Elite: Game talk

Mr Sloppy
04 Mar 2021, 3:55am
KaizimmHey, commanders.

Earlier this week I arrived in Colonia for the first time. Trying to do some missions to unlock the Colonia-based engineers.. But now I notice that hyperspace jumping between systems in the Colonia region takes a LOT longer than jumps in the Bubble. I am in hyperspace for two to three minutes before I actually arrive.

I can't really find any threads about this anywhere on the internet. Might it have something to do with my graphics settings?


I too just arrived in Colonia and am now trying out mining for the first time (means I get to experiment with a python as my first miner thanks to all the cartographic info). I have noticed no change in loading time.
Aleksander Majjam
04 Mar 2021, 4:19am
I haven't played ED in a few months due to other games taking my time, but I wouldn't mind getting back on so I can freeload to Colonia with one or a few of you.
Sir Sprockett
04 Mar 2021, 8:07am
Episparh
Sir Sprockettfor all you ship builders...

would this work for my Chieftain

https://edsy.org/s/vsogWCt

( i wish ED would allow the trade of player built ships)



SCB on a Chieftain... if you do so better swap the HRPs with shield reinforcement packages.

My personal preferences go to fast recharging bi-weave with a tons of resistances + HRPs/MRPs.

What is the purpose of this build anyway ?



my new fighting ship for things like this CG.

SO you say get rid of the SCB and go hull tank. Yeah those SCB do load the thermal.

I have not really started the engineering so want to get it right (or nearly right) from the start.
Sakashiro
04 Mar 2021, 9:34am
CG's over, time for a post-mortem.

I think I'll exchange my MRPs for SCBs. The Mamba's shields never once dropped during the CG, but the regen time even for a single ring lost while fighting a wing is extreme. I could speed this up to some degree using bi-weaves, but then the shields would be weaker overall. I could change the shield boosters from heavy duty to resistance augmented, but then the shields would be weak against plasma accelerators that do absolute damage. I could leave the hazRES and dock at the nearest station or FC for quick shield recovery. In fact I did that a few times during the CG, but it's annoying.

So the fourth option is SCBs. With these I'd be able to quickly regen the shields between fights. Need to look into the engineering options to find out what's best for me. I guess specialised/boss cells will do the trick.
Episparh
04 Mar 2021, 9:35am
Sir Sprockett
04 Mar 2021, 9:44am
User308550
04 Mar 2021, 10:18am
SakashiroCG's over, time for a post-mortem.

I think I'll exchange my MRPs for SCBs. The Mamba's shields never once dropped during the CG, but the regen time even for a single ring lost while fighting a wing is extreme. I could speed this up to some degree using bi-weaves, but then the shields would be weaker overall. I could change the shield boosters from heavy duty to resistance augmented, but then the shields would be weak against plasma accelerators that do absolute damage. I could leave the hazRES and dock at the nearest station or FC for quick shield recovery. In fact I did that a few times during the CG, but it's annoying.

So the fourth option is SCBs. With these I'd be able to quickly regen the shields between fights. Need to look into the engineering options to find out what's best for me. I guess specialised/boss cells will do the trick.


If your shields are down completely, a reboot/repair out of combat should bring them back online.
Episparh
04 Mar 2021, 10:20am
SakashiroCG's over, time for a post-mortem.

I think I'll exchange my MRPs for SCBs. The Mamba's shields never once dropped during the CG, but the regen time even for a single ring lost while fighting a wing is extreme. I could speed this up to some degree using bi-weaves, but then the shields would be weaker overall. I could change the shield boosters from heavy duty to resistance augmented, but then the shields would be weak against plasma accelerators that do absolute damage. I could leave the hazRES and dock at the nearest station or FC for quick shield recovery. In fact I did that a few times during the CG, but it's annoying.

So the fourth option is SCBs. With these I'd be able to quickly regen the shields between fights. Need to look into the engineering options to find out what's best for me. I guess specialised/boss cells will do the trick.


Oh, you better read the link for defense strategy as well. BTW, as long as you do not have shield reinforcement packages you can reboot your ship if you ran out of MJ. This have a chance to recover your shield at 50%.
Smaloo
04 Mar 2021, 10:43am
I missed the whole thing! Well done everyone who got into the prize zone. I wonder if the Imps taking over security duties will bring another CG?
Episparh
04 Mar 2021, 10:46am
I doubt we will have 2nd combat CG in a raw.
Sakashiro
04 Mar 2021, 11:43am
Daiyousei7If your shields are down completely, a reboot/repair out of combat should bring them back online.

EpisparhOh, you better read the link for defense strategy as well. BTW, as long as you do not have shield reinforcement packages you can reboot your ship if you ran out of MJ. This have a chance to recover your shield at 50%.

As I said, the shields never went down during a fight. Against single opponents, the Mamba is very good at evasion, so the shields are hardly touched at all.

But fights against 3/3 wings are more taxing, so by the time it's over, I may have one or even two rings red instead of blue. I'd like to get those rings back to blue before starting the next fight. I could just wait it out, but ring regeneration takes very long on high-MJ shields. So that's where SCBs might come in handy.
Lostinthemess
04 Mar 2021, 12:24pm
Sakashiro But fights against 3/3 wings are more taxing, so by the time it's over, I may have one or even two rings red instead of blue. I'd like to get those rings back to blue before starting the next fight. I could just wait it out, but ring regeneration takes very long on high-MJ shields. So that's where SCBs might come in handy.



I use SCB's with my combat ship which is running Prismatics. Exactly the same as you, in that my shields lose a ring when fighting wings of 3 but I pop a SCB and I'm good to go again. By the time I've fired off all the SCB's, my multi's usually need a reload anyway. £100m in the recent CG without my shields dropping once.
Episparh
04 Mar 2021, 12:46pm
For PvE I would consider a bi-weave with a lot of resistances and fast charge. Note, this do not exclude the use of SCB.

https://edsy.org/s/vhivfSv - this is the recommended Mamba build in PvE guide.
Quillmonkey
04 Mar 2021, 12:48pm
Sakashirofights against 3/3 wings are more taxing, so by the time it's over, I may have one or even two rings red instead of blue. I'd like to get those rings back to blue before starting the next fight. I could just wait it out, but ring regeneration takes very long on high-MJ shields. So that's where SCBs might come in handy.


In this respect I think the FDL and mamba are similar. I favour a bi-weave (thermal res / fast) with 4 boosters divided between resist aug and hvy duty. This gives around 4k and 3.5k to therm / kin shields and a decent regen rate that fills up while I'm killscanning the next. I also use 2xscbs if needed without heatsinks but they do get hot. I don't put any extra protection to hull over the military grade skin. If - in the unlikely event my shields go down, I'm not stopping to see if the hull can take the heat.

Just looked at my stats for the CG (28th - 3rd) gotta be said it's a good job they revamped the bounty system -

326 kills
unadjusted rewards (ie recorded in log files) of 24,159,219Cr - gives an average unadjusted credit per kill rate of 74,108.
After in-game adjustments
total mission bounties: 63,124,775Cr.
total non-mission bounties: 93,223,332Cr
overall total bounties: 156,348,107Cr - gives an adjusted average credit per kill rate of 479,595
Lostinthemess
04 Mar 2021, 12:50pm
EpisparhFor PvE I would consider a bi-weave with a lot of resistances and fast charge. Note, this do not exclude the use of SCB.

https://edsy.org/s/vhivfSv - this is the recommended Mamba build in PvE guide.



Agree with this too. I used a very similar setup to this until I unlocked the Prismatics. Not sure I prefer them but feel the need to use then since I went to all that effort to get them unlocked.

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