First rule of conflict zones: Stay with the NPC group. 2# Rule: Focus on targets attacked by the NPC group. 3# Rule if the NPC group splits, kill targets of your group as fast as possible so that the other group will get support by your group. 4# Rule: When your group is getting wiped, dont be the last one. Jump off. 5# Fighters can work, but typically they dont. 6# Do not always tank, this means reduce damage output below the level of average npc dmg-output, so your shield have time to recharge. #6 if you have a big bad boggy on your six, dont panic. Fly through your NPC group and typically they will take the aggro from you. 7# as one on one can be fun, this is the least efficient way of group based combat.
I'm painfully new and got a mission to go after some fighters in a combat zone. Showed up and blew up a ship just to get absolutely wrecked. I cannot wait to do more. Thanks for the video. Love this game
First time trying combat was in one of those sites because it's the only type of mission in my chosen system. Now I know why I did nothing spectacular.
In my experience, if you earn allied status with desired faction, you can get worth 10M mission for 90 ships destroyed, usually I get 3.2M combat bonds so literally I get 150K per ships destroyed. IMO it's still profitable somehow. I'm running FDL with 4 medium pulse laser and a huge multi-cannon.
Sure, that said I greatly prefer the Krait Mark II for this kind of combat as it's fast and nimble while having great firepower and a wonderful view from the cockpit.
EX, agreed but the respawn rate in conflict zones are great for a non-agile, lumbering giant with its cargo bay open, while its huge turret and fighters go to town at the same time as its collector limpets - put it this way, u opened up a brand new material gathering narrative for me, thnx
Sure, but please, for the love of all that is good, please don't use turrets. The ONLY reasons to use them is if you're the one person that uses multicrew or you're using one or two to apply an experimental effect (like corrosive on multicannons). You'll do MUCH better with gimbals as gimbals are already 30% less damage than fixed with turrets another 30% less damage than gimbals. And yes, they track but they also miss their target quite a bit so the notion that higher time on target equals faster kill is absolutely untrue. The Vette is the most maneuverable large ship, please don't waste that by going with turrets.
EDTutorials by Exigeous . Thanks for advice Ex, I’m a bit away from affording a ship where I can launch fighters from at mo’ (currently filling my engineering materials up). So I’m ignorant on what NPC crew members can do, hence I was planning to use the mothership as a turreted weapon platform whilst I do some dogfighting in a fighter, but if you reckon it’s best to stick with fixed and/or gambled weapons on the mothership I’ll do that - are NPC crew good enough to trust with combat in such situations? Bear in mind I have not indulged in combat much so my rank is v low, I.e. I won’t be able to recruit skilled NPCs.
That's the place to go if you looking for some fun, tried few medium ones in my somewhat engineered Anaconda, i feel like i can go to high zones next time.
I bought an Eagle and pimped it out as much as I could for a cheap assassination ship. I’m going to try to go to high zones in it to just see how long I last.
First time I got into a conflict zone it was a high intensity, and I only had a newly bought python with not too great upgrades and mediocre weaponry. Was lucky enough to find a farragut on our side, as well as take out a few ships before my canopy screamed at me and I had to run. Needless to say it's not as hard as everyone claims it to be. Unless spec ops arrive, at that point just run.
I'm not sure how but I'm picking up a lot of aggro four npc firing on my ferdi is not fun. Luckily I never die. Just get stuck with a squadron on my six after killing three npc in a row. Then while I'm being chased my npc team gets picked off without me able to help.
I didn't know they were that dangerous. When I was collecting combat bounds for Yuri Ishmaak I always was pissed of by the enemy Corvettes and them using shield cell banks so I couldn't kill them easily. Always kill the big ships first and try to shot enemys that your NPC's are shooting already. This way you can get an NPC Deathball, making it much easier to stay in a fight.
By doing data delivery missions between Ceos and Sothis (nearly 9 lightyears between systems) for example. Normally you get +++ reputation per mission.
