XWA-IW 4: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
Battle Information
Battle Reviews
I think it's on par with the previous two Rion battles, although it's probably my favorite of them. I actually didn't mind the first two quieter missions personally, but the next three big battles are certainly plenty of action if you find yourself in need of something larger.
Alright battle that starts out a little slow in the first two missions but then ends in several quite big engagements, which is always fun. Be careful though not to draw too many opponents to target you simultaneously.
Not the best of the series of the Rionese Confederation, but is packed with all sorts of roles to fulfill, see dogfighting, mine sweeping and eventually heavy assault. The X-Wing is a balanced fighter and fun to fly. If you started the previous installments of the Rion Sector, you can't miss this one.
This was, currently, the weakest of the series for a variety of reasons but mainly due to the overwhelming dullness of the first few missions. Inspection and Minesweeping might be thematic, but the waiting and repetitiveness of such missions wears on a player.
The later missions make up for this for the most part, though I must admit I didn't appreciate being the sole target of an entire squadron of Z-95s or TIEs; they make a mess of you pretty easily even on Easy!
This battle was enthusiastically just okay. It had both its bad and good moments tempered a little by a very boring and confusing plotline. Not sure where to begin with that one. I think the very poor English prevented a lot of things and ideas from coming across. The first few missions were quite boring – I’m not sure how we found this shipyard or this minefield but by god we are going to blow the crap out of them. To the creator’s credit, however, missions 4 and 5 absolutely made up for it. Lots of very big epic dogfighting with multiple Star Destroyers around. I will confess to the fact that it is all too fun to be in an X Wing with quad linked lasers blowing up a shieldless TIE Fighter with a single shot. Don’t worry, the pilot is an Imperial. It’s stolen technology anyway. Overall this battle was okay...it can be boring at times, but the last couple missions really saved it!
Plot and missions are acceptable, except in battle three where the Z-95s are able to eliminate an X/W with full shields in a couple of seconds on anything but easy setting. Ouch... not so well balanced I'd say.
Nice battle, although I don't like flying rebel ships ;) Plot is quite good, and battles are acceptable too. The only thing I can have against are Z-95 converting me to space dust within seconds in mission 3. Anyway, solid piece of work.
Lots of waiting with nothing to do in the first missions. I know that's "more realistic," but in a video game without a way to speed up time, it is annoying. In mission 3 and 4, there are too many capships for my weak computer to handle, so some of them went invisible. I'm not using that against the battle, just mentioning it. The plot is pretty basic and a little bit unclear. I've also flown the previous "Rion" battles, but I still don't know what the Rion Fleet is all about or why it's where it is.
Battle Bug Reports
2009-08-30
Mission 2: ATR Assault do not arrive to assist with destroying Rebel corvettes.
Mission 4: IW fleet has trouble hitting the Rionese ISDs from broadside or slightly elevated angles. There is a Rionese SSD that arrives if the ISDII Royal is disabled, and then sits there doing nothing.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 50,909 | COL Deimos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 1,515 | COL Deimos | |
| Mission 2: | 3,520 | COL Deimos | |
| Mission 3: | 22,148 | COL Deimos | |
| Mission 4: | 15,076 | COL Deimos | |
| Mission 5: | 8,650 | COL Deimos |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 50,909 | COL Deimos | 2004-08-19 |
| 2 | 21,625 | LC Tygra Shadowclaw | 2003-08-19 |
| 3 | 17,792 | VA Kane Reese | 2002-12-16 |
| 4 | 13,120 | COL Angel | 2002-12-28 |
| 5 | 10,917 | SL Ketan-Shej | 2004-06-17 |
| 6 | 10,684 | LCM Josef Hassan | 2004-10-31 |
| 7 | 10,576 | COL Joey C | 2003-07-13 |
| 8 | 10,509 | GN Dunta Polo | 2009-08-30 |
| 9 | 10,019 | MAJ Artyis | 2002-11-18 |
| 10 | 9,481 | CM Leofric | 2023-02-22 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 304 pilots a total of 311 times.
