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I got this game for Christmas. I was a big fan of No Man's Sky (even when it first came out) and I know this is a very different game, but that's how I had first heard of it. I popped it in last night and tried the training missions, and was absolute complete loving garbage at almost all of them. Do I need to get good at flying/docking/navigating, or can I jump in the game and do things while slowly getting better at that? I haven't played the game proper yet. I got frustrated with the first Horizons training mission (the guy says there are waypoints but there totally aren't waypoints, I found and destroyed the sentry guns but could not find the generator) and turned it off. edit: PS4 btw. Any suggestions for a newb to this game, what I should do, what I shouldn't do as I learn?
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limaCAT posted:1. Never fly without a rebuy. Perhaps a stupid question but what is a rebuy? Colonial Air Force posted:Or, join the Frogs and get on Discord. I am on PS4, is there a PS4 group? CornHolio fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Dec 27, 2017 |
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Dec 27, 2017 22:18
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Played the actual game (not training) for a couple of hours last night. Did a couple of courier missions, retrieved a couple of black boxes, bought a goddamn docking computer and am loving it. Really enjoying this game so far. So much to learn, though. I think I have 36k credits now and I'm looking forward to upgrading my ship to something that doesn't look loving stupid (no offense to any Sidewinder lovers). A couple of questions though: Is there any kind of third person mode for the spaceship? The camera mode seems kind of difficult to use. Can I not land on planets? I have the Horizons season pass but I don't have a rover or anything like that yet.
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Dec 28, 2017 15:13
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lemonadesweetheart posted:
Ah, I did not know this. Cool. Once I land, if I don't have an SRV yet, what can I do? Scan it?
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Dec 28, 2017 17:57
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Oh yeah, babby bought his first ship! ...a hauler, so I can make cargo runs and hopefully earn moneys. How are other people able to make so much money so quickly? The only missions I have even been able to do so far are data courier missions and one where I collected black boxes.
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Dec 29, 2017 14:30
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Money makes money; take your hauler to the next trade CG and you should crack a couple mil - enough for a Type 6 for further trading, ~or~ Ratjaculation posted:Get an Asp Explorer asap, fit it with a fuel scoop, advanced disco scanner and a posh passenger bay and take gangsters on tours around space Oh man thanks for this, this is good stuff
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Dec 29, 2017 15:37
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Still a newb here, bought an Eagle and upgraded some of the systems and now I can go bounty hunting! Some of the missions I'm taking on are like, "find four pirates in such and such system." When I scan the nav beacon, it says it can't tell me where they are. What's the best method of finding them in a big system? Seems like it would take forever just flying around scanning every ship I see. Also, what weapon is the preferred weapon of combat? I think I have three beam lasers but they overheat real quick when I'm using them all at once. edit: how are people making millions only nine hours in? I'm maybe double that and most of my missions are 80k if I'm lucky. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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Jan 2, 2018 16:40
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Is there a compendium for all of the reference guides people have put together?
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Jan 8, 2018 16:31
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Gort posted:Think it's called "Discord" I play on PS4 though. There are a number of really useful infographics and I was just hoping there was a collection of them. Some are in the first few posts but I have seen others floating around reddit and the E:D Facebook page.
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Jan 8, 2018 20:27
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boar guy posted:Discord has a phone app that works as well as the desktop/web app If Discord is all there is, that's all I really need to know I guess.
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Jan 8, 2018 21:18
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Well, just to cross it off the list, I'm heading to Hutton at the moment.
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Jan 11, 2018 01:13
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I mean, I was doing laundry during the trip, so it wasn't like I was just sitting there staring at it.
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Jan 11, 2018 03:10
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I upgraded my ship. I said 'gently caress you' to the ugly type 6 and bought a Dolphin instead. Strictly worse perhaps, but it looks so good.   I've been doing mainly passenger missions with it. Ship is outfitted with a surface scanner and an advanced discovery scanner so I can make a little side money on the way. I did a single passenger mission for 5.5mil and got to see some cool stuff along the way. I'm working my way up to the big money jobs.
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Jan 15, 2018 15:53
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lemonadesweetheart posted:Passenger ships are very pretty. I wish they had better jump range similar to exploration ships. I can do about 20LY right now. How far can fully-outfitted exploration ships get to?
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Jan 15, 2018 16:17
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Bought a type 7 last night, currently hauling
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Jan 17, 2018 22:31
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What the hell are the 'clean out the skimmer' missions about? I haven't done one yet but they seem enticing.
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Jan 19, 2018 15:25
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lemonadesweetheart posted:You kill x floaty robots. With an SRV?
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Jan 19, 2018 16:19
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Made some progress this weekend and started engineering things. Went to Maia (awesome black hole btw) as well (to get meta-alloys for Ms Farseer), did some exploring, did some trading... I think I'm gonna start doing combat things and it looks like a Fer de Lance is the way to go. So that will be my next purchase. Some pretties:    That last one is Obsidian Orbital, recently attacked by the Thargoids. Here is a video of the Maia black hole. I kind of crashed into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8lDE92jZ7E&t=263s
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Jan 22, 2018 20:01
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Rynoto posted:If you're just starting to get into combat the Vulture is by far the best one to learn in. Give its power plant a small overcharge and some dirty drives and it becomes massively fun. I have an Eagle that I have fun in so I'm only mostly-harmless. I just want something capable that I don't need a lot of skill to combat NPCs and collect bounties. e: ooh the Vulture has two LARGES? ...I might try a Vulture. I mean, it's cheap enough that I wouldn't really miss the money. Best weapon loadout? CornHolio fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jan 22, 2018 |
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Jan 22, 2018 20:19
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Rynoto posted:If you're going for low effort npc killing then a simple Conda turret boat will do wonders. Vulture is basically the babby version of the FDL and both require at least a bit more concentration to effectively fly. Yeah I don't have the money for a Conda yet. I do have the money for a Python or an FDL though. Plus insurance, plus not much upgrades for now.
