As I said in a previous post, I have no problem being pirated as long as there is some RP involved. So far the majority of my pirate encounters have just been "5mil or die" when I try and rp the only response I get back is "5mil or die".
When Im being Pirated and not getting any rp response back, I consider 2 things. What are my chances at a straight up fight, and what are my chances of getting away.
In a straight up fight I try to figure out how to the get the most turrets facing him and then just hit thrusters while blasting away, with 1 finger on my battery hotkey and hope for the best.
If I dont think i will win a straight up fight I will try and run. But heres my problem. At first I just tried Cruising away but would always just keeping getting CD'd no matter how many CM's i dumped out. Then I starting just Thrusting straight up and trying to Cruise away, which has worked better, but i still end up getting CD"ed no matter what.
So my question is about evading/fleeing from pirates. What tactics work. How can I get away when every 3 seconds im getting hit with a CD. I thought about using mines, no experience with them but seems if I got a pirate with a mine or 2 it might be enough distraction to hit cruise and get out of distance.
I mostly smuggle and trade so combat is pretty rare for me. So for my biggest tactic is to just "avoid" the pirate traps, but every once in awhile you just cant avoid it.
