Search Results

(Quote) Mission 1 is always tedious because you are restricted to the ultra-light Starflier. While the Starflier is maneuverable enough to avoid taking too much fire, it just doesn't hit hard enough with the stock Liberty Lasers to take out enemies quickly. Tips: - Sell your nanobots and shield batteries before your very first flight. Buy LavaBlade Plasma Cannons... they hit MUCH harder than the lasers. You won't need bots or bats on the first flight. - If you don't already slide in combat, the…

(Quote) I just told you... select the countermeasure dropper in your weapons panel (while in flight). You know, as though you were adding it to your current Weapons Group. I do not recall seeing this tip in the Freelancer manual... it is just a tip that I picked up while reading the boards. In BigDaddy Storyline, pirates are so tenacious with cruise disruptors that automatic countermeasures are one of the few ways of having even a chance to escape from being hammered early in the game. Fortunat…

(Quote) Actually it is the same topic: Cruise Disruptors are just missiles. Counter-Measures stop them some percentage of the time. CM stops CD (usually) It may consume a few flares, but it works great.

(Quote) Man, what is it with this place? I posted my first message this morning, and you are the third person to tell me I am wrong when, in fact, I am correct. Weird attitude. Guys, instead of jumping down a newbie's throat, how about investigating the facts, first? I just stopped in to say how much I liked Crossfire. Sheesh! CMs work very well against CDs. If you look at weapon_equip.ini, you can see that CDs are just missiles with two lines changed: [Munition]cruise_disruptor = true [Gun]hp_…

(Quote) Thanks! I am comfortable with what I know, and one thing I know is that there are people here who know more than I do about many topics. I might also have an occasional tip to contribute to the forum. I figure that is what forums are supposed to be about... sharing knowledge and "give and take". Apparently I stumbled onto a good one -- and surprised a couple of the experts! That was completely unintentional. I was just trying to help out a couple of other newbies who were struggling wit…

(Quote) Haha! OK, now I understand. I had to re-read all of my notes to see what you were talking about, because my original post correctly described CMs and CDs. However, in one of my follow-up responses, I mentioned BigDaddy allows "160 CD Flares", which is obviously a typo. So, yeah, I meant, "CM Flares". You're right!

(Quote) Hahaha! Yeah, this thread IS funny! To recap: A couple of newbies asked for help with Mission 1. They did not get helpful responses, so I offered some tips that helped me when I was first starting out. One of those tips seemed to be previously unknown here. Since I am a newbie, a couple of regular posters thought that I was wrong (I was not). BUT I DID make one small typo, which caused some confusion. The result is a flurry of messages, back and forth, with various levels of seriousness…