Anyone still able to complete the Incursion tutorial as of 1.3.0x?

[Morbad]

Every major patch, or when coming back from a hiatus, I usually give all the tutorials a run through, to shake the rust off and see how the AI has changed against a ship I rarely use.

I just just attempted 1.3.07's Incursion tutorial this morning, twice, and this is the first time I've doubted my ability to take out Big Mama. Can still get to her, with mild difficulty and a fair degree of tedium (holy spiraling C63 Condors Batman!), but now she moves more like a ship with thrusters and less like a giant frozen turd in a low flow toilet. Anytime I get close, I get my ass handed to me in short order.

So, anyone able to actually finish Incursion, without flying backwards for 45 minutes?

 

[Morbad]

Five attempts and five failures.

Can barely get a ring of her shields off. Definitely fights like the a 1.3 Master Anaconda she is. I can barely keep up with her, let alone stay in anything that resembles a blindspot.

Look at this exhaust trail! The AI really knows how to move. That's the kind of turn radius half of the Anaconda CMDRs I've seen would have trouble duplicating.

Props to Sarah Jane Avory...I am now afraid to fight AI Anaconda while piloting Sidewinders.