How do I end an Alien Fregate?

ES_10529

In Sektor 5 I often encounter an alien fregate, which seems to interrupt the jump sequence. So far I cannot kill it, I attacked the shield projectors (shiny globes on top and sides) as well as the turret. What do I miss? there are 20 percent left... Help pls...

ES_10529

I think you confuse the frigate with the gunship... the frigate didn't have shield drones... I'll post a picture of it when im encountering it next time

MICKMUFFIN

2 Arc 9000's should do the trick, maybe with a weapon damage modifier active too. Maybe throw out some drones and cloak too.

Commander Conspiracy

2 Arc 9000's and a lot of heavy missiles, and some maxed out mark 2 armaments. I made it to sector 7 that way. Also a Beam Laser II may come in handy for the gunships...

Giraffasaur

It seems certain individuals are giving tips against Alien Gunships (much smaller, no hardpoints, moves around with shield recharge drones) versus the enormous Alien Frigate (much larger, tons of hardpoints, does NOT move around with small Alien Fighters zooming around it).

Bringing down the Alien Frigate
The hardpoints on the exterior of the ship that look like little glowing white spheres are PRIORITY; you have to destroy all of them to bring the Frigate down. There are usually about 10 of these; 2 on the bottom, 2 on the top, 2 on the left side, 2 on the right side, 2 on the back between the engines. This is not always the case, though. I've also come across 3 on the top and only 1 on the bottom.

It's important to note that the other hardpoints (lasers and the like) CANNOT BE DESTROYED independently. Their health pool is that of the ship's hull; you MUST destroy all the white sphere hardpoints. Also, Missiles will NOT lock on to these hardpoints; they MUST be focused down using the Primary Weapons [or an Arc 9000].

Make sure you are constantly dodging the huge lightning beam laser ball blaster of death, as well.

If you're more of a visual learner, check this out:

ES_9561

Take out the drone generator first. If you don't do that, then you will never get rid of the shield drones. Then take out the drones, then take out the turrets.

Make sure you have the cloak option (mk 3 is what I had) and have damage mods. If you have any drones of any kind, launch them.

Use shield damaging weapons first, then switch to hull damage. Save your missiles for the support craft (like the drones)

daytona

Oooo~ Thanks a lot for that Giraffasaur. Next time I see one blocking my jumps, I might have a chance. Instead of be curling up in a ball and sobbing at the loss of the last hour of gameplay.
Hopefully it won't be on a map with random, and very painful, solar flares melting my face. Both blue beams of doom and inescapable red waves of heat.. harsh

extails

For Alien Frigate, you have to destroy specific part of the ship.
For Alien Warship, you pretty much doomed.
For Alien Gunship, simply attack from far and use clock if you're low on health.

Wip3out

Or you know... Be stealthy. I activate my cloak then switch to my teleporter and get near. Do the hack and Dr Zoidberg away!

Giraffasaur

Wip3out said:

Or you know... Be stealthy. I activate my cloak then switch to my teleporter and get near. Do the hack and Dr Zoidberg away!

You can't hack Okkar Frigates. You must be thinking of Okkar Corvettes.

Flightwaves

You can also cloak and hack the signal if you can find the antenna

Giraffasaur

@Flightwaves , the comment directly before your post:

Giraffasaur said:

You can't hack Okkar Frigates. You must be thinking of Okkar Corvettes.

Foraven

The okkar corvettes are fairly easy to kill once you know how. Their shields recharge fast, but some weapons like the fusion blaster can out do it (even more if you use devices that buff damage output). Combine this with a few plasma torpedoes or heavy missiles and the corvette dies really fast. Also, if you use a drone "highjacker" consumable you make the shields drone heal you instead while you destroy the covette shields and hull.

Ralthor

Giraffasaur said:

Make sure you are constantly dodging the huge lightning beam laser ball blaster of death, as well.

Made me giggle just a little bit.

Foraven

I used to dread Frigates, but i got 2 on my first successful run in 0.4. Frigates are somewhat easy to deal with if you carry some Arc-9000. Arcs will do massive damage to it and also cripple it's guns so it's almost helpless. You still have to deal with fighters and drones showing up but it's a lot easier then. The generators are not that sturdy, gatlings or fusion blasters quickly destroy them, the biggest hassle is locating them while dodging all the enemy fire. It's also quite helpful to have a tractor beam so you don't need to get inside to loot everything.