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Alright, I have no shame anymore. I want to join an RP clan (New Republic only).
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TK-42-1 posted:Shunting power around was such a good gimmick tho. I can understand how they're balancing it but it'll still be missed. Even Totally Games knew how broken it was when they put the SLAM system into the Missile Boat.
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Sep 16, 2020 16:45
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Drone posted:Alright, I have no shame anymore. I want to join an RP clan (New Republic only). I got you fam
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Sep 16, 2020 21:28
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Is there an option in game to broadcast voice to the other team, so that I can give some good death screams as my ship goes down
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Sep 16, 2020 21:31
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Wilhelm scream or gtfo
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Sep 16, 2020 23:05
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Is there an option in game to broadcast voice to the other team, so that I can give some good death screams as my ship goes down 
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Sep 16, 2020 23:45
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That's a great idea, I'd love to have a two-second period when you blow up that your voice is broadcast to all.
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Sep 16, 2020 23:51
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I want the Y-Wing pilot from Jedi who screams "I'm hiiiiiiit!"
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Sep 17, 2020 00:54
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Is it sad I am gonna get this for PS4, cause I don't have a decent joystick or HOTAS?
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Sep 17, 2020 00:55
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bunnyofdoom posted:Is it sad I am gonna get this for PS4, cause I don't have a decent joystick or HOTAS? If that’s the only reason you’re going for ps4 over pc then maybe?
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Sep 17, 2020 03:32
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Arcsquad12 posted:I want the Y-Wing pilot from Jedi who screams "I'm hiiiiiiit!" He was my rebel spirit animal
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Sep 17, 2020 03:42
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Arcsquad12 posted:I want the Y-Wing pilot from Jedi who screams "I'm hiiiiiiit!" Isn’t one of those pilots actually a woman dubbed with a mans voice?
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Sep 17, 2020 04:09
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SabinBlitz posted:Isn’t one of those pilots actually a woman dubbed with a mans voice? sure was https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/see-3-female-fighter-pilots-who-got-cut-from-return-of-the-jedi
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Sep 17, 2020 04:24
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Cobbsprite posted:That's a great idea, I'd love to have a two-second period when you blow up that your voice is broadcast to all. i just want my goon pilot to try maker jerk off sounds as their death scream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHq35K9xojQ or this.
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Sep 17, 2020 04:24
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SabinBlitz posted:Isn’t one of those pilots actually a woman dubbed with a mans voice? Yes, they chickened out on having gender-integrated pilots during post. There were a couple of women screen-tested for fighter pilots, the footage is out there on YouTube somewhere.
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Sep 17, 2020 04:43
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bunnyofdoom posted:Is it sad I am gonna get this for PS4, cause I don't have a decent joystick or HOTAS? Why wouldn't you just plug your ps4 controller into your pc
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Sep 17, 2020 06:54
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Plugged in my Thrustmaster yesterday, blinged out a Steam copy of X-Wing with some of the "make this thing look good on a modern system" tweaks, and played it for like two hours last night. To my great shame, I never actually really played X-Wing or TIE Fighter back in the day, and I can say that this experience definitely holds up.
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Sep 18, 2020 10:42
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I've been playing X-Wing Alliance again with the fancy graphics mods to get myself hype for Squadrons and I've found that anything with a laser turret rips me in half. Apparently I am Bad At Games now. 
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Sep 18, 2020 14:41
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howe_sam posted:I've been playing X-Wing Alliance again with the fancy graphics mods to get myself hype for Squadrons and I've found that anything with a laser turret rips me in half. Apparently I am Bad At Games now. laser turrets were always huge assholes (which is why i was excited to see it as an item in squadrons  ), I remember that mission in tie fighter where you have to take out a whole minefield of them in an unshielded tie....
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Sep 18, 2020 14:58
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Tom Guycot posted:laser turrets were always huge assholes (which is why i was excited to see it as an item in squadrons I died so many times on that mission as a kid back in 99’... I tried to do it again as a grown adult in his 30’s and gently caress that poo poo. How did I ever get past that???
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Sep 18, 2020 16:40
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SabinBlitz posted:I died so many times on that mission as a kid back in 99’... Isn't that the one where the Imperial traitors are trying to get you killed and the secret order guys come and save you? I didn't think you had to actually had to clear the minefield?
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Sep 18, 2020 18:35
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You can kill your wingmates off the bat with a pair of quad shots before they aggro you and then take potshots at the minefield to complete the objectives.
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Sep 18, 2020 18:43
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You don’t have to. It’s a trap. They uh, are trying to kill you.
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Sep 18, 2020 18:44
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I was 11 when I first played it. I must have been a literal God Ace because I remember killing the mines, then the ties, then trying to survive the poo poo storm afterwards. I did it over and over and over until I finally cleared it with red hull and all components busted It never occurred to me to kill the wingmen first.
