/edg/ - Elite: Dangerous Thread

>>124754753
ded

>>124755709
epik le ded maymay lol!

What kind of fuel scoop you reccomend for a long range asp for black markets.

I have a 2A and its crazy slow but i need that cargo space

>>124757150
>what is better in linear progression?
Gee dunno, THE BEST?

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>>124757078

>A8 Anaconda Power Plant costs as much as a Federal Corvette

God damn this game is just retarded.

>>124757638
Class D masterrace

>>124757774
Seems like the only viable option unless you hire slaves to grind for you 24/7.

>>124757638
>Not just getting the best ship in the game, the vulture

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[muffled throat singing]

>>124757638
That reminds, earlier today I was fucking around in one of CG CZs, and some guy asked how much a fully kitted FDL. I told him mine cost a little over 70 mil, with A rank power, shields, and distributor ( I don't have a Plasma Acc. yet, that puts the cost of a fully kitted FDL at 81+, but I forgot that at the time), guy calls me a liar saying that A rank power plants always cost more than the ship itself. I thought about correcting him, then I realized he was probably some forumdad that hadn't gotten past the Cobra yet, and proceeded to not give a fuck.

But it made me question the design decision of making the parts that go into a ship cost half as much or even more as the ship they actually go into.

>>124758913
I had a Vulture. I got boring being a god and sold it.

>>124759738
Honestly, it's kind of realistic depending on how you look at it. For example, a car's engine is worth more than the car, and modded out beast can cost more than the car's bluebook value.

>>124759981
vulture sucks

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>mfw I made 70 million doing Robigo today

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http://coriolis.io/outfit/vulture/24A5A4A3D5A4D3C1d0u0e0003064a2b57662j.AwRhrSM9iA==.EwBhvNK1mI==?bn=Ebin
Rate this loadout.

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>>124760521
>Imperial Tipper

>>124760336
I suppose so, but I feel like by the time most people have the money to fully kit out an Eagle or Sidewinder, they can move on to something better.

>>124761487
I fully kitted an Eagle simple cause it's cheap to do and every now and then it's nice to pilot something that can actually turn.

But yeah normally better to keep moving up.

God I fucking hate this general.

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>>124760521
>Clipperfaggotry

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>>124760451
Spotted the literal Empire pleb.

>missile launcher will never be viable

I just want to build an Anaconda as a long-range missile boat.

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>>124760947

Literally no point to having a wake scanner. Anyone you'd be chasing into hyperspace has twice your jump range anyway.

Also missiles are useless and nobody will waste torpedoes on killing a vulture.

>>>124724243
>Well I want to explore and find some pretty sights but I can't afford any nice ships for exploration

The Hauler has a base hull mass of only 14T. This has interesting effects on its jump range if you strip it down to be as lightweight as possible.
Stock: http://coriolis.io/outfit/hauler/
Max jump: http://coriolis.io/outfit/hauler/02D2D2A1D1D1D2C-------.Iw19A===.IwBj4lRI

Can someone post the ship progression chart again?

>>124762943
but empire has buttslut waifu

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>mfw what should have been a base feature is now getting charged for 50 dollaroos

Are medium plasma accelerators worth it over something like a cannon on small ships? Or should i pretty much never use them until the huge hardpoints?

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>>124765984

2 changes tho:

Federal Dropship is now only 14,314,210cr.

Combat Tier 2 now has Federal Assault Ship for 19,814,210cr.

>>124766229

Medium PAs were given wrong damage values so they're absolute shit right this moment.

They're fixed in 1.5 and Horizons, at whcih point it comes down to your loadout and your ability to use them effectively. They do full damage to both hull and shields, and they do splash damage to internals which makes them amazing if you can handle the thermal and power management.

>>124766102
JUST BUY IT

>>124767101

Caveat: Cannons have a hidden bonus in that their damage penalty vs larger class hulls is calculated as if they were one class higher than they are.

eg: Small cannons do full damage to small & medium ships and 2/3 to large (rather than full, 2/3 and 1/3), while medium cannons do full damage to all ship classes.

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So, who else got their python at 40% off today?

>>124765136
Same. I wish you could devote cargo space (or even swap out cargo racks) for missile storage.

>>124768109
So what you are saying is that i should use a cannon on my imperial courier then, and depending on what i feel like i could use PAs next patch?

>>124768501
why is it 40% off

>>124769004

Whatever floats your boat. Multicannons are also fun module shredders.

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>just bought a Type 6

Now what?

>captcha Commercial Trucks

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>>124769409

>>124769409
type 6 is great
type 7 was ok
type 9 is really shitty

Post things you think would improve the game.

>random world boss encounters that drop fat loot
>fishing (when first person mode comes out)

>>124770965
>in-game player groups
>asteroid bases for player groups
>ability to group wings together "boss" encounters
>thargoid mothership boss encounters / system defense
>actual depth and meaning

Can the AFMU repair hull damage as well?

>>124772167

No.

AFMU cannot repair hull, power plant or canopy.

>>124772307
When horizons comes out the AFM will be able to repair the canopy, but not if it's completely shattered.

>>124772307
How good is a Python at HAZ RES? I've outfitted one for trading (Everything D except for the FSD) and can't turn for shit.

I'd probably do really well with Turrets, right?

