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"No, this isn't No Man's Sky or Star Citizen General" Edition

>Where do i buy x module/weapon for my ship?
High-tech systems have the best inventory, look there. The more population the better.

>What's this RES you guys talk about?
Resource Extraction site. spawns pirates and space cops that shoot each other. HAZRES in best left until you have a Vulture or better.

>Pilots Guide:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34437&p=664610&viewfull=1#post664610

>Steam Group (post your commander info in the announcement so we can add you)
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dangerousgeneral

>Change HUD color:
http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-change-the-colour-of-your-ships-hud-in-elite-dangerous/
http://arkku.com/elite/hud_editor/

>Markets Tools:
http://eddb.io/trade/loops
http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/

>Ship discounts (report these as you find them)
All systems exploited by Li Yong-Rui have a discount on ships and outfits for example:
NU TAURI - Parmitano Terminal
BD+28 413 - Gunn Station

>Horizons? Engineers? What?
Horizons DLC added planetary landings, land on certain planets with the blue icon and gather materials for special boosts, ammunition or Engineer upgrades that modify your ship modules.
>List of Engineers & blueprints:
http://inara.cz/galaxy-blueprints
http://inara.cz/galaxy-engineers

>Test your ships before you buy:
http://www.edshipyard.com/
http://coriolis.io/

Don't you dare buy a Cobra, we'll know.
>praise the vision

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>>146534112
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How do you change the HUD in the steam version. It didn't work for me. I went into the steam files and found the same file and changed the first set of matrix values and no work
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>>146921580

You need to change the one in your app data directory, not the steam game folder.
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I haven't played in months but I'm still considering Horizons

the fuck did this game do to me
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>>146922118
buy it, it's cheap.
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>>146922228
it's still more than I paid for the base game so I'm wise enough to pass for now
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>been in spess mood lately
>no Traveller group
>Elite: Dangerous is grindy and bland as always
>Evochron has terrible art assets and a clunky, overwrought UI
>House of the Dying Sun is fun but short
>Star Citizen is still far from complete
>Mass Effect 3 was shit
>The Mandate may be dead in the water due to horribly mismanaged funding, to the point that half the staff quit and the studio moved to Slovakia to save on costs
>No Man's Sky will probably be as bland and samey as any game that's all procedural generation
>still no Traveller group
>even willing to settle for Rogue Trader or Spelljammer at this point

I just want some spess
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Any tips for making money faster in early game? Currently mining/trading since my ship's not too good for combat.
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>>146919606
You forgot to include the important stuff from the previous thread:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rDxVVfavgiEdr9CbNS51j9wYHpXyz25H7uu7O6TeDzA/edit#gid=0
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>>146924858
If you're still in the Sidewinder, just take courier missions for now. Mining in such a tiny ship will be very slow going, as will trading. You could get some more cargo racks and do some hauling missions as well, but figure out what kind of shit you want to be doing and then choose an appropriate ship for it. If you want combat, save up about 300k and outfit a Viper Mk III, as it's the best early-game combat ship. If you want to trade/haul, a Hauler or Adder will do. If you want to explore, hey, it's your sanity's funeral, might as well save up for a Cobra at that point.
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>>146924810
Err, Elite: Dangerous literally has a galaxy full of space. But you don't want "just spess", you want fame and glory and billions of spacebux. Elite has everything for those who humbly seek spess.
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>Elite Dangerous: Like Space Engine but without the fun
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>>146924858
>>146925156
I think he can get Eagle right after. It's a good nimble ship.

Back in the day, I got enough money for Eagle in a couple of missions. Next stop was DBS.
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>>146925246
That's like presenting me with an empty field with a castle I can't actually enter off in the distance, and saying I should have fun with my medieval adventure

I need substance god damn it
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>>146925610

You sound like an entitled milennial, CMDR o7
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>>146925589
>>146924810
Yeah i got the Hauler and the Eagle, however i prefer the sidewinder because it has medium hardpoints for mining/advanced weapons. Next step for me is the dadbra though, seems like a good early all-rounder desu.
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Any of you cunts know a good weapon setup for Conda? I feel like ruining some dad's days.
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>>146926310
nvm i'm a retard, turns out the Sidewinder also has small hardpoints, why couldn't i equip mining stuff on the other ships though? Lack of stock?
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Hey /edg/elords, I threw this together in case any of you actually want to get organized and start kicking the tires of this minor faction shit.

https://discord.gg/BCzNXeZ
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Anyone have luck with Sothis <-> Ceos runs tonight? I only got one smuggle job, just got allied with most factions. Also, you don't want to accept the redirect missions out there right?
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>>146926592

>Lack of stock?

