hi-EX I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 1,714 credits, DPS - 44, RoF - 15, | ||
| - | Range - Close, Description - Fast-firing Praetorian-issue. Fires high energy | ||
| - | projectiles toward the target using Qui pulse technology. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pulse Hi-Ex II, Cost - 2,571 credits, DPS - 90, Description - With its improved | ||
| - | cyclical rate, this weapon fires a constant stream of energy at the target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pulse Hi-Ex III, Cost - 8,678 credits, DPS - 179, Description - Thanks to | ||
| - | proprietary Qui technology, the pulses are more rapidly energized and released | ||
| - | for destructive effect. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Pulse Hi-Ex IV, Cost - 19,526 credits, DPS - 350, Description - This Convocation | ||
| - | mainstay was converted from anti-fighter ordinance to anti-armor for tactical | ||
| - | missions requiring sustained firepower. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Packhound v1, Classification - Missile, Cost - 2,000 credits, DPS - 101, RoF - | ||
| - | 1, Range - Medium, Description - The standard issue missile on almost all | ||
| - | Praetorian ships. can be fired multiple times in a short span of time, although | ||
| - | damage is sacrificed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Packhount v2, Cost - 3,000 credits, DPS - 198, Description - Upgraded version of | ||
| - | the Packhound missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Packhound v3, Cost - 10,125, DPS - 423, Description - Upgraded version of the | ||
| - | Packhound missile, boasting significantly improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Packhound v4, Cost - 22,781 credits, DPS - 808, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Packhound missile, boasting devastating damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Dominion Weapons [WD] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
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| - | |||
| - | Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 2557 credits, DPS - | ||
| - | 37, RoF - 8, Range - Close, Description - Charged shots of superheated balls of | ||
| - | plasma are fired at the target with devastating anti-armor effects. Best at | ||
| - | short range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. II, Cost - 4,285 credits, DPS - 74, Description - This | ||
| - | upgraded version of the Phalanx has better range from improved long-barrel | ||
| - | cooling technology. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. III, Cost - 14,464 credits, DPS - 150, Description - | ||
| - | The latest in plasma delivery technology, this model of the Phalanx delivers a | ||
| - | more destructive round at range that gathers strength while in transit. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Phalanx Plasma Cannon Mk. IV, Cost - 32,544 credits, DPS - 300, Description - | ||
| - | The very latest in plasma cannon tech, the Phalanx delivers a large destructive | ||
| - | bolt of pure plasma on target with devastating effects. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Dominion Minigun, Classification - Beam, Cost - 3,000 credits, DPS - 55, RoF - | ||
| - | 0, Range - Long, Description - A kinetic weapon introduced during the Colony | ||
| - | Wars 50 years ago. Fires high-velocity shells at long range with fast lock time. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vanquisher Minigun, Cost - 4,000 credits, DPS - 111, Description - Enhanced | ||
| - | version of the Decimator minigun that fires self-propelled shells at high rates | ||
| - | of speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Annihilator Minigun, Cost - 15,187 credits, DPS - 222, Description - Modified | ||
| - | version used exclusively by the Basilisks, with improved kinetic stabilization | ||
| - | to keep sustained fire on target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaper Minigun, Cost - 34,171 credits, DPS - 444, Description - Using applied | ||
| - | gyro-stabilizers and solid-shell detonating warheads, the Reaper is more | ||
| - | accurately characterized as a " | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. I, Classification - Missile, Cost - 3,333 credits, DPS - 105, | ||
| - | RoF - 1, Range - Medium, Description - A slow Dominion-made missile with an | ||
| - | excellent turning arc. Capable of high damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. II, Cost - 5,000 credits, DPS - 210, Description - Upgraded | ||
| - | version of the Creeping Death missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. III, Cost - 16,875, DPS - 420, Description - Upgraded version | ||
| - | of the Creeping Death missile, boasting significantly improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Creeping Death Mk. IV, Cost - 37,968 credits, DPS - 879, Description - | ||
| - | Top-of-the-line version of the Creeping Death missile, boasting devastating | ||
| - | damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Order Weapons [WO] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Devastator ES I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 2,857 credits, DPS - 56, RoF - | ||
| - | 8, Range - Long, Description - A ball of electrons glued together by Order | ||
| - | nanotechnology. Critical mass is not achieved until high velocity so best used | ||
| - | at long range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Devastator ES II, Cost - 4,285 credits, DPS - 114, Description - Improved range | ||
| - | and magnetic clouds increase the speed of the projectile without compromising | ||
| - | weapon' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Devastator ES III, Cost - 14,464 credits, DPS - 226, Description - A ball of | ||
| - | electrons glued together by Order nanotechnology. Critical mass is not achieved | ||
| - | until high velocity so best used at long range. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Devastator ES IV, Cost - 32,544 credits, DPS - 449, Description - The cutting | ||
| - | edge of electronic shunt technology, the Devastator creates a massive ball of | ||
| - | pure fusion energy held together by nano-tethers. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Purifier Light Laser, Classification - Beam, Cost - 3,000 credits, DPS - 55, | ||
| - | RoF - 0, Range - Close, Description - Short-range high-damage beam of energy. | ||
| - | While effective, the weapon does require recharging before use. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Absolution Laser Assembly, Cost - 4,500 credits, DPS - 111, Description - | ||
| - | Enhanced version of the Purifier Light Laser that fires a sustained beam of | ||
| - | high-damage energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deliverance Custom Laser, Cost - 15,187 credits, DPS - 222, Description - | ||
| - | Developed by Order scientists, the D - laser is a veritable torrent of fusion | ||
| - | energy harnessed into a beam of incandescent weapons fire. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Domination Laser, Cost - 34,171, DPS - 444, The highest level of Order beam | ||
| - | technology, the Domination Laser is coveted by any who witness its deadly | ||
| - | effects in combat. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Piranha-A, Classification - Missile, Cost - 3,333 credits, DPS - 112, RoF - 1, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Description - A fast-moving missile from the Order' | ||
