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All correct!

Thing about "Tie Fighter" is that I got to play for the "Bad Guys" and the fact that it was written so you really felt like you were one of the "Good Guys".

Which you obviously were all along. We all know that the Jedi suck donkeys'....... Religious fanatics with no respect for other people's rights.

The Force shall set me free!
I did feel good when Zarin got his.
 
Only if we include the extended edition with the whole Thrawn campaign, because the TIE Defender was that ridiculously hilariously overpowered.
It was. That's what I loved about it. Blowing those filthy rebels up left, right and center after the long journey to get to that point. Very satisfying.

Unlike the current trends in gaming with "scaling" the enemies to the point where working hard to get an advantage is ultimately rendered pointless.

"OK, so now you deal twice the damage? Fine, we'll give your enemies twice the amount of hit points to keep it 'challenging'"

Because clearly shooting at the same enemy for 10 minutes is twice as challenging and "fun" as shooting at him for 5.

Which is kind of how I feel about CZs in Elite.
 
It was. That's what I loved about it. Blowing those filthy rebels up left, right and center after the long journey to get to that point. Very satisfying.

Unlike the current trends in gaming with "scaling" the enemies to the point where working hard to get an advantage is ultimately rendered pointless.

"OK, so now you deal twice the damage? Fine, we'll give your enemies twice the amount of hit points to keep it 'challenging'"

Because clearly shooting at the same enemy for 10 minutes is twice as challenging and "fun" as shooting at him for 5.

Which is kind of how I feel about CZs in Elite.
Word. I hate how creeping multiplayer focus has resulted in a constant obsession with balance, even when it's irrelevant. I love the power trip in games. The stuff you get from Risk of Rain, Dragon's Dogma, Elder Scrolls games which-are-not-Oblivion-although-you-can-still-do-it-but-it-takes-more-effort, or heck, even the Souls games with their infinite farming.

And the TIE Defender was glorious like that, I enjoyed it a lot. Plus you took it out on ridiculously high budget missions. By comparison, the TIE Advanced was my main issue with the game, it's just so, so utterly boring. Yes, it's straight up better than the unshielded trio, but that trio is where all the flavour of the game lies. You recognise a real pilot when they take their Y-Wing or TIE Bomber assignment with pride as opposed to retching/sobbing in a corner.
 

That's my test. I have to admit I'm overdoing it a bit, but these settings work fine in Horizons.
I was so hopeful last night that I might actually be able to keep a solid 60 FPS everywhere, and it looked promising after loading the main menu (got 120FPS there, even with the steam coning down from the vents), but, alas... As soon as I stepped into the concourse, BLAM... 45FPS while looking at nothing, 32 when stating out through the window in Pioneer Supplies...

At that point I couldn't be arx'ed to try testing on a planet, so I switched the PC off...

Sorry for the off-topic post!
 
And the TIE Defender was glorious like that, I enjoyed it a lot. Plus you took it out on ridiculously high budget missions. By comparison, the TIE Advanced was my main issue with the game, it's just so, so utterly boring. Yes, it's straight up better than the unshielded trio, but that trio is where all the flavour of the game lies. You recognise a real pilot when they take their Y-Wing or TIE Bomber assignment with pride as opposed to retching/sobbing in a corner.
That's the thing.

"Challenge" to me is where you sacrifice something in order to get something else. Like ridiculously high firepower in exchange for low defenses, maneuverability, or something else.

It teaches you to play to your strengths and learn to deal with your weaknesses.

It's one of the things I love about Kingdom Come Deliverance. It doesn't matter HOW much you 'sploit to get the bestest gear in the world, at the end of the day you're still a peasant with fancy weapons and armor who hasn't learned how to use it. Once you DO learn how to use it, on the other hand. Oooooooh dearie!
 
WARNING use eye protection fdev fixed the lighting

Source: https://youtu.be/8KIO1sJAAj8
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DONT GO TO THE LIGHT
 
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