>>124770965
>Ability to players to group together to form minor factions using the existing faction system
>Missions that function like CGs alloying player factions to expand to other stations/planets/systems, build stations, fight rivals, etc.
>Mission chains and more long distance missions, that require players to travel outside their "home" systems
>Better loot and salvage systems to make fighting enemies in USS worth more than the pittance you get from bounties
>The ability to permanently align with one of the major factions ( Empire, Federation, Alliance) with major bonuses in the chosen faction, and some maluses in the others, with out limiting the ability for players to travel or take some missions
>Some free paints and emblems that could be earned from CG, mission chains, or powerplay
>Some cosmetic things to stick on your ship, like fins or something.

>>124772843

That's good news for explorers. Canopy integrity is currently the determining factor for explorer longevity.

>>124772892

You're asking me?

Also nothing does well with turrets.

Literally 1/4 normal damage output.

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JESUS CHRIST

I'M LOOKING THROUGH LAVINGY-DUVAL SPACE FOR RES SITES AND THERE ARE NONE ANYWHERE

>>124773635
Go to the Jura system.

It's close to the capital, but the actual HAZ RES site is 2,000Ls away from the jump.

>>124773783
Thanks!

Those +20% bounties are gonna be mine, all mine!

What happens exactly when you evade interdiction beyond staying in supercruise? I notice the would-be interdictor simply disappears?

>>124775774
They don't vanish, they drop out of supercruise. Any interdiction is always going to end up with at least one person kicked out of supercruise.

>>124768501
Where?

>>124775912
Do they get the emergency cooldown timer too? That's pretty alright

>>124770143
What is wrong with Type 9? Best boxfu

>>124776401
Are you acting like gay weeb again, son?

>>124770143
Why isn't there a Type 8?

>>124776258

Yes, it's exactly the same thing that happens if you do an emergency stop.

They're unceremoniously dumped back into real space spinning out of control and get the 40sec FSD cooldown.

Alright, men! I need 100,000,000Cr in order to outfit my Python the way I want it.

I currently have no weapons,all D internals other than an A FSD, and 212 cargo space.

What's the best way to make money?

>>124776802
We do not talk about the type 8

>>124776940
Shipping biowaste from the Alliance to Torval

Go to Robigo Mines

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>>124776940
You're not saying that you bought the ship without having enough money left over to outfit it, right?

>>124776940
You hire an illegal mexican migrant to trade grind for you 24/7.
Are you asking retarded questions to keep this thread afloat?

>>124776940
Go get discounted parts, you'll only need 70-80m then.

>>124777451
I got it as a Trading ship, but now I'm wanting to just fast-track my way to making it a combat/mining ship.

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>using Vulture
>High-Intensity Conflict Zone
>go solo against an Anaconda (stupid, I know, but I heard the Vulture kicked ass and haven't really pushed it before)
>the battle is going well; even my Vulture is too maneuverable for him
>at some point the pilot realized what was going on and stepped up his game
>my shields are down
>his are too
>take out his shield generator while flying headlong into a spray of lasers and kinetics
>his generator gets taken out
>book it the fuck out of there
>stay out of range while shields come back to full
>barely survive the final shootout

FUCK YEAH VULTURES

>>124779812

PROTIP: Break the power plant and their whole ship shuts down.

>>124779812

Should I give the Vulture another chance?
I had one but didnt have the money to upgrade the armor and hated the thing for being paper when the shields were down.

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>>124779812
Fascinating tale, CMDR!

+rep

>>124780130
Really?

Is it any harder to break the PP than any other part of the ship?

>>124780219
wat

>>124780250
>wat
You're a fucking newfag and your story sucks balls, that's what.

>>124780336

what's wrong did you lose a fight today faggot

>>124780208
Not with the upcoming FDL buff.
Also, FAS exists.

>>124780662
Yes.

The fight to keep this thread ded. The endless war to keep people from posting. The eternal struggle to stifle posting in this thread so I can later claim that the thread is abandoned and the game is shit.

>>124773635
Gende is really good with a high tech station next to 3 RES

>>124780810
Hello Star Citizen!

>>124780810
So it's literally one person that kept this thread dead for all this time?
And it's half alive now not because of a recent -70% sale and an influx of saleshitters?

>>124780250
>Is it any harder to break the PP than any other part of the ship?

It's not noticeably tougher than the shield generator. None of the internal modules are.

It's more common to target the drives, but that's mostly because they're a huge target and a drifting ship is almost as helpless as one that's shut down.

>>124780219

This furfag.

>>124780810

Vision will ensure that if they cant be arsed to work on the base mechanics in the game.

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It's a week after Horizons Beta release and initial excitement wore off completely.
Fucking hell, since the announce people here were saying that it will be a lousy gimmick and guess what, IT FUCKING IS!

>three types of planets with slight color variations
>tedious, non landing seamless process
>planets look okayish from orbit, on the surface they look like playdough
>surface is peppered with eyesore of a detail - color mismatched, poorly textured, sometimes floating rocks that pop in 50 meters in front of you
>no geysers/volcanism at all
>rendering issues out the ass, crazy shadows, faulty texture streaming, huge wall artefacts appearing out of nowhere
>lighting is shit, the only light source in the system is a brown dorf, but a planet is lit with a uniform WHITE light
>nothing interesting on the surface, it's either a space port, a rock, a wreck with some cargo
>planetside missions copy space missions (kill this-haul that)
>space-planet missions are not worth to bother since you'll be double visioned first by supercruise, second by orbital cruise and landing
>spaceports have PS2 era textures
>buggy is annoying and unfun to drive, you either drive slow and steady, or go fast and swivel out of control every two seconds
>super original SYNTHESIS™ system that is basically alchemy from Elder Scrolls games
>can make potions but can't store them or give them to your friend that is dying right before your eyes
>no fundamental gameplay issues were tackled in this update
>that's it
>60 bucks pls
VISION. VISION NEVER CHANGES.

