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SpannerX
Apr 26, 2010

I had a beer with Stephen Harper once and now I like him.

Fun Shoe

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Don't discount the Keelback! It has a small but dedicated group of followers.

What is the engineered jump rating on that now?

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Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

SpannerX posted:

What is the engineered jump rating on that now?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars
Was approximate release date of Commanders mentioned anywhere?

apropos man posted:

Do the Quince missions seem to be getting fewer and lower paid for you? It's been happening both for myself and my buddy for the last three days.
Sort of. Then I log in later and I just suddenly pick all the 800k to 1.5 million missions, it seems to vary a LOT. Maybe it's related to faction states, current population of players or something :iiam:

DrDork
Dec 29, 2003
commanding officer of the Army of Dorkness
I've been puttering around with those missions for a day or two, and with 100% Federation faction, 0 Rank (I should fix that) and lovely Exploration rank (Mostly Aimless) most of mine average in the 100-200k/ea range.

Unsinkabear
Jun 8, 2013

Ensign, raise the beariscope.





DrDork posted:

I've been puttering around with those missions for a day or two, and with 100% Federation faction, 0 Rank (I should fix that) and lovely Exploration rank (Mostly Aimless) most of mine average in the 100-200k/ea range.

Disregard my bad post I figured out what you were trying to say

Unsinkabear fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Mar 16, 2017

DrDork
Dec 29, 2003
commanding officer of the Army of Dorkness
My space English is not like your space English!

sethimothy
Nov 1, 2006

Nyu for 1d4 points of damage
I guess I haven't played this game in 13 weeks, or something. OH WELL.

Found a system called LHS 2921 which says I need a permit, but as far as I can tell, there's nothing or no one that can give me said permit, is that correct? What's the trick to going there?

DrDork
Dec 29, 2003
commanding officer of the Army of Dorkness
The Space Police don't want you edging in on their black sites, what with the alien scare and all.

apropos man
Sep 5, 2016

You get a hundred and forty one thousand years and you're out in eight!

Dwesa posted:

Was approximate release date of Commanders mentioned anywhere?

Sort of. Then I log in later and I just suddenly pick all the 800k to 1.5 million missions, it seems to vary a LOT. Maybe it's related to faction states, current population of players or something :iiam:

Yeah. It doesn't seem like a full-on nerfing. I'm still getting the occasional mission paying 800k->1.1M, which is good for me, it's just that all of the 500k ones are harder to find and I'm getting a lot of "help the famine"/"civil unrest" style missions to ignore. Like you say, it must be a combination of system state/faction states and such.

Interesting that you are getting on average 300k more for your missions. I am [Competent, Entrepreneur, Pathfinder], so maybe your game ranking is boosting the mission payouts a bit.

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars

apropos man posted:

Interesting that you are getting on average 300k more for your missions. I am [Competent, Entrepreneur, Pathfinder], so maybe your game ranking is boosting the mission payouts a bit.
But those are rare, I don't think game ranking matters, because with allied status, you will get missions meant for Elite rank anyway.

sethimothy posted:

Found a system called LHS 2921 which says I need a permit, but as far as I can tell, there's nothing or no one that can give me said permit, is that correct? What's the trick to going there?
Contact thargoid technical support.

Overwined
Sep 22, 2008

Wine can of their wits the wise beguile,
Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

Dwesa posted:

Contact thargoid technical support.

"Ycooo hk jn hqjc iw Steve."

Sure buddy, your name's Steve. WHERE YOU REALLY FRUM PAL!?! SPEAK REAL SPACE AINGLISH!!!!

DrDork
Dec 29, 2003
commanding officer of the Army of Dorkness
Have you tried asking for a manager? If you follow this one script I found, they'll cut your bill in half!

ubergnu
Jun 7, 2002

Failed gothic
"Please exit the station safely and promptly"

Well, what's it gonna be, peckerwood? :colbert:

Boogalo
Jul 8, 2012

Meep Meep




ubergnu posted:

"Please exit the station safely and promptly"

Well, what's it gonna be, peckerwood? :colbert:

Promptly, but please don't speed within the no-fire zone. It can be very dangerous.

