Reopening at the request of @viralshark
Came back to play after giving it a break for months, lost everything to an elite python in a normal trade run. I quit.
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The whole thing sounds like an epic experience. The only thing you did wrong was jump to supercruise, you would still have the ship if you high waked, all part of the learning curve.
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I am a bit confused. Is the OP saying that they didn't take the loan that was offered and lost everything? That they needed another 800 k? That they took it and had to pay it back? Or that they lost their ship in the first place? I recently lost my T9 to a wing of anacondas so know what that's like!
On the plus side, it's easier to make money now than it's ever been, and more ways are viable
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On the plus side, it's easier to make money now than it's ever been, and more ways are viable
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Just to explain, as not everyone knows what is meant by "high wake"
@OP when people advise "high wake", they mean - jump to another system. You do not get mass locked if you jump out of your current system to another one and reduce the chance of being followed.
Goodbye and God's speed
Legacy_LuckyLuke
Banned
Out of interest: In OP's situation, if he had submitted to interdiction and dropped some cargo, would the AI pirate have been satisfied? Is the AI sophisticated enough to handle those kinds of interactions now? Or did he do the right thing by trying to run?
Point defence and chaff should also help against missiles and lasers. Fit some shield boosters in the remaining utility slots if you have enough power.
Saw him on steam forum.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/359320/discussions/0/483368526577059912/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/359320/discussions/0/483368526577059912/
He should have submitted, 4 pips to shields, dumped chaff and high waked after the cooldown. The missiles would be bouncing off his shields. As far as I know, AI don't seem to care about dumping cargo
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AI is very temperamental in this situation. I tried have tried dropping cargo, and they have always yelled "Not good enough" paraphrasing here.
Probably should have dropped the Painite not the Bauxite.
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But has he really gone ?
NB.... note the replies to his thread... (#12 sums it up nicely) same old, same old as here
Close the rubbish vent thread and dump it into a deep bin... best thing for it
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Just say ... No
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There are some rare smuggling missions that pay 1-8m+ for 30 minutes work. That's 8x your rebuy. You could complete these missions in a Hauler.
I made 2m+ in 30 minutes play in a Hazardous Res last night (no PowerPlay bonuses).
My rebuy is 4m. So my death is worth an hour of play at most. That doesn't include the "loans" we can get to make the risk even less.
Ultimately, if you are not prepared to consider that small risk as part of the gameplay, it's possible CQC mode might interest you more. CQC has almost instant respawns - which is essentially what we are opting for if we remove the ship insurance.
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Someone tested this recently, they do - but it doesn't seem to stop them from sometimes spawning in Supercruise again with you and interdicting you again. Some of them expect ridiculous amounts too, they don't just say "drop x tonnes" (how would they know anyway), but it does work sometimes.
I made 2m+ in 30 minutes play in a Hazardous Res last night (no PowerPlay bonuses).
My rebuy is 4m. So my death is worth an hour of play at most. That doesn't include the "loans" we can get to make the risk even less.
Ultimately, if you are not prepared to consider that small risk as part of the gameplay, it's possible CQC mode might interest you more. CQC has almost instant respawns - which is essentially what we are opting for if we remove the ship insurance.
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Someone tested this recently, they do - but it doesn't seem to stop them from sometimes spawning in Supercruise again with you and interdicting you again. Some of them expect ridiculous amounts too, they don't just say "drop x tonnes" (how would they know anyway), but it does work sometimes.
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The game is Elite : Dangerous I'm afraid, not Elite : mostly harmless.
I'm an experienced pilot in this game, and I never ever leave port without insurance, even if I have to sell off a module to pay for it.
Your best option when interdicted is to submit instantly because your FSD cool down is like 10 seconds, and to put 4 pips to engines and run (unless the pirate is human of course.. then you can dump cargo, swear at the naughty person and be on your way)
Fdev uprated the NPC AI while you were away too which is why you got yourself shot down.... cops will chase you into SC if they scan you and find naughty stuff etc etc... makes things far more fun
Bill
<<flew into a SSS last night with 3 wingmates .... the 4 vultures concentrated their fire on me result ... 15% hull left on an heavily armored python.. wingmen also took heavy damage after I jumped out
Damn that AI upgrade
I'm an experienced pilot in this game, and I never ever leave port without insurance, even if I have to sell off a module to pay for it.
Your best option when interdicted is to submit instantly because your FSD cool down is like 10 seconds, and to put 4 pips to engines and run (unless the pirate is human of course.. then you can dump cargo, swear at the naughty person and be on your way)
Fdev uprated the NPC AI while you were away too which is why you got yourself shot down.... cops will chase you into SC if they scan you and find naughty stuff etc etc... makes things far more fun
Bill
<<flew into a SSS last night with 3 wingmates .... the 4 vultures concentrated their fire on me
result ... 15% hull left on an heavily armored python.. wingmen also took heavy damage after I jumped out Damn that AI upgrade
i am sorry for OP's loss but..... and it's a big but, to rage quit over losing a ship in a game and rant like this, -100 rep for that.
This is a space ship sim, in a galaxy with pirates, other players, laws, police, npc's, lots of ways to die ect, so we were given insurance to lessen the pain, have enough to pay it, your fine, if you don't then except the risk.
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this is very childish.
This is a space ship sim, in a galaxy with pirates, other players, laws, police, npc's, lots of ways to die ect, so we were given insurance to lessen the pain, have enough to pay it, your fine, if you don't then except the risk.
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this is very childish.
What I love is the fact the people churning out the stock "euro truck sim in space" insult have largely disappeared. You can no simply potter around in your defenceless type x making millions. Back to the elite 84 standard now, and that feels great.
Very much this ^^
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