Sharpshooter
Rear Admiral
Currently replaying Standoff on Ace... I have to ask, what was the point behind making the minelaying mission so impossibly difficult? Forcing the player to play the Sao Paulo mission? In any event, I think the difficulty should have been lowered a little (hey, you keep asking for negative criticism ). Making the minalaying mission 5 times harder than the Snakeir mission is a really, really bad idea.
You pretty much lose at least one minelayer at the first nav point no matter what you do, you have to be *extremely* fast/skilled/lucky not to lose one at the seceond nav point... And you'll most likely lose at least one minelayer at the last nav point as well.
If you failed to destroy the Snakeir, the Kilrathi forces seem to be even more overwhelming, and the mission is probably impossible. Again, not a good idea.
Other than that, it's been fun - I've been learning a few new tactics in the process.
EDIT : Nevermind, I figured out the trick to bypass the last wave at Nav 3, which seems to be the key to winning this mission on Ace. I have once again failed in my attempt to criticize Standoff.
You pretty much lose at least one minelayer at the first nav point no matter what you do, you have to be *extremely* fast/skilled/lucky not to lose one at the seceond nav point... And you'll most likely lose at least one minelayer at the last nav point as well.
If you failed to destroy the Snakeir, the Kilrathi forces seem to be even more overwhelming, and the mission is probably impossible. Again, not a good idea.
Other than that, it's been fun - I've been learning a few new tactics in the process.
EDIT : Nevermind, I figured out the trick to bypass the last wave at Nav 3, which seems to be the key to winning this mission on Ace. I have once again failed in my attempt to criticize Standoff.