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Lmbo  now disabled mining missions, this company is quite literally the dumbest company."We've temporarily disabled station services menu, looks like there was a way to make money off the remaining missions available in the game."
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wait, was there even a mining exploit going around
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Mar 7, 2018 21:18
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Cowcaster posted:wait, was there even a mining exploit going around When they upped mission rewards again it made mining missions giving you more minerals back than what you were turning in. So you go mine legit for one mission then it turns into a rolling mission completion spree. Space Skeleton fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Mar 7, 2018 |
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Mar 7, 2018 21:21
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CapnBry posted:I got the rest of the 70% I needed to hit Rear Admiral last night and I'm not even sure you can call it a grind any more. It took 20 minutes to get the 70% and 21% into the next rank. Compare that to when I got Duke and a full board of 20 missions would move the progress bar like 6-7%. Getting federal / imperial rank seems to take about the same amount of time it took to get a single faction to Allied before the patch and is now something that will actually just happen on its own doing a moderate amount of missions over time. It is a very sharp change from requiring like 2200 missions per navy which would be improbable to hit just playing the game. What were you doing? A fast way to get rank in federal would get me to open up the game I think.
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Mar 7, 2018 21:22
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Grinding courrier and data boom missions and taking the Rep +++ rep in some sectors works well... I think the Fed ones that were recommended were sothis and ceos.
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Mar 7, 2018 21:26
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Space Skeleton posted:When they upped mission rewards again it made mining missions giving you more minerals back than what you were turning in. So you go mine legit for one mission then it turns into a rolling mission completion spree. lol
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Mar 7, 2018 21:29
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That's putting it mildly, to be perfectly honest  Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5Jx2uc40w
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Mar 7, 2018 21:32
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We finally reached peak mission board scumming: no need to even undock!
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Mar 7, 2018 21:41
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"We have temporarily disabled Elite: Dangerous as it appears players were making money in-game and we can't understand such a thing." Say what you will, they're consistent about always ensuring grind takes precedence.
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Mar 7, 2018 21:46
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Cool, mining missions disabled just in time for the maiden voyage of my mining-fit Type-10. I was already a bit worn down from my latest mats grind; I think I'm just going to uninstall until the big mining update later this year.
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Mar 7, 2018 21:52
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Trustworthy posted:Cool, mining missions disabled just in time for the maiden voyage of my mining-fit Type-10. I just finished switching my Conda over to a mining load out... So awesome.
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Mar 7, 2018 22:01
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hakimashou posted:What were you doing? A fast way to get rank in federal would get me to open up the game I think.
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Mar 7, 2018 22:13
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Blind Rasputin posted:What’s the difference between ancient ruins and “guardian structure” when out here exploring? I also cannot seem to find an ancient orb at any guardian structure, and I don’t have corrosion resistant racks to carry one around. The guardian artifacts aren't corrosive, so as long as the obelisk you're trying to decrypt only requires guardian artifacts to unlock, you should be OK without a corrosion resistant cargo rack. You can find guardian orbs at Synuefe XR-H D11-102 planet 1 B coordinates -31.7347, -128.9212. Might wanna grab 2 while you're there. Decrypting those obelisks is only relevant to Ram Tah's mission, as far as I know. If you don't care about that mission, you can still collect the guardian mats to unlock stuff at the tech broker. Recipes here: http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_Broker
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Mar 7, 2018 22:41
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fwiw this mining thing is a far more obvious bug that warrants disabling something while it's fixed. Not the usual "Oh this is efficient let's nerf it" thing.
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Mar 7, 2018 23:02
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I think the last time the gravy train was an obvious exploit was the sothis slave scumming, which had the hilariously prescient side effect of tanking your Sirius Corp rep (gently caress Qwent).
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Fojar38 posted:fwiw this mining thing is a far more obvious bug that warrants disabling something while it's fixed. Not the usual "Oh this is efficient let's nerf it" thing. I agree from the description of it but given the current discussion and the way they balance the gold rush style “bugs” it’s a huge PR/optics thing. I hope people harp on these things enough we see positive change in Frontiers grind-first attitude.
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Mar 8, 2018 00:53
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Well obsidian ant has been pretty bitchy about the grind lately and he's a pretty typical forum Dad I feel like. It's hard to stay positive that they'll do anything about the grind given the idiocy they're pulling with 3.0 though.
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Mar 8, 2018 02:10
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If you get frustrated driving the SRV, try turning off drive assist and feathering the hand-brake and the gas for better control
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Mar 8, 2018 03:13
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Helianthus Annuus posted:If you get frustrated driving the SRV, try turning off drive assist and feathering the hand-brake and the gas for better control Wait do people normally drive with drive assist on? I treat it more like cruise control for straightaways...
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Mar 8, 2018 08:27
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Mar 8, 2018 08:52
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It just lets you set speed. It's completely useless with an analogue throttle (and mostly useless without tbh).
