SWTOR Advanced Space Combat Guide

[ThinkingOfCoffee]

Kind of sad they have no been able to implement a 'space combat key binding' section to the game. Since I have rebound my keys to ESDF for movement I never found out you could control the ship with anything other then the mouse. 

[jerimiahy]

Thumbs up if you noticed him hit an asteroid as he said "even if I did hit the occasional asteroid" at 9:52.

[MustardTigerHD]

I beat that last mission he did with all level 3 stuff and none of the special stuff. Would have been nice to have it though

[060POTEHb]

better thing will be observe bonus objectives.

[Loliaz]

Turrets my friend turrets.

[miwright21]

Don't bother using the Proton torpedos. The time wasted trying to get a lock is better spent using conventional missiles on the shields and firing lasers upon enemy ships/turrets. Until they allow you to use a separate key for proton torpedos you're usually much better off just ignoring them unless you've already completed all of the mission objectives and just feel like blowing up something big to finish.

[djdrocco]

@miwright21 In fact, don't undertake ANY activity that requires a bit of practice to master. It's always a waste of time.

[snuffsaid]

Turrents ≠ Turrets

[acarnes]

1: You can pilot with WASD and control the crosshairs independently with the mouse. This helps you avoid fire.

2: Barrel roll is functional. It helps you avoid fire. Use it.

3: Shoot at oncoming enemies as soon as your crosshairs turn red and you'll avoid a lot of damage from head on fire.

4: Don't hit static objects with your ship.

5: Don't forget to untoggle power to shields when you need to be killing things.

6: Don't forget to untoggle power to weapons when you can't avoid enemy fire.

[FShani]

@acarnes One more important point I've painfully learned, oncomming fighters CAN ram you if you don't take them out. Often times you lose the most health from oncomming passes because of fighters crashing into you, wiping out your shields in a single hit.

[acarnes]

@FShani Interesting. I've had many fighters appear to hit me head on and I haven't noticed any damage. I typically get a few shots off at them before they hit me though. This might be enough to destroy them and avoid the damage. I'll have to test it out.

[mouseno4]

Not sure why, but you seem to be clicking to fire each missile. You dont need to keep clicking to fire missiles at individual targets that are close to each other. Click and hold then drap over the targets. When you release the button all 4 missiles will launch.

[Daiaka1121]

@mouseno4 Because at level 50 one missile isn't strong enough to kill something, so most level 50s just spam click to rapid fire them

[FaceBiscuits1]

I like the part where he says really fast.

[lilmanweddle]

Really helpful guide, thanks.

[CynicallyObnoxious]

sucks space isnt gonna open up until a ex pac oh well i can wait

[kehmulke]

Eww. Black Prophecy is free and looks 10x better.

[BinaryStud]

@kehmulke black prophecy is only space combat, because thats all it does it should be good, this is extra to a great mmo. you cannot compare the games

[russmanYT]

@kehmulke and thats all black prophecy does..this is a mini game to kill some time in an mmo

[buddhaman001]

yeah the whole, scripted flight path is kinda killing the game for me, the whole reason i would play would be to mess around in ships. if i wanted to play a scripted flight game id break out my old millenium falcon playset and slap the cockpit on my keyboard, looks just as fun.

[runnergunner42]

@buddhaman001 Dont need to play it if you dont want to

[Sensegog]

no freeroam PvP space combat?

[diseasefaktory]

Why not shoot more than one proton missile at once? I remember the few space combat missions i played you could lock on more than one target (in succession and fairly quickly) and hold the missile button down and it would shoot at least 3 or 4 missiles at once, taking out any turrets way faster...

[TheRealVordox]

@diseasefaktory Proton = Heavy Hitting Type

Normal Torpedos = Small juicy fast load per 4 tube at once.

[Yzaxtol]

Well this was nice bit of Info, looking forward to getting my Hot Shot Pilot alot more now there's atleast some semblance of skill required. (I only tried the starting 5 missions and they were all pretty easy)

[Antifaith29]

Ok fuck that. Is that the way you normaly speak or are you speaking like you're presenting an episode of playschool on purpose?

Would have been a decent video otherwise.

[NickDKinHD]

The movement feels so weird....you dont feel like you have a heavy starship...they move like small lego fighters. I guess some will like this arcade stile shooter...but damn....would be so cooler with a new and better version of JTL from SWG !!