Elite: Game talk
12 Mar 2021, 4:36pm
I do like the Beluga, you really do get that Bus driver experience.
12 Mar 2021, 4:51pm
Fatty Bum BumI do like the Beluga, you really do get that Bus driver experience.
Bus drivers don't usually get their arses stuck in mail slots
Saying that, I've just been tinkering with my engineering - spreading the thermal load, and now I find I don't have enough power to fly off the rescue ship. Admittedly it was tight before, but now even if turn off my shields and FSD I'm at exactly 100% usage with only the essentials. Make matters worse, there are no modules to buy in outfitting. So, the choice is to either order a spare module that'll take over 30 mins to get to me, or ... FSD takes 4% power. Life support takes 5%. If I turn off life support I could try and take off, make the jump to a starport and fix the ship in less than 6 mins.
I think I know which one I'm going to go for.
12 Mar 2021, 5:02pm
Fatty Bum Bum
What I'd like to know is will the CMDR get have a bounty on him now? I don't think he used weapons.
Not if he stayed below the speed limit.
TBH it probably did not even dent his shields, so his passengers will be quite happy.
Beluga are very badly shielded. I used one for mining in open for a while, purely as it gave me a real sense of fear travelling around near other players, which made the mining vaguely entertaining to me.
Great ship for mining actually. worked really well.
12 Mar 2021, 5:15pm
And keep your speed under 100m/s.
My rescue Vette have bi-weave shield on a size 7 slot and 6 skill boosters. Roughly raw 1600Mj and 800 hull ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
12 Mar 2021, 5:19pm
QuillmonkeyFatty Bum BumI do like the Beluga, you really do get that Bus driver experience.
Bus drivers don't usually get their arses stuck in mail slots
Saying that, I've just been tinkering with my engineering - spreading the thermal load, and now I find I don't have enough power to fly off the rescue ship. Admittedly it was tight before, but now even if turn off my shields and FSD I'm at exactly 100% usage with only the essentials. Make matters worse, there are no modules to buy in outfitting. So, the choice is to either order a spare module that'll take over 30 mins to get to me, or ... FSD takes 4% power. Life support takes 5%. If I turn off life support I could try and take off, make the jump to a starport and fix the ship in less than 6 mins.
I think I know which one I'm going to go for.
This bus driver usually does. It always takes me a while to re-adjust to manual parking.
The one thing missing from the Beluga is a horn. FDEV is you are listening could hooters or horns be made available, perhaps through engineering? I'd like one mounted in my HUGE hardpoint..
12 Mar 2021, 5:20pm
EpisparhDon't skip oh shield and hull even on resque ships and always 4 pips to SYS when entering on leaving station.
And keep your speed under 100m/s.
My rescue Vette have bi-weave shield on a size 7 slot and 6 skill boosters. Roughly raw 1600Mj and 800 hull ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You're not kidding. On the last CG, I had 2 days in a row where I was coming in to drop cargo off at Laelaps, when a pirate dropped out of super-cruise resulting in an immediate massive collision. Both times they dropped my "just in case" garbage 6D shields on my cutter, but my paint wasn't scratched.
12 Mar 2021, 5:24pm
VisceraFatty Bum Bum
What I'd like to know is will the CMDR get have a bounty on him now? I don't think he used weapons.
Not if he stayed below the speed limit.
TBH it probably did not even dent his shields, so his passengers will be quite happy.
Beluga are very badly shielded. I used one for mining in open for a while, purely as it gave me a real sense of fear travelling around near other players, which made the mining vaguely entertaining to me.
Great ship for mining actually. worked really well.
what is the hull code of this federal corvette? the IFC Ignatenko is due to a departure to the nannoman system in roughly 4 hours. we may be able to work with the federal authorities to bring this criminal to justice.
12 Mar 2021, 5:29pm
Thanatos au Grimmus
You're not kidding. On the last CG, I had 2 days in a row where I was coming in to drop cargo off at Laelaps, when a pirate dropped out of super-cruise resulting in an immediate massive collision. Both times they dropped my "just in case" garbage 6D shields on my cutter, but my paint wasn't scratched.
Well, I lost my my mining cutter once with 400t LTD at 1.3mil each... And since then my ships started to look funny.
12 Mar 2021, 5:32pm
EpisparhThanatos au Grimmus
You're not kidding. On the last CG, I had 2 days in a row where I was coming in to drop cargo off at Laelaps, when a pirate dropped out of super-cruise resulting in an immediate massive collision. Both times they dropped my "just in case" garbage 6D shields on my cutter, but my paint wasn't scratched.
Well, I lost my my mining cutter once with 400t LTD at 1.3mil each... And since then my ships started to look funny.
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Holy cow! I can still feel your pain from that one.
12 Mar 2021, 5:47pm
Shock, laughter ... then I looked at my ship stats and changed my concept.
Shields, Hull, Speed and integrity are far more valuable than few extra ly jump range, few more tons , few more pax or whatever. ...only my robigo python is excluded from that rule :D
12 Mar 2021, 5:56pm
EpisparhPain , nah. ... I just spent 90 min in old Borann ... then wife called to get her from the city. Logged off and planed to finish the limpets upon my return. Got a wing of a viper + 2 eagles and made a fatal error of judgment that I can get rid of them with just 3 hardpoints and D rated thrusters and under sized shield ...
Shock, laughter ... then I looked at my ship stats and changed my concept.
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I'm glad to hear that you could brush that off so easily, which demonstrates a good lesson for all: don't take any game too seriously and you will have more fun.
12 Mar 2021, 5:58pm
EpisparhDon't skip oh shield and hull even on resque ships and always 4 pips to SYS when entering on leaving station.
And keep your speed under 100m/s.
My rescue Vette have bi-weave shield on a size 7 slot and 6 skill boosters. Roughly raw 1600Mj and 800 hull ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pah! full pips to engines for max handling and to slam her on the deck and nothing more than a class 3d shield - just enough to protect her when she pancakes.
I'm rescuing them not giving them a freaking spa & massage.
12 Mar 2021, 6:40pm
QuillmonkeyI'm rescuing them not giving them a freaking spa & massage.
That's why they're complaining! They're coming from a cuddly warm station and are freezing their arses off in your ship.
12 Mar 2021, 6:45pm
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