I like to imagine your character in the cockpit just has a massive padded styrofoam bowl with two small eye-holes drilled into it on his head when he pilots this ship.
I play this game to explore. I had someone take me out after going to both the furthest system reachable past Beagle Point and also the uppermost system reachable with a normal ship above the galaxy. Hundreds of systems found and mapped. I took my time and found a couple of really incredible systems while out. I made the mistake of coming back to the bubble in open. Paid for it instantly. They took me out with no shields and weapons in seconds. I no longer play in open. If it wasn't for solo mode, I would have stopped playing the game entirely. People who have fun destroying others with no actual desire of a fair fight are not playing a game. They are taking something personal out on strangers. I deal with enough road rage in my actual life that I don't need to deal with it in a game. But, I am glad to see a video like this. What you are doing here makes me happy.
same... i find the whole notion of playing in Solo, ridiculous. I feel for ppl who get ganked and I agree, many of those gankers take it beyond realism...but still, what is the point of playing, at all, if there is ZERO RISK??? @@donnysheldon5835
When I used to play Elite I would play in Open almost exclusively, except when I was exploring. If getting killed didn't delete all your data then I wouldn't care, but the game punishes explorers way too harshly for dying, even if it's just at the hands of a troll. An exploration ship is woefully underequipped for PvP, unless you're using an Anaconda. There's literally 0 risk to a ganker if he goes after an exploration ship so I can't really blame players for mitigating the risk.
Nowadays you sell on your carrier so you can't lose your data. And before carriers you just go solo as you return from a big trip. Why would someone risk their data from a long trip? And if they do, they do, right?
The 900k bounty at the end felt cathartic to see. You know that guy had been generally upsetting people. Only thing this vid is missing is the salty tears of the ganker douchbags.
@@mikeenslin3009 There's a huge difference between legit PvP and gankers. Gankers are scum. I would genuinely be tickled to do to them IRL what they do to people in the game.
Im most impressed by your ability to manage your Power distributor nodes so well, youre ability to put them all into thrust and then immediately all into sheilds instantly before a collision is so impressive to me, maybe I just suck at managing them, but even with convenient keybinds set up on my Joystick and throttle that can be activated in an instance, I can hardly even manipulate them much in the heat of combat, let alone this instantaneously
With lots of practice at situational awareness, pip mgmt starts feeling natural. I don't even min/max it; there are even quicker ways to manage it that most serious PVPers use: pip macros that automatically dump pips into prearanged patterns. I'm manually moving them using a hat switch on top of the stick.
I saw a lot of combat videos but man, it's the first time I really like it. Appreciate very much the explanations and the slow motions during the hits! Well done, really o7 I guess you forgot the Coriolis/Edsy build in the description, I'm curious to see the PA engineering.
Thanks for the reminder; I've updated the description to include a link to this build. The PAs here are all grade 5 efficient with a mix of target lock breaker, dazzle, and dispersal as the added effects.
I agree, excellent instructions and use of slow-mo, thank you. I'm a long time player but still ropey at PvP. This kind of clear instruction really helps.
A bit old for PVP aren't you? By my estimation, anyone who's had an account for over 14 years must be at least 26, but probably 30 (!) maybe you should focus on something more age appropriate and suitable for your reflexes, like mining 😂
O M f G ... i had NO IDEA that there a LEVELS.... and this is beyond ALL OF THEM... Holy ship!!!! Those skills and techniques, HALF of which i didn't even _understand!,_ are skills i will NEVER have! AMAZING!
@@VllILE Good riddance, honestly, given your childish attitude. This is a sim, and real(istic, even in a space sim) fight isn't about sparky maneuvers that make kiddos go "wooooow". PS. Golf have much nuance too it - but definitely not for people with attention spam of a temperamental teenager too, for sure.
Man, that ship is fast. Like the concept too, it's like a bumper car death battle with lasers. Def don't use the flight assist toggle enough for that lateral thrust boost, gonna practice it out.
