Bottom line: there's no low level, beginner-friendly combat in the game. Is either go pro or go bust. Got it. I don't like it, but it is what it is.
Actually, there is!
I did a google search for elite dangerous getting started, and watched the video. Look for the 2020 one.
The first thing that he shows you is how to take your sidewinder (!) with starter weapons and make 400,000 in Resource Extraction Site (High).
The secret is to target somebody that is being shot at, and wait... wait... wait... until they don't have sheilds and are most of the way dead. Then you swoop in and finish them off. Doing this in a sidewinder means there is no rebuy cost.
Great, beginner friendly combat training.
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