As the all-time healer in every games (BF2, Planetside 2, diverse MMO, TTRPGs, you name it), it is always like that... You have to become the one who kill the bastard that hurt your firends, then heal your friends that will maybe say a little thanks before they're killed again not even a minute after. x) But it's necessary.
Healing and resupply should be calculated into some sort of 'Support Score' for display on the scoreboard. As you mentioned, you can be doing a great job as support, but the numbers make it look like you're dead weight!
Honestly, I haven't played much rank, but in the games I do play I'm typically first or second on the scoreboard. You get points for shielding and resupplying, so if you're dedicated support you'll still get a decent score and with the right setup can get some decent kills and assists. I am slowly watching myself get better and better, especially if you have comms and can stick to a bomber/fighter
I'm running a light fighter build that's focused on speed. It winds up nearly as fast as an Interceptor but much more durable. Light hull, thrust engines. On X-Wing I'm also running the resonant shield to allow overcharge of all subsystems at least at the opening of engagements.
I found that support as a U-wing made my team have so few deaths as I was constantly topping off my allies shields and hull. While as a TIE Reaper, it was much more pressure as the other ties were always damaged.
I play a manuverability fighter with ion missile, get a bunch of ion kills, i love the short clip rapid fire cannon, deals high damage when ships arent moving which is the whole point of the ion
Just a note on your section about countermeasures; the multi-lock missiles available to the bomber classes are the ones that lock on to 4 separate targets and fire only 1 missile at each target. You're talking about the Cluster Missiles, which is exclusively available to the interceptor class. Cluster Missiles will lock onto the same target up to 4 times and fire up to 4 missiles at the same target. Another note on this, if they are right behind you when they fire a cluster of missiles at you, the missiles actually spread out in 4 different directions before they start tracking you, so if you wanna make the particle burst work on all of them you really have to have some speed and straighten them out, which lines you up to get shredded by the interceptors laser cannon. Getting used to evading missiles is the best skill you can have. With the Cluster-missile meta (and just the meta of playing against coordinated teams who will try to focus fire you), a combination of evading and using counter-measures is really gonna be required to play at the higher levels. I do think at higher levels and with more experienced players, particle burst is a better choice and has a much higher skill-cap. But straightening out and using it to counter a cluster of 4 missiles is a situational tactic. If you've got an interceptor on you, flying straight is generally not going to be a good move. If you instead shove your power into your engines and start flying evasively, you can evade some of the missiles and the incoming laser-cannon fire. It will take experience to know when to fire the particle burst in these situations, but if you manage to get out of the interceptor's guns temporarily, you can straighten out and pop a burst to clean the rest of the missiles off of you once they are really close behind you. Just try to continue making evasive moves towards either cover or one of your capital ships, because an interceptor can't take too many turbo laser shots. And with cover to be juking around, missiles are much less effective. This may seem obvious, but there's a lot of newbies out there! Keep up the great content!
ION on support can be useful to quickly save your friends from anyone chasing them to base. You resupply your friend, and drop a quick burst on whoever chase them. It's not like you are going to do much with laser canons anyway, so a weapon that disable enemies quickly seems pretty good to me for support. Also useful to protect your capital ships from bombers.
I find it interesting that the lock on cone for tactical shields is larger then your view on a flatscreen. In VR, I'm actually able to turn my head to see what I'm targeting most of the time. I wonder if that's why I feel I have just an advantage in VR.
Gotta admit that my skill level is such that I’m struggling a bit with interceptors and fighters so have been plugging away with the bomber class. But this video may just be the push I need to transition into the support class.
Whenever I hear the home resonance as the video plays it makes me feel so content. I run support with supply droid and turret mine, helps get assists and kills in crowded airpsace
I know its been 3 months but instead of the slam engine use the Micro Thrust engine because it gives you amazing maneuverability and pair that with drifting and agile hull you can go toe to toe with fighters. Its an amazing combo because you can provide healing and kill enemies
I have two support build that I like to use: one for healing and protecting allies, and one for defending objectives. The latter is where the ion cannon is more useful I think, and the tractor beam is perfect for it. You can hold someone in place when they are attacking your capitol ship and watch the turrets go to work.
The beacon marker component for Support will have your capital ship or frigates target the enemy you mark, deal 30% more damage & prevent the enemy from using countermeasures. Might be more effective than the Tractor Beam. - Charlie
I recently began using the stealth interceptor build that Eck made a video about, and have been enjoying it a lot. However, I have lots of nostalgia for the x-wing, so I find myself in an x-wing often even though I haven't quite narrowed down a loadout I love with it.