| - | Fleet technical laboratories. Hampered by low turning arc and low damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piranha-B, Cost - 5,000 credits, DPS - 216, Description - Upgraded version of | ||
| - | the Piranha missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piranha-C, Cost - 16,875, DPS - 431, Description - Upgraded version of the | ||
| - | Piranha missile, boasting significantly improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Piranha-D, Cost - 37,968 credits, DPS - 899, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Piranha missile, boasting devastating damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - PVP Weapons [WP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | As I said in the introduction I do not have access to PVP weapons so I can't | ||
| - | provide intimate statistical details, but I'll do all I can to give you an idea | ||
| - | of what to expect. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Viper Proximity Mine - Presumably the same as the Deathshike Legion Mine, just | ||
| - | weaker and incapable of cloaking. This weapon can be tested in the Syndicate | ||
| - | story mission "Skin of Your Teeth", | ||
| - | and the Order preset mission " | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mongoose Proto Trap - A mobile mine that homes in on enemies that get close | ||
| - | enough, the problem being that far more mines than necessary can end up chasing | ||
| - | a target. This weapon can be seen in The Graveyard' | ||
| - | the Order story mission " | ||
| - | |||
| - | Thumper Autogun - An autogun that fires pulse weapons if I'm not mistaken. Pulse | ||
| - | weapons aren't as accurate as beams and will slow down after awhile so unless it | ||
| - | could fire Battlegun rounds this probably wouldn' | ||
| - | weapon can be tested in the Consortium preset missions "Waste Management", | ||
| - | "Enemy Hands", | ||
| - | |||
| - | KL-088 - Here's where the money is, this is an energy-based pulse weapon in the | ||
| - | same rank as the Battlegun and Excruciator. Although it's meant to be a close | ||
| - | range weapon it's not bad at medium range, and larger targets you use it against | ||
| - | aren't maneuverable enough to avoid its fire. The KL - 088's energy drain is | ||
| - | present but not overly ridiculous and can be countered with a well-leveled | ||
| - | energy regeneration from a DPS sentient. | ||
| - | |||
| - | This weapon can be tested in multiple preset missions including the Consortium' | ||
| - | "Eye of the Needle", | ||
| - | "Cage Match", | ||
| - | and "Waste Management", | ||
| - | "Eye of the Needle" | ||
| - | |||
| - | Corona - The only other energy-based pulse weapon, and not that spectacular at | ||
| - | that. It fires several pulse projectiles in a circular blast that looks like a | ||
| - | firework going off. While certainly conducive to the " | ||
| - | particularly weak per projectile, the energy drain is too significant to be | ||
| - | worth using seriously in my opinion, but it's a nice novelty weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | This weapon is always used against you in some capacity in the preset missions | ||
| - | "Enemy Hands", | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | Syndicate preset mission " | ||
| - | |||
| - | Multi Missile - The only energy-based missile weapon in the game, the Multi | ||
| - | Missile is quite the spectacle, firing several missiles in a swarm that | ||
| - | violently arc and destroy the target. It's a solid weapon from what I've seen | ||
| - | but despite firing multiple missiles, they won't divert to other targets after | ||
| - | the first one has been destroyed like most beam weapons. | ||
| - | |||
| - | This weapon can be tested in preset missions including the Consortium' | ||
| - | " | ||
| - | "Space Mites", | ||
| - | "Fire for Effect", | ||
| - | and "Space Madness" | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Warzone Weapons [WW] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | WZN pt(s), means Warzone point(s), the points awarded to the player at the | ||
| - | conclusion of a warzone mission. Although all of the torpedo weapons on this | ||
| - | list have the same statistics, they vary in speed and projectile size, though | ||
| - | the Legion Raid Corsair outclasses the lot of them in my book so you'll probably | ||
| - | only care about the Battleguns. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Silkworm I, Classification - Torpedo, Cost - 1 WZN pt., DPS - 120, RoF - 1, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 points, Description - Highly damaging | ||
| - | projectile with a good balance between speed and damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Silkworm II, Cost - 10 WZN pts., DPS - 240, Description - Enhanced version of | ||
| - | the Silkworm; a highly damaging projectile with a good balance between speed and | ||
| - | damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Silkworm III, Cost - 30 WZN pts., DPS - 479, Significantly enhanced version of | ||
| - | the Silkworm; a highly damaging projectile with a good balance between speed and | ||
| - | damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Silkworm IV, Cost - 80 WZN pts., DPS - 959, Top-of-the-line version of the | ||
| - | Silkworm; a highly damaging projectile with a good balance between speed and | ||
| - | damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Marauder I, Classification - Torpedo, Cost - 2 WZN pts., DPS - 120, RoF - 1, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 points, Description - Torpedo with an enhanced | ||
| - | fuel supply that allows for extra speed at the cost of damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Marauder II, Cost - 12 WZN pts., DPS - 240, Description - Enhanced version of | ||
| - | the Marauder; a torpedo with an enhanced fuel supply that allows for extra speed | ||
| - | at the cost of damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Marauder III, Cost - 33 WZN pts., DPS - 479, Description - Significantly | ||
| - | enhanced version of the Marauder; a torpedo with an enhanced fuel supply that | ||
| - | allows for extra speed at the cost of damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Marauder IV, Cost - 84 WZN pts., DPS - 959, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Marauder; a torpedo with an enhanced fuel supply that allows for | ||
| - | extra speed at the cost of damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Adjudicator, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 points, Description - Antimatter orb that is | ||
| - | very slow but capable of causing devestating damage to a target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Adjudicator Mk. II, Cost - 12 WZN pts., DPS - 240, Description - Enhanced | ||
| - | version of the Adjudicator; | ||
| - | causing devastating damage to a target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Adjudicator Mk. III, Cost - 33 WZN pts., DPS - 479, Description - Significantly | ||
| - | enhanced version of the Adjudicator; | ||
| - | capable of causing devastating damage to a target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Adjudicator Mk. IV, Cost - 84 WZN pts., DPS 959, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Adjudicator; | ||
| - | causing devastating damage to a target. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Tornado-CS1, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 points, Description - Its slow-launching | ||
| - | mechanism means that the Tornado takes a while to get to top speed, but when it | ||
