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Sadly, I think it isn't us who need a guide on how to survive longer, but the game that does. Dont get me wrong I love this game it is absolutely fantastic, but why did starfighter assault die off? No updates. The same thing is most likely to happen here :-(
Imperial: The power shunting between lasers and engines is pure original "TIE Fighter (1994)" goodness and I find it way more useful than mere shields.
But with extra durable super reinforced glass and toned down rebel lasers to compensate for the empire having glass as well as a monopoly on the most useful energy dynamic to compensate for the already compensated glass. It's magical.
I have a Voice Attack command "Need Help" Which within 1 second will Target latest Attacker and Ping for help. And it goes very naturally when in Comms with the squad. I also have another command, "That One" that will ping whatever I have selected. Again, flows pretty naturally in comms.
Me too, and some commands for targetting radial menu (hold menu key, pause, arrow keys for selection, release menu key, release arrow keys), but many times I need to say it twice since that radial menu has some delay showing up and, most of all, with input response, and it doesn't matter the amount of pause I add. Let's see if that delay is fixed by EA
@@joshuacollins5523 I've been having luck with the Interceptor by just getting in and out. As soon as I finish my run, swap power to engines and boost the hell out haha
I'm enjoying the Empire the most. Trying to master the right amount of speed and maneuverability to stay on target is definitely a learning curve (and the vision)
I like that you talked about the environment. Starting off (two days ago) I was the one hitting ALL the things. Now i can make it through those tight spaces and zoom straight up and out like Han Solo
I much prefer flying Empire, due to power shunting. I feel greater access to boost is a lot better for my survivability than having shields, as is doing more damage to remove targets from the field quickly. Ironically, NR ships feel like they demand much better teamwork and coordination than Empire to work at their best, while Empire ships benefit pilots who fly more individually. As for boosting putting you in a straight line, yes, it is very dangerous unless you're sure no one is around to shoot (or cover is in the way). But when someone is on you, you can perform short boosts of speed rather than one big long one. Short boosts followed by spiraling, drifting, and juking followed by more short boosting can get you quite a bit of distance while also maintaining some evasive maneuvers.
Boost Zagging can also help - especially through environmental obstacles. Boost for 1-2 seconds, turn sharply (or drift to a new angle), boost again. You want to turn more than 45 degrees or through obstacles to keep them off. Keeping the engines at full during this might give you enough for a final push to a capital ship, and if they follow you they now have that to deal with. I'm torn on my favorite faction to play. I have some to really enjoy bombers (which is not what I expected). I like the shield management aspect of NR, but the innate tankiness of the TIE bomber is just fun.
As someone who rarely leaves the sear of a U-Wing, I gotta say it has my favorite amount of maneuverability to durability ratio. It's features are fantastic when you build for an Anti-Frigate run. I run a fairly generic "help the team" build and a "all the big guns" build to rapidly destroy raiders and command ships
And I do think playing in vr gives the advantage, in the beginning it may seem like a lot is happening, but once your used to it the ability to look around and find your target or enemy fire is unmatched!
Other evasive maneuvers like jinking and smuggler’s reverse. Space sniping: hiding in peripheral asteroid or smoke attacking isolated enemy. Correlian slip: as the saving friend comes from opposite direction.
In terms of coolness & effectiveness, Empire, in terms of what gives me the most satisfying win, New Republic, when you know how to manage shields well while flying evasive Maneuvers, its just brilliant
Empire: I main (1) the TIE Reaper with Ion Cannons and (2) the TIE Fighter with Standard Cannons. I know a lot of people have already complemented the power shunting feature of the TIEs, but it really does bring a refreshing dynamic to the gameplay in comparison to the additional shield management. The Tactical Shields are already good for the Rebellion, but is invaluable for the TIE Reaper to have since TIEs do not have shield generators to protect themselves.
Empire, only having two power systems to manage is nice helps with micromanagement. I find the star destroyer to have better turret coverage over its subsystem. Most importantly, the TIE bomber is much better than the Tugboat Y-Wing.
I’ve gotten use to the empire , I love the shield management especially when an enemy is failing you, yes I appreciate having straight engine power but I feel that the no shields is a death wish. Salute to those that are able to play on both sides
I agree with you, when I played dogfight I LOVED the Empire due to the damage and speed, but once I started playing fleet battles, I preferred the New Republic due to the Star Destroyer’s easy to see systems
I like the empire because of the ability to pour all the speed into power when I run out of ammo. Also, how does everyone have lasers that have small aim assist when mine refuses to leave the center cross? Example of what I am asking is at 6:24
All weapons have minor aim assist, though some have less of it than others. When you fire when the reticle is red your shot it going to hit no matter what, and the aim assist makes that happen. The guided weapons have huge amounts of aim assist, and from my experience the burst lasers on the Tie Fighter and X-wing have the least.
