Now That's more like it....

[Cmdr Kharma]

After bitching about almost everything in this build.....Especially missions....I was gonna wait till 03.....

But could not....Just had to play.......

So I thought I'd take my sidey on a bounty hunt at Freeport.......

Waited around for a wanted sidey and saw him orf.......

Then saw a 12,000 sthg bounty on a Dangerous Viper.....

Ummed and ahhed......Then fawt soddit.......I'm not that bad at combat....

What followed really had my heart pounding....Like adrenaline flowing and everything......

A half hour battle of wits and skills....I was vastly outclassed...outshipped and outgunned......

Stripped his shields........He stripped mine a few times...I have an upgraded power distributer (very handy thing to have)

He was taking damage....I was taking damage.......

Total immersion.....What a battle.......Upshot I get him down to 1% and the bastard jumps............

I can't believe that after that I am actually shaking......Whew.........

Bonus was I noticed a wanted Asp with no shields.......Got in close..... I have MC's.....Boom.......11,750 Crs come my way......

My repair/re-ammo bill was a bit high though.......

Absolutely loved it............

[GlobusDiablo]

Glad you're happy again. A happy bandit. Well well..

[Jockgit64]

I sold my Hauler and bought a Viper solely to try out Combat, I am now hearing that the AI has been upgraded and combat ain't as easy as it used to be...

I am now worried that I am going to get my ass handed to me on a plate

[Flip]

I am now worried that I am going to get my ass handed to me on a plate

You'd prefer it in a bottle, wouldn't you?

I find that gimbaled multi-cannons in the first two slots and gimbaled burst lasers in the next two work fine for me. Make sure you have enough power and suitable power distribution, though.

You may also want to have some practice in the tutorials, if you haven't tried dogfighting yet. It's a good way to experiment with thrusters and so on, because getting destroyed doesn't cost anything, there.

[Cmdr Kharma]

Not to scare you or anything....

But the combat AI has been upgraded a hell of a lot since PB 1 when I joined......

Beta 2 it went up and they actually learnt how to fly and evade.....

And it looks like it might have gone up again......

In a viper though....If you get in the shit you can normally boost away.....

Plus it also depends on all sorts of factors now.....What weapons you have....Armour...Upgrades etc....Vs......What the opposition has....

If you like and the others in the group don't mind ...We can spar it out somewhere to give you a feel of combat....

Just take shield damage and no hull....Dy'a have teamspeak.. so we can stay in contact whilst playing ??

[SJT]

I've just been bounty hunting at the Navpoint at LP 98-132. Collected 30k in bounties in about 30 mins. Seems to be quite a variation in NPC skill and load out. Toughest one was an Eagle with 1200 CR yet there were sitting duck Asps with 10k on them.

[Philip Coutts]

I've just been bounty hunting at the Navpoint at LP 98-132. Collected 30k in bounties in about 30 mins. Seems to be quite a variation in NPC skill and load out. Toughest one was an Eagle with 1200 CR yet there were sitting duck Asps with 10k on them.

When you scan their ships it will tell you their rating. Some are right up to Elite, most thankfully are not! That tells you how good the pilot is. The bounty only tells you how naughty they have been!

[Jockgit64]

Not to scare you or anything....

But the combat AI has been upgraded a hell of a lot since PB 1 when I joined......

Beta 2 it went up and they actually learnt how to fly and evade.....

And it looks like it might have gone up again......

In a viper though....If you get in the shit you can normally boost away.....

Plus it also depends on all sorts of factors now.....What weapons you have....Armour...Upgrades etc....Vs......What the opposition has....

If you like and the others in the group don't mind ...We can spar it out somewhere to give you a feel of combat....

Just take shield damage and no hull....Dy'a have teamspeak.. so we can stay in contact whilst playing ??

I do have Teamspeak, and I am in a Vanilla Viper, no add ons as yet as I need to rake in some bounties, think I may be in a bit of a Catch 22 at the moment..lol

I will have a run through the Tutorials and probably come on Group later this evening if you are still around, will probably jump on TS anyway just for a natter

[SJT]

I've just been bounty hunting at the Navpoint at LP 98-132. Collected 30k in bounties in about 30 mins. Seems to be quite a variation in NPC skill and load out. Toughest one was an Eagle with 1200 CR yet there were sitting duck Asps with 10k on them.

When you scan their ships it will tell you their rating. Some are right up to Elite, most thankfully are not! That tells you how good the pilot is. The bounty only tells you how naughty they have been!

I've not found the rating that reliable so far.