Elite: Game talk
yesterday, 7:12pm
yesterday, 7:30pm
SalmoneaThere is a new class of FSD. Class 8... Inara also shows this. Could someone tell me what the hell is going on? They will add panther clipper?
class 8 FSDs have been around for ages as far as i can remember, nothing new
yesterday, 8:35pm
yesterday, 8:43pm
Aurora Adair-Levineyeah if it's an SCO size 8 then that's new, but normal size 8 FSDs have been around for some time
But in which ship you can put it???
yesterday, 8:44pm
Bainsey7IndyBainsey7A question regarding the newly unlocked CG frame shift drives:
So, apparently, they're double-engineered with fast charge (though it doesn't say that anywhere) and long range. In the systems panel in ship it shows them as G5 long range but with no special effect applied. But, when I went to an engineer to apply mass manager on one it said that it was already equipped with light weight special effect.
Now, as soon as I put the size 5 on my long-range Mandalay it bumped the range by several light years which made me smile and I really don't want to mess with that by applying mass manager and somehow removing the extra light years.
So, em... suggestions?
I suggest waiting until they hammer out the bugs. I remember that the old pre-eng FSDs had some trouble with applying Mass Manager. I wouldn't mess with engineering the new drives until you see a consensus that it's safe. Then again, someone has to be the early adopter / test subject, maybe that's you?
hahahaha aah no, I'll wait I think...
You can to try it on class 2/3 as they are almost useless
yesterday, 9:06pm
yesterday, 9:43pm
Meowers...nnnnope. At Martuuk's place at the moment, can't apply any new mods to the pre-engineered FSD. In total, it gave me something around +0.6Ly range at the cost of having a little more heat and less module integrity. So I'm yet to figure out whether or not that new drive is a good thing for me. Depends on what I'm going to do in the game after the Titans of course...
That's unfortunate. Hopefully, they'll make it so the pre-eng SCOs can take Mass Manager soon because here are some numbers I've been running (using my old AspX in EDSY):
65.24 Ly Max = 5A FSD with Inc Range G5 (IR)
67.43 Ly Max = 5A FSD with Inc Range G5 and Mass Manager (IR w/ MM)
70.71 Ly Max = 5A SCO FSD with Inc Range G5 (IR)
73.12 Ly Max = 5A SCO FSD with Inc Range G5 and Mass Manager (IR w/ MM)
70.53 Ly Max = 5A Pre-Eng FSD with Inc Range G5 and Fast Boot G5 (IR+FB)
72.94 Ly Max = 5A Pre-Eng FSD with Inc Range G5 and Fast Boot G5 with Mass Manager (IR+FB w/ MM)
5A SCO FSD IR w/ MM / 5A FSD IR w/ MM = 108.43838%
So, maybe...
5A SCO FSD IR+FB w/ MM = 108.43838% * 5A FSD IR+FB w/ MM = 79.09 Ly Max
But that's only if we can apply Mass Manager. Otherwise it'd be...
5A SCO FSD IR+FB = 108.43838% * 5A FSD IR+FB = 76.48 Ly Max
These numbers will of course vary based on builds and ships etc.. If I apply the same sort of math to my long-jumping Anaconda, I get a max of 98.48 Ly; which would be great, especially before I head to Colonia.
That Mass Manager can make a difference for people who like to scrape out every Ly.
yesterday, 9:46pm
IndyHopefully, they'll make it so the pre-eng SCOs can take Mass Manager soonI guess the reason behind it is the same one which doesn't allow you to ramtah Modshards. Game registers those drives as already fully engineered, with both gradual and extra effects applied.
yesterday, 9:55pm
MeowersIndyHopefully, they'll make it so the pre-eng SCOs can take Mass Manager soon
I guess the reason behind it is the same one which doesn't allow you to ramtah Modshards. Game registers those drives as already fully engineered, with both gradual and extra effects applied.
Fair. They corrected it for the standard Pre-Eng FSD, so hopefully they'll do that for these too.
That said, on my Anaconda it'd only be a difference between 95.x Ly and 98.x Ly. Happy to have it either way and excited to use it as soon as I have time for the trip to Colonia.
yesterday, 10:04pm
Meowers...nnnnope. At Martuuk's place at the moment, can't apply any new mods to the pre-engineered FSD. In total, it gave me something around +0.6Ly range at the cost of having a little more heat and less module integrity. So I'm yet to figure out whether or not that new drive is a good thing for me. Depends on what I'm going to do in the game after the Titans of course...
Galnet News (the YouTube channel) was saying that they'd applied mass manager to them and it had worked fine so I'm not sure what your issue was. I haven't tried yet. Galnet's experiments with them showed good improvements though apparently making them better than the older pre-engineered FSD's.
It said that they can be obtained now through Human Tech brokers too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1zxraSslOQ
edit: Also, my query above was my own mistake. I'd gone to Palin and mistaken the drive upgrades for FSD upgrades when I looked earlier. The drives on my Mandalay are stripped down and I saw that by mistake.
yesterday, 11:30pm
Another thing, did you notice how generous FD is with payouts for that CG? I got paid 100M credit for every trip I did to cocijo plus 7 fsds. It looks like they sold enough ARX to give something back to the players. Thank you FD.
Last edit: 18 Dec 2024, 2:00am
today, 1:08am
Bainsey7 edit: Also, my query above was my own mistake. I'd gone to Palin and mistaken the drive upgrades for FSD upgrades when I looked earlier. The drives on my Mandalay are stripped down and I saw that by mistake.So, in the end, was I correct? Or my sanity fails me again? Lol. I totally remember installing the new FSD (and seeing that +0.something Ly boost it gave me), jumping to Martuuk and trying to apply a modification, but the button was greyed out and the text read that this module has been upgraded already. Also, I saw the G5 Long Range applied to it. Or maybe I had to relog or update or something... Too lazy to go there for the second time.
p.s.: "The bad news is that you're going to want to refit your entire fleet...": done!
Last edit: 18 Dec 2024, 1:15am
today, 1:30am
MeowersBainsey7 edit: Also, my query above was my own mistake. I'd gone to Palin and mistaken the drive upgrades for FSD upgrades when I looked earlier. The drives on my Mandalay are stripped down and I saw that by mistake.
So, in the end, was I correct? Or my sanity fails me again? Lol. I totally remember installing the new FSD (and seeing that +0.something Ly boost it gave me), jumping to Martuuk and trying to apply a modification, but the button was greyed out and the text read that this module has been upgraded already. Also, I saw the G5 Long Range applied to it. Or maybe I had to relog or update or something... Too lazy to go there for the second time.
p.s.: "The bad news is that you're going to want to refit your entire fleet...": done!
So, adding Mass Manager worked for you? Or no?
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