Elite: Game talk

03 Dec 2024, 4:42pm
Silver Taffer
ThinderI'm now Ranked 19th, I can expect to make the 100.000.000 Cr before the next cycle, Rank 34 is a lot, but if it means unlocking all weapons it's worth the effort.



Rank 34 is just the first module. The rest unlock over other ranks up to 97, each power unlocks modules in a different order. There is a data grid on Elite Dangerous Wiki you can check the progression for your chosen power.

Pwaaaa... They made it a lot more difficult than it was before.
03 Dec 2024, 4:56pm
You were building Thargoid killing ships few weeks ago. What happened, Tinder?
03 Dec 2024, 5:25pm
Thinder

Pwaaaa... They made it a lot more difficult than it was before.


To be fair, with PP 1.0 you would have to hop from one power to another to grab the modules, and you would lose access to one module as you chased the next. So being able to keep access to previously unlocked modules as you progress is better. And your merits, once earned, are permanent unless you defect.
But it is a long winded effort for sure!
03 Dec 2024, 5:32pm
it took me a week to reach 100 rank after they 'adjusted' merits from powerplay 2.0

Its not that bad like some things in the past. Shin has all those weapon/module items ready to use. All i did was undermining rival's power and bully one of minor faction in their settlements colleting/sending data.
03 Dec 2024, 5:35pm
Rayman.it took me a week to reach 100 rank after they 'adjusted' merits from powerplay 2.0

Its not that bad like some things in the past. Shin has all those weapon/module items ready to use. All i did was undermining rival's power and bully one of minor faction in their settlements colleting/sending data.


The one week at rank 100 doesn't work anymore. They patched a lot of stuff and made it harder. Although they have increased the earnings, it now just takes a lot longer to reach rank 100.
You also have to honestly say that it is now unfair for other players compared to the players who leveled up too quickly at the beginning.
03 Dec 2024, 5:46pm
03 Dec 2024, 5:48pm
Rayman.it took me a week to reach 100 rank after they 'adjusted' merits from powerplay 2.0

Its not that bad like some things in the past. Shin has all those weapon/module items ready to use. All i did was undermining rival's power and bully one of minor faction in their settlements colleting/sending data.


I'm collecting Black Boxes and Wreckage...
03 Dec 2024, 6:05pm
Atusia Duval
Rayman.it took me a week to reach 100 rank after they 'adjusted' merits from powerplay 2.0

Its not that bad like some things in the past. Shin has all those weapon/module items ready to use. All i did was undermining rival's power and bully one of minor faction in their settlements colleting/sending data.



The one week at rank 100 doesn't work anymore. They patched a lot of stuff and made it harder. Although they have increased the earnings, it now just takes a lot longer to reach rank 100.
You also have to honestly say that it is now unfair for other players compared to the players who leveled up too quickly at the beginning.


i wasnt abusing any explots. Before i was doing rare goods. After adjusments i just colleted lots of trackers/injections malware and uploading at settlements while colleting power datas, murdering power npcs too. Weekly tasks aswell. From 30 to 100 took me a week. Otherwise i wouldnt post here


People are able to gain a lot of merits still.
03 Dec 2024, 6:25pm
Thinder

I lost 3 passengers during my first sortie but didn't have to cancel the orders...


I was traveling with a Type9 and had a total of 9 jobs. On some of them only 2-3 passengers went overboard, but on 4 all of them. The missions were then unfinishable and I had to give them up to free up the seats again... or so I thought.
03 Dec 2024, 6:41pm
Ralph Thum I was traveling with a Type9 and had a total of 9 jobs. On some of them only 2-3 passengers went overboard, but on 4 all of them. The missions were then unfinishable and I had to give them up to free up the seats again... or so I thought.


It happens. What you did was the right thing to do in that circumstance. Sometimes the missions have to be dropped when the passengers are all/some undelivered.
Emptying your missions (after turning in the ones you could), is the best way to address it.

What I mentioned before about menu-logging is a good "fix" to ensure your fines are all available to be paid when you want them to be.

Keep flying, commander!
03 Dec 2024, 7:49pm
Indy

Keep flying, commander!


I could puke in a jet right now!!!

