Elite: Game talk
15 Feb 2021, 10:58pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDnAyFtEWck
15 Feb 2021, 11:00pm
Sir Sprockettwell it seems that the Jupiter Division is getting it's Derriere handed to it. 4000 JD players verses 11000 Silver League players. every CZ instance i was in of this evenings play the Silvers league won.
The Courier is great for this but does not quite have the punch I want. Best Combo, Single Rail Gun and 2 beam lasers - cause you can go at it for ever (fuel dependent as I have plasma slugs on the Rail...)
Cannons - I did not like the feel Could not really tell if I was hitting my target, with the rail gun you know when you hit your target.
Seeker Missiles and rail gun was good, but restricted by AMMO
I've settled (for now) on three medium pulse lasers, lightweight, 2x phasing sequence, 1x scramble spectrum. Kinda boring, but gets the job done and doesn't weigh the ship down too much. Interesting Courier-specific twist: you can choose to fire with or without the center laser just by changing the pitch of the nose towards the target.
Plasma slug rails are something I haven't tried yet. Do they last long enough with just a class 3 fuel tank?
Btw, if you want a Courier with more punch, the next thing to try is a Mamba.
15 Feb 2021, 11:09pm
SakashiroSir Sprockettwell it seems that the Jupiter Division is getting it's Derriere handed to it. 4000 JD players verses 11000 Silver League players. every CZ instance i was in of this evenings play the Silvers league won.
The Courier is great for this but does not quite have the punch I want. Best Combo, Single Rail Gun and 2 beam lasers - cause you can go at it for ever (fuel dependent as I have plasma slugs on the Rail...)
Cannons - I did not like the feel Could not really tell if I was hitting my target, with the rail gun you know when you hit your target.
Seeker Missiles and rail gun was good, but restricted by AMMO
I've settled (for now) on three medium pulse lasers, lightweight, 2x phasing sequence, 1x scramble spectrum. Kinda boring, but gets the job done and doesn't weigh the ship down too much. Interesting Courier-specific twist: you can choose to fire with or without the center laser just by changing the pitch of the nose towards the target.
Plasma slug rails are something I haven't tried yet. Do they last long enough with just a class 3 fuel tank?
Btw, if you want a Courier with more punch, the next thing to try is a Mamba.
I am running a 3c fuel tank and had no real issues as the fight was over before i even was concerned over fuel. Learnt to use the sub system targeting, hitting drives and power plants.... effective.
15 Feb 2021, 11:20pm
Sir SprockettI am running a 3c fuel tank and had no real issues as the fight was over before i even was concerned over fuel. Learnt to use the sub system targeting, hitting drives and power plants.... effective.
Nice!
16 Feb 2021, 2:13pm
EpisparhRails on Mamba looks like terrible idea.
I'm not a fan of rails either. My Mamba is all beams.
16 Feb 2021, 4:18pm
Gankers sharpening their knives.
16 Feb 2021, 6:29pm
Sakashiro
I'm not a fan of rails either. My Mamba is all beams.
Rails are great, so are Gauss canons! It is just the Mamba have very bad hardpoints convergence making the usage of fixed weapons a terrible idea.
Mamba's anatomy
The usual mamba setup is gimballed frags, gimballed lasors , gimballed MC or combination of gimballed weapons + some seekers/torps
16 Feb 2021, 7:14pm
16 Feb 2021, 7:24pm
EpisparhThe usual mamba setup is gimballed frags, gimballed lasors , gimballed MC or combination of gimballed weapons + some seekers/torps
That's why I chose the Mamba over the comparable FDL. I'm a speed-addicted gimballed lasor girl.
Also, the Mamba's flaws are quite similar to the Courier's flaws. Got used to one of them already, so the progression feels quite natural. Found the FDL a bit slow, too.
I do plan to overhaul the current setup though. Paid too much attention to weight, realized too late that the Mamba is much less weight-sensitive than the Courier. Upsizing everything will give me better shields, longer weapons range, more hull in case of shield failure, etc. Maybe even enough to get into PvP...
16 Feb 2021, 10:08pm
I'm doing a bit of exploration, do I need to scan (FSS + DSS) inhabited system with already terraformed planet (system with nav beacon lot of base etc) ? I mean can I sell thoses data ? cause website giving road2 riches never ask me to scan thoses system even if I go through them, so I guess I can't sell those data ?
for exemple, road2riches made me go through Djiwal without scanning it, and I don't understand why (FSS + DSS its telluric and water world = 6million on my carthographic data...) and nothing on my settings on the website should made it skip this sytem. there is something I don't get...
not sure if I'm clear =c
Last edit: 16 Feb 2021, 10:25pm
16 Feb 2021, 10:13pm
Taitsuo Shimahey guys, here's with another noob question (probably a bit stupid this one...):
I'm doing a bit of exploration, do I need to scan (FSS + DSS) inhabited system (system with nav beacon) ? I mean can I sell thoses data ? cause website giving road2 riches never ask me to scan thoses system even if I go through them, so I guess I can't sell those data ?
Do the honk always. If you see bodies in FSS mode as they are already scanned do not bother. However, if you see valuable body in system map or FSS go and map it with DSS as it will give you exploration data for mapping.
I remember I got like 5-6mil from just one system with few terraformable bodies... In the bubble.
16 Feb 2021, 10:37pm
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