Super lucky anti- arco start w/ freighter

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Arisaya
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:lol:
So I decided to test him in the freighter
First time around- guess what I got?
1) in my cargo hold- 8 heavy armor patches 18 fuel rods and a TARGETING ROM
2) first centauri station: a hull plate ionizer
3) a charon station by the gate: 4x light plasteel armor

Within one minute of playing, I had the same defensive systems that the wolfen had. Then I waltzed over to arco, used my targeting rom and fired off 3 missles... Then he went poof and I was like... -_-
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Yep. I also found that the easiest way to deal with Arcos was to roll a targeting rom on startup. With that and the missiles you never have to see him.

Without that rom, you either need to do some rather fancy flying, or buy the Hull Plate Ionizer.
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are you saying that you don't bother to try to get kinetic-resistant shields before fighting arco? No wonder you guys are having so much trouble! hull-plate ionizers and monopoles are not hard to find guys! You can get a monopole at any armor dealer by asking them to upgrade your shields.
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F50 wrote:are you saying that you don't bother to try to get kinetic-resistant shields before fighting arco? No wonder you guys are having so much trouble! hull-plate ionizers and monopoles are not hard to find guys! You can get a monopole at any armor dealer by asking them to upgrade your shields.
and hull plate ionizer is even cheaper!
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I have no problem with any of the ships, I just get a few missiles, and fire them, the targeting rom helps a lot, but I normally don't have it.
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I killed him with DM1500 WITHOUT targetting rom in a freigther -.-
I killed him with turbolaser in a freigther -.-

!!! in 0.99a !!!

whiny noobs !
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Arco Van is a wimp. His ship is so slow, Most playerships can run circles around him. just get behind him and stay there.
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I couldn't see why people were complaining [he was too hard]. Now it's even harder to see... Though I wouldn't be surprised people say he's too easy.

he WAS meant so that a noob could beat him though...
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What ?
I thought he was ment to teach newbies that there is might always be someone stronger and they need to upgrade ?!

I didnt try him in 0.99b because my game is malfunctioning.

edit: argh, I told you to save up your cents ... did you really needed to comment my TYPO >_<
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Sheltem wrote:What ?
I thought he was ment to teach newbies that there is might always be someone stronger and they need to upgrade ?!

I didnt try him in 0.99c because my game is malfunctioning.
it's out!? :shock:
you mean .99b right?
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