Probably. As you might know, different systems have different stock "quality" levels as such when it comes to ships and modules. Some systems have it all, some have the basics, and some have very little or nothing at all. If you want a good selection of ships and modules you want to find a high tech system with good amount of population. System info is in the galaxy map, in one of the tabs on the left after selecting a system.
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>>146924810
Play freelancer or freespace 2 with mods
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When will Braben be back from his brexit vacation?
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I think I have had enough for the night now.
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>>146929842

You'll be back.
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Spessmen spessed out in spesssuits in spess
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>>146925549
How? Space Engine has literally zero content and just looks slightly prettier. E:D has about 1 content.
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thinking about wiping save and starting from scratch

talk me out of it /edg/
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>>146933717
pilot federation ranks

because of them you get fuckall as a newbie and then you forget about it when you're late game
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>>146933717
my god man, why. are you a grindaholic
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>>146933717

Here's your (you)
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>>146934225
i dunno, i'm just legit not having fun anymore. sitting around with a hangar full of A-rated ships isn't that fun, i figure i can eek out a week or two of enjoyment if i wipe it and go for it again

>>146933850
i bought the game early so i have the sol permit regardless. fell for the meme t b h
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I just got a tip off mission after a sothis run but from what I can tell you have to land on the planet to complete the tip off. I don't have Horizons so is there a way to complete it without landing or did i just get VISION'D?
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>>146935610
VISION'D
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>Love Railguns
>30 shots only
Is there anyway to increase capacity?
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>>146937360
engineer mod
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>>146934985
just leave the game for a while. maybe a whole year. when you come back there will (hopefully) be more ways to interact with the ships and world in general and you'll be glad you have that hangar of ships. i have a python, fas, fdl, t9 scattered all over but i want to have them ready for when space legs hit
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I want to dust off my trade conda for some Robigo/Sothis/CEO long range haul missions.

I have allied status in the 1st two, are missions avaliabe form get go or would I be forced to do some shitty errands for pennies first (I havent played for like 3 months)
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>>146940738
You can stack 20 data haul missions between Sothis and Ceos. Takes like 2 or 3 runs to be allied with all factions.

Fucking do it before ftroop fixes dat shit.
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>bring tradeconda to Farseer for lv 4 FSD

FORTY

LIGHT

YEARS

TRADE

BUILD

SON
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>>146940885
I have around 1bil credits. Around how much per hour do you earn, I'm wondering if it's worth it
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>>146941176
I Wish I could muster my autism to unlock all the engieneer mods I need ;_;
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>>146941842
40-60mil per run, takes around an hour for one run. Depends on luck what missions you get.
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This gayme is so fucking gay. How do you faggots even play this shit.

>get interdicked
>ship spins wildly while NPC is shooting you
>escape into supercruise
>same NPC magically pops into supercruise behind you within seconds
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>>146942143
Because when you get interdicted you relog or high wake.
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>>146942143
>ship spins wildly while NPC is shooting you

Yeah and they have no interdiction damage either. The game just spawns a new copy of the NPC into the instance instead of simulating a proper emergency drop.

>same NPC magically pops into supercruise behind you within seconds

This is literally no different from what players can do though.
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>>146942938
A player will need to actually engage supercruise, wait out the timer and accelerate to catch up to the target. At that point the target would already have a sizable head start and you'll only catch them as they are slowing down again towards the end of their journey.
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>>146943139

The moment they see you stow your hardpoints and start charging the friendship drive they'll do the same, so you can expect them to be in SC immediately after you, or even before you if you have high latency.

And then they can interdict immediately because interdictor range is a multiple of the local maximum supercruise speed. If you're trying to make it to a station you'll just fall back into the tether as you're decelerating at a greater rate, or if you're in deep space they'll have a reach of hundreds of Ls and you'll never clear that distance before they hook you again.

Source: I grief dads all day. Absolutely no one escapes by low waking.
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Wait, since fucking when have we had a general? I looked for like a month after I got the game and fucking nada.