Nice work, CMDR. Far more interesting than a certain streamer’s Ganker videos. I mean, I respect the time and effort put into engineering and the skill involved but it really doesn’t take much skill to gank a noob.
I love to see anti-ganker shenanigans like this. I always hated the FDL and never wanted to use it because it was a PvP ship, and I am too stupid for video games. But this is inspiring. I need to use this exact build as it is exactly my cup of tea. Even if I am terribad, I still want to use it just to send the message. And I agree. This is EXACTLY how to use the FDL properly.
I'm an absolute scrub baby when it comes to flying in this game, so seeing you swerve about and maneuver with this speed and agility is fucking insane.
Wouldn't frag cannons be better for this point-blank-ram jousting style? I remember them absolutely crushing things at point blank. Though I haven't played in quite a while, so may not be remembering the weapon specifics quite right.
I make frequent trips between Colonia and Sol. Even though I am an "exploration" fit 'conda, there is a reason that my jump range is only 50ly. There is a whole lot of find out behind her ;D
None of these where true gankers, they didn't cut & run at the first sign they where loosing or call in their wing mates to make it an unfair fight. Good piloting though.
This video is from 2018. At the time I was playing ED with my roll bound to some slaw device RX Viper pedals. I had wracked up a lot of hours on them and the insulation on one of the cables to the RJ45 connector for my right pedal actually wore through during the fight causing the axis bound to my roll to short out. Starmony was a homie and gave me time to electrical tape the connection and rebind the axis. At the point shields broke that last time I could have still left but I wanted to stick around to see it through. Obviously I stuck around till death and gave a gg afterward, not sure what else you would want me to do at that point lol. He definitely earned the kill and the 900k credits that came with it. Either way figured some context would be interesting for you to have.
@@chervin6385 Hey Cherem! I love moments like this, where the lines blur between fantasy & reality. Very immersive to have to dive under the dashboard to fix broken wires in the middle of a space battle.
@@starmonyaerospace9795 haha it definitely sent me scrambling. Some of the most interactive moments I have ever had in video games came in Elite. Thanks for being part of the experience! Stay frosty!
How do you not get thrown around after interdiction ended ? When I use fsdi and pull a npc out I get thrown around and get hull dmg/module how can I prevent this ?
Hat switch on top of my stick (Thrustmaster T.16000 FCS). Shields left, engines up, weapons right. Not macro'd like most PVPers use, so it's a bit inefficient moving pips one at a time.
doing the lords work my brother. Gankers are out of control in ED and its killing the open play mode most people who are killed by a ganker indefinitely switch to private and never go back to open.
I've used the same method since 2016. Open "C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments\Products\elite-dangerous-odyssey-64\GraphicsConfiguration.xml" in Notepad, scroll down a little to "GUIColour", "" and change the MatrixRed, MatrixGreen, and MatrixBlue numbers. My color's called Baron Blue (got it from a guide on the offical forums years ago): 0, 0.33, 0.75 0, 1, 0 1, 0, 0
@leemills6825 I believe you're referring to Rinzler's epic The Git Gud Guide to Trading in Open: th-cam.com/video/Uh9AWV_BWo0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZLcvriRYjqtxr6GX
why do you have so many target breaker those effects are not stacking Thermal Conduit is just better especially in your case that you are able to be up close Short Range will be a better choice. and not having a module reinforcement package can be quite problematic.
@@ordinaryman5070ive been doing pvp since 2017, only encountered one cheater and it was hilarious, it wasn't even a proper fight. Not sure where you encounter all those cheaters...
Yeah but putting something like "killing gankers" in the title never fails to get an amazing feedback from the community... Like it's just normal pvp in a meta lance lol
Nice work but honestly if I'm in combat with another CMDR and obviously outmatched like some of these guys I'm hitting the fsd to another system before my shields are at 25% I guess some of the are so arrogant they can't believe they are loosing lol
Correct! It's generally better to run engineered shield cell banks in the two class 4 slots and leave when shields are done. That plus switching out the hull to engineered lightweight give you 10-12 m/s better speed then this particular build.
