Elite: Game talk

Rawnu
yesterday, 7:51am
MeowersOkay, I got it, Pee Mk2 is all the buzz these days, maybe only a bit eclipsed by the Mandalay. Whatever. I'd rather keep on shreddin'.

Rayman.HEATSINKS! HEATSINKS! HEATSINKS! WARNING TAKING A HEAT DAMAGE!

Yeah, it's double-heatsink for 0-4-2 pips but, on the other hand, they're cheap and you can synth them on the go.


Oh the FdL is super fine for all combat tasks, don't take this the wrong way. It's just that the FdL has been engineered and loaded out to death over the years. Her "best" configuration are somewhat clear and if you know the ship (which you do expertly!), it gets the job done with precision.
The PMk2 (and the Mandalay) are just new and there's not yet a "meta" configuration for all potential jobs. This will eventually be settled and then the conversation will die down on these ships (or return to a normal volume).
Meowers
yesterday, 7:58am
Aren't those 'metas' all the same? Get maximum upgrade here, maximum upgrade there, etc. I mean, there are cases in which you can apply, to say, a different FSD effect to sacrifice a couple lightyears of jump range for a few fractions of a degree in manoeuvrability, or just leave a stump of an FSD to absolutely gimp the ship and make in unplayable anywhere except the role it was built for, and at that role, you'll get a few more fractions of degrees or m/s of speed or 0.x's of jump range for the sake of it. Or some niche builds which can, for example, stay under 20% heat at a normal flight if you don't shoot, don't touch the boost and don't fart, for mat farming or classic cold-orbiting.
Silver Taffer
yesterday, 11:22am
Aguilar
Don't know if it is related, but I have been experiencing issues where the game is telling me I do not have the item I want to transfer to my carrier, even though I clearly have the items in inventory. When I sell the items to my FC bartender in a work-around attempt to transfer them, the items just simply disappear and are no longer in my inventory, or on the bartender/FC inventory.


I have noticed that the bartenders on carriers that I have visited lately don’t seem to have stock to sell and aren’t buying either.


There is a known issue with bartender trading since PP2 dropped. A post has been added to the FDev issue tracker about it so they should be aware.
If anyone wishes to help prioritize the issue you can add a comment on that post, more the merrier!
Atusia Duval
yesterday, 11:36am
I'm horrified. Now trading in rare goods for Powerplay 2.0 has also been suspended. You no longer receive merit for leveling up the rank of the respective power. Most gamers have exploited a bug in the Odyssey settlements to quickly rank up. It concerned uploading data to the data terminal. I'm excited to see what happens next.
Rayman.
yesterday, 11:45am
probably suspending power conflict zones next. If u spend there for a while u can rank up 2-3 times.

Im going kill some thargoids to vent frustation tomorrow from frontier silliness.
AH
yesterday, 7:20pm
Ahh.... sweet. Complete stacks of Antimony and all the other top level crap one can need.
Rawnu
yesterday, 8:39pm
Kasumi Goto
yesterday, 8:49pm
"Powerplay November Recap ..." sounds of snoring in background

I'd rather have the next stage of the Thargoid conflict, not humans bickering over frozen balls of ice with no life or light on them, Frontier, thanks a lot.
Indy
yesterday, 9:01pm
Kasumi Goto"Powerplay November Recap ..." sounds of snoring in background


That was my reaction somewhat as well. Which is funny because I want a realistic simulation, but I also want a fun game.
I'd say that perhaps both is not possible because life isn't always a "fun game" and is often "boring".... but then I look around I realize I'd also prefer a bit more "boring" in RL machinations these days.

¯ \_(ツ)_/¯
Kasumi Goto
yesterday, 9:09pm
I'm just not interested in Powerplay at all. Of course it's part of the Elite universe and whatnot but I've always found more of an interest in the Thargoid side of the story. Or human plot points which did not solely relate to who has the rights to dig chunks out of the big ball of ice floating at the furthest reaches of a star system.

... part of it is roleplay which I built pretty much entirely around this Thargoid stuff. And that my (main) character shares the trait of "has no interest in political scenes" [technically both don't]. And the Thargoid PvE interactions (combat or otherwise) also tend to be far more interesting than blowing up aimbotty human ships that also spam chaff every second (or two) and which generally revolves primarily around stacking shield hitpoints.
Aguilar
yesterday, 10:59pm
Make sure you're trying to sell them in an anarchy, it's an illegal item which can't be sold in most government types (may also work in communist systems, not 100% sure but they are the only other type which tolerates carrying of e-breaches if memory serves, so might work there too). If that's not the issue, I don't know.

Brilliant thank you so much Kasumi Goto
Black Adder
yesterday, 11:27pm
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AH
today, 10:18am
Kasumi GotoI'm just not interested in Powerplay at all. Of course it's part of the Elite universe and whatnot but I've always found more of an interest in the Thargoid side of the story. Or human plot points which did not solely relate to who has the rights to dig chunks out of the big ball of ice floating at the furthest reaches of a star system.


Cant agree more. It's unimaginative copy/pasta of daily BS from 10K BC to 2024 AD and on. Probably few dips into Idiocracy on the way.

Kasumi Goto
... part of it is roleplay which I built pretty much entirely around this Thargoid stuff. And that my (main) character shares the trait of "has no interest in political scenes" [technically both don't]. And the Thargoid PvE interactions (combat or otherwise) also tend to be far more interesting than blowing up aimbotty human ships that also spam chaff every second (or two) and which generally revolves primarily around stacking shield hitpoints.


You have stated several times that you do not fight Thargoids nor ever have.
So, what is this "roleplay which I built pretty much entirely around this Thargoid stuff"?
LARP'ing a LARP in faked LARP? O_o
An armchair generalissimo in an imaginary armchair?

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