Also how are any of you fucking playing this right now? Isn't the AI still fucked to hell?
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>tfw had to call Fuel rats
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>>146943728
When did you get the game? There was a long hibernation phase.
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>>146944368
Few months back before Engineers.
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>>146944396

Our god the B'rban, also known as The Great Vacationer, called to us and we rose.
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>>146922269
>Tfw A-fitted 'Vette and FDL
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Space legs dlc when?
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>>146944341
lel almost happened to me tonight

fuck i felt like such a retard for a split second
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>>146944341
>>146945930

I'd rather use the right hand panel desu
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>>146924810
Play vendetta online
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MANTA SRV WHEN.
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>>146943728
Winter sale when E:D cost $15 and long time ago
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>>146933717

Do it faggot.
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>4 units of engi cargo onboard
>rest is literal shit and hydrogen fuel
>"big haul like that I'm surprised you made it this far"
>it's a dangerous FDL

every

fucking

time
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How do I use fixed weapons if I fly with Xbone controller, and it's literally the only game I play with it?
Do I weight-lift with my thumbs? Or do I stick to gimballed lasers and multi-cannons and yell that I'm a clueless dad and "please don't kill me"?
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What a terribly shit game
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>>146951630
Practice and you need a maneuverable ship to start using fixed
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why do you guys torture yourselves by playing this shit?

are you all masochists?
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>>146952417
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>>146952417
We are spacecucks tbqh.
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>>146947626

What do you want? Elite: Harmless? This is ELITE: DANGEROUS.

Don't want to get interdicted. Don't carry cargo. Quit your whinging.
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>>146953937
*grins*

Indeed, kids these days!

-CMDR FMSU
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>>146954287
TIPS SPACE 'DORA
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>>146933717
Do it, realize what a huge mistake you've made, then open a support ticket and ask FDev to restore your save. I've done this twice now, and Limey McSupportBong told me they won't do it a third.
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>>146937360
you can buy plasma slug or whatever it's called, it makes it so it uses fuel for ammo instead

I have two on my stealth dad-ganking DBS and it is fucking glorious
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>>146955247

>refund dads rebuy when they get their >ASPS destroyed without insurance
>have the fucking balls to tell someone you cant restore their save again

Their support is pretty nice I guess but they're pathetic. Do it again and just say you'll never play again if they don't restore your save.
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>>146942143
>not submitting to all interdictions
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>>146943139
nah, son

if you get back to SC quickly you can immediately re-interdict

source: I do dad tod ads
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>>146946350
I forgot this game existed. Is it any good?
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>>146951630

DBS is a good ship to start practicing fixed weapons, perfect hardpoint placement and good maneuverability
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>>146955563
its EVE lite
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>>146952131
>>146952417
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>>146955670
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>>146952417

Anything with space triggers my autism. I even managed to play Starbound for 260hours, I fucking hate CoD but I'm considering the next one because space.
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>>146955807
>hate CoD
You're memeing right? Why would you hate cod. Last cod I played was mw3 and it was alright. I don't want to buy them but it's not hate worthy
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Is emperial rank grind still a thing is shu something?
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>>146955990

Alright, hate is too much, Its just not my kind of game.
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Someone found a station in the core.
>mfw I just came back from there
wonder in they have any missions
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>>146956543
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>>146956652
I'm too lazy to read trough all the dad posting. Has anyone tried selling rares there?
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>>146956726
You get the usual bonuses. They also sell rares.
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>>146953937
You're right, CMDR :^)

I'll go by Eravate and do some seal clubbing too, that'll teach the new guys how dangerous Elite: Dangerous is xD

Safe travels, CMDR o7

-CMDR WifesSon
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dae powerplay or is that the limit of self-loathing in elite players?
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>>146956543
>>146956652

I hope they do smuggle jobs in the future.
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>>146956813

I joined just powerplay to get extra NPCs chasing me.
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>>146956652
OMG GRABOIDS COMPIRMED :DDDDD
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>Have looked at this game before
>Hella fucking expensive
>Steam sale happens
>Not as expensive anymore
>Check the dlc
>season pass more expensive than game

Well

Should I buy the video game? Is it fun?

Steam reviews are mixed but I should take those with a whole fucking salt shaker
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>>146957512
Fuck off, saleshitter.
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>>146957512
In this case the reviews are mostly accurate. Don't bother.
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>>146957512
No, only the first 2 hours. Then you realize you can't refund it anymore
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>>146955628
I went from Eagle to DBS to Vulture. After the Engineers, it felt like I can't out-turn reportedly sluggish federal shit piloted by AI ranked around master. I try to keep in blue zone, I try to slow down or boost to stay close, but I only get that much of a window to shoot at them and gimballs increase it.