| - | does, it takes some stopping. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tornado-CS2, | ||
| - | the Tornado, slow-launching but difficult to stop at top speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tornado-CS3, | ||
| - | version of the Tornado, slow-launching but difficult to stop at top speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tornado-CS4, | ||
| - | version of the Tornado, slow-launching, | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Sunfire Bomb v1, Classification - Torpedo, Cost - 3 WZN pts., DPS - 120, RoF - | ||
| - | 1, Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 points, Description - huge ball of deadly | ||
| - | plasma, the benefit being the quick refire rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sunfire Bomb v2, Cost - 14 WZN pts., DPS - 240, Description - Enhanced version | ||
| - | of the Sunfire bomb; a huge ball of deadly plasma, the benefit being the quick | ||
| - | refire rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sunfire Bomb v3, Cost - 36 WZN pts., DPS - 479, Description - Significantly | ||
| - | enhanced version of the Sunfire Bomb; a huge ball of deadly plasma, the benefit | ||
| - | being the quick refire rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Sunfire Bomb v4, Cost - 88 WZN pts., DPS - 959, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Sunfire Bomb; a huge ball of deadly plasma, the benefit being the | ||
| - | quick refire rate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Battlegun 1, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 4 WZN pts., DPS - 140, RoF - 1, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Description - A tried and tested missile, possessing a good | ||
| - | balance between turn rate and speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Battlegun 2, Cost - 16 WZN pts., DPS - 278, Description - A tried and tested | ||
| - | missile, possessing a good balance between turn rate and speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Battlegun 3, Cost - 39 WZN pts., DPS - 556, Description - A tried and tested | ||
| - | missile, possessing a good balance between turn rate and speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Battlegun 4, Cost - 92 WZN pts., DPS - 1115, Description - A tried and tested | ||
| - | missile, possessing a good balance between turn rate and speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Legion Raid Weapons [WL] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | LR pt(s), means Warzone point(s), the points awarded to the player at the | ||
| - | conclusion of a Legion Raid wave/ | ||
| - | statistics that usually applies to all the weapons of the same basic namesake | ||
| - | changes. The Excruciator' | ||
| - | tier, though follows the second tier's statistic from that point onward. Pay | ||
| - | attention to the Excruciator Iv's description because although all the weapons | ||
| - | bypass shields, it's only for fighters. The Hellfire beams do not jump to other | ||
| - | locked on targets after the first one has been destroyed like most beam weapons. | ||
| - | It is utilized by Legion Tanks in the Webweave region of Shadowrift and is a | ||
| - | defense mechanism in the Ark's Path of Darkness region. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Excruciator I, Classification - Pulse, Cost - 1 LR pt., DPS - 40, RoF - 2, Range | ||
| - | - Medium, Description - Legion pulse technology that hurls bolts of formed | ||
| - | plasma that bypasses shielding to strike the armor underneath. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Excruciator II, Cost - 20 LR pts., DPS - 80, RoF - 0, Description - Enhanced | ||
| - | accuracy and performance create a deadlier salvo of munitions. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Excruciator III, Cost - 60 LR pts., DPS - 150, Description - Plasma bolts shaped | ||
| - | with an outer and inner core, which allows for the plasma to penetrate the | ||
| - | target and then detonate. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Excruciator IV, Cost - 120 LR pts., DPS - 318, Description - A fighter-killer, | ||
| - | the Excruciator IV fires a single destructive piercing plasma warhead that | ||
| - | easily bypasses most shields to destroy a ship in minutes. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Deathbloom Autogun, Classification - Autogun, Cost - 2 LR pts., DPS - 40, RoF - | ||
| - | 50, Range - Medium, Description - Autogun that fires guided missiles. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathbloom Autogun 2, Cost - 24 LR pts., DPS - 80, Autogun that fires improved | ||
| - | guided missiles. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathbloom Autogun 3, Cost - 66 LR pts., DPS - 160, Autogun that fires | ||
| - | significantly improved guided missiles. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathbloom Autogun 4, Cost - 96 LR pts., DPS - 320, Top-of-the-line autogun | ||
| - | that fires devastating guided missiles. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Praetorian Autogun, Classification - Autogun, Cost - 2 LR pts., DPS - 40, RoF - | ||
| - | 50, Range - Medium, Description - Autogun that fires beams. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Praetorian Autogun 2, Cost - 24 LR pts., DPS - 80, Autogun that fires improved | ||
| - | beams. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Praetorian Autogun 3, Cost - 66 LR pts., DPS - 160, Autogun that fires | ||
| - | significantly improved beams. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Praetorian Autogun 4, Cost - 96 LR pts., DPS - 320, Top-of-the-line autogun that | ||
| - | fires devestating beams. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Corsair I, Classification - Torpedo, Cost - 4 LR pts., DPS - 132, RoF - 1, Range | ||
| - | - Medium, Energy Cost - 20 pts. Description - Formidable anti-cruiser weapon | ||
| - | with an improved warhead payload that sacrifices speed for maximum damage. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Corsair II, Cost - 28 LR pts., DPS - 204, Description - Enhanced version of the | ||
| - | Corsair, slow-launching but difficult to stop at top speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Corsair III, Cost - 72 LR pts., DPS - 527, Description - Significantly enhanced | ||
| - | version of the Corsair, slow-launching but difficult to stop at top speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Corsair IV, Cost - 136 LR pts., DPS - 1055, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the Corsair, slow-launching but difficult to stop at top speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Coffin Nail I, Classification - Missile, Cost - 6 LR pts., DPS - 117, RoF - 3, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Description - Nicknamed the " | ||
| - | this Legion missile sacrifices warhead strength for speed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Coffin Nail II, Cost - 32 LR pts., DPS - 322, Description - Upgraded version of | ||
| - | the Coffin Nail missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Coffin Nail III, Cost - 78 LR pts., DPS - 644, Description - Significantly | ||
| - | improved version of the Coffin Nail missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Coffin Nail IV, Cost - 144 LR pts., DPS - 1,288, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | upgrade of the Coffin Nail missile, boasting improved damage potential. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hellfire Beam, Classification - Beam, Cost - 8 LR pts., DPS - 115, RoF - 0, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 75 pts., Description - Large gravitic beam that | ||