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Sep 18, 2020 18:53
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Drone posted:Plugged in my Thrustmaster yesterday, blinged out a Steam copy of X-Wing with some of the "make this thing look good on a modern system" tweaks, and played it for like two hours last night. I played through the Balance of Power campaign a few weeks back and it is way, way harder than I remember. I'm struggling right now to remember all my fancy mappings on my X52 and I keep getting blasted out of the sky as I forget which button is shield redirect, countermeasure, etc. howe_sam posted:I've been playing X-Wing Alliance again with the fancy graphics mods to get myself hype for Squadrons and I've found that anything with a laser turret rips me in half. Apparently I am Bad At Games now. FYI the fancy graphics mods for XWA make laser turrets far more accurate and deadly, to the point where if you need to do a bombing run you should turn off your targeting computer and dumb fire your payload. If you don't the capital ship turrets will be able to target and shoot down your torpedoes.Tom Guycot posted:laser turrets were always huge assholes (which is why i was excited to see it as an item in squadrons "ALPHA 1 IS THE EMPEROR'S STOOL PIGEON" And if you kill the wingmen before they fire on you: "Ah looks like Alpha 1 doesn't play nice with others" The only objective you actually need to complete in that mission is inspecting the shuttle that Harkov's officers are on and actually landing in the Modified Frigate Osprey so you don't die. Everything else is optional. axeil fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Sep 18, 2020 |
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Sep 18, 2020 19:05
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The main thing I remember about that mission was the briefing where you can talk to the secret objectives guy and he just says something along the lines of "This mission seems fishy  "
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Sep 18, 2020 19:25
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hobbesmaster posted:The main thing I remember about that mission was the briefing where you can talk to the secret objectives guy and he just says something along the lines of "This mission seems fishy “...We’re just gonna be on standby. Keep me on speed dial.”
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Sep 18, 2020 19:47
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axeil posted:FYI the fancy graphics mods for XWA make laser turrets far more accurate and deadly, to the point where if you need to do a bombing run you should turn off your targeting computer
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Sep 18, 2020 20:22
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Tom Guycot posted:laser turrets were always huge assholes (which is why i was excited to see it as an item in squadrons Sounds like you're the emperor's stool pigeon tbh
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Sep 18, 2020 20:24
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axeil posted:FYI the fancy graphics mods for XWA make laser turrets far more accurate and deadly, to the point where if you need to do a bombing run you should turn off your targeting computer Yeah. I've been playing through X Wing Alliance in VR and some of the missions are unplayable given these weird tweaks. I must have gone through the one where you need to disable the dreadnaught so it can be boarded about 5 times before I looked it up and realise the balance was entirely off. I'm not exactly sure why they made those changes... I get the impression the modellers thought it was cooler / more screen accurate to add a bazillion laser turrets to the models without considering how it might break the game.
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Sep 18, 2020 21:08
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I started playing Alliance again and I will always get a kick out of Emon's accent. Also the email messages are pretty cute.
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Sep 18, 2020 21:38
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axeil posted:FYI the fancy graphics mods for XWA make laser turrets far more accurate and deadly, to the point where if you need to do a bombing run you should turn off your targeting computer Speaking as someone who played an unknown few thousand hours of that game when it came out as a kid decades ago, patched and not, that behavior has nothing to do with graphics mods. Torpedoes, bombs, and missiles fired at turreted ships when locked on get shot down much like any other target that doesn't evade fire gets shot down. YT freighter turrets when set on autonomous mode also do this. 
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Sep 18, 2020 21:39
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I’ve got a thrustmaster hotas x, but I’m considering an upgrade to an x52 for this. Does anyone have experience of both to say if it’s much of an upgrade?
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Sep 18, 2020 22:25
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PunkBoy posted:I started playing Alliance again and I will always get a kick out of Emon's accent. Also the email messages are pretty cute. "Not today bootlicker."
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Sep 18, 2020 23:23
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OhFunny posted:"Not today bootlicker." I love the difference between cutscene Emon and mission Emon in that. Mission Emon almost bites the line out in anger which is a perfect fit for the circumstances, and cutscene Emon is full-heroic neener neener eat a weiner mode which is a good callback to a cool moment.
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Sep 18, 2020 23:36
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axeil posted:
As someone else said, this is the case in vanilla XWA. The only thing some of the mods might change is giving the capital ships more turrets. Dumb-firing before veering off is still a good idea as capital ships can't target dumb-fired missiles. I've been playing XWA recently as well and some of the missions are incredibly annoying. I had to skip the Tydirium mission because the mission wouldn't advance. The commandos get in the shuttle and just sit there, the starfighter reinforcements don't actually hyper in either. I'm really looking forward to Squadrons and hoping the single-player isn't EA's usual phoning it again garbage.
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Sep 19, 2020 12:12
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Sanitary Naptime posted:I’ve got a thrustmaster hotas x, but I’m considering an upgrade to an x52 for this. Does anyone have experience of both to say if it’s much of an upgrade? Same but I have no hotas and I want to pick up a T.Flight Hotas X on the cheap-ish. I don't want to invest all my money in a high end stick if I end up not digging it. Is the Hotas X good enough for a starter or is it going to be jitter city and LITERALLY UNPLAYABLE? Obviously we can't tell yet for Squadrons specifically but I I also intend to use it for Ace Combat, Flight Simulator, etc.
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Sep 19, 2020 17:28
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For the price of an x52 you may as well spend another 40$ and get a VKB NXT. No separate throttle, but the stick itself will be much better.
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Sep 19, 2020 18:00
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The HOTAS-X is absolute trash and I would rather use a keyboard. Do not buy it.
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Like, HOTAS-X makes me mad because it's so lovely that it gives the impression that flight sims are super difficult and planes are frustrating and janky. Then you use a decent joystick and it's like, "oh, flying is actually pretty simple and that stick was just awful."
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