Mustang Starter Ship ✪ PVP DOGFIGHT COMPILATION ✪ Star Citizen 3.7 [100 Subscriber Special]

[@Lykosar]

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what controls I use, what my curve setting are, etc. I updated the description with answers to frequently asked questions. Have a Happy New Year everyone!

[@tobytoxd]

That's great! Thank you very much! I learned a ton new things by watching your videos :)

[@rulosingmymind7635]

Seeing you smoke that warden was satisfying as hell.

[@ComadrejaClub]

Got my subs. Underrated ship. Love how you show us all your movements. Very instructive. Keep going!!

[@Lykosar]

Thank you for the words of encouragement Daniel!

[@cblue3]

Best combat related Star Citizen content I've seen. Keep it up. Subbed.

[@Lykosar]

Wow that's a huge compliment, thank you so much Charles!

[@Cetrakh]

I keep coming back to this video , I hope you're allright out there

[@jaide1312]

I did always feel that the mustang alpha had great combat potential. Same firepower as an arrow when gimballed, similar small size and 2 shield generators have good potential. Great vid!

[@Lykosar]

Thank you T431! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@LegacyFleet]

Love it! Great commentary.

[@Lykosar]

Thank you so much Whitesnake!

[@Jakthesnackable]

Awesome videos man! Learning a lot by watching and listening to the good commentary. Thank you and keep up the good content!

[@Lykosar]

Thank you so much for the encouragement!

[@MoosePissUK]

Amazing, especially considering the missile meta in the 3.7.2 you managed to evade beautifully!Subbed!

[@Lykosar]

Thanks so much Moose!

[@poolesidegaming2244]

Great to see this video, I really like my Mustang Alpha. Looking forward to seeing what other combat vids you put out.

[@Lykosar]

Thank you pooleside, I'm glad you enjoyed! The Mustang is definitely an underrated ship.

[@Leispada]

Again, this is so great :D love seeing you mess with my perception of the ship hierarchy

[@Lykosar]

Thank you Diego! The Mustang is definitely underrated!

[@tomn.9879]

As a new player, I’d like to see how you set up your stick and learn how you actually make each maneuver.

[@Lykosar]

Great idea, I'll make a video showing my control set up!

[@MeshPotato_]

Man... very entertaining good game good fight :)

[@Lykosar]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Saeko!

[@N0xtron]

Even if i hear sometimes that im a good fighter, those evasive maneuvers you make are awsome. Need to lear those!

[@Lykosar]

Thank you for the kind words Nox! Best of luck in your journey towards becoming an Ace.

[@FusionThunderStarCitizen]

Amazing stuff! Got some great tips! Definitely going to try them out! Thank you!!

[@Lykosar]

Thanks Thunder!

[@1stspear110]

The stang, nice

[@Lykosar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Eddie-up4cr]

This was great to watch

[@Lykosar]

Thank you Eddie, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@grast5150]

Referred by LIS....Great video...Would like to see your control setup as well. Later.

[@Lykosar]

Thanks Christopher! I will definitely be making a future video going over my controls.

[@marko2439]

Great stuff!

[@Lykosar]

Thank you so much Markan!

[@priestmorrison6564]

Hey Maverick, good routine make sure Goose watches his head, Eh!?

[@Lykosar]

I am not worthy! But thank you 😄

[@TheCoreGameplay]

Great video, this makes me excited because I can see how much I need to improve. I'm trying to follow your inputs and how you do the maneuvers but my brain is too slow😂. Strafing and Rolling: Strafe Right and Roll Right. (↪) Sign Wave: Strafe Right and Roll Right then switch to Strafing Left and Rolling Left. (↪↩) Let me know if I'm understanding this correctly.

[@Leispada]

I think the sign wave might be: strafe in direction x, roll right, continue strafe x while rolling, roll back left, continue doing x and repeat Also curious whether im understanding this correctly

[@Lykosar]

Yep you guys got it! The strafe roll sine wave starts with a horizontal strafe. You'll strafe away from the target if you want to increase distance/projectile travel time, towards if you want to do the opposite. While doing this, you do 1/4 - 1/3 rolls. Your flight path ends up tracing out a sine wave. If you're in a ship with limited AFB before overheat, ideally you would boost at the ends of each roll (when you stop rolling to change the roll direction). The strafe roll spiral (I use it when closing in on a target from a large distance) involves strafing right and rolling counterclockwise. You have to make sure you don't strafe too hard or you'll drift and you don't want to roll too much or you'll stop tracing out a spiral and turn it into more of an aileron roll.

[@TheCoreGameplay]

@@Lykosar Ah thank you, now I understand it a lot better. Keep up the great videos o7

[@RedHornSSS]

Love your video dude! Is it possible if you can setup like a "flight cam", or some way to record your input in real time? Therefore we can easily see your controls under certain situations.

