Err no, it doesn't. No game like this has difficulty settings. It's Elite Dangerous. Maybe wait for a game called NotSoElite: Safe to come out?
Engineers beta player with 1000s of hours, about to uninstall elite!
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Err no, it doesn't. No game like this has difficulty settings. It's Elite Dangerous. Maybe wait for a game called NotSoElite: Safe to come out?
The modules were Class A. My heat level went to 130% for 5 to 8 seconds and that's it. The NPC python attacked the systems and crippled them thru the shields...
Nope. Nope and Nope. Most people are happy with the game as is, even if there are issues we are all aware of and dislike. A difficulty setting will NEVER happen. So perhaps ED is simply not for you?
You are the minority btw, not everyone else
Incredibly arrogant opinion there. <slow claps>
Excuse my ignorance. Been out of the game for many months until recently. What do you mean about "high wake"?
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Nope. An opinion is not arrogant, it is what is is. An opinion. The only arrogance seen here is your moaning about there needing to be a difficulty setting because you dislike the game and keep whining about it.
Get over yourself? also, consider buying a dictionary so you can look up the meaning of words you don't seem to fully understand and therefore you can use them in the correct context.
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LOL can you explain WHY exactly my suggestion won't make more people happy? are you capable of that? Yes as an individual I'm a minority, but it's a well, known FACT of the gaming world the hardcore players are the overall minority in the gaming population.
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Show me where "I" am whining, learn to read...<slow claps again, even slower>
Far as I can tell, it not a 1:1 or even close to it based on player combat rank.
I am merely Expert combat rank, yet 95% / huge majority of my non-mission assigned NPCs are Deadly or Elite.
The mission assigned ones I see the logic - take an Elite mission with higher pay, face higher level NPCs, fair enough. The non-mission specific NPCs, you're not getting Elite because you are Elite combat, us middle of the scale combat rankers get Elite combat NPCs all the time too.
*unless maybe in weird way FD doesn't care about combat rank and just any high rank. I have Trade Elite rank, but only Expert combat.
Are You submitted to PowerPlay or have some cargo in cargo hold, or mission?
If yes - sell cargo (yess, i know, the lack of in-game storage sucks) and leave powerplay, or deal with a part of the mission (npc may attack you)
If no - then strange, i no many NPC interdictions. A few sometimes, but game always allow to flee, so this is not a big deal.
However, NPC cannot scan you until they pull you from interdiction.
This works that way - if they want to pirate you, then they pulling you from SC and then they are scanning you. If you running and charging FSD then they are shooting. If you allow them a scan you and do not escaping then: If you have cargo empty then they write you 'blah, not worth' and they leave you. If you have something in cargo then they will ask you to drop... If you drop then they leave you, if not (you need to do it quickly), then they start shooting.
So it sounds like a part of gameplay. Sometimes they also pulling me, but i don't care what they want and why, just boost and jump.
In your case of a similar speed and MLF, you should just make a high wake, not low wake. In a case of high wake there is no mass lock.
Do not get me wrong, but if you playing 1000 hours and you still do not know how to flee from an NPC, or how to build a python to survive a bit longer, even for exploring (why in python?) so if you want to ragequit, then ragequit. There will be no 'lessie, come back'. Doors are here -> "alt+f4"
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Star Trek Online has 3 difficulty levels. Normal, hard and expert or something like that.
Low Wake = jump to supercruise. High Wake = jump to another system.
Never joined powerplay. My reputation was friendly in the system. Repeated attacks were coming from "chaos" gold gang or some such similar name. I did have cargo, a few rares and a metal less valuable than silver... exploring on my way to founders/shinrata...
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Maybe he had that special heat attack weapon, but you'd expect more than 130% for that sort of damage? Isn't there some other weapon special that can penetrate shields?
But engineer weapon mods were supposed to have been removed. I have had special attacks since but they never seem to do anything - so maybe the removal was actually to make them ineffective.
I would definitely raise a bug report. Do you have video?
Then everything worked fine. NPC just wanted your cargo. Part of gameplay. Elite is Dangerous
And something about MLF, weapons and boost.
To run you need to have 4 pips in engine, then you got around ~340 boost (a rated, no modify). NPC was probably also a-rated pyton so he have 4 pips in engine, 2 in weapons and he also continuously boost so he also got 340 on boost.
If you had a less of 4 pips then you boosted a less frequent than NPC so he may get even closer.
Yes - on 2 pips in WEP he was able to make continous fire on You.
And MLF- your both MLF was the same, so he just masslocked You. In that case you need at least 3,5km distance to jump low-wake, or 4,5km if conda/vette/cutter are masslocking you.
Everything worked as intended and as it should work. You just need to 4 pips to shields (they are 2,5 times stronger than on 1,2,3), high-wake (jump to the other system, there is no mass-lock here) in that conditions
Take a lesson for next time and back to the game
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To make a Python awesome you need 4 things.
1. A base shield of around 500MJ
2. At least one size 6 SCB
3. Some heat sinks
4. 4-pips in your shields
If you have these things you can't be killed by any reasonable number of NPCs.. and you can deal with any heat tricks they play. I'm not that great a pilot but I do know the rules, here's me fighting 6 NPCs at once and killing my target, an elite Clipper and his elite mates.
http://plays.tv/video/5760906d711fbe8fcc/taking-on-7-high-level-ships-in-a-python
1. A base shield of around 500MJ
2. At least one size 6 SCB
3. Some heat sinks
4. 4-pips in your shields
If you have these things you can't be killed by any reasonable number of NPCs.. and you can deal with any heat tricks they play. I'm not that great a pilot but I do know the rules, here's me fighting 6 NPCs at once and killing my target, an elite Clipper and his elite mates.
http://plays.tv/video/5760906d711fbe8fcc/taking-on-7-high-level-ships-in-a-python
What I'm trying to say is that with engineered modules, the power range (difference between weakest and strongest ships) in terms of combat has been increased. An inevitable result is that ships on the lower side of the spectrum are left with a simple choice: upgrade or don't play. Like you said: if you're a trader, then high wake. Not that the OP was a trader, but in general, a weaker ship should have more than one gameplay mechanic at his disposal to tackle a situation.
Ships have always varied in strength in E : D (big ships vs. small ships, expensive ships vs. cheap ships), but with the new update, this difference has reached a point where there are no gameplay choices left for weak ships. When you say that the OP made the wrong choices, you mean that he did not make the single correct choice: high-waking ASAP. Having a single correct choice in this context makes for a very bland game.
My Python exceeds your description for shields my Shield cell was a size 5. Clearly this video is dated. If you had met the NPC ship I met, your video would have been over in 90 seconds...
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That video was made 2 days ago...
EDIT: There is a big difference between size 5 & 6 SCBs. With size 5 it wouldn't be possible to take on 6 elite NPCs at once (I was using 2x6A for this). However, it'd still be possible to keep your shields up against any single NPC (if you kept 4 in PIPs while under fire)
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Op adapt to new game or quit, the game is finally more challenging, as much as ai can be at the moment. They already toned down everything but the elite/deadly npcs.
And yes this patch was delayed and there are not many bugs as before patches, in fact the only major one is the permit bug.
So this time people are just whinging they have to learn something new, and firing flak at fdev instead of using their brains.
And yes this patch was delayed and there are not many bugs as before patches, in fact the only major one is the permit bug.
So this time people are just whinging they have to learn something new, and firing flak at fdev instead of using their brains.
These quitting threads are getting tedious now. [zZzZz]
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Its a great video, and good tip for pre planning an escape.
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Its a great video, and good tip for pre planning an escape.