Lately, I find myself running support on the "home" side of the playfield with mines and tac shields, but I switch out the mines for supply droids when attacking the opposing side. I use reinforced hull and fortified deflector for lots of hit point depth and make up for some of the loss in movement stats with a propulsion engine. It's a hardy build, but the weak maneuverability means planning ahead and good positioning are absolutely critical to make it work well.
Y wing dogfighter: Rotary canon, seeker mine, multilock missile, seeker warheads, deflector hull, ray shields, and unstable engine. It's not very fast or maneuverable but it's good for dealing lots of damage to fighters quickly. How do y'all feel about the y wing in general?
Honestly, I’ve been able to play support off comms. I have an extremely similar load out to yours. People just don’t realize it but support is the true meta! And you’re right, it’s very easy to play as other fighters once you master the support.
I like to play a very similar build, I have always liked being the healer. Just started using a build with the target component that boosts damage as a team buffer.
Do you think they will ever add a heal/shields provided tag to the scoreboard? I think that might make allot more people appreciate/want to play support.
The A-wing is a beast. I run it with rockets, and repair with standard lasers, hull, engines, and chaff. Sometimes I sub out repair for a quick-lock missile. It's maneuverability and lasers can take out any ship (it's a bit time consuming to take out a TIE Reaper though) and with the rockets you can deal a ton of damage to capital ships.
I’m currently loving an ion based support ship (Ion cannons and Torpedo with resupply droid) and also with the SLAM engines and Resonant shield. With some careful power management, you can go into battle with all your systems fully overcharged and absolutely shred shields and subsystems from the enemy.
I used to play a lot of Medic in Team Fortress 2. Playing Support in Squadrons kind of feels like that. Helping out the Heavy on their push to the objective, overcharging and rushing, retreating back to help other players, rince and repeat. Lots of fun, if you know what you're doing..
I currently be 2 favorite builds, both for tie interceptors. One is a hit and run build with standard cannons, repair droid, targeting jammer, sensor inverter, reflec hull, and the thrust engine. The second build is more of a dogfighting build, using the rapid fire lasers, repair droid, targeting jammer, sensor inverter, reflec hull, and micro thrust/standard engines, depending on whether I want more speed or maneuverability
I play support a lot but I'm kind of partial to the resonant shields, the rapid laser recharge is a nice bonus for when you have a few seconds to heal in the midst of a battle, but I honestly use it mainly for the fact that there is no shield decay when overcharging, allowing you to simply max out shields as soon as you spawn in and have the extra health
I run the TIE Defender with APS, rockets, agile hull, chaff, fortified deflector, and standard ion engines. Managing your power is ESSENTIAL but, the defender charges boost and lasers insanely quickly once you route power to them. So you wanna keep those shields charged up since your hull is basically made of tissue paper held together by spit. Lasers are sufficient for any anti-fighter duty and rockets make you a capital ship killer. Keep those shields up with proper power management/APS and you're a tank. Combine that with the agility boosts and you have a terrifyingly efficient killing machine. The main things to watch out for are A-wings, B-wings, and all ion munitions. A-wings easily outmaneuver you so avoid them at all costs, NEVER engage a B-wing head on because it will shred your shields with its ion cannon; hit them from the sides or from behind, and ion munitions will kill your shield which is the only thing between you and a fiery death.
I fly support for my squadron. I enjoy using the ion cannon, supply droid, ion missile, and slam engine. I like this load out because when I can reach my allies with a boost from the slam engine while overcharging my shields, and when no ally is in danger, I can target an enemy player, disable them with ion, ping them, and let my squadron do the rest. This load out does seem really good, and you are a lot better than me at support so I will use this as a secondary load out. Also I did not realize seeker warheads could only target two missiles. Thanks!
Also Charlie, I was exactly the same. When I first heard of the game, I wanted to fly interceptor, but nobody else was willing to fly support, and we already had two bombers, one interceptor, and one player who would play based on the situation. Me going as any other class would not have contributed to my team very much. Keep it up Eckstoo!
Fighter, Ion Cannons, Repair Kit, Barrage Rockets, Seeker Warheads, SLAM engines (I just find boost super useful). Stun someone with ion cannons, quickly destroy them with the barrage rockets. I love it.
