War?

[OLd_Sarg]

was that a glitch, I have never been interdicted by a wing ??????

No, it wasn't.

like I said noob!

but to my defense I always ran before this, so I wasn't looking most of the time

[Xebeth]

Interdictions by wings happens a fair amount, but is less common than a single ship. The NPCs in CZs are tougher than 'normal' NPCs so try not to get pulled too far into the battle, as you say stick to the edges, and don't be afraid to run!

[smartroad]

And it's better to be in a wing, Conflict Zones can be rather nasty.

When winging up, I have found most people do it to try not to kill-steal (nabbing someones kill just cause you got the last shot in) and rarely to people chat, to busy doing other things!

It is a great way to share monies and makes working in a CZ much easier!

[Black Rose]

thanks everyone!

I am fairly good against lower NPC's so I will go try it out,
if solo I will try this, shoot one NPC on the outer edge and get him to chase me farther out before I turn to fight, could work (like Aces High I played years ago)

The problem is the enemy is shooting your butt off while you run. After a time the other NPCs all aggro a lone ship. Its not at all like aces high sorry to say. But give it a go but be mindful how much damage 8 NPCs can do to you ship when they never miss and they fly perfectly all the time.

Also there is no area that has lower npcs, you will find a mix of all combat ratings in every zone you go to. There are no "areas"

[Khali Nephtys]

The problem is the enemy is shooting your butt off while you run. After a time the other NPCs all aggro a lone ship. Its not at all like aces high sorry to say. But give it a go but be mindful how much damage 8 NPCs can do to you ship when they never miss and they fly perfectly predictably all the time.

While I agree with Rose on most points, I did 'fix' the quote slightly to emphasize a point, the npc's are tougher yes, they are better shots yes, they also cheat horribly pulling off maneuvers impossible for a human pilot in the same ships etc. However, they are also very, very predictable. Once you learn their patterns and tactics you can get a good feel for what risks you can take and get away with.

A couple of tips here, never hang around at closer than 5km to the warp in beacon, unless of course you have cleared the area of reds and have a nice gang of friendlies with you. NPC's will target a lone Cmdr with priority over other NPC's, so you can get a bit of a surprise when an extra 6 ships appear from nowhere and begin immediately shooting at you.

Pretty much every ship type has a style or a preferred tactic regardless of it's combat rank, so eagles for instance will always come at you from behind and usually wait till you are engaged with something else. Cobra Mk III's will run, and chaff, and run, and try to pull you towards more hostiles. Asp explorers will snipe you from behind also waiting till you are engaged with something else.

So my advice is wing up, and spend some time learning these tactics, be prepared to lose a few ships in the process, but treat every loss as a learning exercise, you will usually see what it was you could have done to avoid the loss on reflection.

[Tifu]

Two high CZ's now. Watch out for the capship, it will target you eventually. Azrael carries torpedo launchers btw even the class 2 ones.

CZ Update - As stated the CZ is now located at the 3rd planet where there is a a High and Low. There is also a second High CZ located around O'Rourke which has a Capital class ship in it. Macmillan and Fort Lawrence are the close stations to this one.

Edit - Sorry no low CZ.

[Walter]

Also there is no area that has lower npcs, you will find a mix of all combat ratings in every zone you go to. There are no "areas"

There usually is a good mix between greens (your side) and reds (the others), but often the distribution of friends and enemies will swing one way or the other. Watch out for little groups of three or more reds and avoid them - they will find you out and gang up on you if you get carelessly close.

[Khali Nephtys]

Two high CZ's now. Watch out for the capship, it will target you eventually.

Just a note, that capship has an extremely vulnerable power plant.

[Tifu]

Two high CZ's now. Watch out for the capship, it will target you eventually.

Just a note, that capship has an extremely vulnerable power plant.

Thanks for the tip . I've just had about had it with that capship. Let's see what 4 torps will do against that vulnerable spot.

[Khali Nephtys]

Looks like the empire got fed up with repairing their battered capital ships, ( because they cheat and warp out before they die =( ) as the CZ with the cap was gone when I logged on tonight. Also another oddity, last night I was shooting out the caps power plant and it was going offline, earlier today we did the same thing and it was still shooting at us.