Freelance Guild - rank 2 interview task

[WoolyMarrow]

I've been struggling completing this task. Any tips? What ships, pilot level and upgrades are you using to complete this task?

[Gizzix]

you can see lv on task, upgrade your ship or Lv by doing other quests

[DeLindsay]

You can overlevel Contracts/Missions so if you're having a hard time try waiting a few Levels and attempt again (after fully upgrading your Ship's Components/Weapons/Level).

Also, make certain you're entering combat with Weapons at full power (up arrow twice). That helps you kill enemies much faster.

[cylonmaster]

Also assign your wingmen to attack.Did that to complete hack mission to rank up mercenary.

[AQWER1122]

well you can just ignore it until you become strong enough and go back to it

[DeLindsay]

I can also add this, no matter which Ship you're using (not the Starter Ship or Dad's Ship) if you buy it with the Holographic Image Perk it gives you an almost invulnerability option. The moment you land on grid hit 5 (4 for some Ships) then Tab (with up arrow twice before Warp) and melt the Ships while they are busy attacking your decoy.

I also think some aren't looking at Weapons correctly when fitting their Ship. The Base Damage is only as important as it's RoF, in that having a high Base Damage with low RoF could mean that a new Weapon of your Pilot Level is actually lower DPS than one from 4-6 levels ago.

To add to that, the Weapon bonus (only uses the 1st Weapon's effect). The only one that adds the most damage output (currently, probably due to bugs) is the +xxx% bonus. You can further add to the damage output by making certain your Components have +Rail/Beam/Pulse/Turret damage (based on your setup) and even RoF/Ship Damage/etc. It's a bit of luck of the draw with the RNG of Kiosk spawns but you can build a Glass Cannon, Balanced or Tanky build based on your Component choices.

I may not be telling you anything you don't already know but maybe you learned something.

[nzk1w1dude]

And some 18 months later............... I'm new to SpaceBourne 2 and also struggled with this task. Really wanted the access to legendary weapons!!! So this response is really for anyone else who is new to the game.

Good advice above. Experiment with ships & builds until you find what works for you. If all else fails and you are still having issues with the freelancers rank 2 interview task, reload, head back in and try this:-

Deploy holographic mirror, melt one bogey or as many as you can. Keep an eye on shield - if it drops below one-third, switch to full engine power and retreat using engine burst perk if you have it, or W plus turbo ( LShift). Once out of range, recharge shield and wait for timer on holographic mirror to refresh. Then head back in on full power, target, deploy holographic mirror - rinse and repeat until the bastards are all dead.