I usually run bomber with rotary, multi-lock, beam, seeker, standard hull/shields, and SLAM engine. I find the rotary allows me to pour some dense DPS down on both capital ships and fighters, the multi-lock missiles are great for farming AI fighters for morale as you transit, the particle beam allows for a major amount of damage up close (as opposed to torpedoes that are so slow they get shot down a lot doing nothing while nerfing your cannon damage or putting you in a dangerous position on capital ships). I use the Seeker countermeasures because I do twist and turn a lot - especially when defending, though I'm still trying to decide if it is better for my playstyle than Particle Burst. SLAM is awesome. Always having that escape available is key, especially when combined with micro-sliding through terrain. One thing about ion cannons - they are good for disabling starfighters. Nothing pisses me off more than getting hit by an ion missile or disabled by a support with ion cannons - especially in a Republic craft since it also eliminates the overcharged shields I invariably had up. My secondary class is support. I'm still working on doing more than flipping through friendly targets to provide heals and fortifying bombers on their runs. SLAM makes it easy to get across to far-away team members, particularly when team members are defending both frigates/cruisers.
Thanks for the build tips Charlie! Ive been play against AI since the game came out and im starting to get a decent handle on the game. However I fear once I do join in with players online my par skills with fighters and bombers arent going to be enough. Ive had the thought to try support but playing it with AI team mates doesnt seem to help get you geared up to play the class for real in online. But I will definitely give your build a shot, and as always thanks for the content!
I really recommend jumping in. The first couple of games will be tough, but as your MMR settles during placement matches. Games will feel a bit more consistent to your play level! - Charlie
I use what I call my "Red 5" build. Fighter with PT / repairs and flares agile hull, propulsion engines and standard blasters, for a versatile ship against fighters and capital ships.
Eckstoo! That’s my load out as well. Sometimes prefer ion canons to help take down shields or take down attacking bombers/fighters when having to defend. I usually like to play what the team needs
Offensive support; targeting beacons and either seeker mines or ion missiles depending on the enemy comp. Standard lasers, deflector hull, reinforced shields and slam booster. Overload shields on spawn and fly it like a heavy fighter, offers less utility than most support builds, but can gun down anything shy of a bomber solo.
Favourite build is an A wing with cluster and quick lock missiles and a pulse cannon so I can get up to close range charge up the cannons and one shot interceptor and the quicklock missiles can be used to faint countermeasures for the multilock I have reflex shields for survivability s as I do a lot of hit and run.
Resonant shield is awesome with slam engines. Let's you have overcharged engines laser and shields. Ion an on is brilliant on support. You do next to no damage as support, ion an enemy can keep allies alive. I also like xwing with light Hull, slam and resonant shields. Quad lasers repair driod and ion missiles. Full power management boost, more agile then stock tie too
Thanks for this video! I always play a "healer" (druid in wow, etc...) so I was drawn to this. I run tac shields and the repair droid, but I've been doing the +shields -regen... I seem to survive pretty well, but I want to try your suggestions here. I've also tried the SLAM engine but can't seem to fall in love with it. I like the engine that gives +100 accelleration, but again, I am pretty new and need to try some other stuff. I will give your +maneuverability suggestions a shot. Thanks again.
What is funny I was wanting to play Tie Bomber, because I figured no one would want to play the bomber class. I always liked bombers. I even used a stealth torpedo bomber in Elite Dangerous for PVP which would overload the enemies shields and destroy their shield system.
Tie fighter: tanky/manoeverably build. NEED TO DRIFT WELL! 1) standard laser cannon 2) concussion missile 3) repair kit 4) seeker warheads 5) reinforced hull (2.5k health) 6) Microthrust engine Standard laser cannon is IMHO best in terms of consistenly bringing the pain. Reinforced hull tops you off at insane health. The repair kit heals you for 50% of max health. Higher the health means bigger the heal. Your manoeverability is not that bad. A bit above a standard tie fighter. (84 i think from memory?). They key to this build is playstyle: ALWAYS max out your engine power. Keep that boost recharging and ready to go. Learn how to drift like a madman and utilise that boost to move quickly around the map. Once you've got a shot lined up --> convert power to lasers and blast away. Boost will start recharging and you've got a nearly fully overcharged laser with a big clip ready to go. You will have very good manoeverability, speed (through boost) and instant overcharged lasers whenever you need it. This is by far my fav build so far. "Drawbacks": need to learn how to drift very well and make sure you've got good hotkeys for power conversion. It doesn't work without those two.
I like to run the ion cannons to let my dps allies do their thing to disabled ships, and i also run ally shields with the turret for some extra fire power, and then just standard for the rest
'Melihat' sensor jammer is come from Indonesia language means 'vision' sensor jammer. It looks like several of developer staff come are Indonesian, Singapore or Malay.
I play my build pretty similarly with the same lasers and auxiliary choices. I may try your setup for engine, shield and hull though as I tend to go with Deflector Hull, Fortified Deflector and Standard Engines. My build leaves me with strong shields but admittedly Ion missiles wreck me so I am always looking for other options.
