Jarvis Jameson

Davinci X

Jarvis Jameson


I'm going to second this sentiment.

I am flying a Cobra Mk IV, and anyone who has seen my gallery posts will know, I only fly a Cobra Mk IV.

The thing is known as "bad" in combat. And for PvP, it is.

PvE? Yeah I have to flat-out disagree there. She's a beauty in combat, granted after being modified to a fair degree.

Anyway I digress. Cobra Mk IV is a ship that has a bit of a bad rep, mostly because it's not nearly as fast as the Mk III (And the small matter of its exclusivity which, in my opinion, was a bad move by Frontier but here we are), and slower than most ships. This doesn't stop me winning space conflict zones with mine.

Really the only ships I'd not even dream of taking into a conflict zone are the Lakon T-Ships, excluding the Type-10 of course, as well as a Hauler. And I would consider a Keelback, on that note. That thing actually has the means to pack decent weapons, plus the fighter. I flew one a bit on an old save: Quite fun.

But here's the thing. If I'm taking a Cobra Mk IV into CZ and winning, and I am talking High Intensity CZ here, then there's zero reason Davinci's Vulture would struggle. Actually, it would excel, with a bit of smart piloting. Any hard-focused comabt vessel can perform here. Just some require more skill of course. That is something one learns over time.

Unfortunately, I don't have the opportunity to have access to the Mk IV, but on a similar note, before I procured my Vulture, I did a good bit of PvE bounty hunting in the Mk III with no problems. Fun as hell; so, I'd imagine a Mk IV would be a blast.

And as far as CZ's, I don't disagree. I participated in the latest CG and Drake's Fury did fine in the CZ's, even the medium and high intensity ones. And I had a blast while doing so without to many issues; however, it did take "forever" to kill NPCs, especially if they were in a medium class ship like a Federal Assualt or Gunship or in a large class ship like an Anaconda or Federal Corvette.

EDIT: Some of that may be my skill as a pilot as I'm fairly "new" to combat in Elite as I mainly participated in exploring when I first started, and the other part seemed to be that the Federation NPCs seemed to outplay the Empire NPCs during the CGs in most battles.

Little tip for ya': On the big ships, keep shooting the powerplant. Take out the drives too if you can do so with them floating fairly slowly as a result.

It is a common myth that taking a powerplant to 0% means an instant kill.

However... Any hit to the powerplant following it being reduced to 0% has a small chance to destroy the ship, regardless of any other health the ship has. This is exactly how I have destroyed a large number of Anancondas, Cutters & Corvettes with the Ethereal Wanderer.

Learning to target individual modules is a veritable game changer for combat, and essential for small ship pilots like ourselves.

Keebler750I don't know if it's okay to change topic, but I'm very new at this and I'm seeing what 'seems' to be a bug in which a nearby destination of let's say 11.9 LY results in a 30 hop route that goes all over the place in a great big loop before it gets to the nearby destination!

"Economical" and "Fastest" routes don't change the issue.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Keebler750I don't know if it's okay to change topic, but I'm very new at this and I'm seeing what 'seems' to be a bug in which a nearby destination of let's say 11.9 LY results in a 30 hop route that goes all over the place in a great big loop before it gets to the nearby destination!

"Economical" and "Fastest" routes don't change the issue.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Jarvis Jameson

Keebler750I don't know if it's okay to change topic, but I'm very new at this and I'm seeing what 'seems' to be a bug in which a nearby destination of let's say 11.9 LY results in a 30 hop route that goes all over the place in a great big loop before it gets to the nearby destination!

"Economical" and "Fastest" routes don't change the issue.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Scratch that, I can see what you're flying via Inara

Yes, your jump range is tiny at present. What you describe is to be expected, even with fastest route set, as the economical route is, for you, also the fastest.

Keebler750

Jarvis Jameson

Keebler750I don't know if it's okay to change topic, but I'm very new at this and I'm seeing what 'seems' to be a bug in which a nearby destination of let's say 11.9 LY results in a 30 hop route that goes all over the place in a great big loop before it gets to the nearby destination!

"Economical" and "Fastest" routes don't change the issue.

Does anyone know what's going on?

Scratch that, I can see what you're flying via Inara

Yes, your jump range is tiny at present. What you describe is to be expected, even with fastest route set, as the economical route is, for you, also the fastest.

