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The Zombie Wasp is the flagship of the fleet, actually. Carries tons of rares from all over the bubble over to Beagle Point for reasons.
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SpannerX posted:Rez hunt for bounties. What sort of v/l do you have? Yeah I was thinking this would be the method of choice for me. A Mk III Viper could be tricked out without completely draining me. I don't know about a Mk IV. SpannerX posted:What sort of v/l do you have? I have no idea what this means. Vessel maybe? I have an Adder now. Nothing combat capable.
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Feb 20, 2016 19:22
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DONT DO IT posted:Yeah I was thinking this would be the method of choice for me. A Mk III Viper could be tricked out without completely draining me. I don't know about a Mk IV. You probably don't want a IV anyways! The III will serve you well and is a lot of fun to fly.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:28
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Libluini posted: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. What's the price and required rank for a FAS? Just trying to set my goals now that they are vindicated
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Feb 20, 2016 21:48
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ZeusCannon posted:What's the price and required rank for a FAS? Just trying to set my goals now that they are vindicated Chief Petty Officer and 75-100 mil, depending on bling
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Feb 20, 2016 21:50
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Well I have some long term goals now. Are there any places near 63 G good to RES rat in?
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Feb 20, 2016 22:58
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ZeusCannon posted:Well I have some long term goals now. Are there any places near 63 G good to RES rat in? IX chakan is my preferred hunting spot. The only trick is that you need to go all the way back to the coriolis starport to reload as the outpost next to the hazres doesn't sell ammo.
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Feb 20, 2016 23:18
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Xihe's not far, and the station there is a high-tech one with lots of modules for sale. Xihe has some decent resource extraction sites.
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Feb 20, 2016 23:21
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HJE-Cobra posted:Xihe's not far, and the station there is a high-tech one with lots of modules for sale. Xihe has some decent resource extraction sites. Xihe's RES sites are poo poo because they are all located at brown dwarfs. Don't hunt at Xihe.
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Feb 20, 2016 23:54
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Your Loyal Vizier posted:Chief Petty Officer and 75-100 mil, depending on bling Why do some people keep acting like the only way to buy a ship is with A-class parts? You can buy and serviceably outfit a FAS for a fraction of that.
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Feb 21, 2016 00:02
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Agreed.Your Loyal Vizier posted:Chief Petty Officer and 75-100 mil, depending on bling You appreciate it more!
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Feb 21, 2016 00:15
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DONT DO IT posted:Yeah I was thinking this would be the method of choice for me. A Mk III Viper could be tricked out without completely draining me. I don't know about a Mk IV. Yeah, it's shorthand for vessel. I wouldn't bother with the Mk IV. You can do low rez with a sidewinder, just stay with cops and let them do most of the work before you start shooting.
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Feb 21, 2016 00:18
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Keep in mind I'm solo ratting in a cobra lately so not sure if hazres is too much for me. Just getting back into the game after a long break. Edit: Thanks for all the advice everyone. That 35 mil loadout looks very tempting so I'm going to start trying to farm some fed rep and save a bit more for that ZeusCannon fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Feb 21, 2016 |
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Feb 21, 2016 00:20
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I just threw that together as a theoretical example. For applied FASing you might want to experiment with different weapon setups, some people find the top hardpoint a bit finicky with symmetrical loadouts. They're actually manoeuvrable enough to use fixed weapons, if that's your thing.
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Feb 21, 2016 00:28
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How would you ever have the rep for a FAS but only 35 million? Doing nothing but fed missions to make money?
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Feb 21, 2016 00:47
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K8.0 posted:How would you ever have the rep for a FAS but only 35 million? Doing nothing but fed missions to make money? You don't generally make money getting Fed rep because the fastest way is to spam donation missions in a place like Tun (not exclusively there but it works for me). So your bank balance only goes down apart from the bounties when you assassinate someone for a promotion mission. Imperial Rep you make bank because spamming Cubeo ground assault missions gets you a shitload of cash for firing a handful of dumbfires.
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Feb 21, 2016 01:36
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I am basically running a stock FAS right now. I did upgrade everything to at least D rank, FSD is only B rank due to cost. It's still a beast of a ship even without being A ranked.
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Feb 21, 2016 03:32
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One thing I've only just noticed is that the computer's voice echos on the anaconda. Has it always been like that or is that a recent change?
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Feb 21, 2016 03:42
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DancingShade posted:You don't generally make money getting Fed rep because the fastest way is to spam donation missions in a place like Tun (not exclusively there but it works for me). So your bank balance only goes down apart from the bounties when you assassinate someone for a promotion mission. You are forcing me very hard to weigh my love of RPing as an Air to Ground assault vehicle against my love of having e: DreadLlama fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Feb 21, 2016 |
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Feb 21, 2016 04:02
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Astroniomix posted:One thing I've only just noticed is that the computer's voice echos on the anaconda. Has it always been like that or is that a recent change? It has always been like that. Echoing maybe makes sense, 'cause you're in a much bigger area? When I first flew an Anaconda it freaked me out - sounded like ship voice had become much more stern & disapproving. Anything starting with 'warning' was like, poo poo, my expensive new ship is going to blow up!
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Feb 21, 2016 04:22
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K8.0 posted:How would you ever have the rep for a FAS but only 35 million? Doing nothing but fed missions to make money? Super easily. Hunt in a RES with your Vulture til you have ~10 million in the bank to cover rebuys and changes in outfitting, then spam donation missions til you get rank.
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Feb 21, 2016 05:23
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Spent half the day helping the Space Cops of Ovid kill ne'er-do-wells at the Nav beacon so I could go from my little Sidewinder to a MK 3 Cobra. 5 minutes later I made as much as I had all day. Owns bones. God DAMMIT as I was typing this up another goddamn idiot space cop slammed into me while doing a scan.