| - | fires a concentrated burst of fusion energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hellfire Beam II, Cost - 36 LR pts., DPS - 233, Description - Upgrade of the | ||
| - | large gravitic beam that fires a concentrated burst of fusion energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hellfire Beam III, Cost - 84 LR pts., DPS - 506, Description - Significant | ||
| - | upgrade of the large gravitic beam that fires a concentrated burst of fusion | ||
| - | energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hellfire Beam IV, Cost - 152 LR pts., DPS - 970, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | upgrade of the large gravitic beam that fires a concentrated burst of fusion | ||
| - | energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Ark Raid Weapons [WA] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | AR pts, means Ark Raid points, the point(s) awarded to the player as a reward | ||
| - | for beating the various sub-bosses. The Lightning Beams in this section are one | ||
| - | of only three beam weapons that do not jump to the next locked on target after | ||
| - | the first has been destroyed like most beam weapons so keep that in mind. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathshrike Legion Mine I, Classification - Mine, Cost - 5 AR pts., DPS - 400, | ||
| - | RoF - 3, Range - Medium, Description - Highly damaging version of a proximity | ||
| - | mine with the ability to remain cloaked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathshrike Legion Mine II, Cost - 20 AR pts., DPS - 800, Description - Upgraded | ||
| - | version of the hugely damaging version of a proximity mine with the ability to | ||
| - | remain cloaked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathshrike Legion Mine III, Cost - 50 AR pts., DPS - 1,600, Description - | ||
| - | Significantly upgraded version of the hugely damaging version of a proximity | ||
| - | mine with the ability to remain cloaked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathshrike Legion Mine IV, Cost - 80 AR pts., DPS - 3,200, Description - | ||
| - | Top-of-the-line version of the hugely damaging version of a proximity mine with | ||
| - | the ability to remain cloaked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. I, Classification - Beam, Cost - 10 AR pts., DPS - 128, RoF - | ||
| - | 0, Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 75 pts., Description - Weapon that fires | ||
| - | strands of crackling supercharged plasma. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. II, Cost - 30 AR pts., DPS - 247, Description - Significant | ||
| - | upgrade of the weapon that fires strands of crackling supercharged plasma. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. III, Cost - 60 AR pts., DPS - 491, Description - Significant | ||
| - | upgrade of the weapon that fires strands of crackling supercharged plasma. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Lightning Beam Mk. IV, Cost - 90 AR pts., DPS - 979, Description - | ||
| - | Top-of-the-line upgrade of the weapon that fires strands of crackling | ||
| - | supercharged plasma. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Big Green Power I, Classification - Beam, Cost - 15 AR pts., DPS - 119, RoF - 0, | ||
| - | Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 75 pts., Description - Big, green, and powerful | ||
| - | weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Big Green Power II, Cost - 40 AR pts., DPS - 235, Description - Upgrade of the | ||
| - | big, green, and powerful weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Big Green Power III, Cost - 70 AR pts., DPS - 470, Description - Significant | ||
| - | upgrade of the big, green, and powerful weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Big Green Power IV, Cost - 100 AR pts., DPS - 942, Description - Top-of-the-line | ||
| - | version of the big, green, and powerful weapon. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Bonus Weapons [WB] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | Bonus weapons are dropped by specific enemies, they CANNOT be purchased in the | ||
| - | game's docking stations. It's not clear to me exactly how many there are but | ||
| - | I'll list everything I've encountered (and some that I have yet to acquire but | ||
| - | know exist). I think that some of the weapons are dropped by Ark sub-bosses and | ||
| - | some by PVP battleships, | ||
| - | mind that you must have 14 or fewer weapons/ | ||
| - | weapon to be dropped. Also, your upgrades menu will flash regardless of whether | ||
| - | you pick up an upgrade or weapon. All of these weapons are listed in your basic | ||
| - | weapons section when docked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Beam, Classification - Beam, Can be dropped by - Clay Tok, DPS - 573, | ||
| - | RoF - 0, Range - Medium, Description - Beam weapon that instantly generates | ||
| - | maximum damage, regardless of lock-on time. (Note that this is one of the few | ||
| - | beam weapons that will not jump to the next locked target after the first has | ||
| - | been destroyed like most beam weapons, and although damage is unchanged, the | ||
| - | beam will not fire for as long as when you're fully locked on. This weapon is | ||
| - | utilized by Legion Tanks in Legion Raid missions.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Missile, Classification - Missile, Can be dropped by - Elder Ones, and | ||
| - | Final Ark boss, DPS - 874, RoF - 1, Range - Medium, Description - Prototype | ||
| - | missile weapon that always fires at maximum velocity. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathshrike Mine V, Classification - Mine, Can be dropped by - Clay Tok and | ||
| - | Janus (Mirror boss) DPS - 3,200, RoF - (2 when viewing comparison statistics, | ||
| - | which is presumably rounded up from the in-depth statistics which list it as | ||
| - | 1.5), Range - Medium, Description - Ultimate highly damaging proximity mine, | ||
| - | equipped with the ability to remain cloaked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Lightning Beam, Classification - Beam, Can be dropped by - Path of the | ||
| - | Dead battleship boss and Janus (Mirror boss), DPS - 1,856, RoF - 0, Range - | ||
| - | Medium, Energy Cost - 37.5, Description - Prototype huge lightning beam that | ||
| - | uses less energy. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Big Green Power Beam, Classification - Beam, Can be dropped by - Elder | ||
| - | Ones, DPS - 300, RoF - 0, Range - Medium, Energy Cost - 37.5, Description - | ||
| - | Prototype huge Green Power that uses less energy. (No, I did not make a mistake, | ||
| - | I checked the DPS and tested it in combat, it really is that weak.) | ||
| - | |||
| - | The following are weapons that I have not acquired but have seen given as | ||
| - | equipment in preset missions: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Pulse - Presumably a bonus version of the Dirge Rail Gun. This weapon does | ||
| - | not overheat. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Deathbloom Autogun V | ||
| - | |||
| - | Praetorian Autogun V - Fires beams with the same appearance as the ones used by | ||
| - | the Legion Splitters in The Crucible and Ark. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Viper Proximity Mine V | ||
| - | |||
| - | Mongoose Proto Trap V | ||
| - | |||
| - | Thumper Autogun V | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Spray - Presumably a bonus version of the KL-088 | ||
