Incentives and Rewards

[Cmdr_Prussian]

So we just took down our first Thargoid. Took us about ten tries to figure out how to take them down. Died 2 times in my Cutter. 40.000.000 Rebuy.
Finally took down a Cyclops. Was very happy. Looked at the Combat Reward: 2.000.000. Was very sad and irritated.
So I only need 39 more Cyclopses to make up for my 2 losses. 39 only to get out of red numbers.

What the ? I mean sure, its the most expensive ship, but any Thargoid Combat capable ship has a rebuy beyond 10 Million. To anybody owning such a ship, 2.000.000 is NOTHING.
Its slightly more than just one (1) single void opal...

I suggest raising thargoid combat rewards by 5- or 10-fold.

 

[GroG79]

It is your fault for flying a Cutter (and loosing it)
I eat cyclops for breakfast in a 5 milj rebuy Chieftain...

Btw You try and save humanity; hero's don't get a pay check

 

[Cmdr_Prussian]

It is your fault for flying a Cutter (and loosing it)
I eat cyclops for breakfast in a 5 milj rebuy Chieftain...

Btw You try and save humanity; hero's don't get a pay check

On our own paycheck? At least covering our expenses would seem natural for humanity...

Any yes, its my "fault" to fly a Cutter. So you're saying that grinding and building a ship I love for all kinds of reasons is a bad idea and I should have it grounded...yeah, sounds like great game design for me...

I would be interested in your chieftain build though.

 

[GroG79]

You must be a millennial

 

[Cmdr_Prussian]

Riiight. Born 1988 ;-)

 

[GroG79]

Riiight. Born 1988 ;-)

I use this ship; I add a repair or decon limpet depending on the hunt. Usually in the Class 5 slot as capacity for repair/decon is higher on high class modules. Use lots of heatsinks. That really helps. Destroying the Swarm is also a trick you will have to master. A lot of cmdrs use 4 gauss. I do not do that for heat reasons. Thermal vent beams can be a great addition but my beam in this setup is not engineered correctly. Using a medium or large in the shard slot is a good option

Folks do use the cutter as the ultimate AX ship and take down hydras with it. I never tried that tho.

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[Drelthar]

So we just took down our first Thargoid. Took us about ten tries to figure out how to take them down. Died 2 times in my Cutter. 40.000.000 Rebuy.
Finally took down a Cyclops. Was very happy. Looked at the Combat Reward: 2.000.000. Was very sad and irritated.
So I only need 39 more Cyclopses to make up for my 2 losses. 39 only to get out of red numbers.

What the gently caress? I mean sure, its the most expensive ship, but any Thargoid Combat capable ship has a rebuy beyond 10 Million. To anybody owning such a ship, 2.000.000 is NOTHING.
Its slightly more than just one (1) single void opal...

I suggest raising thargoid combat rewards by 5- or 10-fold.

Hm. Well, my Krait MK2 can take out a Cyclops and has a rebuy of around 6 million.

 

[gorankar]

OP, yeah it sux you lost your ship, but, with a bit of practice and proper outfitting, you will be slaughtering those things, and you will get your rebuy back. However, as other have stated, a bit less than politely, you should have done a bit of research and maybe used a less expensive ship until you had learned the skills needed for killing the big Thargoids.

I started with a Vulture only going after scouts, then moved up to a Krait MkII for team killing the bigger ships. Definitely easier in a wing.