Friday, September 9, 2011

Loss 13 adn 14: The Fair Duels

Went home after a ratting session (boring as hell). Dalikah asked me whether I want to do a 1v1 against her Ishkur or not. I was sitting in an Enyo so told her a yes and changed to Jaguar. Meanwhile I was a bit afraid, she is member of Muppet Ninjas and I did not expect fair fight from them. But what could happen? it is just a game... Fleet formed, I warped to her and I was able to orbit on 5.000 ms. Which is great, I can Nos, I can shot at her but she cannot shot at me with the blasters effectively. The tracking disruptor with optimal script worked well.
The pilot (that's me...) did not work well on the other hand. I started to shot at the... drones. OK, shooting drones is a good idea but the 200mm AutoCannon - with Barrage - has bad tracking. So I changed to the Ishkur. Or I planned but I pushed too early the F1 button, so no fire on the ship. When I noticed this mistake it was too late.
And now as I checked the killmails... 5000 faction ammo and 6000 Barrage in cargo...?!? Am I an idiot?

OK, ship went down but I felt I have to try again, I did not do my best. Asked Dalikah about a next 1v1, she told me it is OK.

Changed to another Jaguar, warped... to zero. And I was not able to gain distance. I should change to tracking script and orbit immediately in this kind of situations next time. I was trying to diverge but the whole process ended with a straight line movement without any angular speed. Smart guy, that is what I am.

Anyway until she popped me I was able to elliminate her shield and around 80% of her armor.

Worth to note:
  • there are Ninjas who you can trust in.
  • using advanced tools (tracking disruptor, for example) needs using advanced tactics. I am not a master of advanced tactics yet so I have to use simple tools. A hull-tanked Taranis will be a good start.

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