>>124783772
Hey now! They'll be adding volcanic activity several months from now!

:^)

>>124783772
Yeah but you know what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly9fZc9q3_A&feature=youtu.be&t=85

Canyon Races! So fuck you and all the ass you sucked while typing that blog.

>>124784538
Yeah, that vid fits the "wow effect wears off after a day" gimmick nature of this update.
And if you're so buttfrustrated by negative feedback I advise you to fuck off back to the safety of the gulag you came from, m8.

>>124783772
You're trying too hard m8, you didn't even post gif, bad form. You're newfag level posting. Maybe you're too mad? Maybe you need to take a deep breath and squeeze one out and gets your wits about you so you're not posting on a level that embarrasses everyone else posting on /vg/ tonight.

Yeah, the game is shit, who gives a fuck.

So for Robigo, I need a medium ship right? Guess it's time to sell my clipper.

>>124785751
A D grade Asp with an A grade FSD can make the 500ly trip in 10 minutes if your load times don't suck. That includes time to stop and refuel.

>>124786076
Well I just fired up Elite and my FPS is around 10 fps. Guess the latest stable AMD drivers fucked everything and not only in supercruise.

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>>124785620
Lol what the fuck is this stream of conciousness bullshit?
I take it you're peeved by something, lad?

>>124786167
>Elite
>AMD
huehuehue

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People still play this game?

lol

>>124786385
Hey, hows your money laundering scam going?

>>124786385
Damn, that looks like actual fun.

>>124786203
Good god, you don't even know how to read, are you that mad? Are you so blinded by rage that words no longer make sense? Stay mad faggot, it doesn't matter.

>>124786529
It already has multicrew, for example. And not as a 60$ DLC.

>>124786730
So why aren't you playing it right now? Oh right, it's not out yet.

>>124757150
you don't need one 32 should be enough for 350ly or 18jumps to get to the turn in area and just refuel there

>>124786843
>So why aren't you playing it right now?
That's exactly what I'm doing right now tho. We, CIS white males, can afford a second monitor.

>>124760947
>27mil
>vulture
you fucked up son

Got this game during sale and I have a question: how do I unfuck the yaw, it's too damn slow?

>>124787359
You don't. Yaw is meant to be slower than the others.

>>124783772

This game suffers from some of the issues that the first Mass Effect game had.
Remember when you'd land on planets and go to those copypasta'd buildings and shoot bad guys over and over?

Vision is making that mistake.
Hopefully they can be bothered to read some of the criticism on their forum and add some variety.

>>124787447
Hmmm strange, how do I enable system chat and what good corps for newbies are there?

>>124787704
lolololol

>>124786385

At least we actually have a game to play.

>>124787673
I just hope they won't instantly rush to make earthlike planets with dinosaurs or other blingy shit like that and work on gameplay instead. it's severely lacking atm imo desu.

>>124787901
OH YES, REBEL GALAXY™ IS GOOD FUN INDEED
>tfw ain't no believer

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Thoughts on Horizons:

I would not have bought this if I wasn't already a retard that'd paid for the game + expansion pass back in beta.

But holy fuck, I just had fun doing donuts and exploring a city for the past 2 hours. Not worth the $40, but I'm impressed with what they were able to do with it, seeing as I was highly skeptical of FDev being able to fully hide the loadscreens/instance changes when flying down to moons/planetoids.

Now I'm just pissed we can't go into atmospheric planets and all the rest of that shit, but I guess they have to sell it to you plebs later.

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>>124786385
>game's been out for less than a year
>"OMG PEOPLE STILL PLAY THIS?"

Yes. Yes they do.

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>>124788626
>I was highly skeptical of FDev being able to fully hide the loadscreens/instance changes when flying down to moons/planetoids
But there is an obvious instance change when dropping out of orbital cruise. Same as when dropping from supercruise.

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40% off Python where

Give me a system with RES or HRES and/or Conflict Zones, Anons.

>>124789348
Yeah, I assumed there would be. If you thought there wouldn't be, you're willfully ignorant of the game's architecture.

I'm just surprised I wasn't waiting for 30 goddamn seconds for instances to change like used to happen when trying to drop out of SC. They must have finally upgraded the fuckin' servers in the 6 months since I've touched this piece of shit.

>>124789545
TZ Arietis.

>>124789602
Ah, I thought you were implying there's no transition between instances at all.

>>124789641
I'm Empire, will flying into Federation Space warrant me to get aggro'd by Space Police?

>I've never gone into Federation space before, sorry.

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>>124789779
I just think they did pretty well with the kind of terrible system they had in place.

I guess I'll become more disillusioned once I realize that there's only small variation between the city/installation types and there's not many different layouts, but I assume that can be patched in later like they did with different types of station during the beta last year.

Here's to hoping they haven't abandoned the idea of adapting to criticism.

Also for some reason I don't have access to the Cobra Mk IV, don't have it anywhere in my stored ships display, at least, and can't find any info on where to find it. Going to assume the highly-competent keks at FDev haven't forgotten to give me my shit, but I know that's probably what happened.

It's been 2 days and no response to my ticket.. maybe it'll come.

Damn, this actually looks pretty comfy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wLzphEDzNM

>>124790163
No, but there's no need to fly that far, just check the nearby systems with ringed gas giants. That's where the RES spawn.

>>124790286
>Cobra Mk IV
Not missing much desu.

>>124790532
I know it's shit and slow as fuck, but that doesn't matter if I'm going to be turning it into my new "light explorer."

Guess the courier will have to do until then. Fucking thing's fun to fly anyway.

