🚀 go-pugleaf

Greetings, everybody!  I just got half way through with my long time dream 
of maxing all missions in X-Wing and thought someone might be interested in 
the results so far.  As far as I know, there's not much to improve here... 
									     
First I have to admit I didn't quite meet my goal of maxing each mission.  I  
missed two T/Bs in TOD III Mission 4, and I'm pretty sure it's close to       
impossible to avoid losing those kills.  I tried it quite a few times, but    
every time the Rebel Calamari Cruiser shot some of the bombers down before I  
could get them.  Other than those two T/Bs, I believe I killed every single   
imperial craft in the other 35 missions.  However, I didn't bother shooting   
more than the required number of laser towers in the DS missions (stationary  
targets aren't much of a challenge, are they?).  If you have doubts or        
questions about anything, I have the individual mission debriefs written      
down.  Here's my log after TOD III Mission 14:                                

Score: 2,190,749                                                              
Kills: 3,059                                                                  
									     
T/I: 1,171      FRT: 23                                                       
T/B: 867        CRV: 23                                                       
T/F: 519        STD: 17                                                       
GUN: 275        CON: 15                                                       
TRN: 48         Y-W: 12                                                       
T/A: 43         FRG: 10                                                       
SHU: 36                                                                       
									     
Surface Victories: 49                                                         
									     
Lasers Fired: 52,451                                                          
Craft Hits  : 37,073  (70%)     Ground Hits: 117 (0%)                         
Craft Hits  : 37,073  (70%)     Ground Hits: 117 (0%)                         

Homing Projectiles Fired: 293                                                 
Craft Hits:               292  (99%)  Ground: 1  (0%)                         

TOD Craft Lost: 0
								     	
	       A few other stats:                                    

Calculated average of all missions: 57,651

Mission scores over 100,000:                                                  
									     
TOD I   Mission 2:      140,429                                               
TOD II  Mission 4:      102,932                                               
TOD II  Mission 9:      110,885                                               
TOD III Mission 3:      127,966                                               
TOD III Mission 4:      172,702
TOD III Mission 11:     160,279
TOD III Mission 12:     141,375

Top Ace         : TOD I Mission 3
Diamond Eyes    : TOD I Mission 8
General         : TOD I Mission 9                                              
									      
The hardest thing in most missions was to get all kills before the craft      
crashed, got killed by Rebel capital ships, or hyperspaced out.  To my        
surprise I also found a few missions that were actually hard to complete      
without wingmen (T3M5, for example).  However, I can honestly say that I had  
no trouble whatsoever surviving anything what the Empire threw at me.  I      
did die a few times, but those cases were all due to accidents, like          
collisions with GUNs (mostly exploding ones) or Transports (in T1M8), or      
some other stupid mistakes.  I'm pretty sure my computer locked up more       
times than I died, though.                                                    
									     
I flew all missions by the Top Gun rules, which means I sent wingmen home     
immedeately, didn't cheat in any way, etc.  I also took special pride         
ensuring minimum Rebel losses (0 Y-wings died in the Capture Priam            
mission, 0 containers died in T3M10,...)  If I flew a mission more than       
once for any reason, I always picked a new "clone" so I wouldn't have but   
the actual mission points in the total score.  Also, I didn't try to 
get extra points and boost the laser hit ratio by shooting capital 
ships with weak lasers.  Naturally I didn't kill any Rebel ships to gain 
additional points either.  So, all above was achieved with the 
combination of skill and the Force (some call it luck), but not by 
cheap tricks.  If you know me, it should be obvious anyway.

Like I said, I have all debriefs documented, so you can get any additional 
information about the individual missions if you want.  I'm more than 
happy to answer your questions about the game I love.
                               					
The purpose of posting this?  First, I haven't seen this kind of info 
anywhere else and thought some might be interested to know the limits of 
the  game.  Secondly, I wanted to show to a certain Top Gun imitator that
he's got a long way to go before he can steal my title...  B-)
Off to TODs IV and V...

May the Force be with you all!
                                    
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   Author     : Jussi T. Hannula  
   Callsigns  : SpAce, Juice
   Profession : Rebel Alliance Chief Test/Instructor Pilot  
   E-Mail     : HannulaJT96%CS34@cadetmail.usafa.af.mil 
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