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An AspE isn't "humble", it's the best exploration ship. Also it's worth keeping in mind that the spring patch is going to add some kind of module crafting which will probably allow you to extend your jump range a bit and thus get around the galaxy somewhat faster. It takes a significant number of hours to cross the galaxy, so those changes might be a big deal.
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K8.0 posted:An AspE isn't "humble", it's the best exploration ship. This. It's basically the only reason why I'm still close to the bubble. (Not any longer, though: I've still have to finish up my list of nearby Black Holes. That should keep me busy until the Spring patch.)
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tooterfish posted:At a conservative estimate, you could probably cover 1000 ly per hour if you didn't stop to smell the roses (and don't hit a briar patch). 1000ly an hour should be quite easy. I was able to hit that in a 26ly capable Cobra. You could probably even hit 1200-1300 an hour if you no-nonsense and only refill every 10-12 jumps. Mercurius posted:I bought an exploraconda yesterday I'm about 2400ly out from the bubble right now on my way to Sag A in an exploraconda. You could probably catch up to me relatively quickly as I'm more of a explorabattleconda. I've got all weapons and a half decent shield, only managing about a 27ly range.
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To celebrate hitting elite trader rank, I bought and A-fitted an Orca because gently caress it. Introducing the DFS War Tourism. (yes, I bought the military bulkheads)
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I'm gonna take the advice above and wait to hit the stellar trail until the changes go in. Still plenty of time to shoot federales and bounty heads in the meantime, I'm only at like 70 mil assets so far
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I just got rank one with the Empire and now I'm thinking about a "run around and shoot people" build. http://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_eagle/33A3A3A1E2A2E2C1g1818026i2q2525.AwRj4yg=.CwBhGZxAmEEYzWKEQ=== I'm bad at shooting railguns so I didn't put any on. Do I need to "get good" first or can I reasonably expect to murder people with this build? e: Is Powerplay rep a good way to practice for PvP? DreadLlama fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Libluini posted:They sold more units of Horizons and the original E:D combined then Star Citizen has backers (a bit over 1 million units). I think it was even mentioned in this thread a couple pages ago. Actually, just ED has sold more, 1.3 million, and Star Citizen does not have 1 million backers (that is just the number of accounts on the website). CIG have not given actual numbers but as the UEE fleet number is something like 900k (number of ships sold), its expected that the number of backers is 300k-500k.
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They are on their way to waypoint 8 -New Botany Bay, 34k light years from Sol. (That's also their main thread, as far as I can see.) Some nice canyons on WP7, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqgVTyH6dU A video of the ship pile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5962e9RA6c Atrayonis fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Just got the base game off steam. If i like i might upgrade to the new expansion, hopefully i'm not missing too much. Thanks for the useful guides OP
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I am waiting for My x52 Pro to be delivered, I really hope its worth it considering all the mice I have bought from saitek/madcatz have broken with a couple of months.
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RattiRatto posted:Just got the base game off steam. If i like i might upgrade to the new expansion, hopefully i'm not missing too much. To be frank, the only things Horizons offers at the moment is planetary landings and driving around on the surface, which is a neat in the short term, but more of a novelty without compelling hooks. Now Horizons also covers all of 'season 2''s content, much of which is not yet implemented. For someone on the fence about Horizons, I'd advise them to wait and see what's in it, and only get it now if you really want to land and drive around on mostly bare, rocky plains.
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staberind posted:I am waiting for My x52 Pro to be delivered, I really hope its worth it considering all the mice I have bought from saitek/madcatz have broken with a couple of months. I have had mine for 1.5 years and still like it. When it breaks I will be going with CH stuff next.
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While driving on planets is neat, there's not much substance there. But keeping in mind that it includes everything up to December (assuming Season 3 comes out then) you can purchase it now. It will have a sale probably in summer or winter for Horizons. Of course, right now it's also on sale.
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staberind posted:I am waiting for My x52 Pro to be delivered, I really hope its worth it considering all the mice I have bought from saitek/madcatz have broken with a couple of months. About Mad Catz.... http://seekingalpha.com/news/3089406-mad-catz-interactive-halted-ahead-news-announcement http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10939752/mad-catz-executive-board-changes-rock-band-4-earnings
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So i was born in a system and i have no access to any missions, as i need higher grade. Do random trading increase my trading rank? And are mission a viable option to start off? Even if they reward with those lousy 5,000 credits?
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KakerMix posted:About Mad Catz.... i have a madcatz fly 5 and can't fault it
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Gaaah. They need to do some rebalancing with Horizons. I restarted because I hadn't played in ages and had no idea where I was up to\what I was doing and my old character was broke anyway. Finding a mission that you can actually accomplish when you're in a basic Sidewinder is really hard. For a lot of the new missions, you need some special equipment (EG: Cargo scanners, Interdection drives etc.) otherwise they're just impractical to do. Every other mission that doesn't need special equipment tends to be "Available but Unobtainable" They either need to give you more than 1,000 credits to start off with so that you can outfit your ship with something that makes doing SOME missions practical, or make some sort of character creator where you can choose a starting "role" which gives you something useful.