>>124790286
It's not given away for free like the Viper variant will, you have to actually buy it. I'm not sure where from though, but I have seen someone flying it. It looks fat.

>>124791162
Weird. I've seen the Viper IV at like every high-tech system near my "local" cluster, but haven't seen the Cobra anywhere yet.

Did a couple searches on the forums for stations that sell it, but the search tool is shit and instead I got every thread mentioning the Mk IV and I wasn't in the mood for sifting through all that shit.

>>124790596
>I know it's shit and slow as fuck, but that doesn't matter if I'm going to be turning it into my new "light explorer."

Better off using the Mk III for that to be truly sincere, relative.

>>124793154
But my Mk. III's 250ly away and I can't be fucked to go get it.

Even further than that on the main server and I'm in an FdL and can only just barely move around anyway. Fuck.

Is the Horizons Beta supposed to be that announced holiday 2015 release, or is that still coming?
Not interested in Horizons until it's integrated into the full game.

>>124780939
This.

>>124793613
Beta's out right now. Game will probably release before Christmas.

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>>124790286
>>124790532
>>124793154

>>124794547
kek

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/edg/elords,

Can the Robigo long haul be done with a cobra? I really want to rake in some cash. Smuggling and tagging pirates only delivers a few 100ks and I'm eager for more.
Also, best way to rake in some dosh with a cobra?

>>124796350
>Can the Robigo long haul be done with a cobra?
Not as effectively as an Asp, but yes.
>Also, best way to rake in some dosh with a cobra?
Probably rare trading.

If I had a completely stock Asp, what would be the best way to make cash to upgrade it?
Rare trading or slave trading or what?

>>124796619
tagging bounties or the lave to fujin rare trade. You really just need to do these until you get 80cargo and 29ish jump range

>>124796350
There was someone doing it in a Cobra when I was running it yesterday, you'll be fine. Just make sure to plot your refueling stops.

>>124796350
you can but it's just really not inefficient since the smuggling missions are just rarer. You are better off doing bounties or getting cash to buy an asp and outfit by doing the rare trade run i just posted. By the time you have enough money you will most likely be at Merchant trade rank.

>>124796687
Makes sense, it'll be a nice change from the single jump slave route I was running to afford this thing.

>>124796978
missions aren't really worth it until you get merchant rank t b h because that;s when you start getting 1mil+ regular missions. It's just not worth spending 2hours for a bunch of mid tier paying missions. Basically the higher your rank the higher the pay

>>124797162
I am Merchant though, and the highest mission reward I've ever seen that I could actually accept was 200k.

>>124797230
rng is rng. When I got to fehu I was only getting 200k too but i went back to level my trade skill to merchant then 800k-1mil missions started showing up. I forgot to mention to keep doing the money donation missions when you can because I mission quality has something to do with rep....i think

Salesbabby here.

How does rare trading work? I just buy rare items at one station and take it far, far away and sell it at another random station?

Or is there a mechanism to it?

>>124797589
yeah, they're just special items that show up in the commodities market
there's optimized routes out there to pick up a bunch near each other, fly a while away, sell them and pick up a bunch more and fly back to the start

>Turning in Robigo missions
>Most of them instantly makes me friendly with whatever faction runs the station
>It's all Alliance territory
>I'm an Imperial

>>124797589
The selling price just goes up with the further you go from where you bought it. However you get diminishing returns after a certain distance, I believe somebody before said it was around 160ly.

>>124796350
newfigue here, whats a robigo long haul?

>>124798707
That's where you rake in the cash. Lurk moar.

if almost all ships are named after snakes, what kind of snake is the ASP named after?

>>124799928
only this manufacturer
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Faulcon_DeLacy

>>124799928
The Asp.
Usually refers to the Egyptian Cobra these days.

>>124800132
>http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Faulcon_DeLacy

Fer-de-lance is a snake too, and that was designed by Zorgon Peterson.

>>124800132
Diamondbacks are snakes too and they are by Lakon.

>>124801154
>Fer-de-lance
huh, I always thought they just meant that as fancy foreign Spearhead because it kinda looks like one

What are some higher level ships to avoid if you don't want to be a shitter?

>>124802561
Fer the lance means lance tip in French, but is also used to refer to a certain species of snake in central and south america.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_asper

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JESUS CHRIST I JUST WANT TO REACH ELITE I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE LONG RANGE SMUGGLING HELP ME

I bought it in the sale, and I have an adder at the moment.

How do I begin to not suck at dogfighting? Even in the blue zone of the throttle I can never turn around to face my opponents.

>>124803075
By not using the Adder.

>>124803075
Well for starters you don't use a fucking Adder for combat.

>>124803426
>>124803405
But the wiki says it is one of the most maneuverable ships.

>>124803075
>>124803462
upgrade it, don't use stock

>>124803594
And by upgrading he meant was get an Eagle or a Viper that actually do combat well.

>>124803075
The basic thing is to pitch and roll, don't just yaw because yawing is slow. The second thing is the further you are from the enemy the more distance they have to cover to move one degree of arc from your perspective. Also try using the translational thrusters in the opposite direction you are turning.

What is a good multirole cobra build?

>>124804213
>multirole
Unless you wanna try poor man's piracy there is no need or point to equip multirole as you will only gimp yourself from doing anything well. There is no multirole.

>>124787704
This game isn't for you MMOfag.

The little Imperial Fighter is a bitch to go up against because it's so hard to hit and agile, but it dies like a gnat against any real firepower. You only need to hit it 2-4 times for it to go down.

It's especially hilarious if you have seeker missiles.

