Elite: Game talk
24 Dec 2020, 8:40am
Aleksander MajjamSmalooWishing all CMDRS a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Fly Dangerously! o7
You as well, Smaloo.
Every time I fly without a fuel scoop, I fly dangerously.
CMDR "Always Dangerous" Alex... a good callsign!
24 Dec 2020, 9:28am
Rebecca HailWe have fuel.
You don't.
Any questions?
Ah, yes, cannot have a Christmas without a cheap plug here and there, can't we?
24 Dec 2020, 11:12am
Amata LireinMerry Christmas everybody...
Rebecca HailWe have fuel.
You don't.
Any questions?
Ah, yes, cannot have a Christmas without a cheap plug here and there, can't we?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's commercialized af anyways, so one more ad won't make a difference.
24 Dec 2020, 12:35pm
Rat CatcherAttack ChimpRat Catcher
It sounds as if Colonia has changed a little since I was there a few weeks ago!
My main account is about to arrive back there, I'll have to go on walkabout
Sounds like the war has turned uglier. I bet if Carcosa was returned to the hands of free people, things would calm down a lot.
With Likedeeler now filling a slot in Carcosa and pushing hard things may get very interesting very quickly
I've arrived to do some engineering first then will take a look over the lie of the land, I'm sure there is somewhere that can suffer a vermin infestation...
I too have recently returned to Colinia but other than the missions being generally poorer I haven't noticed any grief whatsoever. I must put up my hand and take some responsibility for No Look Gang's misfortune as they are the only money making missions out of Kojeara.
I have come across many new Cmdrs as I do my chores here and always send a personal greeting but I rarely get a response.
24 Dec 2020, 1:13pm
Kirky007Rat CatcherAttack Chimp
Sounds like the war has turned uglier. I bet if Carcosa was returned to the hands of free people, things would calm down a lot.
With Likedeeler now filling a slot in Carcosa and pushing hard things may get very interesting very quickly
I've arrived to do some engineering first then will take a look over the lie of the land, I'm sure there is somewhere that can suffer a vermin infestation...
I too have recently returned to Colinia but other than the missions being generally poorer I haven't noticed any grief whatsoever. I must put up my hand and take some responsibility for No Look Gang's misfortune as they are the only money making missions out of Kojeara.
I have come across many new Cmdrs as I do my chores here and always send a personal greeting but I rarely get a response.
Well, I'm 140 jumps out (and my hull is at 40% due to a run in with a heavy G planet and a T Tauri star) so I hope that you are right, lol.
Lookign forward to getting there. Last time I went into the void was pre-engineers in an Asp and went to Sag A*. Took a couple of weeks to get out there and back as no fleet carriers and no stations. Appears things have moved on somewhat since (It was a couple of years ago now).
24 Dec 2020, 2:09pm
First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile within seconds of leaving the ground
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
So, given that my ship is engineered for speed (540 and 600 boost), and I never had trouble waking out before, (remember I have not even had time to engage FSD or supercruise),
do I try a third time in open play (it must be possible)
chicken out and try in solo?
create private group of one and hide my head in shame
Last edit: 24 Dec 2020, 3:58pm
24 Dec 2020, 2:34pm
24 Dec 2020, 2:42pm
DescartesI just auto-launched from 'Farseer in Deciat sys and my ship was destroyed, First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
Gwanker maybe?
You might wanna land yourself around Farseer Inc. First time I went to visit F. F. my AD was shot out. I stopped using AD then and there.
24 Dec 2020, 2:55pm
DescartesI just auto-launched from 'Farseer in Deciat sys and my ship was destroyed, First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
Ganker, Wanker and Griefer!!
Probably thought you were a noob or something.