I honestly like playing support roles on either side. U-wing and Reaper. I'm still experimenting with builds, but I have 3 builds that I have made. Tactical, full support, and dog fight. It's pretty interesting with the dog fight build on reaper since I use ion missiles, I never thought that I would get more kills than any of my squad mates. I can definitely say the tips here are on point. Surviving as a support, you need that overshield. As for what shield you should go for, it's up to you. I, however, like to do Resonant Shield (Gives Laser charge rate 100% and has no shield decay for the cost of -25% shields) and I like it since I consistently throw all my power to shields. Having laser charge in addition to shields has proven to me to be a good tanky force. Support is generally slow no matter the engine type you pick, but having a boost is really nice, that's why SLAM engines (gives passive boost charge generation) are like the lover for support. Even more so for me since I don't put my power anywhere other than shields and I can still get boost charges from slam engines. Using those boosts to get out of those hairy spots has increased my odds of survival a lot.
It sure as hell helps to keep ships and environment above you, as the FOV above is way larger than below. Helped me outrun enemies so many times! There's nothing more annoying than crashing because you didn't see the environment clearly.
Honestly I am split down the middle on factions. As a mostly support player. Having sheilds on the reaper feels like flying a New Republic ship. Maybe slight edge to New Republic because every ship has shields and the cockpits are easier to see out of. Hence why I always run the Ion main weapon on my tie reaper.
I definitely enjoy playing the Empire, its so much more satisfying to beat the NR with their shields. Feels like you're more skilled, ontop of being already more skilled most of the time.
Honestly its hard to pick which one I prefer. On one hand I like the suitability of shields and managing those, but the power conversion is also great if you suddenly need boost when chasing or trying to get away quickly.
Great video, Charlie! Great support play video for the background. I prefer to play as new republic for the flexibility the ships offer. However, I will say that empire is also enjoyable and I find their offensive capability to be superior.
Rebellion: The ships for some reason feel more manuverbale and as you said identifying the imperial shields are easier, also the A wing is just a big preference when it comes to the gameplay, its stats are good they may be the same for the Tie interceptor, just overtime appreciated the rebellion on squadrons more .
I like the Rebels more because everything feels more risk reward with smart power management. I do however think it's easier to win in fleet battles with the Empire due to positioning of subsystems on the MC-75. Especially as a bomber efficiently shunting power.
Targetting in PC VR is broken, so I find The New Republic more fun as I can compensate for the innaccurate HUD by looking over my shoulders to locate my enemies. Imperial ships have a super restricted FOV which is even worse with the targetting bug.
I'm literally 50/50 on which faction: Empire I love the TIE Bomber for attacking the corvettes and frigates. But I feel I just can't do the same with the Republic Y-wing, even with the same upgrades I can't punch the same damage in or be fast enough to escape. On the other hands I love being an A-wing to hunt down AI and enemy players. While I can do this with the interceptor, I just *enjoy* the A-wing more. But that's very ship specific - game play wise regardless of ships I like both equally. Boring answer, but I just feel each play differently enough to make it worth playing each evenly. Some of my "crew" are split over doing imperial or Republic as their specific preferences, so I end up playing each pretty evenly.
I think, the game looks a little bit imbalanced when it comes to the attacking fighter vs. the one that is chased. It is fairly difficult to escape when someone is at your tail, since it is too easy for the attacking player to hunt another ship down. This is mainly due to the direction arrow of the HUD, which guides the attacker when his opponent manages to break the line of sight. In my opinion, when the player that is being chased has the skills to break line of sight, that should give him a small advantage. This could be achieved by getting rid of the direction arrow. In this case the attacker can still follow the movement of the fighter being chased by using his sensors, but it will be a little bit harder to do so and will need practice. At the same time the defensive player has the chance to escape from the targeting lock more easily or to even get in the attacking position, himself. So I would suggest ranking up to “Galactic Ace” should require the respective player to switch to instruments only, to prove their exceptional skills.
