Newcomer / Intro 3rd times a charm

[Centaurus87]

So, I got Interdicted without being able to do a thing. It popped and pulled me out of Frame-shift without me even having a chance to hit the accelerated. I get killed, cuz ofc...

Then the same guy hunts me three times? And I'm willing to bet if I let him kill me again, he'll just hunt me again.
I have nothing in my ship cuz it got destroyed.... what the hell is going on?

Edit: jep. got interdicted AND killed 3 times without being able to do a thing. Everything worked like a charm after restarting the game. Great..........

 

[Chris Simon]

If it's a mission you're doing, then yes, they will hound you until you either win the interdiction minigame or finish/abandon the mission. Notice that every mission has recommended combat rank. If you're doing Elite mission, you will get Elite opponents.
Or do you mean an actual player in Open? In which case you will have to simply go somewhere else. Some people are trolls.

As for the interdiction itself, it's weird if you drop instantly. The only thing that comes in mind is that you pull your throttle back and submit. It's a good idea to fight the interdiction between 50 and 75% throttle, but if you slow down too much, you will submit. Submitting in itself is fine, because after submitting your FSD cools down much faster than your attacker's, so if you know what you're doing, you can use it to escape.
Immediately after you drop, put four pips in shields (SYS) and two in engines and boost away. Keep boosting and start charging the FSD as soon as it comes out of cooldown. There is no way an NPC can kill you in that time frame.

 

[GonzTheMalificent]

Yeah, check the level of the mission. Matters!

 

[Centaurus87]

If it's a mission you're doing, then yes, they will hound you until you either win the interdiction minigame or finish/abandon the mission. Notice that every mission has recommended combat rank. If you're doing Elite mission, you will get Elite opponents.
Or do you mean an actual player in Open? In which case you will have to simply go somewhere else. Some people are trolls.

As for the interdiction itself, it's weird if you drop instantly. The only thing that comes in mind is that you pull your throttle back and submit. It's a good idea to fight the interdiction between 50 and 75% throttle, but if you slow down too much, you will submit. Submitting in itself is fine, because after submitting your FSD cools down much faster than your attacker's, so if you know what you're doing, you can use it to escape.
Immediately after you drop, put four pips in shields (SYS) and two in engines and boost away. Keep boosting and start charging the FSD as soon as it comes out of cooldown. There is no way an NPC can kill you in that time frame.

(this is all pure private group PvE stuff)

I don't PULL my throttle back, when this happens. I'm within the last few seconds of decelerating towards my target. And it's ALWAYS in those last few seconds. So in that sense I'm not that surprised the mini-game just gets f*cked... but I am that I don't even get the chance to hit the accelerate.

So then what am I supposed to do? Circle around my target and approach from a different side? Because that doesn't seem to help in most cases.
As a side note. I'm flying an ASP Explorer that can't take any real hits... but I'm expecting to be able to do the interdiction minigames, not this bullsh*t.

 

[Centaurus87]

I did just figure to maybe not put my throttle at complete Zero... but maybe just 1 tap up (I have it at 10% increments)...

Next time I WILL however get rid of the mission I failed. Thanks for that tip

 

[Chris Simon]

One thing you can do to avoid being interdicted is to follow a parabolical trajectory. Instead of going straight for the target planet/station, go up or down (regarding the ecliptic) and do a half circle, approaching the station from above or "behind". To interdict you, the attacker has to be behind you and it's harder to get behind a ship that follows a curved trajectory.

Naturally that only works to certain extent and mission-specific NPCs can be really annoying.
Don't know what to tell you about the interdiction minigame. Sounds like something is broken. I've only experienced something like this a couple times (out of thousands of interdictions) so I really don't know what could it be.
You could try and record it so we would be able to see what exactly is happening.ě

 

[Centaurus87]

yeah, I started doing the parabolic movements. But I think it was just that my throttle was at 0 when I was getting interdicted. And I was stupid enough to not realize I shouldn't be at 0 throttle.
Thanks for the tips. I'm slowly starting to learn the game.

 

[Chris Simon]

yeah, I started doing the parabolic movements. But I think it was just that my throttle was at 0 when I was getting interdicted. And I was stupid enough to not realize I shouldn't be at 0 throttle.
Thanks for the tips. I'm slowly starting to learn the game.

I know all too well how frustrating Elite can be when one's starting. Nothing makes sense, the game requires you to do things you don't know how to do,...
Hang in there. It will all click in place at one point and you'll be able to enjoy everything.

 

[aRJay]

In options controls set buttons/keys for 50% and 75% throttle, the 50% is the ideal setting for winning the interdiction, the 75% is the setting to use when you destination station is 10 seconds away you shouldn't overshoot and that is way to high for you to be instantly interdicted.

 

[HojoCat]

Immediately after you drop, put four pips in shields (SYS) and two in engines and boost away. Keep boosting and start charging the FSD as soon as it comes out of cooldown. There is no way an NPC can kill you in that time frame.

