Elite: Game talk
01 Jun 2018, 1:42am
BolasieI always used to play solo, as my main play was exploring, then moved to Mobius. Cannot believe I am saying this but i genuinely think I will switch to Open. It has taken until I reached a stage where it will be kind of exciting and part of the game rather than a massive setback to get clobbered, and hopefully even losing at unwanted (I think i really mean unexpected) PvP will get my combat to another level. I hate Selene and her stupid mining obsession btw! I did 'git gud' at mining because of her though so I shouldn't really complain!
I started out in Solo until I learned the basics of the game. Then I tried Open and got pirated, and died because I would not give up my cargo. But it was a fair-play in-character piracy attempt (not a griefer). Then I started looking into what more was online about the game, found Mobius, found Inara, found a Wing, and now I play in Open pretty much exclusively.
The only times I've been in Solo or Mobius in the last two years is while board flipping. Or when I'm fixated on a specific location, like a platform, and some yahoo is hogging the landing pad.
Open is fun. I rarely run into other players, and when I do they are generally friendly, and more often happy to wing up rather than posture. I've only run into hostile PvP scenarios near CG events or other points of interest (i.e when Colonia was a brand new thing). And in those cases I either roll with it and play the part, or get scarce if I have another agenda and no desire to interact with other players. I've seen very few vindictive players, and most of those only by hear-say from friends online.
Every time I see a little hollow square on my scanner I get a little boost of happiness. I say hello, try to act with respect, and for the most part I have a great time. I think you will too.
Feel free to friend me in game. See you out there in the Open space.
01 Jun 2018, 1:34pm
FluffybunnykinsHang around Shinrarta Dezhra on a Sunday, plenty of ganking going on there.
Thanks for the warning, and/or target location.
01 Jun 2018, 2:51pm
FluffybunnykinsHang around Shinrarta Dezhra on a Sunday, plenty of ganking going on there.
Thanks for that avatar, I didn't need to sleep ever again anyway.
01 Jun 2018, 8:52pm
BolasieI always used to play solo, as my main play was exploring, then moved to Mobius. Cannot believe I am saying this but i genuinely think I will switch to Open. It has taken until I reached a stage where it will be kind of exciting and part of the game rather than a massive setback to get clobbered, and hopefully even losing at unwanted (I think i really mean unexpected) PvP will get my combat to another level. I hate Selene and her stupid mining obsession btw! I did 'git gud' at mining because of her though so I shouldn't really complain!
Good idea to engineer your ships to a certain level so when you are ganked in open, its not over in 5 seconds
01 Jun 2018, 11:01pm
Krash.MegiddoBolasieI always used to play solo, as my main play was exploring, then moved to Mobius. Cannot believe I am saying this but i genuinely think I will switch to Open. It has taken until I reached a stage where it will be kind of exciting and part of the game rather than a massive setback to get clobbered, and hopefully even losing at unwanted (I think i really mean unexpected) PvP will get my combat to another level. I hate Selene and her stupid mining obsession btw! I did 'git gud' at mining because of her though so I shouldn't really complain!
Good idea to engineer your ships to a certain level so when you are ganked in open, its not over in 5 seconds
Nope, just 7 seconds!
01 Jun 2018, 11:31pm
02 Jun 2018, 4:32am
James Hussar
Thanks for the warning, and/or target location.
You're welcome - I need something to test my new ship builds/lousy PvP skills against anyway. Keep a look out for ND_Chief too, he's up for a laugh.
https://inara.cz/cmdr/93877/
Phelbore
Thanks for that avatar, I didn't need to sleep ever again anyway.
Cute and harmless. It's all bluff
03 Jun 2018, 11:36am
06 Jun 2018, 7:08am
06 Jun 2018, 2:31pm
PhelboreScubadogHmmm....here I was, all set to store my Chieftain and fire up my Anaconda for the trip back to Colonia, and now you've given me pause to consider visiting Selene after all. Thank ya, kindly!
Also look into heavy-duty armor with the lightweight modification. It costs a lot more, but often adds a lot of armor and resists for very little weight.
And I did exactly that, thanks for the tip. My Chieftain ended up hovering right at 30ly unladen, so I think I'm going to see if any of my other modules can be engineered to drop some weight to get me above 30ly laden. I gotta say, the engineered thrusters on this thing make my neck hurt (literally, in VR). Agile little SOB! I've done some engineering of the weapons, but not too much since I'd rather avoid a PvP battle if possible, and this still gives me a pretty good edge over most PvE confrontations, whether I fight or flee. So far, I've been able to handle an Anaconda or Corvette, as long as they aren't engineered heavier than me or don't have four escorts. Mostly, I want to be able to run salvage missions or bounty missions with reasonable confidence. Now, if I could only get a decent paint job. You'd think, in all the 'verse, we've have a bigger variety of ship artists.
Meanwhile, I enhanced the armor on my Anaconda--good advice enhancing the stock skin since mass is added as a percentage, rather than absolute. Even with a fairly decent array of weapons, I'm pushing just over 40ly range on it, so when I leave most of that behind on my return trip to Colonia, my travel time should be cut in half of what my journey to the Core Systems was.
And, Bolasie, I'm right there with you on the mining grind for Selene. But, for all the engineering upgrades, I have to say I'm VERY thankful for the material traders. MAN, that saved me hours of time. Once it clicked that I could trade ACROSS categories of materials, particularly for manufactured items, WOOHOO!
I can only hope that we might soon start seeing engineers out around Colonia. At least for now there SOME remote engineering (minus the extra features).
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