I feel so validated.

dejavoodoo

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I thought I was being paranoid in getting a fast ship with an ECM when going to the community goals. Second visit, boom, interdicted, I submit, and a guy is shooting torpedos? at my retreating behind. Gets nothing but wake. Yesss!

So yeah, come prepared for gankers at community goals. I actually love gankers. Adds to the game.
 

thelivingdeadguy

thelivingdeadguy
dejavoodoo said:
I guess they must have been missiles? I was boosting hard.
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Maybe. The point is that torpedos are slow, most ships can outrun them with little trouble and anyone firing them at a fleeing ship has just wasted them unless the ship moves at under 300 metres a second or so (just going off memory... it's around there).

They are pretty good at countering large ships spamming you with long range lasers while flying in reverse or used at the same time as a wingmate attacks and distracts but that's been about it in my experience.

The only exception being those guys who bought a conda after three weeks and have no idea what they're doing. Kaboom. Not that I go after them with reverb torpedoes myself, as sorely tempting as it is...
 

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
dejavoodoo said:
I thought I was being paranoid in getting a fast ship with an ECM when going to the community goals. Second visit, boom, interdicted, I submit, and a guy is shooting torpedos? at my retreating behind. Gets nothing but wake. Yesss!

So yeah, come prepared for gankers at community goals. I actually love gankers. Adds to the game.
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Adds to the game and are optional. What more could we ask for. :)
 

dejavoodoo

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thelivingdeadguy said:
Maybe. The point is that torpedos are slow, most ships can outrun them with little trouble and anyone firing them at a fleeing ship has just wasted them unless the ship moves at under 300 metres a second or so (just going off memory... it's around there).

They are pretty good at countering large ships spamming you with long range lasers while flying in reverse or used at the same time as a wingmate attacks and distracts but that's been about it in my experience.

The only exception being those guys who bought a conda after three weeks and have no idea what they're doing. Kaboom. Not that I go after them with reverb torpedoes myself, as sorely tempting as it is...
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Must have been seeker missiles then, because one of the four or five he fired hit me and my ship is fast (viper with some minor engineering to thrusters), and I was boosting.

Yeah I don't have a problem with gankers and opposing the CG is a valid roleplay reason so it's not really ganking.
 

thelivingdeadguy

thelivingdeadguy
dejavoodoo said:
Must have been seeker missiles then, because one of the four or five he fired hit me and my ship is fast (viper with some minor engineering to thrusters), and I was boosting.

Yeah I don't have a problem with gankers and opposing the CG is a valid roleplay reason so it's not really ganking.
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Yup, seekers.

As for 'valid' prfftt. No-one has to justify their play style. I couldn't care less. I just like knowing that there is something in the universe which can kill me (no number of NPCs can), adds to the experience. It also gives ships like the Orca the cool role of blockade runners etc. I love my blockade runner Orca.

That said, I'm very grateful to all the CG guys in the Type 9s in Mobius, pushing up the tiers and enduring all that tedium on my behalf while I burn through firefights having a great time but only to deliver around 200 cargo per run :D
 
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