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 2 times, last on 2013-12-18
LC andr3 - 2022-02-05
CM Andrelious J. Inahj - 2004-08-10
COL Angel - 2002-12-28
CM Anthonius - 2003-11-11
COL Archangel - 2003-07-11
LC Archon - 2003-01-17
CM Armagon - 2004-12-14
MAJ Artyis - 2002-11-18
CM Billy Taldrya - 2003-05-17
CM Brenn Tantor - 2002-08-29
CM Cabbel - 2002-09-14
LT Cauldron Hawke - 2004-06-02
LC Chris Cox - 2003-10-26
COL CrimsonFury - 2003-02-13
LC Curtis - 2002-09-03
COL Davi Anthol - 2003-04-25
COL Deimos - 2004-08-19
CM Dierdre Varn - 2002-12-22
LCM Dougal Ceallaigh - 2021-05-03
COL Drak - 2003-01-02
LCM Dufar Jabar - 2003-02-18
GN Dunta Polo - 2009-08-30
LT Egzekutor - 2003-08-27
CM El Guapo - 2005-01-22
GN Elwood the Brave - 2 times, last on 2013-06-09
CM Epicedion - 2020-09-29
MAJ Eugene - 2003-10-06
MAJ Frankie - 2003-04-01
CPT Frenchie6 - 2 times, last on 2020-09-22
LCM Geraacka - 2002-08-14
LC Girth Snail - 2003-01-10
CPT Grimlock - 2003-01-25
MAJ Hermann - 2 times, last on 2020-09-08
FA Howlader - 2010-03-01
CM Jagged Fell III - 2023-09-21
GN Jarek La’an - 2003-08-04
MAJ Jedgar - 2020-11-15
COL Jer Stryker - 2003-01-21
COL Joey C - 2003-07-13
LCM Josef Hassan - 2004-10-31
LCM Kael Dalor - 2009-02-08
VA Kane Reese - 2002-12-16
LCM Kat Lyons - 2003-02-09
MAJ KEBLAOMEGA - 2023-12-27
MAJ Keiran Laserlight - 2003-12-03
Keller - 2002-11-20
SL Ketan-Shej - 2004-06-17
LT Korbane Ashoka - 2002-09-06
CPT Kyral Retsam - 2002-11-18
LT Lance Menu - 2003-09-11
CM Leofric - 2023-02-22
VA Locke Setzer - 2023-08-06
CPT Maiko Spince - 2003-09-02
MAJ Malik - 2003-11-06
GN Mark Schueler - 2 times, last on 2020-09-29
COL Mosh - 2003-08-05
HA Pete Mitchell - 2003-04-18
COL Phalk Sturm - 2020-09-19
COL Phantom - 2003-06-13
FA Pickled Yoda - 2002-12-07
MAJ Praetorian - 2003-01-29
VA Rejili Holthaus - 2005-05-03
CM Renoshi Bespin - 2003-01-12
LCM Rhace - 2014-04-27
CPT Rogue - 2002-08-31
MAJ Ryan Chi'Cath - 2003-06-24
LC Savageaz - 2004-08-24
CPT Serge Broskopf - 2002-12-23
COL Shae Kitane - 2003-01-31
GN Silwar Naiilo - 2020-09-30
VA Starrett - 2002-09-09
AD Stryker - 2020-09-09
COL TheBlackxRanger - 2023-09-13
LCM Thomas O'deevs - 2004-07-10
LC Thorn - 2003-01-05
AD TK-2107 - 2002-09-04
LCM TK-8148 - 2002-08-09
GN Triji Boliv - 2003-10-15
CPT Turel - 2020-10-21
LC Turr Phennir - 2002-09-17
LC Tygra Shadowclaw - 2003-08-19
CPT Ulath - 2003-02-21
CPT Viper - 2002-09-03
COL Vladet Xavier - 2003-02-14
CPT Voort SaBinring - 2004-07-11
CM Wisal Pol-Jo - 2004-05-30
MAJ Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2023-02-19
CPT Xander Drax - 2003-07-12
LCM Yilana - 2002-12-21
LT Zacarias - 2003-06-17
SL Zekk Terrik - 3 times, last on 2020-09-04
Notes for installing IW Battle 25 (XWA)
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1] Double click the .EHM file, the EH Battle Launcher will install the battle.
2] Check the Misc folder in your XWA for additional material like patches, emails or sounds.
3] In EHBL, create a new "EH Pilot" in the Game Menu (Check "Prepare for EH Battle").
4] Press the X-Wing Alliance button to start XWA and fly the battle.
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- Appareance of some radio messages corrected in mission 4 (08/19/00)
- Bug corrected (Primary goals) in mission 4 (08/25/00):
weird thing I've ever seen...
by IWTAC/COL Striker/NC-4/MC-90 Fear/IW/EH (EH_Striker@mail.com)