TIE-TC 114: Stop the Press!
Battle Information
Battle Medal:
Medal of Patience
Battle Reviews
Where do I begin? There are plenty of problems with this battle. However, I cannot shake the fact it was an enjoyable one. Mission #1 could have used some craft actually threatening the freighters for example, at least on hard! Also, it always pulls me out of the immersion when either your friendly or enemy cap ship do not respond appropriately to the threat, with the right amount of craft and / or using the capital ship itself to fire. Mission #2 was a bit more on-par, though there are some minor issues here or there. Mission #3 starts off well, but the idle cap ships (which could at least try to defend themselves by firing back) and the invincible cap ships that arrive... well. So you et my drift. However, it IS a fun battle and the story is decent. Hence it gets a generous 4 (though I understand why someone would give it a 3 or even a 2)
What a terrible battle!. Plotline and briefings are acceptable. Nothing out of the ordinary, and the idea of the press nagging everybody by getting in the way, could have been original. My beef with this battle is that it has so many flaws and errors, it could be used as one excellent material for a MCBS example of what not to do. Calamari Cruisers flying like fighters and targeting you with missiles, trying to ger a lock-on!. A group of invincible FRTs trying to nuke a platform with rockets, and fail every time, lame morons. At some point you will have to destroy your own units in order to advance in the mission. And No!, it has nothing to do with the plot, it's just how foolishly planned, poorly constructed, and worse revised, this battle is. You will have to endure your support units shooting at each other. A pair of imperial M/CRVs laying a barrage on your VSD and ramming her time after time. There are so many bugs and errors, this battle owes a medal. The Medal of Incompetence. I was wondering, how on Palpatine's grace, did the TAC even approved this back 20 years ago, to be loaded in the Compendium. I guess the publishing standards were indeed very low. If there is ever a list of battles to overhaul, this should be in the first top ten.
When I saw the title of this battle I expected some sort of weird and goofy story about EH newsletter, getting paper for it or whatever thing that the members had fetish for some twenty years ago. The plot of this battle is actually pretty good and solid though, a pleasant surprise! Where this battle is lacking though is the mission design. As the previous comment states there is quite lenghty introductory period in each single mission. Thankfully that can be easily sped up with time compressinon. You should also use this time to boost your shields to maximum as pretty much all the enemies are missile happy here. Mission 4 indeed featured something I've never seen before. Heavy rocket loaded BFFs that attack the platform as soon as its captured. Sadly the AI is far from perfect and failed to complete this task. I also had to blast my own station just to push the mission forward. I think it needs a more foolproof mechanism to get this station down. In mission 3 and 5 there are capital ships that have starfighter orders to attack you. Since they are missile equipped as well, this resulted in one of the most funny things I've seen in custom missions thus far. A cap ship that is required to get a missile lock on you to fire! :D Overall, this battle is not really overly fun to fly.
I definitely did not care for this battle. Once the action gets started it is actually sort of fun, but the issue is that it takes so long for action to start in any of the missions. In missions 3, 4, and 5 you wait a solid five minutes before the action begins. That is completely unacceptable. I think in mission 4, the freighters floating around were supposed to destroy the platform. I ended up watching the freighters fly around aimlessly and instead just went up and blasted my own platform to oblivion so we could move the mission along. However, the storyline is pretty funny, especially if you find journalists annoying like I do. I appreciated the humor in the mission briefing and borderline curse words. When things get rolling it is pretty fun with lots of dogfighting. A little more thought and perhaps a bit more clearer objectives would have made things smoother.
Well-crafted missions and an entertaining narrative
Very good battle. Could be little more harder.
There are some minor errors.
4 points.
What a load of...............
Good all around but can get tedious near the end
This was a fun battle that had a great and fun plot to it. Too bad it’s a bit hard for the newcomer even on Medium difficulty. A few less wings and objectives are difficult to complete would have helped. Also, making a T/A kill an Escort Carrier that jumps to hyperspace after you kill its fighters is a bit rough. I would have liked a bit more time to kill that. For those who don’t know, I’m referring to mission 1 there. Anyway, it is interesting and I do recommend it, just be prepared for a bit of a challenge. I give it a 4.15 (rounded down to a 4 for purposes of the EH review scale.)
One of the most challenging I've flown in a while.
Im giving this battle a 5 because its been a long time since ive flown a good, well-made, well-rounded battle. the plot was fun and interesting, the missions were difficult, but not impossible, and i enjoyed flying it. this is definitely a battle worth flying!
It's 5 for plotline and 3 for design so 4 overall. I enjoy it :)
Battle Bug Reports
2023-04-14
Mission 4
Doesnt appear the mission can be completed. As per the other bug report the FRT are invincible so they cant be disabled/destroyed.
Assuming the CRL arrival condition is to do with them being destroyed or disabled. Waited 20 mins.