Imma tell you now as a warning if you were to try to pull that on my Krait you would have lost after the first minute. Make sure you choose your opponents wisely like you did this time. There is no way you would have won against me.
cool RP, too bad its all made up. ganking is not as big an issue as videos like this make it out to be. every cmdr I run into simply o7's and continues on their way... Been playing since 2015. (in open play 100% of the time)
Did you ever get involved in active player groups that focused on PVP? There was a glorious golden age of Elite around the times of these videos (2017-2020) where lots of organic PVP happened at community goals and founders world between lawful groups like SPEAR, AA, 13th Legion, etc and criminals/gankers like SDC, Nomads and The Code along with plenty of random wing fighting and 1v1s among everyone in a constant battle to see who the best are and who just talk a good game. These three fights were during a period where I was being actively hunted by several groups (long story), so I was taking the fight to them when I could isolate them. As for right now in 2023, yeah...there isn't as much threat from gankers anymore. All but the most dedicated like Andy Polaris (just hang out in Founders World long enough and you'll see his gang) have moved onto other games. But there definitely are still organic fights to be found if you go out looking.
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I like to imagine your character in the cockpit just has a massive padded styrofoam bowl with two small eye-holes drilled into it on his head when he pilots this ship.
I play this game to explore. I had someone take me out after going to both the furthest system reachable past Beagle Point and also the uppermost system reachable with a normal ship above the galaxy. Hundreds of systems found and mapped. I took my time and found a couple of really incredible systems while out.
I made the mistake of coming back to the bubble in open. Paid for it instantly. They took me out with no shields and weapons in seconds.
I no longer play in open. If it wasn't for solo mode, I would have stopped playing the game entirely. People who have fun destroying others with no actual desire of a fair fight are not playing a game. They are taking something personal out on strangers. I deal with enough road rage in my actual life that I don't need to deal with it in a game.
But, I am glad to see a video like this. What you are doing here makes me happy.
o7
Back when I used to play this game, I would always play in open because I enjoyed the idea that you don't know what other players are going to do.
same... i find the whole notion of playing in Solo, ridiculous. I feel for ppl who get ganked and I agree, many of those gankers take it beyond realism...but still, what is the point of playing, at all, if there is ZERO RISK??? @@donnysheldon5835
When I used to play Elite I would play in Open almost exclusively, except when I was exploring.
If getting killed didn't delete all your data then I wouldn't care, but the game punishes explorers way too harshly for dying, even if it's just at the hands of a troll.
An exploration ship is woefully underequipped for PvP, unless you're using an Anaconda. There's literally 0 risk to a ganker if he goes after an exploration ship so I can't really blame players for mitigating the risk.
Nowadays you sell on your carrier so you can't lose your data. And before carriers you just go solo as you return from a big trip. Why would someone risk their data from a long trip? And if they do, they do, right?
The 900k bounty at the end felt cathartic to see. You know that guy had been generally upsetting people.
Only thing this vid is missing is the salty tears of the ganker douchbags.
People are little girls in this game lmao imma have to play it and make people cry 🤣
Calling other people douchebags or salty because they do pvp, seems about right.
@@mikeenslin3009 There's a huge difference between legit PvP and gankers. Gankers are scum. I would genuinely be tickled to do to them IRL what they do to people in the game.
@@mikeenslin3009 There's PVP and Piracy, and there's relentless ganking
Gankers are wankers! It rhymes!
