Elite: Game talk

Co'hen MacBain
31 Dec 2022, 10:52pm
TomciopalecEnhanced AX Multi-cannon (Gimballed) only class M, no L, I was trucking for CG to get my L size multis, FDEV come on.

L class are available, just not everywhere. There was a delay in seeing them available at Jameson, I think - I got mine from one of the rescue ships.

https://inara.cz/elite/nearest-outfitting/?formbrief=1&pa3%5B%5D=132332&ps1=Sol&pi18=0&pi19=0&pi17=0
Tomciopalec
01 Jan 2023, 11:28am
Co'hen MacBain
TomciopalecEnhanced AX Multi-cannon (Gimballed) only class M, no L, I was trucking for CG to get my L size multis, FDEV come on.


L class are available, just not everywhere. There was a delay in seeing them available at Jameson, I think - I got mine from one of the rescue ships.

https://inara.cz/elite/nearest-outfitting/?formbrief=1&pa3%5B%5D=132332&ps1=Sol&pi18=0&pi19=0&pi17=0


I am on one of the brand new rescue ships in the empire system.
Maybe T9 delivering them got held back at the customs. I will check again and see if they are in.
Happy NY 3309
Talon Avex
01 Jan 2023, 12:24pm
So, for all of the Colonia-familiar Commanders out there:

What is your favorite station to call 'home' when you are this far outside of the Bubble?

I like Jacques for its location and facilities, but I REALLY dislike the traffic. Open or solo, it always seems like the toaster rack is clogged with people who just can't or won't move their passenger liners. Also, in open play, I've ran into a few issues of people trying to ram me at full speed with Sidewinders. That doesn't work well for them when I'm flying an Anaconda (or my Python or Krait...and when they bounce off me and hit the base wall at full speed).

Anyone got a recommendation for a port that is a tad less...active?

Thanks!
Alex Hoffmann
01 Jan 2023, 1:26pm
System Diggidiggi - Bascom´s Pride or Stein Works (for big and small ships)
Talon Avex
01 Jan 2023, 7:52pm
Alex HoffmannSystem Diggidiggi - Bascom´s Pride or Stein Works (for big and small ships)


Will go there and check that system out. Thank you!!!
Oddaline
02 Jan 2023, 6:06pm
Hi there,
One quick question : I am flying through the bridge of Colonia. I am trying to map my travel To Bleae Thua KY-L c7-12 (it is the fourth or fifth station) but when I type "BLE" in the search box of the Galaxy msp : nothing is found.

But if I scroll on the Map and look manually I can find some stars starting with "BLE".

Why this system is not displayed on the search box? Should I discover it manually first?

Thanks for any tips.

o7
Sir-Duke
02 Jan 2023, 6:12pm
Oddaline~~
Why this system is not displayed on the search box? Should I discover it manually first?
~~

Because the Galaxy Map is poorly programmed and doesn't work like "Google".
It sometimes almost doesn't even work at all...

But it should be possible, to just "copy / paste" with ctrl+c & ctrl+v to insert the "Bleae Thua KY-L c7-12" into the Galaxy map, to find it.
Oddaline
03 Jan 2023, 11:50am
Sir-Duke
Oddaline~~
Why this system is not displayed on the search box? Should I discover it manually first?
~~


Because the Galaxy Map is poorly programmed and doesn't work like "Google".
It sometimes almost doesn't even work at all...

But it should be possible, to just "copy / paste" with ctrl+c & ctrl+v to insert the "Bleae Thua KY-L c7-12" into the Galaxy map, to find it.


Thanks for the answer. You are perfectly right. Typing the full Word worked.
Episparh
03 Jan 2023, 12:51pm
Something to keep in mind when do searches in galmap or in matter of fact with third party tools to some extends. They have limits on range and quantity. So if you type a small search query as "ble" near galaxy core where system density is great the search will probably fail to display results due to this limitations.
Cephy Cyclops Devine
03 Jan 2023, 2:16pm
IMO, scouts are great,good target practice, and scout missions pay lvl4 and lvl5 materials, also turning missions in work extra towards war progress compared to just ceptor killing and regardless of wether you like them or not they have to be killed to finish a session so having a scout mission or two apart from your usual solo hydra mission and basi missions is actually productive. also you cant call yourself good with gauss cannons if you dont pratice hitting the tiny and elusive thargoid scout.
Cephy Cyclops Devine
03 Jan 2023, 2:38pm
EpisparhChieftain is undisputed king of AX combat.


