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Boogalo posted:Dudes please use the new coriolis at https://coriolis.edcd.io the original is no longer updated. Definitely do this. Everyone is super helpful.
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Internet Explorer posted:Definitely do this. Everyone is super helpful. Speak for yourself. ;-)
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SpannerX posted:Speak for yourself. ;-) They help entertain everyone with terrible ship fits. We all have a unique part to play.
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Dolemite posted:With the voice packs, are you forced to use voice commands to trigger the voice overs? Or could I do something like turn off flight assist with the keyboard shortcut and have William Shatner say "Flight Assist Off". You do need to use voice commands to trigger those - the way they work is, Voice Attack runs off a set of key phrases bound to key/button macros. Like 'when you hear the phrase "Lady, retract landing gear, please," press the G key down, hold it for 0.1 seconds, and release the G key'. VoiceAttack voice packs are essentially just libraries of pre-programmed command phrases and macros that, in addition to key strokes, fire off sound clips included with the system. To get what you were asking for, you'd need some sort of functionality to replace the game's existing sound files with files you wanted. Little bit more involved, especially if the sound bytes in question are archived in any sort of a way - it'd be more of a mod/hack situation, rather than a separate program running alongside the Elite client.
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Boogalo posted:They help entertain everyone with terrible ship fits. We all have a unique part to play. I was just making a point of being at colonia and being of no use for helping out in game. Plus i make poo poo builds anyway.
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Apr 8, 2017 03:18
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I'm pretty happy with this for $30 and 30 minutes of work. I had planned to add some stabilizing pieces coming out of T sections on the front back and sides, but I ran out of pipe. Seems pretty sturdy even without them, so might not even be needed.
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Apr 8, 2017 03:37
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Apr 8, 2017 03:44
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Crimson Harvest posted:Did you fill the base pipes with sand or something? No, it's just 2" PVC with six tees, a couple of unions, and drain plates and it's surprisingly sturdy just on it's own. Now I need to find a db15 extension cable for my throttle, and I can route all the cables down through the pipes and out of the way.
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Apr 8, 2017 04:35
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Add the Google Cardboard and you're golden. Explore the galaxy... on a budget.
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Been thinking about making the long voyage to Maia because I hear that's where all the cool things are. Is it worth it?
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Fojar38 posted:Been thinking about making the long voyage to Maia because I hear that's where all the cool things are. Is it worth it? Maia is okay, but I think you're getting confused with Colonia. It should take you 15 mins to get to Maia. e: You could try and get yourself interdicted by aliens, which has been occurring out in the Pleiades systems around Maia. Is that still a thing that's happening to some people? apropos man fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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Latest Elite newsletter, congrats on raising charity funds for the Hearing Dogs for Death people
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Enos Cabell posted:I'm pretty happy with this for $30 and 30 minutes of work. (before the bolts were added) In this dining room chair, I travel the galaxy. 
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CapnBry posted:I had some issues with the joints coming loose over time on my PVC setup but still wanted it to be disassembleable to fit in my closet so I drilled holes at each junction and just dropped a bolt into each hole (through the junction and into the pipe, but not all the way through). I tried creating "spring pins" out of poly tubing but they sheared off the first time I put any pressure on them. I am surprised it took me so long to come up with the idea. Some sort of screw with big threads would thread into the PVC but I had M5 bolts from my 3D printer build and they hold together well, but there is some wiggle to them. Nice! I used unions on the two vertical arms so that I could take it apart there, and everything else is fully glued. I left some room for expansion, so I might end up making it a closed ring and mount some rudder pedals.
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So I guess this might be a hard thing to quantify, but how much are CZs more effective for raising major power rank than running missions for minor powers affiliated with that same major power, if at all? EDIT: I'm trying to gain the ~1.5 Federation Ranks needed to buy the FAS. EDIT2: I own a decently kitted Vulture at the moment that can pretty easily hold its own in RES High. Overwined fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Apr 9, 2017 |
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Does anyone have any FDL builds they have that they love? Finally ran enough missions in Quince. Have about 160m saved up.
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Internet Explorer posted:Does anyone have any FDL builds they have that they love? Finally ran enough missions in Quince. Have about 160m saved up. This is what I'm using atm. Medium bursts do full damage to shields anyway and the fact that the multi is Huge means that there's less damage falloff against larger ships' hulls. Against smaller ships you're going to rely on the lasers more so than the cannon, but they do respectable hull damage anyway.
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Overwined posted:So I guess this might be a hard thing to quantify, but how much are CZs more effective for raising major power rank than running missions for minor powers affiliated with that same major power, if at all? If you don't mind some tedium, there's a pair of systems called Chakpa and Ochosi on the fringes of the bubble that will let you stack data delivery missions between them for quick fed rank. My recommendation would be to use the non-horizons client (so it doesn't give you missions to the planet base) and stack them at the big station in Chakpa as that way they should all take you to the single outpost in Ochosi. It'll probably only take you half an hour to get the rank you need there.
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Hmm. Thanks for the tips and thanks for breaking that down for me.
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Breetai posted:This is what I'm using atm. Medium bursts do full damage to shields anyway and the fact that the multi is Huge means that there's less damage falloff against larger ships' hulls. Against smaller ships you're going to rely on the lasers more so than the cannon, but they do respectable hull damage anyway. Awesome, thank you. Do you keep the fuel scoop on it all the time? I couldn't really think of what to use in that slot.