| - | similar to one of the Warzone torpedo weapons both in aesthetics and size. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Power Multi-Missile - Missiles are orange-ish peach rather than light blue and | ||
| - | presumably use less energy, do more damage, or both. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Weapon Recommendations [WREC] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Battlegun is generally considered the best weapon from what little I've seen | ||
| - | online and it's most certainly high up on the list. Just make sure it's equipped | ||
| - | to a Cruiser or Consortium Heavy Fighter to counteract the overheating because | ||
| - | in spite of its description it's actually a pulse weapon. Most of the faction | ||
| - | specific weapons aren't worth bothering with, it's the ones purchased with | ||
| - | points or dropped by enemies that you'll want most of the time. In spite of how | ||
| - | powerful they are in the hands of enemies, the Big Green Power and Hellfire | ||
| - | beams aren't ones you should aspire to acquire (rhyme unintended), | ||
| - | Power Lightning Beam is much stronger if the DPS statistic is to be believed. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The Coffin Nail missile would probably do well with a Syndicate heavy fighter, | ||
| - | but you'll want the Power Missile or Multi-Missile/ | ||
| - | Corsair is the Torpedo to get, the Deathshrike Mine V is probably the best mine, | ||
| - | or maybe the Mongoose Proto Trap V, the Deathbloom/ | ||
| - | autoguns to get since the pulse weapon-firing one isn't as accurate from a | ||
| - | distance, and when it comes to pulse weapons the Battlegun, Excruciator, | ||
| - | Power Spray/ | ||
| - | |||
| - | I typically use pulse weapons with ships that counteract their fire-rate | ||
| - | handicap so I use the Battlegun, but since I don't get to spend as much quality | ||
| - | time with PVP weapons, and not every build is right for every player so it | ||
| - | doesn' | ||
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| - | |||
| - | - Ship Statistics - | ||
| - | | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Ships will be listed by: 1) Order of availability, | ||
| - | class (scout, interceptor, | ||
| - | is the necessary level you have to be in order to be eligible to purchase a | ||
| - | given ship. " | ||
| - | and cost always refers to credits. Ships of the same class in a faction have the | ||
| - | exact same descriptions across all tier levels so I'm only going to list the | ||
| - | description once for each of the tier 1 ships rather than copy-paste it 3 more | ||
| - | times. Ship speed and cargo capacity also repeat from tier to tier when it's the | ||
| - | same class in the same faction so I'll list them once each in the tier 1 listing | ||
| - | but not for the following 3. Also, the number next to each ship name refers to | ||
| - | its tier level (Punisher 2 is a tier level 2 ship, Hammerhead 3 is a tier level | ||
| - | 3 ship, etc.) so I won't bother listing the tier levels of each ship. Another | ||
| - | thing that carries across every faction is the number of weapon slots each ship | ||
| - | class has. Again, for the sake of reducing repetition here's a list of the ship | ||
| - | classes and the number of weapon slots each has: | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scout - 2, Interceptor - 2, Heavy Fighter - 3, Cargo ship - 2, Cruiser - 4. | ||
| - | |||
| - | All cargo ships and cruisers across every faction have the same innate abilities | ||
| - | so I'm listing them here rather than posting them 4 times each: Cargo ships - | ||
| - | Sentient ability use requires no energy with this ship. Cruiser - Capable of | ||
| - | maintaining sustained weapons fire with no penalties. (Note: A cruiser' | ||
| - | to maintain fire with no penalties refers to preventing pulse weapons from | ||
| - | overheating and slowing down only, so don't expect weapons that drain energy to | ||
| - | not do so when equipped to a cruiser. Lastly, I'd like to note that the | ||
| - | statistics listed regarding shields and hull are based on the ORIGINAL values of | ||
| - | the ships with no augments like ship upgrades, pilot skills, or sentient | ||
| - | bonuses, all of which are added to the total when viewing ships. So if your | ||
| - | statistics are higher than those listed here, that's why. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dominion/ | ||
| - | are apart of your current faction, even other interceptors, | ||
| - | level. When you do this, your sentient' | ||
| - | active just like when hijacking even though they won't be equipped. Unlike | ||
| - | hijacking however, the ship you commandeer will not be replaced when docking or | ||
| - | taking part in missions (unless said missions have a preset ship for you to | ||
| - | pilot/ride in). Your own weapons will also be automatically equipped when | ||
| - | docking or warping to another zone, preventing you from having to rely on | ||
| - | default load-outs. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Consortium Ships [SC] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | All Consortium ships have twice the usual cargo capacity, with the exception of | ||
| - | the cruisers which have holds equal to Syndicate and Praetorian cruiser' | ||
| - | and half that of the Dominion and Revenant Order' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Spider 1, Class - Scout, RFL - 0, Cost - 0, Hull - 100, Shields - 100, | ||
| - | Speed - 120, Cargo - 10, Description - A fast advance scout used for smuggling | ||
| - | small goods, recon missions, and light combat. Ability - Mining yields higher | ||
| - | ore with this ship. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Hammerhead 1, Class - Interceptor, | ||
| - | Shields - 200, Speed - 100, Cargo - 10, Description - A high-defense interceptor | ||
| - | made for heavy combat and running Praetorian blockades. Ability - This ship can | ||
| - | maintain travel boost even while firing. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Scorpion 1, Class - Heavy Fighter, RFL - 1, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 150, | ||
| - | Shields - 150, Speed - 80, Cargo - 10, Description - An interdiction and support | ||
| - | ship created specifically for the Consortium, focusing on heavy offense. Ability | ||
| - | - Pulse weapons don't overheat with this ship | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Tugboat 1, Class - Cargo Ship, RFL - 1 Cost - 4,000, Hull- 500, Shields - | ||
| - | 500, Speed - 50, Cargo - 40, Description - A common sight in Convocation space, | ||
| - | those ships make up the majority of the Consortium free-trader fleet. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Grizzly 1, Class - Cruiser, RFL - 2, Cost - 4,000 credits, Hull - 1,000, | ||
| - | Shields - 1,000, Speed - 25, Cargo - 5, Description - Outfitted for combat and | ||
