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Wing Commander seriesWG 3 vs WG 4 Difficulty(4 posts)(4 posts)
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Posted July 09, 2013
Does anyone else find Wing Commander 4 way, WAY harder then 3? I can play through 3 quite comfortably on Ace or even one or two above that, but on 4 I almost have to set it to the lowest difficulty to even stand chance. There just seems to be a major difference in behavior in flight behavior between the Cats in 3 who you can easily get behind and without them swerving out of the cross-hairs, and the pirates/boarderworlders in 4 who are never not banking and yo end up chasing em like a dog with his tail, and it feels unfairly hard to land a hit on them without that extra assistance the easiest difficulty affords in leading your shots for you, which again, didn't seem to be nearly as much of an issue in 3.

Does anyone else notice this, or do I just suck more then I thought I did?
Posted September 02, 2013
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randomfox: Does anyone else find Wing Commander 4 way, WAY harder then 3? I can play through 3 quite comfortably on Ace or even one or two above that, but on 4 I almost have to set it to the lowest difficulty to even stand chance. There just seems to be a major difference in behavior in flight behavior between the Cats in 3 who you can easily get behind and without them swerving out of the cross-hairs, and the pirates/boarderworlders in 4 who are never not banking and yo end up chasing em like a dog with his tail, and it feels unfairly hard to land a hit on them without that extra assistance the easiest difficulty affords in leading your shots for you, which again, didn't seem to be nearly as much of an issue in 3.

Does anyone else notice this, or do I just suck more then I thought I did?
It's certainly tricky - and I swear it just seems that lasers are not as effective in this game. When you're flying in a banshee, good luck killing anything with your quad lasers. A full half seem to go right through.

Get really good at ONLY firing IR missiles when you're sure to hit your target, usually while tailing closely, and using the decoy / afterburner to get away from missile locks.

And as has been said elsewhere so many times on this board: If you're on the first planetside mission: KILL THE GROUND-BASED MISSILE TURRET FIRST!!!! It will just continually send missiles at you. :P
Posted September 04, 2013
I thought the game was fairly easy when I originally played it. Is it possible the gameplay has been adversely affected by modern computers?
Posted September 27, 2013
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