Been doing some BGS work against a certain power in one of their control systems.
A FAS with a beefy hull and some biweaves, armed with some pacifiers and frag cannons makes for some hilariously short encounters against faction ships pulled out of supercruise. Point towards ship, boost, unload the 3 double shot screen shell frag cannons point blank right before ram.
More fun than my 3 efficient PA 2x HY cannon FDL build anyway, but ammo doesn't last as long
Since we are talking about mining, I just have to add one thing. If you have a friend to wing up with who is willing to fly as prospector for you, or even better several friends to form a mining fleet, mining CAN be very profitable. Since all cmdrs have individual fragments from the roid, each additional ship mining effectively doubles the yield. This is especially effective if one of team is in a smaller maneuverable ship (preferably with a mining lance on the off chance it is available) doing the prospecting for good roids while the rest fly the heavy "mining barges". Some of the best times I've had in the game from a social perspective were out at Jaques doing fleet mining with uppwards of 10 ships all mining the same rock... so many fragments! I had some neat pics of this, but unfortunately I lost them when re-installing...
Everyone in the wing should get trade dividends as well, right?
I set up my Anaconda for Haz RES mining the other day as well. It's super fun (as someone that likes both mining and bounty hunting).
Yeah, everyone gets trade as well. Of course, may want to drop enough high-value stuff for the cmdr doing the prospecting to really make it worth their time if money is a factor.
I got 22 million on that CG and then immediately spent it on a rebuy after a Federal Dropship somehow blew me up in about ten seconds from full shields. Is the engineering bug back or something?
I'm a little salty because the risk/reward ratio seems kind of off for this. If there's always a chance that a random dropship can ruin my shit without me having any ability to stop them (and stick me with a 10 hours of playtime worth of rebuy), bounty hunting kind of sucks.
Was this in solo or open? I suppose if in open, all bets are of. Correct me if I am wrong, but there is a small chance for dangerous and elite NPCs to have engineered weapons as well, right? Theoretically there may be a very small chance that the dropship had reverb torps, but I've never seen torp using npcs...
I got 22 million on that CG and then immediately spent it on a rebuy after a Federal Dropship somehow blew me up in about ten seconds from full shields. Is the engineering bug back or something?
Nope, probably reverb cascade mines/torps. They directly damage shield generators with a hit (even with shields up).
1) What kind of shield generator do you have? It can take up to 8 torps to down a top tier, shielded generator (as in Shielded mod from engineer). That's 4 medium hardpoints (and you can't synth torps).
2) What mod (thermal resist mod greatly increases integrity of the generator)
3) PD is useless against torps, but great against mines
4) ECM works against torps, but only at range - and a corvette might need 2 to get away (torps are only fast right after being launched, I think they are like 200/250 m/s after that burst).
Most likely, he took out your shield gen with torps/mines and then sniped power plant. If you overcharge your plant, that reduces integrity, and makes it take less damage to explode.
Was this in solo or open? I suppose if in open, all bets are of. Correct me if I am wrong, but there is a small chance for dangerous and elite NPCs to have engineered weapons as well, right? Theoretically there may be a very small chance that the dropship had reverb torps, but I've never seen torp using npcs...
I don't think they get engineered weapons anymore at all, just some modules. People lost their shit when NPCs had engineered weapons (even the non-bugged ones). Personally, I wanted one of those MCs firing railgun bullets deals myself.
I'm a little salty because the risk/reward ratio seems kind of off for this. If there's always a chance that a random dropship can ruin my shit without me having any ability to stop them (and stick me with a 10 hours of playtime worth of rebuy), bounty hunting kind of sucks.
The problem is they give up the ability to do anything except blow up big ships, so I assume FDev counts that as balance. Despite the fact that no PvPer cruises around looking for fights in a general purpose ship, or heck, even a ship with a fuel scoop or A rated FSD.
Do torpedo tubes even have a high enough rate of fire to discharge enough torpedoes to drop a corvette in 10 seconds?
