Re: Privateer 2 on XP

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From: Patrick Thompson
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:22

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"Karl Frank" <karl@karl.frank.name> wrote in message
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> Patrick Thompson wrote:
>
> > Are there some play balance problems in the game?  It seems to me that
the
> > Skull light fighter is significantly more durable than it should be.
>
> Yes and no. The stats are probably correct and those critters aren't
> particulary hard to destroy. The problem is that you simply don't hit
> them 90% of the time. Any yeah - the skull is the most annoying ship in
> the game. You might want to try missiles for them instead...

Which missle will actually hit them?  They seem to shake off any missle I
shoot at them (I've tried Pythons, Brute Mk II's, and proximities).

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