| - | light transportation needs and built specifically for the Consortium. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spider 2, RFL - 2, Cost - 6,000, Hull - 200, Shields - 200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hammerhead 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scorpion 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 300, Shields - 300. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tugboat 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 1,000, Shields - 1,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Grizzly 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spider 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hammerhead 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scorpion 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 600, Shields - 600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tugboat 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Grizzly 3, RFL - 7, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Spider 4, RFL - 7, Cost - 45,562, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hammerhead 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 1,600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Scorpion 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 1,200, Shields - 1,200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Tugboat 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Grizzly 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate Ships [SS] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | All Syndicate ships are 25% faster than other ships in the same class, and | ||
| - | though it may seem like an error, the cargo statistics for these ships are in | ||
| - | fact correct. The Heavy fighter has the largest cargo capacity in the faction, | ||
| - | and the cargo ship can't carry any more than a typical scout fighter. Also, in | ||
| - | spite of the Specter' | ||
| - | that all ships from every faction repair ships when you hijack them, it was | ||
| - | either a design error, or a gameplay decision that came too late to come up with | ||
| - | a new ability unique to the craft. Lastly, are the Syndicate cargo ships | ||
| - | displayed upside down? While some details are debatable, the cockpit window | ||
| - | screen extends downward instead of upward like the other ships in the faction. | ||
| - | Odd... | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Ghost 1, Class - Scout, RFL - 0, Cost - 0, Hull - 100, Shields - 100, | ||
| - | Speed - 150, Cargo - 5, Description - A combat scout fighter with a fearsome | ||
| - | reputation because of it's unparalleled speed. Ability - Can fire while cloaked | ||
| - | (and be fired *upon* without de-cloaking as well) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Specter 1, Class - Interceptor, | ||
| - | Shields - 200, Speed - 125, Cargo - 5, Description - Surprisingly deadly in | ||
| - | combat, thanks to a lethal ship-to-ship combat fuselage providing superior | ||
| - | defense. Ability - Hijacking with this ship will repair it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Vampire 1, Class - Heavy Fighter, RFL - 1, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 150, | ||
| - | Shields - 150 Speed - 100, Cargo - 10, Description - A heavy weapons platform | ||
| - | capable of dealing out deadly salvos of missile fire, requiring minimum lock-on | ||
| - | for maximum velocity. Ability - Missiles will fire at top speed regardless of | ||
| - | how long you spent locking on to them. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Wyvern 1, Class - Cargo Ship, RFL - 1, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 500, Shields | ||
| - | - 500, Speed - 62.5, Cargo - 5, Description - The Syndicate' | ||
| - | transport and heavy support, designed specifically by Warlord Cinnefa. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Reaper 1, Class - Cruiser, RFL - 2, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 1,000, Shields - | ||
| - | 1,000, Speed - 31.25, Cargo - 5, Description - A cruiser made for destruction - | ||
| - | the Syndicate' | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ghost 2, RFL - 2, Cost - 6,000, Hull - 200, Shields - 200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Specter 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vampire 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 300, Shields - 300. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Wyvern 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 1,000, Shields - 1,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaper 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ghost 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Specter 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vampire 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 600, Shields - 600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Wyvern 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaper 3, RFL - 7, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Ghost 4, RFL - 7, Cost - 45,562, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Specter 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 1,600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Vampire 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 1,200, Shields - 1,200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Wyvern 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Reaper 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Praetorian Ships [SP] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | All Praetorian ships cost 50% less than normal with no statistical downside. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Peacemaker 1, Class - Scout, RFL - 0, Cost - 0, Hull - 100, Shields - | ||
| - | 100, Speed - 120, Cargo - 5, Description - A short-range, | ||
| - | used for scouting and enforcing the Articles of Convocation. Ability - This ship | ||
| - | can fire while Undercover (without disengaging the ability). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Judicator 1, Class - Interceptor, | ||
| - | Shields - 200, Speed - 100, Cargo - 5, Description - The staple of the | ||
| - | Praetorian Fleet, a customizable combat-ready ship with superlative defensive | ||
| - | capabilities. Ability - The most maneuverable ship in the galaxy (boasts sharper | ||
| - | turns and controls, presumably intended to use in conjunction with the | ||
| - | Undercover ability). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Enforcer 1, Class - Heavy Fighter, RFL - 1, Cost - 1,000, Hull - 150, | ||
| - | Shields - 150, Speed - 80, Cargo - 5, Description - A heavy-weapons platform, | ||
| - | most commonly associated with Praetorian authority, capable of delivering | ||
| - | catastrophic damage - especially with beam weapons. Ability - Either it | ||
| - | increases the overall strength of beam weapons like an upgrade, or it lets beam | ||
| - | weapons do full damage without completely locking on like the Power Beam, I'm | ||
| - | not certain. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Bulldog 1, Class - Cargo Ship, RFL - 1, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 500, Shields | ||
| - | - 500, Speed - 50, Cargo - 20, Description - A heavy-transport ship used for | ||
| - | prisoner transfer and cargo. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Executor 1, Class - Cruiser, RFL - 2, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 1,000, Shields | ||
| - | - 1,000, Speed - 25, Cargo - 5, Description - A heavy cruiser used for direct | ||
