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Well that was a profitable little trip:  Never again 
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Lima posted:Today's Creepy Brown Sea Topic (TCBST) - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/325468-Womans-and-character-generator Looks like a refugee from the RSI forums to me.....
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Jan 29, 2017 16:06
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Jan 29, 2017 19:21
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Got my name on an orange giant star today and one with a catalogue name and barely outside the bubble at that. Pretty big compared to the Sun at similar range -  But still a tiny gnat compared to VY Canis Majoris 
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Mike the TV posted:Passenger missions are awesome How does one run the Beluga effectively, anyway? It seems like the missions that are worth taking are ones that go way out there, and I assume you can't really stack those effectively. Or can you? Is there some overlap between "passenger missions you can pile up to take advantage of the Beluga's internal space" and "missions that aren't dogshit-worthless wastes of time"?
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Sard posted:How does one run the Beluga effectively, anyway? It seems like the missions that are worth taking are ones that go way out there, and I assume you can't really stack those effectively. Or can you? Is there some overlap between "passenger missions you can pile up to take advantage of the Beluga's internal space" and "missions that aren't dogshit-worthless wastes of time"? I don't use a Beluga or Orca, and I don't mission stack. I run around in an Asp from the system that I'm allied with everyone in. I have one size 6 first class cabin and that's sufficient for all the high payout missions. I also only take the short-range sightseeing missions with 3-4 stops. This lets me finish a 5-20 million mission in under 30 minutes.
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Mike the TV posted:Passenger missions are awesome "See I've got this PAL keycard"
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Sard posted:How does one run the Beluga effectively, anyway? It seems like the missions that are worth taking are ones that go way out there, and I assume you can't really stack those effectively. Or can you? Is there some overlap between "passenger missions you can pile up to take advantage of the Beluga's internal space" and "missions that aren't dogshit-worthless wastes of time"? I did a bunch of passenger missions with an Asp that had a Class 6 Cabin. 2-3 Jumps, Visit Point, repeat, return home. Earn $10 mill. I'm not sure what extra cabins would give you. The points are always so spread out I don't think stacking would be viable.
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Theoretically, it seems like you could mission scum for a few hours, find a half dozen or so explorer passenger missions to the core (or to some other popular long-range sightseeing destination), then take your Beluga out into the black for the next month. Maybe make half a billion for your troubles, if you got lucky on payouts...? Sounds like it would be a headache to set up, though, and an unfun slog to carry out. Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 29, 2017 |
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Jan 29, 2017 20:25
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Man I love spending hours refreshing the mission boards waiting for Marco Quent to float to the top like a turd in the toilet this is engrossing gameplay But of course I can't store the modular terminals I have anywhere I've got to haul them around everywhere I go with every two bit pirate hassling me for a mighty 4000 credit cargo oooh aahhh
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Mike the TV posted:I don't use a Beluga or Orca, and I don't mission stack. I run around in an Asp from the system that I'm allied with everyone in. I have one size 6 first class cabin and that's sufficient for all the high payout missions. Sometimes I can take two missions at the same time in an Asp-E, one in the Class 6 First Class cabin and one in a Business Class that I think I have in a size 4 slot. Since I'm working from a station that's kind of on the edge of the bubble, the destination systems tend to be pretty close together. I just did two at the same time that were three stops each, and the #1, 2, and 3 stops for each were within one jump of each other. It's not at all necessary, though. I wish the Beluga or Orca had more going for it. I like the idea of a passenger-specific ship but the jump range being so weak makes them not very attractive.
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adamantium|wang posted:Man I love spending hours refreshing the mission boards waiting for Marco Quent to float to the top like a turd in the toilet this is engrossing gameplay Such RNG is totally legit gameplay, not a bullshit time wasting smoke and mirrors game by Frontier in lieu of any new content 
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StarkRavingMad posted:
That and the way PAX missions work. It's to my mind to difficult to get into the bulk PAX business. (Transport 50 zourists from A to B). You'll get a fragmented lot. 10 to A, 10 to B and 30 to C-F.
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Jan 30, 2017 07:41
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I just got this game. Is there a problem with Ceramic Composites not showing in the markets? Galactic map trade data shows that the Ekuru system exports it, then the system info shows the surface refinery Titov Vision exports it but there's nothing in the market. Not even a listing to sell it. Then I looked it up on Eddb.io and that also said I should be able to buy it at Titov Vision. What am I missing?
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Peach Pusher posted:I just got this game. Is there a problem with Ceramic Composites not showing in the markets? Galactic map trade data shows that the Ekuru system exports it, then the system info shows the surface refinery Titov Vision exports it but there's nothing in the market. Not even a listing to sell it. Then I looked it up on Eddb.io and that also said I should be able to buy it at Titov Vision. What am I missing? Could be out of stock temporarily. Check a few other selling systems. Eddb.io data is often time lagged and the GBS can occasionally (very roughly) simulate market conditions through these sorts of things.
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Zest posted:Could be out of stock temporarily. Check a few other selling systems. Eddb.io data is often time lagged and the GBS can occasionally (very roughly) simulate market conditions through these sorts of things. I wouldn't trust GBS to simulate a lemonade stand.
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Dabir posted:I wouldn't trust GBS to simulate a lemonade stand. Well, there's that too. GBS or bug, same difference, station stock can swing wildly and erratically. Just keep looking 
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Zest posted:Well, there's that too. GBS or bug, same difference, station stock can swing wildly and erratically. Just keep looking I think you missed the joke.
