Elite: Game talk

Goff
21 Sep 2024, 10:14pm
IndyFollowing up on my own message to add that the AXCZ in Open was quite fun, compared to Solo. I managed to contribute to about a dozen kills and even managed to contribute to taking down the Hydra at the end of the battle. I did need some repair/rearm during the battle, but it was a lot less stressful to do that than when in Solo.

It seems that you are on the right path just go on fighting goids. If you are doing it at ports (space or surface) repair limpet and storage for them might not be needed could be replaced for HRPs including docking computer. May the schwartz be with you.
Saaris
21 Sep 2024, 10:20pm
Just got ganked INSIDE Jameson Memorial in Shin Dez. Ganker named blaze10523 (idiot) just sitting there blasting whatever comes through. Absolutely HATE this childish behaviour. That's why I hardly ever play in Open.
Goff
21 Sep 2024, 10:24pm
SakashiroIt's a stupid design. But hey, FDev needed to introduce something to extend the grind, because grind is content for them.

Everything is this game designed to take time. Come on you are defending Shinrarta but you only could get bonds for that at one place - cornwallis rescue ship. That's the joke, and fighting in open around Shin. is so f. poorly scripted that it shifts time and space continuum.
GreenFin
21 Sep 2024, 10:43pm
1984 version of EliteDangerous available in Frontier store for free:

https://www.frontierstore.net/elite1984.html

Ain't tried it yet but I reckon it's worth doing.
Sakashiro
21 Sep 2024, 10:55pm
And again Jameson has no missions for me.

It's all procedural anyway, so how hard can it be to design a mission generator that generates new missions the moment a ship docks? What am I supposed to do now, hog the landing pad until a suitable mission shows up? What was the update interval for mission boards again, 10 minutes? This is such a stupid design.
Sakashiro
21 Sep 2024, 11:53pm
Solved it by changing the ship again. This time it's the Courier's turn. And it's still the best ship for the job. The critical time between exiting supercruise and hitting the pad in Jameson is so short, most gankers fail to even notice me. And there are always missions for a ship with 8T cargo space.
Sakashiro
21 Sep 2024, 11:58pm
Interesting: The Courier's Guardian FSD booster gets fried even while the ship is sitting in the hangar. For some reason the Adder's Guardian shield reinforcements were not affected.
Meowers
22 Sep 2024, 12:19am
Well, why shouldn't I have one of those 'Triple Hydra Solo' screenshots too...

Sakashiro
22 Sep 2024, 12:37am
Gotta say, SCO drives shave off a lot of the idle time between action. A perfectly timed boost between main star and station without overshooting feels very satisfying.
Kasumi Goto
22 Sep 2024, 1:14am
SakashiroInteresting: The Courier's Guardian FSD booster gets fried even while the ship is sitting in the hangar. For some reason the Adder's Guardian shield reinforcements were not affected.

As far as I know neither shield nor hull reinforcements are impacted by AGF because they don't have any active hitpoint pool to degrade. (But you can still apply the immunity mod to no effect anyway)

Only know about the hulls from experience by using them myself for some Titan builds following the discovery, but I guess now I do for both. And yeah, Glaives kind of ignore you sitting inside a station shielded from cosmic and stellar radiation with their anti-Guardian field. Because of course.
Sakashiro
22 Sep 2024, 1:17am
Docking time is absolutely critical. Don't enter Jameson with a ship that moves slowly and takes too much time to dock. They'll be waiting for you inside, and they have missiles that pass through shields. Once you connect with the pad, you're safe, but if you fumble too long ...

It doesn't help that manual control of the pad elevator is disabled. You can't go to the surface and change your mind; once you hit launch, there's no going back.

That being said, walking on razor's edge between mission success and rebuy is the most fun I've had in the game for quite a while. And the Thargoids make it even more spicy ...
Ship disabled by shutdown field the moment it left the pad.

Kasumi Goto
22 Sep 2024, 1:24am
Damaged station evacs around those large orbitals also got quite "fun" once the Scythes began showing up around them because it turns into utter bedlam very quickly. At least with planetaries and outposts there is almost no chance things will escalate unless a player is nearby killing Scythes, because the chance for AX NPCs to spawn seems to have been reduced to near zero (my first experience with the scenario in update 16 had a couple friendly NPCs show up but never saw them around a damaged port again since, except S&R NPCs).

I'm not too sure how well a Courier would fare in that environment either once you try getting out because everything will start shooting at you. Not to mention the slightly unfriendly port interior once it burns, though I doubt Jameson will naturally (aka without further Frontier intervention) reach that state.
Sakashiro
22 Sep 2024, 1:29am
Kasumi GotoAs far as I know neither shield nor hull reinforcements are impacted by AGF because they don't have any active hitpoint pool to degrade. (But you can still apply the immunity mod to no effect anyway)

If I remember correctly, Guardian shield reinforcements did get fried in titan systems. They do have an integrity pool and can be restored to working condition by rebooting the ship. I think I was just lucky that there was no AGF near the station while I was there with the Adder.

So there are immunity mods for Guardian modules now? I'm so out of the loop. Will get those asap.
Kasumi Goto
22 Sep 2024, 1:56am
SakashiroSo there are immunity mods for Guardian modules now? I'm so out of the loop. Will get those asap.

Yes. You require some exotic materials to apply it at Ram Tah’s workshop (or via pinned blueprint), however.

Hardened Surface Fragments (G1) - Only found at active Titans, so you need to pay Raijin or Cocijo a visit (bring a pulse wave xeno scanner, it highlights them on the Titan’s hull)

Tactical Core Chip (G2 or 3, not 100% sure anymore) - can be obtained by killing Revenants and Banshees at either a spire site or military Odyssey settlement (you might have to find one around Cocijo for the latter, and Raijin has all its spires currently shut down)

Caustic Crystal - found at either a Titan debris field or in the caustic cloud of an active one, I’d recommend poking a dead Titan for this… generally a rare spawn so bring some patience while looking for these
Meowers
22 Sep 2024, 3:10am
IndyThe swarms are an interesting mechanic; I couldn't figure out the right timing/targeting to effectively get them with the Remote Flak.
Make sure your aiming is set into the Leading mode (with Trailing, which is more useful with Shards, the aiming marker for Flak just goes off the screen, so I kinda shoot them blindly lol). It's on one of the tabs on the Internal screen (right-hand). The best, and maybe the only reliable way to blow up swarms is going reverse with FA Off, from 3-6.5km away, if the swarm chases you directly. When they get closer, they start shooting, which isn't painful but it interrupts any synthing and breaks attached limpets. So, boost away, make sure they're chasing you, turn off the assist, go reverse and do boom. Of course it's only a 'brief introduction', but as soon as you get the basics, you could build up your experience on that.

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