Ramming!!
- Thread starter warlock
- Start date
It's a legitimate warring tactic dating back thousands of years.
Why stop now? The intention is to kill. The method is irrelevant. Die = job done.
Why stop now? The intention is to kill. The method is irrelevant. Die = job done.
Many people have resorted to the cheap tactic of ramming because of shield-cell-banks being able to be stacked. The philosophy is why spend 10+ minutes trying to shield strip somebody while they constantly pop off SCB's if you can instead hit them for a ring, then ram them and instantly get their shields to collapse. With the 5 second delay before SCB's kick in it's a highly effective strategy sadly.
Glad the good old spitfire pilots in ww2 didnt use that tactic, tally ho and all that.
The Hawker Hurricane pilots however did and to great effect. Even saved Buckingham Palace in the process
Last edited:
Use that fact to your advantage - lateral thrust is you friend With practise, you should be able to dodge all but the most cunning of pilots. But as stated earlier, folks ram to stop SCB spamming. To counter, you could add Hull Reinforcements, it gives rammers a nasty surprise (they come worse off), as several Python CMDRs have found out against my Dropship.
With practise, you should be able to dodge all but the most cunning of pilots. But as stated earlier, folks ram to stop SCB spamming. To counter, you could add Hull Reinforcements, it gives rammers a nasty surprise (they come worse off), as several Python CMDRs have found out against my Dropship.
Last edited:
Don't know about ramming, but they certainly scored nearly twice as many kills as Spitfires.
The Hawker Hurricane pilots however did and to great effect. Even saved Buckingham Palace in the process
Not head on they didnt, maybe a bit of tail cutting with their prop, and an occasional if all else fails method, but definitlely not as a legitimate tactic, thank god or we would have soon run out of those brave boys. God save the queen.(and not in a sex pistols way)
- - - Updated - - -
True dat.
So if ramming is a real situation ("legit" or not really is subjective IMHO) what are the best defenses against it? Obviously not to get hit, but what steps can you take to reduce the risk.
What visual warning signs might you notice before a ram is started? The flare of boosters?
What's the better way to dodge? Maneuvering thrusters or tilt and pull (the latter makes you lose visual so can be risky)
How do you work to keep a decent range between you and your target if ramming is a worry?
What visual warning signs might you notice before a ram is started? The flare of boosters?
What's the better way to dodge? Maneuvering thrusters or tilt and pull (the latter makes you lose visual so can be risky)
How do you work to keep a decent range between you and your target if ramming is a worry?
The best defence against a ram is FAO.
There's another trick where you can boost in one direction, and as the "rammer" begins to drift that way to intercept wait until they boost and 0 your throttle. If you do this at the right time they won't be able to recover and will miss completely.
Source: fdl jousting with friends. 6 boosters and no guns.
There's another trick where you can boost in one direction, and as the "rammer" begins to drift that way to intercept wait until they boost and 0 your throttle. If you do this at the right time they won't be able to recover and will miss completely.
Source: fdl jousting with friends. 6 boosters and no guns.
WAS. It was a legitimate tactic before gun's and cannon's got more advanced after the age of sail.
The Soviets, amongst others, will definitely disagree. Google 'taran' and have a read.
Buy a faster ship.
[video=youtube;ika2AFfYimU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ika2AFfYimU[/video]
Last edited:
Here you go chuck, your brand new f-22 raptor $350 million dollars worth, remember dont use guns or missiles just RAM, its what its built for, and what you are trained to do.
Easy moders, who knew.
It still wasn't legitimate, that implie's it was an effective way of winning not "Imma take you wid me!" Ramming past the techological advancent's that came after the age of sail turned into a Kamakazi tactic, would you call suicide bombing an effective tactic past the innitial shock? I wouldn't as you'd lose a soldier to maybe kill a few people, when he could live use a gun and have the chance to kill far more people. All these Crazy Ivan, Kamakazi etc. are are psychological warefare which is useless in a video game as you can't hardly get PTSD from a virtual attack and if you can your mind was weak to start with(not an insult to intelegence, just saying a little fragile mindset to be playing any violent game if it does occur).
I can recall a combat encounter during the later stages of PB. Both in Cobra MKIIIs, we were slogging it out and both ended up with around 10% hull. My lasers were recharging as my opponent turned to face me. Before he could shoot I boosted and rammed him square on. He died and I just managed to scrape through with 2% hull. We both agreed it was an awesome encounter. So, nothing wrong with ramming during combat IMO, perfectly legit.
<scratches head> What do you mean by not legitimate, btw?