Worst ever Elite Anaconda (vs Viper)
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That was noobest elite I saw. Normally less than 4 pips in ENG and you are outmaneuvered.
So you've done it once and decided it's too easy? Try a few more, they normally go absolutely mental at you and seem to be able turn faster than a lean cobra.
Normally once you're on their tail it gets easier, but it's not always easy to do that.
Also that weapon loadout is hardly that sub optional. I take pulse and mc, of you think rockets are op don't use them.
All that said I don't disagree we need harder fights.
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I've found each encounter to be totally different.
Sometimes the annie will go full blown nuts on me and provide a very tough challenge.
Other times she will not really do anything remotely dangerous.
I think they all need to be very hostile, attack you immediately upon entry and do their very best to kill you.
Perhaps adding some wingmen into it as well, like the annie's goons. To further add difficulty.
My strategy with the annie's are - Take out drives first. Then just end up spinning around in circles. And can't really fire on you.
Then go for the power plant.
I do agree they need toughening up, but at the same time, they also need to be tough, across the board. One shouldn't be easier than another.
Sometimes the annie will go full blown nuts on me and provide a very tough challenge.
Other times she will not really do anything remotely dangerous.
I think they all need to be very hostile, attack you immediately upon entry and do their very best to kill you.
Perhaps adding some wingmen into it as well, like the annie's goons. To further add difficulty.
My strategy with the annie's are - Take out drives first. Then just end up spinning around in circles. And can't really fire on you.
Then go for the power plant.
I do agree they need toughening up, but at the same time, they also need to be tough, across the board. One shouldn't be easier than another.
I interdicted a Master rated Anaconda last night which was heavily beam turretted in a maxed out Viper. We fought for about 20 minutes before I bugged out with 60% hull left (it had 75% left). The problem I seem to have is chaff, 9 times out of 10 it never seems to disrupt turret tracking against high rated Anacondas and even with a bank of shield cells it wasn't much good. When I got close it just went through my shields in no time and I ran out of shield cells pretty quickly despite keeping sys at 4 pips when possible. I gave up in the end as I couldn't do enough damage before it would have probably killed me, due to the power I needed in sys I was struggling to keep my weapons powered up long enough to get through it's shields in the end.
It does seem to be luck of the draw, some Anaconda fights I've had were just as easy.
It does seem to be luck of the draw, some Anaconda fights I've had were just as easy.
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I've killed a ton of them actually, mostly in the Eagle. This one was the worst by far though.
Again I think the point that people need to understand is that no matter how aggressive this Anaconda was regarding firepower, it was still going down in around 2 minutes.
Not using OP stuff is stupid. Might as well fly in a Sidewinder with E1 Distributor if that's how you look at it. Frontier needs to balance the game, not the players.
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I also fought a Master Anaconda in a RES and it lasted just under 12 minutes but that's because I only had 6 missiles left. I took out its last 52% hull with those same Beam Lasers over 8 minutes. It was a much harder fight however and I too was having horrible power issues with those gimballed Beams. There is hope that they can do something with these Elites but they really need to up their potency fast.
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