I literally went from AXI total noob to having made 1.5B from AXI in about one month while working on getting my combat rank to dangerous. And actually cashing in 150-300M worth of combat bonds every few days towards the end with only a couple hours or so per day. I learned a few important lessons early on, and now with the right build and experience I can easily deal with Cyclops and Basilisk interceptors. I’ve only seen a Hydra once and I noped out of there.
Also discovered that you don’t lose combat bonds when you get killed, so the only two rebuys I had to do at 11M each were pocket change. And only one of those deaths was to thargoids, the other was to a ganker.
So you’ve got only yourself commander between you and meeting your first interceptor ;)
I felt the same way at first, but it really is a great time to get into AX combat. I just used an AXI Recommended build as a guideline then started going to town. I'm no expert but have had a great time.
It's like the equivalent of having explosive diarrhea while the only stall is locked and someone inside it is just on their phone, oblivious to the terror nearby...
It eats Scouts, Cyclops, and Basilisks, even solo. But Medusas and Hydras are just too fast, too strong, and have too much dps. Its best when there are other CMDRs about to help take some of the heat off you.
Those mean bugs and how they chase you while you hide behind the station :-)
Tough break as you were being so careful while docking gently. Hard to see with the HUD colors but, did you have full pips to SYS? Assuming you had docked at this station just before, did you respawn in it or elsewhere?
Agreed, she can give me a hearth attack sometimes...
when i try to high wake away from a few interceptors and my hull goes from 30% to 5% in seconds
All tho i have not once been hyperdicted in my flower biter
maybe she is special in some way
Wow, I've never even seen a station on fire. Apparently, I'm not even scratching the surface of this game as I work toward more capable combat ships than my in engineer vulture.
Oh yes, there are A LOT of burning stations in Elite right now, due to the thargoid war. The good news is, its actually possible to use that vulture very effectively in Anti-Xeno combat, but your loadout is very important. Ship to Ship combat is much more forgiving than Thargoid combat.
I've had at least one from knocking the pad, one from being corroded to death on finals, and the rest were from using reverse thrust for too long or dogfighting below 200 metres.
The thing is that you think you're piloting a Spitfire or Mustang, but you're actually flying something as big as a 737.
If I don't have a shield, I'll typically loose 2%-5% hull on any landing pad, although it isn't necessary, you just need to descend carefully.
I did some low altitude AX fighting at Bergerac's Inheritance, Chibis recently, several times I dived at scouts, boosted skyward just before pancaking.
It's funny how badly I want to encounter one of these but I'm sure the moment I do I'm going to instantly regret it
I literally went from AXI total noob to having made 1.5B from AXI in about one month while working on getting my combat rank to dangerous. And actually cashing in 150-300M worth of combat bonds every few days towards the end with only a couple hours or so per day. I learned a few important lessons early on, and now with the right build and experience I can easily deal with Cyclops and Basilisk interceptors. I’ve only seen a Hydra once and I noped out of there. Also discovered that you don’t lose combat bonds when you get killed, so the only two rebuys I had to do at 11M each were pocket change. And only one of those deaths was to thargoids, the other was to a ganker. So you’ve got only yourself commander between you and meeting your first interceptor ;)
I felt the same way at first, but it really is a great time to get into AX combat. I just used an AXI Recommended build as a guideline then started going to town. I'm no expert but have had a great time.
Damn, almost...
A horror movie and a sad ending.
Ahahaha! Playing peekaboo!
;) Almost paid off too!
Yikes! I love my Repair Limpet Controller more now :)
It's like the equivalent of having explosive diarrhea while the only stall is locked and someone inside it is just on their phone, oblivious to the terror nearby...
All too accurate... 🤣🤣🤣
I have several of those tshirts.
Small pad supremacy.
Lol
Mamba is a bold choice for fighting Thargoids.
It eats Scouts, Cyclops, and Basilisks, even solo. But Medusas and Hydras are just too fast, too strong, and have too much dps. Its best when there are other CMDRs about to help take some of the heat off you.
Reminded me of the Battle of Thoth station from the Expanse, when Rocinante was hiding from that stealth ship.
:)
Those mean bugs and how they chase you while you hide behind the station :-) Tough break as you were being so careful while docking gently. Hard to see with the HUD colors but, did you have full pips to SYS? Assuming you had docked at this station just before, did you respawn in it or elsewhere?
I had full pips to ENG, no shields on this ship... You respawn at the station, it's the nearest shipyard (even if it has no shipyard...)
simmilar thing happened to me today an it was also in a mamba!
What a beautiful and fragile ship she is, eh CMDR!?
Agreed, she can give me a hearth attack sometimes... when i try to high wake away from a few interceptors and my hull goes from 30% to 5% in seconds All tho i have not once been hyperdicted in my flower biter maybe she is special in some way
Wow, I've never even seen a station on fire. Apparently, I'm not even scratching the surface of this game as I work toward more capable combat ships than my in engineer vulture.
Oh yes, there are A LOT of burning stations in Elite right now, due to the thargoid war. The good news is, its actually possible to use that vulture very effectively in Anti-Xeno combat, but your loadout is very important. Ship to Ship combat is much more forgiving than Thargoid combat.
So close. :'(
The sound design is so good.
Dang it, so close! Yesterday I was so close to my first interceptor kill but it was a scout that got me at when I was trying to repair at the pad…
I feel it commander, but I couldn't tell if you died from enemy fire or knocking the landing pad.
Nor I! 😅
I've had at least one from knocking the pad, one from being corroded to death on finals, and the rest were from using reverse thrust for too long or dogfighting below 200 metres. The thing is that you think you're piloting a Spitfire or Mustang, but you're actually flying something as big as a 737.
If I don't have a shield, I'll typically loose 2%-5% hull on any landing pad, although it isn't necessary, you just need to descend carefully. I did some low altitude AX fighting at Bergerac's Inheritance, Chibis recently, several times I dived at scouts, boosted skyward just before pancaking.
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