Elite: Game talk

Burstar
11 Dec 2020, 3:14pm
Episparh
JavanPerl
Hella KazooMy DSS was in outfitting after I turned in the CG just now. +40%...thought it was supposed to be "fully engineered"




The promise was for double the scan area. 40% increase in radius gives a 96% increase in area, so that's close enough...



The promise was for 50% increased radius which is exactly G5-100% https://inara.cz/galaxy-blueprint/177/


Try again:
"If successful, the top 75% of contributors will receive a fully engineered Detailed Surface Scanner with twice the normal probe coverage."

Coverage /= radius
Coverage == Surface area

Probe      Surface      %Original
Radius       Area
1           12.57           100.00%
1.3           21.24           169.00%
1.4           24.63           196.00%
Trampass
11 Dec 2020, 5:06pm
Synthya WylderElite!


llongyfarchiadau i chi, Synthya!
User242014
11 Dec 2020, 5:22pm
Hello, do you now also get the multiple price for exploration data? I am supposed to get a triple price for 2 weeks. Now I flew to the Betoncourt-Base with exploration data, but I can't hand in the data.
Why not?
Burstar
11 Dec 2020, 5:38pm
Wol ArnHello, do you now also get the multiple price for exploration data? I am supposed to get a triple price for 2 weeks. Now I flew to the Betoncourt-Base with exploration data, but I can't hand in the data.
Why not?


"I can't hand in the data" is a very vague description of your issue. When in Universal Cartographics do you have data listed to sell but when you do nothing happens, or is there nothing listed, or is there no UC office showing up, or ...?

If it's 'nothing happens when I sell the page of data', that is a bug where the last page of data you have to sell will not refresh to a blank list but the data has been sold. Leave UC and return to it. The list will be empty then if that is the case.
User242014
11 Dec 2020, 5:45pm
I can't hand in the data there because there is no UC office. There was only a UC office at the CG, not any more!

I am not alone, there is now also a ticket: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/21303

Last edit: 11 Dec 2020, 6:04pm
Synthya Wylder
11 Dec 2020, 6:59pm
Wol ArnI can't hand in the data there because there is no UC office. There was only a UC office at the CG, not any more!

I am not alone, there is now also a ticket: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/21303


I can confirm the above issue, but the scuttlebutt was, to log out of the game completely, then log back in. Haven't tried it myself...
User242014
11 Dec 2020, 7:07pm
I got the tip to set the launcher to English, only then will the UC office open.
Icetuga
11 Dec 2020, 8:44pm
Hi CMDR´s

I just came back after a long time absence and the stuff that burned me out the first time was a big fail in getting some engineer materials and the Guardian FSD booster, i remember going back and forth with hundred of jumps and so on.
A lot of time invested in this and because of something i forgot at the different places, i was left with nearly nothing and that prompted me to leave the game alone for a long time.

The thing is that i really love this kind of spacesim setting and after i seen some videos i got interested again, i logged in to see in which state is my account and it was better then i remembered with more money and more ships then i thought

I logged in thinking i am still with a ASP X and a DBX but it was way better then expected, with both Kraits and some Imp Courier and Mamba combat builds i was trying out probably. Must be a big trauma before i left the game furious with the fails i had to get the engineers and the FSD booster done, so that i totally forgot that i was in a much better status then expected.

Long story short after getting back i was adamant in getting stuff done i was failing the first time, and what can i say? It was somewhat succesful this time with the first 4 or 5 engineers done and the FSD booster finally unlocked.

Now the thing that is still a pain in the ass for me is jumping back and forth just to get every module i want when i am outfitting a ship like i want, so the next thing i really need to enjoy the game fully is to get Elite and with it the Shinrarta Dezra permit for Jameson.

I just want it done to get every module and ship in one place, because i want to concentrate on the mission boards for the fun factor and not for the rank or money first.

So i see that i am 43 or 45% in the Tycoon rank for the the Trader, next after Tycoon is Elite right? My question is do the passenger missions count for explorer rank or trader?
Episparh
11 Dec 2020, 9:24pm
IcetugaMy question is do the passenger missions count for explorer rank or trader?

Welcome back...although I am probably newer player than you
Anyway , on the question some passenger mission counts for exploration and some for trade ranks. To understand what rank progression they will give just look what is the type of rank required. If the mission wants trade rank - it will contribute to trade rank.
Whiplash 1983
11 Dec 2020, 9:24pm
Kilometers and system scans count for the Explorer. The business and credits you roll doing those runs work towards Trade. So yeah, both.

Be ruthless when ferrying passengers to distant locations for big credits, (ignore all extra requests after you head out) and they will get pissed and ask to be dropped of early and you still get paid 'cause the extras are not what you signed on for.
Icetuga
11 Dec 2020, 9:39pm
Oh Thx to both, that was a fast response.

Oh and don´t worry i am ruthless when i am forced to do any form of boring grind over and over again, i actually would find that out myself because i can´t be arsed to do extra bs while grinding hehe

I never realized that the pay was the same because it happen to me before, when i tried out one sightseeing mission not realizing the distances i had to go. I had a completely raw build at the time with something like 24-27ly jump range.

After what felt like 120 jumps through the galaxy i heard that "plin" for new mission update, and there it was the info i needed at that moment "we want to see this shit too" i looked it up in the map and immediately started talking to the game like i was really transporting them "nahh go f yourself"!

They also started bitching around and left somewhere, i thought at the time i didn´t got the full amount for the mission.
Episparh
11 Dec 2020, 9:41pm
Icetuga
11 Dec 2020, 9:55pm
Yeah i heard about it but i just got back after a week and just have enough right now in jumping around the galaxy after unlocking engineers and FSD booster.

Right now i will focus in getting trade Elite and do combat in between with the CG that are going on right now, going for a exploration now would just burn me out of the game again.

Next year after i have done my fleet like i want i will build an explorer and go to colonia for some time, now that there is kind of a mini bubble with some systems there i am interested to see it.
Episparh
11 Dec 2020, 10:00pm
That char - have just 12 hours game play time.

Ah, one thing for the others:

When you sell to Universal Cartographics it shows the normal price , but once you sell something check the amount changed in your right panel.

!!!This is only for Betancourt Base Station during the reward time of the CG!!!
Zentzlb
11 Dec 2020, 10:35pm
Episparh
Zentzlb
Silver TafferI usually go with ‘Reinforced’ for shields, special effects I vary to find what works best - you can easily change the special without further base engineering.




Nah for a chieftain you want a thermal res biweave with 2-3 res augmented boosters.



The question was about Type-9 Defender?(probably type-10) and Silver Traffer is talking about his general preferences.  

Else I agree with you Chieftain is hull or hybrid tank. So, either no shield or fast recovering shield which is bi-weave thermal/fast charge with resistance augmented boosters


Ah yes it seems I misread that.

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