I have a new pilot and i was wondering if anybody knows how many kills you need to gain the next combat rating. I think I have and Excellent rating with this pilot.

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I know I've seen some list with the number of kills you must have to achiece a certain combat rating, but I forgot where I saw it. Also, I think the size and power of the ships you destroy can have a big impact on how fast you achieve certain ratings.

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To get the highest combat rating go into renagade space and start blowing up ships, its a good way to get your combat rating up.

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I believe combat ratings are on a point system. Kills give you points based on the ship you kill, and disabling, or even scoring hits, can get you points as well. A cheap way is to move in on a ship that was attacked by other ships and fire on it as it is breaking up.

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Being sure to score the last hit against the dreadnaught normally bumps you up to Ultimate.

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I think you'll find it on Evula's superb website.

Don't know the URL. Something like (url="http://"http://www.evula.com")www.evula.com(/url) , probably......

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According to the (url="http://"http://www.evula.com/evo_bible/")EVO Bible(/url), your combat rating is based on the crew complements of all the ships you have destroyed:

• 0 Harmless

• 1 Mostly Harmless

• 100 Fair

• 200 Average

• 400 Above Average

• 800 Competent

• 1,600 Noteworthy

• 3,200 Excellent

• 6,400 Dangerous

• 12,800 Deadly

• 25,600 Ultimate

Since its based solely on the number of people you kill, and not on the tactical skill required to defeat the ship, blowing up a Voinian Supply Ship (51 crew members) has about the same effect on your rating as blowing up an Igazra (52)--or 51 Azdaras! The Dreadnought has a crew of 2080. In general, Voinian ships have more crew members than comparable human ships, which have more crew members than comparable Crescent ships. (For example, the light capital ships: Voinian Frigate 364, UE Destroyer 97, Lazira 24)

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Originally posted by FreakOfNature:
**According to the EVO Bible, your combat rating is based on the crew complements of all the ships you have destroyed:

• 0 Harmless

• 1 Mostly Harmless

• 100 Fair

• 200 Average

• 400 Above Average

• 800 Competent

• 1,600 Noteworthy

• 3,200 Excellent

• 6,400 Dangerous

• 12,800 Deadly

• 25,600 Ultimate

Since its based solely on the number of people you kill, and not on the tactical skill required to defeat the ship, blowing up a Voinian Supply Ship (51 crew members) has about the same effect on your rating as blowing up an Igazra (52)--or 51 Azdaras! The Dreadnought has a crew of 2080. In general, Voinian ships have more crew members than comparable human ships, which have more crew members than comparable Crescent ships. (For example, the light capital ships: Voinian Frigate 364, UE Destroyer 97, Lazira 24)

**

That pretty much all sums it up...

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Combat Rating: Deadly

And you can find the EVO bible at (url="http://"http://www.evula.com")www.evula.com(/url)

See? I wasn't wrong, exactly?

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Originally posted by FreakOfNature:
**According to the EVO Bible, your combat rating is based on the crew complements of all the ships you have destroyed:

• 0 Harmless

• 1 Mostly Harmless

• 100 Fair

• 200 Average

• 400 Above Average

• 800 Competent

• 1,600 Noteworthy

• 3,200 Excellent

• 6,400 Dangerous

• 12,800 Deadly

• 25,600 Ultimate

**

Heh. No wander my combat rating shoots up so much when I destroy a Confederation or Voinian cruiser.

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I know another way of getting a high combat rating...
Start killing juicy freighters that look big... BAM! Ultimate in no time!
(I did this in a shuttle once)

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Originally posted by Black Beard:
**I know another way of getting a high combat rating...
Start killing juicy freighters that look big... BAM! Ultimate in no time!
(I did this in a shuttle once)

**

Remember, though, only get trader gövt people, not UE (url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/shipyard1.html#freighter")freighters(/url) and such, because I don't think the UE will be very happy with you if you take out their own trading ships

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Originally posted by shayborg:
**Remember, though, only get trader gövt people, not UE freighters and such, because I don't think the UE will be very happy with you if you take out their own trading ships;)

**

Black beard a friend of the UE? Never! I doubt he's particularly concerned about not engaging in criminal activities.

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it depends on the ship you have, 'cos i got to deadly in a shuttle in 2 hrs. And before in about 3 days with a clipper(ev) i got to competent.

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I think Ultimate Rebel is right.

I blew up 4 Voinian Cruisers in my shuttle and I was Ultimate (okay, okay, I
got the last shot in when UE forces attacked it :))

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Ya, I'm sure it depends on the ship your piloting cause what I usually do is take a shuttle with 3 blaze cannons and go to one of the uninhabited systems near voinian space. Then I just blow up a couple of frigates and supply ships and that usually gets me to ultimate.
Dosn't take to long either.

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I'm sure that it's nothing to do with the kind of ship. I went from noteworthy to ultimate in my Freight-Courier, which has quite alot of crew, by blowing up Voinians.

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Exactly, Jess. The ship was "non-combat" so perhaps it had a kills bonus.

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Originally posted by SilverDragon:
**Exactly, Jess. The ship was "non-combat" so perhaps it had a kills bonus.
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No, there is no bonus depending on the type of ship you have. You get an equal combat ratings boost for killing a ship, whether you do it in a (url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/evosite/shipyard1.html#shuttle")shuttle(/url) or an (url="http://"http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~dsghosh/evosite/shipyard3.html#cresw")Crescent Warship(/url). The combat rating boost you get is based entirely on the crew of the ship you kill.

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