I like the shield that allows weapons to charge better when they are full, lets me pump shields then leave in engines and still get lasers overcharged.
Just what I needed. I’ve been trying sensor jammer and heal as support, but don’t know if teammates appreciate the sensor jamming/find it helpful? Been trying to help bombers get out further/closer to AI that way.
Sensor Jammer is very deadly when used with people in comms. More effective with the Rebels also, since there isn't a strong reliance on tactical shielding. - Charlie
I'm currently running resonant shield slam engine on my X-wing. It's good for new players or chill playing bc effective power management requires less attention.
Me n the group of mates i play with all run default hull and engines because we feel the negatives are just far greater than the positives, the components nerf you not buff
Fighter class with Ion Torpedo and proton torpedo's or bomber with multi missiles and proton torpedos (I hate bombs or don't know how to use them properly). Support supply droid and tactical shield or target beacons. Like the slam engines My biggest complaint the turn time while drifting is too slow.
I want to play support but I hate the U wing so I can only play imperial support. I just cant tell where the wings are on the u wing so I keep slamming into things
Thanks a lot for this guide! I think the problem with support sadly is that it doesn’t reward you enough points wise. If you stay truly defensive like this, you get few kills, subsystems and damage. One kill is 100 points. I regularly get 15+ kills in fighters or intercepors. To get this in a support is just impossible. Even if you support plus go ham. Your abilities should just provide more points than 20 per resupply!
What you said about supports make sense. After all which makes the worse killer: Ted Bundy or a doctor? One is charming the other knows how the most painful spots on your body
I think it is a bit misleading to say there is a best loadout for every class. I use three loadouts every game with my support ship for different scenarios and, while I do have one loadout I use most of a match, the other two fit their circumstances a lot better than my main loadout.
I actually think ace pilot players should play support, since the skill of a good support can turn any match into their teams favor, let alone the fact the two support ship are decent in dogfighting, just need a bit of multitasking, I babysit my girlfriend throughout the matches with my support ship and still kicking ass with 20+ kills, and women say man can’t multitask, what a joke
“Hey Charlie, you saved my life. Thanks for the heal.” “Hey Charlie, that was good info. Thanks for the brain meal.” “Hey Charlie, I appreciate the selfless attitude. Thanks for the feels.”
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Hyper jump from star war Vs star gate fast that light speeds
Would this game be on new PS 5 and Xbox s
Support cause it looks coolest
Shout out to all my fellow support/healers that always get blamed when something goes wrong and never get credit when something goes right.
It’s a hard life, but I meaningful one lol
This is the way.
As the all-time healer in every games (BF2, Planetside 2, diverse MMO, TTRPGs, you name it), it is always like that... You have to become the one who kill the bastard that hurt your firends, then heal your friends that will maybe say a little thanks before they're killed again not even a minute after. x)
But it's necessary.
@@kneemerls
And then the yell at you when your heal abilities is on cool down, or when you can’t heal them because they’re out of you line on sight 😂
Somebody has to do it. We just like to see it work out and clutch repairs are so satisfying! Be safe out there, whatever galaxy you’re all from.
Healing and resupply should be calculated into some sort of 'Support Score' for display on the scoreboard. As you mentioned, you can be doing a great job as support, but the numbers make it look like you're dead weight!
Honestly, I haven't played much rank, but in the games I do play I'm typically first or second on the scoreboard. You get points for shielding and resupplying, so if you're dedicated support you'll still get a decent score and with the right setup can get some decent kills and assists. I am slowly watching myself get better and better, especially if you have comms and can stick to a bomber/fighter
I'm running a light fighter build that's focused on speed. It winds up nearly as fast as an Interceptor but much more durable. Light hull, thrust engines. On X-Wing I'm also running the resonant shield to allow overcharge of all subsystems at least at the opening of engagements.
I found that support as a U-wing made my team have so few deaths as I was constantly topping off my allies shields and hull. While as a TIE Reaper, it was much more pressure as the other ties were always damaged.
I play a manuverability fighter with ion missile, get a bunch of ion kills, i love the short clip rapid fire cannon, deals high damage when ships arent moving which is the whole point of the ion
Just a note on your section about countermeasures; the multi-lock missiles available to the bomber classes are the ones that lock on to 4 separate targets and fire only 1 missile at each target. You're talking about the Cluster Missiles, which is exclusively available to the interceptor class. Cluster Missiles will lock onto the same target up to 4 times and fire up to 4 missiles at the same target.
