Dubbedinenglish
Banned
It's their "heat sink" launcher.
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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
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It's their "heat sink" launcher.
wesleyshark
Banned
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
Could you spoiler tag this please? A lot of new players and some people might still be catching up on the lore.
wesleyshark
Banned
Got my Cobra, got a fuel scoop. almost no money left.
Almost shredded it during fuel scooping like a newbie. Whew... And wow, a loooong way to the Plejades, but will be worth it
The cobra is a great ship early on. I hope you both enjoy!
wesleyshark
Banned
Is that fast route or the economic route
Joseph Merrick
Member
oh yeah. both the tobacco and the lavian brandy cgs going at the same time. should be some easy millions to get on both. if people in general bother to finish them. seems like 50mill for top10% on both
edit: wonder if the brandy cg will make it actually, since it's quite a few jumps and you can only take 5 at a time. hm
edit: wonder if the brandy cg will make it actually, since it's quite a few jumps and you can only take 5 at a time. hm
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Damnit all this trader money. Gonna get a type 6 fitted and get out there, though I don't want to leave my Vulture halfway across the stars if the aliens get fresh.
It seems unlikely they'll come to kill us all before 2.2 hits, and then you'll be able to use ship transfer.
Joseph Merrick
Member
those stream people, a stream that was linked a few pages back, were completely convinced they'll have the aliens nuke out the entire current human bubble and have us all pick up and race across the galaxy to set up a new bubble. anyone think they'll do anything remotely like that for the aliens? I just can't see that happening. lave forever!
edit: the brandy is up to 25 tons now. lol. I just brought 5.
edit: the brandy is up to 25 tons now. lol. I just brought 5.
Where did you pick up the brandy from?
Just dropped off some Tobacco for the other CG.
Joseph Merrick
Member
lave
Thanks. Makes sense, lol
Joseph Merrick
Member
you can only get 5 for one trip I think btw
Felix Lighter
Member
The closest I think they would come to something like that would be to allow them to overrun Obsidian Orbital or something like that.
Hmmmm... smuggle tobacco with my Anaconda or Lavian Brandy with my FSD boosted ASP.... hmmmm... I'm sure whichever I choose the payout will be a disappointment.
Joseph Merrick
Member
if the payout is half that previous one for the clues like it looks, it said 100mill top for that other one and 50mill top for these, it'll be alright-- at least for me. but I did get 100mill for the narcotics hehe.
plus the tobacco makes you a pretty nice profit just running it without even thinking about the extra payout, doesn't it? I get like a total robot doing these runs, watching a tv show or listening to podcasts on the other computer, so I haven't really noticed clearly what the payout is on the tobacco-- it's like 50% profit? edit: eh more like 30%
plus the tobacco makes you a pretty nice profit just running it without even thinking about the extra payout, doesn't it? I get like a total robot doing these runs, watching a tv show or listening to podcasts on the other computer, so I haven't really noticed clearly what the payout is on the tobacco-- it's like 50% profit? edit: eh more like 30%
Felix Lighter
Member
I'll do the tobacco just because it's more reliable, though I'll be getting lots of fast Anaconda docking practice I guess. Maybe it would be better to go the safer route with my Asp for smuggling? I'm not worried about my docking ability but I'm worried that getting scanned just reaching the station will be a problem with the slow Anaconda.
So, on my second run to Lave, I could only get 3 insteast of 5. Do I need to login later for the brandy to restock?
Oh man this game looks beautiful, even on my alpha I get high quality. Still playing with the flight controls to find a set up I like. Newbie question time. I was attacked during a mission and they left salvage behind. Do I use the cargo scoop to grab it? I deployed it, but I can't figure out how to get the cargo into the hold...
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
On the detailed scanner it should turn into a blue box, line up the container in the box and fly to it, keep your speed low to capture it. If you go too fast the outer lines flash red.
Felix Lighter
Member
Joseph Merrick
Member
I'm trying to collect ships. hehe, that's really my end mission in the game and has been since it came out, to have all the ships. I've got them all parked at the starter station. got almost all the ones you can get without ranks now.