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>>124804648
>tfw dual plasma accelerators fired on unsuspecting foes

>Join ED facebook group
>See hordes of dads and elderly men profess their love over the game and how it saved their lives
>See dads complain about the toxicity of Open Play and how their sideys and cobras get blown out of the sky

Oh man, I am so tempted to just take a fighter on the side and kit it out as a Dadkiller. I mean, jesus, go play Microsoft Flight Simulator if want to avoid all risks. All this bawwwing just makes my bloodlust rise.

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>>124804851
The fire rises
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h7UPVOz6MU

>interdict outlaw
>destroy him before the FSD cooldown even finishes

Glorious.

>"Don't panic! I've been sent to find you!"
How would the knowledge that some organization somewhere is sending specialists after me inspire me not to panic?

>>124805680
He's not a specialist, he's an idiot who wants you to do a dumb quest and you should blow his ship to pieces.

>>124806584
Would I get fined for doing so?

hump

>>124804851
I never understood why people complain so much about getting pvp'd in open play, it's just the risk that comes with it.
I don't like pvp myself but it's not like it's hard to avoid, they literally put in a mode so you can just never have to deal with it.

>>124809723
Exactly.
To my opinion they should just ditch Solo just to antagonise all the forumdads.

>>124809861
ED belongs to them now, that's why they're pricing the cut content so high.

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Which one is more fun? Fighting or trading/smuggling?
vulture or asp?

>>124810587
Fighting.
Smuggling can be fun if you do piracy.
Trading sucks dick.

>>124810587
Trading is for dads when it comes to Fun™
Better blow said dads out of the sky. Shame the galaxy is so big and most encounters are NPC's. I would love some roight 'n proppa dadtrolling.

Not getting any good missions in rohigo, was this just a ruse?

>>124812026
What trader rank do you have?

>>124812172
Broker.

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>tfw all this cool battle damage will be completely gone next time I fly to a station

Newfriend here.
Am trying to rank up in empire for the Imperial Courier, but I haven't really done missions before and every mission I do for Empire allied factions takes like 30 minutes on average.
This is so fucking slow and I havent seen a single navy mission yet, is there a better way to be farming ranks? Usually there isn't even any empire allied missions to accept at all in the 3 empire controlled systems ive been farming.

>>124814130
>This is so fucking slow
Welcome to the grind.

>>124814130
Do the Hip 105408 and Diabingo mission loop

>>124814130
I've gone up a couple of ranks (to the one above the courier requirement, can't remember what they're called) in a few days, mostly just doing missions in between regular trading.
I've been running around a bunch of different systems getting a bunch of imperial factions to like me a little bit rather than just sitting at a single cluster of systems and grinding them out though.

>>124814521
I thought you had to do combat missions to get this secret "skill points", how did you rank up that fast with a trader ship? Did you not do combat missions?

>>124814353
Thanks will check that out

>>124814353
Do you mean trading between these? I cant seem to find anything about this mission loop online.

>>124814784
what?
my combat rank is completely harmless because I've literally only killed a single ship the entire time I've been playing and I've never done a combat mission. I've just been trading and I've gotten that rank up to Merchant so I get some more trading missions to do, but as far as I'm aware just regular commodities trucking also helps you get better rep with the minor imperial factions as long as it's between imperial stations. whenever I've gotten the rank advancement missions appearing there always seems to be multiple, including one to take some goods somewhere or find some commodity and bring it back, and I just pick them instead of any of the combat related ones.

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ITS HAPPENING

which station should I take this to, senpai?

>>124814130
If you've got dosh, do charity missions for empire factions.

>>124814130
refresh stations for charity missions, donate and keep doing so until the promotion appears

>>124815047
Yes, something like that
>go to hip 105408
>get any mission related to diabingo
>go to diabingo
>get any mission related to hip105408

Both are empire so it should increase your rep, also they sometimes ask for charity.

>>124815220
I see, I saw someone earlier saying that you had to do combat related shit to get this hidden stat called "skill points" or whatever, in order to rank up in the naval progression. Theres so much misleading info on the web tho, so I dunno. I dont think trading missions are worth picking up for me anyways since Im "mostly penniless", guess Ill keep doing combat missions or maybe increase my combat rank a bit to take better ones.

>>124815338
>>124815723
Are these not super rare? Ive been to these 3 empire controlled stations like 10 times each and I never saw charity for an empire allied faction, only a few for a federation faction.

>>124815803
Oh yeah, when both the giver and taker of missions are empire allied I guess thats a lot more efficient. Ill see if its close enough or I might just find 2 or more neighboring empire systems elsewhere, thanks.

>>124815915
yeah, not saying you should change or anything, but as far as I'm aware it's more just grinding some rep with the different minor factions which can be done in various ways
and also if you open up the galaxy map, there should be somewhere in there where you can display what area of inhabited space is empire controlled, and if you make your way into there you can basically just fly around doing helpful stuff anywhere you like and you'll probably be gaining rep, which is how I've been doing it. you don't have to fly right to the middle or anything, but just head in that direction and you should be fine.
and yeah you should start seeing charity missions, which should be done whenever you can

>>124805015
I too enjoy destroying eagles

40% off python where

>>124815915
1.5/Horizons introduces a progress bar for navy rank so it stops being guesswork.

Combat is worth more for navy progress but it's certainly not the only way.

>>124816472

Ruse Orbital in KY Duplicity.

>>124815275
Wrong artifact, dipshit. You need the unknown one.

>>124815915
Charity missions depend on the local economy and stability. A system where all factions are in economic bust, civil war and the station is falling apart could have nothing but charity missions.