Another note on this, if they are right behind you when they fire a cluster of missiles at you, the missiles actually spread out in 4 different directions before they start tracking you, so if you wanna make the particle burst work on all of them you really have to have some speed and straighten them out, which lines you up to get shredded by the interceptors laser cannon. Getting used to evading missiles is the best skill you can have. With the Cluster-missile meta (and just the meta of playing against coordinated teams who will try to focus fire you), a combination of evading and using counter-measures is really gonna be required to play at the higher levels.
I do think at higher levels and with more experienced players, particle burst is a better choice and has a much higher skill-cap. But straightening out and using it to counter a cluster of 4 missiles is a situational tactic. If you've got an interceptor on you, flying straight is generally not going to be a good move. If you instead shove your power into your engines and start flying evasively, you can evade some of the missiles and the incoming laser-cannon fire. It will take experience to know when to fire the particle burst in these situations, but if you manage to get out of the interceptor's guns temporarily, you can straighten out and pop a burst to clean the rest of the missiles off of you once they are really close behind you. Just try to continue making evasive moves towards either cover or one of your capital ships, because an interceptor can't take too many turbo laser shots. And with cover to be juking around, missiles are much less effective. This may seem obvious, but there's a lot of newbies out there!
Keep up the great content!
ION on support can be useful to quickly save your friends from anyone chasing them to base.
You resupply your friend, and drop a quick burst on whoever chase them.
It's not like you are going to do much with laser canons anyway, so a weapon that disable enemies quickly seems pretty good to me for support.
Also useful to protect your capital ships from bombers.
Agreed. This is how I i ION and seems to work well.
I find it interesting that the lock on cone for tactical shields is larger then your view on a flatscreen. In VR, I'm actually able to turn my head to see what I'm targeting most of the time. I wonder if that's why I feel I have just an advantage in VR.
VR is so good in Squadrons. Even in the Ties you can lean forward and get a better view, plus there are little windows in the hatch.
Nothing in the game like the happy comms from an ally after a life-saving resupply.
Gotta admit that my skill level is such that I’m struggling a bit with interceptors and fighters so have been plugging away with the bomber class. But this video may just be the push I need to transition into the support class.
Bombers=Best
my favorite loadout is support with repair kit and ally shield. get like 13000 healing every time
Thats what i use and it kicks ass. I'm pretty much only support haha
played that build for a day over 3 games. Won 3, in two, we never lost a single cruiser
Same
How did you measure the heals??
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Whenever I hear the home resonance as the video plays it makes me feel so content. I run support with supply droid and turret mine, helps get assists and kills in crowded airpsace
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You should see the dark comments in the song
I know its been 3 months but instead of the slam engine use the Micro Thrust engine because it gives you amazing maneuverability and pair that with drifting and agile hull you can go toe to toe with fighters. Its an amazing combo because you can provide healing and kill enemies
So far reinforced hull bombers are really my thing, but I definitely want to try this build
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I have two support build that I like to use: one for healing and protecting allies, and one for defending objectives. The latter is where the ion cannon is more useful I think, and the tractor beam is perfect for it. You can hold someone in place when they are attacking your capitol ship and watch the turrets go to work.
The beacon marker component for Support will have your capital ship or frigates target the enemy you mark, deal 30% more damage & prevent the enemy from using countermeasures. Might be more effective than the Tractor Beam.
- Charlie
That will be so op with the reworked turrets
I recently began using the stealth interceptor build that Eck made a video about, and have been enjoying it a lot. However, I have lots of nostalgia for the x-wing, so I find myself in an x-wing often even though I haven't quite narrowed down a loadout I love with it.
Lately, I find myself running support on the "home" side of the playfield with mines and tac shields, but I switch out the mines for supply droids when attacking the opposing side. I use reinforced hull and fortified deflector for lots of hit point depth and make up for some of the loss in movement stats with a propulsion engine. It's a hardy build, but the weak maneuverability means planning ahead and good positioning are absolutely critical to make it work well.
Y wing dogfighter: Rotary canon, seeker mine, multilock missile, seeker warheads, deflector hull, ray shields, and unstable engine. It's not very fast or maneuverable but it's good for dealing lots of damage to fighters quickly. How do y'all feel about the y wing in general?
Honestly, I’ve been able to play support off comms. I have an extremely similar load out to yours. People just don’t realize it but support is the true meta! And you’re right, it’s very easy to play as other fighters once you master the support.
I like to play a very similar build, I have always liked being the healer. Just started using a build with the target component that boosts damage as a team buffer.
I like to play support, it is one of my favorite but I never thought to play a nimble support. Will try it out, thanks!
Do you think they will ever add a heal/shields provided tag to the scoreboard? I think that might make allot more people appreciate/want to play support.
