After watching several good YouTube videos, I found my way into Bounty Hunting which has required a bit of a learning curve and a lot of practice.
To begin with I tried with the Sidewinder which went better than expected, then gave it a try with the Cobra Mk III. Now, I am experimenting with the Asp Explorer.
I haven't tried the Viper Mk III ship yet, and plan to also try that.
Some of the silly mistakes that I have been making:
not realising that I accidentally deployed my landing gear or cargo scoop and wondering why turbo boost is not working
targeting the wrong ship and getting a bounty
not allocating any power to weapons (all to systems/engines) then wondering why I can't fire any weapons
attacking a ship, not realising it is in a team then they all gang up on me and narrowly escaping with canopy damage (emergency life support)
forgetting to turn on "night vision" and crashing into an asteroid at full speed because I couldn't see it
accidentally turning on silent running during battle and then no shields (fixed my keyboard bindings to prevent that happening again)
forgetting to divert extra energy to weapons so that Beam Lasers can recharge
for the Asp Explorer with two Beam Weapons (this configuration can require more energy then available, meaning some modules are automatically disabled):
not using Energy Allocation properly and finding modules are no longer working (everything trying to use priority 1 for energy). this allocation approach for energy is giving good results
4 - Cargo Hatch
3 - Other modules
2 - Weapons
1 - Shields/Defensive
I have also noticed that some Elite ships recharge Shields extremely fast, much quicker than what I am able to do.
Also, some Deadly/Elite ships appear to bait you into chasing them then they flee and high wake out of the system diverting your attention away from other ships
To begin with I tried with the Sidewinder which went better than expected, then gave it a try with the Cobra Mk III. Now, I am experimenting with the Asp Explorer.
I haven't tried the Viper Mk III ship yet, and plan to also try that.
Some of the silly mistakes that I have been making:
not realising that I accidentally deployed my landing gear or cargo scoop and wondering why turbo boost is not working
targeting the wrong ship and getting a bounty
not allocating any power to weapons (all to systems/engines) then wondering why I can't fire any weapons
attacking a ship, not realising it is in a team then they all gang up on me and narrowly escaping with canopy damage (emergency life support)
forgetting to turn on "night vision" and crashing into an asteroid at full speed because I couldn't see it
accidentally turning on silent running during battle and then no shields (fixed my keyboard bindings to prevent that happening again)
forgetting to divert extra energy to weapons so that Beam Lasers can recharge
for the Asp Explorer with two Beam Weapons (this configuration can require more energy then available, meaning some modules are automatically disabled):
not using Energy Allocation properly and finding modules are no longer working (everything trying to use priority 1 for energy). this allocation approach for energy is giving good results
4 - Cargo Hatch
3 - Other modules
2 - Weapons
1 - Shields/Defensive
I have also noticed that some Elite ships recharge Shields extremely fast, much quicker than what I am able to do.
Also, some Deadly/Elite ships appear to bait you into chasing them then they flee and high wake out of the system diverting your attention away from other ships
