So last night I finally got back into the fight near Hadid and tried running my Python 2 in my favorite role of rescuing occupied life pods from Combat Aftermaths and I noticed a couple of things different from my previous jaunts. First was in the higher grade 6/7 I was seeing more life pods and second, I was seeing way more hunters. Is this something anyone else has noticed?
The limpets are much faster now as well.
This is a welcome change from what has been, and I had an absolute blast last night. I was a bit rusty on the first run but took out a few scouts and 2 scythes with about 30 percent hull left and a severely cracked canopy. Because of this and the fact that my grade 5 hull reinforcement was still at 100%, I swapped that out for a grade 5 module reinforcement.
The second run was much better and more interesting... I dropped into a Combat Aftermath 4 and found the goids were waiting for me. With the words "IT'S A TRAP" ringing though my brain, I backed off and analyzed the situation. There was 4 scouts, a Scythe and something else... So I moved in and tagged one of the scouts with my long-range beam, this bought the whole lot of them screaming after me, I moved off to draw them out and I quickly finished them off. I moved back in on the Scythe and tagged him, turns out I there was a second one there as well and I had a good fight with them. After finishing them off I moved back in to find an interceptor. I gave it a quick thrashing before leaving it in the dust.
I then dropped into a CA6, picked up 8 total pods and jumped out to the rescue ship, only to be hyperdicted by a Glaive. He was a bit tougher; I was down a bit on hull, bout 62%, but finished him off with the hull @ 32%. Jumped out and got hyperdicted again, this time by 2 Scythes, I outran them and continued to the rescue ship to deliver the pods and get my well-earned rewards!
All in all, a great night of fun and the Python 2 is great at this role, really enjoyed flying it! Its only vice is it really seems to pick up speed in super cruise very quickly when the POI is very close.
The limpets are much faster now as well.
This is a welcome change from what has been, and I had an absolute blast last night. I was a bit rusty on the first run but took out a few scouts and 2 scythes with about 30 percent hull left and a severely cracked canopy. Because of this and the fact that my grade 5 hull reinforcement was still at 100%, I swapped that out for a grade 5 module reinforcement.
The second run was much better and more interesting... I dropped into a Combat Aftermath 4 and found the goids were waiting for me. With the words "IT'S A TRAP" ringing though my brain, I backed off and analyzed the situation. There was 4 scouts, a Scythe and something else... So I moved in and tagged one of the scouts with my long-range beam, this bought the whole lot of them screaming after me, I moved off to draw them out and I quickly finished them off. I moved back in on the Scythe and tagged him, turns out I there was a second one there as well and I had a good fight with them. After finishing them off I moved back in to find an interceptor. I gave it a quick thrashing before leaving it in the dust.
I then dropped into a CA6, picked up 8 total pods and jumped out to the rescue ship, only to be hyperdicted by a Glaive. He was a bit tougher; I was down a bit on hull, bout 62%, but finished him off with the hull @ 32%. Jumped out and got hyperdicted again, this time by 2 Scythes, I outran them and continued to the rescue ship to deliver the pods and get my well-earned rewards!
All in all, a great night of fun and the Python 2 is great at this role, really enjoyed flying it! Its only vice is it really seems to pick up speed in super cruise very quickly when the POI is very close.
