Elite: Game talk

17 Jan 2021, 2:25pm
I guess FDev don't care about crossplay because it wouldn't really improve the gameplay experience. They'd probably change their mind if ED was starving for players.

There may be technical obstacles, too, e.g. in connecting PCs and consoles via STUN/TURN. ED is a P2P game after all, unlike many others that use a more traditional client/server model.
17 Jan 2021, 3:58pm
EpisparhDamn, I love to fly Vulture with pacifier frag cannons in Haz RES

for my marathon massacre buzzard i like a thermal long range beam turret to tag the little guys and a short range fixed burst laser/kinetic to hollow out the big ones.


Last edit: 17 Jan 2021, 4:03pm
17 Jan 2021, 4:19pm
Jiirn

for my marathon massacre buzzard i like a thermal long range beam turret to tag the little guys and a short range fixed burst laser/kinetic to hollow out the big ones.


Turret on a Vulture ...

..but WHY???
17 Jan 2021, 4:34pm
Episparh
Jiirn

for my marathon massacre buzzard i like a thermal long range beam turret to tag the little guys and a short range fixed burst laser/kinetic to hollow out the big ones.



Turret on a Vulture ... [img=56x56]https://emoji.gg/assets/emoji/MonkaChrist.png[/img]

..but WHY???

Damage per energy.
17 Jan 2021, 5:10pm
If they can stay on target mounted on such nimble ship like vulture... And fixed have better damage per distributor draw.

... and with my pacifier frag vulture I ignore everything smaller than AspX .... do not worth the shard ammo


Last edit: 17 Jan 2021, 5:26pm
17 Jan 2021, 6:40pm
Lasers don't need ammo, and turrets can keep firing forever, sometimes with just one pip to WEP. So instead of aiming, you focus on keeping your ship behind your target. This way they can't hit you, but you hit them all the time. Works against big ships, unless they have turrets, too.
17 Jan 2021, 7:49pm
I use pulse laser turrets with great effect on my T-10.
17 Jan 2021, 8:07pm
SakashiroLasers don't need ammo, and turrets can keep firing forever, sometimes with just one pip to WEP. So instead of aiming, you focus on keeping your ship behind your target. This way they can't hit you, but you hit them all the time. Works against big ships, unless they have turrets, too.


Sounds boring - try vulture with pacifiers. Oh, the joy of staying in black spot of anaconda and deleting it with 4-5 reloads ...

Synthya WylderI use pulse laser turrets with great effect on my T-10.


Type-10 is AKA common newbie trap

P. S.  Bounty hunting CG is over. Made 42 mil - 30 of which were with Ward.


Last edit: 17 Jan 2021, 8:17pm
17 Jan 2021, 9:28pm
Episparh
SakashiroLasers don't need ammo, and turrets can keep firing forever, sometimes with just one pip to WEP. So instead of aiming, you focus on keeping your ship behind your target. This way they can't hit you, but you hit them all the time. Works against big ships, unless they have turrets, too.



Sounds boring - try vulture with pacifiers. Oh, the joy of staying in black spot of anaconda and deleting it with 4-5 reloads ...

Synthya WylderI use pulse laser turrets with great effect on my T-10.



Type-10 is AKA common newbie trap

P. S.  Bounty hunting CG is over. Made 42 mil - 30 of which were with Ward.


I must agree with you re: Vulture. I’ve got a similar build to yours, just with plasmas, and a tiny cargo hold and collector limpet controller to pick up mats. Great fun
17 Jan 2021, 9:34pm
Episparh
Synthya WylderI use pulse laser turrets with great effect on my T-10.



Type-10 is AKA common newbie trap


Perfect for me then! (Newb)

Plus, I love having the soccer field, the baseball field, & the Olympic swimming pool all on their own separate decks.
17 Jan 2021, 11:49pm
Miss-adventure:
Last night before I logged off.  I arrived at a friend's fleet carrier at an AX community goal system.  I landed, and had my AX Krait shipped out to the carrier so I can join in on the fun in the Witch-head nebula for Thargoid hunting in the morning.  
Today I log on.  Fleet carrier is jumping.  I am now well over 20K light years from my intended destination.
I get on the coms and talk to the owner of the carrier as I'm starting to realize this.  
"Alright, ready to kill some thargoids... Wait where the **** am I?"
Everyone in the chat busts out laughing.
"Sorry dude, no thargoids here." one says.
"Hey you may as well get a notebook out and copy this location down...."
Silver lining: I managed to get a healthy laugh at my misfortune and added two systems to my personal notes for finding all grade 4 materials for surface mining for engineering.  
The owner of the carrier said:
"Don't worry when we are done we'll head back to Thargoid territory. Sorry, I should have given you heads-up."
I got a good laugh at my situation and learned a few valuable lessons from this.


Last edit: 17 Jan 2021, 11:58pm
18 Jan 2021, 6:25pm
Let's assume Core Dynamics takes part of Lakon Spaceways' assets after legal case after being sued by that market protection office - as technically speaking the hostile takeover with all its background was a corporate crime.

What are your bets on new ships can from Core/Lakon and "Old Guard" Lakon, both of which would try to flood market with a new design in order to have direct competition?
18 Jan 2021, 6:58pm
aren't there some ships that aren't in ED from the original Elite? I don't know enough about that but I think that'd be a chance
18 Jan 2021, 9:47pm
Igneel Primearen't there some ships that aren't in ED from the original Elite? I don't know enough about that but I think that'd be a chance


Plenty of those that haven't made it to the game. With most famous being Panther Clipper and my personal favorite Boa Cruiser (Anaconda - but bigger ... or smaller in the original elite)


Last edit: 18 Jan 2021, 9:55pm
18 Jan 2021, 10:10pm
Finally made it back to the AX community goal systems after my missaventure. I had to go around a very large sector of space that was permit locked when I got close to the Witch-head nebula. Does anyone know what that's all about?

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