Posts by ninjafreelancer

Thanks to everyone who took time to read and reply to this thread, very helpful and very informative.

@'Martind Forlon'
Thanks! Going to go explore wrecks right now, Stuck with Justice MK III on Defender and they campaign missions. Visited all goverment controlled bases in Liberty System and no better weapons are available. Wrecks and Hunting is the way to go.

@(IOC)Wanderer
Hey, Glad you mentioned Drails. Found one off a rogue ship and its stats are rather good! Was getting annoyed at the non availability of good weapons in Liberty System.

@Flashpoint7143
I'm still struggling with taking them down, trying with shipyard/planet/station (in reference to the first few campaign mission in FL CF 2.0) is stupid, Trying to salvage new weapons now.

@SilverFox
Thanks, reverted back to FL vanilla. FPS is now 55 to 60 range, much smoother on eyes.

@ramses
VERY HELPFUL! Sorry for the caps but this info was exactly what I was looking for, better weapons and better shields. Thank you so much for linking those pages.

Hey, Firstly a big warm thanks to every single person who worked and are still working on one of the best games ever.

Hi, I'm new to CF and was pleasantly surprised to know about the size of content, level of detail, lore and so many fine and minute details along with enhanced gameplay. I WAS AWESTRUCK!

So I decided to give it a try, fresh install of FL along with CF 2.0. Then I proceeded to get my ass kicked so badly like nothing else ever did. This confused me as

• I had completed Vanilla FL three times till now.
• My aiming was rather good in FL, Hand eye coordination was enough to stick like glue to any enemy AI.
• The weapons, equipment and ship were the best in entire starting system.

The framerate/FPS during fight is near 30fps which I reckon ought to do well enough for single player.
The AI is so fast, I've tried relentlessly but the direction changes are 0.5secs.
The AI is also good at evading missiles most of the time. Hardly two out of 10 missiles hit it.

I've read through other recommended tips/beginner's guide and threads.
The 1. Wiki's 'Combat Video Guides' (watched)
2. Starter Guide

Survival is easy when you focus on dodging ships thanks to rotation and strafing.
The Aiming and AI part is just too hard. From another thread, Each Rouge AI ship has atleast 10 Shield repair and 10 Hull repairs.
Add this to 6-8 rogues who are insanely fast and you will be exhausted trying to kill them.

I've seen a few videos with 1.9 CF (like this video) and the ships are tame and hardly as fast in direction changes as I've experienced in 2.0

Question:

• Is there any way to make it more smooth? Rouge AI goes all over the screen with direction changes so fast that under attack its impossible to keep up even with strafing turns and throttle control.
• Were missiles nerfed? With a limit on stockpile of missiles, every AI seems to be pro at using counter measures that leave you empty with hardly any damage done. Note: This is in regard with starting missiles: Eraser, Javelin, Windstalker (upto lvl 3 types).
• Are there any tricks to defeat the new AI? In Vanilla the selected target used to be most active at always dodging, if you simply aimed at other AI with their small crosshairs they used to go down without much fancy stuff. Even with gunning for targeted AI, it used to be fast enough to wipe them out.

My problem in not with the Shield and Hull repairs but with aiming, Is there anything you experienced guys can please suggest?

EDIT: Thanks for the quick reply SA_ Martind Forlorn, appreciate it alot! Read your tips, thanks for taking your time to write them. Will be trying them out.