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Someone told me in discord that it's dead. I got a shadow delivery mission last night and just did it for the 1.6 million credits. I don't know if whatever money making exploit still works or not.
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What I know still works is stack up on shadow delivery missions cause they give like 1-5 slaves out now, and reward you >5 million per if your trader rank is high enough. They'll all be to only a couple places so you can unload all of them fairly quickly, making loads of cash. No idea about just getting missions with lots of slave and dumping them though. Probably not?
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Apr 11, 2016 20:46
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Tippis posted:…and with the previous video in mind, maybe you should ask him to include a list of pucker-factor warp ins to look out for I've had a couple in my journeys. 89% hull and glad I packed one of those repair modules. Though I do admit that twice I flew into a star's corona because I was busy watching Netflix or Amazon on the second monitor. 
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Apr 11, 2016 22:23
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MoraleHazard posted:I've had a couple in my journeys. 89% hull and glad I packed one of those repair modules. Though I do admit that twice I flew into a star's corona because I was busy watching Netflix or Amazon on the second monitor. Tbh, being able to mark (or preferably even share) that kind of information would be one of the greatest boons ever (next to being able to synthesise heat sinks). I seem to recall that there was some talk about bookmarking in a future update that could solve part of that. …or they could improve the star placement preview in the map screen so jumping in from a safe(ish) angle actually put you in the system at that angle. I've lost count of the number of times I've travelled to systems because, even though they look a bit close, the map say I should arrive perpendicular to how the stars line up, only to arrive right inbetween them. 
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Apr 11, 2016 22:37
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KakerMix posted:Peer to peer kind of makes any sort of penalty for combat logging moot. This game isn't one to do acute salt harvesting like that anyway, it rewards the slow plodding giant pay off kind. Ok so then iyo how is pvp compared to launch I played for about 3 months and then put it on my F U shelf. Worth getting back into it?
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Apr 11, 2016 23:03
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MoraleHazard posted:I've had a couple in my journeys. 89% hull and glad I packed one of those repair modules. Though I do admit that twice I flew into a star's corona because I was busy watching Netflix or Amazon on the second monitor.
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Apr 11, 2016 23:40
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Hamelekim posted:If you hit (x) or set your thrust to zero while the jump countdown is occurring, you stop automatically before you ever reach the star's danger zone. It is super useful and I do it all the time now when I don't wan't to risk overheating or don't want to check the star type. You can also do that at any time during the jump, the throttle position on the HUD won't change until you hit supercruise on the other side but it totally works, if you go into freelook you can see your pilot model moving the throttle in the cockpit.
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Apr 11, 2016 23:57
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Gonkish posted:I decided to fire Elite back up and go shoot some stuff today, and lo and behold the x52 pro drivers are hosed up in Win 10 again... meaning I have to install the stick as a generic USB device and thus can't do poo poo like map all the keys, etc. Yeah I've had this happen a few times, and haven't installed newer ones yet. But doing the general USB thing, then lets the joystick panel in Win10 eventually detect it and all my keybinds and everything are back to normal in the game. You totally lose yours?
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Apr 12, 2016 04:32
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magic mountain posted:You can also do that at any time during the jump, the throttle position on the HUD won't change until you hit supercruise on the other side but it totally works, if you go into freelook you can see your pilot model moving the throttle in the cockpit. I've also found that just being alt tabbed while jumping between systems will have the game automatically kill your throttle when you warp in.
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Apr 12, 2016 04:37
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I decided to do some canyon racing in my iggle tonight. It went about as well as expected. https://www.twitch.tv/royal_w/v/60047878?t=02m46s
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Apr 12, 2016 05:25
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DoubleNegative posted:I've also found that just being alt tabbed while jumping between systems will have the game automatically kill your throttle when you warp in. Yeah that's a relatively recent patch.
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Apr 12, 2016 06:22
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Dirtybilly posted:Ok so then iyo how is pvp compared to launch I played for about 3 months and then put it on my F U shelf. Worth getting back into it? There's a bunch of player groups that do PvP stuff including our very own Diamond Frogs here over in Private Game Servers, if you want to wing up with goons and jump dumb pubbies all day they're the right people to talk to 
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Apr 12, 2016 07:15
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Is it me or has combat become a bit harder? Or was I unlucky to stumble across a FAS in Haz Rez that was a literal bullet sponge?
