Combat: Difference between revisions

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| suggestedupgrades = [[Fighter Hangar]]; [[Frame Shift Drive Interdictor]]; [[Hull Reinforcement Package]]; [[Shield Generator]]; [[Thrusters]]; [[Chaff Launcher]]; [[Shield Cell Bank]]s; [[Bulkheads]]; Assorted Weapons

'''Combat''' is one of the three archetypal pilot [[roles]] recognized by the [[Pilots Federation]]. Combat encompasses multiple sub-roles, such as [[Assassin]], [[Bounty Hunter]], [[Mercenary]], and [[Pirate]]. Increasing Combat rank requires destroying other [[ships]], and defeating pilots with higher Combat ranks rewards a greater amount of experience. Combat pilots typically use [[Hardpoint]]s equipped with weapons to disable a target's shield, and then deal damage directly to the hull until the target is destroyed. Combat can be undertaken alone, in a [[Wings|Wing]], or in [[Multicrew]].

Combat rank is earned through ship kills. Every ship destroyed rewards a number of experience points that contribute to increasing Combat rank, and the amount of experience points that a ship is worth depends on the pilot's rank relative to the rank of the targeted ship. For example, a pilot with the rank of Harmless who kills an Elite ship will gain a large number of points, but a pilot with the rank of Deadly who kills a ship with a rank lower than Expert will receive no points at all. Furthermore, a Deadly pilot who kills an Elite ship will receive fewer points than the Harmless pilot who kills an Elite ship. Under this system, low-ranked pilots can climb ranks faster by destroying challenging opponents and accepting the risk that entails.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/answers-from-the-devs-2.167367/ Frontier Forums: Answers from the devs #2]</ref><ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/answers-from-the-devs-3.171025/ Frontier Forums: Answers from the Devs #3]</ref>

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[[Flight Assist]] (FA) is a tool that, when used well, opens up many new abilities for a pilot in combat. It allows pilots to make sharper turns and more agile movements, and most importantly it allows pilots to decouple their flight vector from where they are aiming, which allows for much more unpredictable and evasive combat maneuvers.

Flight Assist is essential for more boom and zoom style combat where the attacker needs to turn and gain distance at the same time so that the bad pitch rate is less of an issue. Without mastering FA-off, even something small like an [[Eagle MkII]] can be troublesome when flying with a sluggish ship if it is equipped with nothing but gimballed weapons.<ref name=":0">https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/459810-Is-FA-off-the-answer-for-combat-flying/page4</ref>

It is recommended take a small [[ship]], such as a [[Viper MkIII]] or [[Imperial Courier]], and use it to practice combat and gain practical experience before tackling larger targets and bounty hunting for profit. Learning how to avoid mistakes in a cheaper ship can help a pilot to avoid mistakes in a more expensive one and pay for them at the rebuy screen. This can also help when flying larger ships, since pilots who start learning combat in larger ships tend to rely on their shields and firepower alone to overwhelm a target, and have no experience in avoiding incoming damage. This can be fatal in battles against well-armed foes.<ref name=":0" />

*If a player has crew members (including AI crew members), combat experience points will be evenly split between them. Having one AI crew member roughly halves the experience points gained, doubling the number of kills required in order to rank up.

*Fighting [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s requires the use of specific weapons that deal Anti-Xeno damage, as Interceptors have special resistances. [[Thargoid Scout]]s have weaker resistances and normal weapons are viable against them.

*Thargoid Scouts were originally Elite-ranked NPC units, and rewarded the highest possible amount of Combat rank experience when destroyed. Given the relative ease and quickness with which large numbers of Scouts could be destroyed compared to other Elite-ranked ships, this made Scout hunting the most efficient method of rising in Combat rank. Frontier Developments reduced the rank of Thargoid Scouts on December 8, 2020 as part of a series of balancing changes, ending their dominance of the Combat rank meta.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing-pt-3.560418/ Frontier Forums: Game Balancing Pt.3]</ref>

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