Elite: Game talk

Meowers
31 Aug 2022, 1:22pm
...you can kill a cyclops on everything
Alex Hoffmann
31 Aug 2022, 1:24pm
hehe, true. with the cutter you can manage the basilisk if fly curves and boost when he´s it´s hunting you.. but pretty much work..
Meowers
31 Aug 2022, 1:32pm
As for me, medium ships are the most entertaining in AX. With Guardian weapons count limited to 4 and their tiers to 1 and 2 only, they can pack the maximum possible firepower while still being manoeuvrable. But, it's a personal preference, of course.
Episparh
31 Aug 2022, 1:40pm
AspX in general is faster and more nimble than FDL. ...but how would Meow know
Alex Hoffmann
31 Aug 2022, 1:46pm
MeowersAs for me, medium ships are the most entertaining in AX. With Guardian weapons count limited to 4 and their tiers to 1 and 2 only, they can pack the maximum possible firepower while still being manoeuvrable. But, it's a personal preference, of course.


yep, the medium ships i like more too, this is next on my to do list.. to assemble a few good builds..

edit: the basilisk is a good oppenend, the hydra i can get even low damage alone.. even with powerfull guardian (modified) weapons at all 4 hardpoints.. looks like it eating my bullits

Last edit: 31 Aug 2022, 1:52pm
Sakashiro
31 Aug 2022, 3:15pm
AguilarI went for a look see and got hyperdicted by 3 goid interceptors. They shadowed me for a bit then ripped my AspX to pieces when I tried to run.

Wasn't hyperdicted last night, but I'm counting on my DBX being cold enough to be ignored.

Iyssadae ConcordatIt was reported to be only observable with Odyssey (4.0). Horizon commanders couldn't see it.
Might be part of those new 4.0 possibilities they talked about in their last blogs.

I'm in Odyssey.

I'll go there again tonight and maybe try to get as close to the source of the FSS sound as possible.
Meowers
31 Aug 2022, 3:21pm
Alex Hoffmannedit: the basilisk is a good oppenend, the hydra i can get even low damage alone.. even with powerfull guardian (modified) weapons at all 4 hardpoints.. looks like it eating my bullits
Yeah, the Hydra is spongy and regenerating as heck, you have to maintain proper distance and fire rate for quite a while to exert its heart. But, that's an old truth, if you can get the first two hearts, then you can win the fight. Anyway, after some attempts you will get the needed vibes.
Alex Hoffmann
31 Aug 2022, 4:07pm
some recommended weapon combinations ? so far 2 guard. gaus class 2 and 2 modified guard. shared canons class 2 seems a good choice. thermal vent laser for cooling.. and flaks..
tested a pair of the guard. shared canons class 3 (more powerfull) and modified guard. gaus class 2 but the damm hydra eating all.. yum yum any needfull human weapons ?

edit: 4x gaus is good too but against hydra less efective.. next i try 4x modified guard. shared canons.. you can fire nearly continously in pairs.. but need to be cooled.

Last edit: 31 Aug 2022, 4:14pm
Meowers
31 Aug 2022, 4:37pm
2 small, 2 medium Gauss combination is 'meta', keeps you under 20% heat after firing one small and one medium, with one heatsink active. So you shoot them in pairs, staying under 20% and therefore almost invisible for the Thargoid. Keep your distance between 1 and 1.5 km to avoid lightning attack when too close and damage fall-off when too far. It's 'platinum classic' approach.

Modshards are funny, you can pack 4 medium types of them and that will be the maximum firepower possible with them, and, firing 2 mediums at once won't peak your heat above 20%. So, you can empty one pair and fire another one when the first pair is reloading. Spread is a kind of a downside though, damage fall-off will annoy you more than it will do with Gauss.

Mixing weapons... Ugh. I don't know why you might want it.
Mac4
31 Aug 2022, 4:43pm
Yuna SakashiroSomeone on the forums correctly pointed out that if we see this thing from 250Ly away, it was there 250 years ago. ... And even then, the Thargoid "sound" reaching the bubble from Barnard's Loop would be some 1,500 years old.


Yeah, I guess it's stuff like this where all that hard SF really falls apart. Amazing though all our hyperspeed travel may be, consider how much more amazing is our future speed of comms traffic, which must be a factor X above that! (Else, how would we be reading anything around or ahead of us, be told about events elsewhere, indeed communicate with others, etc. Then consider how despite all this, to e.g. keep track of the stock markets we have to rely on 20-21st century 3rd-party technology, because something like the internet of course we don't have on board, no sir ma'am.)

I was wondering yesterday btw how do we decelerate at hyperspeed. There's no visible counter-measures. Simply decelerate then? Umm I don't think so.

Anyway never mind, I guess it comes with the genre.
Mac4
31 Aug 2022, 4:54pm
KayominSo there's some massive goid like dot in the sky getting closer to the bubble majoras mask style, pleas no.


Great pic here, btw: https://inara.cz/elite/gallery/#lg=1&slide=15 . At least i'm assuming that's looking at the same thing.
Haytham
31 Aug 2022, 5:13pm
Use EDDB.io to find modules.
And trade is also easier to use at that site.

Everything else use this site.
Artie
31 Aug 2022, 5:51pm
HaythamUse EDDB.io to find modules.
And trade is also easier to use at that site.

Everything else use this site.

Would you like to elaborate what exactly is easier? For both modules and trades, it can be a good feedback...
Alex Hoffmann
31 Aug 2022, 6:00pm
Meowers2 small, 2 medium Gauss combination is 'meta', keeps you under 20% heat after firing one small and one medium, with one heatsink active. So you shoot them in pairs, staying under 20% and therefore almost invisible for the Thargoid. Keep your distance between 1 and 1.5 km to avoid lightning attack when too close and damage fall-off when too far. It's 'platinum classic' approach.

Modshards are funny, you can pack 4 medium types of them and that will be the maximum firepower possible with them, and, firing 2 mediums at once won't peak your heat above 20%. So, you can empty one pair and fire another one when the first pair is reloading. Spread is a kind of a downside though, damage fall-off will annoy you more than it will do with Gauss.

Mixing weapons... Ugh. I don't know why you might want it.


couse for optimal usage.. some are good for theire shields some for theire hearts.. just testing combinations.. btw. the modified g shared canons have a nice firing speed 6299 m/s
have to use the heatsink more often. if an interceptor is in angry mode can u use instant cooling for ´clocking´ and thrust away or is it chasing you in that mode (after destroying one heart)
Meowers
31 Aug 2022, 6:12pm
Of course, heatsink + boost away is an essential manoeuvre, you can avoid its special attacks like EMP wave and you can reach the safe distance (3km+) before the 'sleep' timer runs out and it starts to chase you again.

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