Getting insta killed in space battles?

[Gisborne]

Im on very hard but ground combat is fairly easy, but in space i have a mission to kill a few pirates and they pop me in seconds before i can even take ones shields down. its ridiculous, every single shot they shoot hits me without fail, no way to evade or dodge, i just pop...this can't be right?

[Red Says]

The dogfighting feels pretty horrible right now. I would expect it to be patched day one.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Red Says:

The dogfighting feels pretty horrible right now. I would expect it to be patched day one.

It feels like 2 old naval vessels just broadsiding eachother till one dies lol

[DANEDANGER]

Things get beter once you got the right skills into play but yeah, early ship battle kinda sukz. Dodging for example is going to require trusters. A skill you need to unlock in order to make the ship slide left or right to avoid missles and the likes

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by DANEDANGER:

Things get beter once you got the right skills into play but yeah, early ship battle kinda sukz. Dodging for example is going to require trusters. A skill you need to unlock in order to make the ship slide left or right to avoid missles and the likes

I can use thrusters to move in direction but it's slow and I still just get hit? And on very hard my shields are gone in seconds. Even in star citizen enemy ships miss you a lot naturally.

[Zaris]

Just some points if you already can freeplay after prolog:
- skill piloting 1 pts: allows to use thrusters for strafing, fly towards an enemy ship and if you see their laser barrage hit space+A or D to strafe out of the way while firing
- modifiy your ship: upgrade engines for better thrust = strafing (initial engines 1700 thrust, better ones already 3300 at the start), better shields, better reactor for more power for syatems
- be sure to max power up your shields and main weapons (during fights you can switch all the power from grav to the other parts)
- repair your ship during flight with enough parts

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Zaris:

Just some points if you already can freeplay after prolog:
- skill piloting 1 pts: allows to use thrusters for strafing, fly towards an enemy ship and if you see their laser barrage hit space+A or D to strafe out of the way while firing
- modifiy your ship: upgrade engines for better thrust = strafing (initial engines 1700 thrust, better ones already 3300 at the start), better shields, better reactor for more power for syatems
- be sure to max power up your shields and main weapons (during fights you can switch all the power from grav to the other parts)
- repair your ship during flight with enough parts

Seems on very hard enemy have like insane hot chance even when you strafe?