Elite: Game talk
01 Nov 2024, 12:29pm
01 Nov 2024, 4:30pm
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I find the Modified Guardian Plasma Charger a lot easier to use then the Gauss Cannon...
Last edit: 01 Nov 2024, 6:28pm
01 Nov 2024, 8:03pm
01 Nov 2024, 8:52pm
RawnuSooo, no Carrier jumps under an hour and a half or so? Anyway, got my Mandalay, the "Gallifrey" (Callsign N3-WHO) and without minmaxing and only mild engineering it jumps already around 72 LY. Noice!
Apparently the servers are even more flooded now, the game literally refuses to even set a carrier jump timer (which is a load of horse dump, I don't care how many hours it is as long as I know it's underway for at least the next day).
01 Nov 2024, 9:03pm
Kasumi Goto Apparently the servers are even more flooded now, the game literally refuses to even set a carrier jump timer (which is a load of horse dump, I don't care how many hours it is as long as I know it's underway for at least the next day).
It was super smooth for me earlier today, but that was in the wee hours of the morning for me local time before most of the USA is awake and while much of Europe is in their workday/schoolday/mid-day.
01 Nov 2024, 9:26pm
(perhaps, a compensation for Frontier Brand Suffering with setting up a multicrew session)
Last edit: 01 Nov 2024, 9:38pm
01 Nov 2024, 9:28pm
Indy
It was super smooth for me earlier today, but that was in the wee hours of the morning for me local time before most of the USA is awake and while much of Europe is in their workday/schoolday/mid-day.
I can say the same thing, being that I was also active in morning times.
Nor am I surprised about the higher jump timers (I got an hour for my carrier when it did queue one successfully), it’s more the “Will not allocate a jump at all” thing that got/gets on my nerves.
01 Nov 2024, 10:35pm
MeowersHonestly, surprised to see Mandalay being smaller than FDL, had a chance to see one landed next to my ship today. I thought it's even a bit chonkier. But yeah, it looks good, I gladly admit.
(perhaps, a compensation for Frontier Brand Suffering with setting up a multicrew session)
It flies really well, very snappy reactions, turns on a spot both in and out of SC. It handles heat extremely well, was starting to charge my FSD while still scooping and it didn't go over 64% (that's almost as good as the Dolphin). The distro is a bit small but hey, I'm going to equip one for AX combat anyway
02 Nov 2024, 12:33am
I'm not impressed with the cockpit view from the side but I suppose one can get used to it.
02 Nov 2024, 4:35am
Rawnu Whoa, not bad! I just don’t want to make it too paper thin as regards shields, but have to mass manager the FSD and strip down one or two things. It handles very well though. And I‘d be curious about its thermal values. Sadly, EDSY doesn’t seem to update anymore, at least an hour ago there was no Mandalay.
I've been checking EDSY for the addition of the Mandalay too. It sounds like the person running it intends to add the Mandalay "soon", but is pretty busy these past few months and perhaps the next couple months too. I just hope it can be added sooner than that.
In the meantime, I'd recommend the Ship Builder in the Elite Dangerous Odyssey Materials Helper (EDOMH). It's not the same as the browser based fun of EDSY -- which I would argue is far better than Coriolis -- but it will let you do some tinkering and testing of various engineering mods before you do them in-game.
02 Nov 2024, 4:54am
RawnuI'm going to equip one for AX combat anywayShould be an interesting thing at least to try perhaps. If it's manoeuvrable and handles heat well, then it's a good start, and those four tier-2 hardpoints can carry some good firepower for any kind of AX combat. Speed... Being able to outrun a Basilisk would've been great, but if not, then 'any Interceptor except Basilisk' is okay too.
p.s. Lol, I stand corrected. Mandalay isn't 'smaller than FDL'. Looking at screenshots at the moment. Something only made me think like that, maybe the general 'slim' shape of the ship, opposite to the more 'solid' FDL.
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02 Nov 2024, 6:57am
MeowersRawnuI'm going to equip one for AX combat anyway
Should be an interesting thing at least to try perhaps. If it's manoeuvrable and handles heat well, then it's a good start, and those four tier-2 hardpoints can carry some good firepower for any kind of AX combat. Speed... Being able to outrun a Basilisk would've been great, but if not, then 'any Interceptor except Basilisk' is okay too.
p.s. Lol, I stand corrected. Mandalay isn't 'smaller than FDL'. Looking at screenshots at the moment. Something only made me think like that, maybe the general 'slim' shape of the ship, opposite to the more 'solid' FDL.
Throwing together a pretend build you could use in CZs and ‘standard’ solo attempts seems to say that it would have speeds similar to the FDL. Can’t say how the distributor would perform though. And no thermal spread on that powerplant either (while you’d need to keep the AFMU off in combat, but that’s not an issue).
02 Nov 2024, 8:12am
02 Nov 2024, 8:18am
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