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Too stubborn to die 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, explore 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/
https://coriolis.io/
>/edg/ faction stuff from the previous thread:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rDxVVfavgiEdr9CbNS51j9wYHpXyz25H7uu7O6TeDzA/edit#gid=0
Don't you dare buy a Cobra, we'll know.
>praise the vision
PREVIOUS THREAD:
>>147546189
if this dies I'll kill myself
>>147807498
>>147807517
Just let it go anon.
>>147808304
;_;
>>147808304
No, we have to see the end of DGs.
>Russians vs Forumdads & r/cuckoldangerous
This is like the best thing ever.
Russians are king of grinding only seconded by Koreans, so I bet they are going to win the second DG too. But we all know GalCop or Gyarucappu or whatever is not going to sit and watch.
One of these three things will happen :
>GalCop, with support of FTroop, somehow wins.
>Russians win. But GalCop is special snowflake, so they somehow get their own power
>Suddenly ayy lmaos. Dangerous Games get cancelled and everyone is forced to do 'Hand in ayy lmao bounties' bullshit
>>147807517
Quite a tempting proposition there, chap.
*grins*
>Giving engineers a try
>Drove around a planet for 2 hours for 1 (one) arsenic
How did they think this was ok?
>>147809148
*chuckles in the background*
>>147807517
The last thread died because everyone was too busy playing and having fun and that hateful shitposting bastard fell asleep.
>>147811635
But im awake. Is there more than one hateful bastard? Edg is shitposting of peace!
>>147807498
>you choose elite dangerous even though you suck at flying
>>147809293
>not reading system map to see type of planet and abundance of resources
How did you think every planet is going to be an endless gold mine?
>>147811635
>that hateful shitposting bastard fell asleep.
I got drunk and watched the chimpening.
Sorry, daddykins~~
>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.
We fucking never talk about RES since 2014. If by now people don't know what this is, they should fucing jump off a bridge.
Thread dies when I sleep. Is everyone here EU/UK?
I command you to do more shitposting so this thread never dies again.
>grindy gameplay
>grindy thread
>>147816486
All I wanted was a fun space game... ;_;
>>147817121
>>147815784
>engineers are fine, game is perfect, it's not a grind if you don't grind
t. Dad
>>147817667
I grinded out one (1) level for Farseer last night, saw all possible mod options and their requirements, and promptly decided to drop it. Didn't FD say something about reducing engineer mat requirements?
Not again...
>>147818184
Fuck this guy
>>147818184
>>147819156
How sweet :3
>>147818184
They're planning on scanners actually being useful and telling you more clearly where you can find deposits as well as increasing the amount you collect per spawn. They have an announcement on the gsme's steam page.
>>147821643
>increasing the amount you collect per spawn.
Fucking finally. I'm not touching engineers again until they're changed.
Post more, asshole dads.
o7
Amazing.
>>147823231
Is this a worthwhile way to make spess dosh?
>be me, fresh bought Sothis python
>5x mine launchers
>INTERDICTION DETECTED
>FGS, typical pirate spiel
>drop mines while boosting
>mines actually good now for pve at least
>FGS shields go down, all hardpoints shredded to 0%
>back to supercruise, Sothis Mining awaits
>INTERDICTION DETECTED
>same FGS, YOU'RE MINE NOW
>sits and stares at me, all guns still at 0%
Rinse and repeat about 6 or so times, god damnit ftroop I got spessbucks to collect
>Random tip-off mission
>Data core hasn't spawned
>Switch session
>Switch session
>Meet random commando coming after the same wreck
>Look for a data core together
>Switch session
>Fly around, find drilling station
>Land, hands sweating to grab all that ore
>SRV deployed through the planet
>Switch session
>Empty plains with no signs of activity
ELIIIIIIIIITE, why do you have to blue ball me so hard?
At least I have a bunch of various weapon crates and a whole 1 bit of cadmium.
>>147824285
>see npc message signalling imminent interdiction
>quit to menu
- or -
>interdicted
>activate macro to kill process
:^)
Is this worth playing now?
Is it still extremely grindy?
Is the xpac worth buying?
Any interesting addition?
Is the multiplayer fixed, worth playing it over sp?
>>147825415
>Is this worth playing now?
No.
>Is it still extremely grindy?
Yes.
>Is the xpac worth buying?
No.
>Any interesting addition?
More grind.