DrDork
Dec 29, 2003
commanding officer of the Army of Dorkness
I've never not sped. I mean, the space-cops can't catch everyone, right? Just make sure there's always someone going a little faster than you and you'll never get caught!

Boogalo
Jul 8, 2012

Meep Meep




DrDork posted:

I've never not sped. I mean, the space-cops can't catch everyone, right? Just make sure there's always someone going a little faster than you and you'll never get caught!

Please be careful. The stations don't take kindly if you nudge someone to death.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ConsiderateDoubtfulHamBudBlast

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

Boogalo posted:

Please be careful. The stations don't take kindly if you nudge someone to death.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ConsiderateDoubtfulHamBudBlast

That was such a stupid stupid stupid change.

Tippis
Mar 21, 2008

It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

That was such a stupid stupid stupid change.

What was even going on there? :psyduck:
He ran into something that exploded, but what and why and how? And what's the change in question?

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Tippis posted:

What was even going on there? :psyduck:
He ran into something that exploded, but what and why and how? And what's the change in question?

He ran into Paramemetic (who died), got a bounty for murdering him, station opened up on his rear end.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Tippis posted:

What was even going on there? :psyduck:
He ran into something that exploded, but what and why and how? And what's the change in question?

From what I've read destroying another ship near a station by bumping into it with your much larger ship counts the same as literally engaging your firepoints and opening fire on them ie you get a murder charge

Looks like there's some griefing potential by getting a free Sidewinder and killing yourself near a station by flying into someone elses giant ship, causing the station to blow them up for "killing" you

Morter
Jul 1, 2006

:ninja:
Gift for the grind, criminal mind shifty

Swift with the 9 through a 59FIFTY
Was that cutter going over 100? Can this happen to you if you're using a docking computer?

IcePheenix
Mar 4, 2008
I'm pretty sure you don't get murdered if you're not speeding. I've had a few people (frogs included) try to get me killed that way but if there's players on my radar I don't speed in the no fire zone. The funny thing is that you can still hit and kill them but as long as you're not speeding nobody seems to care. I also wish this were true in real life.

Mercurius
May 4, 2004

Amp it up.

Morter posted:

Was that cutter going over 100? Can this happen to you if you're using a docking computer?
Docking computer doesn't incur fines for any reason while it's in control. My Cutter regularly squishes NPC ships like Sidewinders and Eagles if it's using the auto-docker and nothing ever happens to me.

Also I tested the Condor for whoever asked. It flies a lot better, works great with NPC pilots and still kind of sucks to fly as a person because it's all about that forward thrust and I'm all about that lateral thrust. Gutamaya drift, baby.

e:

IcePheenix posted:

I'm pretty sure you don't get murdered if you're not speeding. I've had a few people (frogs included) try to get me killed that way but if there's players on my radar I don't speed in the no fire zone. The funny thing is that you can still hit and kill them but as long as you're not speeding nobody seems to care. I also wish this were true in real life.
Yes, this is correct. If you're not speeding then nothing will happen to you.

Asproigerosis
Mar 13, 2013

insufferable

apropos man posted:

Do the Quince missions seem to be getting fewer and lower paid for you? It's been happening both for myself and my buddy for the last three days.

yeah now it's just a flood of welfare handouts for civil unrest. Bah humbug.

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

with catte-like thread
upon our prey we steal
I just follow the speed limit and don't worry about any of that poo poo because I'm not a filthy barbarian

tooterfish
Jul 13, 2013

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

That was such a stupid stupid stupid change.
Respectfully disagree.

