First Strike Forums — After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Pam) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:01:46 +0000

That made me smirk

Knowledge is king!

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (FSDev| TALON) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:16:40 +0000

Well yeah, I'll conceed that, but that is the only weapon that does cut through those shields.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:43:39 +0000

Primary fire, upper shields. Secondary fire, lower shields. Though I concede that the heavy guns on the ISD seem to tear through even shields like butter, so you win that one.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (SamZi) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:20:28 +0000

FSDev| TALON wrote:

No they don't, it depends where the bombs hit you, remember you have dorsal and ventral shields, so as long as you have the right one deployed for the area where they hit you should take no damage. The two shields lose power indepenently of one another it is based on how constantly you have each shield deployed how long it lasts.
That will be all Private SamZi,
Dismissed.

Haha. Well I might've been using the wrong buttons but I just don't know as I'm confused as fook right now.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (FSDev| TALON) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:11:12 +0000

No they don't, it depends where the bombs hit you, remember you have dorsal and ventral shields, so as long as you have the right one deployed for the area where they hit you should take no damage. The two shields lose power indepenently of one another it is based on how constantly you have each shield deployed how long it lasts.

That will be all Private SamZi,

Dismissed.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (SamZi) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:56:52 +0000

WTH. Even Gwynzer agreed with me so I thought I couldn't be wrong. I was completely puzzled by it though, how could he have thought it if it wasn't true? Should've checked. I've no idea how I managed to miss that, there were even 2 health bars but they go down with damage at the same rate right? The shields don't deflect all damage though, bombs take your HP down even if you have shields on.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (FSDev| TALON) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:48:48 +0000

Yup, I think he deserves a demotion for that one.

Excellent report and pics by the way Safe, nice work.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:24:01 +0000

Er, there are no separate shields for upper and lower parts, just the one source of shields for either side. And it doesn't deflect all damage, just most of it.

Never thought I'd live to see SamZi be so completely and utterly wrong about something FS-related .

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (RSF Angel) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:23:09 +0000

SamZi wrote:

Er, there are no separate shields for upper and lower parts, just the one source of shields for either side. And it doesn't deflect all damage, just most of it.

They have separate ammo counters!

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:41:09 +0000

Every CG has Escape from Hoth these days, doesn't it? The rotation changes pretty much every CG, so sometimes EfH won't have that many players.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (mechag2) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:28:03 +0000

Aw, hell!! I missed a community games event with Escape from Hoth?! Damnit! But those screenies are E-PIC!

With my poor internet connection, I probably would've gotten blitzed left and right anyway. lol My stats have suffered enough from it me thinks.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:03:09 +0000

Yup, it's deflection screens/shields which protect your ship from damage. Ammo indicators, which I believe start at 30 each, indicate how many seconds of shield power you have left at any given time. Shields completely deflect damage from weapon hits and collisions (except perhaps high-speed ramming situations, haven't tried), but cannot be recharged, so use them wisely! Sometimes, if you've got one side with lots of shield power and one side with depleted shields, it's also an idea to rotate your craft so that you expose the side that's still protected. Once I was flying a Gallofree and ran out of shield power to the upper (dorsal) part of the hull, but I survived by turning the ship upside down and flying really low over the Star Destroyer's surface so the TIEs could only hit the bottom of the ship, which still had plenty of shield power .

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Gwynzer) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:59:17 +0000

Its the sheilds. t stops/reduces damage for a couple of seconds. Left click sheilds the top of the galo, right click sheilds the bottom.

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (|KW|C3-DaddyO) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:54:31 +0000

Perhaps unrelated... when you're flying the transports and "fire" - what is the "Reerrrr" sound? Am I shooting anything?.. there's a sight like I'm shooting a turret/gun, a noise when I push fire, but no beam... no distruction... no nuthin' except "Reeerrrr" as far as I can tell.

Anyone?

Re: After-Action Report: Escape from Hoth (56k = frustration)

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:09:52 +0000

For those interested, here are all the screenshots I took of the round (160+), in their original size: Download (62.6 MB, .rar format)

I'll add a couple I didn't use, and perhaps even a couple I did use, but which deserve to be shown off at full size, to the AAR/Screenshots thread.