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Re: Dreadnought in WC-3

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From: rcb... Brian Baird
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4ca2i4$p...@eri1.erinet.com> dwim...@erinet.com writes:


>I'm in a mission where I have to kill a bunch of fighters and then two corvettes before I get
>to a dreadnought.  I've tried a few different things but haven't been able to take it out yet.

Try going along and blowing up all the turrets first.

>I was able to sneak up from behind and blow away its rear shield and put its 
aft area in>the red, but it wouldn't die.  When I try to go at it from the 
front or mid areas it has these big>guns that shoot yellow lasers at me that 
blow the living crap out of me.  I'm pretty sure I need>to kill this thing to 
continue the mission, because the auto light never comes on and nothing>else 
happens.  I even tried to return to base without engaging the autopilot but 
they wouldn't>grant me clearance.

You can fly inside some capital ships, so try going inside and shooting where 
the laser turrets can't get you.

>So how do I kill this thing?  It takes so long to go through the mission just to get to the dreadnought
>that I don't have a lot of room for experimentation.  I really wish WC 3 would let you save your game
>anywhere in a mission.  Having to constantly repeat the same part of  a mission to get to the part
>you're stuck in gets tedious real fast.

>Thanks in advance for any help.

>Dave Wimmers
>dwim...@erinet.com

hope this helps.
-b
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Subject: Re: Dreadnought in WC-3
Date: 1996/01/09
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