Star Wars: Squadrons Tips and Tricks for Star Wars: Squadrons

Star Wars: Squadrons Tips and Tricks

How to Change the Mission Difficulty

In Star Wars: Squadrons you can change the difficulty of the mission at any time by going to the 'Options' menu, after dying, or failing a checkpoint, by selecting the 'Change Difficulty' option that appears on screen.

How to Get More Maneuverability

Only fly at full speed when you need to escape or get somewhere fast. If you have a path that is fraught with danger you need to fly at about half throttle which is the most optimised speed for your starship when you require maneuverability and flexibility for dodging obstacles and taking sharp turns. An X-Wing's half throttle is about 37, a TIE-Fighter's is about 64, while an A-Wing's is about 69.

How to Increase your Survivability in Missions

If you are struggling to survive a mission you may want to consider customising your loadout to include self-repair or a reinforced hull that gives your ship stronger shields and more health.

How to Recover Faster

When your starship is taking heavy damage and you need some time to repair your hull you can divert engine power to your shields so you recover faster by pressing right on your d-pad. To rebalance your ship's power at any time you just need to press down on your d-pad.

How to Repair your Hull

If you hull has taken damage you can request a supply droid from your support starfighter. A supply droid will attach to your ship and not only repair your hull but also restock your armaments'.

Firing

Pay attention to your ammunition count when you are switching between rockets and missiles in your loadout and hold fire with your lasers until you have a target in your sights. The later is essentials as many ships won't allow you to fire for long so you need to maximise your laser efficiency by firing only when your shots are guaranteed to hit.

Lead your Target

When your aiming reticle turns from white to red, your shot will hit your target. Watch how the enemy is moving and lead your target to land a perfect shot

How to Increase Laser Firepower

In order to have your lasers firing at their maximum potential you need to divert power to your lasers by pressing up on the d-pad. Doing this will not only enable the lasers to hit harder but also recharge faster.

How to Deplete an X-Wing's Shields

In order to deal any real damage to starfighters with regenerating shields like X-Wings you will first need to deplete their regenerating shields. A great way to disable the regenerating shields of an X-Wing is to use Ion missiles.

Don't Use Missiles against TIE Bombers

Don't waste your missiles against TIE bombers a they have countermeasures to deflect and evade missiles.