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From: dan-hankins@cup.portal.com (Daniel B Hankins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: need help with F/A-18
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Date: 23 Aug 89 03:34:58 GMT
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     Okay, so I looked REAL HARD in the manual... no joy.  But I will say
this on the last mission:  The mission briefing _lies_.  You can't sink
the carrier.  Kill all _four_ planes sent to intercept you, and you've
completed the mission.  If one of the four aircraft launched is a cruise
missile, your chances of success drop radically.  I've shot down all four
aircraft when one was a cruise missile and the mission would not complete.
I believe this is one of the few bugs in the game.

     Incidentally, I've sent EA a four-page letter on what the bugs are in
F/A-18 and what improvements could be made, and got the standard "We've
sent this to our development department - don't call us, we'll call you"
brushoff.


Dan Hankins