Stop the ramming
- Thread starter Rasilon
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Just get a dropship loaded with armor and watch them run away in tears 
I like ramming ships. I want a spike fitted to the nose of my FAS just for this.
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I haven't rammed another CMDR yet, well not intentionally anyway.
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I haven't rammed another CMDR yet, well not intentionally anyway.
1.5 will introduce more "problems" for commanders.
One the one hand you can add Hull Reinforcement Modules to add strength and damage mitigation to your ship to negate rammers; on the other hand you can add HRMs to your ship to ensure when you ram you win.
Double edge sword
One the one hand you can add Hull Reinforcement Modules to add strength and damage mitigation to your ship to negate rammers; on the other hand you can add HRMs to your ship to ensure when you ram you win.
Double edge sword
I'm always getting rammed by drunken Asp pilots.
Try taking a wing of 4 vipers into a haz rez and see how long it takes you all to take out a wanted conda, and then an eagle without shooting one shot. (granted you get no bounty but it's for fun anyway)
I'll just say the eagle was by far the most challenging for us... sounds silly but that was the most fun we all had in quite some time
I'll just say the eagle was by far the most challenging for us... sounds silly but that was the most fun we all had in quite some time
I need to stop ramming FASs with my Dropbrick...that NEVER ends well (insurance screen and ~90-120k bounty to turn in every time, because neither of us walks away and I somehow get paid for the ship I splattered against LOL).
Try taking a wing of 4 vipers into a haz rez and see how long it takes you all to take out a wanted conda, and then an eagle without shooting one shot. (granted you get no bounty but it's for fun anyway)
I'll just say the eagle was by far the most challenging for us... sounds silly but that was the most fun we all had in quite some time
In the beta me and 3 fellow nutters went into a haz res with these beasts- BE AFRAID!
http://coriolis.io/outfit/viper_mk_iv/24A4A4A2A3A3A4C2g2g0p0p00022bB329532725.AwRj4yKA.Aw1-kA==?bn=Mini%20Vulture
No ammo- RAMM AHOY!
Insane fun
Side note- Elite Keelback- omfg they are absolute tanks! and the one we had was a miner, it took 19 missiles to deck it!
Fly safe and set "SHEILDS TAE MALKIE!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4
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Thrusters.
Half a gigaton of Clipper bearing down on you ?
Press up. Jobs a goodun.
Half a gigaton of Clipper bearing down on you ?
Press up. Jobs a goodun.
Didier don't ram. Didier concerned about guests on his Condie's party deck.
How else should we get the shields down before the SCB kicks in, eh?
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Ramming is a perfectly viable method in combat. I'm not sure if NPC's do it deliberately or if it's some error in programming, but they do it to me all the time.
If I'm in a scrap, still have shields, have the guy down to 20%, I'm wanted in that system and security drop in, I'm ramming to take him down and get out of there ASAP.
If I'm in a scrap, still have shields, have the guy down to 20%, I'm wanted in that system and security drop in, I'm ramming to take him down and get out of there ASAP.
I was winged up with a friend in a LCZ once. We were taking on a 'Conda in our pair-o-cobras. Took his shields down, had him down to the last couple % hull, so I boosted into it and the thing exploded. It was awesome. We had a good laugh.
The NPCs learn combat tactics from our behavior! Recently NPCs have begun targeting my Life Support and ejecting me from battle before I can kill them!!! This is totally new. I also noticed a while back that they began deliberately ramming me, especially as a first move in combat. I have also noticed that the super-cruise behavior of NPCs has drifted over time. A few months back NPCs where doing the "loop 'o shame" when approaching a starport frequently. This doesn't happen nearly as often now (more players have figured out how to approach objects). There is definitely a portion of NPC flight characteristics that is being learned by the Background Simulation.
What I want to see is NPCs learn to be more inaccurate fixed weapon shots, NPCs ALWAYS hit! (ok, almost always).
You do get bounties awarded for ram killing enemies. I've used that to soften up wings these days in Haz RES around Xelabara last weekend, just ram one of the ships dead. I can destroy an Anaconda with my Python just through ramming, costs me one shield cell though.Try taking a wing of 4 vipers into a haz rez and see how long it takes you all to take out a wanted conda, and then an eagle without shooting one shot. (granted you get no bounty but it's for fun anyway)
I'll just say the eagle was by far the most challenging for us... sounds silly but that was the most fun we all had in quite some time
I had a player in a Viper interdict my T6 Brick, no shields, military hull, no guns. He didn't say a word, just started shooting at me, so I ran him over and killed him.
YOU can stop ramming people if you want OP, me, I'll continue to use the tactic as it's rather effective, especially when you're flying a giant brick.
YOU can stop ramming people if you want OP, me, I'll continue to use the tactic as it's rather effective, especially when you're flying a giant brick.