Space Mission Difficulties

I used to really enjoy the space missions and they were good ways to make XP but the last 6 or so levels as I approached 50 they have went from easy to hard to impossible. I don't know if this is due to the patch making them harder but I am level 50 now with all level 5 upgrades and I can't even complete the Green missions.

Any thoughts ?

I noticed that myself. I think you need all the equipment you buy with fleet commendations.

I've noticed this as well, even with the some of the best ship parts, I end up almost dying every time I do one of the missions (Although that may just be my terrible piloting skills xD)

I had problems too, then I saw some guides and it's easy now.


The best help is don't waste time shooting at fighters, and also make sure you get all the upgrades. EMP is amazing, those ten seconds really help on some parts.

BioWare all of a sudden decided that you needed to use strategy for the last 10 levels for some strange reason after giving you 40 levels of mindless twitch based action.

i just stopped playing them altogether. nice to know I am not the only one who does not appreciate the difficulty spike. i used to play the space missions to break up the mmo gameplay.

Just make sure you watch out for certain missions where the fighters are shooting at the shuttle you're escorting. They'll knock it down before you can get it to home.

I'm unable to do the lvl5 ones. No huge loss, I just don't do them. I was always bad at rail shooter spacegames though, so I'm not surprised that I can't do them. I threw my star fox 64 out the window as a kid, back in the day.

Up until 1.2, I found them all pretty easy. But you have to make sure to buy all of the upgrades and the special modules. If you can afford it, get the grade 6 off the market (or whatever the step up from the vendor grade 5 is).

Also, I find it most effective to control direction with both the keys and the mouse. That way you can somewhat aim in one direction while simultaneously trying to maneuver around asteroids or dodge incoming fire. It took some adjustment but after getting used to it I like it. I also try to be continuously moving around when in areas of large concentrations of fire.. seems to help avoid taking as many hits.

Oh.. and I always keep my power converter thing set to full blasters unless my shield is gone and I'm taking too much hull damage. Then I look for a moment that I can switch to shields and stop firing so it regens fast. During that period I shoot only missiles so that it doesn't slow down shield regen. Then immediately switch back to full blasters.

With all of that said, the missions seemed to get quite a bit more difficult after 1.2. I don't know what exactly it is but I'm ending them quite low on hull compared to what I did pre-1.2.

Well I have always just held the mouse down the whole mission. If you are saying that when you are firing non stop this affects your shield regen then maybe that is my problem. Still doesn't explain why I could get away with it before. Must have upped the difficulty.