The A-wing is a beast. I run it with rockets, and repair with standard lasers, hull, engines, and chaff. Sometimes I sub out repair for a quick-lock missile. It's maneuverability and lasers can take out any ship (it's a bit time consuming to take out a TIE Reaper though) and with the rockets you can deal a ton of damage to capital ships.
I’m currently loving an ion based support ship (Ion cannons and Torpedo with resupply droid) and also with the SLAM engines and Resonant shield. With some careful power management, you can go into battle with all your systems fully overcharged and absolutely shred shields and subsystems from the enemy.
I used to play a lot of Medic in Team Fortress 2. Playing Support in Squadrons kind of feels like that. Helping out the Heavy on their push to the objective, overcharging and rushing, retreating back to help other players, rince and repeat. Lots of fun, if you know what you're doing..
I currently be 2 favorite builds, both for tie interceptors. One is a hit and run build with standard cannons, repair droid, targeting jammer, sensor inverter, reflec hull, and the thrust engine. The second build is more of a dogfighting build, using the rapid fire lasers, repair droid, targeting jammer, sensor inverter, reflec hull, and micro thrust/standard engines, depending on whether I want more speed or maneuverability
My friend got me squadrons yesterday for my birthday party and I’m just gonna use the tie reaper cause I like big ships
I just like that charly has been religated to support eo. else, as editor and U-Wing/Tie Reaper.
I play support a lot but I'm kind of partial to the resonant shields, the rapid laser recharge is a nice bonus for when you have a few seconds to heal in the midst of a battle, but I honestly use it mainly for the fact that there is no shield decay when overcharging, allowing you to simply max out shields as soon as you spawn in and have the extra health
I run the TIE Defender with APS, rockets, agile hull, chaff, fortified deflector, and standard ion engines.
Managing your power is ESSENTIAL but, the defender charges boost and lasers insanely quickly once you route power to them. So you wanna keep those shields charged up since your hull is basically made of tissue paper held together by spit. Lasers are sufficient for any anti-fighter duty and rockets make you a capital ship killer. Keep those shields up with proper power management/APS and you're a tank. Combine that with the agility boosts and you have a terrifyingly efficient killing machine.
The main things to watch out for are A-wings, B-wings, and all ion munitions. A-wings easily outmaneuver you so avoid them at all costs, NEVER engage a B-wing head on because it will shred your shields with its ion cannon; hit them from the sides or from behind, and ion munitions will kill your shield which is the only thing between you and a fiery death.
Did he explain the "unlimited" aspect of the healing? I missed it.
Nice vid!
Thanks to you guys I love running rockets on my A-wing and Tie-interceptor.
I fly support for my squadron. I enjoy using the ion cannon, supply droid, ion missile, and slam engine. I like this load out because when I can reach my allies with a boost from the slam engine while overcharging my shields, and when no ally is in danger, I can target an enemy player, disable them with ion, ping them, and let my squadron do the rest. This load out does seem really good, and you are a lot better than me at support so I will use this as a secondary load out. Also I did not realize seeker warheads could only target two missiles. Thanks!
Also Charlie, I was exactly the same. When I first heard of the game, I wanted to fly interceptor, but nobody else was willing to fly support, and we already had two bombers, one interceptor, and one player who would play based on the situation. Me going as any other class would not have contributed to my team very much. Keep it up Eckstoo!
Fighter, Ion Cannons, Repair Kit, Barrage Rockets, Seeker Warheads, SLAM engines (I just find boost super useful). Stun someone with ion cannons, quickly destroy them with the barrage rockets. I love it.
I usually run bomber with rotary, multi-lock, beam, seeker, standard hull/shields, and SLAM engine. I find the rotary allows me to pour some dense DPS down on both capital ships and fighters, the multi-lock missiles are great for farming AI fighters for morale as you transit, the particle beam allows for a major amount of damage up close (as opposed to torpedoes that are so slow they get shot down a lot doing nothing while nerfing your cannon damage or putting you in a dangerous position on capital ships). I use the Seeker countermeasures because I do twist and turn a lot - especially when defending, though I'm still trying to decide if it is better for my playstyle than Particle Burst. SLAM is awesome. Always having that escape available is key, especially when combined with micro-sliding through terrain.
One thing about ion cannons - they are good for disabling starfighters. Nothing pisses me off more than getting hit by an ion missile or disabled by a support with ion cannons - especially in a Republic craft since it also eliminates the overcharged shields I invariably had up.
My secondary class is support. I'm still working on doing more than flipping through friendly targets to provide heals and fortifying bombers on their runs. SLAM makes it easy to get across to far-away team members, particularly when team members are defending both frigates/cruisers.
