Combat tactics?

[Mud401]

So I was never really good at combat and I figured it was mostly cause of the ship. So I bought a fdl and geared it and I'm alot better but I still get wrecked in hi res areas. Any one got some combat tips for me

 

[Chris Simon]

D8veh had an amazing combat tutorials, IIRC, as well as Vindicator Jones. Just find them on YouTube.

 

[CMDR Corlas]

I was gonna type out a whole bunch of stuff, start with pip management and making sure you're starting fights when you have the advantage, but it'll be a lot more informative for you if you just check out this great series from Vindicator Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjYeCs5MA18&list=PLST2VzDxDCrwvkU6wYfo-z4UhGbObjl_M&index=2

 

[PhanttoM]

I'll second vote for Vindicator Jones' tutorials, as they come with great visual illustrations of the actual maneuvers.

 

[Marklar_]

Aside from the basics, it's all about experience. You have to get killed a lot in order to learn how to survive. If the rebuy on the FDL is expensive to you, I recommend kitting out a less expensive ship and just fighting to the death a lot. That's the best way to learn.

 

[CMDR Corlas]

Aside from the basics, it'a all about experience. You have to get killed a lot in order to learn how to survive. If the rebuy on the FDL is expensive to you, I recommend kitting out a less expensive ship and just fighting to the death a lot. That's the best way to learn.

Very much this. Cheap ships with small shields are the best way to learn, because you very much know when you make a mistake. An FdL won't give you that kind of feedback, and it's strengths can easily mask bad habits.

 

[Mud401]

Thank you all for the responses. I will definitely check out the videos .

 

[d8veh]

It might be better to try a Vulture first because the FDL takes a more advanced flying technique, which takes a while to get the hang of.

You have to practice one step at a time. Start on small and medium ships. First, try just swapping your pips between shields when the enemy faces you and weapons when you want to fire at it. When you have that automatic, try putting pips to engines when you want to change position. Another thing that helps a lot with small ships is to fly backwards so they can't get you from behind.

When you move onto bigger ships, never let them stay face to face. Boost past them and reposition yourself. They always wriggle around in an attempt to keep pointing at you. Roll 90 deg. And go down their wing. As you roll, they try to copy you, so you have to be quick.

When you feel comfortable with that, Start using your downthruster a lot to rotate around them. That works well on Gunships, Pythons and Anacondas. After that, sidethrusters .

Don't try and do these things all at once in the beginning or you'll get in a mess. Get each step automatic before moving on to the next one.