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Pirate buster
A post to ask WHAT whould be the best to kill/help players against pirates (pvp)(as in ships weapons etc)I will attempt to have a go, for the sake of keeping players informed in killing others, please post helpful comments
Spa/Zzorana/Xminny
Spa/Zzorana/Xminny
Escaping pirates is rather easy.
As a trader, you probably already have access to the fast charge battery, which happens to allow infinite boosting with any ship, so all you really have to do is keep an eye on the radar so you don't run ful-speed into a salvo of rockets. I am hoping the infini-boosti thing will be changed back to what it used to be, but who knows. Maybe it really is good for gameplay.
Homers are your friend. They've become rather hard to dodge, and keep any assailants occupied for a while, during which while you can zoom away to safety. I'm hoping this will get changed too, but you never know. Maybe unskilled homer-spamming really is the future of fun combat.
Now, actually fighting pirates is different. Obviously, the same 'fast charge, homer spam' theory applies, but here you'd be looking to be in a ship fast enough to dodge whatever the other guy might have euipped.
An atlas would be my choice, if you want to cary any cargo, but if you're just out 'policing' get a warthog. Chaos swarms and gemenis make groub beef of people reeel fast, but you also have to keep in mind that the same tactics work for the bad guys.
PS. Excuse my spelling, I'm on a wintel machine which happens to not have system-wide spellchecking.
As a trader, you probably already have access to the fast charge battery, which happens to allow infinite boosting with any ship, so all you really have to do is keep an eye on the radar so you don't run ful-speed into a salvo of rockets. I am hoping the infini-boosti thing will be changed back to what it used to be, but who knows. Maybe it really is good for gameplay.
Homers are your friend. They've become rather hard to dodge, and keep any assailants occupied for a while, during which while you can zoom away to safety. I'm hoping this will get changed too, but you never know. Maybe unskilled homer-spamming really is the future of fun combat.
Now, actually fighting pirates is different. Obviously, the same 'fast charge, homer spam' theory applies, but here you'd be looking to be in a ship fast enough to dodge whatever the other guy might have euipped.
An atlas would be my choice, if you want to cary any cargo, but if you're just out 'policing' get a warthog. Chaos swarms and gemenis make groub beef of people reeel fast, but you also have to keep in mind that the same tactics work for the bad guys.
PS. Excuse my spelling, I'm on a wintel machine which happens to not have system-wide spellchecking.
evil windows.
traveling in packs would help, too, but then you'd have to split the profit.
traveling in packs would help, too, but then you'd have to split the profit.
when you encounter a pirate with sunflares (not a matter of if but when) and they fire on you DONT continue in a straight line, very quickly make a small course adjustment (no more than 10 degrees) in any direction and continue boosting, this should be enough to avoid flares from making contact.
As silent said, make slight course adjustments. They'll be enough to allow you to dodge (most) of your pursuant's fire (hopefully), and won't slow you down a ton like large maneuvers would.
Oh, and if I've got any typos or anything, I blame the semi-crummy keyboards here at school... I love my SGI 101-key PS/2 keyboard at home... :P
Oh, and if I've got any typos or anything, I blame the semi-crummy keyboards here at school... I love my SGI 101-key PS/2 keyboard at home... :P
Best way to kill a pirate is to shoot them, i agree with the hog scenario, shooting lots of missiles at me is a good way to get me to at least run away long enough for even a MC bat to get away far enough for a trader to run... say 2 to 3 ppl, 1 large cargo ship(atlas*only if 3*), 1 smaller(wraith*instead of atlas if two*) and a hog/vult depending on def ships pref and cargo to be shipped would make a formidable cargo group, obviously the more the merrier...., you could share profit, or take turns in each seat (spreading both your knowledge on PvP as a big part of this is assimilating each pilots tactics... we are not bots... and trade, cash, blah de blah)... a sinlge pilot would be made mincemeat from a salvo from the trade ships, and the fighter with energy ready for the chase.. would make for some fun situations for them slipping to the darkside also.... trust me, people getting me back makes my day,....