>Is the multiplayer fixed, worth playing it over sp?
No to both.
>>147825415
Yes to all, except to the last one, what's multiplayer?
But don't think, don't wait for a sale, just buy it!
>>147825415
>Is this worth playing now?
Maybe. Depends on your preferences. Most people find the initial honeymoon phase to be extremely compelling, and then it kinda goes south as you encounter the grind. Some people don't hit that wall. Again, preference.
>Is it still extremely grindy?
Yes.
>Is the xpac worth buying?
It extends the honeymoon phase by a few hours, and also gives access to the rest of the season's/year's additions.
>Any interesting addition?
Planetary landings, rovers, engineers. Latter is very grindy.
Later on it will include multicrew, character customisation and ship launched fighters. ETA unknown, as is quality/usability.
>Is the multiplayer fixed
"Working as intended"
>worth playing it over sp?
If you enjoy seeing players once in a blue moon and sometimes having them slap your shit, sure.
I HAD A REVELATION!
>In a stunning turn of events galaxy-wide dadvolution happens
>All these glitchy powerplay faction leaders are dethroned
>Winner of dadgerous games gets to pick first
>One after another even dad space dadsplorers get to pick a faction they take over
>Dads grumble that they weren't allowed first to pick what they wanted, but still roll with it
>Buggedplay mechanics are patched and improved
The galaxy is safe, commanders!
>>147828546
These memes are getting more and more pathetic.
>>147829017
Noice. If some photoshop wizard could layer in a generic in-game galaxy background behind the sails/rigging, you'd only need to add a subtle ED logo for absolute perfection.
>>147831804
eric, simbly eric
>>147828647
Aye-aye, CMDR.
>>147833850
>imperial ship interior.jpg
*deploys hardpoints*
>finishing today's fifth sothis run
"I also understand the frustrations with content that might not be what you specifically were looking for but it's also important to understand there are players with so many different aims and aspirations. That's what’s awesome about having a game where you can blaze your own trail." ~Zac Antonacci
>this is what frontier actually believes
>>147835681
>blaze your own trail
Out of nothing but grinding. Do they not realise that that's all there is to the game?
Watching numbers go up in small ships, then in slightly bigger ships and then in big ones?
>>147835223
Damn, I was going to fuck off 5000 ly away for that engie, but I start to feel like that can wait...
>>147836049
It can. I was grinding Engineers until I heard they were going to shorten the grind by a lot, now I'm not even going to bother with it until they release this:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/268658-The-Engineers-(2-1)-feedback-and-planned-updates
>>147836049
They're gonna tweak engie requirements in the next patch anyways, I'd hold off until then.
How can there be sound in space?
>>147836887
There's air in your cockpit. Also the cockpit literally plays fake sounds for stuff.
>>147836887
it's conducted through the same matter that causes your ship to slow down when turn flight assist on at max speed
>>147837150
Those are retrograde thrusters. The matter is the stuff that makes there be a max speed in the first place.
>>147837150
>>147837282
the matter is also what burns when laser goes through it making the beams visible
>>147837518
Would be cool if lasers weren't visible in the broken part of a smashed canopy, like it was just a HUD projection for easy visibility
Ded thred
>Brett said he would contact emails associated with group forms today
>it's late evening and no email
I actually hate Frontier and everything that has to do with them
>>147835681
So they are blaming their customers for not liking the product again? Just like they did after Powerplay?
Unbelievable.
>>147836257
Yeah, I have read it before, but I still want to screw around with FSD and thrusters while we wait.
After all, this led me to try mining and feel all those mats drop. I hope they tweak drop rates for rares or reduce their requirement, because Lord Braben knows, I don't want any more carbon.
>>147836887
It's pretty much the same shit car manufacturers put in their cars. How to make that puny 4-cylinder engine sound good? Just play a neat roaring sound through audio system.
>>147841014
It's like they think we're petulant children who are never satisfied with anything. I mean, we are, but that's not relevant here.
The main complaint with the game is and always has been "mile wide inch deep." There's nothing to do except increase your credit balance. There's no way to meaningfully interact with the game world. You can't play with the sand in the sand box.
They KNOW this is the primary criticism in the game, and yet they continue to add new shitty grinds to the game instead of making an attempt to implement some real content, and then act like we should be sucking their dicks like the dads do.