| - | Praetorian intervention and combat needs throughout Convocation space. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Peacemaker 2, RFL - 2, Cost - 3,000, Hull - 200, Shields - 200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Judicator 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 4,500, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enforcer 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 4,500, Hull - 300, Shields - 300. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Bulldog 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 6,750, Hull - 1,000, Shields - 1,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Executor 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 6,750, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Peacemaker 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 10,125, Hull - 400, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Judicator 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 10,125, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enforcer 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 10,125, Hull - 600, Shields - 600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Bulldog 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 15,187, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Executor 3, RFL - 7, Cost - 12,187, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Peacemaker 4, RFL - 7, Cost - 22,781, Hull - 800, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Judicator 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 34,171, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 1,600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Enforcer 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 34,171, Hull - 1,200, Shields - 1,200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Bulldog 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 51,257, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Executor 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 51,257, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Dominion Ships [SD] - | ||
| - | |||
| - | & | ||
| - | |||
| - | All Dominion ships have stronger hulls when compared to shields, typically twice | ||
| - | as much. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Pegasus 1, Class - Scout, RFL - 0, Cost - 0, Hull - 200, Shields - 100, | ||
| - | Speed - 120, Cargo - 5, Description - A long-range scout ship for both recon and | ||
| - | combat. Ability - Power weapons are much more energy efficient with this ship. | ||
| - | (33.333333% etc. less energy used) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Phoenix 1, Class - Interceptor, | ||
| - | Shields - 200, Speed - 100, Cargo - 5, Description - The workhorse of the | ||
| - | Dominion Fleet and a deadly space-supremacy fighter. Ability - Capable of | ||
| - | commandeering friendly units. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Hydra 1, Class - Heavy Fighter, RFL - 1, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 285, | ||
| - | Shields - 15, Speed - 80, Cargo - 5, Description - A heavy-combat support unit | ||
| - | equipped for maximum offensive capability. Ability - A double thick hull | ||
| - | compensates for its low shielding. (Terribly so. Even if I liked the idea of | ||
| - | piloting a ship that has next to no shielding to allow for greater hull strength | ||
| - | that can't be recovered without a healer sentient the math it off. Given the | ||
| - | patterns of past ships the total defensive strength of the ship should be right | ||
| - | between the scout and interceptor, | ||
| - | shields, but as is it's no better than the Pegasus scout fighter). | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Centaur 1, Class - Cargo Ship, RFL - 1, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 1,000, | ||
| - | Shields - 500, Speed - 50, Cargo - 20, Description - A transport ship with the | ||
| - | offensive elements of a light cruiser. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Cyclops 1, Class - Cruiser, RFL - 2, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 2,000, Shields | ||
| - | - 1,000, Speed - 25, Cargo - 10, Description - A common sight in Convocation | ||
| - | space and a mainstay in the Dominion Fleet strength. | ||
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| - | Pegasus 2, RFL - 2, Cost - 6,000, Hull - 400, Shields - 200. | ||
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| - | Phoenix 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 800, Shields - 400. | ||
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| - | Hydra 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 570, Shields - 30. | ||
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| - | Centaur 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 1,000. | ||
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| - | Cyclops 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
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| - | Pegasus 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 800, Shields - 400. | ||
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| - | Phoenix 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 800. | ||
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| - | Hydra 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 1,140, Shields - 60. | ||
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| - | Centaur 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
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| - | Cyclops 3, RFL - 7, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
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| - | Pegasus 4, RFL - 7, Cost - 45,562, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 800. | ||
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| - | Phoenix 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 3,200, Shields - 1,600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Hydra 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 2,280, Shields - 120. | ||
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| - | Centaur 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Cyclops 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 16,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
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| - | - Order Ships [SO] - | ||
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| - | All Order ships have stronger shields when compared to hull, typically twice as | ||
| - | much. | ||
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| - | Name - Explorer 1, Class - Scout, RFL - 0, Cost - 0, Hull - 100, Shields - 200, | ||
| - | Speed - 120, Cargo - 5, Description - Renowned for its speed, ideal for recon | ||
| - | and Evangelist fleet security operations. Ability - Power weapons are much more | ||
| - | energy efficient with this ship. (33.333333% etc. less energy used) | ||
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| - | Name - Defender 1, Class - Interceptor, | ||
| - | Shields - 400, Speed - 100, Cargo - 5, Description - The most defensive fighter | ||
| - | in the Evangelist fleet (and highly valued on the black market.) Ability - | ||
| - | Capable of commandeering friendly units. | ||
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| - | Name - Avenger 1, Class - Heavy Fighter, RFL - 1, Cost - 2,000, Hull - 15, | ||
| - | Shields - 285, Speed - 80, Cargo - 5, Description - A deadly combination of | ||
| - | firepower and adaptability, | ||
| - | Ability - A paper thin hull is protected by a superior strength shield. (Again, | ||
| - | no stronger than the scout in terms of defense, and while it's not as bad as low | ||
| - | shields, the ship is far more vulnerable when a shield short is executed on it. | ||
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| - | Name - Dragonfly 1, Class - Cargo Ship, RFL - 1, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 500, | ||
| - | Shields - 1,000, Speed - 50, Cargo - 20, Description - A hybrid light cruiser | ||
| - | and transport, making it the perfect amalgamation of cargo hauler and heavy | ||
