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Third World Reggin posted:Have said items in your cargo and then move to about 500 m or closer to the ship. They auto take it and give you money. By "scan" you mean I have to have a cargo scanner, or just the regular sensor scan?
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Cargo scanner. I mean you can use your planetary scanner if you want but the type 9 probably isn't that big. Once you see what is in their cargo you should know what they buy, according to reddit at least.
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Dec 31, 2014 18:59
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Hey there buddy. Thanks for bugging out as soon as I saw you. I couldn't have fought the urge to fight you and I probably would have lost.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:01
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Wallrod posted:I found Dale Earnhardt. Should've made him turn right
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Dec 31, 2014 19:04
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Ovimbiabas is another war zone I just found out about.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:10
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Galnet has news from a month in the future. No wonder they became so popular around the galaxy.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:11
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How often do rare stations replenish their goods? If it says '0 HIGH' instead of not saying anything, I haven't hit the cap for that particular rare, right?
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Dec 31, 2014 19:12
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KakerMix posted:I'd expect them to never get a specific ship. The Alliance isn't like the Federation or Empire, they are a bunch of Independent systems that all fly the same banner. You can find slave-allowing dictatorships next to freedom loving democracies that ban liquor. It wouldn't make sense for them to get a specific ship when they aren't even the same law wise. They have a unified fleet command, though. There's at least some sort of organization holding everything together. It's essentially the difference between the United States of America and the European Union (if the EU had a working unified military).
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Dec 31, 2014 19:17
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Here's a fun game: Find an npc miner that's REAL close to the asteroid he's mining. Lock on and use a KWscanner. Laugh as he freaks out and boosts away. Right into the asteroid. 
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Dec 31, 2014 19:29
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Pfft I suck at fighting anything like Clippers/Dropships/Anacondas, you can only get so far with strafing bound separately on the keyboard I think.
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Dec 31, 2014 19:31
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Got tired of a Harmless Sidewinder trying to interdict me, so I let him. He turns into a Master Viper. Seriously, WTF?
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Dec 31, 2014 19:53
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I've been to the arse end of space for three days in my Adder, and now I am back. I am different, I feel different. I have a Cobra and upgrades.
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Dec 31, 2014 20:03
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Sometimes I'm fully centered on a landing pad with permission to dock, but it won't latch me onto the pad and pull me down. I just bounce off and scratch my paint. What am I doing wrong? Edit: Oh man, I just got a loitering infraction.
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Dec 31, 2014 20:12
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GreenMarine posted:Sometimes I'm fully centered on a landing pad with permission to dock, but it won't latch me onto the pad and pull me down. I just bounce off and scratch my paint. What am I doing wrong? Did you use the magic word when you requested docking permission?
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Dec 31, 2014 20:15
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Ernie Muppari posted:Did you use the magic word when you requested docking permission? This works, I usually shout gently caress NO gently caress
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Dec 31, 2014 20:16
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GreenMarine posted:Sometimes I'm fully centered on a landing pad with permission to dock, but it won't latch me onto the pad and pull me down. I just bounce off and scratch my paint. What am I doing wrong? The tutorial doesn't mention this IIRC, bit you have to be lined up and be facing "away" on the little landing guide, so if you're bouncing then make sure you can see your ship's butt in the guide.
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Dec 31, 2014 20:20
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GreenMarine posted:Sometimes I'm fully centered on a landing pad with permission to dock, but it won't latch me onto the pad and pull me down. I just bounce off and scratch my paint. What am I doing wrong? Was your landing gear out? Ive forgotten that a couple times. Edit: Welp, guess I was wrong. Bear in the Woods fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Dec 31, 2014 20:21
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Shine posted:The tutorial doesn't mention this IIRC, bit you have to be lined up and be facing "away" on the little landing guide, so if you're bouncing then make sure you can see your ship's butt in the guide. Thanks! That was it. I wasn't aligned properly in the gantry.
