TIE-TC 8: Strike Against the Pirates
Battle Information
Battle Medal:
Medal of Prevailing
Battle Reviews
I was tempted to give this battle a '2' simply because I really don't like lots of capture missions, but that wouldn't be fair to the creator which have made a selection of well planned missions, so a '3' from me - they did feel very similar though, and I can only echo what other reviews have said - some missions take ages, other are over quickly.
Good intentions, but the battle got progressively worse with each mission. Fly it for completion or for the 60% Squadron Remob. I dread the moment I decide to attempt to break the high scores on this battle. There are some forced elements such as an invulnerable Carrack Cruiser, there are better ways to ensure it gets away that feel more natural. This was a recipe whereby the creator just threw a bit of everything in, only none of the ingredients fit.
I enjoyed this one pretty well. I liked the mixed attack/defend of capturing containers and ships in the first half, but once you hop in the missile boat it's just spam kill the capital ships in two missions that could've just been one. Solid effort, and it functions well, so worth a play.
I played on Medium. These missions vary in quality pretty highly if you're just completing the mission objectives. Missions 1-3 are pretty long and took me 20+ minutes on the game timer (probably closer to 15 with fast forward), then Missions 4 and 5 are ridiculously quick. I finished Mission 5 in 57 seconds. Missions 1-3 are basically the same mission; you kill starfighters until they stop spawning and then capture some stuff. Your objectives in Missions 4 and 5 are simply to kill some capital ships and are pretty trivial. I think Mission 1 was my favorite, it was balanced fairly well. The rest of the missions ranged from okay to bad.
Decent, straight forward battle. There wasn't much of a story, but at least there was a consistent narrative that followed through all the missions. Design was a little flimsy, particularly in how they setup waves of fighters. Not very challenging, but not a lot of frustrating over complication either. Overall had a good time.
Lots of capturing. Again, a number of battles that could have been reduced to just one. As for the storyline, it was somehow interesting but could have used more elements of surprise and make the player feel he was actually punishing the pirates. One could expect to hit bases with lots of supply craft, containers, etc but there wasn't much of them here. Nice try tho.
Awful. Obsessed with capturing ships, craft limits frequently topped due to virtually the whole EH being present, and requires things like disabling containers.
This was a very interesting battle, but it had some rough spots that made it hard. For example, the first mission has you killing off a capital ship with no reloader. Talk about a pain. The first mission alone takes you at least twenty minutes just because you have to kill off the capital ship doing laser runs to bring down the sheilds. Similar problems exist in later mission where no reloader is provided in taking out the capital ships, such as mission four that has you taking out three frigates in a missile boat with you two loads of missles and that's it. Aside from that really annoying thing of no reloader, it was pretty good. I enjoyed them, even though the author had a penchant for using elipses. Keep up the good work!
DIE PIRATES DIE!!!!!!!
I'm not too sure why this is getting such mediocre ratings. I found it to be interesting and fun.
All I have to say is another great pirate battle, not to hard, loved the dogfighting.
I am getting very tired of pirates. Should use missle boats on this.
OK with this one.
should use missle boats for this battle
Battle Bug Reports
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High Scores
| Battle Total: | 375,725 | CPT Night Grue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 92,355 | LT Al Fuller | |
| Mission 2: | 86,382 | LT Al Fuller | |
| Mission 3: | 175,985 | CM Dread | |
| Mission 4: | 62,396 | GN Golbez Harvey | |
| Mission 5: | 46,624 | CM Armagon |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 295,235 | LC Rando | 2019-07-09 |
| 2 | 281,431 | GN Genie | 2022-06-28 |
| 3 | 279,844 | HA Daniel Bonini | 2002-08-18 |
| 4 | 265,767 | LCM Mel Aani S'ger | 2004-06-14 |
| 5 | 264,309 | LCM Lo Mar | 2020-08-07 |
| 6 | 262,940 | LCM Marlin | 2005-03-06 |
| 7 | 257,988 | LCM Nylan | 2003-06-15 |
| 8 | 255,369 | LCM Mateusz | 2003-06-18 |
| 9 | 252,935 | LC Kayle Bayron | 2005-02-08 |
| 10 | 248,911 | COL TK-7764 | 2004-06-10 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 557 pilots a total of 586 times.