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Dabir posted:I wouldn't trust GBS to simulate a lemonade stand. Which sucks because that's where the money is.
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Jan 30, 2017 20:37
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Lima posted:Got my name on an orange giant star today and one with a catalogue name and barely outside the bubble at that. What's the fastest you can go and still be scooping? I've been scooping at about 2-3c before I think but haven't tried VY Canis Majoris yet.
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Jan 30, 2017 20:48
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crayon85 posted:What's the fastest you can go and still be scooping? I've been scooping at about 2-3c before I think but haven't tried VY Canis Majoris yet. Instead of speed scooping you can also just drop closer to the star and park yourself at 30km/sec. It's the same effect and comes with a bonus: You're less likely to suddenly plough into the star after a pilot error.
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TheKeeper posted:Which sucks because that's where the money is. There's always money in the banana stand.
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crayon85 posted:What's the fastest you can go and still be scooping? I've been scooping at about 2-3c before I think but haven't tried VY Canis Majoris yet. You can scoop at any speed. It's distance from the star that matters. At higher speeds it's harder to stay close enough to scoop smaller stars, or accidentally plow into the star.
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crayon85 posted:What's the fastest you can go and still be scooping? I've been scooping at about 2-3c before I think but haven't tried VY Canis Majoris yet. I don't think speed will ever stop you scooping so long as you're close enough to a star. Slowing down to 30 space whatevers and going AFK to get a drink/snack at a distance where you won't critically overheat is how you survive with a 3A scoop or smaller because those are... not fast. You might gently caress up and crash into it though but who hasn't done that late at night while flying drunk?
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Libluini posted:Instead of speed scooping you can also just drop closer to the star and park yourself at 30km/sec. It's the same effect and comes with a bonus: You're less likely to suddenly plough into the star after a pilot error. Agreed, I was wondering the highest figure. I noticed that if it's a giant you can be wazzing around it at several times the speed of light scooping away and just wondered how fast people had been. Anything to relieve the tedium!
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The real trick is to realise that the star you're diving into is actually a supergiant and not a red dwarf before get pulled out of supercruise with your cockpit on fire. I mean sure "but the star is huge" is a giveaway but if you're doing a couple hundred jumps you stop paying attention pretty quickly. (or maybe that is just me)
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At least black holes are really easy to detect. Every time there is nothing when you jump out of witchspace. Easy to remember to pull the brakes. And thanks to the latest graphical upgrades, white dwarfs and neutron stars have joined the league of niceness. (Seriously, back before cones were a thing I plowed into them all the goddamn time.)
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The Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game on Kickstarter looks like it could be a lot of fun if you like pen & paper RPGs: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game/
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The perfect RPG for every rear end in a top hat DM out there! "You jump out of hyperspace to find One-Eyed Jake, Pirate Scourge of the Sector!" "Ok, I'll quickly turn around and start charging my frame shift drive to..." "NO! Your frame shift drive doesn't work now." "What? Why?" "It just doesn't. There's like gravity interference or something. So what do you do?" "Ok, then I'll deploy my pulse lasers and..." "Your pulse lasers don't work!" "How? Everything was fine until no..." "STOP RUINING MY IMMERSIVE STORY, STEVE!"
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Jan 31, 2017 11:41
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Mailer posted:The perfect RPG for every rear end in a top hat DM out there! "You land on the ammonia world, and come across an enchanted piss forest! Golden pissy trees, as far as the eye can pee!"
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Jan 31, 2017 11:52
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"you spend the next hour in real time in super cruise, what do you want to do?" "what IS there to do?" "well..nothing"
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Ok it's going to take you ten minutes to reach the station and dock. Hold this wooden block that represents your joystick and keep it level. I'll leave a plastic token on the top and if it falls off the ten minutes resets from the beginning *presses START on stopwatch*
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"Your space harem alerts you to- "I don't have a space harem!!!" "SHUT UP STEVE! Your space harem alerts you to a hail from a sleek and beatiful in every way alien ship" "I errr respond to the hail" "A beatiful in every way carnivorous space elf appears on the main screen" "..."
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Jan 31, 2017 12:33
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Ok I have some miniatures to assist us with our tabletop gaming session of Elite Dangerous. *pulls out sports bag stuffed with explicit hentai dolls from Japan*
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Jan 31, 2017 12:39
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Rectus posted:"You land on the ammonia world, and come across an enchanted piss forest! Golden pissy trees, as far as the eye can pee!" A Trumpeesian paradise.
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Mailer posted:The perfect RPG for every rear end in a top hat DM out there! Sandro Simulator 2017?
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Zest posted:Sandro Simulator 2017? Sandro would force you to roll dice 30 times before you do any action.
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Using anything more than a D6 is ruining this RPG!
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Mailer posted:The perfect RPG for every rear end in a top hat DM out there! DM: "Okay, you're fuel scooping. Going to be about two and a half minutes to get to full" Player: "I check navigation. How many jumps to my destination are left?" DM: "7" Player: "Okay, uh...more power to shields?" DM: "Done" Player: "No, you know what, I don't like that, power back to engines" DM: "Done" Player: "uh, how many jumps was it to my destination? I check navigation again" DM: "STILL 7"
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