Hi, Here's what I do.
I have the emp lazers I can't remember what they're called. I use target lock, then shoot 2 shots. Then if I am in friendly teratory, I'll send out an sos call for reenforcements. I don't always use missiles. If my emp takes affect, then I'll send a missile the enemies way to give him something to think about. Then rince and repete. The only thing I've not been able to find at the moment is spy sensors. I have enough cash to go up to a cruiser, but am not going to do that yet until I have a few more credits. -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark Sent: 20 October 2012 11:42 To: [email protected]; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Smugglers 5. Hi lindsay. well I've not explored all the professions yet but I'll give some thoughts. Also note though, that niels is actually writing an advanced guide to the game. He showed a rough draught of the first chapter of the trader guide the other day, and I'm sure he'll show the others soon, so even if you are! stuck some good resources will be available in the near future. About my own experience though, the federation is a good choice because they have powerfull ships and because they start off in a relatively safe system surrounded by other systems. Back in s3 the federation were actually listed as the easy option, with the outer rim listed as medium and the other two listed as hard. While that isn't exactly true anymore it still is to an extent especially at the start of the game. Smugglers 5 has basically three groups of professions with each having a more advanced option that starts with a corvet class ship and extra skills. One group, the fleet officer and bounty hunter are all about combat. the pirate and smuggler are obviously all for looting, while the fleet trader and free trader are the trading jobs. I've only played the bounty hunter so far so can't offer tips on others, sinse I rather enjoy missions and combat especially in s5 where the combat is more difficult. First thing to remember is that some ships are more powerfull than others. The weakest fighter is the star wolf, with the star gun a little stronger, and the avenger, dart sabre and orion trader ship a little stronger than that. Shadowcat is the weakest corvet but will still be a very tough fight at the start, and other corvets are again stronger. so, remember to think carefully about the strength of your targit, sinse unlike in s4, you can no longer just take on a more powerfull ship than yours and expect an instant victory. Upgrading your ship's equipment is very important if you want to start fighting the more powerfull ships and earning the big bounties. I usually start myself upgrading guns, ecm and missiles, but plan on upgrading everything, sinse all the upgrades help. Ecm and missiles will provide you with defense while obviously guns nd and targiting systems ar offensive, and you'll need both. In combat, in s5 I found ship's special abilities had a real affect (far more than in s4). For instance the avenger has an ability to reduce ap costs for firing your guns to 1 ap, giving you more chances to shoot in combat. Also, note in s5 your enemies will make far more use of special abilities like taunt abd ducuokub, so you'll need to make doubly sure you have the where with all to hit them and avoid their shots. For bounty hunter, i found the taunt ability usefull for saving me from damage, and obviously tractor beam helped when the targit was likely to run away. The scattergun, giving you more accurate but less damaging fire I didn't personally use much sinse usually I found it did more damage to try and occupy my enemy with missiles while I shot them up, though the ace ability that you start with, that gives you a super accurate shot at the cost of two other abilities is usefull towards the end of combat when you are down to the wire and really need to get that last volley in to win. the basic rule of combat is always make sure you've got as much going for you as possible. you generally speaking always get the first turn, so use that advantage. the situation to avoid is hanging there in space while the enemy gets a free shot with nothing protecting you, particularly sinse so many enemies in the game use emp pulses to stun you, or to be shooting away at the enemy with nothing to improve your shot (though until you get the diciplin or targit lock skkills you might have to at the start). So, always make sure there is a missile in play. I myself found the exasm missiles most effective, sinse they have high damage and lower ap cost and can reload relatively quickly, plus have ecm resistance which is a major plus. also remember to use as many ap as possible. There might be times when you can't avoid ending a turn with a single ap left (this happens more than in s4 sinse in s5 special abilities last 4 turns instead of 3), but generally you should avoid this as much as possible, ---- so for instance my first turn usually involved using taunt and firing a missile at the same time. So, make sure you get the ap count sorted and give yourself as much advantage as possible. Another thing to be ware of in s5 in terms of combat are special events. most often these are bad for you, sometimes they will affect both you and your opponent, and on some rare occasions they will affect just your opponent and give you an advantage (though don't count on those). The commonist ones give you some sort of bad condition with the chance to try and remove it at the cost of 2 ap, for instance the long distance combat event gives you a massively reduced hit chance until you close the distance, but closing attempts take two ap each and usually you have to try a few before you succeed. The nastiest by far is the computer virus or trater events, which lower your shield, stun you, and do all sorts of other nasty stuff and should be got rid of top priority. So, be carefull of those, but also keep up your defenses, ---- missiles are actually great here sinse they can protect you from the enemy's guns while you try to sort the special out. For making money, in a fighter you can make most cash by taking out single ships. Ambush missions give the most, that is taking out ships that are bigger than yours, but you shouldn't even think about this until you've got a good few ship upgrades and experience, especially against tough targits like hellcats or orcas. that means at the start your best option are search and destroy missions against a single targit, sinse these pay more than patrols, and you don't really have the cargo space to make supply missions a good choice (as a combat pilot you should probably think about using your cargo space for something else anyway like an extra shield generator). also keep checking your sensors. A starwolf is a very easy targit but is worth a flat 2000 credits, and all other fighters are worth 3. When your tough enough to take on shadowcats they are worth 16 thousand, and all other corvets 20! and this isn't counting cargo you loot from them either which will get you another 500 to 1000 credits ontop of the bounty. I don't think any named pirates with big bounties show up at the start of the game unlike in s4, so you can't make a sudden killing and get a massive amount straight off, but it's still worth checking. likewise, no enemy traders with valuable cargo turn up either. Obviously if your playing as a bounty hunter you won't have the ability to commit piracy and avoid criminal flags, so stay away from friendly targits. Also unlike in s4, you won't start seeing enemy traders with valuable cargo either, (though even in s4 I never found this paid half as much as ship bounties). As I said, i've still got a lot to learn about the game myself, especially the other professions, and i'm looking forward to the full guide from niels. Hth. all the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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