I highly recommend the Homeworld 2 demo.

<A HREF="http://homeworld2.sierra.com/homeworld2.php">http://homeworld2.sierra.com/homeworld2.php</A>

BTW, if you never played Homeworld, pick it up from a bargain bin somewhere! It's an outstanding game, with unique and fun gameplay, a great story, beautiful graphics that hold up even 4 years on, and an oustanding soundtrack. Hey, I could be describing Myth there!

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Re: Also on the demo front...

Hmm, I picked up Homeworld 2 yesterday. Errmmm, I'm trying really hard to like this game, but... any pointers? Every time I start it up to play a bit more, it just irritates the hell out of me. Primarily, I'm having trouble getting any sort of situational awareness, so when it tells me "Transport 3 under attack" I find myself just throwing my hands up and thinking "oh well."

And typically, just when I've managed to find the ship I was looking for, the automated scripting kicks in and drags me halfway across the map to show me something new I should be worrying about.

Any tips?

-Cauldyth

Homeworld 2 is tough! (no spoilers)

I think one of the keys is to not pay too much attention to fleet command. I've found they'll tell you to hurry up and do stuff which you might be better waiting to do.

Another thing I think I've been doing wrong is teching up too quickly. Better to approach fleet limits *then* tech up.

Another tip: bombers are your friend. Take out enemy production ASAP. Neuter carriers and leave them floating with no production facility and no engines, THEN concentrate on mopping up.

It took me a couple tries to rescue everyone on mission 2, and missions 3 and 4 handed me my ass several times. I'm still on 4. From a post from one of the devs on the relicnews forum, it appears that the difficulty is intentional. They intend for you to play through each level 2 or 3 times, apparently. Not sure if I'm entirely happy with that, but it's different ...

_/ C's Site o' Fun!

level 9 is kickin' m' ass.

I just can't get a handle on level 9. I've gone back to a part of level 8 where things are slow and I can quietly build up my fleet. So I go into level 9 with 5 destroyers, pretty much max of everything else and I still get my ass handed to me. If I try again with 8 scouts and use EMP, that helps a bit, and the EMP blasts kick ass, but I gotta micro the fuck out of the whole thing. If I try minelayer vettes, that almost does it but not enough. If I go straight for the hidden shipyard way over in the corner, I can't get there in time. The relicnews forums are pretty good, folks have talked about what they need to do on that level. I guess I just need to try again and again.

Up until now I haven't used the pause button, hell, I didn't even know it existed, but now I think I have no choice but to use it.

Any words of wisdom, mr Shark?

[b]Hmmm... meanwhile: Badges![/b]

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Any words of wisdom, mr Shark?

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You know I just finished that mission the other day, and I can't remember how I did it. I do remember it was pretty frantic. I'll have to go back and take a look.

Meanwhile, check out these cool badges! I *know* there's a couple in there that'll appeal to you, sir :)

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Here's a sneak preview:

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Re: Homeworld 2 Help [nt]

Re: Homeworld 2 Help

I am incountering a problem with the single player game, the video plays, but it freezes at the last screen. The music still plays, but the pc's crashed... If someone knows how to solve this, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

Re: level 9 is kickin' m' ass.

Move trhe mothership and shipyard together so they are easier to
defend. get some bombers and movers to attack the hyperspace
gates and carriers. Use gun and beam platforms too. I found this
hard at first but managed to finish it eventually with few
losses.

I'll have to try that level again, thanks!

Re: NEED HELP WITH HW2

You'll probably be able to find answers much more quickly on a homeworld-dedicated forum like the Homeworld 2 forum at relicnews.com.

Good luck!

Re: level 9 is kickin' m' ass.

I'll have to try that level again, thanks!

One other piece of advice... you mentioned you built up a huge fleet of destroyers, etc. and that it didn't help. I have read elsewhere, and it seems to make sense, that the larger a fleet you start the level with the more opponents there are. There's no particular benefit to building a huge fleet in advance, so you might as well not spend time on that.

[b]Homeworld2 Installation[/b]

I have recently purchased Homeworld 2, but when the installation screen comes up, it stops responding. If anyone out there has any information, please post it here or email me at <A HREF="mailto:DeWaltIndustrial@hotmail.com">DeWaltIndustrial@hotmail.com</A>

Re: NEED HELP WITH HW2 level 4

I really like this game I got through levels 1,2,3 after a few attempts but level 4 come on!!! As soon as i get near there base they don't just kill my fleet they massacre it!!!!!!!!! Iv'e got quite a decent fleet and think I must be doing something wrong I must of had 80 goes at it please help.

HW2 mission 12 help?!?

i have completed mission 12.. (i would think).. the vagyr fleet is dispatched, the nme shipwayd destroyed and makaans flagship was been chase daway, but when i dock my marine frigate w/ the station, it only "disables" it, and doesnt rescure soban.. anyone have this problem?? i tried doing it in different orders (capturing station before destroying shipyard and makaans flagship) but all i get when i dock my mairne frigate is a disable message for the station... am i doing something wrong?!?

[b]Re: Homeworld 2: HELP ON NEW MAPS[/b]

I got mine to work, first off you must save the file as a .level file if they arent in it already. If not, open your internet explorer, have it open that file and when it does have it save as and put any file for the other selection. Name the file *****.level, then create the specified directories that other sites tell you to do and it should work. My msn messenger is the same addres, <A HREF="mailto:computer_geek86@hotmail.com">computer_geek86@hotmail.com</A>