Station attack

[Nimbus]

Would really like to see a vid on a station attack. Anyone know of any out there ?

[Vice]

I could probably put a quick one together. Are you looking for a station attack event with enemy ships attacking a station? Or an example of a player attacking a station? If the latter, with average weapons or with the high-powered weapons best designed to take out capital ships and stations?

[Bearmix]

Thanks for the reply. I’m looking for a player attacking a station. High powers weapons. . it’s one aspect that confuses me. I try take down the shields of a turret for example. Not sure whether I should destroy a shield generator first. (Probably). I got to a station were my AI was attacking I saw the AI ships firing into the docking bays. I saw the station integrity was half way down . I let off 2 rocket packs but didn’t make a diff lol. No idea what I’m doing. Would be fun to watch it had the same issue with capital ships at one stage. Watched a vid now I’m blasting them to pieces

[Vice]

There can be unique strategies to taking down stations, depending on their design. Some can be more vulnerable in certain ways than others. But it is often beneficial to take out any shield modules first, then knock out other individual modules after. Sometimes it might be better to take out weapon turrets first to eliminate defenses, then focus on the central structure. If you're using rockets, just be sure to stay in range when firing (<5K). If you don't see the impacts, then they likely aren't hitting. It can take up to 5-6 volleys of rockets to take out a shielded module. It can be more efficient to use rockets to deplete shields first (either knocking out the shield module or a module's shields directly), then following up with a powerful particle cannon. Sustain the attack on one array to take it out, then follow up with attacks on the hull.

Here is a video showing the destruction of a shielded weapon turret with rockets (takes 5-6 packs) and then with rockets to take out shields followed by particle cannons to finish the attack:



There are other techniques as well. If your attack focuses on or includes cannons, it also helps to fly a ship with powerful weapon energy reserves like the one in the video (Chimera).