Love it! but stuck on scenario 3! HELP!

booyaa

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Hey everyone, just got into the beta a couple of days ago, upgraded my PC(waiting for delivery) and bought an X52 Pro off the back of this brilliant forum, plugged it in and still can't destroy the scenario 3 sidewinder! I like that the game is hard but could do with some pointers if you have any?

thank you!

CMD Booyaa
 

LtCasey

LtCasey
IMHO, its the toughest scenario until now. I frequently use the FA for tighter turns. But this is no garanty. I lose 2 out of 4 Fights.
 

MentaListo

MentaListo
I beat it by playing chicken and hitting him harder than he hit me. Have to do it from the off. Fight/mission over in under 1 minute..

Reverse might also help
 

Majere

Majere
I nailed him with ease in Alpha 1.1 but they seemed to have upped his level somewhat and I am getting torn apart by him now.

Just have a regular joystick but really hard to get him back into sights even.

Might have to resort to trying FA off.
 

[SI] Bobdelion

[SI] Bobdelion
Fight No. 3 has become my default "refine your control scheme" battle (I'm using mouse and keyboard BTW). It continues to be the trickiest single engagement I've undertaken in the game so far... and I have no real idea why! I guess it's possible that the dev's are using this particular scenario to test the upper end of the NPC manoeuvrability/ability spectrum, but it does make for a challenge to say the least.

Stick with it - the other scenarios (bar the last two, but for other reasons) are a breeze compared to scenario 3.
 

huwthomas

huwthomas
I had a hard time until I learned to use reverse (to get him in front of me asap, not to fly backwards). Using up/down thrust in the turning fight seems to help too ... not because it lets you turn faster, but because it can help control your position.

If I get into a joust with him, I tend not to last very long.
 

Ottomic

Ottomic
Do swoops. Attack, full to engines, run away, come back for another pass. If done well, you can end the 3 of them pretty swiftly: you'll see a correct energy management can take you a long way. Also gimballing lasers + missiles = Smacker of Fools.

I can't get past 4, but 2 and 3 are very doable for me now.
 

Juppstein

Juppstein
booyaa said:
I like that the game is hard but could do with some pointers if you have any?
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Hop over to Youtube and have a look at the guys showing how to fly with FlightAssist on/off and lateral thrusters. This should give you the first step to master scenario 3. Use scenario 1 to train the new stuff.
 

booyaa

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Woot!

hurrah! finally beat him!

I'm putting it down to my shiny new alienware Aurora... either that or they've made him much easier as I didn't really have any issues this time, held him in my sights most of the time and didn't have to use FA off or rev/boost..! anyone else notice this? its feasible that my new frame-rate had the advantage... :)
 

huwthomas

huwthomas
booyaa said:
hurrah! finally beat him!

I'm putting it down to my shiny new alienware Aurora... either that or they've made him much easier as I didn't really have any issues this time, held him in my sights most of the time and didn't have to use FA off or rev/boost..! anyone else notice this? its feasible that my new frame-rate had the advantage... :)
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I could be wrong, but I think if you hit him hard early, before he even has time to begin a jousting run, he spends time evading rather than attacking. Then it gets quite easy.

Another good one for SP practice is the Predator and Prey mission, if you treat it as a pure combat mission instead of a stealth one.
 
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