This seems quite interesting. I do agree, especially as an objective based bomber, that escaping other fighters is far too hard. In my experience your best bet is getting to the nearest repair area, and if you have shields, spamming them to the back as much as possible.
Honestly, I haven't had that much of an issue with it. Have you tried boosting towards the attacker? That lets you get behind them, and then you can drift to get back on their tail. If the boost mechanic didn't exist, I'd agree with you, but with well timed boosts and micro drifting you can get out of most situations against a single fighter. (Btw, I use instruments only. It's great)
I agree with the idea that the attacking player has a big advantage, but I also think if the arrow were removed, 2 people attacking each other would lose track of one another too easily and interceptors who drift toward the opponent and fly past them would have too easy a time escaping. Every time you fail to kill someone on a single pass becomes a huge chance for them to get away. With 360 degrees of turning, you won't know which way to turn to find your opponent again, and then there's the times when you overshoot the turn. That already happens alot but now it could cost you the target as they zig somewhere else as you correct yourself and lose them again. You'd basically have to fly far enough away from where the encounter happened and then turn around just to have a decent shot of re-targeting them and then instead of dogfights it turns into a series of strike runs. And the durability on some of these ships could make things frustrating especially in the Dogfight game mode where larger ships aren't around to get random kills and it's all on the pilot That's just my observation and opinion though
@@Kurayamiblack you do make a fair point, although i do prefer the strike runs. Most of the dogfights i get into eventually turn into a ring around the rosie until someone gets lucky
Imperials. As a VR user, the nose of the rebel ships gets in the way too much. Their cockpits are visible open where it counts, directly ahead of the ship.
While I like the fast and more drift focused (I noticed they can drift better) imperial fighters. the republic I prefer. Mostly because they can take more damage generally than their imperial counterparts. before a fight I can overcharge my shields to absorb more fire, while I put a majority into my weapons and engines, meaning I have better speed, manoeuvrability, and charge rate for my cannons. I can also swap more quickly between overcharging my engines and weapons, meaning I can do a lotta damage quickly and immediately swap to my engines to get my boost charged so when I have a tail (and I normally do knowing my luck) I can be tricky and manoeuvre behind asteroids more effectively using the drift and boost near in unison.
Imperial. The ships are nimbler, and since I'm not that good, I figure another exploding TIE Fighter is par for course. I'm just getting the hang of drifting and dead drifting, and it has worked to improve my survivability. Also, it took me a while to figure out how to ping my pursuer, but I've noticed a difference during Co-Op play. All that being said, I've noticed that when the AI wants you dead, you're dead. Each AI "player" is a fucking sniper, and can pick you off at a km, no matter what evasive actions you take. I can't imagine players pulling that stuff off, although, with my luck, they'll be even worse.
Still prefer Republic almost exclusively because of shields. I can survive whole games with hit and run tactics recharging my shield between each wave and using maneuverability to get it back even when I'm being tailed. The self preserving tactics of the Empire not having a shield on 3/5 ships doesn't work with my preferred methods. The laser charge can suffer a bit when necessary, but I try to never engage anything big without a full boost and a full overcharged shield.
New republic: the cockpits imo look better and I like the managing of shields. I also much prefer doing an attack on a star destroyer. Empire looks nice all round however gameplay wise I prefer new republic.
Definitely rebels. Playing with advanced power management over charging shields and then going into full engine/50% weapons /0 shield power distribution
Personally, as a noob, I do better with the rebels due to the shields. I'm an empire fan, but I'm just not good enough to get the most out of the TIE's maneuverability or emergency power switching thing.
I prefer playing the Empire. It's just more fun to take out an M-75. When attacking a Star Destroyer everything is more straightforward. With the M-75 you've got to fly more creative. And I prefer power shunting to shields. It's just so much easier to keep laser power that way. All too often have I been out of power on a Y-Wing even when I put everything into lasers.
Can someone help me out? I’m having this problem in squadrons you know how the game says that you need to play 10 matches to calibrate your rank well I’ve played 25 matches and the game still says I’ve only played 3
I play on mouse and keyboard. And it is super hard to stabilize the ship. Shooting to me is just spray and praying. Or I just lay completely still and put full power to weapons and shoot at enemies charging me. I did realize that X wings are much easier to control than Tie fighterd
I prefer running Empire bombers. Im usually averaging 50-70k of cap ship damage a game, but with the Empires bombers I usually feel like I have a fighting chance in 1 on 1's. The rebels bombers though I feel are better for cap ship runs as I have a couple games now with over 105k in damage... but in dogfights I cant get above like a .30 kd ratio with them. I really enjoy focusing the objectives and boost drifting out and picking a fight with a player or two afterwards.. The power shifting ability and output on the empires side I feel has a huge advantage over the shields in MOST scenarios. Thats just me and my playstyle though I guess. I would like to think im pretty good at power drifting, and evading people and their projectiles... but I cant seem to pull of anything on the rebel side. . . . . . I guess I just need to "Git gooder" as I was told by a kid in a lobby when talking with someone ELSE about the pros and cons of the sides. . . . Re-thought my life and been living by those words ever since.