>>147841038
>shit car manufacturers
They're not even the ones doing it. Companies like BMW are actually the biggest offenders of this, even in their high end cars. This from the company that mounts fake exhaust pipes on their cars, and has removed the fucking dipstick from all their new models.
>>147841610
I hope memeing fucks here realise that ftroop are the real babyboomer dads, not those irrelevant fucks on the forums.
Maybe that will put the whole situation into perspective for those who still hope that some mythical "potential" may be realized in the distant future.
Abandon all hope.
SPACELEGS WHEN
>>147842273
how did I not see this sooner
>>147845847
Season 3, not even kidding
>sick of Ftroop and their shit game
>fire up star citizen alpha launcher
>log in
>standing in port olisar
>turn around
>game crashes to desktop
We're never going to get the game we want, are we?
>>147846793____X4____
There are 21 posters in this thread.
>>147847190
At least three of them are me posting from different IPs.
Help us braben
What this game needs is cute furry aliens.
>>147849541
What this game needs is waifus
>>147846793
>installs an alpha
>gets alpha
>is surprised
OP misspelled /scg/ when he was making this thread
>>147846793
On the bright side things are starting to rev up in the SC camp. Last few AtVs have been nice
>>147849806
This games needs ERP
>>147835681
If they really believe this they're as out of touch as our presidential candidates.
Even their media department (youtubers) are going to turn against them if they don't stop this retardation.
>>147849913
Haha, the only bright side thing for SC camp is that COD:IW is upon them (and us), to put everyone out of their misery.
>>147851270
IW is a flop though.
>>147850856
>youtubers
>turn against the thing that makes them money
The recent band aid patch for engies was enough for Kornelius "Butthurt Belt" Briedis to jump back on ftroops lap and release an apology video where he thanks them for "listening to the community".
Same goes for Obsidian Dad when ftroop half assedly adresses at least 1/100 of his complaints. Also, that cheeky fucker literally conned his fans into buying him a new top shelf PC.
You need to get rid of that /v/ermin habit of sucking random e-celeb dicks m8.
>>147851270
I'm actually looking forward to playing IW, seems neat enough. But it isn't really even in the same genre as ED and SC.
Procedural planets by the end of the year should be p nice
This is the game changer. This is the ultimate keybind.
>>147851790
this thing, asking for money in a video for a game because the gfx-card burned, was strange.
>>147851790
Controversy breeds ratings.
Their most popular videos are the ones where they call frontier out.
>>147851710
Yeah, like every COD before it.
>>147852130
As a battlefielder, I must embarrassingly admit that "fantasy WWI" Battlefront reskin turned out to be less appealing than IW.
>>147852739
That's factually not true. You can go to their playlists and sort their vids by views.
It will be ship reviews and vids about """exploration""", not rants.
>>147852789
It's weird, with IW and BF1 we saw a massive paradigm shift where CoD players jumped ship because they felt betrayed by Infinity Ward or sumshit. After years of wanting something different they finally deliver and it gets met with unbridled scorn.
>>147853746
>gets met with unbridled scorn
>implying that it will not sell well
>implying it's not neckbeard hate train behind youtube dislikes
>>147853746
I haven't played a CoD since CoD 2, but IW is the first one that's caught my attention since then. I'm all about some high fidelity space autism.
>>147854356
I'm not saying it isn't going to sell well at all my dude. But if you pay attention to the comments and ratings on the IW videos you can tell cawadoodie fan boys are pretty mad.
There's not enough neckbeards to make the dislike bar that long, anon.
>>147855589
>cawadoodie fan boys are pretty mad
This fucking puzzles me. Are they not tired of brown and bloom Iraq/Afgan and fake russian accents yet?
Finally something new in a stagnant series and xbone niggers shit on it.
Who here /grinding money without ever spending it/?
https://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/0pitiFflidfsnf52k2kkpkp2j2j020304040504402t02012f.Iw18WQ==.MwBjCYxBGW-BkAsIViA=
Am I doing it right for Sothis?
>>147858341
5a fuel scoop. What you lose in capacity you more than make up for in time.
Swap to a D shield.
Downgrade the power plant to a 3A. You gain jump range and heat efficiency.
You dont need boosters or point defense, add a chaff launcher to inturrupt scans when smuggling.
>>147856103
Cant crouch in zero g
>>147859485
Oh shit they fixed that? I remember that chaff did fuck all against npcs a year ago
>>147859485
Oh and toss the discovery scanner for cargo, you dont need it.
