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Tarran

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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #30 on: August 09, 2012, 11:33:51 AM »

Haha yeah I'm just messing with you guys. I guess what I should have done was to play the mission myself to get a new background
Yeah, that would have fooled us even worse. :P

Can you spot all the differences? :D
Hound is on the other side, the destroyed Wasp on the right hand side under the hound is missing, and a Wasp is captured instead of the Omen. Oh, and of course the text is changed.

Don't see anything else.
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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #31 on: August 15, 2012, 11:54:39 PM »

See if he had gotten a changed background even if the secret was a lie Alex could have trolled us so hard by coming here and congratulating him to be the first one to find the aforementioned secret.
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When you can't go on, just accept your doom. It comes to all, it is inevitable.

Also I totally had the name BEFORE the cruiser.

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« Reply #32 on: August 16, 2012, 02:24:59 AM »

I was having a few goes at this last night - thought I would ease myself in with a custom fit-out on the Dominator.

I've got three words to explain how I got on:

Ha, ha and ha  :D

That damn Omen is an absolute pest.
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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #33 on: August 16, 2012, 02:26:24 AM »

I was having a few goes at this last night - thought I would ease myself in with a custom fit-out on the Dominator.

I've got three words to explain how I got on:

Ha, ha and ha  :D

That damn Omen is an absolute pest.

Any good scores? :)
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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2012, 02:33:04 AM »

Any good scores? :)

I didn't even come close to winning. I was starting to feel sorry for my poor, eternally blunted Dominator  :'(
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« Reply #35 on: August 16, 2012, 02:35:59 AM »

Any good scores? :)

I didn't even come close to winning. I was starting to feel sorry for my poor, eternally blunted Dominator  :'(

Yeah i probably spent 1 hour getting it right, but when i did...

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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #36 on: August 16, 2012, 02:37:01 AM »

That damn Omen is an absolute pest.
Yeah, that Omen is horrible. The only time I've killed it was because it spent too much time in range of my needlers. Every other time it either ran away or I died.

I suggest putting priority on it after killing all the bombers. It's the single most dangerous thing after them. Not even the Astral is as dangerous as that thing. I mean, sure, the Astral and MIRV you, but chances are the only time you'll be getting hit on the armor and hull by those is when you're turned the wrong way... like after the Omen EMPs you.
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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2012, 04:05:43 AM »

So has anyone managed it with default load outs in 0.53a?
Even a 1% victory is worth mentioning! ;D
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Re: Predator or Prey
« Reply #38 on: October 01, 2012, 07:18:07 AM »

Undeniably proof has been acquired :)

New mission showcase about this mission!

100%!
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« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2017, 03:13:51 PM »

So has anyone managed it with default load outs in 0.53a?
Even a 1% victory is worth mentioning! ;D

Thought I'd have another go at this before the .8 fighter revamp totally changes the mission.

Stock loadouts; 74%.
As you can see from my fleet, and hull, it was a close fight :)



Tbh though it was mostly a battle of wills.
My will to get the ships to do what I wanted them to..... and the AI's will to do the complete opposite; usually ending in death.

With a little more care, and luck, 100% with stock loadout should be perfectly achievable. (though you'll probably have to retreat your frigates when they hit low CR)

General strategy:
  • Order both frigates, and all fighters, to escort the Condor
  • Order Condor to follow your Dominator
  • Carefully (do not stray too far from the Condor), work your way over to the Sensor Array CP
  • Camp the CP, and play a game of attrition. Eventually you'll exhaust all their fighter replacements & deplete the Omen's CR.
  • Now harass the carrier until it's used up all its MIRV ammo, and then go in for the kill.

The trickiest parts are making sure:
  • multiple fighter wings don't get wiped at the same time by Omen/Wasp swarms
  • your Hound doesn't get picked off by the Omen
  • your Condor doesn't get torpedoed.
    • Trident's Atropos can, if approaching from the Condor's flank, get around its shield (AI raises shield too late)
    • Likewise 3 Reaper hits from the Daggers will usually be enough to overload & kill the Condor
  • while worrying about all the above, you don't get out manoeuvred, and torpedoed yourself
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