"10,9,8...3,2,1, eject, eject, eject" - I could not bare to watch the screen, I knew what was coming, and I wasn't looking forward to it. No, not one bit.
The most disliked screen in ED; the "Your ship has has been destroyed" screen. If you are prepared, i.e. have the credits, it will be tolerable,
but will still leave scars on your ED gaming soul, and if you are not prepared, it's a precursor to rage "I'm leaving" posts in this forum, and/or "I was going to uninstall ED anyway" dark thoughts.
And before you ask, yes it's expensive in insurance, 24mill expensive.
Oh, that wasn't your question? Ok, let me guess, your question is: "Why would you want to self destruct your ship, are you totally insane?"
It's a funny story really, and it starts with my desire to fast-track the most coveted rank of them all;the Elite combat rank.
One of the fastest ways to accomplish this is to go to a CZ, either a low or high intensity one. I've gone to many, not only my combat Anaconda, Shuruga,
but also in other ships, for instance my vulture and it was a blast.
Have you noticed that the NPC's has been getting better, smarter and harder to kill? No small thanks to SJA, thank you very much, NOT!
Well this time I took out Shuruga to a high intensity CZ, picked a side and started to send SJA minions, the NPC's, to the eternal bit-fields.
Suddenly 4 NPC's decided to "Oh, see a Cmdr in an Anaconda, lets gang up and start blasting" fire at me at once. I was currently engaging an elite Python, and
thought "I can just make it; kill him and make it out in time, I have enough SCB's left". I couldn't and I didn't.
Well, back at the station reparing my 84% hull damage, which is expensive for an Anaconda,
I thought "Tis a one off, it will not happen again, I have learned my lesson now". It did, and I didn't.
So I went back to the CZ, same mo as last time, and lo and behold after some time, 4 NPC's started blasting at me, 2 Pythons, a Cobra and a Viper. Those Vipers are really annoying fast.
I was currently bleeding an elite Anaconda, had him down to 32% hull, and he was too much of a prize to just let go.
So I carried on, my shields getting hammered, my SCB's firing like 4'th july (you know they fire too slowly don't you?), and the outcome was no surprise, "Shields Offline" - crap, run, run, run.
No shields, being chased by multiple ships, desperately finding a jump point, retracting weapons due to power management, all while trying to navigate the ship away from the worst punishment is just no fun, but really intense
"Thrusters offline", that message! I can tell you right now, I don't like it at all, no Sir! Still running, ok try repairs, ship goes offline, still getting hammered, "Thrusters online" - yes!
"Thrusters offline" 2 seconds later, ok, I can see where this is going, try repair again, "Repairs not possible", oh dang.
While past desperate, I thought, why not try to save and exit? ok, saving, "Your ship is in danger, wait 15 seconds", oh man.
All right, game saved, start game, I know in the back of my head that it's gonna be bad, and it was.
Thrusters at 0%, no chance of repairs, now last resort is..., yes you guessed it, self destruct!
"10,9,8...3,2,1, eject, eject, eject" . No, still don't like it.
TL;DR
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going when low on shield & SCB's
And remember to have the insurance covered when venturing out into the black.
The most disliked screen in ED; the "Your ship has has been destroyed" screen. If you are prepared, i.e. have the credits, it will be tolerable,
but will still leave scars on your ED gaming soul, and if you are not prepared, it's a precursor to rage "I'm leaving" posts in this forum, and/or "I was going to uninstall ED anyway" dark thoughts.
And before you ask, yes it's expensive in insurance, 24mill expensive.
Oh, that wasn't your question? Ok, let me guess, your question is: "Why would you want to self destruct your ship, are you totally insane?"
It's a funny story really, and it starts with my desire to fast-track the most coveted rank of them all;the Elite combat rank.
One of the fastest ways to accomplish this is to go to a CZ, either a low or high intensity one. I've gone to many, not only my combat Anaconda, Shuruga,
but also in other ships, for instance my vulture and it was a blast.
Have you noticed that the NPC's has been getting better, smarter and harder to kill? No small thanks to SJA, thank you very much, NOT!
Well this time I took out Shuruga to a high intensity CZ, picked a side and started to send SJA minions, the NPC's, to the eternal bit-fields.
Suddenly 4 NPC's decided to "Oh, see a Cmdr in an Anaconda, lets gang up and start blasting" fire at me at once. I was currently engaging an elite Python, and
thought "I can just make it; kill him and make it out in time, I have enough SCB's left". I couldn't and I didn't.
Well, back at the station reparing my 84% hull damage, which is expensive for an Anaconda,
I thought "Tis a one off, it will not happen again, I have learned my lesson now". It did, and I didn't.
So I went back to the CZ, same mo as last time, and lo and behold after some time, 4 NPC's started blasting at me, 2 Pythons, a Cobra and a Viper. Those Vipers are really annoying fast.
I was currently bleeding an elite Anaconda, had him down to 32% hull, and he was too much of a prize to just let go.
So I carried on, my shields getting hammered, my SCB's firing like 4'th july (you know they fire too slowly don't you?), and the outcome was no surprise, "Shields Offline" - crap, run, run, run.
No shields, being chased by multiple ships, desperately finding a jump point, retracting weapons due to power management, all while trying to navigate the ship away from the worst punishment is just no fun, but really intense
"Thrusters offline", that message! I can tell you right now, I don't like it at all, no Sir! Still running, ok try repairs, ship goes offline, still getting hammered, "Thrusters online" - yes!
"Thrusters offline" 2 seconds later, ok, I can see where this is going, try repair again, "Repairs not possible", oh dang.
While past desperate, I thought, why not try to save and exit? ok, saving, "Your ship is in danger, wait 15 seconds", oh man.
All right, game saved, start game, I know in the back of my head that it's gonna be bad, and it was.
Thrusters at 0%, no chance of repairs, now last resort is..., yes you guessed it, self destruct!
"10,9,8...3,2,1, eject, eject, eject" . No, still don't like it.
TL;DR
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going when low on shield & SCB's
And remember to have the insurance covered when venturing out into the black.
