I have spent a short session testing weapons. My go to weapons, have been Pulse lasers to take out shields and multi cannons to do hull damage. This combination is what I have used for years, because I had no idea what the other weapons were good at, and had no interest in spending time finding out.
I realized that now, was the right time to test this though. My enemies are fairly easy at this level, and I have basically nothing to lose. So currently, I am testing out various weapons and weapon combinations
I know that I can't share any information that you can't find online, but I can share my amazement at how impressive the torpedoes were, how frustrating the fragment cannons are and how interesting the rail guns felt. I will be looking more into the variations, but for now, the main points are as follows
Thermal weapons, remove shield from the target.
Kinetic weapons, are mainly used for hull damage. They require ammunition though
Thermal Kinetic weapons are a mix of the above. They do equal damage to both shield and hull, but require ammunition, create a lot of heat and can damage your own ship
Explosive Weapons are great for hull damage, but do very little damage to shields
I go for gimballed weapons for now, as I am not a very good flyer yet. They follow the target, unlike fixed weapons that only point straight out at a fixed point. They use more energy, but are easier to use, so for me, it's worth it
I will keep testing these for a few days still, as I figure out what each of them can do, but for now, I am having a lot of fun figuring things out!
also I am very grateful to CMDR GFLDEX for helping boost my credits from 4mil to 450mil the other day, by sharing a bunch of missions with me. It opens up a whole new aspect of the game that I hadn't expected to mess with for at least a few months!
Rookie Combat
Today I have been playing Elite Dangerous, and I chose to venture into game play that I previously haven't felt brave enough to do. I took some combat missions! Most of them were missions where I had to kill a specific pirate. As I am a new player, my combat rank is “Harmless”. This allows me to take some easy missions that are pretty straight forward. Go there and kill this guy.
I can find them pretty fast, but once I get there, I am not very good at engaging them in combat. I was streaming the session, and some viewers explained that I need to stay within 800meters, to do the most damage. This means that I need to get a lot better at flying! An other steamer suggested that I practice “Flight Assist Off” for this.
Other missions were to kill ships from a pirate fraction. These were more complicated, because once you find them, they may have friends defending them. Here, I had to give up my first encounter, and go back to my base in order to change into a better ship. I had been flying an Imperial Eagle that I had bought earlier today, but hopped into a Cobra Mark III for the rest of the missions.
I'll get back into the grind tomorrow, and probably get better as time goes by.
I also learned about the SCO frame shift drive. I believe that I already had one of those in one of my ships, but only today did I realize that it allows you to boost while in super cruise mode! This is very handy and makes long distance trips within systems a lot faster!
Hello Worlds....
I am new here, so I wanted to say hi!
My name is Steph and I play games when I have the time. I am quite hooked on space games, and in the tech around these. Currently I spend a lot of time on a game called Elite Dangerous.
The challenges are these:
– I am not very good at gaming
– I am easily distracted and very forgetful
– I am quite technically inept
– I play on Linux (Mint)
Nonetheless, I plan on having fun, and I plan to share it all here with you!
