BeachwalkerHi fellow commanders, I'm in search of a little advice with regards to the direction I'm heading to.
At the moment, I've been trading with both the Empire and the Federation, roughly 50/50 and my ranks have increased equally.
But. . . I think it's time to make a choice.
Ship wise, the Empire does have some beautiful ships. But the Federation has a more sturdy, rugged type that suits my line of work. (Trading & a bit of exploring).
I've also considered joining a faction, and again, which way?
My head's spinning out of control with all these directions to go.

Any advice?

The one decision I have made is. . .
It's time to say goodbye to my beloved Cobra Mk.IV. She's a great little ship, handles superbly. Can usually look after herself in a tight corner.
But the limited cargo space is becoming a burden.
Also, has anyone else noticed that the pirates and "bushwhackers" seem to be either travelling in groups or have upgraded their ships. I find myself running a lot more than I used to.

MerinidActually as of now you don't have to choose (except for roleplay reasons), you can reach both Duke and Rear Admiral at once and have both Cutter/Clipper and Corvette/FAS. Of course this way you'll have to spend twice the time on it.

And the order of getting them completely depends on your prefference - if you like trading (as i do) then get imperial ships first.
IMHO on Imperial Ships:
Courier - quite useless (viper mk4 and vulture are better) but fun fighter, looks and flies like dogfighter in some flight sim. Love it, have it.
Clipper - medium trader, cheaper than Python and definitely a lot more fun to fly than Python. Also quite combat worthy. Only downside is it's large and can't dock at outposts. Absolutely love that ship.
Cutter - the biggest trader (*type 9 sobs*) , not as unwieldy as advertised on the internets, but has a lot of speed and even more inertia. so not combat worthy (IMHO), but that may change when multicrew and fighters come to Elite. I personnaly have it and like it for trading purposes. Also it is the most expensive ship to outfit ATM.

If you like bounty hunting or fighting in conflict zones - get federal ranks first. I don't have much to say on federal ships as of now, but IMHO Dropship is useless, FAS is a bigger and better Vulture, and Corvette is the best ship for combat situations ATM. Can't say anything about Gunship, but most likely its FAS MkII

BeachwalkerHi fellow commanders, I'm in search of a little advice with regards to the direction I'm heading to.
At the moment, I've been trading with both the Empire and the Federation, roughly 50/50 and my ranks have increased equally.
But. . . I think it's time to make a choice.
Ship wise, the Empire does have some beautiful ships. But the Federation has a more sturdy, rugged type that suits my line of work. (Trading & a bit of exploring).
I've also considered joining a faction, and again, which way?
My head's spinning out of control with all these directions to go.

Any advice?

The one decision I have made is. . .
It's time to say goodbye to my beloved Cobra Mk.IV. She's a great little ship, handles superbly. Can usually look after herself in a tight corner.
But the limited cargo space is becoming a burden.
Also, has anyone else noticed that the pirates and "bushwhackers" seem to be either travelling in groups or have upgraded their ships. I find myself running a lot more than I used to.

Phrae VetriQuick, and likely dumb, question - when is it that new CGs go active?

Merinid

Phrae VetriQuick, and likely dumb, question - when is it that new CGs go active?

Next cycle most likely. So on thursday.

ED_RecluseAnother likely dumb question from me

I've seen a lot of discussion about the DEBUG Camera (CLASSIFIED CAMERA TOGGLE) but no matter what I do I cannot manage to move/zoom the camera sufficiently to actually see a full view of my ship. I use a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS for Flight control and Throttle Control with the POV hat for Lateral/Horizontal thruster control. No matter how I move these around I cannot get the camera to zoom out far enough to see the kind of views I see in the Galleries.

Tried it in normal flight/docked/supercruise and see the same thing.

Thanks in advance...

ED_RecluseAnother likely dumb question from me

I've seen a lot of discussion about the DEBUG Camera (CLASSIFIED CAMERA TOGGLE) but no matter what I do I cannot manage to move/zoom the camera sufficiently to actually see a full view of my ship. I use a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS for Flight control and Throttle Control with the POV hat for Lateral/Horizontal thruster control. No matter how I move these around I cannot get the camera to zoom out far enough to see the kind of views I see in the Galleries.

Tried it in normal flight/docked/supercruise and see the same thing.

Thanks in advance...

Jayridium


In my experience, you have to "fly" the camera around your ship, and "zoom" in and out means fly away from the ship. sobasically yaw pitch and roll controls are your pan and tilt, to "zoom out" - "reverse throttle"

AreZee


do you use forwards throttle only? if you don't have a negative throttle axis you have to look away from your ship and throttle forward and then turn back at it again. If that's not it then I don't know, sorry...