Once again 1 step forward and 5 steps back with FDev game play
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Plausible...If you were face to face, would you be naked though?
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Dud u not tell the op that you hoped he died over and over again?
Sorry just found what u said, still a bit mean-spirited tho....
I’m just here to flex about my T9 and it’s ability to not turn to dust immediately upon dropping out of supercruise.
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Tho I do think u and Phisto need to visit the thread Elite Dangerous is Underrated. There are people crapping all over ED in that thread, I think u and Phisto are uniquely equipped to deal to those whinging a-holes!
This thread is getting a bit dodgy.....Plausible...
Ok Ill take that one. A bit mean spirited.
But at least im not mass murdering communist.
I mean that generally, as in not directed at anyone in particular and as in at least in my real life I am not a mass murdering communist.
Unless you include spiders in that.
I hate spiders.
No mercy to those things.
Actually I agree with this.
I've always wondered why FDev hasn't implemented NPC Mercs for hire.
It could be per run (out of dock, till next dock), or until the player dismisses them, just like crews.
Unfortunately that's the game universe. I deep core mine mostly, and I get interdicted 50% of the time on the way back to port with the haul.
I could do it in a T9 for the big haul, but I'd prob get massacred just like how you said. So I do it in a Python with a military hull and A-rated everything.
Sure, I might have to do 3-runs to get the same haul as a T9. But at least I know I have the ability to fight back and survive all of the time.
You just have to arm yourself, wing-up, or fly a ship with the ability to defend itself.
If you ride into Indian country without a gun, who else can you blame?
The European-americans for making them so hostile to outsiders?
Just "WOW"
The lesson you have learnt here is not to fly a T9. I suggest getting yourself something a bit more manoeuvrable after a long hiatus as you will be rusty.
It seems we have had different experiences. I fly a T-9 loaded with 720T of what ever is cheap and sells high at the time in open mode all the time. I spend about 20% of my time these days trading but even when it was 90% I had no problems. I fly in a bubble within 30 LY of SOL. No wings for me - not trusing enough I suppose - and I'm not putting myself or my cargo's safety in the hands of people I do not know.
I've been successfully interdicted by a cmdr just once and got away after dropping out of SC.
In my experience the key to successful trading in open is to be very aware of who and what are around - especially when you're in a T-9 (I've never lost an interdiction attempt in my engineered T-7) so any potential threats can be avoided. You can't fight with a T-9 (at least I cannot) - part of why mine is named, "Lumbering Toad". It's not that hard to evade an interdiction by an NPC but for me very difficult to do against a cmdr. I don't have cmdr interdiction encounters all that often because I avoid them when in a merchant vessel but the ones I have had I've won or wore them down all except that one time. Tough to outfly 'em but you don't really have to - you just have to fly well enough that it takes minutes and minutes for them to win and most don't have the patience and just give up. But even if they do win making a high wake out of the area and only taking a few hits is easy enough if you've prepared for the possibility of getting jumped ahead of time. There's a very good you tube video about that. Don't recall who made it. Just search ED trading and you'll find it. The guy's advice is golden. It works and works well.
Trading in a T-9 can be very lucrative. It can also be nerve racking if you're hauling around milions worth of cargo (which is part of the fun). My only gripe is that fully loaded, mine can only jump 18.6 LY and that's with a G5 A rated FSD.
Don't give up on trading - it's a very lucrative business especially if one uses EDDB to find good trade routes.
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This is a 500mj 5A Prismatic-equipped T9, surviving an attack from a PvP-fitted Corvette.
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It has shield banks, and strong armor underneath. It carries just over 700 tons of cargo in its most heavily defended loadout. 750 when player threats are less likely.
You can survive in a T9 even without engineers— you’ll just have to sacrifice a little more cargo than you would without.
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Cknarf playing Elite Dangerous Core
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It has shield banks, and strong armor underneath. It carries just over 700 tons of cargo in its most heavily defended loadout. 750 when player threats are less likely.
You can survive in a T9 even without engineers— you’ll just have to sacrifice a little more cargo than you would without.
I think this post got some great replies. I have learned lots from this i.e. don't stack missions if you don't want tough npc's interdicting you (I was getting murdered when stacking missions and was not sure why), A rate then engineer your ship and then you can stack missions and chew those npc's up when they interdict you (tho I got an anaconda, not a type 9, I would just run if I was in a type 9!), and mining is a safe and uber relaxing way of making a ton of creds without getting murdered. Thank you for all those who replied and shared their wisdom.