And I don't want to join dad ranks yet... I'm not ready!
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>graphics card is fucked and in for repairs until the 14th
Never thought I'd miss this game
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>>146957901
>Federal shit
>Sluggish

FAS is one of the most agile ships in the game.
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Fact: Core Dynamics makes the coolest and best ships.
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>>146957901
There was a bug with their engines. Have you played at all this week? Their turn rates are back to somewhat normal, though they are still better than they used to be
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>>146958730
I agree. Lakon in a close second for the Diamondback series though.
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>>146958730
Fact: Imperial shit is for hipster faggots.
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>>146958730
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>>146958730
You mean falcon
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>>146958730
truth

>>146958816
I use a cutter for bulk trading because it's the best option until panther clipper becomes a thing
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>>146958974

>panther clipper comes out
>highest cargo capacity of all
>bulk trading tax is increased
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>>146958934
Faulcon's only good ships are the Sidewinder and the Anaconda
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>>146959040

>not liking the Cobra

What are you, gay?
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>planned on exploring sometime soon
>jaques station just discovered
I guess I'm off exploring then
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>>146959040
python looks like ass but it's the best ship for dealing with engineers
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>>146959040
>not liking viper
>not liking python
DeLacy #1.
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>>146959103
>that hardpoint placement

I like being able to have both my guns on target.
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>>146959185

That fucking roomy cockpit though.
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>>146958362
But they are slow, and the manoeuvrability numbers are low.
Oh well, someone said these stats are as accurate as bf4's in-game weapon stats.

>>146957512
Don't listen to SC cucks, they can't get over the fact they'll never get their game nor a refund. And clear inferiority of Chris's VISION is weighing them down too.
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>>146959185
>>146959213
I did forget the Python, but the Viper is even fucking worse than the Cobra. It's a slow, unmanouverable hunk of shit that's outclassed by the DBS in every way.
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>>146959385
We're talking about A E S T H E T H I C.
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>>146959432
Oh ok. The DBS still looks better than the Viper, it looks bigger, badder, and more threatening. More utilitarian as well. The Viper looks like a fucking toy. Cora's pretty ugly in the front, it looks squashed, but dat ass is fucking unparalleled. Python is pure sex. Anaconda is butt fucking ugly though.
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>>146959220
>>146959432
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>>146958730
Bullshit. Aside from eagle, everything else is a box or a garbage truck.
>>146958813
Mostly more boxes. Diamondbacks are cute though, they are like cute little bugs.
>>146958816
Fucker, iShips are the sexiest.

Saud Kruger is where it is at.
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>>146959432
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>>146959939
>iShips are the sexiest

More like tackiest. Every time I see an Imperial ship I fucking laugh.

I agree about Saud Kruger though.
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>>146959808
Cobra looks great but the cockpit is fucking dumb. It looks like some retarded DYI plywood mock up with glued on sticker "dials".

>>146959939
>closet homo aroused by flying Apple iButtplugs
Nothing new.
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>>146959939

>Fucker, iShips are the sexiest.

They look like flying dragon dildos.
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>>146958781
The pain was too much for combat, so I moped around on an unshielded Type-6. Mostly because my Vulture lost shields in a second and a moment later the thrusters would be knocked off, making hull reinforcements more of insult to injury.
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>>146959939
Also Core Dynamics ships are sexy in a utilitarian aspect. The Federal Drops hip and its children are my favorite looking ships in the game. Angular and mean looking. Vulture's got a cute shape too, and a nice ass. Federal Corvettes are easily the best looking endgame ships.

I agree about the Lakon traders, but the Diamondback and Asp series are quite good looking as well. DB moreso than the Asp.

Also Gutamaya could take some inspiration from Zorgon Petersen. The Adder and the FDL? Those are how you make good looking, sleek ships.
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>>146960361
FTroop refunded all insurance claims since 2.1 released up until they fixed the NPCs, which was like a week or two ago I think, so if you died a bunch you should have all your money back
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>>146960036
That beluga, man. Can't wait to slowly fit it through a mailslot, taking all allotted time for parking. Just imagine all the suicidal rammers to report.

>>146960217
Conda is literally a giant buttplug.

>>146960253
Thus "sexiest".
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>>146922269
>hauler still not a recommended exploration ship
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>>146960763
No-no, I think I died twice a day after the refund was over. But it wasn't about money, it was about self-doubt and self-loathing in shame and hopeless anger.