>>147859485
>be me, security officer
>sitting at my desk having a wank and a donut while scanning incoming ships
>one ship catches my eye, just seems suspicious
>start scanning
>ship goes like a bat out of hell, throttle at max towards the station, deploys chaff of all things
>not concerned, I'll just wait for the chaff to disperse and robotically continue with my scan for contraband
>smuggler flies into the docking bay at highly unsafe speeds, stops, unloads crates full of space cocaine
>doesn't matter, he made it inside before my scan completed so according to the law he's good
>finish all over my donut. mmm, icing
>>147860147
+rep CMDR o7
Enjoying Elite Dangerous™:Horizons™, friends?
>>147861594
Up to 1.6 billion in Sothis poop bux. What am I doing with my life?
>>147861594
>>147861846
preparing for the day when vision arrives of course.
If you want a game where goals are provided and you are told what to do next then elite isn't for you. The ability to blaze your own trail is what I love about this game. After a long day at work dealing with my employees I can just come home and do what I want to do in my cobra mk III. My wife's son used to play with me but lately he remarked about how the game doesn't respect his time. That's alright, he's just too young to understand elite, these millennials after all just don't have the same sensibilities or work ethic us older folks do. I can remember the other day, after losing my cobra from underestimating the gravity of the planet I was going to collect engineer materials from, I petitioned Frontier to restore my ship, because my bank account wasnt quite where it needed to be after buyinh some upgrades for my ship. And I got right back out there. Yes these entitled millennials don't know the true meaning of responsibility and work ethic.
Thanks for listening
Fly safe CMDRs
>>147861846
How's it best done? Is something like a python or asp as good as it will get, or can you benefit from a larger ship?
>>147862259
Either asp or anaconda because of the jump range.
You can use a python but it will take longer. First grind rep between sothis and ceos, then pick up as much as you can and haul it back to the bubble. Being allied to every group out there I do about 60 mil an hour in my conda.
>>147862567
Could I feasibly do it in a Cutter?
>>147862259
Conda is probably best for the jump range, but I've been using a Cutter with a grade 5 FSD range upgrade, and I can usually get a full load of 20 missions each run. It's like 100 million each time.
>>147862632
A trip will take longer but the extra space would make up for it
>>147862726
>>147862757
Forgive the pestering, and I'm not meaning to be spoon-fed, but what would the fit for a set of missions like that look like? Expanded fuel tank and a scoop for the trip, cutting into the cargo belly or what?
chaff was mentioned earlier on.
>>147862893
here's mine: https://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_cutter/0patsFplxdssCf6-------0000------070705054i37040302.Iw18ZZA=.Aw18ZZA=
>>147862176
o7 o7 o7
FTROOPS BRILLIANT MARKETING SCHEMES ARE BACK AT WORK
Their marketing is nearly as good as their game design.
>>147862893
>>147863057
forgot to mention I use a dadding computer
the cutter is such a pain in the ass to land otherwise
if you get scanned with illegal shit, just chain spam chaff until you're in the station
>>147860147
very gud sdory
>>147864832
>he needs a computer to throw that bitch around
sweet summer child.
>>147864521
The fact that they didn't do this during the summer sale shows how retarded they are.
>surface missions nerfed
>smuggling nerfed
>long range courier missions nerfed
>stacking ascension missions nerfed
Is there anyway left in this game to grind empire rank that hasn't been nerfed aside from "do every mission you come across"?
>>147867740
You need a 10 year plan, that works.
>>147866369
post a vid of you easily landing a cutter with 7d thrusters and filled with cargo pls
>>147867740
you forgot donations being nerfed
thankfuck I got to baron before that happened
Thrustmaster hotas for 40 bucks yeah or nah?
>>147859485
Chaff doesn't interrupt scans. Test it for yourself if you don't believe me, its easy.
Spess
>>147872304
Yeah. Bretty good price.
>>147872304
>>147876428
No. You should wait for the Roberts Space Industries hotas.
>>147877651
Already there bro
>>147869057
can you not afford A-class thrusters in this instance or are you sacrificing module quality for an increase in jump range?
>>147878997
I'd be tempted to get this but the white makes it look shoddy.
>>147879456
It's for Sothis, so maximum jump range
>>147880368
It will also get dirty as fuck real quick. This is why sensible people buy dark colored peripherals.
