i heard from others that u must maneuvre a lot and drop some countermeasures... but i never tried that, the most time i fight my way out

Me too, and that usualy works, but this is more fun and fast... asuming it actualy works :/

Who are you and why are you reading my quote?

Disruptors move like a bullet, NOT a missile, fire Countermeasure AS SOON as you hear the warning!

Bob's method is your only option if the attackers are in your forward 180 arc, no CMs will work.
For attackers in the rear 180 arc, set your (Advanced!) CM dropper on autofire (select it).

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I've never had a countermeasure actually stop a cruise disruptor. I've just assumed that they don't work for that type of projectile.

Yeah, I know Juni's not real, but she's got a nice butt anyway.

They can stop them, but I believe they(CD missiles) have a large splash radius, so if you mis-time the countermeasure you get slammed by it anyway(since countermeasures don't last all that long before evaporating, and you can't intercept it too close). It takes quite a bit of luck to get the timing right.

If you're a real pro in a fast-turning ship, you can engine kill, turn around, and blast the disrupter right out of space, but that requires fast reflexes to pull off.

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Edited by - NukeIt on 09-09-2003 22:39:35

Wasp = 700m/s
Hornet = 800m/s

Holy SH1T!

Dump CM's early & often, and the Adv. ones work best.

basically they are a mini cruise engine with a emp type warhead !

But if your speed is say 350 with NO engine running would it stop you? I really don't know...

Who are you and why are you reading my quote?

I believe I read somewhere on these forums that if the cruise disruptor hits you while you've got engine kill on, it will actually turn your engines on and set speed to 80. I've never confirmed, though.

I heard that too. But when you are in enginekill-mode NPC's never fire CD's at you.

Activate your countermeasure launcher on the weapons menu just like any guns, now your launcher is on auto and the computer will drop as soon as a launch is detected. Manouevre a little when you hear the launch warning is all you got to do. Very few people uses this auto feature somehow, but it is effective 90+% of the time because the computer is so quick in reacting.

By the way, bind a key to togger the launcher. I use caplock personally.

hehe, I allway hit capslock when I want to use my thrusters...

The "c" key is the default right? At the moment i'm quite poor and don't use many cms

"If the limit of a function exists, than it is unique(and therefore, doesn't exist)" - My Calculus textbook

I mean binding a key to ACTIVATE or DEACTIVATE the countermeasure launcher, not FIRING it. If you want to use the auto feature of it you don't want it switched on when you fire your guns or you will waste your countermeasures.

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