I got my bonds in a Cobra Mk III. No engineering. I had 2 medium frag cannons, and 2 small pulse lasers. It's not too bad, just follow the advice of Thorium in the top comment and you'll get it in no time.
I hit up 3 conflict zones but got no bonds but got tons or credits. i dont know how i didn't receive any bonds super bummed lol. Great video though but dp yall prefer the vet or a med ship like the krait mkII?
Uh, then something is wrong - as that's how you get paid in Conflict Zones, is by the bonds you get that you then turn in. So how did you get credits without bonds? You don't get the credits directly, you have to cash in the bonds to get paid. For me I'll always take a Krait Mark II as I find it much more fun to fly than the Vette, I have a build video covering my favorite build for it.
EDTutorials by Exigeous I’ll do it again tonight and get some screen shots and post them on the discord to show you because I got over 30 kills and not one bond so maybe I’m doing it wrong or I have to get a mission first I dunno.
You know what - I got the EXACT same thing today on stream so I now see what you mean. There is clearly some bug going on - what's weird is after we cleared the zone we got more ships and I DID get bonds - and many in my squadron have been doing conflict zones the past few days as our factions are in war in several systems. As such I think it's just a new and another bug. Sorry I doubted you ;-)
Wait... fighting in conflict zones helps in power play?? I tend to fight in conflict zones for the fun these days, but before mission stacking was nerfed, they were also extremely lucrative!
Yep, you earn merits if you attack power play pledged vessels. And yeah, they used to pay so great when we could stack - sadly with the upcoming mission board changes I fear credits in general are going to be very hard to come by after Chapter 4.
Indeed. They need to re-increase (de-nerf?) payouts for massacre missions... seriously, I will never understand how one of the most dangerous things you can do has one of the lowest payouts. And they were recently nerfed silently. A good massacre mission used to pay around 25m for 108 kills. Now the best is only 10m for 90 kills. Anyway, thanks, I will try to see if I can get a conflict zone to contribute to the merits after the reset today.
Hmm... what's the trick then? I went to an enemy control system that was in Civil War. I joined the side working against the controlling faction in that system in the conflict zone. Killed ships, no merits.
This is ridiculous. Why do I keep getting blasted from ridiculous distances away by NPCs until my shields are gone and then my hull poofs out of existence as if made of tissue paper? No human could be effective from such a range.
Hey Exigeous, theres a subject I'd like to see covered, might get you at least a few videos out of it. And that's Player controlled systems. How do they work, how does a player group acquire them, and what's the benefit to having one. And what effect does this have on the controlling players and surrounding galexy? I haven't found anyone who's done this topic and would love to know more about it.
These are fun, but they are terribly unbalanced, or incredibly misleading to say the least. First couple of CZ missions I picked was early in the game, the missions were ranked "Mostly Harmless" and boy oh boy did I struggle with my Imperial Eagle, somehow I finished the missions, got blown up couple of time, but managed to end up with good profit, but not enough to really be worth it at lower levels. I really wish they could really tailor these to more appropriate ranks, because they are indeed fun and challenging.
I just picked up a few CZ missions because they were low ranked for my low level (only been playing a couple of weeks). Proceeded to get absoluted rekt a couple of times, so I come to youtube to check out some guides. This video: "these are some of the most dangerous areas in the galaxy"... me: "oh.... well that explains it" lmao
Another great tutorial! Would it be possible to get more ship builds this for more accessible ships, like Krait Mk2 perhaps? (Or Python/Anaconda etc. :))
My dream is to get my Eagle with all Enforcers to be useful in a High intensity Conflict zone. I just want it to work. Feel like a true jet fighter ace taking on big ships. Pity I only ever manage long term fights in a High intensity conflict zone in either a large ship or my Gunship. Anything else seems to be too squishy.
