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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:because there are literally no consequences for ganking people in this game and when rebuys start getting into the millions, that a not insignificant time spent recouping your costs so some manchild can get their rocks off huh. I'm a complete newbie who has gotten shot to dust for accidentally carrying a wanted criminal and also for crashing into someone in the slot, so I kinda assumed there was some spacecop response. 
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When I get ganked with no response/warning/meaningful interaction, I don't combat log. I simply go through the CMDR history in the top panel and block the player. I'll no longer be put in instances with them, and I still get to play with players that like to play the game instead of a space-murder-simulator. Everyone gets what they want.
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Jimbot posted:Is there a developer roadmap for upcoming content and whatnot? Their site doesn't have a clear picture of what they're working on like they did for Horizons's content. Not exactly, but there is a curated reddit post that looked about right. The first reply listed being basically the same question/concern you have and has been downvoted pretty hard because of course the answer is "It is there you just have to piece meal it together from a lot of dev posts, streams, and convention info GOD"
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Tsed posted:Why are people even so worried about their ships exploding when it's all of 5% or w/e to get it back? I mean, I wasn’t pouting. But an 11 million rebuy and 100mil of missions out to the medb station in my hold was a bit of a set back all just because some dumb AI glitch has been causing station security to buzz canopies of big ships lately. It has to be a bug. They literally fly right across your beam at top speed. I don’t think they used to do this.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:because there are literally no consequences for ganking people in this game and when rebuys start getting into the millions, that a not insignificant time spent recouping your costs so some manchild can get their rocks off In the era of lucrative passenger runs, a single good run is what, 6-7 rebuys? Oh dearie me, how will I ever make the money from getting nailed in open back?
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Blind Rasputin posted:I mean, I wasn’t pouting. But an 11 million rebuy and 100mil of missions out to the medb station in my hold was a bit of a set back all just because some dumb AI glitch has been causing station security to buzz canopies of big ships lately. It has to be a bug. They literally fly right across your beam at top speed. I don’t think they used to do this. It's not your imagination. This was introduced in a patch a few months back. I'm not certain of the cause, but I believe they changed how the ai fly around players. Previously, the ai would "cheat" and read the players inputs client side, then magic maneuver to avoid a collision. This made it drat near impossible to purposefully ram an npc. Now, the cheat is removed and ai fly as of nothing can impede their flight path.
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:frontier: Occasionally wonder about reinstalling this but from the sounds of it nothing really changed in the past year. They cant add carriers soon enough
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I'm a big fan of the mods deleting and banning "suck it up cry babies" comments for No you see it's a SERIOUS thread, it means that the OP has his grown up pants and you are expected to not troll. 
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Tsed posted:Why are people even so worried about their ships exploding when it's all of 5% or w/e to get it back? Which I realized only after being ganked by some bored kids that are probably currently whining about other people not accepting to be their 'content'. Dwesa fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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Jan 4, 2018 09:03
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Oh come on how many times did you have to look at that before you got it?
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orange juche posted:Oh come on how many times did you have to look at that before you got it? The highlights aren’t mine I was just cross posting a funny picture.
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Blind Rasputin posted:The highlights aren’t mine I was just cross posting a funny picture. Wasn't trying to come across as an rear end, sorry bout that, but yeah I noticed that the first time I saw the faction name.
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There isn't a thread on these boards that doesn't have at least one of those posters in it. Bought a python, and mostly b rank fit it out. Need to grind out another 100m or so to A rank the FSD/Power Plant, and something else I can't remember. Thrusters maybe. I looked into some space limo stuff. Kept seeing missions that wanted me to go out like 25000+ LY. I'll pass. I keep seeing people talking about flipping the mission board, or something to that effect. How do you do that?
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Blind Rasputin posted:Boy is there a lot of elitism in this thread 
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Hobold posted:There isn't a thread on these boards that doesn't have at least one of those posters in it. Flipping means logging out of your current instance and logging into another one to change the missions. Going from Solo mode to Private or Open will do it.
