Elite: General talk
10 Nov 2022, 2:52pm
Yuna Sakashirobut none for beer supplies, unfortunately
The most f***ing sad news in this thread
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10 Nov 2022, 9:32pm
MeowersYou could pick up folks who wait for their shuttles, pretending you're an Apex, and move them to some ugly distant places.
"Seems legit."
Eternal_KommunarThe most f***ing sad news in this thread
What's really sad is that I'm running out of engineering materials again.
10 Nov 2022, 9:45pm
Yuna SakashiroWhat's really sad is that I'm running out of engineering materials again.Now you're quite close to understanding why I stopped playing.
11 Nov 2022, 12:05pm
EpisparhNow I wonder how hard it was for you to engineer just one shipStill had to grind materials to keep synthing stuff in fights.
11 Nov 2022, 4:38pm
The plan is to take passenger transport missions from and to Jameson Memorial. The sightseeing missions pay better but take too much time to complete.
This is the weakest ship I've used in open, so there's a moderate risk of hitting the rebuy screen this time. But after many months of trolling ARXX & friends, I think the gankers deserve a fair chance to take me down for a change.
I'll keep the copilot seat open for telepresence.
13 Nov 2022, 4:35am
Yuna SakashiroTurns out they can't gank Adders, even with a wing of three murderboats, lol.
LoL, interesting way on spending time
thats somethings i would do haha, but ShinDez isn't exactly a place i go frequently, as the interdictions are quite anoying over time.
are the missions any good there? i was there once, but nothing really did stand out, Jameson Memorial is just a station like any other station.
13 Nov 2022, 5:37am
13 Nov 2022, 11:04am
Yuna SakashiroTurns out they can't gank Adders, even with a wing of three murderboats, lol.
How many of them used rails? Your build is vulnerable to hitscan weapons. Even a gimbal scrub can inflict a lot of pain to your ship with long ranged beams.
13 Nov 2022, 4:24pm
EpisparhYuna SakashiroTurns out they can't gank Adders, even with a wing of three murderboats, lol.
How many of them used rails? Your build is vulnerable to hitscan weapons. Even a gimbal scrub can inflict a lot of pain to your ship with long ranged beams.
Well, it's an Adder. The Courier can get away with only 2D shields plus boosters, the Adder needs class 3 and boosters and lots of SRPs and still isn't as tough.
What's worse, the Adder is slower although it uses the same class 3 enhanced thrusters as the Courier. So the Courier can low-wake pretty much every time, even after you lose an interdiction and get the extended FSD cooldown. I wouldn't take that risk with the Adder, so it's the standard submit/boost/high-wake combo here.
I remember the lowest shield percentage at the time of high-wake was 47%. That was with all three ships firing at me. I had to GTFO ASAP, so no time to figure out what weapons they were using.
I know for sure that someone was using phasing weapons because I took 26 Cr worth of hull damage. Probably a lucky plasma hit. That's why I always engineer the bulkheads. I put fast-charging thermal-resistant bi-weaves on this build, so once I'm back in supercruise the shields recover in no time and I can drop right back into ShinDez for another round. The goal is to make it all the way to Jameson for another passenger mission. And for the bragging rights of course.
Roleplaying an APEX pilot in open is fun. Best PvP experience I've had so far. I just wish I could use the authentic APEX livery on that ship. I'd spend a few Arx on that for sure. In the meantime I'll be using the Azure paint job. I'm glad they improved it, because it used to look dull in Odyssey for quite a while.
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14 Nov 2022, 9:16am
- Reduce overcharged mod on power plant from grade 4 to grade 3.
- Reduce fuel tank size from class 3 to class 2.
- Replace the class 2 fuel scoop with a shield reinforcement package.
- Replace the class 3 SRP with a fuel scoop.
- Cut power supply to the cargo hatch.
This will slightly reduce shield strength but make the ship significantly faster (from 650 to 707m/s), increase its jump range, and make fuel scooping less of a pain in the ass, lol.