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WebDog posted:Is it me or has combat become a bit harder? Or was I unlucky to stumble across a FAS in Haz Rez that was a literal bullet sponge? I can reliably kill everything in a HazRez with my nowhere near A-grade Vulture except for FAS, they seem to be masters of flying backward and keeping you locked forever.
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Apr 12, 2016 15:36
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Ever wondered what it's like to be a frog? But didn't have the [insert excuse here]? Maybe you fly with friends, who aren't part of the SA community? Now you can toad-ally fly with the Frogs, under a public Org! It's time to stop grinding Elite, and start playing Elite! By Grinding... with the Adamant Toads! Grinding not your thing? What about TOP TIER PVP? We shoot those guys a lot. So if you like shooting the kind of people who crow about being TOP TIER PVP then this is also a good idea for you. Hop on Discord or join us on Inara now: http://inara.cz/wing/814 Tell them Moosepickle sent you! We'll be warting for you!
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Apr 12, 2016 15:49
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Moosepickle posted:Ever wondered what it's like to be a frog? You had me at [top tier]. Can I have dual citizenship?
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Apr 12, 2016 20:17
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I think the only requirement for Adamant Toads is "Don't be a Diamond Frog". Frogs are the only people explicitly denied from joining Adamant Toads. Otherwise, being a spy for another org who joins Toads is certainly allowable
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Apr 13, 2016 02:08
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Haven't played ED in a long time, was waiting for Multi-Crew and Custom Commander updates and noticed a lot has changed. Is Horizons worth grabbing at full price or should I wait for a sale? Looking to do a little bit of everything (I heard trading slaves at certain stations is the biggest money maker?) and now I have more time to devote to figuring this game out.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:25
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Fishreds99 posted:You had me at [top tier]. Can I have dual citizenship? Follow the toad hole and see how far it goes [click the link Moosepickle fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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Apr 13, 2016 03:34
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I wasn't part of Distant Worlds (but in my defence I did see Zulu Romeo's giant rear end in a top hat in the sky and hit Elite in exploration) but this was too cool not to get. 
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Apr 13, 2016 09:47
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Ziji posted:Haven't played ED in a long time, was waiting for Multi-Crew and Custom Commander updates and noticed a lot has changed. Is Horizons worth grabbing at full price or should I wait for a sale? Looking to do a little bit of everything (I heard trading slaves at certain stations is the biggest money maker?) and now I have more time to devote to figuring this game out. In your case I'd think waiting for a sale would work unless the idea of driving space buggies really grabs your attention.
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Apr 13, 2016 12:39
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Arach posted:I wasn't part of Distant Worlds (but in my defence I did see Zulu Romeo's giant rear end in a top hat in the sky and hit Elite in exploration) but this was too cool not to get. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. You got the DWE logo on a piece of cloth?
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Apr 13, 2016 15:52
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Lookit this scrub who doesn't know where their towel is 
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Strategic Tea posted:Lookit this scrub who doesn't know where their towel is Hahaha, oh man. I actually did Distant Worlds, but I haven't been paying attention to their Discord since Beagle Point because I got distracted by Black Desert Online. Where do I buy this? I must have it
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Astroniomix posted:In your case I'd think waiting for a sale would work unless the idea of driving space buggies really grabs your attention. Gotcha, yeah I think I'll wait. Can anyone give me a nudge in the right direction in terms of money making/fun? I have a Cobra Mk III and roughly 600k at a place called "Wohler Station." All I remember from playing a long time ago was finding conflict zones and bounty hunting, which was fun, but not great money wise.
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That depends what you find fun. If you want some working money, you can fit your Cobra for long range trading. Do a couple of rare trading circuits, that should take a few hours and net you about 3-4 million. You should be able to upgrade the hyperdrive to A after the first one to make it go a bit faster. Do more rares circuits as you like, or head out to the edge of occupied space to do shadow deliveries (i.e. Robigo runs). edit: in case you don't know it, there's a trick to travelling long distances quickly with a fuel scoop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4bl_YBN10 From there it's up to you. An Asp is a good workhorse ship for doing rares trading, shadow deliveries and rep grinding missions, that'll cost about 11 million. You'll need about 6 million for a minimal combat fitted Vulture if fighting is more your thing. tooterfish fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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tooterfish posted:That depends what you find fun. Awesome, thanks. I'm still way far from Robigo (I checked it out on the map) but I will definitely check out that fit and get going.
