You guys REALLY need to fix the conflict zones. I attempted a threat level 1 zone and shot a viper for a good half hour with TWO rank 5 tweaked beams and barely damaged it. Seriously... Tone the things back a bit so they're at least playable. They way it is now... I have to kill 18 "threat level ONE" ships... Figure a good hour for 1 ship... (If you're lucky)... Equals: Let the missions sit and not do them.
Conflict Zones
- Thread starter Sprenon
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That sounds like a lot more work than it should be.
It's very RNG in CZs. If he was up against a ship with mirror composite and loaded with hull (which V4s usually are) I'm not surprised it took a while. When you use a variable loadout you can see when one firegroup works better than the next from one ship to another.
Not sure CZs need to be fixed. They are meant to be harder combat places; after all, it's militaries fighting there, not pirates. A viper is baby's first combat ship and is wholly unsuited to clearing a CZ. Come back with a medium (Cheiftain/Krait II) or large (Anaconda/Corvette).
What should be fixed is the threat ratings on war massacre missions.
What should be fixed is the threat ratings on war massacre missions.
CZs feature engineered ships, they are not equivalent to res zone ships.
A CZ viper is superior to a Haz Res Viper.
You'll notice that they run prismatic shields and have a number of other hardening components. You may have run into a reflective armor ship, which would make beams the absolutely wrong weapon to use.
Most folks that do CZs mix thermal and kinetic, or use plasma.
Remember, CZs are also "I am ready to PVP" locations as well since you pick a side, and a player can pick the opposing side.
PVP players will be running G5 everything.
If you message me in game, I'd be happy to wing up and share some tips in a CZ.
A CZ viper is superior to a Haz Res Viper.
You'll notice that they run prismatic shields and have a number of other hardening components. You may have run into a reflective armor ship, which would make beams the absolutely wrong weapon to use.
Most folks that do CZs mix thermal and kinetic, or use plasma.
Remember, CZs are also "I am ready to PVP" locations as well since you pick a side, and a player can pick the opposing side.
PVP players will be running G5 everything.
If you message me in game, I'd be happy to wing up and share some tips in a CZ.
It sounds like a standard CZ experience. Not worth the effort. unless you spice yourself up with the powercreep and I'm not gonna bother with that.
Rank 5 tweaked beams? class 1?
You need to elaborate on your build a little and maybe practice some, and if your really struggling fly towards friendly ships they will help you out a little.