Though this is not a bug, or it might be, but I tried to disable the astrid to capture it, but it kept shooting at me with those weird weapons that block almost the whole screen, I can't hardly see and can't select any definable engine/shield/weapon, and I tried.
So how do you capture this ship, and is it worth? It has exceptional speed but how about its shielding and weapons?
Please, if anyone can enlighten this a bit, that would be very nice to know a bit about it's background.
Capture Astrid impossible?
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Capture Astrid impossible?
Ps. Computers can make errors, they are made and programmed by error-making humans.
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Not beta feedback. Moved to the main forum.
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Re: Capture Astrid impossible?
Not a bug I think.
They're a little hard to capture. However, you can do it. Just, maybe the possibility is low.
I personally don't use even though I have an Astrid, because I just want maneuverable ship rather than just a fast ship, but it will be different based on the each users' opinion.
To bail effectively, I think you'd better to practice to damaging the ship to possibly bail, but not be destroyed. This should be possible with your experienced skills.
They're a little hard to capture. However, you can do it. Just, maybe the possibility is low.
I personally don't use even though I have an Astrid, because I just want maneuverable ship rather than just a fast ship, but it will be different based on the each users' opinion.
To bail effectively, I think you'd better to practice to damaging the ship to possibly bail, but not be destroyed. This should be possible with your experienced skills.
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Re: Capture Astrid impossible?
I used some corvettes with ion weapons and pretty will trained marines.
I don't really use it, i have it sitting on the deck of my flaghship Asgard to add some extra turrets to defend against fighters =D
I don't really use it, i have it sitting on the deck of my flaghship Asgard to add some extra turrets to defend against fighters =D
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Re: Capture Astrid impossible?
The 1st Astrid is forced bailed by the plot. So you could get the 1st Astrid, and modify the beam turrets with Lens or Expediter so it has a longer range than you could safely buzz the 2nd Astrid with the 1st Astrid.
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Well people, I tried but as some of you say, useless piece of flying beauty, nothing more. As I used a cheat to get one, I wanted to know about this firepower it has, well, disappointment here, it could hardly punch a hole in a pack of butter, I thought it was a formidable weapon with both two front guns and a six-pack weapon, but not. Or, the cheat I used interferred here, because now, when I took the Astrid, it only fired its two main guns, the six-pack did nothing. So, this is a quest I never going to make again. The Erlking has a better perspective.
Ps. Computers can make errors, they are made and programmed by error-making humans.
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That's unfortunate, the turrets are arguably it's best feature. Vastly more powerful that conventional M beam turrets, with almost double the range & being beam weapons almost never miss. Main guns are a bit on the weak side (less powerful than the turrets), but at least they're accurate, have a decent range & high rate of fire.