24 Dec 2020, 7:59pm
DescartesI just auto-launched from 'Farseer in Deciat sys and my ship was destroyed,
First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile within seconds of leaving the ground
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
So, given that my ship is engineered for speed (540 and 600 boost), and I never had trouble waking out before, (remember I have not even had time to engage FSD or supercruise),
do I try a third time in open play (it must be possible)
chicken out and try in solo?
create private group of one and hide my head in shame
Auto-launch means advanced docking computer - the bloody thing obeys 100m/s and follows predictable path easy hit for PAs or rails ... 600m/s boost is good but what about your defenses? Do you have at least 300-400 MJ absolute shield strength?
When I launch from ground bases I do boost combined with vertical trust plus pitch and roll changes to make my trajectory less predictable. Gankers usually wait above you...it might be a good idea to use external camera to look around before you launch.
24 Dec 2020, 8:13pm
EpisparhDescartesI just auto-launched from 'Farseer in Deciat sys and my ship was destroyed,
First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile within seconds of leaving the ground
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
So, given that my ship is engineered for speed (540 and 600 boost), and I never had trouble waking out before, (remember I have not even had time to engage FSD or supercruise),
do I try a third time in open play (it must be possible)
chicken out and try in solo?
create private group of one and hide my head in shame
Auto-launch means advanced docking computer - the bloody thing obeys 100m/s and follows predictable path easy hit for PAs or rails ... 600m/s boost is good but what about your defenses? Do you have at least 300-400 MJ absolute shield strength?
When I launch from ground bases I do boost combined with vertical trust plus pitch and roll changes to make my trajectory less predictable. Gankers usually wait above you...it might be a good idea to use external camera to look around before you launch.
There would not be a single ounce of shame switching to solo to clear the pad. Douche bags sniping people taking off, lmao. ED is something else.
24 Dec 2020, 8:27pm
...Someone just tried to blow my not typical AspX while lifting from Farseer Inc. in Deciat
25 Dec 2020, 12:12pm
Episparh[quote=Descartes]I just auto-launched from 'Farseer in Deciat sys and my ship was destroyed,
First, even before the launch was completed - so bought a replacement
Second hit and destroyed by an impulse missile within seconds of leaving the ground
How can this happen? Ganker or Wanker? GRRR
So, given that my ship is engineered for speed (540 and 600 boost), and I never had trouble waking out before, (remember I have not even had time to engage FSD or supercruise),
do I try a third time in open play (it must be possible)
chicken out and try in solo?
create private group of one and hide my head in shame[/quote
Thanykyou all for your replies.
Not wanting to be easily defeated, I played in open,
launched manually and stuck my head out of the crater in which sits Farseer base just far enough to do a 360 scan, sure enough, there was a ship waiting directly behind me. Found a planet visible to eyeline just above the horizon, charged FSD, lifted off, hit boost and jumped. It worked for me!
p.s.Sheilds? 2A, unengineered on my Viper III
25 Dec 2020, 1:35pm
Descartes
p.s.Sheilds? 2A, unengineered on my Viper III
Yeah, no ship can't outrun long range rails. But viper have very small hit box, so should be easier with getting some range if you try to be evasive all the time.
If you do a speed build - enhanced, low power shield/hi-cap will give you good MJ boost and will lower mass and power consumption. And 0E shield boosters are usually discarded but I always recommend them for exploration or speed builds. They can give a decent boost without much added mass.
The other option that you can explore is 1A Prismatic shield with reinforced/hi cap. Just keep in mind that if you boost shields you need to compensate thermal resistances with boosters' engineering.
Last edit: 25 Dec 2020, 2:16pm
For the discussions about the community, other stuff related to the game like astrophysics and so on please use the General talk thread.
What does belong here:
- Questions, answers, tips and guides about ship loadouts, game activities like exploration, mining, combat and similar things that directly relate to the gameplay.
- Game technical issues and problems, if you are looking for a help. For the bug reports please head to the official FD forum.
- Discussion about "official" events from GalNet and community goals.
- Discussing player actions and activities, general topics about Elite community and player events, topics related to the game but also real world (like astrophysics and similar). Please post these to the "General talk" thread instead.
- Any off topic discussion, please post this kind of stuff to the "Offtopic" thread.