Elite: Game talk

Thinder
yesterday, 7:52pm
Thargoids interdiction between Sol and V 886 Centauri. I've been interdicted (from Jump) twice.

Also trying to fill up passengers from another station caused the local cops to fire at me because I had illegal passengers onboard. Nice.

Last edit: 29 Nov 2024, 8:22pm
Kasumi Goto
today, 3:34am
So, here's what I am starting to think [about Sol].



Those of you who were there or remember the time will know.

"They say you can't catch a person by the same trick twice ..."
Indy
today, 3:53am
Rayman.I moved away from sol. Its so boring atm, give us invasion already. Im not interested evacuatign refugess and only did for inara medals thing


You can get AX bounty missions at all/most Sol stations, FYI. (e.g. Kill # Scouts, Kill # Interceptors, etc.) I chose to do Evac, just to give it a try, but I considered taking the AX combat missions instead because I enjoy them. (Questions about Evac to follow shortly....)
Kasumi Goto
today, 4:03am
Apparently you can get some Interceptor spawns more reliably by going to a capital ship, which there seem to be a few of in Sol right now, as static points of interest (I've heard they have spawns anyway). But those "AX missions" do not generate a signal source which to use to get Thargoid spawns, they are somewhat 'open ended' in that you have to find a spot with the targets yourself.
Indy
today, 4:10am
Questions about AX Evac missions:
(Answer any/all that you might know. Maybe there are some better references I can read/watch somewhere?)

  • Seems like the gameplay is such that there's always a Tharg interdiction with the first jump. Correct? (Some videos say something like that too.)
  • If so for the above, then: It's about being prepared for that eventuality, not something that I can avoid. Correct?
  • I tried without ECM... and lost passengers, but got away. I tried with two ECM... and lost passengers... even though I successfully deployed ECM continuously. Should I "git gud" with ECM? Or just ditch them and let the loss happen?
  • I thought the technique was: drop out of interdiction, fire off a heatsink, boost toward jump target, ready on ECM, heatsink/boost as needed, fire ECM(s) as needed, jump ASAP. However, the Thargoids are on me relentlessly, even with boosting 350-400. What am I doing wrong?
  • If the Thargoids are just going to strip my shields away anyway, why shouldn't I just throw another 5E cabin in that slot?
  • Fines are meh. It's annoying to have to figure out how to pay them, so I can get more missions. Any advice on how to manage this or "just deal"?
  • Wanted passengers are alright as a game mechanic, but it does seem silly to penalize players for evac of humans, regardless of whether they're criminals. (Even the citizens of Gotham evac'd criminals....) Anyway, I just treat it as if smuggling and fire heatsinks and stay ready on silent running. Is that right?
  • Any other tips for a good Evac run? I quite like the story/feeling of helping like this.

If you want to double-check my Evac ship, here's the Inara link to my "Evacutacean". (Based on the PTN Evaculuga.)
Tiffany Yür
today, 5:13am
Whoa, lots of questions. The behavior of these interdictors of refugee vessels has become more aggressive. Suggesting changing one of the ecms to a point defence turret, preferably to underside near the cargo door. Using silent running raises the heat quickly while boosting, so throwing a heat sink when you come out of silent running is one trick that may buy you time. At least the rescues in the invasion systems near the other titans could be done (some ship damage cannot be avoided) with no losses of passengers with these. Even did some with Asp Scout, but quite quickly changed to a Python. The speed you are getting was good enough back then, but I do not know how it is now. A trip to an engineer to get grade 3 thrusters (if you have some unlocked) is advisable but at least previously was not necessary. Some recommend Orca for these missions but I use a Python (engineered).

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