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Literally isn't a problem once you get your first couple of payouts. Edit from the brown sea: quote:I sold my Python and Imperial Cutter and bought them back at 30% off in LFT 37 at Onnes Gateway. I put 28 million credits back in my pocket because of Frontier's oversight. That's more than I made off the CG. Crazy thing is I tried suggesting a boycott of it. I am a bit dismayed that every one and their brother that's spent more than a day doing the Robigo or Fehu runs will likely be in a Cutter now. Guess membership to that club won't be so elusive anymore. Nostalgia4Infinity fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Feb 9, 2016 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Literally isn't a problem once you get your first couple of payout. That's very true. First successful mission gave me 50 grand which was great, but GETTING that first mission is the problem. I kinda know what I'm doing so it wasn't THAT bad, but I could imagine for a first time player that it'd suck. Took me a good half hour of random flying before I found a mission I could actually do. That wasn't fun.
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How often do I have to tell people to look at their ship a bit more closely? You start with a basic discovery scanner. Scan a couple suns and you're set
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Libluini posted:How often do I have to tell people to look at their ship a bit more closely? You start with a basic discovery scanner. Scan a couple suns and you're set Some of us like to play the game as more than a pretty space wallpaper.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Edit from the brown sea:  my exclusive sperglord ship got a discount so other people too can get it (nevermind the obscene rank requirements) and I saved cash swapping my old one, fix this FrontierI love these guys, their tears are delicious
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I'm halfway from squire to knight. That imperial clipper is so far away. I just want the pretty space plane  I just bought a Fer-De-Lance because at least I can just high RES farm for cash instead of worrying about rep grinds for a while.
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H13 posted:Gaaah. They don't need to change anything. If you see you can't get missions, try something else. Scan some stars, go to a nav beacon or RES and shoot a few ships that the space cops have already almost killed, buy some cheap cargo at point A and sell it for a profit at point B, type "Elite Dangerous starting guide" into Google, etc. If anything, it is too easy to start, as firing a few lasers at an almost dead wanted NPC at a nav beacon a few times will net you more than enough to buy and fit an Eagle, and doing a few more will get you enough to start on loading out a Viper.
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H13 posted:Some of us like to play the game as more than a pretty space wallpaper. What I meant was: Scan some suns while travelling around, maybe some planets and moons too and you can outfit your Sidewinder fine. Or even upgrade to a ship you like better, like an Eagle for combat. Waiting for missions isn't something you have to worry about. Just play the game.
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H13 posted:Took me a good half hour of random flying before I found a mission I could actually do. That wasn't fun. Fly to a nav beacon. Keep targetting the people there until you find one with 'wanted'. Shoot them. If you die, next time around pick an easier target. If you win, rinse, repeat, and bank the results every few kills. Or; Scan a couple of systems as you move around. And/or; Fly to a couple of nearby systems, open the commodities table, click the 'galactic average price' to populate with destination systems, look for 'exported to'. Buy, fly there, sell, repeat the steps to find something 'import to' the place you came from. The first and the last will start to change your influence with the local people and you start to get more missions offered.
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Hav posted:Fly to a nav beacon. Keep targetting the people there until you find one with 'wanted'. Shoot them. If you die, next time around pick an easier target. If you win, rinse, repeat, and bank the results every few kills. Not entirely correct. The second will also change your influence. Dropping exploration data probably works even better in the beginning, since you can't fit a lot of trading goods into your Sidewinder.
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The answer to newbie money woes is check the pgs thread, get on discord and ask someone to help you out. They might take you res hunting or just plain let you shoot them to claim their bounty. Hell, even the stock sidewinder has a little cargo rack so jettisoning paladium for the newbie to scoop/sell could get them in an eagle pretty quick. Not as quick as in a RES or nav beacon maybe.
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Boogalo posted:The answer to newbie money woes is check the pgs thread, get on discord and ask someone to help you out. They might take you res hunting or just plain let you shoot them to claim their bounty. Hell, even the stock sidewinder has a little cargo rack so jettisoning paladium for the newbie to scoop/sell could get them in an eagle pretty quick. Not as quick as in a RES or nav beacon maybe. Correct. More often than not, grabbing a Frog from Discord is an easy way to get your starter cash. There are usually people willing to drag a tadpole along with them into High or Haz Res sites to piggy back bounty hunting runs. Even on your own, going to a RES site is the most profitable early money making activity. Waiting at a Nav beacon for an hour may get you 1/5th the profit of hunting a Res for an hour.
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From what you are saying i should join pgs. But i literally have no idea how the game works yet I'm not even sure how many hundreds jumps it would take to get there with my super noob ship. Thanks for the hints though
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It shouldn't take too many jumps but be sure that you have "fastest route" selected in the galaxy map. Otherwise it tries to take the most efficient route, which in some cases will make it take like 30 jumps to go 20 ly.
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RIP Cutter discount.
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RattiRatto posted:From what you are saying i should join pgs. But i literally have no idea how the game works yet I'm not even sure how many hundreds jumps it would take to get there with my super noob ship. It is generally not far from a newbie system to Goatsec but you will need an upgraded FSD and a fuel scoop to make the trip. The game is a little steep at the very beginning but everything clicks quickly but it's hard to give a big guide since you won't have much context for everything, plus having a place to ask questions realtime as things get confusing helps a lot. We can help with that as well. I'm new-ish myself but have been getting better at helping others get jumpstarted so really just hop on discord and fill out inara and THE FORM. If you're around this evening eastern time i'll help you out.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDQZCoCvHfE I didn't know you guys were ganking people. I thought you were just hauling powerplay McGuffins. Can I come shoot nerds with you?
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Libluini posted:What I meant was: Scan some suns while travelling around, maybe some planets and moons too and you can outfit your Sidewinder fine. Or even upgrade to a ship you like better, like an Eagle for combat. This is a good idea anyway imo just to get familiar with working the maps, jumping between systems, and cruising around insystem.
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