>>124816842
They only have Conda and Corvette for that discount, no sign of python.

>>124793434
Loved the fdl, but it has so many downsides compared to its upsides.

It just needs a bit more jumprange like 5 ly.

>>124817364
Too bad. Here's a PP upgrade that reduces your range another 2LY.

>>124816270
OK sounds fair enough, thanks for the help, feel a bit more encouraged now.

>>124816578
Thank god, I will hopefull already have the courier before then but thats gonna help farming the clipper.

>>124817095
Stuff like that is really good to know, thanks. I wish this game had a giant guide book.

>>124817772
>imperial ships

Are you sure about that?

Is CQC rewarding?

>>124817063
aw man, and I just made it to Braham Station

>>124817958
I was told the imperial courier was a really good bounty hunter for the money, and I like the faction, so why not.

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>>124818571
>I like the faction

>>124818971
Federation seems a lot more popular to me, and I sure as heck won't go with the hippies. Always preffered alien aesthetic ships over terrans classic floating metal boxes anyway.

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>>124819319
Erm.. are you sure the Federation seems more popular?

>>124818571
Don't get me wrong I like gutamaya stuff too. But those ships are not the best sadly. Just think about the clipper struggling to have 400mj of shields and the usual terrible hard point placement

I'm still not sure about horizons... they just haven't really explained what theres to do on planets and why you'd want to do them.

Landing and fighting on planets is cool and all but what's the point if they're just as empty as space?

>>124819612
Fucking nothing. Shouldn't come as a surprise.

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>>124754753
Release date for Horizons is Dec. 15th

Rejoice Dads

So is base building in Horizons going to work how station building works now?
Or do we do it ourselves?

>>124819462
Well Im just going with the courier initially I think, to do some bounty hunting and add some variety to my wing which consists of 3 almost identical ships atm, after that I'm not sure. Isn't the courier decent though? Saw it in several lists of "best combat ships" being praised for its shields or something.

>>124819435
Anime worshipping faction run by slaves = normie faction? Dunno if I see your point

>>124819947
The whole of Reddit supports Anime Duval is what I meant.

>>124818571
The courier is ludicrous. 200MJ base shields on something as small as an eagle and the boost acceleration is so high it should be fatal to the pilot.

>>124820041
If the reason for that is because of the imperial waifu princess I'd imagine its a lot more popular in this hole though. I think you misjudge the what the average person on this website thinks of anime.

>>124820180
Good to hear, I like shields.

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>>124820314
We are far more /edg/y. At least used to be.

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>>124820791
Is that an albino nigger from space.

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>>124821930
Precisely that

So should I pre-order Horrizon now?

>>124804851
Wow edgy.

Sounds fun as fuck

>>124820041
God I hate that bitch, her fucking platform is trash too. She talks about slavery as if it was southern plantation type slavery when that's illegal in the empire already. Empire is on some Rome/Code of Hammurabi type shit with debt clearing slavery where they have actual rights. Literally nothing wrong with that. Basically fucking maids/butlers with shittier pay

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>>124822640
OF COURSE, GOY

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>>124820041
Yeah, naw.

Waifufag subreddit is a complete shithole of sweaty neckbeards.

Check ALD's subreddit, fuckers have everything planned out, strategized, segregated and organized.

They have fucking spreadsheets for powerplay, which show you what to do to support power at first glance. It's like playing in a well organized EVE corp, only without commiting your life to it.

>>124822054
>6 out of 10 are male
how the fuck is that a problem, how is that a bad ratio, thats more female politicans than you'd find irl and they're leaders of entire factions

>>124823059
To be fair, there's more than enough places and people in the Empire that abuse the slavery systems, hence the occasional rebellions that happen.

>>124823214
Because progressives are stupid lot that think that because women make up 50% of the population they should also make up 50% of leadership positions regardless of other qualifications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-r4pPrHarw

anyone around to drive on planets together right now ?

whats better?

huge cannon or huge plasma accelerator?

>>124804932

How does the bounty system work? Let's say I kill a player in Kremainn and Federation space; am I then wanted by the entire Federation or just within the Kremainn system? Can I hop on over to a neighbouring system and pay my bounty off there?

I want to try Space IRA'ing when I get enough money for a Vulture, but I don't want to get my shit pushed in by space cops.

>>124826241
Huge monkey trouble

>>124826241
I would like to know this as well.

>>124827169
You will only be wanted by the security forces of that system.

>>124826241
both are about the same accuracy wise.

imo go with cannon because its low maintenance and it won't overheat your ship in 2 shots like the plasma will while doing about as much damage.

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Fuck I hate the bounds/bh turn-in system.

You just fly around in CZ or RES having fun, shooting stuff, and then suddenly some fucker mass locks you and wrecks you and you lose everything you earned for an hour or whatever, plus insurance.

Yeah, yeah, whatever, hardcore gaming, my fault. Doesn't make it any less idiotic that you can't radio-in the kills. Especially in CZ, where your faction is right fucking there to confirm them.

>>124829639
Blame the space bureaucracy.

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>Corvette requires Rear Admiral

JUST

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>>124830050
Glory to the grind
Praise the Vision™
May your progression be fulfilling
getting the Corvette fucking never

>>124830050
>Rear Admiral
I can't think of anything else butbutts when I hear this.

>>124831450
I somehow managed to do spoilers other way around holy shit

>>124831280
I nearly died of boredom while getting Post Commander, and I thought it would be enough. Fuck braben and his no-fun game
I have preordered horizons

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>>124832006
I on the other hand am merely a Warrant Officer. Image is me when I have finally reached Rear Admiral.