Thanks for the build tips Charlie! Ive been play against AI since the game came out and im starting to get a decent handle on the game. However I fear once I do join in with players online my par skills with fighters and bombers arent going to be enough. Ive had the thought to try support but playing it with AI team mates doesnt seem to help get you geared up to play the class for real in online. But I will definitely give your build a shot, and as always thanks for the content!
I really recommend jumping in. The first couple of games will be tough, but as your MMR settles during placement matches. Games will feel a bit more consistent to your play level!
- Charlie
I use what I call my "Red 5" build. Fighter with PT / repairs and flares agile hull, propulsion engines and standard blasters, for a versatile ship against fighters and capital ships.
Eckstoo! That’s my load out as well. Sometimes prefer ion canons to help take down shields or take down attacking bombers/fighters when having to defend.
I usually like to play what the team needs
Offensive support; targeting beacons and either seeker mines or ion missiles depending on the enemy comp. Standard lasers, deflector hull, reinforced shields and slam booster. Overload shields on spawn and fly it like a heavy fighter, offers less utility than most support builds, but can gun down anything shy of a bomber solo.
My favorite build is the stealth intercepter build, my kills have ramped up since I started using that, and I've learned how to drift a lot better
Bomber with rotary and Goliath warhead is amazing.
Great vid, makes me want to play this even more now. Cheers
Tie interseptor, standard lasers, multi-lock missiles, the dumbfire rockets (on fleet battles), repair (dog fight). pretty stock but it works
Favourite build is an A wing with cluster and quick lock missiles and a pulse cannon so I can get up to close range charge up the cannons and one shot interceptor and the quicklock missiles can be used to faint countermeasures for the multilock I have reflex shields for survivability s as I do a lot of hit and run.
Resonant shield is awesome with slam engines. Let's you have overcharged engines laser and shields.
Ion an on is brilliant on support. You do next to no damage as support, ion an enemy can keep allies alive.
I also like xwing with light Hull, slam and resonant shields. Quad lasers repair driod and ion missiles. Full power management boost, more agile then stock tie too
I'm fairly new. I like the interceptor with ion cannons, anti-ship missile, and dumbfire rockets. Stun them and then rip them apart with rockets.
Thanks for this video! I always play a "healer" (druid in wow, etc...) so I was drawn to this. I run tac shields and the repair droid, but I've been doing the +shields -regen... I seem to survive pretty well, but I want to try your suggestions here. I've also tried the SLAM engine but can't seem to fall in love with it. I like the engine that gives +100 accelleration, but again, I am pretty new and need to try some other stuff. I will give your +maneuverability suggestions a shot. Thanks again.
What is funny I was wanting to play Tie Bomber, because I figured no one would want to play the bomber class. I always liked bombers. I even used a stealth torpedo bomber in Elite Dangerous for PVP which would overload the enemies shields and destroy their shield system.
Could you make a video talking about how you shift your subsystems around when flying/supporting/etc?
Lol 4 months later after watching this.
I actually think support gets the most gratitude from players
Support players are among the most skilled, flat out.
Tie fighter: tanky/manoeverably build. NEED TO DRIFT WELL!
1) standard laser cannon
2) concussion missile
3) repair kit
4) seeker warheads
5) reinforced hull (2.5k health)
6) Microthrust engine
Standard laser cannon is IMHO best in terms of consistenly bringing the pain. Reinforced hull tops you off at insane health. The repair kit heals you for 50% of max health. Higher the health means bigger the heal.
Your manoeverability is not that bad. A bit above a standard tie fighter. (84 i think from memory?).
They key to this build is playstyle: ALWAYS max out your engine power. Keep that boost recharging and ready to go. Learn how to drift like a madman and utilise that boost to move quickly around the map. Once you've got a shot lined up --> convert power to lasers and blast away. Boost will start recharging and you've got a nearly fully overcharged laser with a big clip ready to go. You will have very good manoeverability, speed (through boost) and instant overcharged lasers whenever you need it. This is by far my fav build so far.
"Drawbacks": need to learn how to drift very well and make sure you've got good hotkeys for power conversion. It doesn't work without those two.
I like to run the ion cannons to let my dps allies do their thing to disabled ships, and i also run ally shields with the turret for some extra fire power, and then just standard for the rest
'Melihat' sensor jammer is come from Indonesia language means 'vision' sensor jammer. It looks like several of developer staff come are Indonesian, Singapore or Malay.
I play my build pretty similarly with the same lasers and auxiliary choices. I may try your setup for engine, shield and hull though as I tend to go with Deflector Hull, Fortified Deflector and Standard Engines. My build leaves me with strong shields but admittedly Ion missiles wreck me so I am always looking for other options.
I like the shield that allows weapons to charge better when they are full, lets me pump shields then leave in engines and still get lasers overcharged.