I've been using the ping function a ton, but never notice teammates pinging targets. I play using the instruments only HUD settings. Any idea if there's something I'm missing? What does it look/sound like when a teammate pings something?
Does your teamate know if you've confirmed a target she/he's pinned?, do we know it when we pinned our attackers?, I haven't seen any mark like that not sure if they're just ignorning me XD
Hugging rocks in the A-wing is bullshit. I'm a master of rock hugging from years of playing Elite Dangerous, I have the awareness of the size of my ship in relation to my view, and the A-wing seems to get caught ALL the time on rocks when I know the top of my ship is nowhere near. Seems like I can get closer with the Tie Fighter or Interceptor. Doesn't have that problem when getting close to structures, though. Just rocks.
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Sadly, I think it isn't us who need a guide on how to survive longer, but the game that does.
Dont get me wrong I love this game it is absolutely fantastic, but why did starfighter assault die off? No updates. The same thing is most likely to happen here :-(
Imperial: The power shunting between lasers and engines is pure original "TIE Fighter (1994)" goodness and I find it way more useful than mere shields.
Gotta love it when someone tries to joust my Tie Fighter/Bomber. Just put ALL POWER TO WEAPONS and blast away :3
Not to mention trying to juggle power into shields as well as engines and weapons.
Empire. It's like being a glass canon on rollerblades.
But with extra durable super reinforced glass and toned down rebel lasers to compensate for the empire having glass as well as a monopoly on the most useful energy dynamic to compensate for the already compensated glass. It's magical.
How to survive longer :- have the High Ground of course
For the win 😂😂
Although, Vader did outlive Obi Wan in the end.
I thought I'd enjoy playing as the empire, but the new republic's a wing got me feeling some type of way lol.
Same. The A-Wing in VR is a magical thing.
It is super cool seeing all around but don’t you feel like it’s a little cramped when you look around or is that just me?
@@Zay9xx I'm actuality they both have about the same amount of blindspots. Imperial can see more straight ahead but rebels can see to the sides
I have a Voice Attack command "Need Help" Which within 1 second will Target latest Attacker and Ping for help. And it goes very naturally when in Comms with the squad.
I also have another command, "That One" that will ping whatever I have selected. Again, flows pretty naturally in comms.
That's very smart. A like for you!
Me too, and some commands for targetting radial menu (hold menu key, pause, arrow keys for selection, release menu key, release arrow keys), but many times I need to say it twice since that radial menu has some delay showing up and, most of all, with input response, and it doesn't matter the amount of pause I add. Let's see if that delay is fixed by EA
could you by chance post your Voice attack profile? that sounds awesome and i would love to get VA working in Squadrons!
@@mediocreatbest9466 Sure, but I'm not currently at home; I'll do it in 2 days.
buzzow sounds great! Thanks man!
Ive been playing strictly the tie interceptor. Long Live the Empire
Interceptor for life
I really struggle with tie interceptor but I'm fine as a wing - what am I doing wrong?
I love the way the interceptor feels. The lack of shields makes the experience that much more intense than the a-wing.
My favorite faction to play is the Empire, my only problem with them is the vision
Empire pilots, traditionally, overcame this limitation by dying almost instantly in a dogfight.
But that is made up for by the fact that they can instantly switch power to engines or lasers. This is what makes them a bit more balanced
Agreed
I can't do anything useful as empire, do you have tips?
@@joshuacollins5523 I've been having luck with the Interceptor by just getting in and out. As soon as I finish my run, swap power to engines and boost the hell out haha
I play VR, so my favorite has to be New Republic.
Their fighter canopies give me more room to look around and track my opponents
What system you on?
