Space Mission Difficulties

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.

Side note: with the lowered exp rewards on space missions, and space bonus missions no longer rewarding money, there is less incentive to actually play through space combat now. A lot of the missions are now finish in 1-2 minutes and shield boost and play bejewelled on my ipad, or shield boost and wait 6 minutes and then finish the mission. The lack of incentive to do the bonus missions has really dampened my interest in space combat

you said level 5 upgrades.

you need level 6 cybertech made upgrades. plus did you buy the 4 upgrades using Fleet Commendations? it will be impossible without those.

and for those who say it isn't worth it:

Acendency Barrier = 18k credits
Raging Dawn= 19k credits
Sweeping Menace= 16k credits
Rising Fury = 12k credits
Molton Splinter = 12k credits

each of these can be done in about 10 minutes. plus you get fleet commendations and XP (or legacy XP)
actual money will vary on how good you do and if you do bonus stuff.

This. I can't stress enough that you need to buy the lvl 6 off the GTN. That is essential. Once you do that, you'll notice that you are less squishy.

I do have a question for the community, though. On the elite 'taking down the destroyer' mission, I have an issue. You can't kill the 4 shield generators with lasers, so you have to use missles, however they are hard points for proton torpedoes as well...but you only carry 3 proton torpedoes. You also need a torpedo for the bridge. my strategy has been to ignore the bridge and unload my launcher so I can use missles. Is there a way to fire missles at the thing instead of the torpedo?

People who start threads like these should be barred from input on class / game balance.

Seriously, space missions difficult? Try a little bit before you make a forum thread.

Starfox 64, Kingdom Hearts may have prepped players like me for space combat, but there were still missions that I died on and had to repeat until I learned it. A little effort is all you need. The game has been out for quite some time and those thousands of players had NO PROBLEMS whatsoever. Since the game difficulty hasn't changed, the only that has changed is the caliber of the player.

Sorry if the truth hurts.