CM A. G. Snijglau - 2002-08-30
GN Abel Malik - 2004-09-04
SL Airamags - 2003-08-20
MAJ Aldaric - 2 times, last on 2018-05-06
LC Alec Qarni - 2003-08-05
LC Alejandro Araujo - 3 times, last on 2020-04-16
LCM Aleksey Chugunov - 2003-08-25
CPT Alexi Stukov - 2002-12-10
SL Alphafoxtrot1 - 2003-06-16
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 9 times, last on 2021-05-08
COL Angel - 2003-11-13
CM Arcanix - 2003-07-31
LT Arek Korpil - 2004-08-08
MAJ Arid Foxtrot - 2002-12-02
CM Arlins Scabo - 2003-07-06
CM Armagon - 2003-09-17
CM Arne Saknussem - 2015-02-01
CPT Atmos Myremod - 2003-02-08
CM Billy Taldrya - 2003-05-16
MAJ Binagran - 2003-10-29
LCM Brunon von Doom - 2003-02-25
LCM Charlie X - 2019-11-14
LC Chris McCollum - 2003-07-28
LCM Clarg Zethman - 2005-04-12
COL CrimsonFury - 2005-01-18
HA Daniel Bonini - 2002-08-18
CM Darius Hunter - 2004-08-21
CPT Death Angel - 2002-12-20
LT Deathcall - 2003-03-21
MAJ Deleted Member - 2002-12-29
MAJ Devin Taralis - 2003-01-04
LC Diaboli - 2005-02-17
COL Dirty Vader - 2004-06-18
LCM Dougal Ceallaigh - 2021-01-12
COL Drak - 2003-10-07
CM Dulcatos - 2003-06-30
GN Elwood the Brave - 6 times, last on 2019-07-22
CM Epicedion - 2021-10-03
GN Exar Kit - 2012-01-08
CM Fahrer - 2005-01-25
CM Faliaj Shai - 2005-01-20
CPT Firzam Coldsteel - 2004-08-16
MAJ Flelm - 2014-06-01
LC Frey Gallandro - 2003-02-02
MAJ Fritz Von Stukart - 2003-01-17
HA Frodo March - 2002-08-23
FA Gelton Torr - 2003-02-26
GN Genie - 2022-06-28
CM Ghorg - 2005-02-14
GN Golbez Harvey - 2 times, last on 2016-06-25
CPT Great Griffin - 2004-10-23
CM Grzmot - 2002-09-15
AD Hav Antiel - 3 times, last on 2020-09-02
COL Hawkins - 2014-12-28
MAJ Hermann - 2 times, last on 2021-01-10
AD Impulse - 2005-03-22
CM Infamus - 2003-01-20
CPT Jaques Landeux - 2005-02-12
GN Jarek La’an - 2015-01-11
CPT Jarion Renalds - 2014-02-13
CM Jason Dehner - 2002-08-06
MAJ Jedgar - 2003-04-05
LC Kadon Beir - 2004-08-09
CM Kahooli - 2003-07-06
LC Kayle Bayron - 2005-02-08
MAJ Kazraran - 2022-04-13
MAJ Keiran Laserlight - 2003-02-17
Keller - 2002-12-09
LCM Kurha Merino - 2003-02-16
VA Ky Terrak - 2003-04-11
MAJ Landon Cruise - 2014-02-22
LCM Lo Mar - 2020-08-07
COL Locke Setzer - 2003-06-17
CPT Machinari - 2003-06-05
COL Malidir - 2004-07-17
MAJ Malik - 2002-09-16
CPT Marcus Constantine Augustus III
LC Mark - 2002-12-10
GN Mark Schueler - 2018-07-03
LCM Marlin - 2005-03-06
GN Master - 2003-02-27
LCM Mateusz - 2003-06-18
LCM Mel Aani S'ger - 2004-06-14
CM Michal Herok - 2003-12-09
COL Moagim Daar - 2004-11-02
LCM Mulder - 2002-12-18
LCM Nico Avenger - 2003-10-21
CM Nico Qarni - 2002-11-13
MAJ Nolij - 2014-06-07
CM Nova Discordia - 2022-12-03
LCM Nylan - 2003-06-15
CM Odin Strongheart - 2022-08-12
GN Pete Mitchell - 4 times, last on 2021-05-31
COL Phantom - 2003-11-09
MAJ Picard - 2003-01-05
FA Pickled Yoda - 5 times, last on 2020-09-08
HA Plif - 2014-06-01
LC Quincy Nelson - 2003-06-06
LC Rando - 3 times, last on 2020-09-11
MAJ RichyV - 2009-06-10
CM Rondo - 2003-07-18
LCM Ryan Neale - 2005-05-09
LCM Ryuu - 2004-06-20
MAJ Sarn Erec - 2003-02-28
LC Savageaz - 2002-11-17
LC Scuslem - 2004-10-04
LCM Sev'rance Tann - 2003-12-10
CPT SL8c8 - 2019-03-01
LC Solohan50 - 2021-07-22
LC Spade - 2003-01-21
COL Styles - 2003-01-14
CM Szymon - 2003-03-26
MAJ TheBlackxRanger - 2022-05-28
LC Thom Zack - 2002-09-03
VA Thomas Nitecki - 2003-02-05
LT Tirna Q'jira - 2005-03-04
AD TK-2107 - 2003-01-19
COL TK-7764 - 2004-06-10
CM TK-9780 - 2005-03-21
CPT Trideo Arkson - 2020-04-24
MAJ Tuba - 2011-07-09
LCM Tyr Kenaz - 2003-02-04
LCM Valjean - 2003-07-25
LCM Vance Blackguard - 2003-09-26
FA Von Reinthaler - 2003-02-04
CPT Voort SaBinring - 2004-09-29
LCM Wilq Fastclaw - 2003-11-20
CPT Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2022-07-05
COL Wraithdog - 2002-09-01
CM Xanatos Screed - 2003-11-06
CM Zeke Freeman - 2005-05-16
SL Zekk Terrik - 2003-05-24
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.