Oh how I LOVE the Enforcer cannons - amazing aren't they? With 2 of them on my Sidewinder I've beaten/run off many Vettes and Cutters. But for a CZ it just doesn't work as you have too many focusing you and you just take too much damage.
@@Exigeous OH absolutely amazing. Love Enforcers so much. In a conflict zone I last about ten to fifteen minutes with an Eagle. It's heavily engineered already but I'm going crazy with more and more G5 modifications. One of these days I'll be able to last half an hour. I just know it.
I used to take in imperial courier into conflict zones. Its highly manoeuvrable, with tanky shields for a small ship, but still only work on the outskirts and pick your targets carefully. If you get 3 or more opponents firing on you, use the couriers amazing speed to bug out.
@CMDR Exigeous Greetings Commander o7. I love your videos. Thanks to you for making it much easier to get my FSD to grade 5 and the guardian FSD booster. I'm working to unlock more engineers. For now I have most the beginning through Selene. Any chance you leave a build for a conflict zone anaconda? I have about $1B in credits thanks to void opels : ) Thank you for your time!
First rule of conflict zones: Stay with the NPC group. 2# Rule: Focus on targets attacked by the NPC group. 3# Rule if the NPC group splits, kill targets of your group as fast as possible so that the other group will get support by your group. 4# Rule: When your group is getting wiped, dont be the last one. Jump off. 5# Fighters can work, but typically they dont. 6# Do not always tank, this means reduce damage output below the level of average npc dmg-output, so your shield have time to recharge. #6 if you have a big bad boggy on your six, dont panic. Fly through your NPC group and typically they will take the aggro from you. 7# as one on one can be fun, this is the least efficient way of group based combat.
...nice.
Combat zone battle tactics Exigeous
should have discussed.
See THESE are the exact types of tips I was looking for, not "How to find them" and "Pick a side and start shooting the enemy". =D
@@DiavoJinx Thank you :)
Rule #0.5: roam around, do not engage, do not pick sides, and wait for the weakest enemy to be getting pwned then jump in.
I'm painfully new and got a mission to go after some fighters in a combat zone. Showed up and blew up a ship just to get absolutely wrecked. I cannot wait to do more. Thanks for the video. Love this game
First time trying combat was in one of those sites because it's the only type of mission in my chosen system.
Now I know why I did nothing spectacular.
I heared "great way of earning Merits"!
In my experience, if you earn allied status with desired faction, you can get worth 10M mission for 90 ships destroyed, usually I get 3.2M combat bonds so literally I get 150K per ships destroyed. IMO it's still profitable somehow. I'm running FDL with 4 medium pulse laser and a huge multi-cannon.
Thanks Ex. Watched this back after several months and realised this is the niche a corvette was made for ;-)
Sure, that said I greatly prefer the Krait Mark II for this kind of combat as it's fast and nimble while having great firepower and a wonderful view from the cockpit.
EX, agreed but the respawn rate in conflict zones are great for a non-agile, lumbering giant with its cargo bay open, while its huge turret and fighters go to town at the same time as its collector limpets - put it this way, u opened up a brand new material gathering narrative for me, thnx
Sure, but please, for the love of all that is good, please don't use turrets. The ONLY reasons to use them is if you're the one person that uses multicrew or you're using one or two to apply an experimental effect (like corrosive on multicannons). You'll do MUCH better with gimbals as gimbals are already 30% less damage than fixed with turrets another 30% less damage than gimbals. And yes, they track but they also miss their target quite a bit so the notion that higher time on target equals faster kill is absolutely untrue. The Vette is the most maneuverable large ship, please don't waste that by going with turrets.
EDTutorials by Exigeous . Thanks for advice Ex, I’m a bit away from affording a ship where I can launch fighters from at mo’ (currently filling my engineering materials up). So I’m ignorant on what NPC crew members can do, hence I was planning to use the mothership as a turreted weapon platform whilst I do some dogfighting in a fighter, but if you reckon it’s best to stick with fixed and/or gambled weapons on the mothership I’ll do that - are NPC crew good enough to trust with combat in such situations? Bear in mind I have not indulged in combat much so my rank is v low, I.e. I won’t be able to recruit skilled NPCs.