| - | weapons support. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Name - Punisher 1, Class - Cruiser, RFL - 2, Cost - 4,000, Hull - 1,000, Shields | ||
| - | - 2,000, Speed - 25, Cargo - 10, Description - Sacrifices speed for improved | ||
| - | weapon arrays and shielding, making it a terrifying opponent. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Explorer 2, RFL - 2, Cost - 6,000, Hull - 200, Shields - 400. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Defender 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 400, Shields - 800. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Avenger 2, RFL - 3, Cost - 9,000, Hull - 30, Shields - 570. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Dragonfly 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 1,000, Shields - 2,000. | ||
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| - | Punisher 2, RFL - 4, Cost - 13,500, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Explorer 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 400, Shields - 800. | ||
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| - | Defender 3, RFL - 5, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 800, Shields - 1,600. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Avenger 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 20,250, Hull - 60, Shields - 1140. | ||
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| - | Dragonfly 3, RFL - 6, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 2,000, Shields - 4,000. | ||
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| - | Punisher 3, RFL - 7, Cost - 30,375, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Explorer 4, RFL - 7, Cost - 45,562, Hull - 800, Shields - 1,600. | ||
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| - | Defender 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 1,600, Shields - 3,200. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Avenger 4, RFL - 8, Cost - 68,343, Hull - 120, Shields - 2,280. | ||
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| - | Dragonfly 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 4,000, Shields - 8,000. | ||
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| - | Punisher 4, RFL - 9, Cost - 102,515, Hull - 8,000, Shields - 16,000. | ||
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| - | - Clarifications, | ||
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| - | - Miscellaneous Info [MI] - | ||
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| - | - Prometheus Station' | ||
| - | blue instead of red. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Pulling the left/right triggers will alter the orientation of ships being | ||
| - | viewed while docked, while moving the right analog stick will turn the ship | ||
| - | left/right. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Syndicate faction progression is listed as a "Crime Sheet" rather than a Time | ||
| - | Sheet. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Cruisers appear larger when in small ships because the camera zooms in closer | ||
| - | when in smaller ships so that you're not controlling what looks like a spec on | ||
| - | the screen. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Dominion Battleships are actually just slightly altered Consortium Cruisers. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Occasionally when scanned by a Praetorian ship they' | ||
| - | clones we're looking for", a clear Star Wars reference. Syndicate grunts are | ||
| - | cloned pilots that are presumably either trained or implanted with software that | ||
| - | allows a Syndicate member to control them without putting themselves at risk. | ||
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| - | - GameFAQs user " | ||
| - | reference to Goldeneye' | ||
| - | http:// | ||
| - | think it's just a coincidence but that's open to debate. (It's worth noting | ||
| - | though, that some of the developers at Starfire are composed of former Halo and | ||
| - | Goldeneye developers, the latter being the game that included the Klobb | ||
| - | submachinegun). (Another minor note is that the KL-088 is a pulse weapon and | ||
| - | resembles a submachinegun more than any of the other weapon types not only for | ||
| - | being a rapid-fire projectile-launcher, | ||
| - | the other pulse weapons. This is because the projectiles move slower, making it | ||
| - | more practical to use it while closer to an enemy, and submachineguns in games | ||
| - | generally are considered to be less accurate at range). | ||
| - | |||
| - | - Ships and objects in Tartarus slowly drift clockwise, reflecting the pull of | ||
| - | the nearby black hole. There is also a region in it called Event Horizon, | ||
| - | which might be a reference to the movie of the same name. I'm pretty sure it's | ||
| - | a label given in the scientific community but it could still be the case. The | ||
| - | description of the area in the preset mission " | ||
| - | following: "The site of where something has come through the black hole, the | ||
| - | construct seems to have the same capabilities as the Leviathan. It's to the | ||
| - | DIR." I have no idea what DIR stands for, but the description relates to the | ||
| - | story of "Event Horizon" | ||
| - | same name using a black hole's power to bend space and time to create wormholes | ||
| - | in space for rapid transit. | ||
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| - | - Clarifications/ | ||
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| - | - The reason I don't get Xbox Live gold is because I refuse to pay to access | ||
| - | parts of a game I own, I have no problem with charging for the other services | ||
| - | similarly to Playstation Plus, but basic online play is not something I will pay | ||
| - | for. If Capcom can catch flak for creating on-disc DLC we, as consumers, should | ||
| - | be just as willing to take a stand, not by signing a petition or complaining | ||
| - | about it, but by doing something. Microsoft has no right to hold our games | ||
| - | hostage, and we cannot stand for it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The lack of indentations for paragraphs is due to a GameFAQs guide composition | ||
| - | rule that does not encourage/ | ||
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| - | - During the Prometheus Station walkthrough I was not trying to imply that | ||
| - | Starfire Studios ripped off/copied Bioshock, I am well aware that Prometheus is | ||
| - | a Greek Mythological figure who's name has appeared in everything from Yu-Gi-Oh | ||
| - | to Batman. It was a mildly humorous bit and nothing more. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The title for the Walkthrough that read " | ||
| - | a paraphrased reference to an early scene in the first Pirates of the Caribbean | ||
| - | movie. | ||
| - | |||
| - | - In the third preset mission walkthrough for the (PPA) section I mentioned that | ||
| - | there was no pun intended when talking about interceptors dogging the escort | ||
| - | target. This is both because you're armed with a " | ||
| - | cargo ship being escorted is known as a " | ||
| - | |||
| - | - The labeling of the Undercover glitch as " | ||
| - | pathetic compensation factor for the deprivation of human contact, but because | ||
| - | 1) " | ||
| - | like 2 thirds of the name " | ||
| - | labeling it when compared to " | ||
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| - | analysis, any resemblences to existing works, published or unpublished, | ||
| - | purely coincidental. | ||
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