A Capital Ship Rhapsody - Something Fun to Watch

[Martian Successor]

I made a fun little video of what encountering a Capital ship feels like so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

[video=youtube;OcGsNi11lPw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcGsNi11lPw[/video]

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcGsNi11lPw

(Apologies for the stuttering at times in the footage. I'm still getting used to recording footage with Open Broadcaster Software and it sometimes chews frames even though I experience no lag whatsoever when playing. Also; I blame the Thargoids for it!)

 

[joshman72nd]

kinda sad you can sit there in one spot fighting the imperil cap ship..... while the fed one its like the cookie monster and your his cookie.

 

[Martian Successor]

kinda sad you can sit there in one spot fighting the imperil cap ship..... while the fed one its like the cookie monster and your his cookie.

When it's distracted with other cookies sure. But if you're the cookie it wants best to keep moving and stay away from its underside where its big guns are.

One thing I must say though is that I'm kinda underwhelmed with the damage this Cap ship's big guns were doing. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate not being blown to smithereens via some super tracking one hit kill wonders, but I mean for a Capital ship I was expecting a single hit from one of those super rail guns to destroy my shields in a single hit. I guess you could argue that Capital ships aren't meant to fight off small fighters aka like the Death Star.

 

[Eminor]

Nice vid... Think I've only seen a capital ship once before.
Kind of curious how you seemed to know in advance where and when the capital ship would be arriving (and leaving actually)... ?
i.e. you were already in debug camera mode and facing the point where it was entering.

 

[joshman72nd]

Nice vid... Think I've only seen a capital ship once before.
Kind of curious how you seemed to know in advance where and when the capital ship would be arriving (and leaving actually)... ?
i.e. you were already in debug camera mode and facing the point where it was entering.

he probably jump in before it and immediately went to debug. there is a good 10 second delay before they jump in and dont move till the war is over. (they arnt in civil war zones has to be high war zone)

 

[Martian Successor]

Nice vid... Think I've only seen a capital ship once before.
Kind of curious how you seemed to know in advance where and when the capital ship would be arriving (and leaving actually)... ?
i.e. you were already in debug camera mode and facing the point where it was entering.

Thank you kindly

A couple of factors worked in my favour actually. First was the fact that the Capital ship seems to spawn again every time you enter the same High CZ you found it in - sometimes it actually warps in again once routed if you stay in there long enough. The Capital's ships' way of saying, "Na-uh foo! I'm back to kick you in the Asp!"

Your on-board computer also warns you by saying, "Capital ship signature detected." before the wormhole appears, which is mighty handy for us war zone journalists to position our cameras and hit record for the diva's grand entrance

I immediately went to debug camera and centred on where the preliminary flashes of lighting and smoke clouds were gathering for the entrance. And for the exit the Capital ship itself let's you know with a big old HOOOONK! sound when it's had enough of you hammering at it and wants to go home for tea and muffins, and posting a griefer report in the NPC section of the forums entitled, "Human Pilots Suck, FD Do Something About Them!".