Pilot Archive

Why do space pvp?
tryed it for the first time today, 1 hit kill! where is the bloody fun in that???
well, now i can say i have tryed it. never again!

but i managed to solo that ISD before i was 1 shot though

I had a nice dogfight against a privateer in a JSF just tonight. Fight probably lasted 3-4 minutes before I finally took her out. (This being the second battle of the evening--first time I snuck up on her while she was messing with some TIEs near the ISD and managed to explode her in the first minute or so, heh heh.) Once you get the hang of evasive maneuvers, a fight with another skilled pilot can really stretch out. The Pilot FAQ has a couple good threads on PVP down a ways in the second post.

And talk about adrenaline, a fight like that always gives me the old man shakes something fierce.

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TomoRainer wrote:


And talk about adrenaline, a fight like that always gives me the old man shakes something fierce.

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The truth is that i suck at pilot. im doing ok in pve, only thing i cant handle is a lvl 5 gunboat

and i fly whit my keyboard and mouse! im left handed so its hard to find a joystick that fits me whit forcefeedback...

how much do my components decompose from pvp?
it seems my heavy x realy take a lot of damage. i havent died much but its on 1300 hp now

If you die in deepspace you take no damage. Although every once in awhile if I happen to get caught in the perfect crossfire of 'vettes, gunboats and spawning escorts they will keep pounding me until the load screen pops up. Once (and only once) I ended up with damage when I left deepspace. Unfortunately I had no choice but to repair as my engine and boosters were gone.

The real fun in space PvP is when you get the drop on someone. I will never forget hitting "Target Closest Enemy", and bringing up a KSE Firespray. As I got close I realized there was also a Khiraz with him. I figured I would get vaped like nothing, but the Khiraz went down in my first two volleys, and then the KSE and I looped around each other a couple of times until I pulled a perfect immelman and landed pretty much right on his tail. After 2 minutes of just barely getting him in my sights I finally landed three good shots in a row to take him out. Unfortunately they did not come back for more.

the thing i hate most is that 5 second wait to hyperspace - i hadnt pvp before and was taken by suprise in deep space - before i know it id lost weapons, capacitor and booster, but still managed to dodge for a minute while ifumbled around to engage hyperspace - this guy was pretty good, in a grevious obviously with weapons overload on by the way he tore me up initially, but i had avoided every one of his subsequent blaster bolts - then i lose control for hyperspace and am 1 shotted. I know it happens to everyone, but its just so bloody irrtating - if solo had to stop for 5 seconds like that they would have all died in a new hope! I firmly believe if you retained control right upto hyperspace the game would be better.

Actually I believe there was always a wait just as they went to hyperspace in the movies. One tip for that is that your boosters still work. Although going in a straight line still offers a decent target you might get lucky, and definitely works with PvE situations.

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Lolindir wrote:
Why do space pvp?

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Well, you could almost argue the same thing in ground pvp... you only do space pvp because you want to

yeah i would have done the booster trick if they hadnt been disabled unfortunately mate - id have to watch the films again, not sure on that one now you say that. What im driving at though is that basically that 5 second loss of control takes away your ability to escape a situation against a very good pilot - theres no way you can stay still for 5 seconds and survive in that situation, possibly only transponder scramble, but usually by the time you are in a position to escape you have already used up a trick to avoid fire.