npc pirates

[Painter9000]

after seeing the comments i deleted my rant and review on the issue and am learning how to deal with them better - Thx

[xPEDx]

Wouldnt it be a bit boring if there was no enemy ? You can also Run , just hit boost and fsd and keep hitting boost until it kicks in, If interdicted, Dont fight it, Give-in to it, You can use fsd much sooner when Submitting* and boost run jump .

[Edelweiss ✿]

Why are you losing to pirates? The AI is pathetic

[GunBoat]

Change it up, get a Python and fill it with passenger cabins and go to a system that has lots of passengers to run short distances to the same sightseeing place. I make ~10 million every 10 minutes. With a Python and it's agility unlike a cargo ship you can evade the interdiction by keeping the escape vector in front of you. Very simple. Other ships with high agility will do that too but the Python has 3 class 6 slots,a 5, a 4, and a 3 for passenger cabins with your shields in a 5 slot.

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Why are you losing to pirates? The AI is pathetic

hes not combat , hes hauling void opals, very risky business , And if hes not good at combat , then that can be bad too. hes only had a month at it and to have a conda already says hes not had much experience at it either. Run, Boost Chaff Jump its his best hope.

[Edelweiss ✿]

Originally posted by xPEDx:

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Why are you losing to pirates? The AI is pathetic

hes not combat , hes hauling void opals, very risky business , And if hes not good at combat , then that can be bad too. hes only had a month at it and to have a conda already says hes not had much experience at it either. Run, Boost Chaff Jump its his best hope.

No matter what you're flying, submitting to the pirate and boosting away and jumping again is insanely easy.

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Originally posted by xPEDx:

hes not combat , hes hauling void opals, very risky business , And if hes not good at combat , then that can be bad too. hes only had a month at it and to have a conda already says hes not had much experience at it either. Run, Boost Chaff Jump its his best hope.

No matter what you're flying, submitting to the pirate and boosting away and jumping again is insanely easy.

agreed, Well if he didnt know then, he dose now :)

[Manwith Noname]

I'm more curious how people lose interdictions to NPC's.

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

I'm more curious how people lose interdictions to NPC's.

it can be harder in heavy ships, Saying that though i have just totally ignored them on my approach and have won the interdiction by not doing a thing , just staying on track for dropping into a station or port.

[Manwith Noname]

I've not noticed much difference in the various ships I have to be honest. The only thing I can imagine is the controller in use. I don't have a HOTAS but I do use a 360 pad so all axes are analogue. Maybe on keyboard it's a pain in the bum.

[Astroooooooo]

arrive at your mining spot empty, let any npc pirates who spawn in with you scan you, they will not scan you again, fill your hull, sell, repeat.

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

I've not noticed much difference in the various ships I have to be honest. The only thing I can imagine is the controller in use. I don't have a HOTAS but I do use a 360 pad so all axes are analogue. Maybe on keyboard it's a pain in the bum.

Well a conda with a full load would need to do some serious flying, the mini game moves across the ship much quicker than you can turn, (im on xbx controller) but any whooo its not hard for me but tricky at times and im a combat vet , I mostly give in now cos i cant be ased with the mini game and i cant be ased with easy not worth my time fights, so i run boost jump cos it quicker and im now lazy o7

[Manwith Noname]

Aye. Most cumbersome ship I own is a Python even though I could own bigger so maybe one day, I'll see.

As above though if it's not the interdiction process but getting agro in the belt itself, go more remote. As in the system. If there is a ship around when you drop on a hotspot, wait for them to scan you and disappear.

[Agony_Aunt]

> Im so tired of losing valuable loads of void opals only to be taken out by pirates

Then i'm sorry to say, you need to improve your skill.

You really shouldn't be losing anything to NPC pirates.

I think the problem is, you gained too much too quickly without learning how to play properly. This is one of the downsides of the easy money you can get these days.

Please, post your mining ship build so we can critique it and give you advice on loadout. Also explain how you deal with pirate attacks so we can advise you on how to survive.

A video of you being attacked and killed would be great as well.

[Wolf]

haul your opals in a cutter. solo or open, you will feel quite safe at anytime with an engineered class8A shield :)