Control your winds, they sound like language. I play ED since Jan 2015. I am just no pew pew boy and avoid conflicts unless I see a good chance of surviving.
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All, I see a lot a threads about, my ship was destroyed in seconds...
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Control your winds, they sound like language. I play ED since Jan 2015. I am just no pew pew boy and avoid conflicts unless I see a good chance of surviving.
I'm not a combat guy, and yes, I'm guilty of receiving my Master combat rating by shooting fish in a barrel.
So now it's like when I first started playing, and I'm relearning and refining my tactics in combat. One thing I figured out a while ago, is that the "all around" build, doesn't work well for me. I do better with multiple ships, that are specialized (trading, explorations, combat...). I don't agree with the "get good" crowd, I think that over simplifies things, and is generally just an argument made to be condescending. I do accept that I need to change my approach to combat, and that what I was able to do before, will now get me killed (like choosing a faction in the middle of a combat zone).
As the AI is now, I have to be much more aware of my shield strength, the pips in my distributor, and my defensive modules. I also need to know when to swallow my pride, and RUN!
So now it's like when I first started playing, and I'm relearning and refining my tactics in combat. One thing I figured out a while ago, is that the "all around" build, doesn't work well for me. I do better with multiple ships, that are specialized (trading, explorations, combat...). I don't agree with the "get good" crowd, I think that over simplifies things, and is generally just an argument made to be condescending. I do accept that I need to change my approach to combat, and that what I was able to do before, will now get me killed (like choosing a faction in the middle of a combat zone).
As the AI is now, I have to be much more aware of my shield strength, the pips in my distributor, and my defensive modules. I also need to know when to swallow my pride, and RUN!
Only time my ship was "destroyed in seconds" was when I dropped into a Distress Call, & got set upon by 6 pirates. Even then I think I lasted over 30 seconds-& almost managed to jump out.
It was a salutory lesson on the importance of point defense, to be honest.
It was a salutory lesson on the importance of point defense, to be honest.
I have reported a few incidents in the forums (dammed if I can find them now, but they should still be there), where I had a A Rated fully battle hardened FAS and Pythons which were shredded within 10 seconds by a single NPC Eagle and Imperial Courier, the FAS was via an indiction and the Pythons from within a Hazres site, within the first 5 seconds I had lost shields and thrusters, then within the 10 seconds lost the ship, in total I have lost 4 ships in similar circumstances in the past 3 months, it does happen, so it looks like there are still a few insanely engineered NPC ships doing the rounds.
What I did not get were the NPC's names, still reported it to Fdev, while it was only 4 ships, it did cost me a pretty penny, but still going strong.
What I did not get were the NPC's names, still reported it to Fdev, while it was only 4 ships, it did cost me a pretty penny, but still going strong.
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