>>147872785
I thought they fixed that with 2.1
>>147882024
I get what they're going for
They don't want people complaining about cum stains on their keyboard after they introduce the sexbots.
>>147878997
The stick looks like an X52, why would I replace my perfectly good keyboard with that thing? Assuming this is a joke, pretty funny.
>>147872304
The only thing I don't like about the cheap thrustmaster is that the cord between the two parts is too short to mount them to my chair arms, and no way I'm reaching up to my desk all the time. Have heard it's amazing for the price though, and it's cheap enough I'm tempted to get one and just mod the cable.
The x52 pro seems like the best bet to me though, all the newer and more expensive ones sound cheap and shitty. http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/x52pro.html
Really wish thrustmaster had something between the $40 one and the $500 one, those two are the only ones my local store carries.
Is there no VISION approved hotas?
>>147884751
>Is there no VISION approved hotas?Braben's stinky brit cock
Got the $40 hotas. Wish me luck/hurl insults. Should be fun times.
>>147885148
I figured that was what he played with.
>HOTAS
This meme needs to die and stay dead. Using a HOTAS for space sims is counter-intuitive and counter-productive.
You need at least three axes on each hand, in addition to a throttle. The very best throttles on the market have MAYBE two convenient axes. You can kinda get by if you also have pedals, but most people don't bother.
>>147885395
t. Isinona victim
>>147885885
Look dad, if you want to play Euro Truck Space Simulator with several hundred dollars of sim gear that's your business. Some of us care enough to git gud.
>>147886178
>Being this mad he lost to a hotas user
>>147885395
>>147885885
>>147886178
>>147886276
Anon is kinda right, there's nothing special about HOTAS that gives you some massive advantage. It's just a muh immershun meme.
>>147886865
The only real advantage over for instance an xbox controller is that firing fixed is probably easier with HOTAS. That might be it, though.
Holy shit
>>147886276
I've only lost one ship to PvP, and it was due to a mistake on my part. Just about knocked out the powerplant of an engineered-up Python with my piracy fit asp, then fucked up/got greedy and let him pull shooting angle on a boost.
Not that I'm hot shit, just don't do all that much PvP.
>>147887182
Was this supposed to be impressive?
>>147887382
No, I'm just surprised. All I did was get caught with stolen low temperature diamonds.
And some dickhead NPC in a stupidly shielded iEagle keeps dicking with me. Fuck off cunt, I'm trying to shitpost.
>>147887730
Like 10 of them? I've gotten scanned down with a full type-7. 190 of the fucking things. The bounty was high enough that it kept glitching out. It kept getting higher every time I jumped...
>>147888074
Damn son, you stole that many in a Type 7? You're hardcore.
>>147888179
It was risky business. On a followup run I got scanned and killed with another 60 units. I haven't really been able to get the hang of scan evasion with heatsink launchers. Went back to an Asp for safety/speed/jump efficiency.
So silent running stops scans right?
>>147889061
Yes. But not forever. You're not totally unscannable if they are close enough. Your ship also gets hotter which makes you easier to scan.
>>147889216
So silent running plus heatsinks and chaff would make you basically undetectable by NPCs?
>>147889449
No.
They can and will still detect you visually and close with your position.
Chaff just fucks with the automatic targeting of gimbals & turrets. Does nothing to sensors afaik.
>>147889449
>chaff
Does nothing.
>undetectable by NPCs
Not possible. As I said, distance is a factor as well. If they're right next to you they can scan you.
>>147885395
Mouse was dying and the n52te pad i was usuing just wasnt fun.
Dont worry spacedad i have a job and bought it with my own cash. Gee willikers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNdm8eQ5-o0
>>147890840
Fun? FUN?!Ok
Spooky
>>147891423
What did he mean by this?
>>147892482Tilt your monitor forward.
Are hangers with the next patch or is that just scanners and unfucking engineers?
>>147895624
>still no "hangers"
hahahahahaha
>>147895624
take powerplay as a general example of how frontier handles game design.
nothing is getting un-fucked, ever.
attempts to un-fuck or add content will only fail even more spectacularly. The handful that succeed will be greeted with utter hatred by the Dad/carebear majority and be rescinded soon after arrival, like the AI buffs.
Imperial or Federation?
>>147898184
Neither.
