eastcoast2895 Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 i'm almost positive that x-wings and ties are going to be able to be flyable. according to the gamespy interview the x-wings and ties are available as "flyers". they also say that they try to balance "infantry, with vehicles, with flyers". also according to lucasarts's website, you can "use a variety of weapons and vehicles, including X-wings, snowspeeders and AT-ST’s." i'm really looking forward to being able to fly x-wings and ties and it seems the developers really are trying to balance everything. reading the gamespy interview it seems that balance is one of their main focuses. also some maps may make x-wings and ties useless with the tree cover. so bring em on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Originally posted by The_One I think each side should have one flyable low altitude craft. But this should not be an X Wing or Tie Fighter. I think the closest they should get to those ships, would be for calling in air strikes or something. I believe this was mentioned in an interview. I like the idea of a load of Tie Bombers bombing the trees on Yavin IV Could be like with Return to Castle Wolfenstein MP where you could call in an airstrike as commander with pointing a spot with your goggles. I think that would be cool but I also hope they keep the number of those air strike limited as it would decrease the funfactor when you always get killed by those airstrikes without even have seen the enemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Originally posted by Pad Could be like with Return to Castle Wolfenstein MP where you could call in an airstrike as commander with pointing a spot with your goggles. I think that would be cool but I also hope they keep the number of those air strike limited as it would decrease the funfactor when you always get killed by those airstrikes without even have seen the enemy Yeh, that would be fun if they could keep it under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Anyone who knows a bit about balance knows that RtCW air strikes were a nightmare. There was too much base camping with air strikes. And now for all of you who can't stand having a simple X-Wing making a strafing, know that aircrafts have been balanced in BF1942 and are NOT flying at full speed when strafing(try strafing at 500 km/h). The same applies here. I don't think any X-Wing or Tie fighter would try to fly at full speed making a strafing run(or its a kamikaze attack). As for all of you who complaint about aces beating the living hell out of you when playing BF1942, that's nobody's fault if you can't fight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Originally posted by The_One The GameSpy interview - a link to which is provided in another thread... ......stated that there would be no space combat. ......The focus for the game is ground combat I'm falling asleep already. Ah well I guess it will make the 1942 crowd happy....you guys who are also SW fans Im sure have been hanging for a good romp in the ole SW universe, replete with the orange xwing flight suit...... MTFBWYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 I'm falling asleep already. Ah well I guess it will make the 1942 crowd happy....you guys who are also SW fans Im sure have been hanging for a good romp in the ole SW universe, replete with the orange xwing flight suit...... MTFBWYA Dude, this game is about ground combat - if you were expecting otherwise, then you are mistaken, and are best going off to another forum. If I want Star Wars space combat I get X Wing Alliance out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I guess no air battles then ^^ I would rather have the flying vehicles as npcs as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 All I want is to be able to jump inside a Snow Speeder on Hoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Originally posted by tFighterPilot All I want is to be able to jump inside a Snow Speeder on Hoth. Snowspeeders are my least favorite vehicle in the SW universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Originally posted by ZBomber Snowspeeders are my least favorite vehicle in the SW universe. Heathen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hey, nevertheless, you'll need a flight system if you want to play Hoth because NPC snowspeeders won't be very effective(well they might be better then a newbie pilot but still). If Hoth has controllable flyers, why should'nt aircrafts be on other maps too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsioN Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I just picked up the latest PC Gamer UK, and it has confirmed that X-Wings will be useable on more than one map (in the style of the BF1942 Spitfire). Here's what they had to say: "In any online shooter, the chance to rise above the melee. whether its in a WWII Spitfire in Battlefield 1942 or one of Halo's banshees, is a profoundly liberating experience... There was also an extract from an interview: "We're looking at each map and choosing which vehicles make most sense. Obviously, the X-Wing will be available on more than one map Then later on: Whereas Tatoinne is mostly desert , and its dominated by X-Wings and Tie-Fighters." So what do you think of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 [in denile] There will be no useable aircraft For real, I still hope its going to be balanced so its still fun to play as infantery. If a map is dominated with aircraft I don think it would be that much playing as a little soldier. The less aircraft the better says I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Originally posted by Pad [in denile] There will be no useable aircraft For real, I still hope its going to be balanced so its still fun to play as infantery. If a map is dominated with aircraft I don think it would be that much playing as a little soldier. The less aircraft the better says I. Says you what ever you want, aircraft are a very importent part of Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast2895 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 i'm glad there are space fighters in the game. i don't think they'll be that bad because the only way to get a good shot would be from being low to the ground and not moving fast which would make them easy targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. Balance is the main consideration when it comes to including aircraft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPM_Montross Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 um, yea, if nebody says they dont want aircraft they clearly havent speant much time on bf1942, and also lucasarts is kinda modeling battlefront after battlefield, so i think air will play a large role as it does in bf -Montross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Originally posted by TPM_Montross um, yea, if nebody says they dont want aircraft they clearly havent speant much time on bf1942, and also lucasarts is kinda modeling battlefront after battlefield, so i think air will play a large role as it does in bf But in battlefield the planes are supposed to be close to the ground. In star wars the spaceships are meant for space combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast2895 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 x-wing near the ground doesn't seem so bad. the first rogue squadron had many levels with x-wings and ties near the ground and it never felt out of place. also except for bombs which probably have limited ammo, the lasers of the space fighters won't be effective against infantry if they don't have splash damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Well, what someone won't make, someone will mod. But really, only secondary starfighter weapons should have splash. All ships should be flyable. People on the ground will get concussion missles probably. Republic Gunships will kick. I will be happy. Don't be scared of low flying X-Wings. Few will have the skill to stop one from hitting the ground while strafing. Laugh as they crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsioN Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 I can't see why X-Wings should be restrained to space. There's plenty of times when space ships have battles on the ground. Look at the Obi-wan vs. Jango Fett battle in EpII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Um, what Obi-wan vs. Jango fett battle with starfighters? If ya mean where boba turns the ship and fires that lasers, well, yeah, but...well, the ship is stationary. Fighters in Battlefront probably won't be like that. Oh, and, the ships have repulsorlifts, so, speeders will be hard to crash into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 well X-Wingsstill can crash into tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc-453 Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 uh dudes r we talkin bout swbf2? cuz i no in swbf1 theirs no space battles but their defiently is gonna space battles in #2 http://www.swbattlefront2.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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