ive tried this mission a few times and each time ive failed it, even tried it with someone helping me but no luck.
does anyone know of any tricks that I can use to crush this mission? I find it very annoying that I cant beat this simple mission.
I MAYBE get 2 cargo ships but the rest of them just go and I cant win.
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The only one with multiple transports that I can think of is the mission Treasure Trading Station. There you can just activate a tractor beam to disable the smuggler's ships.
if it's this one I use a bird of prey single target focused build.
use your cloak to sneak past the first group to attack the second group when the first goes down loot it, then quickly kill the protector preferablly while summoning your fleet support to delay if not take down the first group while you finish with the second.
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1) Ensure you're on minimal difficulty (minimises the HP sponges and hence time to get through NPC's)
2) The mission is fairly dps focused, so bring something with decent firepower. I also find focused firing works better to bring a transport down, raid it and then move onto the next one also taking care not to over damage the ones you've raided as that can fail the mission/Pi Canis Daily optional.
3) Engage and destroy the Federation reinforcements as soon as they arrive, you've should be able to get 1 freighter fairly damaged by this point, then focus on the reinforcements, a second wave will spawn fairly soon after as well. This then leaves you free to finish the rest of the freighters.
4) Take the front freighters (furthest from your spawn, nearest the warp out point) first, gives you slightly more time to get all the freighters as the back ones warp out later. If you're really struggling a strong grav well might help (never tried that myself), but that would need a fair bit of Grav Gens skill.
Since you start out from behind everyone, a BoP or investment in Intel spec for some space flanking pays off quite well in there. All advice above is also golden.
I tried the mission with the Vorgon ship, launched fighters (litle buggers destroyed one of the transports) gave it 4? runs but didnt work out at all.
ive also used the Breen Lobster with elite scorpions.
i run the game on normal, my character is lvl 60.
I drop out of warp, then immediately cloak. Under cloak, using full impulse I position my ship in front of the leading group of Federation ships, facing them, preferably holding an face to face position with the middle one and just about out of range for the Starfleet ship. Then I wait for the freighters to come in range themselves, decloak and unleash hell on them.
It really helps to have a CSV setup for this, maybe even supported with TS to finish off. Also, as others have recommended - the higher the DPS the better. If you happen to have a Mat'Ha Raptor, you'll be able to clean house in a matter of seconds.
After the first wave, destroy the Starfleet ship and then rinse and repeat for the second wave. This time you'll probably not be able to be out of the Starfleet reinforcements' range, but any solid Klingon ship can endure their attacks long enough for you to take out the rest of the freighters and then you can focus on finishing off Starfleet.
I hope this helps.
Helps me. I so suck at that Pi Canis Sortie Bravo thing.
My friend told me to practice, all three...I still avoid it, though. LOL!
But, I think it will help me figure out how to fly those Pilot Raptors better than those straight shooting Empire Defense/patrol type of missions. So, I need to get on that.
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what is CSV and TS?
what kind of a loadout would you recomend too? part of me wants to just load cannons and turrets and just spray and pray it, it works for the Defiant after all
> Im actually a Reman KDF.
> what is CSV and TS?
> what kind of a loadout would you recomend too? part of me wants to just load cannons and turrets and just spray and pray it, it works for the Defiant after all
Cannon Scatter Volley
Torpedo Spread
Nothing in particular. I have done this mission with optional with hegh'ta, T'varo, Negh'var, All breen ships and Orion FDC and various builds (BFAW, cannon and torpedo builds).
It's mostly all about not killing other disabled freighters while looting one. Having access to a Gravity Well and Aceton Assimilator helps, but it is not mandatory.
Not really, though anything that has a cloak is preferable due to the ability to position yourself without being noticed by the groups of Federation ships. Almost all Romulan ships are cloaking capable, so that shouldn't be a problem for you.
As far as loadouts go, depends on your style as long as you can dish out decent damage in the required time. I use DHCs up front and turrets in the back, but I'm biased like that - I only use cannon/turret combinations on my Klingon ships. You could just as easily have an all beam setup and just broadside it.