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10 years ago
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Orbital strike help

How do I use the orbital strike? (and are there any gameplay instructions anywhere)
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    EA_Andy
    10 years ago

    Hey @AWAVAWAW

    The actual controls (keyboard or controller) will depend on what platform you're playing on.

    In the bottom right hand corner of the screen once you pick one of these up it will show you which button you need to press. In the image below it will show up in the circled slot and will display which buttons to use.

    Once you are looking through the sights you just need to choose a spot and hit fire. Your orbital strike will be released almost instantly.

    Good luck - it's a fun power up to use 🙂

    - Andy -

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10 years ago

Hey @AWAVAWAW

The actual controls (keyboard or controller) will depend on what platform you're playing on.

In the bottom right hand corner of the screen once you pick one of these up it will show you which button you need to press. In the image below it will show up in the circled slot and will display which buttons to use.

Once you are looking through the sights you just need to choose a spot and hit fire. Your orbital strike will be released almost instantly.

Good luck - it's a fun power up to use 🙂

- Andy -

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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thanks for your reply Andy. I am on the Xbox and have found (after dying 20-30 times while experimenting) that I must hold the fire button (right trigger) for a moment before it will fire off; just hitting the fire button does nothing. I'm not sure if it is supposed to be that way, or if I have some issues with connection/lag/etc.

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      EA_Andy
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      10 years ago

      @AWAVAWAW - that sounds about right, should only be about a second, at least from my experience on PS4. Such a fun power up!

      - Andy -

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        Anonymous
        8 years ago

        I cannot get the orbital strike to work at all anymore on the PS4.  I was able to do it a couple times on Hoth on one mission.  After that all it does is blink endlessly at me after pressing R1.  I have tried every button on the controller and it simply does not fire.  All I can do is press R1 again to deselect it and continue on waiting for my guns to cool down.  

        I have also noticed that at times other functions have their own issues.  Such as after using the ION Torpedo it does not get grayed out during it's cool down time.

        Another issue I see very frequently is that the end of match numbers rarely say the same thing between personal stats and entire match stats.  Sometimes it will say I had 15 kills on the screen where it shows your tally but on the screen that shows the kills and battle points for everyone it will say I only had 7.  Battle points don't always match either.  Why is this?

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