Ramming is not always the answer

Bobe

Bobe
After outfitting my new Cobra, I enjoyed many encounters with smaller ships like Sidewinders, Eagles and Adders. Since I was still somewhat inexperienced, some would manage to jump away (I had not yet gotten into the habit of targeting the FSD and mass locking). I am often a bit aggressive on the throttle, so on one occasion against a poor (NPC) Sidewinder, I lunged forward with dual cannons crippling it to about 30%, but while reloading I was going too fast and slammed right into him. I was unscathed, shields still at 100%, while he became a flaming wreck. This was immensely satisfying, but it soon became a bad habit.

I never did it on purpose, but if I was in a similar situation I wouldn't really worry if I was going to collide. I managed to rack up half a dozen or so kills in that fashion.

A while later I got an assassination mission with a suspiciously lower than normal reward. As it happens it turned out to be a clean Orca. I wouldn't normally attack a clean ship, even for a mission, but I had recently faced some frustration and I couldn't pass up the easy kill, especially when I have yet to have any luck taking on Anacondas.

With too much cockiness and eagerness, I started to run it through, cannons and lasers trying their best to take out the FSD. I may or may not have activated the afterburner and sent myself right into its hull. I suppose you could say the result was similar to supercruising into a station.

Right now I probably need some time to cool down and practice some discipline, as well as combat maneuvers, if I'm ever going to afford a larger ship.
 

GibMeister

GibMeister
I was grinding big style last night, same route, 100k profit a run in my type 6, shot out the station door at full speed into another big ship couldn't avoid it as the type 6 just cannot turn quickly...... I had 4 pips to shields but I vaporised myself, 110k insurance bill and lost 500k cargo! Ouch! I tell you that is the worst thing about the type 6, its agility or lack of.
 

babelfisch

babelfisch
GibMeister said:
I was grinding big style last night, same route, 100k profit a run in my type 6, shot out the station door at full speed into another big ship couldn't avoid it as the type 6 just cannot turn quickly...... I had 4 pips to shields but I vaporised myself, 110k insurance bill and lost 500k cargo! Ouch! I tell you that is the worst thing about the type 6, its agility or lack of.
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You could have avoided it by flying slowly. I always retract my landing gears AFTER I left the letter box.
 

Sandmann

Sandmann
It's a learning curve, ramming is unpredictable and (as you've already said) a bad habit. It should only ever be a desperation manoeuver. There was a thread a few days ago with a guy absolutely furious that he'd taken a cobra down to nearly nothing while his clipper was still in perfect condition and he decided to finish it off by ramming it, "for lulz" perhaps or as a coup de grace. The cobra flew away as his clipper went "eject eject eject".

It doesn't always work out the way you think it's gonna.
 

Ari Ben Zayn

Ari Ben Zayn
Ramming is basically my favorite weapon and therefore, ramming is always the answer. Especially if the question is "I can haz cargo?", as fellow CMDR Andy B already said. *salutes*
 

Kodiakyuggly

Kodiakyuggly
GibMeister said:
I was grinding big style last night, same route, 100k profit a run in my type 6, shot out the station door at full speed into another big ship couldn't avoid it as the type 6 just cannot turn quickly...... I had 4 pips to shields but I vaporised myself, 110k insurance bill and lost 500k cargo! Ouch! I tell you that is the worst thing about the type 6, its agility or lack of.
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That sounds suspiciously similar circumstances that i faced last night too. Did you say sorry afterwards? If you did then you hit me :). Was in my type 6 with about 1mill of cargo, but i survived.... just!
 
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