That's the place to go if you looking for some fun, tried few medium ones in my somewhat engineered Anaconda, i feel like i can go to high zones next time.
I bought an Eagle and pimped it out as much as I could for a cheap assassination ship. I’m going to try to go to high zones in it to just see how long I last.
First time I got into a conflict zone it was a high intensity, and I only had a newly bought python with not too great upgrades and mediocre weaponry. Was lucky enough to find a farragut on our side, as well as take out a few ships before my canopy screamed at me and I had to run. Needless to say it's not as hard as everyone claims it to be. Unless spec ops arrive, at that point just run.
Ok so the map isn’t showing any and the website isn’t working :/
is that gives reputation?
I'm not sure how but I'm picking up a lot of aggro four npc firing on my ferdi is not fun. Luckily I never die. Just get stuck with a squadron on my six after killing three npc in a row. Then while I'm being chased my npc team gets picked off without me able to help.
I didn't know they were that dangerous. When I was collecting combat bounds for Yuri Ishmaak I always was pissed of by the enemy Corvettes and them using shield cell banks so I couldn't kill them easily.
Always kill the big ships first and try to shot enemys that your NPC's are shooting already. This way you can get an NPC Deathball, making it much easier to stay in a fight.
Hay guys what's the fastest way to get the vet ?
By doing data delivery missions between Ceos and Sothis (nearly 9 lightyears between systems) for example. Normally you get +++ reputation per mission.
Better do it before chapter 4 drops, the rep grind will be nerfed in those systems.
Im trying to unlock engineers and cant have a full engineered ship to get the 50 bonds plus million dollars worth. Have any unengineered builds?
I got my bonds in a Cobra Mk III. No engineering. I had 2 medium frag cannons, and 2 small pulse lasers. It's not too bad, just follow the advice of Thorium in the top comment and you'll get it in no time.
Ship build is not accessible :(
orbis link not working?
What's a good medium size ship to enter in a low conflict zone to get the bonds for Yuri?
Python or fdl
I hit up 3 conflict zones but got no bonds but got tons or credits. i dont know how i didn't receive any bonds super bummed lol. Great video though but dp yall prefer the vet or a med ship like the krait mkII?
Uh, then something is wrong - as that's how you get paid in Conflict Zones, is by the bonds you get that you then turn in. So how did you get credits without bonds? You don't get the credits directly, you have to cash in the bonds to get paid. For me I'll always take a Krait Mark II as I find it much more fun to fly than the Vette, I have a build video covering my favorite build for it.
EDTutorials by Exigeous I’ll do it again tonight and get some screen shots and post them on the discord to show you because I got over 30 kills and not one bond so maybe I’m doing it wrong or I have to get a mission first I dunno.
You know what - I got the EXACT same thing today on stream so I now see what you mean. There is clearly some bug going on - what's weird is after we cleared the zone we got more ships and I DID get bonds - and many in my squadron have been doing conflict zones the past few days as our factions are in war in several systems. As such I think it's just a new and another bug. Sorry I doubted you ;-)
Sadly looks like the build link is dead :(
That music... That darn epic CZ's music...
It really is pretty great, isn't it?
Wait... fighting in conflict zones helps in power play??
I tend to fight in conflict zones for the fun these days, but before mission stacking was nerfed, they were also extremely lucrative!
Yep, you earn merits if you attack power play pledged vessels. And yeah, they used to pay so great when we could stack - sadly with the upcoming mission board changes I fear credits in general are going to be very hard to come by after Chapter 4.
