Squadrons 101: Building the Perfect TIE Interceptor!

[@Gergich257]

One of the first genuinely interesting builds out there, seen some okay other builds out there but this one seems actually really strong. Great video, and great explanation of different variants and why you personally chose what you chose.

[@regishwadum]

My time with no lock-on in X-Wing alliance will finally pay off. Thanks for the build! Definitely gonna try it with my thrustmaster.

[@Valkier_Kato]

I've tried this for a few matches so far. The lasers just aren't working for me. Not my kind of playstyle. Gonna swap those out for something more reliable. I like the stealth stuff though. Interesting build but very specific to the person playing it sadly.

[@deejnutz2068]

I personally wouldn't run Jammer as an interceptor. Yes it can get you out of a pinch, but only once. IMO the benefit of being able to take out missiles without needing to disengage from your target is more important. Since you're running plasburst anyways I find it's better to let your enemy know where you retreated to. Boost around an obstacle, drift into a 180, charge up your shot and then shunt to weapons as they round the corner. They'll likely be flying in a straight line so it's an easy 800-1000 damage that they won't be expecting. Then boost chain to get behind them again. Even against pilots I consider more skilled they'll likely panic and try to run away to reset. Which is a major mistake as the Interceptor as you've pointed out in another video can boost indefinitely.

[@jordanbyday8823]

The Force is strong with this one O_O You have gained a new sub sir

[@shortsport13]

Played around a bit. It's certainly fun. Plasmas def aren't always better than lasers but can be. Also it does seem you need max power to weapons, else they do very little damage

[@ThePlaybook]

As long as you're charging and shooting them without wasting time I'm pretty sure their damage output is higher.

[@konvan28]

Duuude this is worth trying at least. Especially, since you mentioned the enemy doesn't get an indication that you're targeting them until it's too late.

[@tyttonelkins6242]

I’m genuinely glad there are good imperial pilots out there cause I suck so damn bad with all the imperial ships that I just thought they werent balanced at first 😂 Now I see that they’re just balanced differently, but I was still worried other people wouldn’t like them so I’m super glad people do cause I didn’t want this to be a one sided game lol

[@PrestonW9]

I honestly think too many people are sleeping on the barrage rockets.

[@ThePlaybook]

I actually used the rockets super early on but took them out for the stealth and prefer the stealth way more. The rockets only doing 100 damage per leaves a lot to be desired.

[@shortsport13]

Very cool, I'll have to give plasma burst another try. Still...i wouldn't call this build the best. Jammer is only good if you are really good at using it correctly and can are good at flying into cover while using it. But if you can, it is great. I've been very successfully playing with the basic concussion instead of repair very very successively. This becomes even better if you are using a short range primary weapon. Speaking of... I'm not sold on those yet because a lot of my kills have come from hitting the last few hp from far away. I also don't have great aim so spraying works better for me. I'm going to try this build tho, since it's the same as one of my 3 loadouts except the primary weapons... tho i regularly have over 10 kills power match with normal lasers and missiles (20 in my best match!) so i don't see my stats getting better than that haha. Funny how the original build is actually really good in capable hands.

[@ThePlaybook]

The stealth doesn't require a physical object to get behind, even just a couple of good sharp drifts to get off their screen is enough. I've done it plenty of times on that gas map (Yavin I think?) that has no cover. If anything, it makes Yavin slightly more tolerable because of that, it helps relieve some pressure if people are chasing me.

[@moonsofjupiter]

Excellent vid and impressed you figured it out on day 2. Perfectly presented and just the right length for depth. Subbed. I'd love to see this implemented into the game - VS AI DOGFIGHT MODE... Squadrons needs it badly and very surprised it's not there. A nice warm up to vs humans Dogfight and an added arcadey factor of a consistent opponent to gauge your hi score/best game. Also welcome when is one is under altered consciousness and just wants a casual go. I'd also love if I could set up a game with all AI except myself and better try out loadouts/strategies and truly measure results. Considering the game's limited modes as is this seems like a no brainer and it would be super easy to do. What do you think?

[@ThePlaybook]

The practice room at least lets us spawn in AI enemies, although the AI in the game at the moment all just swarms behind your ship.

