nastydisease

Alright, I tried again, it works if you head to head or kite and come around behind with a Fighter if the aliens all chase one aircraft. Problem at this stage is running out of fuel before everything can be killed. Cheers

Number of problems, firstly even using their missiles on the fighters, the Condors lose half their health going head to head. Secondly it depends on the enemy Fighters going 1:1 on my Condors, which in turn depends on how the Aliens are oriented at the beginning of the mission. If the aliens are in a line side on its likely they'll all attack one Condor. Regardless everyone has to run in different directions at the start of the mission as the Corvettes range is now pretty well death for anything that goes in there. Two Foxtrots was the first thing I tried, the fighters close the distance too quickly.

Hi Guys, Its december and I'm suddenly faced by an invasion of Corvettes accompanied by 2x Fighters. Its too early for plasma weapons so the only solution I can find is to attack these waves twice. Come in with a Foxtrot and two Condors, have everything split up at the start and take the Fighter's out in two seperate combats, while the Foxtrot tries to sneak in and drop its payload on the Corvette and bail before getting into range. This is very risky and requires precise timing, also the best I can hope for is for both Condors to escape on half health. Then I need at least one more Foxtrot to come back and finish off the Corvette. I have Alenium missiles/torpedo's btw. The games difficulty curve doesn't seem quite right, seeing as just about every fight leading up until this point has been a matter of clicking evade at the worst. Am I missing something? Is there an easier way to be handling this stage of the game? I have just researched the Corsair but as it is I'm only just finishing fleshing out my third base with aircraft and dont have nearly enough Alenium (or cash on hand) to completely replace all my Condors. After doing nearly every crash site mission since the start I only have about 27 Alenium. Each Corsair requires 10. Ideas or is the game's curve simply a bit out of whack here?