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timn posted:I think the last time the gravy train was an obvious exploit was the sothis slave scumming, which had the hilariously prescient side effect of tanking your Sirius Corp rep (gently caress Qwent). No, I think you actually gained a little sirius rep from each transaction because they apprecited your business in the market (selling the slaves you stole from them)
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Mar 8, 2018 09:43
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Why is this thread called Ellen Degeneres? I was searching for Elite, you buffoons.
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Mar 8, 2018 13:36
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John F Bennett posted:Why is this thread called Ellen Degeneres? I was searching for Elite, you buffoons. Because you have to earn it, FDev-style, by grinding through pages and pages of junk before you get to what you actually want. It's very thematically appropriate.
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John F Bennett posted:Why is this thread called Ellen Degeneres? I was searching for Elite, you buffoons. i do not understand the question
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Mar 8, 2018 14:23
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…that said, with a new x.0 version out, maybe it's time for a slight OP update with new charts and links and more up-to-date descriptions of things to do (or not do).
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John F Bennett posted:Why is this thread called Ellen Degeneres? I was searching for Elite, you buffoons. What is Elite? 
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Sekenr posted:No, I think you actually gained a little sirius rep from each transaction because they apprecited your business in the market (selling the slaves you stole from them) That was before they introduced cancelling/failing a mission giving you a rep hit, harsh enough to more than cancel out selling your stolen slaves back to them.
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I found a fantastic beast and it's the clipper. That ship is so fun to fly and has interesting loadout options... My 1 complaint is that I realised too late not all stations have L-sized pads so I will need a side small/medium still for some stuff  Probably gonna go mining now or something. Other than that 
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Drake_263 posted:That was before they introduced cancelling/failing a mission giving you a rep hit, harsh enough to more than cancel out selling your stolen slaves back to them. Right, I definitely had to dig myself out of max unfriendly rep with Sirius when the time came. Fortunately at the time there was an obscure system in the far reaches of the bubble controlled by Sirius where you could bounty hunt against the single other present faction. That ended up being way faster than running missions.
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John F Bennett posted:Why is this thread called Ellen Degeneres? I was searching for Elite, you buffoons.  same thing happened to me when i was trying to find the thread a few weeks back, and when i finally did i laughed like an idiot because it's an extremely good titlein other news, i finally realized there's actually stuff on planet surfaces other than just a bunch of sweet jumps to take the scarab over at full speed. i saw something somewhere mention that there will be an update that includes planets with cities and stuff, is that a beyond thing or something further out in the future?
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I was bounty hunting and nicked the wrong ship and got a bounty. I waited two hours for my notoriety to go to zero, went to a station that had an international factions guy, but he won't clear my bounty because he seems to think I still have a notoriety level (it says I'm too high-profile right now and I have to wait until my notoriety goes down). I checked and it still says 0. What do I do?
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CornHolio posted:I was bounty hunting and nicked the wrong ship and got a bounty. I waited two hours for my notoriety to go to zero, went to a station that had an international factions guy, but he won't clear my bounty because he seems to think I still have a notoriety level (it says I'm too high-profile right now and I have to wait until my notoriety goes down). I checked and it still says 0. Blow up the station.
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CornHolio posted:I was bounty hunting and nicked the wrong ship and got a bounty. I waited two hours for my notoriety to go to zero, went to a station that had an international factions guy, but he won't clear my bounty because he seems to think I still have a notoriety level (it says I'm too high-profile right now and I have to wait until my notoriety goes down). I checked and it still says 0. are you still in the same system where you got the notoriety? it used to be that once your wanted timer wore off you still had to do a hyperspace jump to another system to "clear" it to a dormant state, but that was all under the old legal system
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CaptainViolence posted:
Probably further out in the future. If I remember what they've been talking about correctly, Beyond is going to mostly have enhancements to existing systems (like the recent rebuild of the crime & punishment and the engineering systems), the upcoming social systems, etc. 'Being able to access urbanized planets' and such smells like it'd be out of scope for that.
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Is there a way to disable wing missions? Because everything every station is offering me are cargo transport missions where I'm expected to haul 1000+ tons of cargo for like a million credits, where I used to get 2m+ for 100 tons.
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Mar 8, 2018 18:04
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Airspace posted:Is there a way to disable wing missions? Working as intended, Commander! Earning money from completing missions is actually a game-breaking exploit that could result in players being able to purchase spaceships, so our heroes at are hard at work ensuring that doesn't happen!
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The "locate X materials" wing missions are actually great for newbies. A cmdr with a T9 can do the bulk of it, and his friend in a Sidewinder can deliver 1 ton and get a massive payday.
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Yeah, I mean I understand their use, but I just don't want wing missions when I'm not in a wing. EDIT: What ho, I see one non-Wing trading mission! 3 units of scrap for 30K. Airspace fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Mar 8, 2018 |
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Airspace posted:Is there a way to disable wing missions? IIRC these missions can now be completed in stages. So instead of 1 trip earning 2M, you'll do 5 trips to earn 1M! See how much fun you are having?
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