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Hobold posted:I looked into some space limo stuff. Kept seeing missions that wanted me to go out like 25000+ LY. I'll pass. Also, you should probably equip a lot of economy class cabins beforehand.
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Blind Rasputin posted:If you’re playing on the xbone and in super cruise can you switch over to Netflix and the game still keep running in the background? probably not on ps4, it suspends it so the game will kick you out
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I decided to do a little exploration, and have been working the Road to Riches. Is there a way to ballpark how much the exploration data is worth? I've worked through 40 systems on the list, and curious how much that might be worth.
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Enos Cabell posted:I decided to do a little exploration, and have been working the Road to Riches. Is there a way to ballpark how much the exploration data is worth? I've worked through 40 systems on the list, and curious how much that might be worth. It was about 1 million per system for me, give or take a couple hundred thousand depending on what's there.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:It was about 1 million per system for me, give or take a couple hundred thousand depending on what's there. Perfect, thanks. Not quite as lucrative as passenger missions maybe, but it's a fun change of pace for now.
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Blind Rasputin posted:I mean, I wasn’t pouting. But an 11 million rebuy and 100mil of missions out to the medb station in my hold was a bit of a set back all just because some dumb AI glitch has been causing station security to buzz canopies of big ships lately. It has to be a bug. They literally fly right across your beam at top speed. I don’t think they used to do this. Er, yeah, didn't mean that, just meant the people who feel they're entitled to ganks vs those that are playing open but getting really concerned about losses trivial compared to their assets. IDK, just trying to gauge the environment coming from EVE. I pretty much expected to be non-consensually PVPed when I clicked the Open Play button, and losses seem entirely absorbable such that I can't see myself worrying about combat logging or whatever.
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Surprise Giraffe posted::frontier: Occasionally wonder about reinstalling this but from the sounds of it nothing really changed in the past year. They cant add carriers soon enough  carriers won't make it any more funBlind Rasputin posted:Boy is there a lot of elitism in this thread 
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Anime Store Adventure posted:I can only have fun in games when I know someone else is hurting, so this affects me deeply. I am kidding, a little. Start combat logging, that hurts griefers greatly.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Start combat logging, that hurts griefers greatly.
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Dwesa posted:Go to Parutis, find passenger missions that go to Vela Dock in Medb, go to Medb and alt-tab while you fly to Vela Dock (it takes about 25 minutes, but pays a lot). Do as this person says. I started out making runs with a Type 6 hauler and now I have an A rated Anaconda with about 700 mil left over. I try to focus on the passenger missions that don't have a specific passenger name attatched to them (Example: Joe Schmoe wants to go to Medb) because they want to take up the whole passenger bay with their entourage which is a huge waste of space with the larger passenger bays. If you pick the "22 Aid Workers want to go to Medb" kind of missions you can stack them up in the passenger bays back to back with no wasted space. I guess if you only have a little space in your ship it would be good to ignore this and go for the named passengers since they pay more usually. LOOK OUT FOR CRIMINAL OR WANTED PASSENGERS UNLESS YOU LIKE DODGING SCANS AND MAYBE GETTING BLOWN UP jubjub64 fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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I really wish people would stop doing these stupid unfun grinds for money, then quitting when they have all the money and all the ships, but forgot to actually play the game along the way and lose interest.
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Kurr de la Cruz posted:I really wish people would stop doing these stupid unfun grinds for money, then quitting when they have all the money and all the ships, but forgot to actually play the game along the way and lose interest. They've designed the game to make grinding attractive. Switching loadouts is a pain, you often can't find the kind of missions you want to do, and playing the game casually can reward you massively less than focusing on a grind. Blame the game, not the players.
