Elite: Game talk

Silver Taffer
17 Oct 2018, 2:01pm
Kari Kerenski
Silver Taffer
Ah, Kari, what is this AutoHotKey of which you speak?

I could really use that since using VR! Is it a downloadable program or part of windows?



Here you go Taff, it's a free thingy for Windows:

https://autohotkey.com/

It's not too tricky to set up, but if you shoot me a PM I'd be happy to share my custom file that you could use as a template


Thanks Kari, yer a gem 07
Phelbore
17 Oct 2018, 2:35pm
Ryan MurdocBlock them. Removes the ability to be in the same instance. Wonderful thing in my book.

And I take personal joy out of the fact that the hunters know that their prey is out there, probably even next to them (Supercruise) but they have no way of getting into contact and messing around. And without prey, the hunters will starve. Slowly.


The wing you're in advertises as:

We are a diverse team of Galactic Combat Pilots, Merchants and Explorers who work together with our allies to maintain justice and order throughout inhabited space.

How does that work if you can't instance with the criminals?
LuD3Cr1z
17 Oct 2018, 2:40pm
Kari Kerenski
Silver Taffer
Ah, Kari, what is this AutoHotKey of which you speak?

I could really use that since using VR! Is it a downloadable program or part of windows?



Here you go Taff, it's a free thingy for Windows:

https://autohotkey.com/

It's not too tricky to set up, but if you shoot me a PM I'd be happy to share my custom file that you could use as a template


How very helpful, we can be friends
Ratkatcher
17 Oct 2018, 2:51pm
When someone suggests you 'get better at the game' do they only really mean 'learn to shoot better'? As it seems to me the only folk who make that suggestion appear to think that if you can't shoot at something there is no game...

Maybe old-age is catching up with me, but being able to shoot someone wouldn't make me 'good', I had fun enough getting the needed 100,000 credits in bounty to unlock an engineer, and that was against NPC's (cost me a couple of rebuys, but then, so what?)

Just my slightly cynical look at play, no insult or slight aimed at anyone.
Silver Taffer
17 Oct 2018, 2:58pm
@ratkatcher

It doesn’t refer solely to shooting. There are many ways to avoid/escape unwanted attentions to get good at.
Mostly, I suspect, they mean it in a general way- choose your play-style and get good at that.
Linnea Gudjonnson
17 Oct 2018, 3:02pm
Oops, wrong forum!
Rebecca Hail
17 Oct 2018, 3:14pm
Ozmundo Vasqualez
The triple Elite, multi-billionaire, BGS expert was probably aching for that advice. It's so lucky you came along when you did.


Well, good for him that someone told him then.
Worlock77
17 Oct 2018, 3:37pm
Phelbore
Ryan MurdocBlock them. Removes the ability to be in the same instance. Wonderful thing in my book.

And I take personal joy out of the fact that the hunters know that their prey is out there, probably even next to them (Supercruise) but they have no way of getting into contact and messing around. And without prey, the hunters will starve. Slowly.




The wing you're in advertises as:

We are a diverse team of Galactic Combat Pilots, Merchants and Explorers who work together with our allies to maintain justice and order throughout inhabited space.


How does that work if you can't instance with the criminals?


Kinda what I was wondering. I see a lot of bold words about "eternal vigilance" and being ready to do violence, "decimate the criminal element" and all that, but it rings kinda hallow if you just block the criminal element.
Stryker Aune
17 Oct 2018, 3:46pm
Not to put a damper on you Bjorn, and Phel,

Murdoc has us blocked. No point in trying to reason with someone who has, figuratively plugged his ears and stuck out his tongue.

The only thing you can really do, is watch him trip over his own follies and shrug.
JQ
17 Oct 2018, 3:47pm
Honestly I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Space trucking gives the traders something to do, traders give the pirates something to do, pirates give the bounty hunters something to do...we all benefit from having these things to do, and even from trying to avoid being eaten by whatever is higher in the food chain.

Personally, I'd like see piracy and bounty hunting encouraged more. I hardly ever see wanted players, and when I do they generally don't have a bounty that's worth the time. I'd love to see better rewards for piracy and maybe higher bounties, along with a most wanted board where hunters can buy info on where certain pirates have been sighted.

Oh! And for pirates maybe a criminal contact or corrupt official that can be paid/bribed to give them locations where a lot of valuable cargo is being moved by players.
Isaiah Evanson
17 Oct 2018, 3:49pm
PvP bounty hunting is in sore need of an upgrade.

It can be extremely lucrative and, unlike your typical PvP engagements, it requires a certain amount of effort and due diligence. But the payoff... well...

Ask Algomatic.
Fractal Shard
17 Oct 2018, 3:59pm
JQHonestly I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Space trucking gives the traders something to do, traders give the pirates something to do, pirates give the bounty hunters something to do...we all benefit from having these things to do, and even from trying to avoid being eaten by whatever is higher in the food chain.

Personally, I'd like see piracy and bounty hunting encouraged more. I hardly ever see wanted players, and when I do they generally don't have a bounty that's worth the time. I'd love to see better rewards for piracy and maybe higher bounties, along with a most wanted board where hunters can buy info on where certain pirates have been sighted.

Oh! And for pirates maybe a criminal contact or corrupt official that can be paid/bribed to give them locations where a lot of valuable cargo is being moved by players.


Well, most pirates actually tag their marks through EDSM (me included). Most traders upload their position to EDSM every jump. I've known a couple bounty hunters who have tracked people down that way too. Me, I upload every 30 jumps.
User23543
17 Oct 2018, 4:03pm
Can confirm PvP bounty hunting is pretty sweet.
Skyfyre70
17 Oct 2018, 4:16pm
This post doesn't represent the wing I am a member of, just my personal view.

I personally would like to see a more dynamic PvP than just what we have now. With squadrons coming may perhaps be lucrative with great risk than just a rebuy. Maybe even a perk of some kind by gaining enough PvP bounties in a certain time frame similar to CGs and the same for pirates.

I've never put the pirate role in the same category with gankers/griefers because pirates are embracing a role. The later does not.

Besides, I like having pirates around. Gives me something to shoot at as I am always in the need of combat improvement as I always assume they are better than me.
Bolasie
17 Oct 2018, 4:21pm
Silver Taffer
Kari Kerenski
Silver Taffer
Ah, Kari, what is this AutoHotKey of which you speak?

I could really use that since using VR! Is it a downloadable program or part of windows?




Here you go Taff, it's a free thingy for Windows:

https://autohotkey.com/

It's not too tricky to set up, but if you shoot me a PM I'd be happy to share my custom file that you could use as a template



Thanks Kari, yer a gem 07


+1 thanks from me too Kari. All this chit chat about Pirates, and you give us a link to some treasure!

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