Not worth the grind, which was unreasonable prior to 2.1 and is simply insane/impossible at this point.
What planets have the best touges for SRV drifting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7OkN0JeCY
What ship has the comfiest cockpit
>>147904089
Whichever one isn't a basic geometric shape with greebles painted on its surfaces. So none.
>>147904089
>>147904206
So, Orca.
Whats a good ship for causing maximum death im thinking corvette but i just don't know.
>>147898184
Empire, fuck the feds. Take back Sol!
>>147906143
Federal. Fun. Ship.
7 hardpoints. First you buy a large multicannon, a medium multicannon, a medium multicannon, a medium multicannon, a medium multicannon, a small multicannon, and a small multicannon. You equip 6A shields, 4 shield boosters and stuff the internals with SCBs.
Now you overcharge the fuck out of your multicannons to give your enemy even more multicannons to the face, preferably with a nice balance of incendiary and corrosive ammo side effects.
You fly with FAOFF all the time and enjoy doing drifting strafing runs while unloading a horrifying amount of firepower onto some poor puppy.
Enjoy being Arnold Schwarzenegger in space.
Alternatively, you can do so with an Anaconda for even more multicannons. You can also replace your multicannons with frag cannons and watch as your enemy's shields flare up every time you hit them.
>>147906765
>thinks there's anything fun in E:D
>>147906765
7 Internets to this warboss!
>>147906765
>>147907267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHgu_fBlSjk
>>147885395
Most sticks have twist rudder at this point.
Is there any faster empire grind than spamming contribution missions in quince?
>>147884751
>Is there no VISION approved hotas?
Well there is this one coming from thrustmaster
>filthy twist rudder for peasants
>>147885395
indeed I don't see the point in a throttle scrotum.
you only really need analog axes for pitch + yaw + roll, everything else you can map onto keyboard
>>147912241
An analogue throttle offers far more precise control during FAoff maneuvering.
Of course those who never use FAoff beyond boosting will never notice this, but those who do fly circles around them.
>>147912060
>LEDs still blind the user
Thanks thrustmaster.
So, how do you do those Sothis runs?
Get a bunch of missions to random systems then fuck about with delivering them all?
Anyone tried exploring the edge of the bubble worlds to see if there is something similar but, perhaps, with more factions, improving the chances of getting a load of missions in a single direction?
Spaehs
>>147913394
>So, how do you do those Sothis runs?
You grind in RES stealing kills from cops with your shitty sidewinder until you get 2-2.5m to get a cobra, fit it for trading and buy a A grade friendship drive.
Then you get to sothis/ceos and stack data delivery mission going back and forth in open/group/solo to grab as much missions as you can in order to increase your local rep.
Then when ~5m+ delivery/smuggling missions start to appear you stack as much missions as you can and get that spess buck.
>>147898184
Both. Choosing a side is completely meaningless.
>>147913059
>I now have to buy non ricer peripherals.
It's 2016 this shouldnt be a thing anymore.
>>147914297
Err, I don't need the very basics. I have my aspie parked there already.
I was asking about the missions appearing part. Do you stack everything or rather stack only one or two destinations?
>>147915380
Depends of the mission type and cargo space. For all the long range delivery missions I did, the destinations weren't far apart from each other, ranging from 20 to 60ly. So I just take as much missions as my cargo can hold.
For smuggling missions I believe the same rule applie and the destinations aren't far appart from each other. But I don't like the constant interdiction spam during the trip so I tend to stick with simple delivery missions and wouldn't stack too much of them if I had no choice.
>>147915380
I only pick based on cargo and payout to squeeze the most I can out of every trip. Though I use my conda so I can take at least 5 at a time depending on how much cargo each has me carry.
Ded
I miss having fun in this game.
>>147912592
It absolutely does not.
10k out
>>147919661
Any unexplored systems there?
>>147919735
Plenty. I didn't go for the core, I'll shoot past it on its right side if I continue. Run out of podcasts. Bored to tears.
>360 controller damaged
>too lazy to learn M&K controls
I'm free
>tfw honeymoon phase
Will it be bad?
>>147913059
so? it's not like you would see them with a headset on
>>147920114
What's your route? What's your space raft?
May I suggest Shirley & Spinoza radio?
>>147922771
Eventually yes.
>>147878997
>Madcatz
Wow, when will the scam end?