I have preordered Horizons as well

>>124832306
>Rear Admiral

GOD DAMN IT

I'm a fucking recruit.

>>124832306
You're what's wrong with this industry

>>124832623
I would've bought it anyway as this is pretty much the only game I play as it is closest to my dreams at the moment. Preordering got it cheaper for me.

>>124830050
Well I'll probably never own one considering I've been stuck at ensign forever.

>>124833762
don't worry about it

the corvette is shit anyway

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>>124832596
I don't even know how to rank up.

I guess I'll grab an exploration ship with a fuel scoop and automated repair and leave the civilized bubble forever, to take on the galaxy to explore vast nothingness of space, as far away as I can, before I die.

>>124834059
That's the most mind-boggling thing for me. It's worse than the Anaconda in several aspects, but it costs more AND it requires an absurdly high rank to purchase. What. The. Fuck brabo

>>124834059
Yeah I figured as much, FDev seems to think that an extra huge hardspoint, which has shit gun choices, is worth shorting the Corvette on 2 large hard points vs the Anaconda, and then the Cutter get 2 large and 4 medium and has better shields, and is faster and more maneuverable than the other two, which means it will chew the other two up for breakfast. Gee I wonder which faction FDev likes the most.

>>124835058
>>124835262
how does the cutter compare to the anaconda anyway?

>>124835262
Cutter is comparable to T9 in maneverability. It's only strength is speed.

>>124835512
more cargo, faster, less shields, less maneuverability, comparable firepower

is rare trading with a cobra worth it or should i just bounty hunt with it until i get an ASP

>>124836778
Trading will always be quicker than combat at generating money per hour.

Is there a better Bounty Hunting ship than an FDL at this time?

>>124835262
The Cutter's maneuverability is utter dogshit. The rest of it is ok.

>>124823059
Only reason I joined her was to get Prismatics for my Annie then I left. Hit it and quit it.

>>124837492
Assault ship is the best.

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>>124830050
>haha no it can't be
>mfw it's real

Anyone knows the rank for Cutter?

>>124838480
Same as Corvette but Empire equivalent.

>>124838480
Duke

So, let me get this straight.

I can fly over to Torval's control systems, pick up slaves, and then sell them in Delane's control systems for a shit load of cash?

>>124838552
Just checked it's Duke.

>>124838636
yes
slave trading is lodsa dosh

>>124838789
Just did a one-way trade from LTT 8517 to NGBATO.

In my Python, with all 268 tons of cargo being Imperial Slaves, I made 2.5K profit per ton.

Not that great, honestly.

>>124839802
Some of them are better than others, I was doing one earlier that was a bit over 3k per ton, which for my broke ass and dodgy old type-6 was pretty good

If I'm going to start the Navy Rank grind, what kinda ship should I have?
I'm guessing a combat ship.

>>124840040
Python will do fine.

>>124839962
Well, for me, that's still a profit of over 600,000.

It's not terrible, but I have done better just trading slaves in ALD space.

Is python still on sale?
How much?
Where?

>>124759267
underrated post

Should I just get a T9 and grind out Elite on Trade so I never have to grind for money again, or am I fooling myself in thinking a billion credits will be enough?

>>124841680
You get an Anaconda to grind out trading. 1 billion will be enough for a fully decked out anaconda. If you want a fully decked out corvette or cutter too then you better get comfy in your space trucking chair.

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This is not the right choice...


right?

>>124843827
5 plasma is fun
3 beam 2 whatever is sensible

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>>124759267
[yells externally]

>>124759267
I don't understand...

So Horizons crafting system is going to make me explore a lot more.
Is Asp still the best until you can afford a Conda?

>>124844669
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUCzFFrMM9I

>>124849620
see >>124844669

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Reminder that the beam laser is shit.

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>>124849826

I'm currently mining with two size 2 lasers and a size 5 collector limpet controller (3 collectors.)

Will I mine faster than they collect? Am I losing ore here?

>>124850134
That's cool and all, but isn't the beam a burst damage weapon?

Pulse is more consistent and efficient, yes, but beam has more raw DPS, which basically means that pulse wins hands down if you have 100% time on-target, but the less time on-on-target you have, the better beam is?

So, essentially, pulse is better for taking down larger, slower ships which you can track easily, and beam is a better choise to target more agile ships than yours.

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post sphess

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>thought I read that Horizons was 15$ for owners of Dangerous
>It's actually just 15$ off
>have to pay 45$ to get this patch
christ, FD

>>124851426
But it's not a patch, it's a season pass, goy

You will get everything that gets released after it, for absolutely free!

untill the next season

>>124850815
That's true, but unless your ship has a lot of kinetic weapons or is clumsy, you should burn through that energy before the enemy is dead, especially if you're using gimbals. A beam comes in handy when you have something to take over once the shield is down.

>>124851426
Just get it already, goy.

>>124851426
Just wait until season 3 and another $45.

Why does everyone recommend noobs go to RES sites to bounty hunt? I just spent over an hour drifting around praying that a wanted ship will start a fight that they can't handle, and it never happened. Even against Deadly internal service agents, they just don't seem to lose. The mining ships that get attacked don't even fight back, they just try to run and die every single time, so it's not like I can help them out and win by numbers.

>>124853348
what happend here

>>124853083
You're supposed to kill the wanted ship anon.

>>124854827
As soon as I attack it, it stops what it's doing and wrecks my shit. The last couple threads, people were saying you're supposed to wait until the police are about to kill it and attack it within 15 seconds of it dying.