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Dec 31, 2014 20:24
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Kenshin posted:The Viper really shines when you get a bunch of rank A equipment on it. A thrusters, A power distributor, A shields, the thing is a beast. Yeah, it's running off the same Thrusters and FSD as the Eagle despite being substantially heavier, so it's going to take better gear to keep up in performance. Given that A-Grade equipment exists and making a 2 mil Eagle is probably overkill, though, it's not unreasonable to equip it to a higher degree. The only issue I'm having with equipping the Viper is that, since it's already quite stressed for mass, B grade equipment is a somewhat unattractive option and making the jump from straight from 50k C gear to 500k A gear is a pretty big pill when it's Baby's First Real Ship. Two Class 2 "get hosed Cobras" mounts is still totally worth it, though.
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Dec 31, 2014 20:35
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Hmmm, should I go for a Viper first before jumping into a Cobra? I have a cool 1.1 million right now, but I'm getting a little bored of trading now.. I was saving up to get a Cobra and at least an A FSD, but I'd probably need to save up like at least 3.5 million to fit my cobra well. How much is a fully A fit viper?
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Zhen Dock in Xihe had 10 biomorphic companions. Too bad I can only carry 4
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Dec 31, 2014 20:49
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Kevlar Beard posted:Hmmm, should I go for a Viper first before jumping into a Cobra? Every a class component is about a half million except power distributor which is like 50k
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Shine posted:The tutorial doesn't mention this IIRC, bit you have to be lined up and be facing "away" on the little landing guide, so if you're bouncing then make sure you can see your ship's butt in the guide. I thought this at first too, but there have been multiple times I've landed facing away from the control tower as well. I don't get it. I thought initially it doesn't work because most of the time it doesn't, but I've actually had the drat landing pad rotate underneath me to align with ME when I went in backwards more than once. Like I said it doesn't always work, so most of the time I go in right, but this has definitely happened. I'm not sure what the rules are to be frank. Maybe it has to do with the type of station.
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Kevlar Beard posted:Hmmm, should I go for a Viper first before jumping into a Cobra? I think I traded mine in for a cool 2.low something million, so I'd say 2-3mil. So I'd say 2-2.5mil, depending on if you want C2 Fixed Beam Lasers (300k each). [edit] "So I'd say" twice? Don't type half a response, alt-tab for a bit, and come back to it without rereading kids! Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Dec 31, 2014 20:51
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I think I traded mine in for a cool 2.low something million, so I'd say 2-3mil. So I'd say 2-2.5mil, depending on if you want C2 Fixed Beam Lasers (300k each). Alright, I'll spend a few more hours trading and then make my journey to goon-mecca. What's the best ship a Viper can handle? Strictly NPC pirates, players are a whole other ball game.
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Kevlar Beard posted:Alright, I'll spend a few more hours trading and then make my journey to goon-mecca. Properly equipped and with decent skills, you can actually kill Anacondas fairly easily in a Viper. You technically don't NEED shield cells or chaff to do it, either, but they do make things a hell of a lot more straightforward. It revolves around using the Viper's raw speed to just reset the fight anytime it's not on your terms, and then you just wear down the Anaconda's shields and park yourself behind its engines in its blind spot and blast the Power Plant or FSD until it goes boom. I just really, really like that you can take an accessible ship like the Viper, kit it out with a few million in equipment, and then go pop some Anacondas if you play it right. That's how you know that money isn't the end-all in this game. A Viper that costs one or two million taking out an Anaconda that costs many, many times more than that (after the hull cost, component upgrades, weapons, etc.) is... great.
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Kevlar Beard posted:Alright, I'll spend a few more hours trading and then make my journey to goon-mecca. I started playing this a couple of days ago and just defeated an Elite Anaconda from one of those assassination missions in my mostly C fit Viper. I had two engagements with it, the first one I felt that I had to bug out from because my one Chaff Launcher didn't help nearly as much as I thought it would. The Viper feels really durable, I lost my shield a few times and slowly dropped to 60% hull before I decided to make my retreat. I zoomed off to a nearby station and replaced my K-Warrant Scanner with an additional Chaff Launcher and headed back, this time I was much more successful. It took quite a while to whittle down it's shields with my two C1 Beam Lasers but it's hull melted swiftly to my double C2 Multi-Cannons.
