Posted June 23, 2019
Am am currently at the beginning of the campaign, and i have major problems whenever i encounter A-Wings. So far, i have been sent against them in a gunboat, and i feel as if that thing is just way too clumsy to deal with them. I can win against them over time, but it usually takes me a few minutes to kill a single one because i hit them only barely often enough to overwhelm their shield regeneration.
The only situation i have found where i can kill one quickly is if they are far enough away for me to get a missile lock, and preferably not focussing on me. Then i can just launch three missiles and they usually die. If they focus on me, their laser fire kills my missiles, and i am once again in the close combat dogfight against them that takes ages.
I also cannot just ignore them, because then they usually stick behind me and murder me rather quickly if i try to fly anywhere else. I can ignore them to dogfight other fighters in the close surroundings.
This is pretty annoying, because it means that as soon as A-Wings turn up, i am basically no longer participating in the mission, and just doing a ten-minute dance of slowly killing the 3-4 of them. At that point, the mission is usually over.
Are there any tricks on how one can kill them more quickly? I can deal pretty reliably with all the other rebel fighters, but i just don't seem to be able to figure out the A-Wings. They are so small, quick and fast and they constantly rotate around me. (I know that the role of an A-Wing is to be able to kill enemy craft in a dogfight, but still, i would really like to not have every mission devolve into a 10-20 minute boring dogfight against A-Wings.
I guess it might be a problem with my accuracy, as i also have problems reliably hitting mines.
I am using a Thrustmaster Hotas X with a Joystick Gremlin curve to have more accuracy for smaller movements, to be able to smooth out the rather large dead zone in the middle with that stick. I will not buy a new Joystick.
Edit: And a second question, is there a list of how many of different types of missiles it takes to destroy craft and especially components on larger craft? I guess i could test it on my own, but it would be pretty nice to simply be able to look it up.
The only situation i have found where i can kill one quickly is if they are far enough away for me to get a missile lock, and preferably not focussing on me. Then i can just launch three missiles and they usually die. If they focus on me, their laser fire kills my missiles, and i am once again in the close combat dogfight against them that takes ages.
I also cannot just ignore them, because then they usually stick behind me and murder me rather quickly if i try to fly anywhere else. I can ignore them to dogfight other fighters in the close surroundings.
This is pretty annoying, because it means that as soon as A-Wings turn up, i am basically no longer participating in the mission, and just doing a ten-minute dance of slowly killing the 3-4 of them. At that point, the mission is usually over.
Are there any tricks on how one can kill them more quickly? I can deal pretty reliably with all the other rebel fighters, but i just don't seem to be able to figure out the A-Wings. They are so small, quick and fast and they constantly rotate around me. (I know that the role of an A-Wing is to be able to kill enemy craft in a dogfight, but still, i would really like to not have every mission devolve into a 10-20 minute boring dogfight against A-Wings.
I guess it might be a problem with my accuracy, as i also have problems reliably hitting mines.
I am using a Thrustmaster Hotas X with a Joystick Gremlin curve to have more accuracy for smaller movements, to be able to smooth out the rather large dead zone in the middle with that stick. I will not buy a new Joystick.
Edit: And a second question, is there a list of how many of different types of missiles it takes to destroy craft and especially components on larger craft? I guess i could test it on my own, but it would be pretty nice to simply be able to look it up.
Post edited June 23, 2019 by Simberto