[@moonsofjupiter]

@@ThePlaybook Yeah, just not the same. I'm hoping people push for this as it's much better practice for ranked dogfights with a lot more going on.

[@TheNeatwork]

Shout-outs to StreamBeats!

[@WeirdWizardDave]

Tried the plasburst. I can see the appeal from power gaming point of view, but it just doesn't feel very star wars to me so I can't bring myself to use it.

[@ThePlaybook]

I can understand that, it doesn't quite have that classic feel.

[@henrikandreason7261]

Yeah that's my problem with it too. Too much of a lore nerd here. But I will try the stealth 👍

[@jager6444]

Do you play controller or keyboard and mouse. I have both I just don’t know which one to use

[@ThePlaybook]

Keyboard and mouse here.

[@jager6444]

The Playbook How to u get rid of your cursor? When I play kbm there is a crosshair and my mouse cursor

[@ThePlaybook]

@@jager6444 That sounds like a bug, try hitting alt+enter twice or something maybe? Takes the window in/out of windowed mode to try to get your mouse back "in" to the application's mode.

[@Penguin-lc3eg]

Has anybody else gotten error code 218 that kicks out of the fleet battles loading screen and gives you a loss and leaver low priority queue? I got that 3 times in a row and it's really frustrating. Hoping there's no major consequences on my account as a result of this.

[@stones2706]

I will try this loadout next time I play

[@stones2706]

I played with this loadout and I love it

[@thefriendlybandit6562]

Is it true when he says that not having locking weapons give the enemy no indication that you are targeting them? Is there not an indicator when someone has used their targeting system on you?

[@ThePlaybook]

Not that I'm aware of. You'll get an audio cue that says "someone's on your tail" but I believe the whole squad hears it. I've heard someone's on my tail with nobody close before.

[@leechristie8057]

Interesting build, been looking for something different forcthe interceptor, might take some getting used to for plasma cannon

[@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367]

When you say emergency power into engines.... You're not just talking about putting full power into engines but also doing that other thing? On the federation side the same button you can pick what side your shields are on. But on the empire side you pick gun or engine. So you have to pick engine and not just full power to engine?

[@ThePlaybook]

Yeah, it's the mechanic the empire has instead of shields. On the mouse wheel for me. Mouse wheel forward for emergency power to engines.

[@sammedders5976]

How do you drift so hard? I've been boosting, cutting the boost, pulling throttle to half, and turning. Are you doing something different?

[@ThePlaybook]

The game taught you wrong, you shouldn't be touching the throttle to drift. You start boosting, and while you're boosting hold the drift key and start turning. Half throttle is just for normal turning.

[@sammedders5976]

@@ThePlaybook I tried it and it's amazing! Thanks a lot!

[@Imperial8933]

I thought the Dampener Hull would be good since it reduces the lock on time enemies would have on you. By the way, should the engines be powered up most of the time? Or should the lasers be powered up too when flinging into range?

[@charlesccj5]

This is a great video. Question - what are your control settings for mouse sensitivity and motion range? Finding it difficult to deal with the dead zone in the center as a m+k player. Feels really ‘floaty’

[@ThePlaybook]

I left the mouse bindings all at default and practiced 'em. Haven't really considered changing them yet but I can take a look. I'm on 400 DPI currently.

[@money4385]

I use standard blasters.

[@sethcanning4170]

Disagree about the plasma weapons. I put the engine that charges my boost passively in my xwing. Anyone who uses plasma gets easily out ranged with it

[@ThePlaybook]

SLAM engines sounded sick for X-Wing at first but I tested them last night and that thing flew like a Y-Wing, I think the Max Speed loss is a bit too rough. Plus, power shunting for empire easily outclasses SLAM engines

[@ThePlaybook]

You might wanna see what I'll have to say about Plasburst in the morning ;)

[@darthkillstealer3181]

The me for the info, I’ll give it a go.

[@JimmyRa6s]

This build is easy to beat just use seeker mines

[@hex5096]

I dont think I would use this

[@000NULL]

Interceptor needs some HP upgrades tho.