Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
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Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
The lasers do shoot way too much to the left and right side of the target, which makes it difficult to even hit an enemy, which is close by.
Am I missing something? I tried all targeting options.
Am I missing something? I tried all targeting options.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
No, it's a terrible ship. The only thing it can hit is a station (hint) If you try to attack fighters with it, you're more likely to win by causing them to crash into you (hint 2)
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
Try using the 'ctrl' key to fire your weapons. I think it was reported that firing with the mouse cursor was not as precise as firing with the keyboard controls.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
This has been discussed in several posts. The simple version is you need to enable "Auto Aim" mode and then use the "Boresight fire" button or the auto aim wont work. Personally, after years of NOT using auto aim because I enjoyed the challenge, I switched to auto because many of the M6 and M7 ships are unusable playerships for the very reason you mention. I just swapped the normal fire and Boresight fire in the control configuration.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
I ended up recycling the one you get as part of the plot once it was done. As an M6 it's one of the worst ships out there, it has the second smallest cargo bay and isn't good at anything. Even way back in X2 when it could mount the GPSG, it was hamstrung by its tiny laser generator which meant it could only fire it in very short bursts.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
If that is such a well known issue, why this has not been addressed yet?
I am also a bit confused now. When I noticed the Nemesis to be part of my property I was like "Hey! Stop gifting me everything, I want to build up myself!" Then I was kind of shocked to see, how bad it actually is and now I do not know, what to think.
I am also a bit confused now. When I noticed the Nemesis to be part of my property I was like "Hey! Stop gifting me everything, I want to build up myself!" Then I was kind of shocked to see, how bad it actually is and now I do not know, what to think.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
The issue is a core part of each ships design and how the engine handles weapons. The M6 in general is supposed to be a capital killer, not an anti fighter ship. You can hit capitals just fine with the Nemesis, but using it against fighters is rather like trying to use a destroyer's main guns to hit a dive bomber.
This game is insanely old as games go so I'm just happy Egosoft still maintains a forum and fans care to make expansions like FL.
This game is insanely old as games go so I'm just happy Egosoft still maintains a forum and fans care to make expansions like FL.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
That is unless when you arm your M6s you include the Plasma Burst Generator, with a few of those you can make short work of any fighters you go up against. That's why Terran and Xenon M6s suck against fighters; they lack an equivalent weapon.Hwitvlf wrote: ↑Sat, 12. Feb 22, 21:37The issue is a core part of each ships design and how the engine handles weapons. The M6 in general is supposed to be a capital killer, not an anti fighter ship. You can hit capitals just fine with the Nemesis, but using it against fighters is rather like trying to use a destroyer's main guns to hit a dive bomber.
This game is insanely old as games go so I'm just happy Egosoft still maintains a forum and fans care to make expansions like FL.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
The nemesis one of the worse M6 in the game to personally fly in, as it gets a whooping 600 cargobay space that barely leaves any room for E-cells, terrible gun placement and speed.
Trying to hit M4 and M5 with an M6 is just a nightmare, especially with corvette weapons (CIG & ISR). If you goal is to kill fighters in an M6, try to outfit your ship with PRG, PBG and PBE. They are close to instant hit at close/medium range. However, since the nemesis cannot fly fast enough to catch up with most ships smaller than an M3, it's still terrible at the job regardless.
I don't think this is an issue but more of a ship difference. The vidar, kogarasu maru, hyperion, Acinonyx for example are all excellent. It's part of the fun (personally, my main fun) to pilot all the ships and discover hidden quirkiness of each of them.
Trying to hit M4 and M5 with an M6 is just a nightmare, especially with corvette weapons (CIG & ISR). If you goal is to kill fighters in an M6, try to outfit your ship with PRG, PBG and PBE. They are close to instant hit at close/medium range. However, since the nemesis cannot fly fast enough to catch up with most ships smaller than an M3, it's still terrible at the job regardless.
I don't think this is an issue but more of a ship difference. The vidar, kogarasu maru, hyperion, Acinonyx for example are all excellent. It's part of the fun (personally, my main fun) to pilot all the ships and discover hidden quirkiness of each of them.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
Actually, after getting used to the offset of the weapons including your suggestion as well as always making sure, that the enemy moving direction is horizontally aligned on my screen, I am handling fighters pretty well. I also just defeated a Q with the Nemesis. That ship is pretty good.Hwitvlf wrote: ↑Sat, 12. Feb 22, 18:29This has been discussed in several posts. The simple version is you need to enable "Auto Aim" mode and then use the "Boresight fire" button or the auto aim wont work. Personally, after years of NOT using auto aim because I enjoyed the challenge, I switched to auto because many of the M6 and M7 ships are unusable playerships for the very reason you mention. I just swapped the normal fire and Boresight fire in the control configuration.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
If you can get lucky with engine tunings, the Heavy Nemesis can easily decimate Q's in early game. Especially with extra speed. I got lucky on one play through, got one in the prologue area. Kept it. I took on several Q's dogfighting them with it, managed to shred there shields before they could actually hurt me. That extra slot of 200mj shields over the standard really helps. Plus better weapons energy on it.Nekudotayim_ wrote: ↑Sun, 13. Feb 22, 15:15Actually, after getting used to the offset of the weapons including your suggestion as well as always making sure, that the enemy moving direction is horizontally aligned on my screen, I am handling fighters pretty well. I also just defeated a Q with the Nemesis. That ship is pretty good.Hwitvlf wrote: ↑Sat, 12. Feb 22, 18:29This has been discussed in several posts. The simple version is you need to enable "Auto Aim" mode and then use the "Boresight fire" button or the auto aim wont work. Personally, after years of NOT using auto aim because I enjoyed the challenge, I switched to auto because many of the M6 and M7 ships are unusable playerships for the very reason you mention. I just swapped the normal fire and Boresight fire in the control configuration.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
In it's original range, the nemesis is pretty much one of the 3 best in it's class, which means purely the standard M6.Nekudotayim_ wrote: ↑Sun, 13. Feb 22, 15:15Actually, after getting used to the offset of the weapons including your suggestion as well as always making sure, that the enemy moving direction is horizontally aligned on my screen, I am handling fighters pretty well. I also just defeated a Q with the Nemesis. That ship is pretty good.
