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bamber

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Well normally my area of the galaxy is quite quiet hardly see another CMDR
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That all changed last night, first system a hollow square appears - and interdicts my type 7 no shields, 1/2 full of cargo no insurance left - you get the picture
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Demands 40T I only have 80 but its high value
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well I'm off like a snake dodging and weaving spooling up the FSD, he keeps asking for cargo and is battering me, im mass locked dont know what he is cos i cant throw him from my six- I occassionaly see 4 laser lines so I gues its at least an asp im facing
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FSD is half charged hull is disappearing he asks again i say OK and stop - he stops firing FSD is fully charged wanting throttle, I throttle up and make the jump him firing- hull at 7%, as soon as i arrive I make another jump and run for a close station
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into the menu - put the shields back on add chaff and ECM set off again
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Still dont know what this SOLO mode does........nor "combat logging" whatever that is
 

wstephenson

wstephenson
bamber said:
Demands 40T I only have 80 but its high value
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Same happened to me outside Diso the other day. In my Rare running Asp, got jumped by a Python and a FdL, tried to fight the interdiction rather than submitting so had to endure some fire, but got away by dumping 10T of Machinery which distracted them long enough to jump to another system.

bamber said:
well I'm off like a snake dodging and weaving spooling up the FSD, he keeps asking for cargo and is battering me, im mass locked dont know what he is cos i cant throw him from my six- I occassionaly see 4 laser lines so I gues its at least an asp im facing
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You probably know this - it's hard to do everything right in a combat situation, but as soon as an interdiction starts, I hit Target Hostile, which tells me what I'm dealing with, no matter where they are on the scanner. On arrival in a system I try and do a basic scan of every hollow rectangle so I have a rough threat model in my head. 4 lasers could be anything really. Good man for playing the game :).
 

bamber

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wstephenson said:
You probably know this - it's hard to do everything right in a combat situation, but as soon as an interdiction starts, I hit Target Hostile, which tells me what I'm dealing with, no matter where they are on the scanner. On arrival in a system I try and do a basic scan of every hollow rectangle so I have a rough threat model in my head. 4 lasers could be anything really. Good man for playing the game :).
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Every day you learn is a good day - I have been a nice low risk trader and occassional bounty hunter and often smuggler I havent actually used target hostile - I'll look at binding a key tonight.
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Good tip and thanks for that much appreciated as its a pain not knowing what you face and hence what the best tactics are
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
bamber said:
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Still dont know what this SOLO mode does........nor "combat logging" whatever that is
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Solo mode is what you do as a fourteen year old boy, and combat logging is where you write down every fight you have been in, record the system, date, time, enemy type and outcome.
 

bamber

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Premier said:
LOL just jump to another star. You won't get mass locked, even if there are 1,000 capital ships on you.
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I always prefer the jump in a straight line to supercruise approach as you dont need to align with anything so you can FA OFF dance

When I am smuggling out of stations I use it as well - boosting in a straight line - enteriung supercruise the way I am facing and then sorting it all out and going to hyperspace

Saves finding the target system behind you
 
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