>>147887182
You think that's bad? Fines/bounties for stolen goods used to be 5x the cargo's value and ruined your faction reputation.
Get busted once hauling a T-9 full of slaves through a fed system = 25M fine and become enemy #1 throughout the entire Federation.
>>147809127
Galcop needs to be a faction ran directly by FDev seeing as how they aren't supposed to control any planets, only the space in between.
But that would never happen because it would require FDev to play the game
>>147927413
>but guys, I only smuggled human chattel that one time
>>147929209
Meanwhile outright murder and cop killing gets you a 6K bounty and only very slightly annoys the faction.
>>147929505
I think that's a bug, cop killing should pay you a bounty
>>147849821
Who's game isn't an alpha/beta these days?
>>147929505
I always thought this was super weird. Bounties for murder should be based on the size or insurance of the ship you've killed, imo.
Now imagine if having a large bounty on your head also spawned assassination missions on the mission boards of the factions you've pissed off, so other players can try to claim it.
>>147933053
Would never work because solo and private groups.
Even if you were both in open the instancing system is shit so you may never see each other anyway.
And even if you did get instanced together the other guy would just combat log before being destroyed.
>>147933941
Just as intended.
>>147918585
This isn't supposed to be a fun game, CMDR. It's a space sim first and foremost. That's why you have so many realistic sim elements, like the way pirates infinitely spawn forever in every single asteroid belt in the game, or the way wars are fought at completely arbitrary points in the middle of space for no reason. In true sim fashion, all the markets just automatically reset every so often, and can never be crashed or permanently effected in any way.
o7 CMDR fly safe
>>147929505
>>147933053
>find pirate affiliated with Sirius Corp
>pew pew for bounty
>bounty issued by Sirius Corp themselves
>must be some kind of rogue they wanted dead so I should avoid the usual rep l-
>Sirius Corp is pissed off about the kill anyway
>>147933941
Oh yeah, I know it would never work because FTroop is competent as a game designer, I was just imagining how good this game could've been if literally any other publisher had made it.
>>147915808
so the guys in sothis and Ceos like me very much now, and i'm in Nyan atm doin nothing with my Wasp.
now my question is : if i did the 400 ly missions from soothis will i need to go back there everytime to get paid? if so kill me now Braben
also any place with high level modules?
having only 14 ly makes me want to get back my A-rated DBE
>>147934636
Right on, CMDR! o7
Elite: Dangerous is a hardcore simulation of spacecraft and space travel, not another generic arcadey shooter for teenagers. If you are trying to have fun, you play this game wrong!
>>147937883
>if i did the 400 ly missions from soothis will i need to go back there everytime to get paid? if so kill me now Braben
You get paid where you deliver your shit, but eventually have to go back to sothis/ceo for more space sponduli.
>>147929010
Galcop doesn't need to be anything because they're fucking history and the feds and imps and the alliance have taken their place.
Galcop coming back is about as ridiculous as the Roman empire coming back
>>147939406
>Babylon doesn't need to be anything because they're fucking history and the Romans and the Carthaginians and the Egyptians have taken their place.
>Babylon coming back is about as ridiculous as the Sumerians coming back
ok im logged in. what should i do?
When's the update for easier engineer materials coming?
>>147942260
After PlanetCoaster Tycoon Vision 2 launches in 2020
What's the fastest way to earn spacebucks right now? Is it still space trucking?
>>147941884
Grind money.
>>147942524
i have what i wanted. now what to do whit it?
>>147942962
acquire credits
>>147942962
>>147937883
Oh, if you're visiting Nyan, could you get the data for the rings on a system map, please? For some reason mine just wouldn't show types at all.
Long-range haul missions are one-way, you get paid on delivery. https://eddb.io/station for modules, just set your current system as reference and what modules you are looking for.
>>147942962
there is nothing to do in this game except get more money
if you have horizons you could try unlocking fungineers to upgrade your ship
otherwise, you could join a dad group and run missions for some dad-themed minor faction to help their PvE progress, that's about it
>>147912060
Is the vert/hor thrust analog?
>>147942512
Sothis/Ceos long range delivery/smuggling. So yeah, space trucking.
Newfag here
Am I better off with a dualshock controller or should I stick with mouse and keyboard?
>>147948879
Eh, either works just fine, whichever you're more comfortable with is the real answer.
>>147944287
>b-but there are over four hundred billion systems to explore!
