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Romulan mission making me furious.

adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
edited February 2014 in The Academy
It's the one defending some place against the elachi, I need to kill one more group of elachi, have 2 of the 3 done. Fighting two elachi vessels, cannot even kill one of the two before I die. How the frak do I beat this mission...
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  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Not to be trite, but whatever you are doing ... try something different.

    It could be slotting a different BOff or adjusting power levels to boost shields or weapons. Are you using any consumables like shield or weapon buffing?
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  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    is this the mission where luke takes his light fighter out to kill the AT-AT walkers? That one is a pain... you need a fully geared shuttle to beat it without dying a lot. I recommend, if you do not have good skills, to use 360 weapons and buy a EC shuttle that has 1 officer slot so you can heal your hull or shields. Re-run the mission for the reman ubershields or something if you can, that helps too.


    While it is sort of lame, you can just die, respawn, and continue from there. Eventually you will win: the enemy can't respawn.
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I just abandoned the episode/mission/whatever and have skipped any of them mentioning Elachi.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    If it's the mission against the main Elachi ships...I "cheated" and did it in a Sao Paulo instead of the DD. I regret nothing.
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  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    adamwehn1979 wrote: »
    I just abandoned the episode/mission/whatever and have skipped any of them mentioning Elachi.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFfxgn1EkWc

    I'll just leave this here. :D
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Or, worst case scenario, you kill one, you respawn, you kill the other one. What's the issue?

    Also, have you not done "Installation 18"? I was pretty sure that came before the Elachi missions. You should have Call Nimbus Pirates as a power - they can make a good hole card when things aren't going your way, especially if we're discussing the defense of New Romulus and not the assault on Rhi.

    If you are on Rhi, try telling your squadrons to protect you, or to attack your target. Either one can be useful. And don't ignore your Singularity powers - the shield boost can be a lifesaver!
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  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Oh man I loved those elachi missions, it was so fun the firsr time playing them ( ok second because of closed beta ).
  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    What mission is that? any pve queue or any fleet action?? is not from the episode story , right?
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    jonsills wrote: »
    Or, worst case scenario, you kill one, you respawn, you kill the other one. What's the issue?

    Also, have you not done "Installation 18"? I was pretty sure that came before the Elachi missions. You should have Call Nimbus Pirates as a power - they can make a good hole card when things aren't going your way, especially if we're discussing the defense of New Romulus and not the assault on Rhi.

    If you are on Rhi, try telling your squadrons to protect you, or to attack your target. Either one can be useful. And don't ignore your Singularity powers - the shield boost can be a lifesaver!

    I tried calling the pirates, nothing happened. I was using my singularity abilities and every other trick I could think of. I couldn't even kill one of the two ships.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • alexmakepeacealexmakepeace Member Posts: 10,633 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Which level is it you're having trouble with?

    Three possible solutions:

    1. Go do something else for a while and gain a level or two, maybe rank up and get a new ship. Difficulty increases slightly faster than level.

    2. Fight like a Romulan. Use cloak to your advantage, move around until you can weak shield facings, along with warp shadow or whatever it's called. Anything to direct attention away from you.

    3. Once you're in the mission, invite a friend to team with you and have him drop in and lend a hand.

    I had a nasty fight with my first Monbosh right at the tail end of Subcommander. I died a lot, but with persistence and adopting a distinctly Romulan war of fighting, I did it. Then I was promoted, got my D'deridex and was never troubled by a Monbosh again. I'm pretty sure I was slightly underlevel for that mission, and if I'd been flying a D'deridex it would have been much easier.
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  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    If it's the mission where you use a shuttle, and must defeat 3 Elachi Walkers accompanied by waves of Elachi Shuttles, then I too had trouble with that mission ... at first ...

    The trick is (and hopefully the Devs wont read this and Nerf it) Don't bother fighting!

    The allied Fighter/Shuttle squadrons are infinite,, so even if they die, they respawn after a few seconds, so just use the your Cloak and the "Attack my target" fighter command, just keep hitting "TAB" to swap enemies and let the infininpc's do all the work ...

    It's not exactly a 'gentlemanly" or "Honorable" tactic, but it works ...

    And kinda' fits in with the Romulan psyche ...
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  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    bendalek wrote: »
    If it's the mission where you use a shuttle, and must defeat 3 Elachi Walkers accompanied by waves of Elachi Shuttles, then I too had trouble with that mission ... at first ...

    The trick is (and hopefully the Devs wont read this and Nerf it) Don't bother fighting!

    The allied Fighter/Shuttle squadrons are infinite,, so even if they die, they respawn after a few seconds, so just use the your Cloak and the "Attack my target" fighter command, just keep hitting "TAB" to swap enemies and let the infininpc's do all the work ...

    It's not exactly a 'gentlemanly" or "Honorable" tactic, but it works ...

    And kinda' fits in with the Romulan psyche ...
    (Ducks behind a shield after typing that comment)

    It's the one where the elachi are attacking a space station, first you have to tinker with satellites to prevent them warp skipping around. Then you have to beat 3 waves of elachi ships before fixing the station. Or something like that.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    alexmakepeace wrote: »
    Which level is it you're having trouble with?

    Three possible solutions:

    1. Go do something else for a while and gain a level or two, maybe rank up and get a new ship. Difficulty increases slightly faster than level.