I'm enjoying the Empire the most. Trying to master the right amount of speed and maneuverability to stay on target is definitely a learning curve (and the vision)
I like that you talked about the environment. Starting off (two days ago) I was the one hitting ALL the things. Now i can make it through those tight spaces and zoom straight up and out like Han Solo
I much prefer flying Empire, due to power shunting. I feel greater access to boost is a lot better for my survivability than having shields, as is doing more damage to remove targets from the field quickly. Ironically, NR ships feel like they demand much better teamwork and coordination than Empire to work at their best, while Empire ships benefit pilots who fly more individually.
As for boosting putting you in a straight line, yes, it is very dangerous unless you're sure no one is around to shoot (or cover is in the way). But when someone is on you, you can perform short boosts of speed rather than one big long one. Short boosts followed by spiraling, drifting, and juking followed by more short boosting can get you quite a bit of distance while also maintaining some evasive maneuvers.
Boost Zagging can also help - especially through environmental obstacles. Boost for 1-2 seconds, turn sharply (or drift to a new angle), boost again. You want to turn more than 45 degrees or through obstacles to keep them off. Keeping the engines at full during this might give you enough for a final push to a capital ship, and if they follow you they now have that to deal with.
I'm torn on my favorite faction to play. I have some to really enjoy bombers (which is not what I expected). I like the shield management aspect of NR, but the innate tankiness of the TIE bomber is just fun.
As someone who rarely leaves the sear of a U-Wing, I gotta say it has my favorite amount of maneuverability to durability ratio. It's features are fantastic when you build for an Anti-Frigate run. I run a fairly generic "help the team" build and a "all the big guns" build to rapidly destroy raiders and command ships
And I do think playing in vr gives the advantage, in the beginning it may seem like a lot is happening, but once your used to it the ability to look around and find your target or enemy fire is unmatched!
Other evasive maneuvers like jinking and smuggler’s reverse.
Space sniping: hiding in peripheral asteroid or smoke attacking isolated enemy.
Correlian slip: as the saving friend comes from opposite direction.
That Power management advice seems super helpful actually, thanks for the tips!
boost and shield is a good one
So I play mostly support so it doesn't matter too much for faction, but I do tend to dip into bomber class, at which case I prefer New Republic.
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for
In terms of coolness & effectiveness, Empire, in terms of what gives me the most satisfying win, New Republic, when you know how to manage shields well while flying evasive Maneuvers, its just brilliant
Empire: I main (1) the TIE Reaper with Ion Cannons and (2) the TIE Fighter with Standard Cannons. I know a lot of people have already complemented the power shunting feature of the TIEs, but it really does bring a refreshing dynamic to the gameplay in comparison to the additional shield management. The Tactical Shields are already good for the Rebellion, but is invaluable for the TIE Reaper to have since TIEs do not have shield generators to protect themselves.
Empire, only having two power systems to manage is nice helps with micromanagement. I find the star destroyer to have better turret coverage over its subsystem. Most importantly, the TIE bomber is much better than the Tugboat Y-Wing.
I’ve gotten use to the empire , I love the shield management especially when an enemy is failing you, yes I appreciate having straight engine power but I feel that the no shields is a death wish. Salute to those that are able to play on both sides
I agree with you, when I played dogfight I LOVED the Empire due to the damage and speed, but once I started playing fleet battles, I preferred the New Republic due to the Star Destroyer’s easy to see systems
I like the empire because of the ability to pour all the speed into power when I run out of ammo.
Also, how does everyone have lasers that have small aim assist when mine refuses to leave the center cross? Example of what I am asking is at 6:24
All weapons have minor aim assist, though some have less of it than others. When you fire when the reticle is red your shot it going to hit no matter what, and the aim assist makes that happen. The guided weapons have huge amounts of aim assist, and from my experience the burst lasers on the Tie Fighter and X-wing have the least.
Eyecanic and Zach Aber, thanks for clearing things up.
I honestly like playing support roles on either side. U-wing and Reaper. I'm still experimenting with builds, but I have 3 builds that I have made. Tactical, full support, and dog fight. It's pretty interesting with the dog fight build on reaper since I use ion missiles, I never thought that I would get more kills than any of my squad mates. I can definitely say the tips here are on point. Surviving as a support, you need that overshield. As for what shield you should go for, it's up to you. I, however, like to do Resonant Shield (Gives Laser charge rate 100% and has no shield decay for the cost of -25% shields) and I like it since I consistently throw all my power to shields. Having laser charge in addition to shields has proven to me to be a good tanky force. Support is generally slow no matter the engine type you pick, but having a boost is really nice, that's why SLAM engines (gives passive boost charge generation) are like the lover for support. Even more so for me since I don't put my power anywhere other than shields and I can still get boost charges from slam engines. Using those boosts to get out of those hairy spots has increased my odds of survival a lot.
