Elite: Game talk
04 May 2021, 11:48am
04 May 2021, 11:51am
Isaiah EvansonLooking forward to all these new money fleet carriers being relegated to the decommissioning line in about four weeks.
Haha, you may be right. Now, I might be able to afford 2 FCs in theory. I should be able to afford just one for a very long time - but I still am not sure I will buy it. Going to research it some more and reassess after EDO is out.
04 May 2021, 12:26pm
Thanatos au GrimmusIsaiah EvansonLooking forward to all these new money fleet carriers being relegated to the decommissioning line in about four weeks.
Haha, you may be right. Now, I might be able to afford 2 FCs in theory. I should be able to afford just one for a very long time - but I still am not sure I will buy it. Going to research it some more and reassess after EDO is out.
The FC is definitely a convenience worth the expense imo. It changes the game in several ways. Portable personal cargo storage is the most useful benefit, but having your own mobile base of operations can make many things a LOT easier. Doing BGS work in systems with only orbitals or planet bases? Ta da, large pad right next to where you need to be to rearm, repair etc. CG requiring beaucoup rare commodities? Stock up on Lavian brandy and make 700 tonne trips instead of 48 tonne ones. Want to explore in open 100% of the time without worrying you'll get popped on returning to the Bubble with a year of exploration data? Turn in at the FC outside the Bubble someplace safe(r), or swap your featherweight FSD for a PVP ship to do your data turn ins within populated space. Or, forgo needing to fly for months on end and have a constant rest/repair/resupply station nearby wherever you are on your trip.
The cons include:
It's expensive. If you are not playing very often it isn't worth the upkeep, and tritium fuel is nothing but aggravating wherever you are.
It can also become a crutch (as Ep puts it: "a ball and chain") that you don't need to take with you everywhere you go but you quickly find yourself taking it anyways (This last CG is a perfect example. No reason to fill the CG systems with FC's at all, yet ofc there they were).
It's slow. 15 minute jump wait + 5 min CD makes it slower (and extremely expensive) to travel often/far.
04 May 2021, 12:30pm
04 May 2021, 12:50pm
04 May 2021, 1:34pm
04 May 2021, 1:51pm
Starflight4LIFESo what is this about shit tons of money being made randomly in a short amount of time?
Go to the community goals page and look at the payouts from the last CG.
04 May 2021, 2:00pm
Just discovered that I have Sirius and Founders World permits, what can I use them for?
04 May 2021, 2:40pm
BurstarThe FC is definitely a convenience worth the expense imo. It changes the game in several ways. Portable personal cargo storage is the most useful benefit, but having your own mobile base of operations can make many things a LOT easier. Doing BGS work in systems with only orbitals or planet bases? Ta da, large pad right next to where you need to be to rearm, repair etc. CG requiring beaucoup rare commodities? Stock up on Lavian brandy and make 700 tonne trips instead of 48 tonne ones. Want to explore in open 100% of the time without worrying you'll get popped on returning to the Bubble with a year of exploration data? Turn in at the FC outside the Bubble someplace safe(r), or swap your featherweight FSD for a PVP ship to do your data turn ins within populated space. Or, forgo needing to fly for months on end and have a constant rest/repair/resupply station nearby wherever you are on your trip.
The cons include:
It's expensive. If you are not playing very often it isn't worth the upkeep, and tritium fuel is nothing but aggravating wherever you are.
It can also become a crutch (as Ep puts it: "a ball and chain") that you don't need to take with you everywhere you go but you quickly find yourself taking it anyways (This last CG is a perfect example. No reason to fill the CG systems with FC's at all, yet ofc there they were).
It's slow. 15 minute jump wait + 5 min CD makes it slower (and extremely expensive) to travel often/far.
Well said and agreed, specially to the BGS part. They come very in handy and you finally have a incentive to play again instead of just sitting on stacks of money without any outlook what to do with all the stuff.
04 May 2021, 3:07pm
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