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Is the Fer-De-Lance a straight upgrade from the Vulture when it comes to bounty hunting? I'm thinking of selling my vulture, as if I do that plus the money I've got from the civil war exploits will allow me to get this Fer-De-Lance as well as a Python jack-of-all-trades, as well as keeping my current Asp Explorer as an exploration/fast passenger vessel. Then I'll have a ship for all possible functions unless I want to continue to grind for a fully-kitted Anaconda.
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I like to get up now and then for a piss or a drink of water: sue me.
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Good, but I wonder how severe the 2.2.03 change to link gimbal accuracy to sensors will affect ships without A rated sensors. I haven't tried the beta so I have no idea if this is a thing:https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/313507-2-2-03-Beta-Update-1 posted:Weapons] Also docking computers own and I wish a slot sacrifice wasn't required to use them.
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I don't know how people who run RES grinds can live without A-rated sensors. You pick up so many more contacts patrolling with the extra volume of coverage.
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Asimov posted:Also docking computers own and I wish a slot sacrifice wasn't required to use them. In the far future computers come in "room sized mainframe" or "not at all".
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DancingShade posted:In the far future computers come in "room sized mainframe" or "not at all". Turns out Thomas Watson was right.
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The closest ship I had was my Anaconda so I'm currently sitting above Faraday Keep picking off skimmers with my huge beam laser. Just a tap and they die. It'll take a while, but the payout will be worth it. I don't have any missions under 4 million and most are over 8. It only let me stack 19 missions. I wish they had all been like this: 
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Asimov posted:Good, but I wonder how severe the 2.2.03 change to link gimbal accuracy to sensors will affect ships without A rated sensors. I haven't tried the beta so I have no idea if this is a thing: They recanted. Chrysophylax fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Jan 2, 2017 |
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DancingShade posted:In the far future computers come in "room sized mainframe" or "not at all". Well, obviously all far future software is written in extremely proprietary Oracle® FutureJava™ and spends most of its time mining FutureCoins for its creators.
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ElPez posted:Well, obviously all far future software is written in extremely proprietary Oracle® FutureJava™ and spends most of its time mining FutureCoins for its creators. I like to think the computers are really advanced but over a millennia layers of legacy data and applications has just built up, requiring massive computers to process redundant processes to nth degree, since nobody wants to mess with something that actually works.
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Rincewinds posted:I like to think the computers are really advanced but over a millennia layers of legacy data and applications has just built up, requiring massive computers to process redundant processes to nth degree, since nobody wants to mess with something that actually works. Wasn't there some fiction where programmers were more like Program Archaeologists dedicated to being Really Good at Future Stack Overflow? Maybe that's exactly what happens in the Elite universe
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Rincewinds posted:I like to think the computers are really advanced but over a millennia layers of legacy data and applications has just built up, requiring massive computers to process redundant processes to nth degree, since nobody wants to mess with something that actually works. Not to mention the serious antimalware needed when interfacing with Alliance stations. Anyway, picture time:  Ran into these beauties on my way back from drac. You can fit a Cobra through there (for science), but sadly there doesn't seem to be any bonus for scooping two stars at once.
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DancingShade posted:In the far future computers come in "room sized mainframe" or "not at all". In the world of Elite, Moore's Law stopped around 2050? Chrysophylax posted:They recanted. Source? Chrysophylax posted:Wasn't there some fiction where programmers were more like Program Archaeologists dedicated to being Really Good at Future Stack Overflow? Maybe that's exactly what happens in the Elite universe Sounds a little like the Cheng Ho traders in A Deepness in the Sky, who packrat computer programs back the the Unix era: Vernor Vinge posted:Take the Traders' method of timekeeping. The frame corrections were incredibly complex - and down at the very bottom of it was a little program that ran a counter. Second by second, the Qeng Ho counted from the instant that a human had first set foot on Old Earth's moon. But if you looked at it still more closely ... the starting instant was actually about fifteen million seconds later, the 0-second of one of Humankind's first computer operating systems.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Source? https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/316906-Beta-state-of-play-summary quote:
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So it turns out you can't accept missions if you don't have enough cargo space to receive the reward. Neat. EDIT: also if you blow up the skimmers and hit log off before the ship spawns in it only makes you wait 10 seconds instead of 15. Aslo neat. Astroniomix fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jan 2, 2017 |
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Astroniomix posted:So it turns out you can't accept missions if you don't have enough cargo space to receive the reward.  While I'm here, does anyone know a way to disable my hotas (it's a thrustmaster t16000m one) without going under the desk to pull leads out? It fucks up the new hitman game's menus if I start with it plugged in. I looked in device manager but I just had a pile of generic usb/human interface devices with no indication of which two it was.
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Somehow this military slots thing totally escaped me.quote:Military ship slots Holy poo poo. My Vulture just got 300% more awesome since I can now actually put some utility in regular slots, and 2 size 5 HRP's or 1 HRP and 1 SCB 
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TorakFade posted:Somehow this military slots thing totally escaped me. This is amazing. Maybe the will add cargo slots to the type series in the future so they can finally not be worse at their given role than the "multirole" ships.
