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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/46i7ys/the_true_sagittarius_a_star_52_cmdrs_distantworlds/ This is a pretty gorgeous and awesome video.
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Boogalo posted:I like 2 medium gimbaled multicannons for chewing through armor and 2 small gimbaled beams for bringing down shields. The cobra can run the beams for a long time. This is a great loadout for vipers and diamondback scouts, as well
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Something amusing: One of the two new CGs this week is already finished. Apparently someone hosed up in estimating interest again since it took less then 10 hours to finish this 6-day CG. Also with 257 contributors, they must have found enough survivors of Starship One to populate an entire fleet of battlecruisers. On the other hand, this was a lost cause from the start: Either you have just enough "survivors" to make sense, but only a couple dozen people get paid before the CG ends, or have tons of survivors to collect so a lot of people can contribute, but the entire CG looks like an insane clown wrote it. Whoever made this CG then doubled down on the extra stupid by trying to combine both, mutually exclusive goals. Perfect in every way! The other CG is still running and involves dropping imperial slaves (all slaves really, but last I checked prices for imperials was highest) at Uibuth / D'Arrest Station. If you want to make mad bank while getting paid extra, this is your day.
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Efexeye posted:is it too much to ask for a big rear end miner with a little skimcraft I can detach and go run ridges in? I wanna be Quaiche from Absolution Gap Once deployable fighters are added in, you'll be able to do that in a Keelback (and I think the Type-9 will be able to deploy a fighter too?)
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Libluini posted:Something amusing: One of the two new CGs this week is already finished. Apparently someone hosed up in estimating interest again since it took less then 10 hours to finish this 6-day CG. Also with 257 contributors, they must have found enough survivors of Starship One to populate an entire fleet of battlecruisers. I bet they didn't account for the fact that if you keep an active search and rescue mission in your log then basically every planetary signal source that generates for you is a crash site with survivors and you can farm them with impunity.
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YellerBill posted:Once deployable fighters are added in, you'll be able to do that in a Keelback (and I think the Type-9 will be able to deploy a fighter too?) I pictured deployable fighters as more of a module than something I could actually pilot, can you point me to some good info about them?
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Efexeye posted:I pictured deployable fighters as more of a module than something I could actually pilot, can you point me to some good info about them? I unfortunately can't locate any better sources with my weak google skills, but this newsletter says: quote:Ship-Launched Fighters can be docked in your ship's hold to give you a far greater range of options to tackle any situation in which you find yourself. Deploy your fighter under AI control or take the stick yourself and fly into battle while your mothership lies in wait.
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I got really excited when I read that my home system was getting a boost! 
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aleksendr posted:After making nearly a half million on trade and mission i decided to try my hand at combat. Armed with a brand new Cobra MKIII (i just love the engine sound on that bird) with mostly B and C class fitting i spotted a "low intensity" conflict zone and had the brillant idea of getting involved. Don't do conflict zones unless it's to help a faction. The pay is garbage, the ships are WAY tougher than anything you'll find in any RES, and you can very easily get your poo poo pushed in at a moment's notice if you don't know what you're doing. Seriously, CZ ships pack armor and hull reinforcements, while most pirate ships don't. Bounties also pay out a hell of a lot more. So go kill some rats!
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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/46i7ys/the_true_sagittarius_a_star_52_cmdrs_distantworlds/ Longbaugh01 posted:Ok I did the smartphone headtracking thing. Holy poo poo.
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Yeah but CZ's can be way more fun than efficiently raking in credits that you can barely buy anything with anyway. ~Capital class signature detected~
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^^I'm reserving that moment for when I finally have VR. People mentioned it above but don't know if there was a direct link to the latest dev update on 2.1: https://community.elitedangerous.com/node/388 It does look like they're getting to grips with the frustrating nature of USS' role in missions (you have to look for them and they'll vary in frequency and nature depending on where in a system you are, and you can scan the USS to see what might be there without dropping out of supercruise) and the rank restriction stuff. Definitely promising!
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I just want the missions to not suck. Make them interesting, like showing up to a fleet battle or something and then joining in. The game has an amazing setting and there aren't enough big gently caress off fights going on. The CZs are poo poo, they need to add more obstacles/environment to them, especially now with airless body landings. I want to fly into a crater with an exploding base that I fly into descent style, pick up some bros in the cargo hold, then fly out like the loving Millenium Falcon. Not land on dirtball 2 and die to an AI turret.
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How do you complete the diplomatic emergency mission where you have to get the bag? Every time I tried I just ended up killing the guy and nothing popped out.
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DONT CARE BUTTON posted:How do you complete the diplomatic emergency mission where you have to get the bag? Every time I tried I just ended up killing the guy and nothing popped out. I'm not sure this would work since i never completed such mission but have you tried using a hatch breaking limpet ? You kill the target shields and fire one, if it stick it will take a few seconds to hack the hatch system and eject some of the cargo. That or you can destroy the cargo hatch by targeting the subsystem. If anyone know for sure i would be glad to know too.
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Vorenus posted:I really want to see this first-hand. You will want to hear it first-hand, too!
