Elite: Game talk

Ralph Thum
07 Nov 2024, 2:16pm
Indy


I'm not sure we should troubleshoot a different tool here (as opposed to just using/discussing it). Perhaps, if we do continue discussing it, we'd need to move this to another sub-forum (if Artie wants the conversation to continue here at all)?

You might find the EDCD Community Dev Discord helpful, especially the general-tools area, as it has channels for various tool support.


Good point, Indy And txs for this info, I didn't find the extern forum.
Meowers
07 Nov 2024, 2:37pm
Defending the shit out of a frozen ball of crap 400kLs away from the main star for the third (if not the fourth) time is the best job I've ever had.
Rawnu
07 Nov 2024, 3:14pm
MeowersDefending the shit out of a frozen ball of crap 400kLs away from the main star for the third (if not the fourth) time is the best job I've ever had.


It's also surprisingly beautiful! Getting back there now!



Edit: have to pay off a fine though because, well, ...
Meowers
07 Nov 2024, 3:21pm
RawnuIt's also surprisingly beautiful! Getting back there now!
Things look really more violent lower into the atmosphere, took a few shots too.
Indy
07 Nov 2024, 4:13pm
Ralph Thum Good point, Indy And txs for this info, I didn't find the extern forum.


Found a better resource for you, Ralph. Here's the Discord server for EDSM itself. (Found at the bottom of their website.)
Sakashiro
07 Nov 2024, 4:43pm
AHI dragged with me a full set of weapons. Completely useless.

There are pirates at Beagle Point, I kid you not.

Any place with a visitor beacon, no matter how remote, spawns tourist ships and pirates. When I went to Beagle Point with my Courier, I had light-weight pulse lasers equipped and actually used them to blow up a few ships. The stakes are high when you're that far away from a shipyard and loaded with exploration data.
Rayman.
07 Nov 2024, 4:49pm
since when pirates are at beagle point?
Sakashiro
07 Nov 2024, 5:16pm
Rayman.i can reach 86ly if i put fuel tank 3c instaed 5c but thats asking for getting stuck around non scoop stars, looking for Raxxla or some weird stuff and calling fuel rats

I downsize fuel tanks on almost all my ships and make them just large enough so I can do two full-distance jumps. Why two? Because in some extremely rare cases the galaxy map promises you a scoopable star where there is none. If you have enough fuel to jump back, that's not an issue.

People end up calling the fuel rats because they make mistakes using the route plotter. For example, they plot a route with a non-scoopable star at the end, or they plot a route with jet cone boost but forget to verify that the destination can also be reached without it (which is essential for the return trip). That's how they get stuck.
Kasumi Goto
07 Nov 2024, 5:42pm
MeowersDefending the shit out of a frozen ball of crap 400kLs away from the main star for the third (if not the fourth) time is the best job I've ever had.

... and if you want to experience another 400k(456 to be precise) cruise to reconquer a system you can go right to Desurinbin, where the Aegis team thought it was a great idea to reactivate the (.72G) planetary station on B 4 instead of the one on A 1 A which is also .3G.

They are sadists. And possibly also masochists.
Meowers
07 Nov 2024, 5:45pm
Kasumi Gotogo right to Desurinbin
Ironically, Desurinbin was my place to do AXCZs during the week, before this war tick.
Might as well return there after the 'Picenile, Take 3'.
Vasil Vasilescu
07 Nov 2024, 5:45pm
Sakashiro I downsize fuel tanks on almost all my ships and make them just large enough so I can do two full-distance jumps. Why two? Because in some extremely rare cases the galaxy map promises you a scoopable star where there is none. If you have enough fuel to jump back, that's not an issue.


Or, it does have a scoopable star but it is 600K ls away from the main star.

In general, though, I always top off fuel and make a point to never go below 25% capacity. Most of the time I use the accelerate and stop method of fueling so I can do DSS scans while still taking on fuel at the max rate.
Ralph Thum
07 Nov 2024, 6:01pm
Indy
Ralph Thum Good point, Indy And txs for this info, I didn't find the extern forum.



Found a better resource for you, Ralph. Here's the Discord server for EDSM itself. (Found at the bottom of their website.)



Very good, thank you, Indy!
Miner Willy
07 Nov 2024, 6:57pm
AH
ThinderI can't believe we have yet another shutdown...



You must be new... wait, you are not. I thought it's common knowledge that they suck at testing and or migrating new versions to live, causing weeks and weeks of server problems... every single time.
Something is not right in their "dev to live" process.


There is no live, unpaid play testers are we
Rayman.
07 Nov 2024, 7:19pm
Sakashiro
Rayman.i can reach 86ly if i put fuel tank 3c instaed 5c but thats asking for getting stuck around non scoop stars, looking for Raxxla or some weird stuff and calling fuel rats


I downsize fuel tanks on almost all my ships and make them just large enough so I can do two full-distance jumps. Why two? Because in some extremely rare cases the galaxy map promises you a scoopable star where there is none. If you have enough fuel to jump back, that's not an issue.

People end up calling the fuel rats because they make mistakes using the route plotter. For example, they plot a route with a non-scoopable star at the end, or they plot a route with jet cone boost but forget to verify that the destination can also be reached without it (which is essential for the return trip). That's how they get stuck.


In worst scenario if they have materials, they're fine, The Formidine Rift there was a region full of reject stars, only red dwarfs. Had make sure to fuel up to max. nothing but ice planets with one or two exo signals
Thinder
07 Nov 2024, 8:40pm
I haven't tested this solution but it looks interesting, a 100% increase in Jump Range using Synthesis...

Synthesis
In theory you could save a lot of fuel using synthesis over your usual Jump range unless fuel consumption is also doubled.


Last edit: 07 Nov 2024, 8:48pm

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