Paramemetic was doing god's work there. That guy was speeding. What if a child had crossed the road?

e: oops.

tooterfish fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Mar 16, 2017

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Hey ho, home we go


^^ click for 4k

I forgot I bought some of the xmas ship liveries, so there was one useful thing from my stop at Jaques

apropos man
Sep 5, 2016

You get a hundred and forty one thousand years and you're out in eight!
So I'm heading back to the bubble to spend my filthy Quince cash on upgrading my Anaconda.

I'm going to get the 8A power plant to give me plenty of headroom trying out different weapons but can't decide whether to keep these 7D thrusters or upgrade to 7A. The 7A's are an extra 48 tons and I'm currently getting a nice jump range of 33ly. Is it worth it?

e: ^ I wish I'd bought the wireframe AspX when it was available at Christmas. Looks great man.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
yes

apropos man
Sep 5, 2016

You get a hundred and forty one thousand years and you're out in eight!
That seems persuasion enough for me!

My weekend plan is to travel 5kly to unlock Palin and enable G5 thruster mods, so I suppose I better get these puppies A rated!

Unsinkabear
Jun 8, 2013

Ensign, raise the beariscope.





Are the welfare civil unrest missions in Quince credit charity, or commodity charity? And is there any way we can push the system back into boom?

Dreadwroth
Dec 12, 2009

by R. Guyovich
After messing around in the beta an gearing up a fully A rated Vette with all the good mods, Im gonna have a hard time going back to my scrub-fit Anaconda.

Breetai
Nov 6, 2005

🥄Mah spoon is too big!🍌
I have 300 million in the bank, a vulture, python, aspx and cobra. What ship should I try out while I continue building money for my maxed Anaconda? I have no fed or empire rank.

Asproigerosis
Mar 13, 2013

insufferable

Your Loyal Vizier posted:

Are the welfare civil unrest missions in Quince credit charity, or commodity charity? And is there any way we can push the system back into boom?

Most of what I'm seeing is credits, so there's no hope for them from me.

apropos man
Sep 5, 2016

You get a hundred and forty one thousand years and you're out in eight!
The extra 48 tons of A rated thruster have made absolutely no difference to my G5 FSD Anaconda's jump range :D

In fact, it seems to have even increased range by 0.5ly but that might be down to the (same weight) power plant upgrade.

Time to go and see Felicity. I think I'm gonna try dirty tuning this time. I previously had G3 clean tuning on the D rated thrusters and a brand new pair of A rated feels slightly more powerful than those. I get about 20 extra boost.

edit: Actually, I remember reading that clean drives were better for taking thermal damage during combat, so I'm gonna go clean. I reckon it should be a more pronounced modification on the A's.

apropos man fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Mar 17, 2017

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Breetai posted:

I have 300 million in the bank, a vulture, python, aspx and cobra. What ship should I try out while I continue building money for my maxed Anaconda? I have no fed or empire rank.

If you have Palin unlocked, buy a Viper III and make it go 800.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
If you're doing combat go dirty.

Also got a fully kitted Beluga above 35Ly jump range in beta with minimal engineer rerolls. Looks like I got my exploration ship :getin:

radintorov
Feb 18, 2011

Mercurius posted:

Yes, this is correct. If you're not speeding then nothing will happen to you.
Of note is that originally this wasn't so, but some people in the larger ships started ramming players that were flying the smaller ones (in particular newbies in Sidewinders), so Frontier implemented this system to curb this.
And it worked.
It also led to players enforcing the speed limit for other players in larger ships. :v:

apropos man
Sep 5, 2016

You get a hundred and forty one thousand years and you're out in eight!

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

If you're doing combat go dirty.

Also got a fully kitted Beluga above 35Ly jump range in beta with minimal engineer rerolls. Looks like I got my exploration ship :getin:

Done. Got a pretty good roll for dirty grade 3: the only real downside is thermal load increased by 33.4%, but that always gets spanked with dirty tuning. I can just chase my own vapour trail if I stick it in a loop and it turns beautifully. 330 boost! Woohoo!

Would the improved DBX not beat the Beluga for exploration?

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Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
Aesthetics uber alles

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