The default for boost is <TAB>. Don't forget to turn off FA with <z> beforehand, or it will stop your boost in its tracks.
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The default for boost is <TAB>. Don't forget to turn off FA with <z> beforehand, or it will stop your boost in its tracks.
Thx this works, been trying it, good tactic thx for the heads up.
Gagarin
I never turn towards them I have 4 pips in engines. I always submit, then hit 100% in whatever direction I am pointing, click on next target to see if they are worth fighting. If not boost, boost maybe chaff then hit FSD. In traders it may not work.
Oh and search for your name in navigation there is a station named after the great man at a guess 100ly from sol.
Could you ask them to change the threat title to HAPPY
I never turn towards them I have 4 pips in engines. I always submit, then hit 100% in whatever direction I am pointing, click on next target to see if they are worth fighting. If not boost, boost maybe chaff then hit FSD. In traders it may not work.
Oh and search for your name in navigation there is a station named after the great man at a guess 100ly from sol.
Could you ask them to change the threat title to HAPPY
I never got interdicted this much in original Elite, although I didn't play it for extreme amounts of time. This seems to have programed interdiction, if I am carrying valuable goods I get interdicted by a ship that skins of my shields in a matter of seconds, My GRIPE is this is poor if you are building a realistic game, it's more like playing war hammer or something like that "you have valuable cargo" "you now must use twelve sided pirate dice" I mean really, isn't their a better form of AI pirate than this, in this day and age of gaming, give me a break.
It's not quite as simple as that. Interdictions are dependent on a lot of things, not just your cargo.
It's just a 24 sided dice then.
Well, it's also, I suspect, heavily dependent on the ship you're in and your combat rating.
I almost never get interdicted in my Asp, and have never been interdicted in my Vulture (although it's early days). My combat rating is expert.
I was flying an emptytaxi Sidewinder with no cargo hold and no weapons (to get to my other ship) last night; I was interdicted twice. Think about it - what would you interdict: the flying tank from Mars (with 4 burst lasers, two multicannons and an A5 shield), a flying death machine from another dimension (with class 3 pulse lasers, no cargo, and an A5 shield), or a piddly Sidewinder with no guns? You can't cargo scan in supercruise, btw. Pay attention to the system security level too - it does make a difference.
In that regard, I find the AI to do a fair enough job. Forgive me if I sound unsympathetic, but it's because you're easy prey. The reason AI programmers turn to probabilistic algorithms is because even rather simple ones do a convincing enough job. Suck it up and get out the small ship and get something with a bit more firepower. Do some RES hunting to improve your combat ranking (and make yourself a fat wad of cash - bounty-hunting has received a buff). You'll notice a difference eventually.
I almost never get interdicted in my Asp, and have never been interdicted in my Vulture (although it's early days). My combat rating is expert.
I was flying an empty
In that regard, I find the AI to do a fair enough job. Forgive me if I sound unsympathetic, but it's because you're easy prey. The reason AI programmers turn to probabilistic algorithms is because even rather simple ones do a convincing enough job. Suck it up and get out the small ship and get something with a bit more firepower. Do some RES hunting to improve your combat ranking (and make yourself a fat wad of cash - bounty-hunting has received a buff). You'll notice a difference eventually.
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I had the impression that flying with no shield or with a seriously undersized shield increased the chance of interdiction. Not enough data to be sure though.
It definitely increases tha chances of you getting yourself killed. That's reason enough not to do it!