[@Lykosar]

Do you mean something other than my input overlays?

[@rahlap2449]

Wow with your controlls being visable the overall quality of the videos skyrocketed once more. Good job! Do you think you could make a video about your controlls? What is on what axis and so on?

[@Lykosar]

Thanks Rah, I will make such a video!

[@briaireous]

Great flying, could you do a video explaining your setup? Or Would you mind describing it here, in terms of your HOSAS setup anyway?

[@Lykosar]

Thanks for the compliments! My next video will be featuring my controls.

[@THE.RATGOD]

Great job

[@Lykosar]

Thank you Penitor!

[@SquadUkraine]

Wow!

[@tomato6460]

You need to upgrade that Mustang to a Javelin asap.

[@Isacson81]

as revolver Ocelot would´ve put it. "you´re pretty good!"

[@Lykosar]

A master of the spoken word. Thanks for the compliment!

[@martiks7948]

What sticks are you using? And what controls do u have in the pedals? And what control do you use for roll? Could you tell me what movments u have in every stick and pedal, I would like to practise with the sema setup as you. Top video! U make me want to improve my dogfighting!

[@Lykosar]

Hey Martiks, I'm using a CH combatstick on the right and a Thrustmaster T16000M on the left. I use T3PA racing pedals. My right stick has yaw and pitch on x and y respectively. My left stick has roll on the twist, horizontal strafe on the x axis, and vertical strafe on the y axis. My pedals have forward thrust, reverse thrust, and space brake on them. I'm glad I've inspired you to spend more time in PVP! Looking forward to seeing you in the 'verse.

[@p-stylez571]

I'm glad to see the the Mustang Alpha still packs a punch. I was doing the exact same thing with this ship 3 years ago in arena commander. Maybe its time to revisit this ship ;) I'm curious if there is any difference with the Delta.

[@Lykosar]

It can definitely get the job done most of the time! I think the delta has better weapon hardpoints - more of a dedicated fighter.

[@CptProv]

When ships had acceleration to get positional advantage, while now is mostrly strafing & tanking & DPS....damn, I miss 3.9, I liked it more than what 3.10 is right now

[@SwedishLatino]

Great content and definitely earned my sub. please and maybe calm down with that music

[@Lykosar]

Thank you so much!

[@maxolina]

Nice vid! love the mustang! Were you flying with landing gear down and wings up on purpose at 2:50 ?

[@Lykosar]

Yes! You can use the wings as physical shields to protect the main engines and part of the cockpit.

[@maxolina]

@@Lykosar since it's space it shouldn't affect the handling right? Or does it affect the handling due to some thrusters being on the wing tips and now being in a different position?

[@ryanrl9614]

How do you do to have the reticle at the center of your screen like at the begining of the video ?

[@lucesniper343]

In 3.8 I bought a single size 2 mass driver but I don't see the option to put it on the front turret. I'm using a mustang beta. It's honestly really hard to figure this stuff out.

[@Lykosar]

Check out hardpoint.io for a quick reference on what hardpoints your ship has. If you still can't figure it out, hop into my discord and you'll find whatever help you need!

[@singletrack_king7700]

How much freight can haul with the starter ships?

[@irigamerandjunk5845]

do you keep your landing gear down to minamize your cross section? if so vary clever

[@Lykosar]

I use the wings as physical shields to protect the cockpit and engines. If you lose an engine in the Mustang you lose flight control. Skk

[@Lykosar]

Similar, I use the wings as physical shields to protect the engines and cockpit. Lose a wing and nothing happens, lose an engine and the thing loses all flight control.

[@martiks7948]

Would be very funny if u did a video with archimedes or merlin and see fighters get killed xD.

[@Lykosar]

May be a future video!

[@alexandernicolenko8127]

Have you tried flying Hurricane? I wonder how it performs, preferably with a co-gunner. It seems maneuverable enough, but very fragile. But maybe you can turn it into gold as well. :')

[@Lykosar]

I flew it once and was a little disappointed with the weapons accessible to the pilot. With a gunner I imagine it would be much better, and once you can slave the turret to the pilot, it'll be a monster. I'll see if I can get my hands on one to do a video!

[@alexandernicolenko8127]

For a gunner consider switching fire mode. So that cannons fire very rapidly, taking turn - each has time to reload. I don't know how effective it is, but it sounds amazing. Plus it ensures a continuous stream of projectiles on target, which with not the best turret accuracy can be decent.

[@akumaspectre]

For the next a glaive pls

[@Lykosar]

Out of my price range sadly but I'll see if I can grab one in the 'verse to do a video!

