Newcomer / Intro Stopping ships running away when fighting

[KantrellK]

Hi all,

Ive been interdicted a few times and started kickin their ass and they just FSD away from me - is there a device I can buy to stop them being able to get away? Quite frustrating to have them nearly dead and they just blast off into space.

Loving the game so far - starting as a pirate has been fun, but lonely - havent met another player yet!

Cheers

 

[SelfAvenger]

Hi KantrellK,

Not sure if this works with AI but player ships get mass locked by other ships being close by. The larger the mass the greater the mass lock i.e. the longer it takes to spool up the Frame Shift Drive. Maybe try getting on their tail as close as possible while their FSD spools up. See if that makes a difference.

Cheers,

-Todd

 

[Johaunna]

Just target and hit hard his FSD... he cannot jump away with his device broken.

 

[Bareknuckle McGee]

Stay close and kill them quickly when they start charging their fsd or you can target their fsd or thrusters to stop them jumping. All subsystem targets are in your left Ui panel.

 

[Del-Dredd]

Assign keys or buttons to Next / Previous Sub System, that way you can select the FSD or Drive as a Primary Target.

 

[Araviel]

if my shields are up i usually just set full ram speed ahead.

 

[Mr. Bridger]

Yep, this is frustrating, keeping close, using more powerful weapons etc but FSD'ing away is a legitimate way of avoiding being blown up for you as well as your target. One answer is a wake scanner, that way you can find where he went and chase him down.

 

[KantrellK]

Thanks all

Wasnt aware that you could target the drive - lets see them try to run away now!

 

[X2Eliah]

I think you might be able to use a 'frame shift wake scanner' to track them, perhaps. It's a utility-slot module.

 

[Sargon]

Thanks all

Wasnt aware that you could target the drive - lets see them try to run away now!

It's essential... crippling the FSD on occasion gets your a kill by critical-hit also... He may have full armor and still BOOM.... just because you tickled his FSD a little hard.

 

[Razorwire]

I think you might be able to use a 'frame shift wake scanner' to track them, perhaps. It's a utility-slot module.

That's exactly what a wake scanner does. You can target their wake and see where they went, follow them through and pull them out of SC (if you also have an interdiction module) to finish them off.

 

[Random-steve]

Mass lock doesnt work on the NPC's. And from my experience even hitting their FSD's doesn't stop them from jumping when they want. Had a cobra jump from me after getting its FSD down the 35% he still manged to quickly charge up and jump.