Im most impressed by your ability to manage your Power distributor nodes so well, youre ability to put them all into thrust and then immediately all into sheilds instantly before a collision is so impressive to me, maybe I just suck at managing them, but even with convenient keybinds set up on my Joystick and throttle that can be activated in an instance, I can hardly even manipulate them much in the heat of combat, let alone this instantaneously
With lots of practice at situational awareness, pip mgmt starts feeling natural. I don't even min/max it; there are even quicker ways to manage it that most serious PVPers use: pip macros that automatically dump pips into prearanged patterns. I'm manually moving them using a hat switch on top of the stick.
I saw a lot of combat videos but man, it's the first time I really like it. Appreciate very much the explanations and the slow motions during the hits! Well done, really o7
I guess you forgot the Coriolis/Edsy build in the description, I'm curious to see the PA engineering.
Thanks for the reminder; I've updated the description to include a link to this build. The PAs here are all grade 5 efficient with a mix of target lock breaker, dazzle, and dispersal as the added effects.
I agree, excellent instructions and use of slow-mo, thank you. I'm a long time player but still ropey at PvP. This kind of clear instruction really helps.
A bit old for PVP aren't you?
By my estimation, anyone who's had an account for over 14 years must be at least 26, but probably 30 (!) maybe you should focus on something more age appropriate and suitable for your reflexes, like mining 😂
@@DarthWall275 your estimation is an absolute nonsense.
@@81DocSem Oh?
first time i seen an elite dangerous video and said "bro this guy cracked as hell"
Lancing duels in the lance how appropriate
Elite Dangerous still has the best space combat by far👍
The flight model is unmatched, truly. It can't die as long as that's true.
It has the best everything
@@empyrean-jamelgreaves8034 "material grinding" "Engineering"
the flight model in incomparably better in star citizen unfortunately, that's what ultimately made me quit
@@gr_egg We must be playing different Star Citizens then, it's more comparable to Starfield than Elite lol are you being serious?
2:46 how are you so steady with FA off the whole time?
O M f G
... i had NO IDEA that there a LEVELS.... and this is beyond ALL OF THEM...
Holy ship!!!!
Those skills and techniques, HALF of which i didn't even _understand!,_ are skills i will NEVER have!
AMAZING!
@@VllILE
Good riddance, honestly, given your childish attitude. This is a sim, and real(istic, even in a space sim) fight isn't about sparky maneuvers that make kiddos go "wooooow".
PS.
Golf have much nuance too it - but definitely not for people with attention spam of a temperamental teenager too, for sure.
@@catladygames_ So what?
Cringe.
Ah, just checked the description! I knew i'd seen this waaay back, one of the first instructional PvP videos, nice one!
I had a mamba like this. Called it Ramba.
But you do it better than I did, for sure.
showed them the ultimate fate that awaits all true warriors
Nothing beats the depression channel's Ramba!
Man, that ship is fast. Like the concept too, it's like a bumper car death battle with lasers. Def don't use the flight assist toggle enough for that lateral thrust boost, gonna practice it out.
Nice work, CMDR. Far more interesting than a certain streamer’s Ganker videos. I mean, I respect the time and effort put into engineering and the skill involved but it really doesn’t take much skill to gank a noob.
3:26 took him down from 75% hull down to 8%, now that was an impressive hit to watch!
I love to see anti-ganker shenanigans like this. I always hated the FDL and never wanted to use it because it was a PvP ship, and I am too stupid for video games. But this is inspiring. I need to use this exact build as it is exactly my cup of tea. Even if I am terribad, I still want to use it just to send the message. And I agree. This is EXACTLY how to use the FDL properly.
I'm an absolute scrub baby when it comes to flying in this game, so seeing you swerve about and maneuver with this speed and agility is fucking insane.
WoW, love that 75 to 8 percent drop in one hit....weapons and ram all hit perfectly ?!?! Hope he was wearing his brown pants!
I really need to get into combat in ED
Very fun
i never imagined this is possible w a spaceship. Ty amazing with the slomoments
Wouldn't frag cannons be better for this point-blank-ram jousting style?
