Elite: Game talk

Stryker Aune
11 Mar 2018, 1:10pm
Martind Forlon
M. Lehman... Like that time Ghost Legion had to finally to admit that they deliberately hid the name of their BGS faction so that people couldn't undermine them?


Yes, we know that You have problem with this (...btw it's not hard to find for everyone who want this info)


Then expine to me, that when I found out the The Social Justice Collective was GL's BgS I was contacted via discord in a PM to keep it quite.
User23543
11 Mar 2018, 1:21pm
Brynhild HervorsdottirOn the contrary, I'm assisting unarmed explorers and traders by increasing the possibility of their receiving assistance from friendly ATR ships in a fight.


Just wanna pluck this out here specifically for a moment...

ATR absolutely does not save you from attacks. I should know, I spent most of yesterday afternoon proving that point over and over again. The best way to ensure your safety is still yourself.
Martind Forlon
11 Mar 2018, 1:25pm
Mr Stryker I not see problem with this. Or there was some? And for Mr. Phisto ... sadly I not see your messages.
User23543
11 Mar 2018, 1:28pm
It's probably because I'm on your ignore list, Martind.  

Sure hope you aren't flying under the misguided notion ATR will save you from a gank! I'm trying to help correct that misconception. But, hey, I'm sure you'll figure it out yourself.
Stryker Aune
11 Mar 2018, 1:45pm
Stryker Aune
Martind Forlon
M. Lehman... Like that time Ghost Legion had to finally to admit that they deliberately hid the name of their BGS faction so that people couldn't undermine them?



Yes, we know that You have problem with this (...btw it's not hard to find for everyone who want this info)



Then expine to me, that when I found out the The Social Justice Collective was GL's BgS I was contacted via discord in a PM to keep it quite.


Martind ForlonMr Stryker I not see problem with this. Or there was some? And for Mr. Phisto ... sadly I not see your messages.


Rick Bravo
11 Mar 2018, 2:27pm
I have a question about engineering. The engineers section of this site shows that there is a mat for special effects. I thought you could get a special effect by giving up 2 grades of rep with the engineer, so what is with the material requirements listed here?
The Presence
11 Mar 2018, 2:32pm
I fear you are confusing the 2.4 engineering version with the new and improved 3.0 version...
Martind Forlon
11 Mar 2018, 2:35pm
Rick BravoI have a question about engineering. The engineers section of this site shows that there is a mat for special effects. I thought you could get a special effect by giving up 2 grades of rep with the engineer, so what is with the material requirements listed here?
Hi, this is another from changes coming with engineers in 3.0. Special effect you can now buy for materials anytime or change anytime without change to engineer rep or change to equipment. Special effects are also applied only on engineer site (so they cannot be applied in remote engineering).
Adam Firethorn
11 Mar 2018, 2:49pm
Phisto Sobanii
Brynhild HervorsdottirOn the contrary, I'm assisting unarmed explorers and traders by increasing the possibility of their receiving assistance from friendly ATR ships in a fight.



Just wanna pluck this out here specifically for a moment...

ATR absolutely does not save you from attacks. I should know, I spent most of yesterday afternoon proving that point over and over again. The best way to ensure your safety is still yourself.



ATR also won't save anyone from those new Thargoid missiles.
Rick Bravo
11 Mar 2018, 3:02pm
Martind Forlon
Rick BravoI have a question about engineering. The engineers section of this site shows that there is a mat for special effects. I thought you could get a special effect by giving up 2 grades of rep with the engineer, so what is with the material requirements listed here?

Hi, this is another from changes coming with engineers in 3.0. Special effect you can now buy for materials anytime or change anytime without change to engineer rep or change to equipment. Special effects are also applied only on engineer site (so they cannot be applied in remote engineering).


Ok so, if I understand correctly, the trading rep for effect thing is totally gone and replaced by a material requirement for a special effect?
Numa
11 Mar 2018, 3:11pm
Correct, you just buy it now.
Rick Bravo
11 Mar 2018, 3:40pm
Thanks
Tigon Ologdring
11 Mar 2018, 4:31pm
Sadly I can't suss out a way to get my XBox Live screen grabs into Inara using an iPad otherwise I'd post a couple of shots of the Eagle Eye installations I came across yesterday. Seems that they're large scientific installations but I was blissfully unaware of them until coming across two on Friday whilst catching up on some exploration revisits I'd noted down last summer... And then the newsletter came out and explanations became clearer.

Well worth a visit, if for nothing other than the jolt upon dropping into normal space and getting a face full of installation. It's like the good old days of dropping into the back of an Orbis, only MUCH bigger and scarier. Actually I'm not sure just how big they are but they're much, much bigger than outposts and flying in up close in the DBX they felt bigger than an Ocellus or Orbis. Real Glitterbelt stuff. HIP19672 for Eagle Eye One IIRC (also worth 1.5+MCr in scan data IIRC).
User78245
11 Mar 2018, 4:49pm
They only showed up after the Thursday server reset, so you're right on time finding them.
Tigon Ologdring
11 Mar 2018, 5:04pm
Ahhh... Quite by accident too!

Looking at a couple of other things I think they're like the Arena/CQC installations, but never having ventured into that scene I couldn't say for sure. One thing I was slightly disappointed about was a lack of scannable things. Only two satellites per installation but I wasn't really doing any major inspections, being in a low-shield, unarmed DBX, so there may be hidden points inside. Look bloody cool though! Potential for Panther Docks... ahem...

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