[@akumaspectre]

@@Lykosar pity, maybe in the freeflight event. I would like to see. my favorite ship

[@TheDude50447]

Mass drivers are glitched to always have 60% shield pen. Reducing shields with lasers doesnt really matter since Massdrivers ignore them anyway.

[@Lykosar]

They are not glitched to have 60% penetration, this information is not correct. It can range from less than 5% to as high as 50%. Reducing shields with laser or ballistic weapons increases ballistic penetration. A mass driver round on a healthy guardian/veil does only 11 damage which is a small fraction of its >300 alpha. You might get around 50% pen max if the shield face is almost dead.

[@TheDude50447]

@@Lykosar they range from 5 to 60% pen. Thats even on the official websites. That is not only depending on shield strength but also on the type of shield. High grade industrial shields like the rampart are supposed to have high ballistic protection. That system isnt implemented yet so massdrivers do their full 60% all the time. We tested that a lot in 3.7 and your shield dont really matter against those things.

[@Lykosar]

I'm afraid your tests did not arrive at the right conclusions. My research team did comprehensive tests and s1 industrial shields have greater physical damage mitigation than other shields. Shield health is proportional to ballistic damage absorption, therefore, there is a point to reducing shield health and landing consecutive shots to attain greater hull damage. Mass drivers are absolutely not doing 60% shield pen regardless of shield health. Not sure what "official websites" you're referring to but your statements do not reflect the current shield mechanics.

[@TheDude50447]

@@Lykosar Well the forums are full with people telling stories about getting blown up with a full health ship after only a few shots with their shields still in the 90% range. We put a Connie with FR76 shields and revenants against a sabre with FR66 shields and sledge mass drivers in a stand off fight with no ship moving at all and at 500 metres range. The connie lost that one. After that we ran out of sort of compatible ships to test against Size 5 weapons. With the Vanguard only being able to mount 1 size 5 and the 600i having just too many hitpoints. I can confirm myself of having my Rampart/FR76 shielded freelancer MIS blown up with over 90% shields remaining after 6 salvoes from a sabre with massdrivers to the same compartment. And whatever youre telling me here, fact is that they have a announced a significant nerf to those weapons with 3.9. And whatever your stand may be to CIGs desicions, theyre doing that for a reason.

[@ToxicVenom24]

During the dog-fighting I noticed you had landing gear deployed to lower your profile at some point. Is their currently any disadvantages to this?

[@Lykosar]

Yep, you can use the wings as physical shields to protect!

[@AubanaterPlays]

Awesome job hitting 140 subscribers! Keep up the hard work! Also, if you get a chance, I would really love to hear some of your suggestions to help me improve my content, It would honestly mean the world to me as i'm just trying to get better. Thank you!

[@Lykosar]

Thanks Aubanater! Taking a look at your channel, I'll admit I'm not familiar with the games you cover so I can't give you any specific tips; however, your videos look very well produced and you have way more subscribers than me so maybe I should be asking you for advice lol! In terms of content, I would say look for a niche that's unfilled; listen to your fans and give them what they want because they likely represent what most people are looking for; and lastly, capitalize on something that makes you unique. All the best!

[@Ez0X_9S]

RIP MASS

[@Lykosar]

RIP

[@Nana-kq4ld]

What is the sign wave

[@MrRubenAlonzo]

a Sine Wave maneuver is similar to how you look at an ocean wave, up - down - up - down. Google Sine Wave to see an example.

[@Mega24052000]

Why do you always recomend mass drivers when gatling tend to have higher dps.

[@pijakthuum1395]

you dont always havve the opportunity to always hit them correct? So by that logic higher damage per shot would deal more damage

[@Lykosar]

Gatlings have higher DPS on paper but as Pijak said, you would need to be ceaselessly firing and on target to take advantage of that. Furthermore, the low alpha means stealth shields will be able to regenerate while you're firing with gatlings and keep the shield penetration very low whereas each consecutive shot in an MD volley deals a little more damage through shields.

[@Mega24052000]

Yeah. Been looking into the mass drivers and that alpha damage is insane. The highest damaging s3 has the same damage but is laser so has no penetration.

[@hiddengearz]

1st?

[@Lykosar]

You won the game!

[@Dewderonomy]

Gentle reminder, folks, that the Size 2 mass drivers are ultra overtuned (read: overpowered) right now. Please do not go investing in a super agile ship like the Mustang thinking it will hold up long-term like this; this will not be a thing in the short term, and certainly not in the long term.

[@Lykosar]

No one knows what's going to happen to combat balance so it's hard to predict what ships will hold up in the long term. If mass drivers are nerfed, every fighter with size 3 hardpoints loaded with gimbals is going to be effectively nerfed. Energy weapons are essentially useless because of the existence of stealth shields and that certainly isn't the long term intention. Everything is in flux.