I beg to differ on the “ship needed”. Actually, you can use any ship you are comfortable with (for hunting M4’s).Sovereign01 wrote: ↑Thu, 13. Jan 22, 02:21That's what it boils down to. The best ships for the job are the vanilla Scorpion or non-vanilla Mako due to their speed and weaponry, you need to be really close because it's a very short window and the override software has a very short range.BrigandPhantos77 wrote: ↑Thu, 13. Jan 22, 01:30So with those you have to trigger bail, claim the ship, and eject the beacon before the ship self destructs?Sovereign01 wrote: ↑Wed, 12. Jan 22, 22:20
You're better off obtaining the normal jump beacons via the Hephaistos complex builder
Personally, I started JB-hunting in a mildly tuned Maru (approx. 240 speed) and later in a different game with a standard Hyperion. You don’t have to catch your prey! You know where the Sabre comes from (nearest Gate/TOA/JB) and where he will fly to (build spot) so position yourself somewhere in-between. If you are in a slow(er) ship, he will circle around you (once aggro’ed). That might help later on.
[I hate switching ships in space. Because, lazy old hag with a holey memory I am, I tend to forget about that ship left. And much too often that ship gets into unwanted trouble or gets killed.]
The same goes for the weapons used. However, most player (including me) likes to use PACs and/or PBEs. Other weapons (IonDs, IREs, PBGs, CIGs…) I use mostly, when I get frustrated… (and sometimes still get the bail). On Steam a player even suggested the use of Mass Drivers.
To actually get the Jumb Beacon (after the bail happens) you can use the Cargo Bay Freight Hacker (CBH) or claim the ship (best done via System Overwrite Software, SOS) and ejecting the JB. The CBH I used back in 1.2 about 50-times without trouble – until in 1.3 I came across multiple Sabre’s with surviving Cargo Bay Shielding. So annoying!
Since then I use the SOS on a “Flyby-Takeover”: As soon as the Sabre turns blue, point your ship in his direction, max speed (but don’t collide!). Meanwhile select the “Claim”-option from the sidebar and use this as soon as possible.