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jubjub64 posted:Do as this person says. I started out making runs with a Type 6 hauler and now I have an A rated Anaconda with about 700 mil left over. Yeah, do this, but bring a book or podcasts or something. You're gonna get bored. The board flipping to get the elusive "transport X people who aren't rich assholes" missions takes ages, to the point where you have to be careful you have enough time left to complete the first few you accept. Of course YMMV, depending on the ship you're using. I was using a Python, and it took ages to fill up on passengers. On the other hand, getting interdicted was actually a nice break from the monotony. Even with the crap-rear end Size 3 shield I was using (to maximize passenger seating), every interdiction went something like this: "Prepare to die, passenger vessel!" [Cue RELENTLESS BEAM LASERS] "Never mind, I'm gonna go now. Sorry to bother you." [EMBRACE THE BEAMS] "Jesus Christ, everything's on melting! Oh Jesus Chri-" "Due to unexpected turbulence, our arrival time will be 60 seconds later than scheduled." ...And that's how I bought all three Fed ships, plus A-rated the Gunship, and had money to spare. Whoever suggested the Parutis - Medb run is a saint who has renewed my enjoyment of Euro Spacetruck Simulator.
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Goredema posted:Yeah, do this, but bring a book or podcasts or something. You're gonna get bored. The board flipping to get the elusive "transport X people who aren't rich assholes" missions takes ages, to the point where you have to be careful you have enough time left to complete the first few you accept. Enjoy the run while you can, Frontier will nerf the poo poo out of it soon enough, can't have people not grinding for literal months for pocket change after all.
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Enos Cabell posted:I decided to do a little exploration, and have been working the Road to Riches. Is there a way to ballpark how much the exploration data is worth? I've worked through 40 systems on the list, and curious how much that might be worth. An amazing sheet explaining the values of every stellar body you can find. Also good for general referencing when looking at the system map.  This one even handily has all of the scoopable stars all on the same line if you forget the dumb mnemonic. And another for finding those juicy terraformables.  Rynoto fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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While the sound effects individuals in this game are already very good it is missing one key thing. When I come out of 40 minutes of supercruise the hull of my ship should be literally smoking from space friction.
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Enos Cabell posted:The grind IS the game, wtf else is there to do? Listening to the excellent sound design. Preferably through youtube videos 
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do it if you need the money, but what I'm saying is don't let that be all you do. I've seen dozens of players come and go, they latch on to whatever money making gimmick is hot at the moment, make a ton of money, buy a cutter or corvette, and then lose interest because they reached their end goal and know nothing about the game beyond flipping boards and doing the one specific task that got them their money. Incidentally I had quite an interesting night yesterday: I rescued some poor tadpole who ran out of gas on the way to mother goat, managed to kill myself in a spectacular way trying to get an FSD boost off a really marginal white dwarf, and earned a few million credits fighting in a local warzone for an hour. Another Frog joined me in his hilarious combat fit orca and it was glorious. More like a bullfight than a war. I'm used to be being the one that's a loving menace to everyone else, and it was entertaining as hell to be put on the other side of that. That loving orca was a hoot.
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Tsed posted:Er, yeah, didn't mean that, just meant the people who feel they're entitled to ganks vs those that are playing open but getting really concerned about losses trivial compared to their assets. IDK, just trying to gauge the environment coming from EVE. I pretty much expected to be non-consensually PVPed when I clicked the Open Play button, and losses seem entirely absorbable such that I can't see myself worrying about combat logging or whatever. I got you fam, part of me will always miss eve and goonfleet. There was such a feeling of excitement flying a ship that you could not afford to lose, but knowing that you’d followed the rules to the letter so goonfleet would reimburse you and issue you another. The first time I lost a megathron though.. Eve had pretty big incentives for engaging in PVP, and doing so could involve entire layers of strategy and cat and mouse. It was mostly really good fun. This game just doesn’t give off that feeling at all. To be honest, I’ve never played elite in open mode but for a few short minutes during the station rescue thing just to see the long lines. One thing that really blows me away is how when, say, diamond frogs space is being contested, there’s no actual player vs player involvement in the combat zones that affects the BGS. The best way to win those contests is to kill as many rats in the CZs as possible to push the BGS, and thus the best way to do that is to play solo or private so you’re not bothered while doing so. Again, whoever brought up that Medb run. Thanks so much. This is the best money I’ve ever made in this game and it’s literally Netflix and chill.i also figured out on the xbone that you can leave your ship super cruising and switch back and forth to Netflix or live tv and things will keep rolling as long as you switch back to elite every 5 minutes or so to move the controller.
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