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- Wing Commander 1 Flight Tactics
-
- The following maneuvers will increase you kills and chances of
- survival.
-
- Standard Maneuvers:
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- 1) Let an enemy tail your ship flying at about 120 kps. Then hit
- your after burners. Make a hard brake and turn a tight 180 degrees
- turn. Then open fire.
-
- 2) When being chased by a good enemy fighter increase speed to
- maximum without after burners. Then pull a hard break and wait
- till the enemy is in your front range of fire.
- (note: The enemy ships during this combat manuever should be the
- same speed equivalence.)
-
- 3) When firing head to head with the enemy, try firing all guns and
- afterburn to about 8 degrees left or right. Then face the enemy
- again and fire. This tactic is extremely effective against slow
- moving ships such as the Gratha or Jalthi.
-
- 4) When trying to chase an enemy ship running away never use the
- afterburners. You would only waste your fuel. Navigate to another
- nav point then auto pilot back to the same nav point where the
- enemy was. He should be there.
-
- 5) When the attack ratio is 2:2 Friend/Foe. Try asking your
- wingman to attack the enemy ship chasing you while you attack his
- enemyship. This is very effective and it surprises your enemies.
-
- 6) When attack large mother ships, never use missiles. Save the
- missiles for attacking fighters. It is more effective to fire a
- missile at a damaged ship and destroy it then to weaken the shields
- then use your lasers.
-
- 7) When attacking large ships try attacking with full guns in the
- rear of the ship. This way you would not be underfire from the
- enemy.
-
- 8) As a wing leader, your objective is destroy your target. In
- cases of Darkir(a transport) attack and destroy them first before
- you attack the defending fighters.
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- 9) When out numbered by the enemies while they attack the Tiger
- Claw. Stay close to the ship and attack only the enemy fighter
- shooting at the Tiger Claw. Once they stop firing and turn away
- attack another enemy fighter shooting at the Tiger Claw. Never
- chase the ship. Using this tactic, eventually you will defeat the
- enemy fighters.
-
- 10)For Gratha and Jalthi, use #3 stated above to attack them.
-
- 11)For Dralthi and Krant try afterburning around them near the
- back. The weapons on these ships are not very powerful so a head
- on combat is possible.
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- 12)For Salthi just fly at very slow speed. Around 50kps, then just
- sit and wait for the enemy ship to turn and fire upon you. Then
- fire full blast at the Salthi. It is futile to chase these ship
- because they have good agility.
-
- Wing Commander is a very different game. There are many
- possiblities and ways to encounter your enemy. Unlike some other
- games they have the same action over and over again. Experiment a
- little, try and invent some other tactics, this would add to more
- fun in Wing Commander.
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- The End
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- MicroMacro
- (c)1991