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Jan 22, 2018 20:28
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Rynoto posted:The bigger ships will easily set you back double to triple their cost when fully rigged out for anything more than trading or data running. So I guess what would be better: an A-rated Vulture or a B- or C-rated FDL or Python? Assuming no engineering.
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Jan 22, 2018 20:35
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I officially bought an FDL last night. Might still buy a Vulture for reasons. Haven't taken it out yet though, don't have the money to outfit it the way I want to yet. Just need to find time to do some of the better passenger missions I've been seeing.
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Jan 23, 2018 16:28
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Trustworthy posted:My (admittedly well-outfitted and well-engineered) FDL unexpectedly turned out to be my favorite ship for combat zones. It's really good at racking up kills without drawing the massive amounts of fire that my larger combat ships tend to. I'm not sure yet how much of the engineering I'm going to feel like grinding through. I slightly modified the FSD and shield boosters on my Dolphin and am pretty happy with it but I don't want to spend hours looking for resources if I can avoid it. I just want a ship I can go blast some NPCs with easily because I don't have good flying skills.
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Jan 23, 2018 16:49
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Kind of thinking for my FDL, this is what I want to shoot for: https://eddp.co/u/PizzamlC no engineering, mind you. It seems that would blow up a lot of ships quite efficiently. And no I am not removing my docking computer, I am a true believer in them. I can get by without them, but boy loving howdy I like the luxury.
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Jan 23, 2018 17:43
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Helianthus Annuus posted:Consider putting a fixed beam on the c4 slot? The gimballed c4 beam on the FdL has a deceptively small cone of fire. And the effective range is seriously hampered by the gimbal jitter. Obviously, you can try it and see if you can make it work, but I didn't have much luck with it. The c4 plasma is another great option. Good info, I will keep it in mind. Also, turns out you can make a literal battleship: https://eddp.co/u/msjZhs9K
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Jan 23, 2018 19:06
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My FDL is mostly outfitted the way I want it. Still need hull reinforcement and a better FSD and a few other things, and I have no engineering but boy is it fun. 5A shields with 4 0A boosters seem pretty impenetrable and a 4A beam laser + four 2F multicannons melt shields and then shred hulls. At least against the NPCs I have been collecting bounties from. If I want to gain merits with my faction using this, where do I go and how do I do that? I read somewhere about getting ~30 merits per kill but I don't remember where I saw that.
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Jan 26, 2018 15:03
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I play predominantly in solo and I really appreciate whatever algorithm they use to name NPCs.      Also, I saw this place and I did not go there. Heard they were prone to outbreaks. 
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Jan 31, 2018 14:52
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I've been enjoying my FDL a lot lately but accidentally got a bounty in the system Im kind of based out of. So I did what any sane person would do, I bought a Vulture so when I rebuy, it's much less. Turns out, the Vulture is more fun to fly. Doesn't have the staying power though, and doesn't make as good of a sound. But for a ship to take out when I'm wanted, knowing that when I get scanned I'll have three elite police Anacondas on me, it's great. relevent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWb4GDGN5b4
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Feb 5, 2018 04:25
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I like this game about flying in space and doing make believe space things in a believable fashion. I also don't have an Anaconda and I can still have fun. 
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Feb 5, 2018 20:59
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I realized the Diamondback Explorer has crazy good jump range so I bought one. ~42LY max with grade 1 FSD engineering and a couple of lovely cabins on board. Beats the hell out of my 27LY max Dolphin which I had been using.
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Feb 6, 2018 16:58
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Katsuma posted:Incorrect! This is exploring with style! I've been using a Dolphin until recently. Just love the way it looks.
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Feb 7, 2018 14:52
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Best sound is clearly the FDL decelerating. BWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOwowowowowowowow. Also I am compensating with mine.  Seriously though, what would be better, one huge beam with 4 medium MCs or one huge MC with four medium beams?
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Feb 14, 2018 16:03
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iospace posted:Have VY Canis Majoris, biggest in the game: I noticed this wasn't too far outside the bubble so I checked it out  It really fucks with your sense of scale. Here I am shortly after jumping in, and everything looks normal until you check the speed. I was about 10k LS away.  Once you get ~4000 LS away, it's really weird because you can't go around it. You're supercruising tangent to it but there's just no movement and it appears as though you're stopped. Your sense of scale just gets totally hosed. Any other cool sights to see that aren't too far outside the bubble? I think Sirius might be next on my list. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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Feb 15, 2018 15:03
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You guys having connection issues? I keep getting a message saying it can't connect to the Frontier servers every few minutes, then I'm able to reconnect. But it keeps kicking me out of the game. Making it drat near unplayable.
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Mar 2, 2018 04:24
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edit: doublepost, somehow.
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Mar 2, 2018 04:30
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Man, all the 'boom time shipment' missions at the station where I'm basically allied with everybody are all now 'wing recommended' and instead of being ~100-200 tons they're 1000-4000 tons, for the same reward amount. Bummer.
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Mar 2, 2018 17:21
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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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Mar 8, 2018 16:26
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If anybody wants to quickly gain Fed rank, the Ceos-Sothis thing is legit. Went up four ranks in one hour. Got my Sol permit, which is all I really wanted but I may as well keep going. Just pick the reputation+++ reward every time. Usually get over 100k per mission anyway just because of time bonuses.
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