Elite: Game talk

Rawnu
29 Aug 2024, 6:40am
Indy
Rayman.new explorer ship is.. goofy


As far as the ship itself, I'm looking forward to any information about its stats and potential module slots. (I want to see if it can actually beat my longest jump Anaconda.) On the other hand, the cockpit does not look as enjoyable for exploration as an Asp X.


I do like the Star Warsy-look of the Mandalay and how it lands. Just the other day I was writing a little logbook entry about an "ExploRacer" (a custom built fantasy version of a Mamba) and now we have a Zogron Peterson explorer! But you make a good point about the module slots, this will be interesting. I hope it's kind of an upgraded Krait Phantom in this regard. I also wonder why FDev emphasized its atmospheric abilities so much, maybe a hint that more atmospheric planets will become landable in the future?
Rayman.
29 Aug 2024, 6:48am
Indy
Rayman.new explorer ship is.. goofy



I kind of like the look of it, personally. I think the name is odd; perhaps "Naga" or "Naja" would have been a better (shorter) fit with the snake names, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As far as the ship itself, I'm looking forward to any information about its stats and potential module slots. (I want to see if it can actually beat my longest jump Anaconda.) On the other hand, the cockpit does not look as enjoyable for exploration as an Asp X.


As long it reaches 60ly, im fine with that. And with sco stuff its going to reach +70ly easily
Bainsey7
29 Aug 2024, 8:58am
Looks a lot like the ship out of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Connor McCall
29 Aug 2024, 2:21pm
new ship looks like the one from the guardians of the galaxy xd
Sakashiro
29 Aug 2024, 2:31pm
First footfall achievements are permanent and don't get lost on ship destruction. They persist even after clearing the save. You'll only lose the sale of the exploration data.
Meowers
29 Aug 2024, 2:35pm
Hm... For me, it looks more like a Broiler Eagle.
Goff
29 Aug 2024, 2:48pm
FD is pushing hard the ARX fortune wheel. I hope somebody in North America will launch a class-action case against FD for false advertising of PMKII which they sell for real money. ARX is money.

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Indy
29 Aug 2024, 3:51pm
Rayman.As long it reaches 60ly, im fine with that. And with sco stuff its going to reach +70ly easily


Related to jump ranges, I really want the Exp 6A FSD back in the game. It'd be so fun to put it in my long-jumping Anaconda.
If this new ship (still not a fan of the name) has a higher base range and a good module setup, I'll probably tinker with a long-jump build for it too.

I wonder how it will handle jet-cones. The Anaconda is comfortably stable when supercharging.
Artie
29 Aug 2024, 4:51pm
Shg56FD is pushing hard the ARX fortune wheel. I hope somebody in North America will launch a class-action case against FD for false advertising of PMKII which they sell for real money. ARX is money.

There was no false advertising. They said there will be four new ships - two are delivered, third is on the way. They said that an early unlock of the ship will be for Arx, then for in-game credits for the Odyssey owners as any other ship - that happened with Python mkII. They never told that the ship won't be sold in the store, never told that the ship will be free for everybody, etc. and about the rest you can express your (dis)pleasure with your wallet.
Miseri
29 Aug 2024, 5:27pm
I dunno the new ship is really giving me Space Quest vibes tbh
reminds me of old sci fi again but at the same time its new and sleek.
Personally I love it
Nick Nova
29 Aug 2024, 5:29pm
Shg56FD is pushing hard the ARX fortune wheel. I hope somebody in North America will launch a class-action case against FD for false advertising of PMKII which they sell for real money. ARX is money.

What? It's completely voluntary early access for arx
Goff
29 Aug 2024, 5:38pm
ArtieThere was no false advertising. They said there will be four new ships - two are delivered, third is on the way. They said that an early unlock of the ship will be for Arx, then for in-game credits for the Odyssey owners as any other ship - that happened with Python mkII. They never told that the ship won't be sold in the store, never told that the ship will be free for everybody, etc. and about the rest you can express your (dis)pleasure with your wallet.

There is false advertising for PMKII which has been portraited as superior medium combat ship. In reality it is not. They themselves admit that saying that it was nerfed of OUs because otherwise it would make other ships less useful. Since it has been sold for ARX which is proxy of money, it makes PMKII bought for ARX a consumable product like any other you buy in the stores.
Rayman.
29 Aug 2024, 5:57pm
pythonmk2 was suppose answer to fdl. Yeah that aged not very well. The worst distro of pmk2 i ever experienced forcing to use efficient modification builds. Atleast its good for titan bombarding
Artie
29 Aug 2024, 6:00pm
Shg56
There is false advertising for PMKII which has been portraited as superior medium combat ship. In reality it is not. They themselves admit that saying that it was nerfed of OUs because otherwise it would make other ships less useful. Since it has been sold for ARX which is proxy of money, it makes PMKII bought for ARX a consumable product like any other you buy in the stores.

It's not being described and sold like that - in the game store and in the game. It's possible that they said something along these lines in the preview streams (I do not recall they ever said it's a superior medium combat ship, only something like it may be capable, but I may not remember it correctly), but there was always a disclaimer: "work in progress, things may change" either way.
Miseri
29 Aug 2024, 6:21pm
is superior in its use of the SCO drive that it was designed to be used with

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