Indeed. They need to re-increase (de-nerf?) payouts for massacre missions... seriously, I will never understand how one of the most dangerous things you can do has one of the lowest payouts. And they were recently nerfed silently. A good massacre mission used to pay around 25m for 108 kills. Now the best is only 10m for 90 kills.
Anyway, thanks, I will try to see if I can get a conflict zone to contribute to the merits after the reset today.
Hmm... what's the trick then? I went to an enemy control system that was in Civil War. I joined the side working against the controlling faction in that system in the conflict zone. Killed ships, no merits.
@@Exigeous This is the first time I have heard you can earn merits from a conflict zone. How do you go about setting this up?
for people having trouble with not seeing any ships in the conflict zones, just quit to menu and relog
This is ridiculous. Why do I keep getting blasted from ridiculous distances away by NPCs until my shields are gone and then my hull poofs out of existence as if made of tissue paper? No human could be effective from such a range.
Does rep+++ give you that much navy rank as well?
Absolutely, that's what you want for Fed or Imperial rank.
@@Exigeous so rep is what one needs to rank up?
Hey Exigeous, theres a subject I'd like to see covered, might get you at least a few videos out of it. And that's Player controlled systems. How do they work, how does a player group acquire them, and what's the benefit to having one. And what effect does this have on the controlling players and surrounding galexy? I haven't found anyone who's done this topic and would love to know more about it.
That's a great idea - I should do that.... .....oh wait, I did! Look at the Player Minor Factions video as that should cover the basics.
These are fun, but they are terribly unbalanced, or incredibly misleading to say the least. First couple of CZ missions I picked was early in the game, the missions were ranked "Mostly Harmless" and boy oh boy did I struggle with my Imperial Eagle, somehow I finished the missions, got blown up couple of time, but managed to end up with good profit, but not enough to really be worth it at lower levels. I really wish they could really tailor these to more appropriate ranks, because they are indeed fun and challenging.
I just picked up a few CZ missions because they were low ranked for my low level (only been playing a couple of weeks). Proceeded to get absoluted rekt a couple of times, so I come to youtube to check out some guides. This video: "these are some of the most dangerous areas in the galaxy"... me: "oh.... well that explains it" lmao
Another great tutorial! Would it be possible to get more ship builds this for more accessible ships, like Krait Mk2 perhaps? (Or Python/Anaconda etc. :))
That's already on my list - I'll be going through every ship and talking about their strengths and weaknesses, giving suggested builds for each.
@@Exigeous That is great news.
My dream is to get my Eagle with all Enforcers to be useful in a High intensity Conflict zone. I just want it to work. Feel like a true jet fighter ace taking on big ships.
Pity I only ever manage long term fights in a High intensity conflict zone in either a large ship or my Gunship. Anything else seems to be too squishy.
I think FDL works really nice(well never test any other ships), I usually don't lose any hull in my 90 ships hunt.
Oh how I LOVE the Enforcer cannons - amazing aren't they? With 2 of them on my Sidewinder I've beaten/run off many Vettes and Cutters. But for a CZ it just doesn't work as you have too many focusing you and you just take too much damage.
@@Exigeous OH absolutely amazing. Love Enforcers so much. In a conflict zone I last about ten to fifteen minutes with an Eagle. It's heavily engineered already but I'm going crazy with more and more G5 modifications. One of these days I'll be able to last half an hour. I just know it.
I used to take in imperial courier into conflict zones. Its highly manoeuvrable, with tanky shields for a small ship, but still only work on the outskirts and pick your targets carefully. If you get 3 or more opponents firing on you, use the couriers amazing speed to bug out.
@CMDR Exigeous Greetings Commander o7. I love your videos. Thanks to you for making it much easier to get my FSD to grade 5 and the guardian FSD booster.
I'm working to unlock more engineers. For now I have most the beginning through Selene.
Any chance you leave a build for a conflict zone anaconda?
I have about $1B in credits thanks to void opels : ) Thank you for your time!
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First time in combat zones in the 4 years I've played :p