I remember them absolutely crushing things at point blank. Though I haven't played in quite a while, so may not be remembering the weapon specifics quite right.
I make frequent trips between Colonia and Sol. Even though I am an "exploration" fit 'conda, there is a reason that my jump range is only 50ly. There is a whole lot of find out behind her ;D
Good sportsmanship on the last one.
None of these where true gankers, they didn't cut & run at the first sign they where loosing or call in their wing mates to make it an unfair fight. Good piloting though.
Those are symptoms of gankers, not the act.
"My roll is broken" Yeah right just an act by the looks of it because he couldn't escape
This video is from 2018. At the time I was playing ED with my roll bound to some slaw device RX Viper pedals. I had wracked up a lot of hours on them and the insulation on one of the cables to the RJ45 connector for my right pedal actually wore through during the fight causing the axis bound to my roll to short out. Starmony was a homie and gave me time to electrical tape the connection and rebind the axis.
At the point shields broke that last time I could have still left but I wanted to stick around to see it through. Obviously I stuck around till death and gave a gg afterward, not sure what else you would want me to do at that point lol. He definitely earned the kill and the 900k credits that came with it.
Either way figured some context would be interesting for you to have.
@@chervin6385 Hey Cherem! I love moments like this, where the lines blur between fantasy & reality. Very immersive to have to dive under the dashboard to fix broken wires in the middle of a space battle.
@@starmonyaerospace9795 haha it definitely sent me scrambling. Some of the most interactive moments I have ever had in video games came in Elite.
Thanks for being part of the experience!
Stay frosty!
Then there’s me never closer than 10,000ly to the nearest station 😂
How do you not get thrown around after interdiction ended ? When I use fsdi and pull a npc out I get thrown around and get hull dmg/module how can I prevent this ?
How are you moving pups around so quickly? I know it’s important but I don’t see how I can playing on controller.
That was a cool play man
This is the best flying I've ever seen
3:29 "that's a lot of damage"
I wanna see 2 melee FDLs fight. Fer-de-lance jousting should be an official arena mode.
bro what key binds do you have wep/sys/eng assigned to?
Hat switch on top of my stick (Thrustmaster T.16000 FCS). Shields left, engines up, weapons right. Not macro'd like most PVPers use, so it's a bit inefficient moving pips one at a time.
doing the lords work my brother. Gankers are out of control in ED and its killing the open play mode most people who are killed by a ganker indefinitely switch to private and never go back to open.
this video convinced me to get an FDL
how does anyone manage to not use flight assist? when I take it off any move of my mouse just makes the ship wobble and makes me queasy as hell
Relative mouse
@@mikeenslin3009 And a lot fo fiddling with the curve, sense and deadzone.
What are they using to change the UI colors these days ?
I've used the same method since 2016. Open "C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments\Products\elite-dangerous-odyssey-64\GraphicsConfiguration.xml" in Notepad, scroll down a little to "GUIColour", "" and change the MatrixRed, MatrixGreen, and MatrixBlue numbers. My color's called Baron Blue (got it from a guide on the offical forums years ago):
0, 0.33, 0.75
0, 1, 0
1, 0, 0
My recommendation would be EDHM.
energy...
energy... energy... energy... energy... energy... energy...
brr
you need to teach me how to fight like this. Like i just want to explore but always gotta fight. I win some, lose some. but i'd like to win more
I guess I can get pretty good at running lol
@@sonic-bbdon't be a coward lol I ain't never seen a gaming community so afraid to play a game 🤣 have fun! Or play by yourself
@Say-ro4rq I mean it's not fun getting hunted by end game ships while I'm in a sidewinder :/ (not that I'm in one anymore. But I'm just saying)
@leemills6825 I believe you're referring to Rinzler's epic The Git Gud Guide to Trading in Open: th-cam.com/video/Uh9AWV_BWo0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZLcvriRYjqtxr6GX
Nice dude most gankers are garbage anyways bet he probably quit after that
You're basically using the javelin method.
