Evacuation Mission Running

[Phill P]

5D Hull Reinforcement Package (typo) , i drive passengers solely to get the necessary materials, they are not always available in “economy missions” .

that's right, that's what i said above : "silent"+HS

Right, yes, I have a HRP. What materials are in First Class Missions that are not in Economy Missions? I generally make plenty to trade so it makes little difference to me.

 

[Vlad plus]

they are the same as for economy. there’s just more choice: i usually choose Biotech Conductors , Military Supercapacitors , Exquisite Focus Crystals , Bio-Mechanical Conduits , Modified Embedded Firmware

but now their FD has been nerfed? I very rarely see evacuation missions rewarding level 4-5 materials

 

[Phill P]

they are the same as for economy. there’s just more choice: i usually choose Biotech Conductors , Military Supercapacitors , Exquisite Focus Crystals , Bio-Mechanical Conduits , Modified Embedded Firmware

Hmm, so not really more choice but all the choices come up more often instead of the same few most of the time. Interesting.

 

[Rhialto]

That wasn't a Glaive, it was a Scythe. The Scythe steals your passengers, the Glaive does not. A lot of people get confused about this.

Forget Point Defence, waste of time.

Source: https://youtu.be/ctFs-xjxRCw

Thanks, so out with the point defence and in with a few ecm's

 

[Unknown Zombie]

You still want to turn the shield off before encountering the Scythe, otherwise you risk its lighting attack.

I've seen this info floating around, but I have been lightning-attacked numerous times by hunters in my shieldless AX ships.

 

[Kzak]

In my Cutter, I use ECM on the missiles and if the Scythe should catch up with me (it has done so once out of 20 or so evac runs), even if it blasts me with its lightning attack I can just fire up the FSD and jump to safety as the lightning doesn't get through the 2K shield points I have, nor does it interrupt the FSD.

 

[Vlad plus]

yes, “Scythe” and “Glaive” also attack ships without shields with lightning, everyone who participates in ax-cz saw this. PD doesn't work against them, that's right

 

[Phill P]

I've seen this info floating around, but I have been lightning-attacked numerous times by hunters in my shieldless AX ships.

Again, there is a difference between the Scythe and the Glaive. Please try and learn the difference. They don't even look alike. The Scythe looks more like a starfish with 8 unmoving "arms" while the Glaive has "arms" which look more like blades and which spin around.

The Glaive is a Hunter Killer. Its job is to hunt you down, trap you and kill you. It always uses its lightning attack because the lightning attack slows you down - effectively it works like the experimental effect Drag Munitions, stopping you accelerating and boosting. It also has a passive anti guardian field which will render any guardian modules useless. It is faster than the Scythe with a top speed of 750 m/s.

The Scythe is also a Hunter but does not want to kill you or destroy your ship. It wants to abduct your passengers. It only uses its lightning attack if you have a shield and does not have a passive anti guardian field. It is slower than the Glaive with a top speed of 500 m/s.

What a Scythe does in an AX CZ if you shoot it first is irrelevant. Possibly then it will use its lightning attack in self defence. This has nothing to do with rescues though.