On foot combat in this game is unholy.

[moonlightavenger]

How do I deal with six NPC attackign me all at once so I can gather the materials to upgrade stuff?

[Stelar Seven]

If your ground gear isn't upgraded, you can do settlement restore missions for mats.

Park far away from the settlement, use a Scarab to check things out. Snipe any jerks from your SRV before you fight.

Get a small ship, like a Dolphin, Cobra or Viper. Have a slot with dumb missiles. Fly low, if you get shot at give them a missile to think about.

Be sneaky and relocate your position a lot. Use the rooftops.

Think arround your problems going in direct and unsubtle gives the advantage to your enemy.

[frumple]

Carmaggedon


I do agree that its very hard. Even with decent equipment, getting overwhelemed is no fun.
But if its Scavengers that are the problem, you can run them over and see how far they fly. Scan them before you attack.

Once they're gone proceed to collect the canisters, mats and junk in peace.

[UnderNewManagement]

you can retreat and hop back in your ship to recharge shields, or have an srv nearby after triggering the 'ambush' scenario. create distance by jump jetting and get a hill between the snipers first really, and that makes the other ones easier since the ai of them want to engage closer and usually no buildings so let em run to you. sniper shots take time to travel so easy to strafe dodge.

[Chaka (FR)]

One time i had only a sidewinder without weapons mounted on it.
I used my shields to max to kill them flying almost to the ground.
It was effective but your shields get depleted with guns' shots and scrape the ground.

[moonlightavenger]

Does anyone here have footage of their games?

[Crunchy[Daz]]

Do some of the "Restore Power" missions. Not sure if thats exactly what they are called. You basically have free reign of the facility to walk around and collect everything you want.

[moonlightavenger]

Originally posted by CrunchyDaz:

Do some of the "Restore Power" missions. Not sure if thats exactly what they are called. You basically have free reign of the facility to walk around and collect everything you want.

Lol. I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥ in these missions. Last time I got a message my SRV was under attack/destroyed and I sent my ship away when they started attacking it. Then I got two-shot by someone. Hadn't even restored power yet.

[funkynutz]

Don't stand around in the open getting shot. Watch your scanner.

[moonlightavenger]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Don't stand around in the open getting shot. Watch your scanner.

Didn't do that.

[ObjectOrient]

You have to be sneaky at first.

Be stealthy and scan personnel with access level you need, then sneak in to disable alarms and access code. After that you can get as loud as you want murdering people to clear the base. After everything is clear, steal everything that isn't nailed down.

Having said all that I have to admit that it took me more than a few tries before I figured out the best way to raid bases. Things don't always go the way you planned and you take a loss. Also you will get bounties for murdering people. If you are okay with waiting until your notoriety drops back down to zero and then paying the bounties - then you will find a life of crime can be fun and profitable.

[eVans]

Or, you know, just demolish everyone with dumbfire missiles >:)
Coupled with going in to clean up the remaining scientists with a trusty AR50 makes me feel like a war criminal.

[SpudNoggin]

It can be difficult or impossible to hear hostiles land during a restore power mission.

Try pilfering anarchy settlements to collect upgrade materials with less risk. Just be careful to not get caught. You can quietly kill NPCs with your power recharge tool using its secondary fire mode. Nahua is a great system with lots of anarchy settlements.

Keep an eye on the mission board at the local station for easy missions paying useful materials. Delivery missions, recover the thing from the crash site, and seize the whatever from the hidden cache are easy missions. The illegal drugs at the hidden cache can be sold to bartenders for decent money in an anarchy system.

Odyssey stuff is hard at first, but get's very easy with G5 silenced guns and a G5 suit.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by moonlightavenger:

How do I deal with six NPC attackign me all at once so I can gather the materials to upgrade stuff?

Don't put yourself in a situation where six NPCs can fire at you. Use cover wisely.

[Chaka (FR)]

Originally posted by Sighman:

Originally posted by moonlightavenger:

How do I deal with six NPC attackign me all at once so I can gather the materials to upgrade stuff?

Don't put yourself in a situation where six NPCs can fire at you. Use cover wisely.

Yes, and if you are in a settlement use jetpack to go on higher places like roofs.

[Les]

There are two excellent YouTube channels that will teach you the tricks: StealthBoy and Dr Hope Math. There are rules to the stealth, once you know them it's much easier. Here are some tips:
1. Do courier missions to upgrade your gear - set the missions to "materials" so you can see what they are offering. Aim to upgrade your maverick suit, Tormentor and Executioner first. If you can find them pre-upgraded, look especially for noise-reduction mods. The Elite forum has a thread where people post pre-upgraded gear they spot.
2. During the courier missions practice moving around the settlements without being scanned. This mostly means hopping from roof to roof. If they do scan you, you're legal so it's fine, but practice never getting scanned.
3. When you are never getting scanned, try more daring missions. Avoid covert and illegal missions at first, they are hardest.
4. There are guards and researchers at a base. Guards scan you, researchers never do, and are terrible shots. There are usually only a few guards indoors. A good way to get a high ID is to scan a 1 outside then find a 2 or 3 indoors. Researchers often have higher clearance.
5. Don't forget your personal shield! I died a LOT before I started to remember to use that.
6. The on-foot training mission in the main menu is really good as a little no-risk combat trainer. When the servers are down I do that mission over and over, learning how to take down all of the enemies without getting shot.
7. If you don't know what materials you need to upgrade gear. check out EDMH. That thing is amazing for tracking what you need to get a certain upgrade.

There's a lot more to learn. Once you have reasonable gear and understand the common base layouts and how people move around, it will become too easy.