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Feb 21, 2016 05:24
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The easiest way to make rank of course is spamming donation missions. There isn't a donation area for imperial side. I find that doing long haul courier missions actually is a little more relaxing over ground missions. Sort of a Space Truck Simulator vibe. Turn on some radio, and just chill flying from place to place.
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Feb 21, 2016 06:22
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I've made Post Commander entirely from donation missions. 2 more ranks before I hit Rear Admiral. God I miss Cubeo. 
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Feb 21, 2016 07:04
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DancingShade posted:I've made Post Commander entirely from donation missions. 2 more ranks before I hit Rear Admiral. Cubeo sucks. Where are you ranking up in Fed? In case you missed my previous post, Taribes is top notch for Fed donation missions.
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Feb 21, 2016 12:38
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nippythefish posted:Cubeo sucks. Where are you ranking up in Fed? In case you missed my previous post, Taribes is top notch for Fed donation missions. I was in Tun but yeah I think I glossed over Taribes. I'll head over there now, cheers. Also I want to go on the record saying that while the firepower is nice the Python is a pig to fly and I hate it. But since the jump drive is decent I'll see if I can make it work a bit longer before I get into something smaller. It's the first ship I've flown where flight assist off in combat isn't just an option but mandatory. (to clarify yes it has A class thrusters, etc)
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Feb 21, 2016 12:56
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I went to taribes and got to 100% for the rank but cant get the rankup missions because im not allied? What can I do?
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DONT CARE BUTTON posted:I went to taribes and got to 100% for the rank but cant get the rankup missions because im not allied? What can I do? You can get rank up missions from any system of that faction so just head to the most convenient red system and land somewhere. Ok the python saw me through a big patch of brown dwarves like a champ. Maybe I need to re-evaluate this ship a bit. DancingShade fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Feb 21, 2016 |
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Feb 21, 2016 13:12
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xiansi posted:It has always been like that. One thing I've always wondered, since no-one in any videos and screenshots I've seen bothers to look around, where exactly on the bridge is the pilot's seat? I know some ships like the Python and the Clipper have you sitting to the side instead of in the center, what is the Anaconda's deal? Are you sitting in the centre of a large bridge, or are you sitting somewhere to the side like you're driving a car?
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Feb 21, 2016 13:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrsbgeoKHv0 There's three crew stations, the pilot sits at the centre.
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Feb 21, 2016 13:46
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Sweet! Good to know.
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Feb 21, 2016 14:11
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DancingShade posted:You can get rank up missions from any system of that faction so just head to the most convenient red system and land somewhere. If you can get the mass down to 720 tons it's much more bearable.
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Feb 21, 2016 15:15
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Wonder how long it will take to get an Imp Cutter, exclusively through mining. That is one sexy ship.
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Feb 21, 2016 18:06
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Efexeye posted:Wonder how long it will take to get an Imp Cutter, exclusively through mining. That is one sexy ship. The one bad thing about the Cutter is how the cockpit sits you down to the side of the bridge's centre, like a car driver. It's not a deal breaker, but a ship as large as the Cutter should do it like the Anaconda, with you sitting in the centre like a proper space ship captain. It's a pet peeve of mine and always niggling in the back of my mind when I drive a space ship with me sitting off-centre. Yeah, I know it's stupid. I just like symmetry.
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Libluini posted:The one bad thing about the Cutter is how the cockpit sits you down to the side of the bridge's centre, like a car driver. It's not a deal breaker, but a ship as large as the Cutter should do it like the Anaconda, with you sitting in the centre like a proper space ship captain. It's a pet peeve of mine and always niggling in the back of my mind when I drive a space ship with me sitting off-centre. Funny thing about ED is that despite how it looks, you're actually sitting in the center. You can tell because when you roll the ship it rolls around the center of your screen despite the fact that you're obviously off-center.
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Astroniomix posted:Funny thing about ED is that despite how it looks, you're actually sitting in the center. You can tell because when you roll the ship it rolls around the center of your screen despite the fact that you're obviously off-center. I spent a lot of time in a Cobra, and it's very clear when you fire your weapons that you're sitting off centre. edit: I just took a quick screenshot of a Cobra firing fixed beams. The beams converge on the point of roll, if your view was dead centre the angles would be identical. They're clearly not? 
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Feb 21, 2016 18:59
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tooterfish posted:I'm not convinced, can you demonstrate this? I'll try to grab a video of what I'm talking about. I recall someone mentioning it in discord and then doing a brief test myself to confirm it. The weapons being off-center is probably a clientside "trick" as well, or I could be totally wrong.
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Feb 21, 2016 20:06
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BMan posted:I was doing it all wrong. With advanced fuckery, I'm making 50 million an hour. Is this still working? Maybe I'm just having bad luck on the mission spawns, but I'm Entrepreneur rank and allied standing with CDE and a couple of hours of half-hearted clicking has only given me one 90 slave mission.
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Feb 21, 2016 20:12
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Astroniomix posted:I'll try to grab a video of what I'm talking about. I recall someone mentioning it in discord and then doing a brief test myself to confirm it. I feel like the offset of the pilot chair is pretty tiny relative to the size of the ship and the distances involved in normal flight. Even if everything was modeled accurately you'd probably have to get your canopy glass rubbing right up against a marked surface to effectively see the difference between the position of your chair and the flight model.
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Astroniomix posted:I'll try to grab a video of what I'm talking about. I recall someone mentioning it in discord and then doing a brief test myself to confirm it. The weapons converge on the point of roll. The weapons converge off centre. Therefore the point of roll is off centre. I'm not sure what kind of trickery you think could be happening there?
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