digitalscream
Banned
OK, so my Vulture is nigh-on indestructible. Or so I thought wading into a high conflict zone.
Everything was going swimmingly - 20 minutes in, I had about 300k in bonds after picking exclusively on the bigger ships (Clippers, Asps, Pythons and Anacondas). Spotted a solo Elite Anaconda, waded in...got him down to about 60% hull, and suddenly my ship lights up and all I can hear are constant hits from other ships. Look at the radar, and I've got 8 or 9 ships flashing red and white at me. What the...???
Two wings of NPCs, all Pythons and Vipers, laying into me (along with the original Anaconda, who suddenly woke up and started fighting back) with rails, plasma accelerators, missiles and not a small number of lasers. My poor little Vulture didn't stand much of a chance. Still, in the spirit of at least trying to avoid an insurance claim, I put 4 pips into what was left of my shields, two into the engines and boosted away while retracting the hardpoints and hammering the SCB button.
SHIELDS OFFLINE
Of course, the Vulture isn't fast enough to escape Vipers, so while I'd left the Pythons behind I still had them hammering on my backside but the hull's holding them off.
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Yeah, I should've paid more attention to the alerts. An Anaconda apparently joined the fray, jumping in just off my path about 3km out. Didn't notice until the volley of lasers, cannons and plasma balls hit. FSD only 50% charged, hull down to 30%, canopy cracked...right, forget the shields, they'll never recharge in time to save me (this particular decision was probably a bit tardy). Full power to the engines, and start dodging around for all I'm worth.
25%, getting nervous.
20%, I'm thinking I'm basically toast.
18%...
THRUSTERS OFFLINE
...and the inevitable...
EJECT EJECT
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Honestly, I've never seen NPCs that aggressive (or tenacious) before. Now that I know it can happen, I'm going to be on the lookout for it.
Anybody else been ganked like that by a whole squadron of NPCs?
Everything was going swimmingly - 20 minutes in, I had about 300k in bonds after picking exclusively on the bigger ships (Clippers, Asps, Pythons and Anacondas). Spotted a solo Elite Anaconda, waded in...got him down to about 60% hull, and suddenly my ship lights up and all I can hear are constant hits from other ships. Look at the radar, and I've got 8 or 9 ships flashing red and white at me. What the...???
Two wings of NPCs, all Pythons and Vipers, laying into me (along with the original Anaconda, who suddenly woke up and started fighting back) with rails, plasma accelerators, missiles and not a small number of lasers. My poor little Vulture didn't stand much of a chance. Still, in the spirit of at least trying to avoid an insurance claim, I put 4 pips into what was left of my shields, two into the engines and boosted away while retracting the hardpoints and hammering the SCB button.
SHIELDS OFFLINE
Of course, the Vulture isn't fast enough to escape Vipers, so while I'd left the Pythons behind I still had them hammering on my backside but the hull's holding them off.
1 new contact
Yeah, I should've paid more attention to the alerts. An Anaconda apparently joined the fray, jumping in just off my path about 3km out. Didn't notice until the volley of lasers, cannons and plasma balls hit. FSD only 50% charged, hull down to 30%, canopy cracked...right, forget the shields, they'll never recharge in time to save me (this particular decision was probably a bit tardy). Full power to the engines, and start dodging around for all I'm worth.
25%, getting nervous.
20%, I'm thinking I'm basically toast.
18%...
THRUSTERS OFFLINE
...and the inevitable...
EJECT EJECT
***********************
Honestly, I've never seen NPCs that aggressive (or tenacious) before. Now that I know it can happen, I'm going to be on the lookout for it.
Anybody else been ganked like that by a whole squadron of NPCs?
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