Hull reinforcements made sure I had plenty of those as I rebooted the poor ship multiple times, not willing to fight anymore—but to high-wake to lick my wounds in safety and peace. However, NPCs would have none of that, a meagre few thousands of fines for destroyed skimmers guiding their greed-fuelled wrath.
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>going to visit jaques
should I bring some meta alloys or UAs?
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>>146961994
UA bomb it, the dads are planning to stage a daddening out there
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4qfnhb/distant_station_into_the_abyss_miners_and_traders/
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>>146961809

This would be a good time for them to introduce armor points, where you can put hull reinforcement on modules to strengthen them. It's a shame they won't.
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>>146962294
most of that is cringeworthy, but I'm stocking up on alloys right now..
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>>146962294
>miners spend a week to get there
>tfw no limpets available
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>>146962393
hull reinforcements reduce damage a little, it's 1/2 their class in terms of percentage, so a 2D HRP reduces damage by 1%, and a 5D reduces by 2.5%, etc

There's also engineer mods to increase the HP of most modules, it's just that they're kind of shitty in lieu of the much better performance enhancing upgrades you can get for them
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>>146963747

They're awful though, I have experienced what the other anon said. I have hull reinforcements but they do absolutely fuck all, shields go down and suddenly you're getting non-stop module failures and god forbid the AI gets behind you, because if so say good bye to your thrusters and welcome to the rebuy screen. God help me if they expect me to buy Horizons just so I can get increase module health to stand a chance against Elite/Deadly FDLs.
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>>146962867
W-w-why alloys?
They counteract the artefacts.
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Shield Strength goes down but Minimum, Optimal and Maximum are all up. It seems like an upgrade but the Shield Strength is 5.0 lower. What importance is shield strength compared to the other three?
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>>146963937
because I want to help the space robot
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Is there a way to prevent your dashboard from exploding into spark fountains other than not getting hit when your shields are off?
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>>146964138
But what if you first ruin the daddening and then help the space robot?

>>146963914
I'm glad that it's not me getting dadlier, but NPCs getting stronger (though cheating AI is unwelcome).
As for Engineers, there are also some special effects to upgrades. Pulse lasers, for example, might get this little marvel:
>Scramble Spectrum
>Experimental upgrade that allows hull strikes to potentially trigger random malfunctions on the target
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>>146963946
Shield strength is the result of all the stats on the right.

Most important stat is hull mass
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>>146951630
With a bonetroller? Shit man, I have enough trouble firing fixed with a HOTAS. I can't imagine how hard it is on a gamepad.

There's no shame in using gimballed if you at least know how to use fixed. I try to do a combination, gimballed beams for shield shredding, railguns for fucking up a dude's day. I tried plasma accelerators on my FAS but they generate too much goddamn heat and they're hard to use, pretty much useless more than 500m or so away.
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>>146924810
Spess engineers is like 7 bucks right now on steam
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>>146965112
b-but ruining the daddening is also fucking the robot
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>>146958362
This is why I love it. It's a space child molester van that turns on a dime. Not as fun to fly as the DBS, but it's cool to fuck up someone's day in it.

Also, am I fucking myself by stacking shield boosters? I have 4 A-rated ones on my FAS just to try it out, along with a 5A shield, military composite hull, and a reinforcement package. The plan is to not have my shields go down, but in the face of railguns and beam spam I'm not sure how well that plan will work out. Should I go back to an unboosted bi-weave or what?
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>>146944341
>calling the fuel rats instead of playing some solemn music, plotting a course into the nearest star, and going down with the ship o7
Shit son, what are you doing?
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>>146965891
Moonbase Alpha is always free.

>>146965972
Shield Cell Banks? Don't these heat up as fuck?
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>>146966496
Boosters, not batteries. The stuff that passively makes your shield stronger but also increases its recharge time.
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>>146965972
Better stack up on heat-sinks as well if you use SCBs. Otherwise you overheat like hell.
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>>146966663
Again, shield boosters, not SCBs.
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>>146966496

>3300+02
>not using heatsinks
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>>146966779
Boosters only prolong the inevitable. Bi-Weave might be a better option for shield regen if you plan on out-maneuvering and keeping out of fire.
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>>146952417
Have you seen Event Horizon? We're her first crew. The vision is so bright that we don't need eyes to see.
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>>146966637
Oh, I read it as a rating, "4A" which you put along with a 5A shield.

I'm curious about charge times too: is it linear, would the same amount of shields take similarly long to recharge?

