Elite: Game talk

Episparh
02 Jul 2021, 6:45pm
Thanatos au Grimmus
EpisparhOMG, that engineered guardian shard canon is hilarious. I tried it in my imperial eagle(it is not the best ship to handle hot weapons)
With that projectile velocity and jitter it is basically a hitscan weapon in close ranges and very reliable on shots in 4-6km range.

I want MOAR!



Nice, do you think it will be useful against both Thargoid and non-Thargoid ships?


I tried it vs human ships, you will need a lot of heatsinks but it is fine. No doubts it will be useful vs. Thargoids. Not for sniping hearts but for exerting hearts from range.
Thanatos au Grimmus
02 Jul 2021, 7:11pm
Episparh
Thanatos au Grimmus
EpisparhOMG, that engineered guardian shard canon is hilarious. I tried it in my imperial eagle(it is not the best ship to handle hot weapons)
With that projectile velocity and jitter it is basically a hitscan weapon in close ranges and very reliable on shots in 4-6km range.

I want MOAR!




Nice, do you think it will be useful against both Thargoid and non-Thargoid ships?



I tried it vs human ships, you will need a lot of heatsinks but it is fine. No doubts it will be useful vs. Thargoids. Not for sniping hearts but for exerting hearts from range.


Excellent! I hope we will be able to purchase/unlock more in the future.
Burstar
02 Jul 2021, 9:33pm
How hot is it? AXI discord loves this modded shard cannon. Apparently it theoretically out performs gauss cannons and is viable for most purposes. All the raving nobody has complained about the heat it generates.
Episparh
02 Jul 2021, 9:56pm
I used it on improper ship - Naginata. I never thought I will try combat with it.

I doubt one will be a problem in a cooler running ship with bigger power distributor. On Naginata though, after rapid firing all 5 rounds from magazine I am in the 100% heat.
Burstar
02 Jul 2021, 10:36pm
Ah. So it's not crazy or anything. Sounds close to gauss levels. I'm out in the black wasting my life getting Elite in flower picking (no, I don't know why anymore. At this point it is sunk cost fallacy). I look forward to playing with this thing when I return.
Episparh
02 Jul 2021, 10:59pm
Both on foot ranks are stupidly insane grind. However, shooting stuff is far more interesting than running on barren planets to get 3 samples from useless flora.
Kurakil
02 Jul 2021, 11:07pm
Kenji_088True i guess.
Iam just wondering if i missed out or not.
Like with the DSS CG.

Now that iam finally able to play again.

You can get the engineered DSS at human tech brokers for materials.

EpisparhBoth on foot ranks are stupidly insane grind. However, shooting stuff is far more interesting than running on barren planets to get 3 samples from useless flora.

Mercenary is the worst by far I would say. Unless something is more efficient than high CZ...
Morgan James
02 Jul 2021, 11:13pm
Do the on-foot ranks unlock anything?
Kurakil
02 Jul 2021, 11:40pm
Morgan JamesDo the on-foot ranks unlock anything?

They are supposed to unlock shoulder decals (still buggy) and maybe ones for ships too but idk for sure on that one. Mercenary ranks unlock Dominator suit livery options and Exobiologist ranks unlock Artemis suit livery options. I'm not aware of any for the Maverick suit though... what a shame.
Morgan James
02 Jul 2021, 11:44pm
Kurakil
They are supposed to unlock shoulder decals (still buggy) and maybe ones for ships too but idk for sure on that one. Mercenary ranks unlock Dominator suit livery options and Exobiologist ranks unlock Artemis suit livery options. I'm not aware of any for the Maverick suit though... what a shame.


Ta
Kurakil
02 Jul 2021, 11:51pm
Amata Lirein[img=1531x861]https://inara.cz/data/gallery/163/163220x5776.jpg[/img]

Seems like some custom control officer needs to get laid badly

Mine focuses on the shoulder cam... I will leave it at that.
Dead Jake
03 Jul 2021, 8:29am
Mats cost for this CG Detailed Surface Scanner is lowered significantly for NOW:

"Each tier reached will further reduce the resources required for acquiring the module in the first two weeks of availability.

Niobium base requirements 24, reduced by three for each tier above Tier 1.
Mechanical Components base requirements 28, reduced by four for each tier above Tier 1.
Germanium base requirements 22, reduced by three for each tier above Tier 1.
Mechanical scrap base requirements 26, reduced by four for each tier above Tier 1."

I received one from CG and bought six additional pieces for each of my exploration and dropship crafts. Since this DSS is still so cheap, buy them at human brokers - you're running out of time
Skylar Godfrey
03 Jul 2021, 2:55pm
Trying to earn my keep with my carrier owning squadron leader, anyone know of a good system near Trapezium Sector YU-X c1-2 with tritium deposits?
Doug Piranha
03 Jul 2021, 6:00pm
What Kenji said. I find it more time efficient to do a few trading runs and use the profit to buy tritium.
Light-Hawk
03 Jul 2021, 7:29pm
Doug PiranhaWhat Kenji said. I find it more time efficient to do a few trading runs and use the profit to buy tritium.


Agreed. Spend an hour at Robigo Mines and you have enough credits to fund an FC for a whole month along with refilling it's tritium fuel tank.

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