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Game tipsSF5 can be a little difficult from time to time. Here are some hints and tips that'll help:
- Keep an eye to you fighter's status.
If your shield is below 1/3 and you've sustained damage it's not adviceable to start an attack run against a capital class ship.- Keep your wingmen alive and use them wisely.
Your wingmen don't feel fear. They'll engage any ship without slightest hesitation even if their fighter has sustained 99% damage. If you see that your wingmen are badly damaged and beeing fired upon order them to follow you (deselect target and press F2) and fly to safety. After they've regained some shields send them back to battle by pressing F3 or directing their fire by targeting a hostile and pressing F1.- Use large ships as cover and fire support
If you've pursued by starfighters fly near a friendly capital ship. It'll provide you some cover as well as very effective fire support.- Use different tactics agains different ships
Capital ships have one vulnerable spot: cannons. All cannons can be shot down, especially ones not covered with shields.
Also, using your secondary weapon system against fast starfighters might prove useful, since one or two shots can often finish off a poorly shielded fighter.- Use the targeting system
You won't have much success in a large-scale battle if you don't fully utilize the targeting system: don't shoot an enemy if you're more than 2.5km away; shoot at the direction pointed by the target pointer; don't make a direct attack against a Moscow-class supercarrier (once you've identified it) without taking out some turrets first; etc etc...