Taking out an anaconda with a smaller ship - tips?
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On the subsytem thing: There are binds in controls that let you cycle through subsystems. You will then get a small box in addition to your normal lock reticule. Fire shots that hit in that box and you hit, and do damage to the subsystem, if the shields are down of course.. There is also a subsystem tab on your left side UI panel if you prefer that over binds.
The only complete blind spot is directly behind the vessel. The front is usually most dangerous, then the bottom, then the sides, then the top, then the rear. I generally try to stay behind it or above it.
The power plant is relatively easy to hit and targeting it will usually result in the ship popping at 50% hull or so. Just cycle through subtargets to see where everything is.
Keep to the rear of the Anaconda just in case it has a plasma cannon that will destroy you in one shot
I tend to target it's power plant; if that hits 0% he'll blow up. Also shield banks and chaff help to avoid and take some more damage before you have to flee.
I always go for the drives. Watching a Conda pirouette helplessly while i blast it to space dust never gets old.
I was rather ecstatic to find that now anacondas can no longer FSD away with 0% drives... so let that be the first tip. it was a lesson in patience, but I eventually claimed a 45k bounty in a freagle (small weapons do hardly any damage to a large hull), but by keeping away from its tumbling nose, and just beyond its turreted multicannons, I eventually plinked away its reactor.
a cobra (or viper with grade A power dist to be comparable) can literally pound an anaconda to debris with medium cannons (burst lasers for shield stripping). call that tip 2
then there is always rocket spam, or even torpedo commitment. so tip # 3.
tips 4-47 i'm keeping to myself.
a cobra (or viper with grade A power dist to be comparable) can literally pound an anaconda to debris with medium cannons (burst lasers for shield stripping). call that tip 2
then there is always rocket spam, or even torpedo commitment. so tip # 3.
tips 4-47 i'm keeping to myself.
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I usually stay behind it and take the shield gen out first then move to the drives.
Glad they fixed this.
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Try using plenty of lateral and vertical thrust... You can boost while using the thrusters and this increase in speed will affect those movements as well.
I usuall get in a mess trying to do that and thrust in the wrong direction. I'll have a play around with the mapping, might be a better use for the joystick hat than controlling headlook.
Its impossible to stay behind them 100% of the time. I have battled a few in my sidewinder. My experience is to target FSD first to prevent it from fleeing. The ship usually explodes when the FSD is at 0. In. Sidey its a very tough battle. When I can handle that, doing it with any other ships is a walk in the park
I can agree, I had to kill an Elite Anaconda for an assassination mission in my Cobra, and I was used to never fighting ships larger than a Federal Dropship. Basically, Pythons and Anacondas were no goes. Then, when I realized I would get 200,000 CR from killing this guy, I opened up. The hardest part is the shield, which I withered away using 2 C1 Pulse lasers. While doing this, I basically held F (vertical downward thrust) and threw out chaff after chaff until his shield was down, and then opened up my 2 C2 Gimballed Multicannons. I didn't use shield cells, and I had full power to weapons, as per usual for me . I got away with 70% Hull. Only thing you need to worry about when in my position is to not get your canopy blown to smithereens - that is, unless you have that 25 minute O2 tank. Have fun, and fly safe!
. I got away with 70% Hull. Only thing you need to worry about when in my position is to not get your canopy blown to smithereens - that is, unless you have that 25 minute O2 tank. Have fun, and fly safe!
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