mass drivers and capping

[gamer993]

Hi i was wondering can you use a mass driver to cap in in x2 or x3 like just a mass driver and nothing else?

[EventHorizon]

Seems to work for me, however I have found that the % chance to bail for mass drivers seems very low...could just be the RNG working against me though.

[euclid]

Hm.....MD's should not work because, in my experience, bailing out is triggered by low shields.

Cheers Euclid

[fud]

I always used BHEPT. Though, it's never my intent to get them to bail out. But sometimes they're lucky enough to be spared a fiery death, only to be dumped off at a pirate base for some weed money...


That is of course, if I don't splatter them on my windscreen.

[Andyrids]

Well I have tried a few combinations of using MD's and ION D's and BPAC's with the intention of doing a bit hull damage to start and then destroying shields, and tried the other way round... Any combination and tactic down that path does not seem to work for me...

So what I have found though is.. 1 MD 1 ION D and as many BHEPTs you have room for and just hit them hard and hit them fast... The bail ratio is pretty high for me that way... But the hulls suffer usually about 40% damage even if I turn off the MD.. That's fine as I just use them for blueprints or scrap the ships anyway....

Something worth trying if your getting frustrated at trying to cap a ship... I think once you get some results that way then you can start to fine tune it from there for what gives you best results..... maybe lol

[intently]

I use AHEPTs or BPACs to remove the shields, and then AIREs to cap. I get 50%+ bails this way. So many, that I'm getting picky on what I'd even bother sending back to sell.