It sure as hell helps to keep ships and environment above you, as the FOV above is way larger than below. Helped me outrun enemies so many times! There's nothing more annoying than crashing because you didn't see the environment clearly.
This is EXACTLY what I need!
Dude I love playing the x wing. It’s such a treat to pilot. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Honestly I am split down the middle on factions. As a mostly support player. Having sheilds on the reaper feels like flying a New Republic ship. Maybe slight edge to New Republic because every ship has shields and the cockpits are easier to see out of. Hence why I always run the Ion main weapon on my tie reaper.
New republic: shields nuff said
I definitely enjoy playing the Empire, its so much more satisfying to beat the NR with their shields. Feels like you're more skilled, ontop of being already more skilled most of the time.
Honestly its hard to pick which one I prefer. On one hand I like the suitability of shields and managing those, but the power conversion is also great if you suddenly need boost when chasing or trying to get away quickly.
Always learn from your videos. Thanks for the tips!
Empire. I don't run VR, so the cockpit view is awesome. The pilots also look and sound cool.
Rule 1: Try spinning, that's a good trick.
Under-rated comment
Great video, Charlie! Great support play video for the background. I prefer to play as new republic for the flexibility the ships offer. However, I will say that empire is also enjoyable and I find their offensive capability to be superior.
Rebellion: The ships for some reason feel more manuverbale and as you said identifying the imperial shields are easier, also the A wing is just a big preference when it comes to the gameplay, its stats are good they may be the same for the Tie interceptor, just overtime appreciated the rebellion on squadrons more .
Empire for me. I love being a bomber and just constantly taking my engine juice and to my rotary cannon and just laying into a flagship or cruiser
Rebel pilot here. Love the x wing with a burst cannon. Also enjoy the a wing with rapid fire cannons.
Empire is my favorite to play mainly because if I run out of lasers I can quickly get them back
For The Empire
*This is Vanguard 4, enemies in range.*
*Shoots down a tie fighter.*
*Accelerates*
@Alexander Klucz *Lock S-foils in attack position!*
I don't know what voice says this but the one I use will say "Now this is flying!" When he does a drift
Played Squadrons yesterday like it
I prefer the republic, especially the y-wing
Y-wing squad!
@@storyteller2285 hell yeah!
Rebels - the cockpits are just so much nicer in VR.
Oh man I love playing as the rebels for thebanter, but I really like Eck'sTIE class burst cannon class
Good tips. I like Rebs due to VR views, they are the good guys and have shields.
I like the Rebels more because everything feels more risk reward with smart power management. I do however think it's easier to win in fleet battles with the Empire due to positioning of subsystems on the MC-75. Especially as a bomber efficiently shunting power.
The 3 missile locking and shooting at once perk for tie interceptors made me better so I much prefer flying empire now
Targetting in PC VR is broken, so I find The New Republic more fun as I can compensate for the innaccurate HUD by looking over my shoulders to locate my enemies. Imperial ships have a super restricted FOV which is even worse with the targetting bug.
Rebellion: The cockpit looks absolutely amazing in VR, and A-Wings are my favourite ships, soooo...
I'm literally 50/50 on which faction: Empire I love the TIE Bomber for attacking the corvettes and frigates. But I feel I just can't do the same with the Republic Y-wing, even with the same upgrades I can't punch the same damage in or be fast enough to escape.
On the other hands I love being an A-wing to hunt down AI and enemy players. While I can do this with the interceptor, I just *enjoy* the A-wing more.
But that's very ship specific - game play wise regardless of ships I like both equally. Boring answer, but I just feel each play differently enough to make it worth playing each evenly.
Some of my "crew" are split over doing imperial or Republic as their specific preferences, so I end up playing each pretty evenly.
Rebellion - shields are really useful on ships
*NO SHIELDS ALL GUTS*
@Alexander Klucz true I enjoy playing both really but I've been playing NR more recently
Empire, love the power shunt
I think, the game looks a little bit imbalanced when it comes to the attacking fighter vs. the one that is chased. It is fairly difficult to escape when someone is at your tail, since it is too easy for the attacking player to hunt another ship down. This is mainly due to the direction arrow of the HUD, which guides the attacker when his opponent manages to break the line of sight. In my opinion, when the player that is being chased has the skills to break line of sight, that should give him a small advantage. This could be achieved by getting rid of the direction arrow. In this case the attacker can still follow the movement of the fighter being chased by using his sensors, but it will be a little bit harder to do so and will need practice. At the same time the defensive player has the chance to escape from the targeting lock more easily or to even get in the attacking position, himself. So I would suggest ranking up to “Galactic Ace” should require the respective player to switch to instruments only, to prove their exceptional skills.