>>124854968
you're not in a HAZARDOUS RES aren't you?
That's what you should do. Just wait for a battle to start and tag the ship with the least armor left. shoot your lazors at it till it goes down. Then just stay with the cops.
Get a kill warrant scanner as well.

Where were you when the pirates showed up?
I was on a landing pad at an outpost.

phone rings
hello this is pirate
gib cargo
no

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>>124857518
>mfw noone ever talked to me even when i saw other players
i just wanted to kill someone in self defense

>>124857518
>Get interdicted by another player
>Gib cargo
>No cargo scanner? Okay boss!
>Shit out an endless stream of limpit mines

Those Jew boys at ftroop really need to put mine droppers on utility slots.

Or make them actually do damage to other ships...fucking ftroop

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>>124851282
I fucking love astroids fields in this game. Just silent run in an anaconda and do full speed ramming little ships.

>>124858963
>ftroop
>Hey lets make mines shoot out the FRONT of your ship
>What can possibly go wrong?

Do I have to pledge to Arissa Lavigny-Duval to get her bonus to bounty payouts or can I just go fly around in her space and shoot shit for more money?

>>124860096
>>124858963
Would be nice if some of the shitter weapons got some love. Actually it would be nice if the warhead weapons were on separate hardpoints like in the Frontier games. That way taking missiles wouldn't gimp your regular damage and missiles wouldn't need to be balanced directly against guns.

It would be nice if they could do anything at all. Just give missiles their pre-nerf stats back, but limit ships to only 1 missile/torpedo launcher. That way, they can still do damage, but you have to really decide where you want to use them, and it stops people from just spamming them.

>>124858726

>get interdicted by another player
>no cargo scanner
>"I have no cargo, scan if you dont believe me"
>"I dont have a scanner"
>"Are you fucking serious you fag"
>boost away

Seems like theres literally no use for having kinetic weapons on a Vulture. Class 3 lasers do about as much damage as a Cannon without having to pay for ammo or missing your shots.

>>124860201
No idea. Wish I knew so I could fly out from Zach-space. Most of my money is from shooting NPCs

>>124856742
Yeah that's what I've been doing. Looks like I was just getting unlucky. I found one that actually had a fair amount of decent cops and got a few million

>Servers keep disconnecting
welp

>>124860201
>>124864152
Yes you have to be pledged to her and rank 2 for 20/30/40/50% bonuses and rank 5 for 100% bonus.

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So where are the ships?

>>124865001

You can help it along by instigating with the pirates and then running to the cops, but that can still end with your shit getting pushed in.

Saw this on Steam. Is it fun, should I buy it?

>>124850807

I ran with two med mining lasers and C3+C3+C1 collectors (5 limpets total) and that was enough to hoover up all the frags without any decaying.

I'd C1 prospector to get maximum yield, get up close to the roid and mine until depleted. A couple minutes later the collectors have finished sweeping up the fragments.

>>124871083
People actually run prospectors? Why not just shoot the roid and look at that pops out?

>>124869747

Are you running E-grade sensors?

>>124871627

Prospectors double the yield of the asteroid they're attached to. ie: twice as many frags before depleted.

Did anyone see the trailer? It makes Horizons look good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_E6jCGusM

>>124871794
Well shit. Fucking wiki.

Dual Pulse, Dual Burst, or Dual Beam on a vulture?

>>124854539
Game bugged. But it would be nice to see crashed stations.

>>124851426
Think of it as paying yearly for an MMO instead of monthly.

>>124872451
It really should be free or at least a lot cheaper, there's not enough content to justify it being $45.

>>124872501
>Think of it as paying yearly for an MMO instead of monthly.
Except that would require ED to actually have the features of a MMO, like player clans/guilds/groups, not punishing players for grouping, group content, endgame, etc., etc.

>>124872361
pulse

>>124872168
>It makes Horizons look good.

You lied to me. That doesn't good at all.

>>124872501
>MMO

E:D is not an MMO, get the fuck out.

>>124872168
>Inception BWWAAHH intensifies

>>124872839
I don't get why they hate those things so much.

Why is there an unrepentant shill in this thread?

>>124872501
No braben you fucking kike, I'm not buying your unfinished game twice.

It's still fucking unfinished you retard. Fucking hell, would you hire the intern already, the kids probly tired of doing all your work, all his work and shitposting on the forums as pecisk

>>124873105
Because they made a single player game, then made it online only and tried to sell it as an MMO to justify it. Which is sad as the game would make a pretty decent MMO, if they would just actually treat it like one.

>>124873320
Okay thanks.

>>124851861
>But it's not a patch, it's a season pass, goy
>You will get everything that gets released after it, for absolutely free!
I love how FDev keeps talking about seasons. What did the first season get us?

1.1 Community Goals: Wow it's fucking nothing.
1.2 Wings: Basic functionality should have been in the initial release.
1.3 Powerplay: LOL
1.4 CQC: Why?
1.5 Ships: Probably the best part.

Maybe we will get Galactic Rally Championship (GRC) for Horizons. A separate racing mode where you can use power ups like triple red fire rockets and the much-feared blue EMP missile, which homes straight in on the leader!

>>124873713
>Maybe we will get Galactic Rally Championship (GRC) for Horizons.
Given what they did with CQC, I would not be surprised. I'm still hoping beyond hope that they will realize their mistake and fold CQC into the regular game universe some how.

>>124873713
>
Maybe we will get Galactic Rally Championship (GRC) for Horizons. A separate racing mode where you can use power ups like triple red fire rockets and the much-feared blue EMP missile, which homes straight in on the leader!
Not gonna lie, that sounds way more fun than CQC or this powerplay garbage.