So if there are no in-between hops for the 11.9LY when I have a 7.8 LY limit, it will go all over the place to string together a doable route? You HAVE to end your jump at a star?

Keebler750Thank you. That clears things up greatly. All those hops though...............

Davinci X

CDD_Juriy

Jarvis Jameson

I will join the previous speaker. And I'll add a few thoughts of my own.
Vulture is good, very good! His agility is his credo.
You can switch to FA-off mode and constantly press "F" (strafe down) to make an orbit around the enemy.
In this case, the PVE opponent will not be able to deal damage to you.
But! In CZ zones you must quickly destroy the enemy. Here the Vulture loses because of limited damage.
In CZ it makes more sense to use large ships with maximum damage.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts CDD_Juriy. o7

Before this last CG, I had never dropped into a conflict zone to experience that type of combat. And aye. I found it to be much more challening than bounty hunting, even the massacre pirate wing missions. Drake's Fury acquitted itself admirably, and although I averaged roughly six kills each battle, the well engineered Vulture felt wanting, especially in the medium and high CZ's. So in that regard, I don't mind relegating Drake's Fury to bounty hunting duty and working towards buying and outfitting a ship for just the CZ combat.

EDIT: Do you think any medium ships are viable, like the Alliance Challenger, or should I just go for a large ship per your sugggestion, say like the Federal Corvette for CZ combat?

Rayman.

Davinci X




Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts CDD_Juriy. o7

Before this last CG, I had never dropped into a conflict zone to experience that type of combat. And aye. I found it to be much more challening than bounty hunting, even the massacre pirate wing missions. Drake's Fury acquitted itself admirably, and although I averaged roughly six kills each battle, the well engineered Vulture felt wanting, especially in the medium and high CZ's. So in that regard, I don't mind relegating Drake's Fury to bounty hunting duty and working towards buying and outfitting a ship for just the CZ combat.

EDIT: Do you think any medium ships are viable, like the Alliance Challenger, or should I just go for a large ship per your sugggestion, say like the Federal Corvette for CZ combat?

I'd like to join a little discussion. Vulture is a very good little ship that can do a lot of damage. I used it in early 2021 when I was new and I was also unlocking engineers back then.

Yours is very well done after some suggestions by other players.

Once you are confident, you can go ahead and take the high conflict zone and add shield booster instead of kill scanner if you still have space for vulture's power limit, if not, any defensive utility. I use heatsink because vulture can cook hard and for defensive purposes. Instead fuel scoop and interdictor there will be module and hull reinforcements. The most important thing is that vulture can survive as long as possible in high cz.

I will share my vulture as it looks at least.
https://edsy.org/#/L=HN0Y17G90H4C0S00,KLyI2DI_W0KLyI2DM_W0,DBwH2BM_W0DBwH25L_W0DBwH2BM_W0Cjw12,9opH25K_W0A72H27I_W0AOEG25I_W0AcmJ25G_W0Aqq02B76I23L_W0BLAG25G_W0BZY12,7iMG230_W0,7T4H27O_W015OH25I_W020m1210iH25I_W010iH2BK_W010iH25I_W010iH29I_W0,Pizepi_0Joren,PZJ_D01

Weapons are a matter of taste. Plasma and railguns are very good against power plant but there is a small problem. It's more for players who have a good aim and mastered fa off. There's nothing stopping you from using these weapons. If u have good aim, fa off isnt that much required.

Quickly about vulture cons:
Power limit issues and cockpit canopy. Those are huge issues. Sometimes i was forced to put 4d frame shift drive to have some free space.

As for medium ships for high cz, any medium ships will suffice for this activity. I used fer de lance for so long that I finally got bored and started using python for this activity. My profile is open. You can see is what weapons I'm using and stuff of the individual ship.

I hope my tips are at least helpful.

Phrozty2281Hi, Unfortunately I accidentally hit a Cop whilst engaging a Wanted and incurred that status myself and a 10+g fine. As my FDL has only a 10.7 ly jump range it's been a nuisance getting to an Interstellar Factor station to redeem this fine.
Am I imaging this, or is there a modification/experimental effect that can be added to one of your weapons that negates the damage if hitting a friendly Law Enforcer accidentally? Probably just imaging I'd seen this mentioned in an old YouTube video in the past.
I guess I'll have to get better at using my Fixed lasers or change back to Gimballed. Shame though cos the fixed lasers melt shields like butter!

A.G.DuranJust suddenly found this down there...