Elite: Game talk

PenRicher
02 Feb 2023, 7:57pm
Just curious about why would a Powers' pledges never support or vote (or very, very rarely vote) for expansion?

I've been playing for some time, left for awhile but came back to hit it hard, out here representing Yuri Grom.

Well, for the last 2 months been trying to setup profitable systems in which to expand. Even if I alone truck 6k+ or more support, holding the lead in a given system to expand into, every cycle the other 5 or 6 active pledges (i usually make up 18% of the vote) vote for Consolidation. Our Power is sitting on 600+cc, why can't we expand?

Last edit: 02 Feb 2023, 8:02pm
JoeD246
03 Feb 2023, 6:40pm
Silly suggestion. When you transfer a module, have an AI mechanic so that if you watch, you see a ship arrive and dock to deliver it. Why not?
Quillmonkey
04 Feb 2023, 10:46am
JoeD246Silly suggestion. When you transfer a module, have an AI mechanic so that if you watch, you see a ship arrive and dock to deliver it. Why not?

And then you could have AI routine showing the stamping of all the paperwork. Ooh, the excitement!
Prom3thean
05 Feb 2023, 1:32am
Unfortunate that being the only active member of HXEC that my home system gets overrun by hostile BGS players for the sole fact I was in the California Nebula.
14Alpha
05 Feb 2023, 3:51pm
is someone who know why i cant see the geological signals on my scanner. i am in HIP 36601 to farm raw materials but cant see the spots anymore like 2 month before.
Shg56
05 Feb 2023, 6:25pm
14Alphais someone who know why i cant see the geological signals on my scanner. i am in HIP 36601 to farm raw materials but cant see the spots anymore like 2 month before.

Well, it looks like you are not in Kansas anymore a.k.a. ED Horizons 3.8 but in EDH or EDO 4.0 which do not have permanent geo hot spots.
Miner Willy
05 Feb 2023, 7:30pm
Shg56
14Alphais someone who know why i cant see the geological signals on my scanner. i am in HIP 36601 to farm raw materials but cant see the spots anymore like 2 month before.


Well, it looks like you are not in Kansas anymore a.k.a. ED Horizons 3.8 but in EDH or EDO 4.0 which do not have permanent geo hot spots.


Yup came in with v4.0, but that being the case how do you identify where to look for materials now?
Sir-Duke
05 Feb 2023, 7:51pm
EddieG. how do you identify where to look for materials now?

You use your DSS as usual.
Then you'll get a new "heatmap" with given "possibile spawn chance"
(If more then one type of signal, you can filter with Q + E by default)

In the "blue area" of the heatmap, you have some chance, to find the selected signal

But it's not as clustered as it was in Horizon, but way more natural, scattered with different denseties across the planet
Shg56
05 Feb 2023, 10:14pm
EddieG.Yup came in with v4.0, but that being the case how do you identify where to look for materials now? ... it's not as clustered as it was in Horizon, but way more natural, scattered with different denseties across the planet

I mostly do raw now because of that scattered nature, for EDO geo ideally you want to find long, thin stretch along the mountains so you would be driving in one direction instead of circling all over the place.
Miner Willy
05 Feb 2023, 10:31pm
@sir-duke & @SHG56
Thanks
WildWillem
06 Feb 2023, 2:43am
I have been playing this game for over 5 years now. I play in the "open play" instance about 99.95% of the time and am predominately a solo player. For the last several years my "home" has been in the same system, which is well out on the fringe of things. In all of the time I have spent in this system, I have never seen a human player show up in my radar scope.

About a year ago the controlling faction got pushed to number 2. I did not think anything of it because the new faction had a suitable allegiance. My influence and reputation missions as well as trade agreement shipments seemed to be keeping things in balance. I just discovered that this new controlling faction is a "player" faction with a fairly large sphere of influence. How is it possible that a player faction took over with no signs of human presence in this system? Presumably they had to fly missions in and out of this station ... If a group of players play in a "Private Group Session" does that have an effect on the "open play" instance?
Meowers
06 Feb 2023, 7:11am
WildWillemPresumably they had to fly missions in and out of this station ... If a group of players play in a "Private Group Session" does that have an effect on the "open play" instance?
Yep. All players share the same galaxy data, such as BGS and market, and influence it too. No matter the game mode.
Quillmonkey
06 Feb 2023, 9:42am
Yep. I also play almost exclusively in open except for BGS work in which I’ll mostly do in squad PG to wing up
(And AXI group PG when AXing)
WildWillem
07 Feb 2023, 5:25am
Hmmm ... interesting. For an outfit as big as this one is it seems a little timid. I guess I understand though. About a year into the game, just flying a cargo mission I got hammered by a squad flying imperial colors. Did not understand why although I suppose I may have violated some invisible boundary within their minds.

Working a squad and faction in a private group instance, you could avoid that kind of thing.

Thanks for the info.
Meowers
07 Feb 2023, 5:42am
WildWillemFor an outfit as big as this one is it seems a little timid.
I guess it's more due to coordination and instancing issues. There are many folks in AXI who play in open.

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