EM Combat?

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:32 pm

Hey Marv, how are you doing you Italian Stalion?

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:33 pm

Denny is the Italian Stallion ... I'm just married to an Italian filly. Her fetlocks are worn but she can stilll cook up a storm.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:36 pm

Ah, I see. The flaming mediteranian woman to keep you on your toes.

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:39 pm

Not literally ... she's a lot shorter than I am. Btw, I never learned how to spell it either ... so I just call it the Med.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:49 pm

Ya, most people do, I just made the effort out of respect for the area. Not even sure if I spelled it right.

Oh, not that far off, I missed 1 r in there and used an i instead of an e. Mediterranean.

Post by **Marvin** » Tue May 01, 2012 4:04 pm

There's a naval base up at the northern end of the island of Sardinia I can't spell either ... so I just call it La Mad.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:43 am

You mean the La Maddalena naval base?

Post by **Marvin** » Wed May 02, 2012 6:12 pm

Is that how it's spelled? But, yeah.

light487 · Post by **light487** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:27 pm

Hrmm.. think I will need to upgrade my ship for combat then.. I did the first Navy (IMG) combat mission with the 2 ships and it took a bit to kill them.. but I was still in the starter ship with only class 3 shields and shield booster x3, 2 missile slots and the class 4 cannon, class 2 beam.. but I selected to play as trader/miner.. guess I'll give the combat missions a miss until I can upgrade etc

Post by **Marvin** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:41 pm

Upgrading weapons and shields is always a good idea. So is getting help from other pilots in MP.

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:08 am

Ya, we helped many players with the IMG quest, we as in the old crowed like Marvin, SeeJay and shieldwolf just to name a few from the top of my head.

light487 · Post by **light487** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:11 am

I just don't want to waste people's time with that kinda newbie mission stuff..

Nubarus · Post by **Nubarus** » Thu May 03, 2012 1:53 am

Don't have to worry about that

I helped some guy yesterday pass one of the IMG quests because he was having a hard time with it.

I gladly help players out when I can, I remember when I just started to play and had problems with a lot of things and was helped out too.

Post by **Marvin** » Thu May 03, 2012 2:48 am

Two things in the IMG quest where help is never a problem: (1) combat contracts; (2) hints on what to do and where to go.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu May 03, 2012 6:06 am

From post: 136489, Topic: tid=9251, author=light487 wrote:I just don't want to waste people's time with that kinda newbie mission stuff..

This is exactly the things most of the oldies enjoy doing.
Helping new people getting up to speed.

There is nothing that beats the feeling (in EM) when a new player manage a difficult task
when you helped him out with pointers/contracts. Most stuff are difficult in the beginning.

We have all been there, so just hop on MP and get some "oldies" to work for you!;)

someguy201 · Post by **someguy201** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:30 pm

I'm finding the first spy IMG mission a bit hard - I can take out the fighter escort, but it takes so long to scan I keep being bombarded by the capital ship until I'm eventually destroyed with missiles. Either that, or even more hostiles decide that they want to come and play, it seems you always get more hostiles than the mission states.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu May 03, 2012 12:33 pm

That is true. They are not playing fare. They call for backup, just like in RL.

Try to park under it and deploy a shield array, or use a stealth device.

I normally take out the escort, then go under the belly and stay close. No cruiser guns can reach you there.
Deploy CM:s as needed. (Don't go after the reinforcements).

Good luck!

someguy201 · Post by **someguy201** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:20 pm

Where can I get a stealth device? I've got as far as Cerulean system, and I've got the hang of basic combat now. I noticed when I was logged in on a multiplayer server, that the station had much better gear and ship frames - would logging into a certain server be the easiest way of getting better equipment?

I tried just hovering underneath the ship, matching it's speed and then turning off IDS, but I kept being hit with missiles/flak.

[Edited on 5-3-2012 by someguy201]

Post by **Marvin** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:26 pm

There is a "sweet spot" underneath the cap ship where you're protected by its own shields. Leave IDS on so that you can continually adjust speed and position to remain within that spot (once you find it). An auto-CM launcher also helps ... as does ramping up shields (5S / -5W).

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu May 03, 2012 3:31 pm

The MP servers have different/better equipment since players have build stations
to increase tech/economy level.

That can be done in SP as well by you. It's faster and cheaper to log on to MP thou.

There are both stealth field (missile slot) and a stealth device (equipment) available.
Normally found in high tech systems such as Pearl and others.

someguy201 · Post by **someguy201** » Thu May 03, 2012 7:52 pm

Pearl? I can't get that far safely yet.

Post by **Marvin** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:05 pm

Afterburner is your best friend when coming out and going through a gate. It's what you do after you get where you're going that's hard.

someguy201 · Post by **someguy201** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:45 pm

How many missions does it usually take to improve your rep in a hostile system? Faustan is currently Moderate for me, how many missions should I expect to do before I get that to fair? 5, 10, 100, 1000?

Post by **Marvin** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:41 pm

I think you can find the answer to that one in the Readme ... an on-line file launched from an icon in the main game folder.

someguy201 · Post by **someguy201** » Fri May 04, 2012 12:38 pm

If it's an online file could you give me a link? My copy was installed over steam, and I can't find the Readme file anywhere in the Evochron folder.