I would expect a corvette to be able to withstand fire from any npc for more than 10 seconds. Although somebody else a few pages back remarked about a rogue npc obliterating them in an eye blink, so maybe that bug could have resurfaced. I haven't personally observed a lone npc ship threatening my corvette that severely, but that doesn't disprove anything.
This was in solo, against an NPC. I have no real way to figure out what the fuck happened, but it's a pretty tanky ship. I know that the power plant stayed up, it wasn't a snipe.
This was in solo, against an NPC. I have no real way to figure out what the fuck happened, but it's a pretty tanky ship. I know that the power plant stayed up, it wasn't a snipe.
Yea NPCs just don't do that. I submit some kind of bug was involved. You didn't hit silent running by mistake did ya? I've done that a time or two.
Yes, elite is bad about screwing up your binds if you start the game without sticks or controllers connected and your default keybind profile uses them. Burned me more than once and now I keep a backup. Sucks dude.
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I recommend using Reference Sheet Generator to create a nice keybind reference sheet for future use.
It has helped me a couple of times to remap my keybinds.
A Capellan's favorite sheath for any blade is your back.
...and now the game has wiped my binds so... this was a pretty brief return to Elite.
This is why switching to a Xbox controller isn't an (easy) solution to making the rover less terrible. Yes, it works, but then I have to remap my HOTAS when I finish.
So no matter how many times I see it, there is something magical about seeing a Beluga get jammed in a starport entranceway against other ships, firing its thrusters, trying to squeeze through, only to make matters worse.
Right up until the station decides to destroy it without a second thought. Then it's magical and macabre. They should include some dialog text for the comm channel when that happens.
They should include some dialog text for the comm channel when that happens.
"...violation of Wilson Relay station code L413-A. You have 10 seconds to comply."
"I'm trying! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
"5... 4... 3..."
"Shut it down!"
"I can't!"
"I am authorized to use physical force."
"Shit shit shit!"
"AAAAHHH-"
(silence)
"Shit."
"Move along. There is nothing to see. Keep moving."
So no matter how many times I see it, there is something magical about seeing a Beluga get jammed in a starport entranceway against other ships, firing its thrusters, trying to squeeze through, only to make matters worse.
Right up until the station decides to destroy it without a second thought. Then it's magical and macabre. They should include some dialog text for the comm channel when that happens.
I've never really wanted a Beluga for anything other than being huge in the mailslot. I've had to wait for so many Belugas, that now I'm thinking of becoming the evil I cannot destroy.
I have a Beluga but it's collecting dust and I should probably sell it. The Anaconda is a better passenger ship for everything except the ability to equip luxury compartments, which isn't that big of a deal when it feels like you find one luxury contract every 50 bulletin boards.
I just found out that the VKB Gladiator MK2 has a stick twist with a hall sensor!
I'm officially intrigued. I've been using the T16000m, which is a great stick, but the twist has never been lovely. It's a regular potentiometer and it doesn't return to dead center from a twist to the left.
Also, I bought that stick directly from VKB. I felt like taking a gamble. I'll let you fine peeps know what I think about it when I receive it.
Steam and CFN: Enexemander
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ShogunHair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered Userregular
difference between the Gladiator and the Pro is full metal gimbal on the pro and plastic on the Mk2. Mk2 also has twist and the Pro does not have twist. I'm glad they are selling the Pro as just the base now because that is what I want + an MCG stick. Also nice to see they updated the store page with the upcoming throttles.
I was looking at that civil war CG earlier, and what's the deal with displaying both side's progress? I've ignored community goals practically since their inception, but early on there was talk about hiding that progress to stop one side pulling ahead and then forever staying ahead because new participants keep piling onto the "winning" team for easy rewards.
Looking to get back into this once I'm done clearing out the spare room in my place for a dedicated vidya set up for my desk and VR.
Currently don't have room to set up my hotas, and I don't particularly want to mess around binding everything to a controller. But once I've got VR and hotas both set up, hnnnnngh
Is it compromised nav beacons or is there someplace more efficient. I also want to unlock that engineer to upgrade my Clipper and courier's wake scanners.