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I almost made this exact post after I made my pilgrimage. Did you come from the Ross 210 region? I miss Gooch Terminal, even though it stopped being an every-upgrade-haver once I got a Cobra.
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DopeGhoti posted:I almost made this exact post after I made my pilgrimage. Did you come from the Ross 210 region? I miss Gooch Terminal, even though it stopped being an every-upgrade-haver once I got a Cobra. Nope I just passed it while bringing some rare goods to Coquim.
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Only took a hundred jumps, but I made it! Is it possible to transfer parts between ships? I have a bunch of class D stuff on my starter Sidewinder (except still using the stock guns  ) and I'm going to buy either an Eagle or a Viper, and I was wondering if I can use the same stuff. I see the option to buy a new ship and "store" the old one but it's not clear if that lets me swap parts around.
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Shine posted:Is it possible to transfer parts between ships? I have a bunch of class D stuff on my starter Sidewinder (except still using the stock guns That said you probably don't need to do this at all if you go next door to Atlantis, Kimura Terminal. They've got everything for small ships.
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Shine posted:Is it possible to transfer parts between ships? I have a bunch of class D stuff on my starter Sidewinder (except still using the stock guns One of the few user-friendly things this game does is let you experiment with expensive equipment. As long as you don't get blown up... Anything sold in outfitting gets full price back. Anything you can't sell (coz it's required), but have upgraded, you can reset to the 'E' grade it started as, and get the cash back. If you're upgrading ship (and not just equipment), it's a good idea to sell/downgrade everything in outfitting first, you save 10% overall I think. If you want to re-use something you had on old ship, but sold before buying new one, it willl appear at the top of the list as a 'buy back' option - that one confused me for a while!
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Finally got my Viper below Optimal Thruster Mass, handles a lot better now but due to jump range and limited power requirements, it feels quite restrictive vs my Eagle. Awesome firepower though. 2x c1 burst laser with 2x c2 multi cannons are loving amazing. The Cobra has the same firepower as the Viper right? If you're not interested in cargo space, is there any reason to get a Cobra over a Viper?
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Cobra isn't as maneuverable and the positioning of the C1 hard points isn't fantastic.
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xiansi posted:One of the few user-friendly things this game does is let you experiment with expensive equipment. As long as you don't get blown up... That's good. I like when games encourage trying things with systems like that. I just bought my first cannon and melted an Eagle in like 2 seconds  .
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Ak Gara posted:The Cobra has the same firepower as the Viper right? If you're not interested in cargo space, is there any reason to get a Cobra over a Viper? Same armament (2x C1, 2x C2), less maneuverable, more cargo space, better hull strength, lower shield strength, less boost speed, better cruise speed, much better jump range when upgraded. The Cobra is generally a much more versatile craft, it can do whatever you throw it at acceptably. Combat, trading, etc., with the right kit can be done well enough to get by. The Viper is more specialized. It's built around combat. It's a scrapper. It's not nearly as flexible as a Cobra or an Asp, but it's not meant to be. It's there to pick a fight and win it.
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Station rotation and docking port tip. Make a fist with your right hand in the same orientation as the station with your finger tips being the direction of rotation. The docking port is your thumb. Pretty cool how the game models physics correctly sometimes. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule Also thanks to whomever posted the 7 second rule for friendship driving. It's made me a lot less angry.
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Furiously posted:Station rotation and docking port tip. Make a fist with your right hand in the same orientation as the station with your finger tips being the direction of rotation. The docking port is your thumb. Pretty cool how the game models physics correctly sometimes. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule This was a good rule but casuals complained and now the station hologram has arrows on it 
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My favorite thing is when I'm shooting a Cobra mk III and it's about to die and the cargo hatch breaks, with Biowaste falling out. He poo poo himself.
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