>and great multiplayer! p-powerplay is f-fun...
>c-c-content!
>>147948879
You'll want to use both at various times. I like flying with a pad and using KBAM for menu & map navigation. I also have a few extraneous things bound to keyboard buttons.
>>147948879
You want a HOTAS to play this game. It is a simulation and you won't be able to manage space physics without a proper device.
I would suggest the Saitek X52, it is a very good entry level HOTAS. You will not regret it, CMDR! o7
>>147948879
The Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X works just fine and is affordable.
>>147950393
There's no need to spend exorbitant amounts of money for a decadent, overbuilt controller. Just use this, it's all you'll ever need.
>>147950393
Stop this. A HOTAS is the worst possible input method for playing this game.
>>147881826
A-grade thrusters, especially tuned ones on a cutter can pull you away from anything resembling a threat before they can say 'dad'. and you can get inside of a station wicked quick if you manage your inertia effectively and come in at a considerate angle.
it'll cost you a few extra jumps but the time at the ports could well make it up.i refuse to downgrade
I'm curious who is that greedy bastard who is all about "GRIND MORE MONEY", is he some hopeless millionaire-wannabe IRL?
Obviously, this game is about buying fast ships and making them fly faster!
>>147952358
or just install a dadding computer and get the best of both worlds, while also enabling yourself to go take a piss or whatever while your ship docks itself
>>147952759
and how would you do that without cash?
and grinding the RNGneers?
>>147953337
Docking is like... 90%+ of the actual flying that these people do. What do they do? Get the game to play itself for them.
I swear the Dad contingent would love to buy a "Trading computer" that does cargo runs automatically for them. Just leave the game running in the background and check back every few days to see a higher number in their credit account. That's all this game is. Escalator to nowhere.
>>147954210
would love that senpai desu
doing Sothis runs while i'm watching my netflix?
whats wrong with that?
>>147954638
Not sure to what extent you are joking, but that is the most pathetic thing I have ever heard in my entire life.
Next you'll want to be hooked up to an intravenous drip & catheter. And then some kind of automatic masturbation machine.
>>147954638
>my netflix
Confirmed manchild.
>>147955629
the grind isn't fun
i'm doing a Soothis run with a 2h+ podcast in the background and posting here with a simple alt+tab
the only engaging part is combat, explorations or encounters. trading is a soul crushing thing. why shouldn't be automated?
is travelling to a station 300.000 ls from the star to deliver biowaste is engaging?
there is a reason why i dont play euro truck simulator o jobs simulator. IF i wanted to do that i'd get a truck driver's licence and start working as a IRL trucker
did 18 jumps
arrive in system, point ship with middlemouse, press J and rev the engine. Done. just that for 18 times. a bot can do that better than me
>>147956383
i don't have a netflix, HBO is better to me and i'm not even an us citizen :)
>>147956767
Then DON'T PLAY THE GAME AT ALL
Is there a space game where physics are not WW2 planes in space?
>>147957425
Orbiter
>>147956767
Trading is soul crushing to some no matter what game, but some people enjoy things like that. When Bounty Bay Online was a thing, I played a merchant trading around the Mediterranean. The problem is that there's literally nothing to it in Elite because the universe is static and unchanging. The best trade routes are always around in Empire space, usually A-B-A runs trading slaves and palladium. If the universe was actually dynamic and fluid like they claim it is, then trade routes should shift dramatically constantly, and deplete quickly as more traders find out about them and fulfill the supply/demand quota.
>>147957314
the fact is that i like the game a lot.I like the lore, the science, the feel. i spent 130+ hours then i abandoned it for 4 months, picked it up again and now i'm at 214 hours. but i can't have fun killing shit, trading, or even smuggling without having decent ships, and these cost TONS OF CASH.
the most fun i've ever had in this game was Daramo's war. Shit was fun, met people killed tons of ship, got killed and made like 32 mils between bounties and rewards
>>147957559
you are very correct, this game is really amazing and could be even more entertaining if it was more alive and "thriving" as they claimed it was. the wedding barge are interesting the first 2-3 times you see em, then they get boring.
i've put up with 200+h of Watch_Dogs because i liked the theme, the feel and the city even with its countless bug and technical problems.
if the game is engaging enough, even bad bugs are not that bad to me. but seeing the state of the game, they are doing what to improve?, not even fix,but improve
>mile wide, inch deep