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So how much armour can a FAS fit now? And how much does it matter since missiles scour the surface of an unshielded ship clean?
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Pilchenstein posted:While I'm here, does anyone know a way to disable my hotas (it's a thrustmaster t16000m one) without going under the desk to pull leads out? It fucks up the new hitman game's menus if I start with it plugged in. I looked in device manager but I just had a pile of generic usb/human interface devices with no indication of which two it was. This is what I use for my CH Fighterstick/ CH Pro Throttle/ Headset DAC/ Xbone One Wireless Adapter/ Steam Controller - works fine: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-4-Po...eywords=usb+hub I just power off the HOTAS or whatever is giving me trouble in your case. It also works great in those situations where the controller ceases to communicate properly for whatever reason, just power cycle the device et voila. On-topic, the Frontier servers seem to be having problems; here's hoping they're not downing them to apply the patch early. Vecna fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Jan 2, 2017 |
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tooterfish posted:So how much armour can a FAS fit now? Enough to make it finally viable - especially with the new biweaves, and you have damage soak modules to prevent just that. Although packhounds still defeat those.
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Vecna posted:This is what I use for my CH Fighterstick/ CH Pro Throttle/ Headset DAC/ Xbone One Wireless Adapter/ Steam Controller - works fine: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-4-Po...eywords=usb+hub Regarding the servers, I also get the impression that somewhere, a bed has been poo poo.  Edit: I alt-tabbed back into the game after posting and was greeted with this  and now I can't get any missions at all. 
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Chrysophylax posted:Wasn't there some fiction where programmers were more like Program Archaeologists dedicated to being Really Good at Future Stack Overflow? Maybe that's exactly what happens in the Elite universe Vernor Vinge, A deepness in the Sky and A fire upon the deep. One of the characters has the job title of "Programmer at arms"
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Pilchenstein posted:Nice, I'll grab one of those and an extension cord I guess, the cable looks tiny. I wonder if the system is making GBS threads itself from all the people getting missions from the same place.
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Pilchenstein posted:Nice, I'll grab one of those and an extension cord I guess, the cable looks tiny. I was getting that when I was trying to cash in my missions. I also got kicked out a few times when I was killing skimmers due to communication issues with the server.
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Sard posted:I don't know how people who run RES grinds can live without A-rated sensors. You pick up so many more contacts patrolling with the extra volume of coverage. A-grade sensors on a big ship weigh 128 tonnes, which reduces an Anaconda's jump range by 20% over D-rated ones. The increased mass also hurts turn rates, shield strength, and top speed. There's no excuse for such stupid numbers though: The 2.5 tonne A-grade sensors on an Eagle have a typical range of 6.2km; The 128 tonne A-grade sensors on an Anaconda have a typical range of 7.6km.
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jnnnnn posted:A-grade sensors on a big ship weigh 128 tonnes, which reduces an Anaconda's jump range by 20% over D-rated ones. The increased mass also hurts turn rates, shield strength, and top speed. I was always told that Shields only count the base Hull mass, not extra internal mass. Coriolis and other similar ship fitting tools always seemed to not give a gently caress about anything else either, back when I used them.
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jnnnnn posted:A-grade sensors on a big ship weigh 128 tonnes, which reduces an Anaconda's jump range by 20% over D-rated ones. The increased mass also hurts turn rates, shield strength, and top speed. Somebody at fdev needs loving therapy. 128 tons.. haha. Like dont even publish the numbers, just abstract it with some confusing sliders and call it done. I bet somebody passionately defended this insanity too. All it does is detect "heat" lol.
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DogonCrook posted:Somebody at fdev needs loving therapy. 128 tons.. haha. Like dont even publish the numbers, just abstract it with some confusing sliders and call it done. I bet somebody passionately defended this insanity too. All it does is detect "heat" lol. melting down over an arbitrary game mechanic 
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:melting down over an arbitrary game mechanic haha yeah im never playing this game again because of these sensor weights i didn't notice for 2 years..
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Well I've made my first 20 million in 17 draconis, while I'm going for god knows how much more, where's the nearest high tech system for a new pilot to buy poo poo in? Preferably somewhere that sells vultures.
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Verizian posted:Well I've made my first 20 million in 17 draconis, while I'm going for god knows how much more, where's the nearest high tech system for a new pilot to buy poo poo in? Preferably somewhere that sells vultures. eddb.io owns for searches like this (Li Yong-Rui for a 15% discount)
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tooterfish posted:So how much armour can a FAS fit now? They're also introducing 'module reinforcement packs' that basically provide your various subsystems some ablative armor. Also a friendly reminder to everybody that this is why the God-Emperor invented mods like Armored Power Plant and Shielded FSD. Many of the raw performance-boosting mods like Overcharged Power Plant actually reduce your module integrity and make your systems more vulnerable to getting punked out by missiles.
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Recommending armoured internals against missiles...
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It's not optimal by any means, but that's what they're for.
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It's a pity the Imperial Courier isn't getting 2x size 3 military compartments so we could toss in some armor reinforcements and military plating to make it perform more like a Viper Mk 4.
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