Best moment so far.....
Last night, I was hanging out at a Nav point hunting "wanted" ships with a midrange Sidewinder I had been building up for about a week. I had been there for about 90 minutes or so, and built up about 120K in bounties. I was just thinking about heading back in to the station to repair, cash in and browse some newe upgrades when I notice laser fire on the far side of my nav beacon. I burner over and ID the players in the furball, which turned out to be two or three Fed ships beating on an "wanted" Competent Adder. I gleefully join the fray and we manage to get him down to 12 percent on his hull. About this time, I manage to land a unintended burst of laser fire on one of the Fed ships who flew right in front of me and end up with the whole gaggle turned on *ME*. Needless to say, I tried to run, but had taken too much damage in the proceeding hour to have much of a chance. On goes the Remlok.......
The obvious lesson here is pretty clear. "CHECK YOUR FIRE IN A FURBALL, CMDR PYLE" !!
About an hour later: (same Nav point, about the same built up bounty to cash in) I see a single ship by itself pretty far out from the NAV point. I think it's an Anaconda, which I have never tangled with before. I wait for the scan, and sure enough he's wanted. I deploy hardpoints and get ready to engage. (Mind you, I am NOT listening to the little voice in my head that's wondering why this guy didn't even blink when I scan him and deploy hardpoints...) I pull my trigger and nail him right in the rear for the first salvo, then coast past him as he banks hard to come around for another pass.....
All of a sudden, **WHAM** - the whole freaking sky lights up and I see about 6 laser beams reaching out to slice my hull to pieces. This guy must have had everything he had set up for an Alpha strike. I glance down at my panel and notice my shield are down, my hull is about 19% and my windshield is gone and I am sucking vacuum. I instantly jam full burner to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE, praying I can get beyond range before he hits me again and I end up pulling another Sheperd. I manage to jump out and run like a rabbit back to port, where I docked with 9 seconds left on my oxygen. Thank GOD I had upgraded my life support or I'd have been floating again........
Not *only* do you check your fire, but you also check yout targets and probably shouldn't get your hummingbird a** into fights *alone* against guys who outgun you. This game is *unforgiving* to folks who get into moods where they have more b*lls than brains.
Just sayin.....
Last night, I was hanging out at a Nav point hunting "wanted" ships with a midrange Sidewinder I had been building up for about a week. I had been there for about 90 minutes or so, and built up about 120K in bounties. I was just thinking about heading back in to the station to repair, cash in and browse some newe upgrades when I notice laser fire on the far side of my nav beacon. I burner over and ID the players in the furball, which turned out to be two or three Fed ships beating on an "wanted" Competent Adder. I gleefully join the fray and we manage to get him down to 12 percent on his hull. About this time, I manage to land a unintended burst of laser fire on one of the Fed ships who flew right in front of me and end up with the whole gaggle turned on *ME*. Needless to say, I tried to run, but had taken too much damage in the proceeding hour to have much of a chance. On goes the Remlok.......
The obvious lesson here is pretty clear. "CHECK YOUR FIRE IN A FURBALL, CMDR PYLE" !!
About an hour later: (same Nav point, about the same built up bounty to cash in) I see a single ship by itself pretty far out from the NAV point. I think it's an Anaconda, which I have never tangled with before. I wait for the scan, and sure enough he's wanted. I deploy hardpoints and get ready to engage. (Mind you, I am NOT listening to the little voice in my head that's wondering why this guy didn't even blink when I scan him and deploy hardpoints...) I pull my trigger and nail him right in the rear for the first salvo, then coast past him as he banks hard to come around for another pass.....
All of a sudden, **WHAM** - the whole freaking sky lights up and I see about 6 laser beams reaching out to slice my hull to pieces. This guy must have had everything he had set up for an Alpha strike. I glance down at my panel and notice my shield are down, my hull is about 19% and my windshield is gone and I am sucking vacuum. I instantly jam full burner to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE, praying I can get beyond range before he hits me again and I end up pulling another Sheperd. I manage to jump out and run like a rabbit back to port, where I docked with 9 seconds left on my oxygen. Thank GOD I had upgraded my life support or I'd have been floating again........
Not *only* do you check your fire, but you also check yout targets and probably shouldn't get your hummingbird a** into fights *alone* against guys who outgun you. This game is *unforgiving* to folks who get into moods where they have more b*lls than brains.
Just sayin.....
