Elite: Game talk

04 Feb 2021, 12:50pm
Sakashiro
Geralt DeWitt
SakashiroBought a Mamba yesterday.

Question: Does damage by phasing sequence count as thermal or absolute damage? Can it be countered by increasing the hull's thermal resistance?





o7

an example: a plasma accelerator deals 60% adsolute, 20% thermal and 20% kinetic damage.
10% of the weapon damage phases through the shield. while the absolut part of the damage kicks in completeley, for the thermal and kinetik damage the regarding hull resistance have to be taken to account.


So it depends on the type of weapon that the phasing sequence effect is applied to, e.g. phasing sequence hull damage from a laser should be 100% thermal. That makes sense.

Thanks!


correct!
04 Feb 2021, 1:21pm
Noob question...seeing many pilots are having their portrait from Elite in here, how do I do that since I can not find any files on my pc with my Pilots picture in it?
04 Feb 2021, 1:26pm
Mhotep ThornNoob question...seeing many pilots are having their portrait from Elite in here, how do I do that since I can not find any files on my pc with my Pilots picture in it?


You just take screenshot of your toon from the game then edit/crop/whatever and upload it here.
04 Feb 2021, 1:40pm
Ha the current CG is for double engineered missile that was given to us during defense of Lyz.

It will become widely accessible.

... The bad part is that it is mining CG.
04 Feb 2021, 3:01pm
Geralt DeWitt
Sakashiro
Geralt DeWitt




o7

an example: a plasma accelerator deals 60% adsolute, 20% thermal and 20% kinetic damage.
10% of the weapon damage phases through the shield. while the absolut part of the damage kicks in completeley, for the thermal and kinetik damage the regarding hull resistance have to be taken to account.



So it depends on the type of weapon that the phasing sequence effect is applied to, e.g. phasing sequence hull damage from a laser should be 100% thermal. That makes sense.

Thanks!



correct!


Are you sure about that? The EDWiki says something about doing absolute damage calculated from the base damage of the respective weapon (i.e. without drop off/resistances).
04 Feb 2021, 3:51pm
SnapStrHi CMDRs.
Does anyone know how, in the context of the story, explain the revival of the pilot after death in the Odyssey?

According to the American Elite Podcast, ObsidianAnt and the Elite subReddit, FDev Q&A this week were asked that question directly. Their response was that this had not been resolved yet. The guess is this means lorewise rather than game mechanics.  Suppose the ineffable question is when you die, do you get booted to a rebuy screen?  And does heaven await those who haven't got the insurance?

Episparhthe current CG is for double engineered missile

yeah, so if I've read this right you can either bore yourself stupid for a week, pew-pew mining and you get given the missiles free.
or you could go do something much more interesting, get some cash, and then come back next week and just buy the missiles from any old human tech.
Have I got that wrong? Doesn't mention double engineering in the CG

"Ms Ryder has announced that her aim is to make this specially modified weapon available for purchase at all human technology brokers"


Last edit: 04 Feb 2021, 4:18pm
04 Feb 2021, 4:20pm
The price of the new missile will depend of what tier will be reached. So it is up to you if you want to help the community or just use what the community unlocks.
04 Feb 2021, 4:47pm
EpisparhHa the current CG is for double engineered missile that was given to us during defense of Lyz.

It will become widely accessible.

... The bad part is that it is mining CG.


The excellent part is that my FC will be arriving in a system with all ring types later tonight... And I have my mining python aboard - and it has already been tested that the CG will accept mined goodies that have been stored on a FC.

Maybe doing a little mining later then
04 Feb 2021, 4:54pm
Quillmonkey
According to the American Elite Podcast, ObsidianAnt and the Elite subReddit, FDev Q&A this week were asked that question directly. Their response was that this had not been resolved yet. The guess is this means lorewise rather than game mechanics.  Suppose the ineffable question is when you die, do you get booted to a rebuy screen?  And does heaven await those who haven't got the insurance?



Thank you cmdr.
O7
04 Feb 2021, 5:14pm
well I just scanned a system (unknown system) with 3 water worlds, 2 earth like worlds, binary stars and a Neutron star... (spondoolies! :cheerful
04 Feb 2021, 6:36pm
Thanks for the help with the toon pic...
fly safe Cmdr o7
05 Feb 2021, 12:34am
Sir Sprockettwell I just scanned a system (unknown system) with 3 water worlds, 2 earth like worlds, binary stars and a Neutron star... (spondoolies! :cheerful



o7
05 Feb 2021, 2:34am
Sakashiro
Tengri UmaiSorry for the late response. Was busy with RL. Let's just test it in the field. Take any light ship you want against my Corvette.


Did this with Epi already. With engineered drives they're actually not bad. Staying out of the front facing weapons' line of fire was difficult. It might work for a better pilot with a Courier that's lighter than mine, but not for me.



This is great stuff. I respect both of these commanders and love the banter! Did either of you commanders record this? As a new Commander who is 4 months old this is real role play and drama! More then I can get out of the galactic bar (that I don't get what is going on)! This is real and meaningful. Testing out theory's and preferences. Thank you both for following through and doing this I would have loved to see it pay per view man!

I have seen some of Saka's videos in how she attacks like a Jedi or Samurai Warrior (quick lighting strikes) against Epi's heavily engineered Corvette? I think he used that one .... I am in awe that he has every ship in the game and they are all fully engineered! ... with a felt carrier to take the party anywhere.. what!

Great job commanders and thank all of you for your posts they have helped me immensely.
rickchap
05 Feb 2021, 6:20am
I do not record stuff. Not sure Sakashiro did so.

The encounter wasn't a fight actually. We met in the ring, I asked her to take my six and attack me then try to stay out of my firing arks. Unfortunately, I think she didn't saw this messages(probably chat tabs configuration). I got bored and attacked her - got fine. She couldn't stay out of sight of my weapons. Snow Blood shield dropped to around 30% then Sakashiro gained 7km range.

Cops arrived, I jumped to nearest ship loundry facility to wash my "Wanted" status.

... After that I got my Vulture and we ended killing NPCs in Haz RES for 1-2 hours.


Last edit: 05 Feb 2021, 7:29am
05 Feb 2021, 10:19am
The Courier is great at keeping shields up long enough to get one out of harm's way, which is why it's so hard to gank. Unfortunately there isn't much else it's good at. There's only so much you can do with three medium hardpoints.

I'm now outfitting a Mamba. Five top-mounted hardpoints, nice cockpit. Max speed is lower than the Courier's, but acceleration/deceleration appears to be higher. And it's more forgiving about pip management. The Courier can either have good resistance or rapid boosting or efficient weapon cooling, but not all of these at the same time. The Mamba is actually quite usable at 2/2/2 pips. Its jump range sucks though.

The hazRES session was fun. I regret not recording it. Epi ran out of ammo twice.

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