This seems quite interesting. I do agree, especially as an objective based bomber, that escaping other fighters is far too hard. In my experience your best bet is getting to the nearest repair area, and if you have shields, spamming them to the back as much as possible.
Honestly, I haven't had that much of an issue with it. Have you tried boosting towards the attacker? That lets you get behind them, and then you can drift to get back on their tail. If the boost mechanic didn't exist, I'd agree with you, but with well timed boosts and micro drifting you can get out of most situations against a single fighter. (Btw, I use instruments only. It's great)
I agree with the idea that the attacking player has a big advantage, but I also think if the arrow were removed, 2 people attacking each other would lose track of one another too easily and interceptors who drift toward the opponent and fly past them would have too easy a time escaping. Every time you fail to kill someone on a single pass becomes a huge chance for them to get away. With 360 degrees of turning, you won't know which way to turn to find your opponent again, and then there's the times when you overshoot the turn. That already happens alot but now it could cost you the target as they zig somewhere else as you correct yourself and lose them again.
You'd basically have to fly far enough away from where the encounter happened and then turn around just to have a decent shot of re-targeting them and then instead of dogfights it turns into a series of strike runs. And the durability on some of these ships could make things frustrating especially in the Dogfight game mode where
larger ships aren't around to get random kills and it's all on the pilot
That's just my observation and opinion though
@@Kurayamiblack you do make a fair point, although i do prefer the strike runs. Most of the dogfights i get into eventually turn into a ring around the rosie until someone gets lucky
If ur having trouble w this I recommend the perk that removes u from the hud. I know the interceptor has it for sure .
Imperials. As a VR user, the nose of the rebel ships gets in the way too much. Their cockpits are visible open where it counts, directly ahead of the ship.
I like the rebels cause shields are easier then the empire power thing
While I like the fast and more drift focused (I noticed they can drift better) imperial fighters. the republic I prefer. Mostly because they can take more damage generally than their imperial counterparts. before a fight I can overcharge my shields to absorb more fire, while I put a majority into my weapons and engines, meaning I have better speed, manoeuvrability, and charge rate for my cannons. I can also swap more quickly between overcharging my engines and weapons, meaning I can do a lotta damage quickly and immediately swap to my engines to get my boost charged so when I have a tail (and I normally do knowing my luck) I can be tricky and manoeuvre behind asteroids more effectively using the drift and boost near in unison.
I prefer the New Republic ships, although I haven’t tried Support ships yet. I haven’t had much time to play but when I can play I have tons of fun!
Imperial. The ships are nimbler, and since I'm not that good, I figure another exploding TIE Fighter is par for course.
I'm just getting the hang of drifting and dead drifting, and it has worked to improve my survivability. Also, it took me a while to figure out how to ping my pursuer, but I've noticed a difference during Co-Op play.
All that being said, I've noticed that when the AI wants you dead, you're dead. Each AI "player" is a fucking sniper, and can pick you off at a km, no matter what evasive actions you take. I can't imagine players pulling that stuff off, although, with my luck, they'll be even worse.
Still prefer Republic almost exclusively because of shields. I can survive whole games with hit and run tactics recharging my shield between each wave and using maneuverability to get it back even when I'm being tailed. The self preserving tactics of the Empire not having a shield on 3/5 ships doesn't work with my preferred methods. The laser charge can suffer a bit when necessary, but I try to never engage anything big without a full boost and a full overcharged shield.
New republic: the cockpits imo look better and I like the managing of shields. I also much prefer doing an attack on a star destroyer. Empire looks nice all round however gameplay wise I prefer new republic.
Definitely rebels. Playing with advanced power management over charging shields and then going into full engine/50% weapons /0 shield power distribution
Personally, as a noob, I do better with the rebels due to the shields. I'm an empire fan, but I'm just not good enough to get the most out of the TIE's maneuverability or emergency power switching thing.
I gatta say rebellion. The a wing just feels better, and I like having sheilds.
