XW-DB 1: The Ways of the Sith
Battle Information
Battle Reviews
Mission 3 is beatable, and easily done. Here's how to do it. Start by powering up shields and weapons, you have a small timing window in which to do it. When X-Wing Red arrives, kill one of them, two if possible and immediately switch to X-Wing blue. They arrive 55 seconds after the mission starts. Switch to them immediately and take them out quickly, using torpedoes if necessary. Remember you can order the transport to take evasive action if you have to. Once they are dead kill one more of X-Wing red and then hull damage the other one so it goes to hyperspace; if it does not leave it alive. When A-Wing blue arrives put all power into engines, switch to proton torpedoes, get behind the A-Wings and dumb fire one torpedo into each of them. After that you can help mop up the remaining fighters or just kill the X-Wing on your tail then hyper out, the ISD will leave as soon as the transport is aboard.
Was enjoying this until Mission 3. Otherwise its great.
Will re-review if Mission 3 ever gets fixed.
I tried to avoid reviewing my own things, but I recently re-flew this one (for some reason it was missing from my profile), and thought the time would give me enough distance to not think of it as one of mine. Unfortunately, that's impossible. I can tell you it was heavily influenced off of TIE DB-13, albeit with the goal of keeping the insanity optional. I can tell you the endless waves were specifically intended to frustrate H.S. chasers, although I can't tell you particularly why I wanted that bit of schadenfreude. I can also tell you Mission #3 in particular was weaponized annoyance towards the many missions in the compendium that don't threaten sensitive targets in the least.
I'd change at least a hundred things if I could do it again, but now it belongs to the ages. I think it's OK - too brutal in parts, too easy in others, punishing for folks who want that high score, but not so awful for folks who don't care.
Not the best battle. Mission 3 is insanely hard. One of these missions you have to play over and over again to know what exactly happens when so you can be at the right place in the right time.
That's an average battle. The story of it is okay but it pretty much places you solo vs. the fleet. While parimary goals are relatively easy to achieve, granting you completion... You may decide to linger a while longer and mop up. And this is far from easy. Pretty much all of the missions feature at least one group of fighters that are set to roughly 10 waves. That is both boring and unceccessary. A solid battle but I've flown better.
Battle Bug Reports
2023-09-10
Mission 3 cannot be completed without cheats.
Even if you survive XW Red and somehow manage to take out XW Blue before it destroys the TRNs the AW will destroy it.
I dont care how good you are, cant be done.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 116,962 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-11-14 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 17,965 | AD Impulse | |
| Mission 2: | 42,224 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-11-14 |
| Mission 3: | 44,817 | LCM Marek Ny`Irfa | 2020-09-12 |
| Mission 4: | 18,237 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-11-14 |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 116,962 | LCM Vanguard88 | 2023-11-14 |
| 2 | 89,233 | LCM Marek Ny`Irfa | 2020-09-12 |
| 3 | 43,118 | LC andr3 | 2022-10-20 |
| 4 | 36,554 | COL Locke Setzer | 2023-04-11 |
| 5 | 31,872 | FA Pickled Yoda | 2021-10-12 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 11 pilots a total of 11 times.
COL Locke Setzer - 2023-04-11
LCM Marek Ny`Irfa - 2020-09-12
FA Pickled Yoda - 2021-10-12
LCM Vanguard88 - 2023-11-14
CPT Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2022-09-04
Title: The Ways of the Sith
Missions: 4
Game Platform: X-Wing
Author: BTM/NOV Locke Setzer/Prophecy/Qel-Droma/Arcona
{SA-G:LDR-P2:KRATH}
aka COM/RA Locke Setzer/ISD Challenge
SSx2/BSx4/PCx5/ISMx4/MoI/MoT-4rh-4gh-6bh/IS-7BW-1BR-9SW-4SR-1GR-1PR/LoC-CSx3-Rx1/DFC-Rx1/CoLx2/CoB/LoA/OV-4E [GLDR] {IWATS-AIM-ASP-BOT-BX-CBX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-JS-LIN-M/1/2-MP-MS-PHP-RT-SM/2/3-TACS-TLN-TM/1-TT-VBS-WM-WPN-XAM-XML-XTM/1/2-XTT}
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Installation Instructions:
X-Wing CD Installation: Download and install XCD from the SCO Site (http://sco.minos.net), files
archive, the edittors section. (6k.) This will let you run custom missions. There is a full guide
available at the SCO site as well.
Put Max4.BRF, Max4.XWI, Max5.BRF, Max5.XWI, Satlit1.BRF, Satlit1.XWI, Waistem.BRF and Waistem.XWI
in your new "C:\Mission" folder and use XCD to start X-Wing CD.
Create a new pilot based on your pin and the battle's type and name. For example: 2883tc01.plt if
I would be flying the first XW-TC battle.
Fly the first 4 "Historical Combat" missions for the "X-Wing".
note: other custom missions in your mission folder will be overwritten.
X-Wing 95/Disk Installation: Run full install of the game so the mission files will be on your
hard drive. The game will take it's mission information by preference from the harddisc, but might
still give a warning. In that case - Ignore.
Locate your X-W Directory and open the folder labeled "Mission", or "Classic" in X-W95. Copy the
*.xwi, *.brf files of this custom battle into it.
Create a new pilot based on your pin and the battle's type and name. For example: 2883tc01.plt if
I would be flying the first XW-TC battle.
Fly the first 4 "Historical Combat" missions for the "X-Wing".
note: the original 4 missions in your mission folder will be overwritten, so back them up.
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Note: As a long-time X-Wing mission designer and player, every now and then I like to make battles designed to challenge me, sometimes moreso then the player. Therefore, these missions are designed to be pretty challening. If you have problems with these missions, but wish to complete the battle, feel free to email me at eh_locke@yahoo.com and I'll see if I can't help you out with some hints and/or tips :)
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