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Apr 14, 2016 03:33
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Everything's far from Robigo, that's the point! Missions pay more the further they go. Robigo is outside occupied space, so all its generated missions are to destinations that are at a minimum of 200 light years away. Subsequently, they pay a fortune. People out there will literally pay you a million credits to transport 40 tons of You need a long range ship and some trading ranks to make the most of it though. Which is why I recommend you do some rares trading before you head out there, you need minimal capital and no trade ranks to do that.
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Robigo is more limited right now. Last few nights I've been smuggling to build up some money for df. Seems alot more bb scumming to get missions that you can get without a very high trading rank. Lots for tycoon and entrepreneur. Still a solid source of money and fun dodging all the interdictions. But might be out of the realm of someone without a trading rank.
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I don't scum the board, that's tedious as gently caress. I just run from Sothis to Robigo, Almagest and Takurua (or Takurua to Almagest, I've forgot the order). I skip Ceos, it's usually poo poo... although maybe the economy has improved lately, might be worth checking. That's five boards total (two in Sothis), and you usually get at least one big payout mission at each one, as well as some lower paying courier missions to the same destinations. You could argue it's still tedious, but I'd argue it's more interesting than continually logging in and out of a game for a hobby. edit: Ceos isn't an acronym you idiot. tooterfish fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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As far as bounty hunting, resource extraction sites are where it's at, theyre on gas giants with metal rich rings.
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You can easily just leech off the police at a high-res. Find the 'wanted' target the spacecops are shooting at, fire off a couple of shots, and claim the bounty. You don't need to get the killing blow. You can't as easily do this in a Hazres, where the spacecops don't show up. Of course if you have certain ships you can just solo in a hazres.
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IAmTheRad posted:You can easily just leech off the police at a high-res. Find the 'wanted' target the spacecops are shooting at, fire off a couple of shots, and claim the bounty. You don't need to get the killing blow. The trick with Hazres is to have no cargo so that you can pick and choose your engagements. Stick with ships that aren't in a wing to start with. It's also always worth asking in discord if anyone else is bounty hunting/willing to go bounty hunting with you.
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Astroniomix posted:The trick with Hazres is to have no cargo so that you can pick and choose your engagements. Stick with ships that aren't in a wing to start with. This. I'm usually up for bounty hunting. Gives me a good excuse to gleefully slide around like a drunken pirate in my vulture.  (5A Thrusters are magical, yo) Edit: Question: if I like the way the vulture flies, will I like the Federal ships? They look fun, and the 'vette is gorgeous. Zest fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Zest posted:This. I'm usually up for bounty hunting. Gives me a good excuse to gleefully slide around like a drunken pirate in my vulture. The Assault Ship yes. The others noooooo.
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Lima posted:The Assault Ship yes. The others noooooo. Has anyone found practical reasons to use the Federal Gunship as, well, your primary ship? Or even any particular niche uses for it other ships can't handle cheaper, better, or both? Which also reminded me "Oh hey didn't the Federal Dropship used to cost as much as the Gunship?" Which seems pretty high for only two small lasers more than a Dropship and the least internal slots of any "Federal" ship.
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The Federal Dropship and Federal Gunship occupy the unfortunate category of "why?". There is literally no reason to ever fly either one of them unless you simply must stick to the Federal aesthetic, in which case go nuts. Basically the Assault Ship is great but if you want a gun covered merchant or tank that doesn't turn well, stick to a Python. (it also turns better) If you don't mind never landing at an outpost ever again then I strongly endorse the Imperial Clipper because it can do pretty much anything. (but it won't be best in class at anything either)
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Emnity posted:What is a 'Discord'? Combined chatroom server and voip server. It's basically perfect for running game guilds/orgs in because you can be in multiple servers effortlessly and keep track of all your poo poo nice and organized in one place and have groups within servers with different access levels. Practically the entire Elite community across the entire game has swapped to using Discord. Even the developers use it. A bunch of other game communities/guilds are also making the move because it's just so drat convenient. Space Skeleton fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Space Skeleton posted:Combined chatroom server and voip server. It's basically perfect for running game guilds/orgs in because you can be in multiple servers effortlessly and keep track of all your poo poo nice and organized in one place and have groups within servers with different access levels. Yeah, I really like discord vs. the Jabber / Mumble setups of other guilds. It's nice being able to see what games people are playing, text chat, or talk.
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