I'm a noob too and now I am nervous. Is there a guide to this somewhere? "four pips in shields" okay I think that is something on the keypad. What key do I hit four times? Which key is boost? I have never tried that. I'm sure it was in the combat training thing but I haven't done that in a while.

 

[Morbad]

Was doing some trade runs for rep near Colonia in a D-B rated, non-Engineered, shieldless T-6 and had decent rank NPC Anaconda and FDL hounding me the whole time. This is an excerpt:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR9u9XEEeEc


Basically, I try to figure out who is coming after me then get them to smack into the planet near my destination before continuing on, which is what the two Anaconda do. However, I didn't notice the FDL until it tried to pull me so had to fight that interdiction.

I'm a noob too and now I am nervous. Is there a guide to this somewhere? "four pips in shields" okay I think that is something on the keypad. What key do I hit four times? Which key is boost? I have never tried that. I'm sure it was in the combat training thing but I haven't done that in a while.

He means pips to SYS. The system capacitor setting globally increases your shield's resistance to damage.

There is a manual and you really should play through all the training missions. Knowing your controls and having basic proficiency with the flight mechanisms should be considered mandatory, no matter what you're doing.

 

[Clicker]

I'm a noob too and now I am nervous. Is there a guide to this somewhere? "four pips in shields" okay I think that is something on the keypad. What key do I hit four times? Which key is boost? I have never tried that. I'm sure it was in the combat training thing but I haven't done that in a while.

Usually the arrow keys.
Unless you bound different keys in-game (Controller Settings).

Clicker

 

[Para Handy]

In options controls set buttons/keys for 50% and 75% throttle, the 50% is the ideal setting for winning the interdiction, the 75% is the setting to use when you destination station is 10 seconds away you shouldn't overshoot and that is way to high for you to be instantly interdicted.

People tell me that there is actually no difference in using those settings (or full throttle) during the interdiction mini-game. I switch between both 50% and 75% during the "chase the blue target circle" as it makes me feel better even if it is actually ineffectual (I have no opinion on the matter).

 

[shane sparling]

So, I got Interdicted without being able to do a thing. It popped and pulled me out of Frame-shift without me even having a chance to hit the accelerated. I get killed, cuz ofc...

Then the same guy hunts me three times? And I'm willing to bet if I let him kill me again, he'll just hunt me again.
I have nothing in my ship cuz it got destroyed.... what the hell is going on?

Edit: jep. got interdicted AND killed 3 times without being able to do a thing. Everything worked like a charm after restarting the game. Great..........

The game is broken and they (FD) are to stupid to fix it.

 

[Centaurus87]

well, the interdiction stuff works out now. I'm convinced I was just screwing up somehow.

 

[Chris Simon]

well, the interdiction stuff works out now. I'm convinced I was just screwing up somehow.

Glad to hear it's starting to work out for you.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

well, the interdiction stuff works out now. I'm convinced I was just screwing up somehow.

Throttle to 0 is how you submit to an interdiction, sounds like that's what you probably did.
I usually submit, then run and jump because it seems faster than playing the evasion minigame to me. The two ships I fly the most for non-combat are quite fast though, I doubt I'll use that technique in my slower ones....lol

 

[Chris Simon]

Throttle to 0 is how you submit to an interdiction, sounds like that's what you probably did.
I usually submit, then run and jump because it seems faster than playing the evasion minigame to me. The two ships I fly the most for non-combat are quite fast though, I doubt I'll use that technique in my slower ones....lol

It may be faster, but I feel it's important to add that it is also pointless during missions. If a mission specific NPC is after you, if you submit and run they will come after you immediately, again and it cen become annoying. The only two ways to shake them off your tail is to either kill them or win the interdiction.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

It may be faster, but I feel it's important to add that it is also pointless during missions. If a mission specific NPC is after you, if you submit and run they will come after you immediately, again and it cen become annoying. The only two ways to shake them off your tail is to either kill them or win the interdiction.

99% of the time, they aren't interdicting me until I am throttling down on station approach, so i'm in a station within a minute of getting away. So while you may be correct, it hasn't mattered in my gameplay. (Talking trade missions here, the only ones where I've been interdicted by npc's who I didn't want to fight.)

 

[aRJay]

99% of the time, they aren't interdicting me until I am throttling down on station approach, so i'm in a station within a minute of getting away. So while you may be correct, it hasn't mattered in my gameplay. (Talking trade missions here, the only ones where I've been interdicted by npc's who I didn't want to fight.)

It is easier to get into interdiction range when the target is slow which is why they tend to happen just after jumping into the system or when approaching a station. Sometimes they will chance it if you are climbing away from a planet and are blocked for a direct high wake, this has never worked against me.

If you are still in scooping range of the star turn directly away from it and throttle to zero the pirate will try to get behind you to interdict and get pulled out of cruise by the stars exclusion zone, this only works against the ones that tell you over comms that they are after you.