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I'm doing a bit better now. I switched to the southpaw controller layout and that seems to be working better for me for some reason. I also changed over to tie bombers and Y wings and set them both up with the same stuff, so I have ion lasers for knocking out people's systems, and I can follow that up with a multi missile combo, and then I also added photon torpedos to use on the big ships. I can target multiple enemies with the missiles so when I fire them chances are at least one of the other guys won't counter them in time. It's those pesky little A wings that I just can't hit with lasers though, they're like 1 pixel tall.

Yeah, the Ion weapons are really good for that. I have been having a fair bit of success with the Y-wing's guided rotary cannon and the auto ion turret, the latter holding the targets in a straight line long enough for the former to spin up and put in the damage. The guided laser technically does less DPS than the non-guided variant, but I find that's easily made up for by the increased accuracy and a really long sustained burst with power switched to weapons.

I'm also experimenting with an X-wing loadout for fleet battles that goes Ion Cannons and the both Proton and Ion torpedoes, then all the upgrades that boost durability and straight line speed. Not quite got the hang of it yet, but the theory is that I don't need to get too close in to the capital ships and frigates due to the torpedoes' higher lock range, which should in turn mean less threat from the turrets... Just need to get into the habit of keeping my distance, and remembering that this setup is absolute garbage against anything that's not a frigate, Raider or Star Destroyer.

Still yet to beat the AI on a Normal fleet battle, though I did come a lot closer earlier.

My Y-Wing builds are:

Ion Laser
Goliath Missile
Proton Bombs
Reinforced Hull, standard shield, standard engines, countermeasure is jammer.

Guided Rotary
Auto-Ion
Multi Lock Missile
Rest is same

The Goliath might sound like a weird choice...but when doing runs on capital ships or frigates? It lets me knock out swathes of turrets in one go.

Right now on my TIE Bomber I'm running a rotary cannon (not the guided one), beam, multi lock, reinforced hull, standard engine.

Gonna have to buy me a HOTAS set for my PS4.

After reading the posts form you guys and various reviews I think I’m going to have to pick this one up.

Question is do I get it now or wait for the Xbox series x and jump in to it on that platform . Even if it just to take advantage of the extra power in the looks department.

If you have an xbox now you may as well get the game now but if you know you're getting a series X in a few weeks, may as well hold off

It's actually starting to feel a little stale.. there's only 2 multiplayer game modes and 4 ships per side, and they're fun but it's starting to feel repetitive now. I'm hoping the have some DLCs coming with more ships and more game modes to play.

Yeah already have the Xbox one but got a series x coming on release day.

There are no plans for any updates or DLC for the game at this time. It is nice to not have to worry about missing content but on the other hand a few new maps over time would have been nice too.

 Ahtman wrote:
There are no plans for any updates or DLC for the game at this time. It is nice to not have to worry about missing content but on the other hand a few new maps over time would have been nice too.

Well, that is a definite shame. It is missing some ship types that I imagine fans would have been wanting to see (B-Wing, for example, and of course a certain Corellian freighter)

Content update!

B-Wing and TIE Defender are launching soon. And more maps.

Sauce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaGyI3NzWOw

Magnificent news. Haven't touched Squadrons in a bit due to AC Valhalla, but looking forward to the new ships when I dive back in. Interested to see what this new Boost component is, I'm loving the SLAM engines on X-Wings and TIEs for always having a drift in the tank even with power elsewhere, so if it's similar to that then I can definitely see it being a fun addition.

Given what they've previously said about this being a release-and-done game, I wonder if this was planned all along and they were just being tight-lipped, or whether it's leftovers/cut content being added back in due to the very positive reception. Great news either way through.

It was stuff that they started concepting pre-launch, "just in case" the game was well-received.

Main thing is, so far as I can tell? It’s not paid-for DLC, just a genuine, honest to Betsy update and upgrade.

I might well suck horribly at the game, but I still do not feel even slightly short changed!

It's not like this should come as a surprise. Anthem, Fallen Order, Battlefield V, Battlefront II...all have had free content drops.

I wondered why they hadn't included the B-Wing from the start. And my fav SW fighter is the TIE Defender.

Nice that they're being added.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It's not like this should come as a surprise.

Given the way AAA publishes act these days, it is 100% a surprise. And I especially like how you named a couple of "Live Service" games in your little defence. EA ones at that! In-fething-credible.

It was also a Discount Game straight out the gate.

EA or not, I suspect they probably could’ve got away with charging a couple of quid, but chose not to.

This is genuinely praiseworthy.

Thrilled about the new ships, wish we were getting more than 1 new map though. I think this will bring the total up to 6, but really 9 maps total would have been ideal. I definitely think they did the smart thing by not selling this at full price. It was very fun for a couple weeks but got a bit repetitive for me.

Two freebie skins as "thank yous" to the Star Wars game community. If you own both Squadrons and Jedi: Fallen Order or Battlefront 1/2, signing in before January 10th will net you these two skins.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Two freebie skins as "thank yous" to the Star Wars game community. If you own both Squadrons and Jedi: Fallen Order or Battlefront 1/2, signing in before January 10th will net you these two skins.

Grrr. I have both, but on different platforms and logons.