running out of lasers

[mashzapotato]

its been more than a decade, how do I refill my lasers after I'm dry?

[Kidd]

F9 for lasers, F10 for shields.

You should have your recharge rate at Increased for lasers and shift F10 I think will transfer energy from lasers to shields or maybe it is F9 you should experiment. I have so many hours in X-Wing and Tie Fighter. I hope to get the complete set next week.

[[AU] Tabris:DarkPeace]

Press F9 once for moderate recharge rate, and twice for heavy recharge rate, then 3 more times to reset it back to 'do not fade' constant charge.

[RATT]

You must re balance the energy between laser/shield/engine. Higher recharge rate of lasers will reduce you shild recharge rate or your max speed (engines). Use F8/F9/F10 to redirect energy to the diferent sub systems.

[caplucky73]

You can find the pdf. key layout inside the starwars;xwing sub folder in your steam folder if you want the whole list.

[Chris Solomon]

laser energy is very important especially very late into the campaign when using the missile boat. the missile boats S.L.A.M.'s system uses the laser energy of the craft which isn't very much considering the craft only has a single laser.

you can also dump shield energy into your lasers and vice versa.

[The Old Guard]

Press 'K' for a complete keyboard explanation of the ingame controls etc

[Polysorbate]

I'm pretty sure it's F9, F10, F11 for laser, shield, and beam recharge respectively.

Speed and maneuverability are the only advantages you have in this game (at least until later), so charging your lasers at full rate (which cuts a TF's speed by 25% IIRC, slower than a Y-Wing) makes you an easy target and should be avoided when in combat. Only ever use "increased" rate (slow recharge) unless you're out of battle or fighting a slow enemy that can't shoot you, like a freighter.

Later, once you get beams, I recommend most of the time just setting the beam charge to -2, fully dumping beam power into your engines to give you the best speed and maneuverability boost you can get for those pesky A-Wings. Tractor beam can be helpful there too though, so whatever works best for your style.

Anytime there's a quiet in the combat, quickly redirect ALL engine power to recharging your lasers, shields (when applicable), and beams (when applicable). When your lasers and/or beams are full, transfer all their stored energy to your shield. There's keys for redirecting stored energy, I want to say it's "apostrophe" is for lasers -> shield and "semicolon" is for shield -> lasers. I forget what the keys is for beam -> shield and shield -> beam.