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Internet Explorer posted:Awesome, thank you. Do you keep the fuel scoop on it all the time? I couldn't really think of what to use in that slot. Depends. If I'm RES bounty hunting in Pikum I swap it out for another hull reinforcement package at a nearby station and then swap it back once I'm done - the scoop's only really needed when you're travelling around a bit.
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Breetai posted:This is what I'm using atm. Medium bursts do full damage to shields anyway and the fact that the multi is Huge means that there's less damage falloff against larger ships' hulls. Against smaller ships you're going to rely on the lasers more so than the cannon, but they do respectable hull damage anyway. FWIW this is more or less my FDL build, with a few differences. 1.) Pulse lasers instead of burst, 2.) No scoop; gently caress driving this hot hog across the bubble myself, 3.) A Class 4 biweave shield, along with a pair of Class 5 and Class 4 Shield Cell Boosters. Okay so maybe it's not all that similar. Anyway, I'd always been resistant to using shield boosters, just because fighting isn't really my bag to begin with, and I didn't want an extra complication giving me even more opportunities to screw up. Turns out it's actually pretty manageable and fun. The (heavily engineered) Class 4 shield holds up well, and the shield boosters give me three chances to recharge before needing to turn tail (heat sink ammo mod is a must). I've been working a High Intensity Combat Zone for the current CG, and nine times out of ten, I'll run out of multicannon ammo waaaaaay before I run out of shields. All in all it's a fun ship (now that I have every piece of it engineered to a shine), and it's probably the most I've enjoyed combat in Elite so far.
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Thanks for the input, guys. I think I've settled on something like this - https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/fer_de_lance?code=A2pktfFalfdpsff37o7i7i7i7i0404040402014a5d2bm32f.AwRj4yrI.Aw0RmMumIkg%3D.&bn=%3F%3F%3F%3F
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because i am lazy and you are also lazy here is a dirty tea drinker going over what's new in the patch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcEOgF2Ve-Q
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wargames posted:because i am lazy and you are also lazy here is a dirty tea drinker going over what's new in the patch. it dropped today?
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coupedeville posted:it dropped today? been at work so not sure, but this guy plays the beta and is reporting features there.
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No patch yet. Missions in game seem to have a due by time of 2AM GMT.
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Is anyone else partaking in "the final Quince-down?" https://youtu.be/yhjKGDVWzSA ^ sorry about the quality. I only posted it for the last minute, containing a (accidentally) glorious docking procedure.
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apropos man posted:Is anyone else partaking in "the final Quince-down?" yeah my aspx and my new anaconda are both at Quince right now and I was gonna try to get one more run in if I can
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I was hoping they might let it slip until midweek. Who knows? I'm just gonna milk it until bedtime* (*said the actress to the Bishop)
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apropos man posted:Is anyone else partaking in "the final Quince-down?"  By the time you've landed that sick SRV canyon jump, I'm already turning in missions at the station in my brand new sidewinder.
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Hehe. That was a rare case. I'd landed it in a rocky area and you can see me drive out a bit sideways. I thought I'd save time trying to schnurgle back under it by dismissing it and recalling!
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I left Quince, decided to get the hang of the new Conda in one of the Gandii CZs for the current CG. I tell you what, all of a sudden your repair bill can easily leave you no better off; current 50% CG goal is like 4mil, I just accidentally laid some friendly fire on one CMDR in a 3 Corvette wing (in the Mobius group where you're meant to not shoot other players, hey it was an accident) and managed to jump out with like 30% hull and two mil in repairs. Plus side, I like the NPC fighter pilots you can launch, they can pack a punch and act as a distraction.
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I read somewhere that people use an AFMU for the "big three" ships because it works out cheaper than repairing in station. Never tried it myself.
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AFMU doesn't repair hull damage, it only fixes modules. Could still be useful, but you'll need to head to a station sometime.
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This is probably the most important thing in the patch notes to make sure you don't miss: • Changed the exponent of the curve used for shield resistance from power distributor pips to make it less harsh. 0 and 4 pips are unchanged, middle values now have a higher damage resistance. Specifically changed from 2->0.85, which means that 2 pip has an increased damage resistance from 15%->33% (0 pip stays at 0%, 4 pip stays at 60%). This change means that the TTL (Time To Live) increase of each additional half-pip is approximately the same, rather than almost nothing to start and spiking up towards the end, hopefully allowing players to use setups other than 4-SYS with less penalty. Does not affect CQC ships
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Getting used to a HOTAS after playing with a 360 controller forever is weird as hell lol. Basic stuff like landing and going through the mail slot feels more difficult, but doing that dogfighting maneuver where I turn off flight assist and flip over by throttling in reverse and pivoting hard with the help of vertical thrusters is like trivially easy now? I'm gonna try and get some practice in at a low RES to get my bearings on actually fighting with this thing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJgSVJQGG8 Braben on stream. e: he also did an AMA earlier, and it's kind of a fascinating insight into the problems with the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/64pp4c/ask_him_anything_david_braben_obe_fdev_ceo/?sort=top If you have a look down he repeatedly says "XXX features doesn't have enough people playing it so we're not going to improve it". Which is crazy backwards logic. El Grillo fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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