Elite: General talk

18 Oct 2024, 8:04am
Sampi Ogonek
Slobnoxiouswhat entails a level 3 scan?


The scan level 2/3 distinction is from before the FSS existed. Originally, scanning an astronomical body (which had to be done by flying to within about 5000 times the body’s radius, IIRC, and waiting several seconds while having the body targeted in front of your ship) would get you a level 3 scan if you had a DSS on board, and level 2 otherwise. (Back then, the DSS did nothing else, although it could be engineered to complete the scan faster, or increase the scan range.)

The way things work now, I think, every asteroid cluster you discover gives you a level 2 scan, and every astronomical body (star, planet, moon) you discover gives you both a level 2 and a level 3 scan. There is no stat available for the number of bodies scanned with the (new) DSS. (There is, however, a stat for the number of efficiency target bonuses received.)

(EDIT: only scans sold to Universal Cartographics count; it has always been that way, AFAIR.)


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18 Oct 2024, 8:58am
Ow, where is Zach?
18 Oct 2024, 9:03am
Old Hudson? It sounds like he’s getting the boot for his pet dog Archer. Probably is going to just take over the Powerplay territories and supporters.
22 Oct 2024, 8:15pm
I decided to dip into the novels and novellas surrounding Elite and Elite Dangerous.

The books from the 80s and 90s were easy enough to find (as the authors made the text freely available on their old websites), but I'm having trouble finding all of the more recent stuff in one place (other than Amazon....). Frontier sells a bunch of them, so I'll likely start there, but I don't know if there's somewhere better. They're so tiny.

My local library system didn't have any at all, so I'd be open to suggestions from anyone about where to obtain copies (whether ebook or audiobook). Should I just start with Frontier and fill in the gaps elsewhere I can find?
23 Oct 2024, 11:28am
What Elite Dangerous YouTubers (and other content creators) are you good folks consider worth watching in 2024? And why? (You can also leave a "don't watch!!!" list if you like)
23 Oct 2024, 12:14pm
The pilot (some videos) because they are entertaining. Down to Earth Astronomy for guides/fits, otherwise anything with good guides about "how to".

At the moment I'm relearning how to handle an SRV (which wasn't set up for that) in a Guardian site and I had some difficulties finding the Relics. Videos helps navigating the site.

On the other hand, the Thargoid Plasma Krait Build from Down to Earth Astronomy is one of the most difficult and time consuming to put together because of Permit needed to get one module, I'm not there yet.

Since Yesterday, I've done 1I REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating and 3 X 5D HULL REINFORCEMENT PACKAGE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating. It took me some time to exchange my Grade 4 for the material needed.


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23 Oct 2024, 3:55pm
ThinderSince Yesterday, I've done 1I REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating and 3 X 5D HULL REINFORCEMENT PACKAGE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating. It took me some time to exchange my Grade 4 for the material needed.

Personally, I have my with 1 reactive GR5 light/deep instead. Speed and agility are among the main factors to win over thargoids.
23 Oct 2024, 4:06pm
Shg56
ThinderSince Yesterday, I've done 1I REACTIVE SURFACE COMPOSITE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating and 3 X 5D HULL REINFORCEMENT PACKAGE Heavy duty ︎︎︎︎︎ Deep Plating. It took me some time to exchange my Grade 4 for the material needed.


Personally, I have my with 1 reactive GR5 light/deep instead. Speed and agility are among the main factors to win over thargoids.


I'll see. anyway I'm used to heavy ships since I spend my time doing combat with my Corvette and I can always change later...

Do you fly a Krait MKII?


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23 Oct 2024, 4:21pm
ThinderDo you fly a Krait MKII?

I have 3 xeno ships: Chieftan, KMKII and PMKII. The main one is KMKII which I am using for goids fighting mostly at AXZLs and stealing bio from goids' occupied systems when there are no missions available. PMKII is safari ship when goids are attacking space or land ports, PMKII needs a repair facility nearby.
23 Oct 2024, 6:42pm
Shg56
ThinderDo you fly a Krait MKII?


I have 3 xeno ships: Chieftan, KMKII and PMKII. The main one is KMKII which I am using for goids fighting mostly at AXZLs and stealing bio from goids' occupied systems when there are no missions available. PMKII is safari ship when goids are attacking space or land ports, PMKII needs a repair facility nearby.


For the moment I'm stocked with a mission which vanished from the board, I need micro-weave cooling hoses, when I came back from the first run the mission was gone...

Sorted. I managed 34 units with a simple one jump courrier mission.


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23 Oct 2024, 6:53pm
Hello CMDR's! Has anyone seen any Outbreak HGE's lately? I've been searching all over the bubble but can only find war, civil war and the likes. Not one Outbreak.
23 Oct 2024, 7:04pm
Dat JosephHello CMDR's! Has anyone seen any Outbreak HGE's lately? I've been searching all over the bubble but can only find war, civil war and the likes. Not one Outbreak.


usually these rare states are a waste of time in search of HGE and it's better to exchange the more common ones. Such as imperial shielding.

Save your frustations, u'll thank me later.
23 Oct 2024, 7:36pm
Rayman.
Dat JosephHello CMDR's! Has anyone seen any Outbreak HGE's lately? I've been searching all over the bubble but can only find war, civil war and the likes. Not one Outbreak.

usually these rare states are a waste of time in search of HGE and it's better to exchange the more common ones. Such as imperial shielding.

Save your frustations, u'll thank me later.


Agreed. Imperial systems experiencing a boom usually have one or more High Grade Emissions with Imperial shielding. One HGE with imp shields could cap you out at 100. Trade for what you need at a materials trader, return, repeat.
23 Oct 2024, 8:22pm
Since they tweaked engineering a month or three back, it’s probably also easier to just find a mission which offers a reward of Pharmaceutical Isolators than try to find a HGE in Outbreak… a state which is prohibitive to them spawning.

Ingenuous game design.

Not.
23 Oct 2024, 11:03pm
My new Build starts to look like a proper combat ship:


Next, the Beam Laser...
>>>

I just sold 186 Systems to my Universal Cartographer, all discovered within the bubble...


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