I try to evacuate people from Sol, get attacked by Thargoids, lose all passengers on some missions, only some on others, get fines for canceling missions without end, which I can't pay when approaching an Interstellar Factors station because they are not listed in the contact menu (and ya, Indy showed me a way to handle this and I payed the first fine as he told me ), thinks “ok, then I'll just pay the rest later, especially as I had full access when approaching the Galileo station”, accepts 12 new evacuation missions on , doesn't fly directly to V886, but first in the opposite direction to Zeessze, gettin attacked anyway, this time “only” loses 9 passengers from one mission, BUT THEN GETTING DESTROYED BY POLICE SHIPS DURING THE LAND APPROACH TO ROSSELAND GATEWAY, so that all missions are canceled.

In my opinion, people who program something like this into a game are bad people! It just makes you angry as a player and takes the fun out of the game! Next time I don't care of any Thargoid attacks, go back to collecting biosamples far away from all the hassle and earning a living.

So, I had to get that off my chest. Now I'll try to pay my fines and see what I do then.
03 Dec 2024, 7:59pm
Ralph Thum
Indy

Keep flying, commander!



I could puke in a jet right now!!!

I try to evacuate people from Sol, get attacked by Thargoids, lose all passengers on some missions, only some on others, get fines for canceling missions without end, which I can't pay when approaching an Interstellar Factors station because they are not listed in the contact menu (and ya, Indy showed me a way to handle this and I payed the first fine as he told me ), thinks “ok, then I'll just pay the rest later, especially as I had full access when approaching the Galileo station”, accepts 12 new evacuation missions on , doesn't fly directly to V886, but first in the opposite direction to Zeessze, gettin attacked anyway, this time “only” loses 9 passengers from one mission, BUT THEN GETTING DESTROYED BY POLICE SHIPS DURING THE LAND APPROACH TO ROSSELAND GATEWAY, so that all missions are canceled.

In my opinion, people who program something like this into a game are bad people! It just makes you angry as a player and takes the fun out of the game! Next time I don't care of any Thargoid attacks, go back to collecting biosamples far away from all the hassle and earning a living.

So, I had to get that off my chest. Now I'll try to pay my fines and see what I do then.


It's probably your ship why you're losing passengers. Take a ship and turn it so that it has at least 450 to 500 speed. The boost is usually even faster. Install everything with heatsinks and possibly an EGM. Install a low-emission power plant (produces hardly any heat).
With such ship equipment you won't lose any passengers.
If they can't build a ship like that, then don't do the rescue missions. That only brings frustration.
03 Dec 2024, 8:08pm
Atusia Duval
It's probably your ship why you're losing passengers. Take a ship and turn it so that it has at least 450 to 500 speed. The boost is usually even faster. Install everything with heatsinks and possibly an EGM. Install a low-emission power plant (produces hardly any heat).
With such ship equipment you won't lose any passengers.
If they can't build a ship like that, then don't do the rescue missions. That only brings frustration.


Yes, you're right, it really is very frustrating. But thanks for the tips, I'll try to put them into practice.

And thank you for your help, that really cools me down a lot.
03 Dec 2024, 8:22pm
Ralph Thum
Yes, you're right, it really is very frustrating. But thanks for the tips, I'll try to put them into practice.

And thank you for your help, that really cools me down a lot.

Also extra tip (which may have been a reason why the police attacked you) - verify you are not transporting criminals (the passenger is wanted), they don't like that.
Otherwise you will need some fast and/or "sneaky" ship as Atusia suggested to dock faster than they or the station is able to scan you.
03 Dec 2024, 8:32pm
Rank 21.

Things starts to accelerate since I swap the Krait Phantom for the T8 (more Cargo capacity).

Before that I was doing 5,888 Merits on a good run, this time I was able to get the next Rank just by re-scanning the beacon and doing another Power Wreckage Signal, if they last more than 30 mn it's all good, I have time to loop them 9/10 tines. I focus on wreckage and black boxes only.

I don't know if it's a bug or what but the limpets doesn't seem to be able to see the empty racks, so having 64 limpets on a 7E CARGO RACK helps a lot, no waiting for the limpet to figure where to drop the item.

Coffee, fag and back to farming... Here is an old video to explain what I mean by loop.


Last edit: 03 Dec 2024, 8:41pm

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