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Article #93755Re: I-War or I-War2?
From: sks
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:22
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:22
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> > I didn't play the first I-War, either, but I'm enjoying I-War 2. > > Even with the latest patch, the game has a few 'bugs' (well actually > > I don't know if they're bugs. Near the beginning of the game, you > > get intelligence briefing about a distress call during flight, if > > you go back to base to change weapon loadout (as I did), when you > > relaunch the distress call is gone...) > > > There are two kinds of distress call. > 1) General - where a ship is being attacked. > 2) The first Mass Ship, Which you raid and start your Long John Silver > impersonation. It was definitely the 2nd-one (Clay tells you the ship's captain is bluffing -- the distress signal is very weak.) For the 1st case, I've found that it's easier to just sit back and let the Mauraders destroy their prey (transports.) After the last ship is destroyed, the Mauraders jump out of the area immediately, leaving any cargo for easy picking...are they supposed to do that?
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