A question outside of gaming. If the center pod of a U-wing was a third again longer and wider how would that effect flight and combat?
Just what I needed. I’ve been trying sensor jammer and heal as support, but don’t know if teammates appreciate the sensor jamming/find it helpful? Been trying to help bombers get out further/closer to AI that way.
Sensor Jammer is very deadly when used with people in comms. More effective with the Rebels also, since there isn't a strong reliance on tactical shielding.
- Charlie
@@EcksToo great reply. Maybe I’ll try that with a ‘nimble’ support build to try to keep up with teammates. Excited for more streams and build videos!
I'm currently running resonant shield slam engine on my X-wing. It's good for new players or chill playing bc effective power management requires less attention.
Great supporting video for support class
My man your videos give hope to people who wanna play something different from bomber fighter and interceptors !!
I like the bomber with concentrated beam and multi Lock missles
Great video I think I have to change my loadout now
Ive been using the tractor beam on support ships. Its so much fun to lock down pesky tie fighters
I love the support class in this game. Really different way of playing the game and I still get occasional kills.
Have you ever used tractor beam and mines?
Just had a game where a support teammate kept me in a fight after I should have died at least five times, really top rate work
Me n the group of mates i play with all run default hull and engines because we feel the negatives are just far greater than the positives, the components nerf you not buff
Fighter class with Ion Torpedo and proton torpedo's or bomber with multi missiles and proton torpedos (I hate bombs or don't know how to use them properly). Support supply droid and tactical shield or target beacons. Like the slam engines
My biggest complaint the turn time while drifting is too slow.
Ion cannons for guns is the best choice to support your team. You arent there to kill, but disable and support your team
Nice, I have the load out ready 😉👌🏻
im gonna try to learn to play support so I can when no one else will but not to play all the time
I want to play support but I hate the U wing so I can only play imperial support. I just cant tell where the wings are on the u wing so I keep slamming into things
If you have good aim, use ion with the dumb fire rockets. Disabling them, then smacking them with 3 rockets is a good combo
Thanks a lot for this guide!
I think the problem with support sadly is that it doesn’t reward you enough points wise.
If you stay truly defensive like this, you get few kills, subsystems and damage.
One kill is 100 points. I regularly get 15+ kills in fighters or intercepors.
To get this in a support is just impossible. Even if you support plus go ham.
Your abilities should just provide more points than 20 per resupply!
I find it funny how I’m a great offense player as the support class (specifically U-wing), I got 11 player kills and 2 deaths.
What you said about supports make sense. After all which makes the worse killer: Ted Bundy or a doctor? One is charming the other knows how the most painful spots on your body
Sadly I haven’t been able to put 24 hours into squadrons due to college
I thank /every/ support that shields or heals me with an in-game toast. I try to make sure they know that I notice their hard work.
Wait, I think I clicked on the wrong video. The title says Support, but I don't see Ecks flying an Interceptor!
I like ion on empire, to knock out rebel fighters shields. but yeah i dont on rebel
I prefer always Support. Its always needed and never not needed
Charlie this video was so fucking good.
multi-missile can't send more than one missile per target, that's cluster missile which is on interceptors instead of bombers
I run support in public games because few people do. It's not unusual to be in 1st or 2nd place with it either.
For my squadron, we all take turn being support
Xwing with stealth, ion and proton torpedo with burst cannons. Goodbye capital ships
aahh support. the bass player of the team.
For bomber rotoray cannon Goliath misled and multiple lock missles
Stealth/Speed Interceptor
New challenge: all support squadron
I think it is a bit misleading to say there is a best loadout for every class. I use three loadouts every game with my support ship for different scenarios and, while I do have one loadout I use most of a match, the other two fit their circumstances a lot better than my main loadout.
But not everyone is going to have multiple load outs, I have 2 on republic, but just the one Imp still.
I actually think ace pilot players should play support, since the skill of a good support can turn any match into their teams favor, let alone the fact the two support ship are decent in dogfighting, just need a bit of multitasking, I babysit my girlfriend throughout the matches with my support ship and still kicking ass with 20+ kills, and women say man can’t multitask, what a joke
I like a tail
First hur dur I lack braincells
“Hey Charlie, you saved my life. Thanks for the heal.”
“Hey Charlie, that was good info. Thanks for the brain meal.”
“Hey Charlie, I appreciate the selfless attitude. Thanks for the feels.”
Game out barely 10 days, Charlie: "Support is kind of a forgotten class".
Isn´t it a bit early to forget a class?
Obviously you haven’t seen most people’s attention span.
@@tophersandow2825 Damn, that´s on hell of a good point.
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