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A FAS with a beefy hull and some biweaves, armed with some pacifiers and frag cannons makes for some hilariously short encounters against faction ships pulled out of supercruise. Point towards ship, boost, unload the 3 double shot screen shell frag cannons point blank right before ram.
More fun than my 3 efficient PA 2x HY cannon FDL build anyway, but ammo doesn't last as long
Yeah, everyone gets trade as well. Of course, may want to drop enough high-value stuff for the cmdr doing the prospecting to really make it worth their time if money is a factor.
Nope, probably reverb cascade mines/torps. They directly damage shield generators with a hit (even with shields up).
1) What kind of shield generator do you have? It can take up to 8 torps to down a top tier, shielded generator (as in Shielded mod from engineer). That's 4 medium hardpoints (and you can't synth torps).
2) What mod (thermal resist mod greatly increases integrity of the generator)
3) PD is useless against torps, but great against mines
4) ECM works against torps, but only at range - and a corvette might need 2 to get away (torps are only fast right after being launched, I think they are like 200/250 m/s after that burst).
Most likely, he took out your shield gen with torps/mines and then sniped power plant. If you overcharge your plant, that reduces integrity, and makes it take less damage to explode.
I don't think they get engineered weapons anymore at all, just some modules. People lost their shit when NPCs had engineered weapons (even the non-bugged ones). Personally, I wanted one of those MCs firing railgun bullets deals myself.
The problem is they give up the ability to do anything except blow up big ships, so I assume FDev counts that as balance. Despite the fact that no PvPer cruises around looking for fights in a general purpose ship, or heck, even a ship with a fuel scoop or A rated FSD.
I would expect a corvette to be able to withstand fire from any npc for more than 10 seconds. Although somebody else a few pages back remarked about a rogue npc obliterating them in an eye blink, so maybe that bug could have resurfaced. I haven't personally observed a lone npc ship threatening my corvette that severely, but that doesn't disprove anything.
Armchair: 4098-3704-2012
NPCs don't use torps (at all), and certainly not engineered ones.
Yea NPCs just don't do that. I submit some kind of bug was involved. You didn't hit silent running by mistake did ya? I've done that a time or two.
It has helped me a couple of times to remap my keybinds.
This is why switching to a Xbox controller isn't an (easy) solution to making the rover less terrible. Yes, it works, but then I have to remap my HOTAS when I finish.
Right up until the station decides to destroy it without a second thought. Then it's magical and macabre. They should include some dialog text for the comm channel when that happens.
"...violation of Wilson Relay station code L413-A. You have 10 seconds to comply."
"I'm trying! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"
"5... 4... 3..."
"Shut it down!"
"I can't!"
"I am authorized to use physical force."
"Shit shit shit!"
"AAAAHHH-"
(silence)
"Shit."
"Move along. There is nothing to see. Keep moving."
I've never really wanted a Beluga for anything other than being huge in the mailslot. I've had to wait for so many Belugas, that now I'm thinking of becoming the evil I cannot destroy.
Armchair: 4098-3704-2012
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I'm officially intrigued. I've been using the T16000m, which is a great stick, but the twist has never been lovely. It's a regular potentiometer and it doesn't return to dead center from a twist to the left.
Video for the VKB Gladiator MK2-
Anyone have experience with VKB (good or bad) that they want to share? This stick is 100 bones, which, while not dog cheap is very affordable.
Dem Goids, doe.
Also, I bought that stick directly from VKB. I felt like taking a gamble. I'll let you fine peeps know what I think about it when I receive it.
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Also I'm in the new CG system ready to participate in a Civil War and peace has broken out
Damn peace ruining a honest man's income.
Armchair: 4098-3704-2012
Currently don't have room to set up my hotas, and I don't particularly want to mess around binding everything to a controller. But once I've got VR and hotas both set up, hnnnnngh
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Is it compromised nav beacons or is there someplace more efficient. I also want to unlock that engineer to upgrade my Clipper and courier's wake scanners.
Armchair: 4098-3704-2012
I'm badly out of practice; I just got my Vulture exploded by a friggin' Cobra MkIII
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