I would like to disagree from that...my krait mk2, does more damage than a chieftain (4xsize2 gauss cannons compared to Chieftains maximum of 2size 2's and 2 size 1's).WITH OTHER WEAPONS SYTEMS its even better to do krait as you have 3 size hardpoints to choose from. It goes 545m/s enough to outrun a basilik's 530m/s top speed, stays cold (below 20%) with a sigle size 3 beam laser even while silent running, hardpoint grouping is way better than chieftain's by a lot. So i believe the mk2 krait is superior in every department except maneuverability than the CHieftain. which the krait its not so far behind on btw, you can still do a flight assist ON orbit with it, so even the maneuverability is comparable althou slightly less than Chieftain.
Episparh
03 Jan 2023, 5:36pm
The advantage of the Chieftain is not in DPS - more hardpoints means you can get flak and thermal vent weapons + 4 AX weapons.

But as I said the main advantage of the Chieftain is her thruster performance which allow effortless cold orbit in FA off - something a krait need to compensate with boosts here and there.

P.S. It is not me saying Chieftain is King - every AX pilot knows it. Krait is more of a starter AX ship to fight Clops and Basi alone.
Psylent_
04 Jan 2023, 10:20pm
Wondering what's wrong with my build (Federal corvette : shorturl.at/auHMP edsy link shortened).
I can survive fine / not get destroyed in high intensity CZ's / Res sites are no problem, but it takes forever to destroy the other ships.

It's not so noticeable when fighting large ships condas / vettes and the other big ships, but when it takes 10 minutes of near sustained fire from all weapons to destroy an EAGLE! .. I'm thinking something is wrong.

Any advice is appreciated. I don't have G5 access to all engineers - Which makes me think I can't really participate in the Thargoid war (If It takes me 10 mins to kill an Eagle, what chance would I have against a thargoid of any kind).
Sir-Duke
05 Jan 2023, 9:13am
Psylent_Wondering what's wrong with my build

First of all; the link is not working.
But I guess it's your "Starhammer", right.

besides a few small flaws, that I'm not gonna discuss here, you probably lack a bit of fast and dirty kinetic damage on small ships.
The two big ass Multicannons will easily hit a Chonkyconda, but aren't gonna hit all the time on a fast Eagle.

Ditch the two totally useless pulse lasers for class 1 Multis and give them a very few engineering.
(You can even keep it turreted if you want, though I disapprove turrets)
Try that, I'll bet, it'll make a difference already!

By the way, Thargoids do need totally different weapons and a complete change of combat style...

And here's what I made of your ship.
I didn't "overengineer" it, cause you might not have the mats or full access to all engineers.
But a few small changes can do wonders:
Starhammer V2.0
Psylent_
05 Jan 2023, 12:12pm
Sir-Duke
Psylent_Wondering what's wrong with my build


First of all; the link is not working.
But I guess it's your "Starhammer", right.

besides a few small flaws, that I'm not gonna discuss here, you probably lack a bit of fast and dirty kinetic damage on small ships.
The two big ass Multicannons will easily hit a Chonkyconda, but aren't gonna hit all the time on a fast Eagle.

Ditch the two totally useless pulse lasers for class 1 Multis and give them a very few engineering.
(You can even keep it turreted if you want, though I disapprove turrets)
Try that, I'll bet, it'll make a difference already!

By the way, Thargoids do need totally different weapons and a complete change of combat style...

And here's what I made of your ship.
I didn't "overengineer" it, cause you might not have the mats or full access to all engineers.
But a few small changes can do wonders:
Starhammer V2.0


Thanks, I didn't even consider the huge multis would not be as effective with smaller ships.
I'll give that a go, appreciate the advice, it was starting to drive me batty.

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