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Reverend Jake posted:To get the full DF experience, I figured I'd give it a shot tonight on the 55" TV in the living room, via Steam streaming. I unplugged the HOTAS X from the PC in the studio, plugged it into the Macbook in the living room, plugged the Macbook into the TV, started up, marveled at the splash screen and menu in glorious hugeness... Try installing drivers for it on the mac? Does it need drivers?
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Literally Kermit posted:You will want to hear it first-hand, too! Remember one of the few good bits in the worst of the bad Star Wars films? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33SrgAn7hao Elite capital ships zoning in sound a bit like that, but better.
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aleksendr posted:Is there some way to increase canoppy resistance ? Just to be 100% clear, if your concern is dying because your canopy is blown out and you run out of air, you can fit better life support to extend the air reserves up to 25 minutes. If your concern was preventing the canopy from getting blown out, then yeah, I think hull reinforcement is the only thing that might help.
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xiansi posted:Remember one of the few good bits in the worst of the bad Star Wars films? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WSIyWHwkk E:D really put the "Capital" in the denomination. Those things make Type-9 and Condas look like ants. aleksendr fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Ok I refitted the iClipper with 2 large & 2 medium pulse lasers and you can stay in a HazRES for hours. Time to go back to Tun and bribe my way up some more Fed Ranks.
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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here This is literally breathtaking.
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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/46i7ys/the_true_sagittarius_a_star_52_cmdrs_distantworlds/ Glorious.
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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/46i7ys/the_true_sagittarius_a_star_52_cmdrs_distantworlds/ 
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DancingShade posted:Time to go back to Tun and bribe my way up some more Fed Ranks. Not sure how often donation missions spawn there, but I'm currently in Taribes at the only outpost there and it's a shitload better than 17 Draconis was. I've gone from Ensign to 56% Post Commander since yesterday. I'd say it averages about 3 donation missions per instance. Only issue is they don't sell food or medicines, so those missions go untouched.
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DreadLlama posted:What's the equivalent version of that for empire? There doesn't seem to exist a system with donating like that to get Empire rank, you seem to have to do lots and lots of surface assault missions for Empire, either in Cubeo or HIP 10716. You refresh the board to accept like 30 missions to go destroy a power generator, go blow up one generator, and then go turn in all the missions. You do wind up getting a bit of a bounty with the tiny faction whose base you attack, but it only counts near their base so it doesn't matter. From what I've tried, Cubeo was more interesting because the base to assault is a bit larger and slightly more dangerous and interesting, whereas the base in HIP 10716 is tiny and stands no chance against a few dumbfire missiles. You can also get missions in Cubeo to scan a comm beacon in the base for additional rep/money. Here's some Reddit post where they have screenshots and stuff https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/43q0zq/better_and_faster_way_to_empire_ranks_than_cubeo/ If you want to go to Cubeo instead, it's pretty much the same deal there. You'd want to get started at Roskam Enterprise in Cubeo. Stacking ground assault missions like this also pays pretty nicely, in addition to the empire rank. Of course, these require Horizons to do
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I'm probably a bad person for saying this but I like the way the fed ships look. Is saving up for an assault ship a really dumb idea?
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ZeusCannon posted:I'm probably a bad person for saying this but I like the way the fed ships look. Is saving up for an assault ship a really dumb idea? I like the flying-brick aesthetic of the Federal ships, too. Brutal and utilitarian. The FAS is a great ship, and well worth the money. It's generally considered a step up from the Vulture as a dogfighter. The Federal Gunship and Dropship are a bit lacklustre, however, and best avoided.
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ZeusCannon posted:I'm probably a bad person for saying this but I like the way the fed ships look. Is saving up for an assault ship a really dumb idea? The FAS will make you feel like a death god, complete with enemy fire ineffectually plinking against your heavily armored body while you laugh in contempt. After flying both a Python and a FAS, I would say the FAS is the better combat ship. After flying and fighting a little bit in my FAS, my Python afterwards started to feel like moving through molasses in comparison.
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Coming back into this from a long absence following a bout of space madness. All this powerplay is new to me. I reached 63. G Capricorni with about 1.3mil in the bank. Total assets of around 2.2mil but I'd rather keep my little explorer ship in the event the madness returns. What's the quickest way to make the credits to buy a decked out Vulture?
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DONT DO IT posted:Coming back into this from a long absence following a bout of space madness. All this powerplay is new to me. I reached 63. G Capricorni with about 1.3mil in the bank. Total assets of around 2.2mil but I'd rather keep my little explorer ship in the event the madness returns. What's the quickest way to make the credits to buy a decked out Vulture? Rez hunt for bounties. What sort of v/l do you have?
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Eichel posted:The distant worlds guys have just demonstrated that 32 players is a soft limit, not hard. Details on Reddit here https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/46i7ys/the_true_sagittarius_a_star_52_cmdrs_distantworlds/ Wait. Is one of those guys doing it in a Type-9?
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Akion posted:Wait. Is one of those guys doing it in a Type-9? It's a gal, and apparently making that trek in a Type-9 wasn't enough for her, she also streams a 24/7 radio station for everyone on the expedition to slowly go mad to. They seem like good peeps for pubbies. I'm about one fifth of the way caught up to them now
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