XvT-F 208: Cyclone Squadron Chronicles - Attack on MN-18
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Battle Reviews
0
MAJ Vanguard88
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2024-10-16
So many bugs. So so many. The mission itself also doesn't make sense: your frigate leaves early in the mission and your friendly fighters do not have orders to go home, but the mission is a hit and fade, meaning the fade part of the mission never happens. The defenses for such a facility are also far too low for what is being attacked; you face 1 squadron of fighters all with low AI. You are also not assigned enough strike fighters, for some reason you only get 3 missile boats and 5 Tie Advanced when there are so few enemy fighters.
3
VA Genie
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2021-10-26
I actually like the difficulty of this mission and the platforms and factories being so good at firing at you. My only issue is the AI fighter you have to prevent from dying. Kate!!!!
0
COL Phalk Sturm
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2021-10-22
Terrible mission. Poorly planned. If you approach it from the perspective of a space superiority T/A, the T/Ds in charge of bombing the FACs and the PLTs will eventually go in doing loops endlessly and never shooting at the facilities. However, if you choose the T/D and pack heavy rockets, with the standard load, you barely scratch the surface of 1 out of 4 structures to sink, since the creator did not allow you to jump to other fighters in your crew. And you are on a timer, you must sink all platforms and leave before the rebel fleet arrives, and believe me, the T/D can disable them and sink them, but on lasers it will take ages. A terrible mess. Avoid it at all costs.
4
GN Abel Malik
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2006-03-05
A nice mission featuring Cyclone squadron, well worth flying.
3
GN Master
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2006-02-25
Quite hard if your playing it on your own but complete able nonetheless. Is a well created FREE and is fun to fly.
Battle Bug Reports
2024-10-16
Mission description specifies eliminating one factory but you must destroy two factories and two platforms. Missing word: the in between supply and lines. Paragraph two again specifies one factory instead of two. Last sentence should say "...this is going to be a hit and fade attack."
All right spelled incorrectly in briefing. Frigate also spelled incorrectly, as is cleanly.
No mission complete message.
Bonus goals are impossible to complete as friendly fighters do not hyper out at the end of the mission.
E/S Protector crashes into platform MN-17B when acquiring the player as a target if they are closest.
A-W MN Gold will only have one member of their FG attack the player at a time, the rest will follow flight leader.
This is due to them being given an AI setting too low. Missile Boat Cyclone 1 has an extra space in the FG name.
All reinforcing A-Wings have been given beam systems even though rebel craft cannot carry a beam system, nor do they ever use them.
Mission specifies do not take heavy casualties but you can only lose two craft total; if you lose three or more you fail.
Missile Boat group Cyclone will frequently crash into the factories they attack if they do not take enough damage to cause them to abort their attack run.
High Scores
| Mission: | 114,704 | MAJ Vanguard88 | 2024-10-16 |
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Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 114,704 | MAJ Vanguard88 | 2024-10-16 |
| 2 | 67,496 | LC Rando | 2018-05-07 |
| 3 | 52,568 | MAJ Aldaric | 2018-04-28 |
| 4 | 43,130 | COL Gyssler | 2019-05-14 |
| 5 | 41,938 | GN Dax Corrin | 2015-08-11 |
| 6 | 39,449 | COL Gyssler | 2018-05-05 |
| 7 | 33,284 | GN Elwood the Brave | 2019-05-12 |
| 8 | 32,740 | GN Earnim Branet | 2018-05-05 |
| 9 | 11,480 | COL Phalk Sturm | 2021-10-22 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 28 pilots a total of 31 times.
MAJ Aldaric - 2 times, last on 2018-04-28
GN Dax Corrin - 2015-08-11
GN Earnim Branet - 2 times, last on 2018-05-05
GN Elwood the Brave - 2019-05-12
COL Gyssler - 2 times, last on 2019-05-14
COL Phalk Sturm - 2021-10-22
LC Rando - 2018-05-07
MAJ Vanguard88 - 2024-10-16
MAJ Yulig Pefan - 2022-10-11
Title: Cyclone Squadron Chronicles - Attack on MN-17 Missions: 1 Type: XvT-FREE Medal: N/A Game Platform: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter Patches: EHSP-XvT Author: Marcin Szydlowski #3203 pbmike@go2.pl INSTALATION INSTRUCTION: Simply double click on the file to load it and then play it. Or just run EHBL and load the mission. For Co-op. Unzip the combat.lst and put it in the Xvt/Combat dir. Note: This battle is intended to be easy on easy level, but it can be hell on hard. So don't cry and become better player. Remember. XvT increases AI of all ships by 2 on hard, so it will not be easy. I'm not even sure if it's possible to complete all missions on hard, we it is but you must be really good. THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.