>>146966801
>tfw Fdev stole one heatsink of the pack.
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>>146967340
yeah, why the hell did they nerf heat sinks anyway? what were they hoping to accomplish with that?
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>>146967601
Sounds like FDL "balancing": >>146915282
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>>146967809
Funny thing about the FDL is that its massive shields are a gimmick. Sure I can get mine to 1100 with an A class and some shield boosters but that makes to recharge time so long its unsable in sustained combat and cells regenerate a laughable portion. Functionally the biweave and a more modest shield rating is far better now.
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>>146968468
this, bi-weaves and resistance boosters are the way to go for pve
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Gentlemen I have a proposal. We find the Fuel Rats home system and we destroy them.
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>>146971482
Too bad: we can't.
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Do we have a player list or something?
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>>146971596
Why not?
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>>146971482
best we can do is spam fuel rat calls and gank them when they show up
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>>146972215
Thing is when you call and shoot them they blacklist you IIRC, so we need some bait commanders.
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>>146972428
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

wassup

SQQUARE reportin in

do they carry anything btw?
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>>146972138
>Solo exists
>Can log out at will in-game and suffer no real consequences

E:D killed all sense of actual player-based interaction and fun when they decided to let these slide.
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>>146972505
Like, cargo?

Don't think so, they prioritize fuel and jump range. Weapons are not out of the question though, although i doubt their ability to use them, and I doubt they carry a combat load.
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>>146972792
yep, that right there is a huge part of the reason it will always just be a hollow shell of the MMO it could've been
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>>146962294
What is UA bombing?
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>>146974209

You sell off unknown artifacts to stations. It causes the stations services to get shut down until meta-alloys can be brought in to fix the station.
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>>146974209
you sell a bunch of Unknown Artifacts to a station, which fucks it up

if you sell enough, the entire thing basically shuts down, no commodity market, no mission board, etc
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just noticed it's on sale so should i get it now?

been looking at this game for a while, but when i've asked about it before always gotten a mix of it's boring / wait for horizons
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can you post the ship buying guide?
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>>146977139
Why do you need a guide? Cobra is the only ship you ever need
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>>146977139

It's already been posted.

>>146922269
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>>146977206
i've got adder and about 400k cr, what should i buy next?
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>>146977312
>>146977206
thanks cobra mkIII it is then
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>>146977046
I got it at the start of the sale and already put 40 hours into it. Didn't expect to enjoy it so much.
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>>146971482
Do you crush nerds?

>>146972792
I suppose they are too "honourable". They'd rather high-wake or die and post a video about what an awful person you are, and you'll be judged by a whole subreddit of dads.

>>146977139
>>146922269
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>>146971482
why would you do that? they are helpful?
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>>146978508
THE LORD KEK WILLS IT.

(nothing personell kid)
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>>146978678
so what is their system. I'm down to EU bomb it
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>>146978678
le le le !
xD
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>>146978792
epic lol!
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>>146978508
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I wanna get this game, how easy is it to pick up and play or do I need to dedicate my entire summer to it? and do I need the expansion right away ?
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>>146979858
Don't bother there is nothing to do that's fun.
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My shields seem to vanish in a few shots despite spending tons on them. Do I really need shield boosters and cell banks to make them worth while? Or should I just switch to Bi-weave and reinforce the hull more.

Don't really understand shields and mass at all.
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>>146981486
put pips into SYS when you're taking damage

4 pips = roughly 250% better effective strength
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Haven't played since they announced Horrizons. Ground vehicles looked like there was nothing to do with them and I was felt like I had exhausted everything the game had to offer.
Is the game better, or does it still lack content?
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>>146982175
it's marginally better, if you didn't like it before you probably still won't like it, and no one would blame you
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>>146982253
What's new with it?
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>>146982640
engineers, that's pretty much it

they also improved missions by a good bit

they're just another shallow grind, but they do make your ships a LOT better, and give you a reason to do planetary content like base assaults

game still feels empty, nothing you do feels like it matters, BUT: star citizen still isn't out, so...
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Dad speaks out against the new AI, news at 11
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>>146983016
Good AI is an artificial grind extender.
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>>146983016
Does this down's syndrome not know about Sothis?
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>>146981486
What ship?
>>146981697
I thought they nerfed 4 pips a long time ago.
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>>146983016
>the python above uses torrents
Shit that's his problem. All his bandwidth is being used by the torrents, no wonder he can't fight.
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>>146983971
they made it so less than 4 pips isn't QUITE as worthless, but 4 pips is still just as good
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