2020-11-27
Mission 3: The 3 rebel freighters near the station are invincible. They are attacked by my squad, but take absolutely no damage.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 460,301 | CPT Night Grue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 43,794 | CM Gandalf | |
| Mission 2: | 80,090 | CM Gandalf | |
| Mission 3: | 79,241 | CM Gandalf | |
| Mission 4: | 197,232 | CM Gandalf | |
| Mission 5: | 95,674 | GN Andrzej Mezynski |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 460,301 | CPT Night Grue | 2003-04-27 |
| 2 | 441,969 | CM Gandalf | 2002-09-01 |
| 3 | 407,081 | LC Brandon | 2003-04-17 |
| 4 | 405,176 | CM Cahir | 2003-05-05 |
| 5 | 395,840 | MAJ Artyis | 2003-04-28 |
| 6 | 364,588 | GN Sasquatch | 2003-04-29 |
| 7 | 359,573 | AD Impulse | 2017-03-23 |
| 8 | 359,054 | GN Brian | 2003-04-28 |
| 9 | 326,442 | MAJ Al R.S. | 2003-04-28 |
| 10 | 323,953 | LCM Mateusz | 2003-05-05 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 218 pilots a total of 240 times.
GN Abel Malik - 2005-01-19
LCM Ache Nu - 2003-01-10
MAJ Al R.S. - 2003-04-28
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 10 times, last on 2021-07-11
COL Angel - 2004-05-31
AD Apophis Kuma - 2005-01-20
LC Argon Viper - 2002-11-27
LCM Artur Knight - 2003-01-28
MAJ Artyis - 2003-04-28
CPT Atmos Myremod - 2002-12-17
COL Bilbo - 2003-01-11
LC Brandon - 2003-04-17
GN Brian - 2003-04-28
CM Cahir - 2003-05-05
COL CrimsonFury - 2004-08-08
LCM Dan-Elin - 2016-12-20
LCM Daniel Frost - 2003-01-28
MAJ Deleted Member - 2003-01-29
MAJ Devin Taralis - 2003-04-16
COL Dirty Vader - 2005-03-25
LC Drake Jensen - 2003-01-03
LCM Drax Remlinger - 2003-01-13
GN Elwood the Brave - 3 times, last on 2014-07-15
MAJ Evo Sarnok - 2005-02-18
CM Favdaukar - 2020-11-24
CPT Firzam Coldsteel - 2005-01-07
CM Gandalf - 2002-09-01
LC Gen Es'mith - 2002-11-26
GN Gilad Pelleaon - 2 times, last on 2015-06-29
GN Golbez Harvey - 2015-06-30
CM Grzmot - 2003-05-05
COL Gyssler - 2002-11-27
AD Hav Antiel - 2017-07-18
MAJ Hermann - 3 times, last on 2021-03-23
LCM Hubert - 2003-01-14
AD Impulse - 2017-03-23
COL Ixion Deathbringer - 2003-04-17
VA Kane Reese - 2002-12-04
MAJ Kazraran - 2023-02-08
MAJ Keiran Laserlight - 2003-05-08
LC Kenath Zoron - 2002-08-10
Khameir Sarin - 2003-01-09
LC Kodiak Kereban - 2002-11-24
SL Linoge - 2003-01-27
LCM Marek Ny`Irfa - 2020-11-21
GN Mark Schueler - 2018-06-30
LCM Mateusz - 2003-05-05
CM Nick Chi'Cath - 2003-06-01
CPT Night Grue - 2003-04-27
COL Nightmare - 2003-08-17
HA Pete Mitchell - 2017-06-09
COL Phalk Sturm - 2 times, last on 2020-11-30
FA Pickled Yoda - 7 times, last on 2020-09-19
HA Plif - 2014-12-02
MAJ Prinz von Hoffman - 2009-02-08
LC Repulsor - 2002-12-03
GN Sasquatch - 2003-04-29
LC Savageaz - 2005-02-14
CM Sergeyli - 2009-08-31
CPT SL8c8 - 2020-11-29
LC Spade - 2003-06-06
COL Stuart - 2003-03-01
CPT Talas - 2003-06-25
COL Talons Pryde - 2002-11-25
MAJ TheBlackxRanger - 2023-08-21
LC Thorn - 2002-08-15
CPT Tiamat - 2004-09-28
CM TK-9780 - 2005-05-21
GN Triji Boliv - 2022-10-19
CPT Tvan'Oris - 2002-11-25
CPT Von Predator - 2004-07-25
CPT Voort SaBinring - 2004-09-30
CPT Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2022-07-14
COL Wraithdog - 2014-07-04
SL Zekk Terrik - 2020-11-18
COL Zeth Durron - 2010-05-25
VA Zósite Kónstyte Styles - 2 times, last on 2009-05-20
Required patches ---------------- * none Installation instructions -------------------------- 1] Double click the .EHM file, the EH Battle Launcher will install the battle 2] Check the Misc folder in your TIE95 one for additional material like patches, sounds etc. 3] Press the TIE Fighter button on the EHBL to start the game 4] Create a new pilot and fly the first battle THESE LEVELS ARE NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & (c) LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. Emperor's Hammer Battle Center - http://battles.tiecorps.org ------------------------------------------------------------ Corrected by Project Phoenix (Dec 27, 1999) -Added installation.txt by CMDR/CPT Monaghan/Nun/Wing V/SSSD Sovereign