    2. Fight like a Romulan. Use cloak to your advantage, move around until you can weak shield facings, along with warp shadow or whatever it's called. Anything to direct attention away from you.

    3. Once you're in the mission, invite a friend to team with you and have him drop in and lend a hand.

    I had a nasty fight with my first Monbosh right at the tail end of Subcommander. I died a lot, but with persistence and adopting a distinctly Romulan war of fighting, I did it. Then I was promoted, got my D'deridex and was never troubled by a Monbosh again. I'm pretty sure I was slightly underlevel for that mission, and if I'd been flying a D'deridex it would have been much easier.

    I started the mission at like lvl 35 or 36, I was trying to fight like a romulan. Cloak, set up my attack, decloak make attack. Get my posterior blasted to pieces. Cloack to save myself, set up another attack, get blown to pieces and die. Respawn, both ships are 100%. I've abandoned the mission and any others mentioning elachi at all.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • dragonsbrethrendragonsbrethren Member Posts: 1,854 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    This one definitely felt like a major difficulty spike when I first played it. The next few missions are just as bad. Then difficulty goes bye-bye again until a few of the Cardassian missions.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    adamwehn1979 wrote: »
    It's the one where the elachi are attacking a space station, first you have to tinker with satellites to prevent them warp skipping around. Then you have to beat 3 waves of elachi ships before fixing the station. Or something like that.

    It's this mission right? http://sto.gamepedia.com/Mission:_Last_Stand

    What ship are you flying? What gear/boff powers are you using? We can take a look at your setup for you and see what's going on.
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  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Yeah, something definitely is wrong with his build, i recall doing this mission 4 times now, with my alts, and i never had such problems. Yea, it can be hard, but not impossible, as i remember, i never died in that mission. Maybe he is playing in a kamikaze way? beams on shuttles are great for the 360 angle, but a torpedo with the spread boff skills its even better (you will kill the targets 3x faster) if you know how to pilot the shuttle and how to manouver.
  • corjetcorjet Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Don't give up! Anyway - you can search this thread - but my post should help since I've done it since LoR went live without any 'help' at all - just basic gear you pick up.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=11825001&postcount=72
  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    adamwehn1979 wrote: »
    It's the one defending some place against the elachi, I need to kill one more group of elachi, have 2 of the 3 done. Fighting two elachi vessels, cannot even kill one of the two before I die. How the frak do I beat this mission...

    The Stopping The Elachi Waves missions are pretty much the biggest flaw in the otherwise excellent Romulan storyline since they just go on and on and on and on and on and on...

    If you don't want to redo your build, just hang out a distance away from the station and only get close enough to draw off one mob at a time. If you're careful, you won't get flattened by a half dozen of the punks piling on you at once.
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  • lordfuzunlordfuzun Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    adamwehn1979 wrote: »
    It's the one where the elachi are attacking a space station, first you have to tinker with satellites to prevent them warp skipping around. Then you have to beat 3 waves of elachi ships before fixing the station. Or something like that.

    That missions is ultra easy, once you know the secret. The NPC AI is different from the normal AI. The Elachi in that mission don't do anyting but "attack" the station if they are not targeted by you or the allied fighters. If you are having problems, stay cloaked and let the fighters be killed off. Once they are cleared, you can take on the Elachi one by one.

    If I'm in no hurry, I will target the toughest target in a spawn and blast away with AoE attacks so the other NPCS elachi are in the AoE. The non-targeted Elachi will totally ignore you.
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I've given up on mission runs pretty hard core since I started doff assignments. I started doing those around lvl 26 and now I'm lvl 38. It was a problem with my build, I had neglected my ship equipment and much of it was Mk IV to Mk VI. I've spent a lot of dilithium and EC to upgrade it. I've got a couple Mk X's waiting for me once I tier.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    adamwehn1979 wrote: »
    I've given up on mission runs pretty hard core since I started doff assignments. I started doing those around lvl 26 and now I'm lvl 38. It was a problem with my build, I had neglected my ship equipment and much of it was Mk IV to Mk VI. I've spent a lot of dilithium and EC to upgrade it. I've got a couple Mk X's waiting for me once I tier.

    Also considering my equipment handicap, I'd say I was doing pretty good to make it to wave 3.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • adamwehn1979adamwehn1979 Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    It's this mission right? http://sto.gamepedia.com/Mission:_Last_Stand

    What ship are you flying? What gear/boff powers are you using? We can take a look at your setup for you and see what's going on.

    Yes that was the mission I was on, and I was using a Valdore. But the equipment onboard was dated.
    These aren't the droids you're looking for.
  • maxvitormaxvitor Member Posts: 2,213 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I think in the last wave the only thing you have to kill to win are the dreadnaughts.
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    maxvitor wrote: »
    I think in the last wave the only thing you have to kill to win are the dreadnaughts.
    That's in the one where you're defending Mol'Rihan. He's talking about the one where you're defending a station - I think it's the one occupied by holograms (pardon me, "synthetic citizens"). You have to fix two nearby transmitters to keep the Elachi from popping in, shooting, then popping out; once this is done, you have to fight three waves of Elachi ships.

    And yes, going into this with substandard gear for your level is an error. :) Fortunately, unless you insist on leveling up by DOffs alone, you should pick up the good gear just from drops from fallen foes.
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