In my opinion, nothing beats the classic tie. No shields, so if you get hit, you’re hit. Makes a better pilot.
Hugging the enviroment was such an op strategy in battlefront 2. Im curious how it works out here (im about to jump in my first multiplayer match)
If you shunt power do you just do it once or you keep having to do it?
You can drift in all vehicles I believe, it is certainly hinted in the story that X, Y and A wings can.
I like the Empire more. The standard TIE Fighter is really good.
I'm an Imp fan all in all. But the Rebels are a lot of fun.
I prefer rebels. Especially the A-wing. What a beauty
I prefer playing the Empire. It's just more fun to take out an M-75. When attacking a Star Destroyer everything is more straightforward. With the M-75 you've got to fly more creative.
And I prefer power shunting to shields. It's just so much easier to keep laser power that way. All too often have I been out of power on a Y-Wing even when I put everything into lasers.
New republic. I play with my VR headset and I can look up to see exactly where my target is, and which direction it's currently moving.
Rebellion: I enjoy moving my shields front/backwards etc.
What Pitch/Yaw sensitivity is preferable and why? What sensitivity do YOU play?
Oh and i enjoy Empire. Come on! Its 2021! Its fun to watch/play justifiable villains.👍🤷♂️
Can someone help me out? I’m having this problem in squadrons you know how the game says that you need to play 10 matches to calibrate your rank well I’ve played 25 matches and the game still says I’ve only played 3
I play on mouse and keyboard. And it is super hard to stabilize the ship. Shooting to me is just spray and praying. Or I just lay completely still and put full power to weapons and shoot at enemies charging me.
I did realize that X wings are much easier to control than Tie fighterd
I prefer running Empire bombers. Im usually averaging 50-70k of cap ship damage a game, but with the Empires bombers I usually feel like I have a fighting chance in 1 on 1's. The rebels bombers though I feel are better for cap ship runs as I have a couple games now with over 105k in damage... but in dogfights I cant get above like a .30 kd ratio with them. I really enjoy focusing the objectives and boost drifting out and picking a fight with a player or two afterwards.. The power shifting ability and output on the empires side I feel has a huge advantage over the shields in MOST scenarios.
Thats just me and my playstyle though I guess. I would like to think im pretty good at power drifting, and evading people and their projectiles... but I cant seem to pull of anything on the rebel side. .
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I guess I just need to "Git gooder" as I was told by a kid in a lobby when talking with someone ELSE about the pros and cons of the sides.
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Re-thought my life and been living by those words ever since.
New Republic. Because the Y-Wing is my favourite starfighter ever so I love to pull a great bombing run in that beautiful ship
Empire, cuz nothing is better than zipping around with supercharged engines and shooting with supercharged lasers
I love Captain Kerrel
I've been using the ping function a ton, but never notice teammates pinging targets. I play using the instruments only HUD settings. Any idea if there's something I'm missing? What does it look/sound like when a teammate pings something?
Also run to cover of your Capital ships.
I prefere any ship with sheilds, they are so much fun to keep check on.
Hey guys! I'm finally getting the hang of it! I still die a lot tho so this is 100% helpful to me
Also, my favorite faction is empire I think
I think I'm better in Empire ships, but the rebel ships have the advantage when I'm using vr.
Long live the Emperor.
TIE Superiority.
Thank you for the video, I prefer the New Republic my self
I like empire: because the bomber can have that lazer thing
Does your teamate know if you've confirmed a target she/he's pinned?, do we know it when we pinned our attackers?, I haven't seen any mark like that not sure if they're just ignorning me XD
I really like playing as the rebels i just feel more complete with an awing
I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME
Empire for life
Nice Video 👍
Wheres my damn B-Wing?!
*When you realise that there is no up and down in space so having the high ground is impossible*
-"sad Obi-wan kenobi noises
Its why Obi hates flying, no high ground
Every direction is the high ground, from a certain point of view
"Flying is for droids" - Obi-Wan
@@steamedmuffins1911 XD
The Enemy's Gate is Down
The empire is my favourite faction game play
Hugging rocks in the A-wing is bullshit. I'm a master of rock hugging from years of playing Elite Dangerous, I have the awareness of the size of my ship in relation to my view, and the A-wing seems to get caught ALL the time on rocks when I know the top of my ship is nowhere near. Seems like I can get closer with the Tie Fighter or Interceptor. Doesn't have that problem when getting close to structures, though. Just rocks.
Mine is empire I just love emergency power transfer