But people tend to compare it to Ships of other classes in the similar size category, like M6+, or their "Enhanced" versions, or special ships like the Hyperion, Acinonyx or the newest wet dream of some pilots namely the Kogarasu Maru (which are just labeled M6 in lack of an appropriate own class).
M6+ are tripple the price of a standard M6 and especially the last 3 named mentions have a base price tag which is more than 6 times of the standard M6 alone.
Of course there are cutbacks. Same thing if you buy a car for 20k or you buy a car for 140k. Nobody expects the tech stats of a Lamborghini or Porsche sports car when buying a mid range Toyota or Volkswagen.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
Why even bother with the Acinonyx when the Maru is free?
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
It depends. I choose the commonwealth side and wasn't able to get Maru at the first attempt. It has Hull Polarizing Device and my marines weren't able to cut the hull. Boarding Pods solve that problem in general, but there are only two M6 ships that could launch them - Acinonyx and Maru. So, to get Maru you have to have Maru or Acinonyx. I was lucky to find the last one and it helped me to get Maru after that.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
Lol, my Acinonyx was definitely free. At least the first one. I had to build the second one.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
If you got one, the Carrack might be worth trying with. Its got decent turning and speed. And can fire boarding pods.iXenon wrote: ↑Wed, 20. Jul 22, 16:11It depends. I choose the commonwealth side and wasn't able to get Maru at the first attempt. It has Hull Polarizing Device and my marines weren't able to cut the hull. Boarding Pods solve that problem in general, but there are only two M6 ships that could launch them - Acinonyx and Maru. So, to get Maru you have to have Maru or Acinonyx. I was lucky to find the last one and it helped me to get Maru after that.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
I do have one (when my standing with Pirates was much higher I bought one of every ship as well as factory blueprints ), I don't know if it shares the Brigantine's problem of the low fire rate, there seemed to be long cooldown on pods meaning you could only launch one at a time instead of all simultaneously the way you could with an M7M. And the Carrack's shields suckBrigandPhantos77 wrote: ↑Wed, 10. Aug 22, 02:33If you got one, the Carrack might be worth trying with. Its got decent turning and speed. And can fire boarding pods.iXenon wrote: ↑Wed, 20. Jul 22, 16:11It depends. I choose the commonwealth side and wasn't able to get Maru at the first attempt. It has Hull Polarizing Device and my marines weren't able to cut the hull. Boarding Pods solve that problem in general, but there are only two M6 ships that could launch them - Acinonyx and Maru. So, to get Maru you have to have Maru or Acinonyx. I was lucky to find the last one and it helped me to get Maru after that.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
I believe this is a "missile" (the pods are missiles) property and could be find in the game encyclopedia. It shows the delay you can launch the missiles with. Anyway, on any ship that could launch boarding pods you can use "Piracy menu" (5) and it will launch all pods at the same time. Maru, Carrack, whatever - doesn't matter, it works for any ship.Sovereign01 wrote: ↑Wed, 10. Aug 22, 04:14I don't know if it shares the Brigantine's problem of the low fire rate, there seemed to be long cooldown on pods meaning you could only launch one at a time instead of all simultaneously the way you could with an M7M.
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Re: Nemesis - hard to hit an enemy
That's where I must have been going wrong then, I was firing them manually because it was easier while controlling the main guns. On the Brig the launching point seemed to be quite far back meaning you had to be right on top of the target to guarantee a hit- certainly when I was boarding a Boreas I struggled with that. In the end I took it with the trusty Pteranodon/Sirokos combo.iXenon wrote: ↑Wed, 10. Aug 22, 08:26I believe this is a "missile" (the pods are missiles) property and could be find in the game encyclopedia. It shows the delay you can launch the missiles with. Anyway, on any ship that could launch boarding pods you can use "Piracy menu" (5) and it will launch all pods at the same time. Maru, Carrack, whatever - doesn't matter, it works for any ship.Sovereign01 wrote: ↑Wed, 10. Aug 22, 04:14I don't know if it shares the Brigantine's problem of the low fire rate, there seemed to be long cooldown on pods meaning you could only launch one at a time instead of all simultaneously the way you could with an M7M.