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Nice, I just crossed 3200 and I'm still learning too ;-)

Seems you've gotten the point - Frontier and other RU-vidrs may not care about your time but I know you'd much rather be playing the game than listening to a douche like me ;-)

I like that, I may have to use #allkillernofiller in the future :D

Well said and exactly right - let me know what you think of it once you give it a go.

@@Exigeous - Went there last night in a Threat 6, first time. I was in my Fer-de-Lance, and I'm not gonna say I'm the best FDL ever, but I'm pretty dang good. Long story short, it was challenging, but ALOT of fun!! Came back to a Threat 7 with my Cutter and a wing mate in his Corvette and we tore the place up with plenty of mats to go around. Thanks, CMDR!! Great videos, keep 'em coming!!

Yeah, they do drop but they are extremely rare - definitely not the best for G5 farming.

Seems about the same drop rate as killing top-tier ships in a haz res to me

The issue is a haz res spawn rate can be highly variable where these will have a steady stream - that and the ships here are MUCH harder given many will be engineered so the combat is far more fun.

@@Exigeous Yep, plus they usually have much higher bounties on them.

@@Exigeous Good point! In a haz res you can only wait for the next Anaconda to spawn

Well if you have some really powerful ships you really should give PvP a try - have a look at my beginners guide on it as it'll help you get started. There's nothing like sparing with an intelligent opponent, once you try it you'll get it and likely get hooked like most of us do.

Yeah, I've yet to see one too - got that reference from the wiki so not sure it's 100%

Great point about a KWS, I just don't do bounty hunting anymore so that was a stupid thing for me to leave out. As for repair limpets I'll definitely disagree there as I'd never give up 2 optional slots for the limpet controller and cargo rack vs. 2 hull reinforcements. As for rank I did get several Elite level ships - but regardless you're right about Scouts and even that CNBs may be faster - this is just a bit more fun as the combat is higher skill.

They were just added back in 3.2 and only appear in Lockdown (and possibly Civil Unrest) systems - and you have to be within 1000 ls of them.

Glad you're enjoying them - and here you go. You could change the weapons, this is my farming build so I use an easier setup rather than a PA meta setup, and the single healing beam is nice if I bring friends with unengineered ships: s.orbis.zone/6z_

Agreed, I've only been to a few but haven't either - was taking that source from the Wiki which has that listed.

I've been to a few theath 7, but not any capital ship. The wiki is wrong. It's a pity however. :(

Can you give me a source system for that? I know the Wiki says that but I've never been able to find them in anything but Lockdown state.

CMDR Exigeous i saw one in civil unrest. It has lower probabilty, but its possible.

Okay, good to know - just haven't been able to find one there yet nor had any of the commenters on the wiki article (granted it was only a few responses)

you need to change to combat mode. default button is M

Ah damn, well here's hoping you get it fixed soon!

@@Exigeous probably gonna buy the new Xbox one X just gathering a bit of cash here and there lol or maybe I fix my pc cooling and play on the PC and forget about the xbox

Interesting, I've found the bounties to be a good bit higher - but that too is the Frontier way. As for Civil Unrest that's why I said to go to Lockdown systems as so far every one I've been to as had one. Remember they only show when within 1000 ls, just like a RES, so you may have to head to a planet or station. For me the extra skill required is the reason to go as a HAZ res is just way too easy once you move into fully engineered ships and PvP combat. Just nice to have a challenge from an NPC for a change.

CMDR Exigeous I guess for me it doesn't register as a challenge. It just feels like it's taking more time. It feels like combat turns into a grind. I may have tried lockdowns too, but I'll try it again. My old gold rush is basically dead and I'm lacking a new goal and am feeling the need for some combat. Its that or grinding out another engineer, anyway.

Well I can't argue with that as if you feel that way you do - honestly I do very little NPC combat these days as even with these sites it's not a real challenge. Once you taste PvP blood it's really hard to enjoy anything else. I do really enjoy Thargoid combat so if you haven't maybe give that a go.

I'm mostly staying away from PvP combat, let's just say for my own reasons. The only PvP I've ever done has been back when CQC first came out in that mode, but I immediately disliked it and never really felt the desire to go back. You mentioned thargoid fighting. I'd been avoiding that previously because it looked like too much of a hassle with the requirement for special purpose weapons and all the gimmicky alien abilities you need to deal with. And yet your video on fighting the scouts did pique my interest. That's certainly something to try. But you know what really interests me? Group thargoid combat. I haven't looked up a lot of videos on thargoid combat, but somewhere I ran into one anyway and watched a bit of it. I was surprised to see how much it appealed to me. It's difficult to explain what it was that appealed, but it was something about the variety of different kinds of ships, potentially filling different roles, at least theoretically working together as a team. It looked more like one or two were doing most of the work, but still the idea is there. Rather than the only question being whether ship A can blow up ship B, it becomes a matter of what ship A can add to what ship B can do. But I wouldn't even know where to begin in finding a group to do that with. I'm not normally one for organized group stuff anyway. But if the thargoid combat works for me it's certainly something to look into.

First you really should consider giving PvP another go - I have a beginners guide on it that lays it all out. The same for Thargoid Interceptor (the big guys) combat - my video not only explains the various attacks and strategies but details a few player groups (Anti Xeno Imitative and my group Level 11) that you can join/fly with to engage them in wings. In fact last night several guys from group including Gluttony Fang (a well know AX fighter) winged up to take down a number of them - and while I don't enjoy NPC combat at all (again love PvP) Thargoid hunting is rather fun.

Jon Stone these guys are pretty tough.. On the bright side you can go there and pick a fight with anybody, and nobody will jump in.. so you only have to deal with one at a time.. However I did notice that you'll find higher ranking and PCS in combat zones. They were mostly dangerous when I was there last night.

a lone vulture? nah. a wing of vultures? hell yea

I was in the Vette - those are multicannons with the incendiary effect on them, which converts some of the damage from kinetic to thermal.

Oh agreed - Thargoid Scouts are by far best for rank but these are definitely fun if you're looking for human NPC combat.

CMDR Exigeous I think another perk here is that it seems to always be a 1 on 1 fight.

That's because NPCs get to cheat and silent running doesn't effect them - plain and simple. Are Frontier aware of this? Well it's been an issue for over 18 months so I'd say yes - like many of the other long term bugs they clearly don't care about it's somewhere on the list below new ship kits and "personal narrative".

CMDR Exigeous I see, hope they fix it soon. Anyway thank you for answer me. Greetings from Norway

That's cool that your Norwegian, I have several friends in Discord from that part of the world, many in fact - I've always loved how international Elite's audience is.