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Good way to get into manageable ship combat? (To level up pilot skill) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Quentinp@lemmy.ca to c/starfield@lemmy.zip

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If'd put points into piloting earlier I might have been to level 2 in ship combat, but i've just started looking into class B and higher ship parts so I need the licenses.

I get totally wrecked most of the time in ship combat (using the Razorleaf with what upgrades I could manage with class A). I guess I could use my

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Starborn Guardian II - I beat the final ship encounter by hugging an asteroid and taking out the three ships as I can, if they don't glitch themselves to death first.

my guns can take an average ship down in one pass, but shields are usually gone by then, especially if there's multiple enemies. Heh and if I do get a decent random encounter of course half the ships

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Do the "Oh crap it's the Mantis" thing and run away. though i can tag one.

Are there systems that are good for grinding out some ship kills? On the ground I've taken to putting difficulty to hard.

**Oh another question - is the lockon mechanic worth it? Doesn't seemt to make much difference when i try

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[–] TheLed@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Use the ship simulator when you join the UC Vanguard. Taking out the AI counts as kills and when your ship blows up you just restart the simulator. No need to use your own. You can grind out the whole piloting skill tree

[–] Quentinp@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I didn't know about that at all, haven't tried that questline! Thanks!