No enemies in conflict zones

undoreal

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HI @ all,

I am trying to earn some money with dogfighting in my sidey at the moment but I find it quit hard to find enemies.?.

I tried out the federal distress signal near Erani 2 two times already: Nearly no enemies (I stayed there for a couple of minutes).

I also tried the high conlfict zone nearby, same situation: Nearly no enemies but a bit more than in the fds zone. I spend like 45min there to get 10 kills.. That is not what I am aiming for.. I found some youtube videos of how to earn money with dogfighting and they always have many more enemies in these zones.

How comes?

Regards,
CMDR Undoreal
 

forger

forger
don't know, usually in FDS there are plenty of enemies UNTIL
1) you kill too many enemies fast and then your side is outnumbering enemies;
2) comes another PC, allies with you and again hard to find enemy as they are spread all around in big area;

usually if i am alone there are like 10 red enemies, but they all are closer to dreadnaught, and when they all die then you must fly around and search for enemies OR supercruise out and back in, but if there are other players it wont help much as they are killing those too ;)
 

undoreal

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Hm, I did not noticed any other CMDRs there.. and I had plenty of time to scan all ships around.. ;)
From time to time some new enemies spawn but only around 5 of them. My ally fighters kill 2 or 3 of them and me the rest but it's taking for ages to make money like that.. I really do not know why the enemy concentration in my game is so low.. :S
Does it depend on the server you are playing on?
Can someone give me a hint where I find another high conflict or fds zone? I would try it there again and let you know if I find more fighters there..
 

forger

forger
i usually take federation as sidewinders are grouping around dreadnaught and are easier to find (but FF are easier to kill), don't think it;s based on game server, but earning cash doing combat is not good idea, it just is way too hard as require maximum concentration all time and can't be done many hours, one mistake and you lose all vouchers(get killed), while trading is much much much safer, faster and relaxing, so i fight only when i don't need cash and when i need cash i jump into type 9 and make couple millions in hour or so ;)

if you need cash - trade, if want to have fun - fight :)
 

undoreal

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Reidquat said:
HAve you tried fighting for the other faction?
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^^ that would instantly kill me! :D As I said, there are only very few FF but quite some Eranien fighters.
I just refer to the youtube videos: All I saw said you should choose Erani Faction and bash the FF... But they normally have at least 10 victims spawning.. I only get 5 or so... It's annoying..

forger said:
i usually take federation as sidewinders are grouping around dreadnaught and are easier to find (but FF are easier to kill), don't think it;s based on game server, but earning cash doing combat is not good idea, it just is way too hard as require maximum concentration all time and can't be done many hours, one mistake and you lose all vouchers(get killed), while trading is much much much safer, faster and relaxing, so i fight only when i don't need cash and when i need cash i jump into type 9 and make couple millions in hour or so ;)

if you need cash - trade, if want to have fun - fight :)
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I really plan to do that forger but with a sidey and no money for high class goods there is nearly no trading possibility. My plan was to dogfight for money until I at least have money for a Lakon 6 or a Cobra and than make my way trading.. But I nead starting capital! =D

Do you play multiplayer? Maybe I will also try Single Player, just to see if I see more enemies there..
 

forger

forger
i never play solo ;)

if you are really good fighter then you can get starting capital from fighting, but if you are not that good better do trade missions or search for gold in anarchy system USS, one canister of gold nets you 4,500cr and even with side it's 18k (sell at same anarchy system station->contacts->Black Market), just beware pirates as they might be there, it's pure luck, sometimes you can find gold in 5-10mins sometimes there are no gold or pirates for hour. also keep in mind scooped cargo are illegal goods and if you are scanned then will get fine or blown away even by station itself (in non anarchy systems)

when i started i did light trade missions (nearby systems, 1 tonne, 3-5k per run) and just filled my cargo with other stuff i could sell, then when you jump into type 6 trade will be much more lucrative and type 9 is a traders space cow :)
 

undoreal

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Thanks for the tip forger!

what exactly do you mean by "anarchy system USS"?
I know the resource extraction zones but this is something different, right?

How do I find the canisters of gold? By visual search? That sounds a bit strange...
 

forger

forger
any anarchy system (LP 98-132) there are random Unidentified Signal Sources (USS) and you lock onto any, fly closer and do same as with any other location -> when are closer than 1000km and see SAFE TO DISENGAGE sign drop out of SC and you will be there, wait couple seconds (maybe more than couple) and you will see what's there and there always is something, ships, containers, pirates, bounty hunters, police... ;)
 

undoreal

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forger said:
any anarchy system (LP 98-132) there are random Unidentified Signal Sources (USS) and you lock onto any, fly closer and do same as with any other location -> when are closer than 1000km and see SAFE TO DISENGAGE sign drop out of SC and you will be there, wait couple seconds (maybe more than couple) and you will see what's there and there always is something, ships, containers, pirates, bounty hunters, police... ;)
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Ah ok, yeah, I stopped doing that after I a couple of times. Got shot down or earned grain or something very low value.. =) But thanks for the advice again!

Someone here knowing a high conflict zone oder federal distress zone with high amount of enemies in his game? I would like to double check then..
 

Unknown Terror

Unknown Terror
undoreal said:
HI @ all,

I am trying to earn some money with dogfighting in my sidey at the moment but I find it quit hard to find enemies.?.

I tried out the federal distress signal near Erani 2 two times already: Nearly no enemies (I stayed there for a couple of minutes).

I also tried the high conlfict zone nearby, same situation: Nearly no enemies but a bit more than in the fds zone. I spend like 45min there to get 10 kills.. That is not what I am aiming for.. I found some youtube videos of how to earn money with dogfighting and they always have many more enemies in these zones.

How comes?

Regards,
CMDR Undoreal
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It seems to be mostly random for me at least. I have been to the distress beacon many times now, it's how I make my credits. On some occasions, nothing at all happens and I could wait for a while, a few minute at least and nothing appears. I have even left the zone to SC and come back again and it's the same story. Think sometimes they're just broken.

Most of the time though it is very well populated and I can get one kill after the other without waiting around. Seem to be making around 20-30k every 30 mins in the Viper. I prefer combat over trading myself but that's my gamestyle.
 

undoreal

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Ah very good. Now they are back on track. I found plenty of fed fighters in the fds zone now...

I think it was indeed broken before.... :rolleyes:
 
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