Do you mind telling me what AI voice you are using?
I believe it's a stock voice you get with the game: Victor.
What do you mean tip of the lance ??? Dequoi tu parle jai laisse faire google translate la prochaime fois
The tip or pointy bit of a lance, a lance is a spear.
I approve of this method of retaliation!!!!!
Awesome fights!
That is some decent flying, just use NV so it is better visible at least for the video.
Are you using vr?
At the time this was captured, I used TrackIR. That or VR is a must for this game! So much more fun to be able to visually track enemies.
why do you have so many target breaker those effects are not stacking Thermal Conduit is just better especially in your case that you are able to be up close Short Range will be a better choice.
and not having a module reinforcement package can be quite problematic.
melee combat in the 2500's, technology really is cyclical
Wat u doing with cheaters ? I stoped playing ED cuz cheaters a many((
This is basically why I haven't done any pvp even though I've got close to 7000 hours.
@@ordinaryman5070ive been doing pvp since 2017, only encountered one cheater and it was hilarious, it wasn't even a proper fight. Not sure where you encounter all those cheaters...
wow you are good at flying
Fdl 101 with efficient PA's .
it's a classic
Darrick Garden
its just a 5pa meta lance
yep
Yeah but putting something like "killing gankers" in the title never fails to get an amazing feedback from the community... Like it's just normal pvp in a meta lance lol
Wing Massacre missions will provide a great boost on you credits and if you sit on a low res site you can almost afk it without a type 10
Nice work but honestly if I'm in combat with another CMDR and obviously outmatched like some of these guys I'm hitting the fsd to another system before my shields are at 25% I guess some of the are so arrogant they can't believe they are loosing lol
The name of the ship is based off the snake
Just love how i have to pause your video every 3 seconds because your trying to write a novel with your text, but only out it up for 2 seconds.
BTV… FDL is better shield tank them hull tank, because has not much slots.
Correct! It's generally better to run engineered shield cell banks in the two class 4 slots and leave when shields are done. That plus switching out the hull to engineered lightweight give you 10-12 m/s better speed then this particular build.
Am I the only one who uses night vision?😅
Nah it definitely helps me target track in many cases. Thargoid CZs especially right now.
lol basic flying skills love the fact people are loving your video
attack on titan type shit
I think you don't know what the word 'melee' means.
I think you don't know what the word 'metaphor' means.
Just realized I wasn’t subbed!
Most idiotic fight - only in ED
Imma tell you now as a warning if you were to try to pull that on my Krait you would have lost after the first minute. Make sure you choose your opponents wisely like you did this time. There is no way you would have won against me.
Post a video to prove it or shut up.
Ok Kanye
cool RP, too bad its all made up. ganking is not as big an issue as videos like this make it out to be. every cmdr I run into simply o7's and continues on their way...
Been playing since 2015. (in open play 100% of the time)
too many people are saying that shit is staged with absolutely nothing backing up their claim
Did you ever get involved in active player groups that focused on PVP? There was a glorious golden age of Elite around the times of these videos (2017-2020) where lots of organic PVP happened at community goals and founders world between lawful groups like SPEAR, AA, 13th Legion, etc and criminals/gankers like SDC, Nomads and The Code along with plenty of random wing fighting and 1v1s among everyone in a constant battle to see who the best are and who just talk a good game. These three fights were during a period where I was being actively hunted by several groups (long story), so I was taking the fight to them when I could isolate them.
As for right now in 2023, yeah...there isn't as much threat from gankers anymore. All but the most dedicated like Andy Polaris (just hang out in Founders World long enough and you'll see his gang) have moved onto other games. But there definitely are still organic fights to be found if you go out looking.
Either provide proof for your claim or you will be punished.
you ridiculous flight and style! on my eagle turn around you and destroy with easy dance!
You need to turn off the flight assistant using the z key, your maneuvers are very bad, you just got lucky.