Making Piracy Pay

[myo2]

Hey All, since GOD clan has been dominating on the Olympus Prime server, I've decided to spend some time trying to figure out how to make piracy pay. Specifically, how to make a living stealing cargo and then selling it.

The big, immediate drawback, is that non-capital ships typically carry less than one "stack" (i.e. 25 units) of cargo, making them not particularly lucrative targets. The capital ships, on the other hand, typically carry 4-5 stacks of cargo, so these seem to be the more desirable 'scores'. The trouble here, though, is that a fulcrum torpedo seems to be almost a requirement for taking out ships of this size, and that costs more than the sum value of the cargo, or even the sum value of the cargo after you've converted it using a constructor station.

The point being that this doesn't seem to me to be a very good way of earning money. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a cheaper way to 'knock over' capital ships?

[_-Caleb-_]

Hola myo, destroy a cap ship is easy, target the weapon subsys, for exapmple, then deplete 1 shield and then, shoot with particles and/or missiles, also you acn fly in inertial around the cap ship for deploy the hull

I've recorded a video of this method: (left shield depleted, shoot only with particles and fly around the cap in inertial mode (no weapon targeting in this video))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJSzitDCWJs

BTW: You need a good laser and a good particle cannon

EDIT: Im uploading a new video with this method:

Select Weapon Subsys
Deploy shields
Fire only with particles
And inertial fly around the cap ship (Fly around in inertial mode is good for a thing: If the cap ship launch some missiles and you are around, sometimes the missiles impact directly in the cap ship)

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[Edited on 15-6-2014 by _-Caleb-_]

[Iron man]

+1 with Caleb

Otherwhise the captital ship a weikness point on the nose ..... if you arrive stay glue on his nose you will get not that much damage and the capital ship won't fir missile because you are too close

Actually some comun ai carry good goods ! I will recomand you flying arround with a cargo scanner and check the best target !:D

[myo2]

Great video, Caleb. I notice that you're attacking a transport-- is this method as feasible with battleships and cruisers?

Re: Ironman, I do fly around with a cargo scanner, which is how I know that most non-capital ships only carry 1 stack of goods.

[_-Caleb-_]

Great video, Caleb. I notice that you're attacking a transport-- is this method as feasible with battleships and cruisers?

Yep but the cap ship defense fire cycle are faster

[myo2]

+1 with Caleb

Otherwhise the captital ship a weikness point on the nose ..... if you arrive stay glue on his nose you will get not that much damage and the capital ship won't fir missile because you are too close
!:D

I have done some testing of this 'weak spot' (mostly on cruisers) and have concluded that staying next to the ship's nose does not prevent it from firing missiles at you-- rather it fires them and you have no chance to shoot them down before they get you.

[Iron man]

I have done some testing of this 'weak spot' (mostly on cruisers) and have concluded that staying next to the ship's nose does not prevent it from firing missiles at you-- rather it fires them and you have no chance to shoot them down before they get you.

My apologize I should say on the top nose
If you still don't arrive I can go online and show you.
Work very well on Capital Vonari as well.

[BrownP6672]

Blimey that video, you made it look easy!

Congrats!