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Friendly fire in cap ships - Flash Mp - 08-13-2008
Short and simple, if I am in a cap ship, then my chances of accidently hitting a lawful while shooting down a pirate (especially player ones) are pretty high. Seriously, I didn't WANT to fire on them, so they all start shooting me instead, and I have to f1 and back in again to make them all friendly again (once I am out of the player battlefield of course).
Solution: If you're in a cap ship, make it so that if you fire accidently on a lawful when you're targeting a ENEMY, then they don't betray you lol.
Friendly fire in cap ships - sovereign - 08-13-2008
Don't fire missiles while friendly NPCs are around. Also, if the person is too close to friendly NPCs... just hold off a shot. Works in real life, if your shot will hit a friendly then you don't shoot, even if it means the enemy lasts longer.
Friendly fire in cap ships - chovynz - 08-13-2008
Practise.
Friendly fire in cap ships - n00bl3t - 08-13-2008
' Wrote:Practise.
/signed.
Friendly fire in cap ships - Rudo - 08-13-2008
I've had it happen where when shooting at a target at extreme range, a friendly fighter cuts in and attacks at the same angle, directly in the path of about a full second of uninterrupted fire.
Always good for a laugh.
Friendly fire in cap ships - Eppy - 08-13-2008
PRACTICE.
Also, at extreme range, remember that capships are long-range artillery platforms by nature. Don't aim, just point in the general direction. You're more likely to hit something that way. Worked great with flak when it still had teeth.
Friendly fire in cap ships - PliantReality - 08-13-2008
While I don't have a cap ship, I've got a pretty big boat myself and have run into the problem before. I've found its easier to be accurate with fewer guns blazing - I'll manually fire using 1, 2, 3 etc. Seems a bit more realistic to me as well, as I can easily imagine my Captain ordering the Gunnery Officer to hold non-essential fire in order to maximize accuracy.
Or something. I dunno.
Friendly fire in cap ships - Rudo - 08-13-2008
' Wrote:PRACTICE.
Also, at extreme range, remember that capships are long-range artillery platforms by nature. Don't aim, just point in the general direction. You're more likely to hit something that way. Worked great with flak when it still had teeth.
Yep. So many treat bigger ships as larger, slower versions of fighters.
Caps have a LOT of firepower at their disposal. Against smaller softer targets, saturation fire is very effective as both a straightforward killer and as an area denial tactic.