I made a quick video showing a dogfight vs the Crimson Triumph (the 3rd combat scenario) with some basic tips:




Make sure to watch in HD and with comments on.

Thanks so much for the tips guys.

The 3rd mission is the one I am currently stuck on. Some times I cant even seem to get hits on the ship. The last one I ran I did manage to get its hull down to 30% but he still managed to toast me!

Para, I will be watching your vid with great interest, thanks again.

Cheers!

Appreciate it. It's weird as I got through most of scenarios but my turn tactic was constantly "Cut power and boost turn" which sort-of worked but it just broke up the awesome combat flow and made me look like a complete pillock.

Will definitely try these out!

I'm stuck on the dang silent running mission (where you need to dodge the mercenary guard). I can usually get one or two of the scouts before that guy finds me and wastes me (since shields are down in silent mode).

Happened to me, too. Then I said "screw this ninja sh*t!" and went for the Cobra first.

Didnt ED do the exact same thing with various levels of preorder unlocking different starter ships / credit amounts and ship insurance discounts?

Huh, I kinda figured I'd fail the mission or something if I tried to kill him. The single missions revolve around you being a corporate shill/mercenary anyway so I guess I'll take your route instead!

AFAIK no


Edit: looked at kickstarter they did offer various ships for pledges during kickstarter, but nothing like SC is currently operating. They don't offer ships ala cart in the store. and no insurance bonuses from my quick skim.


Here is a list of things to come in beta on the way to full release:

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19639

From their kickstarter
£25 500 credits - default start - default ship
£32 1,000 credits - Imperial Colony - Imperial Eagle Mk II Fighter
£37 1,000 credits, 1,000 cargo - Federal border system - basic Cobra Mk III
£42 100 credits - anarchic Frontier system - stolen upgraded Cobra Mk III
£55 100 credits - Lave system - basic Cobra Mk III
£70 3,000 credits - edge of explored space - long range version of the Cobra Mk III
£85 4,000 credits - any starter ship

Also Alpha backers get a discount on insurance costs.

So yea same setup as SC but I guess not as overblown as the hollywood style of alpha backing that is SC

Is there a 3rd person view? Please tell me it's cockpit locked view. I'm interested.

There´s been lentghy discussions about that and the stance so far it´s that only first person view will be.
There could be a module equippable that take and "instantaneous" 3D screenshot that you can explore as if you have a single frame of a paused simulation.

When you´ll have the time to safely do that it´s up to you...
Probably when docked.

It is cockpit locked AFAIK. You can she your ship in the third person when outfitting at starports in the garage though.