I do get temporary ones I sell off again when I move around at different parts of the galaxy for different loadouts or bigger cargoholds or whatever. but I'm trying to get one of every ship with my favourite ones being completely perfect upgraded as I like to use them back at the starter station. heh. good fun
Felix Lighter
Member
I use a kitted out Cobra MK3 for missions a lot. I don't keep all my ships, especially early on when money was tight but I do keep a few. I have an Asp Explorer, a Cobra MK3, an FDL and an Anaconda at the moment. It can be a pain to find the components for a ship so I like to have a collection for different tasks. Cobra MK3 for missions or putting myself at high risk, like flying around a community point of interest in open, Asp Explorer for smuggling or making long trips, the Anaconda for trading CGs and mining and the FDL for killing shit.
Caesar III
Member
hm, perhaps VR really is helping here that much. It was early days where people were scared of the airlock and they scared me as well. I don't have a problem at all to fly through it to be honest. I even use it with Flight Assist off all the time. Need to try this without VR/3D. Perhaps this really is helping as much with perception of the depth in the airlock. Interesting nevertheless.
Chaff and Boost and you should be good. I used it with a Class 4 bi-weave shield for some time. Was enough to evade and run
Why!? But anyways, this should not stop you from this content. He does it exceptional well.
With 2.1 you can use bookmarks. Prior to this I used Sidewinders like everyone else. Besides this I did not sell some ships important to me or if I intend to use them again. So I have an Eagle somewhere, my Federal Assault Ship kitted for combat in RES and my all purpose Anaconda better kittet now thanks to the CG
Lost 28 million credits with it already because it was too kitted too bad for RES hunting when the police is turning their heads for a brief moment haha. Both of them are at Ohm Station in LHS 20 right now because the RES (haz and high) are only few Ls away.And there's a exploration ASP Explorer stored somewhere as well.
wesleyshark
Banned
At the edges of sanity and madness.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I have every ship I ever bought. EXCEPT my fist Clipper. I had to sell it to afford a Python. This was back before FDev was granting $100,000,000 community goals so money was hard to come by because ship progression was the content. I did eventually rebuy my Clipper.
My current garage:
- Original Sidewinder, right where I left it in Evarate. To be painted golden whenever I make my way back to it
- Second Sidewinder, maxed out because I could
- Cobra 3
- Cobra 4
- Diamondback Explorer (waste of money)
- Asp (with 6 rails :-3 )
- Python
- FdL (still quad hammers. Don't know if viable anymore)
- FdL (for alternate loadout)
- Anaconda, fully battlefitted, around $40 mill rebuy
- Imperial Eagle (much speed)
- Imperial Courier
- Imperial Courier (some other loadout)
- Imperial Clipper (replacement for original)
- Imperial Cutter, fully battle fitted, ~$50 mill rebuy
- Federal Assault Ship
- Federal Gunship
- Federal Corvette, obviously fully battle fitted (still rocking dual PAs; haven't flown it recently to try out new C4 options)
All ships are maxed and configured for their purpose. Every ship other than the smallest fitted with military armor or mirrored. To date only my Cutter has received Engineer mods because it's the only ship I've been in since starting Engineer stuff a few weeks ago. I do go back and fly any and all of them depending on my mood, since money is no longer an object to me. And since I'm sure you want to know:
Favorite ship overall - Imperial Courier. I could die happy in this ship.
Favorite small hull ship - Imperial Courier.
Favorite medium hull ship - FdL.
Favorite large hull ship - Undecided between Corvette, Cutter, and Conda. They all feel special in their own way and bring something to the table the other 3 do not, making them fun to drive and fight in, depending on my mood.
Caesar III
Member
Sick! Sounds like 4 billion of assets. What was your main type of income? Robigo? Bounty Hunting? What's your game time overall and what are your Combat/Trading/Exploration ranks?
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
So I'm under 5% rank from getting the Sol permit, which means i'll definitely be able to make the trip there tonight.
However I'm kinda curious, how is the imperial courier because I think I might stop farming federation rank and switch to getting rank 3 with the imperials because that ship looks like a viper that moves like an eagle, it looks like a super fun bounty hunting ship.
Anyone have any impressions?
However I'm kinda curious, how is the imperial courier because I think I might stop farming federation rank and switch to getting rank 3 with the imperials because that ship looks like a viper that moves like an eagle, it looks like a super fun bounty hunting ship.
Anyone have any impressions?
wesleyshark
Banned
The courier is a damn blast to fly. And it looks great to boot.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
What's an A rated fit for that beast look like anyways? I've got ~18m to play with.
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
You are fine to do incremental upgrades. You get 100% back on the sale of components. That is why you always want to strip your ship (sell parts / swap parts for the cheapest possible) before you sell them.
Joseph Merrick
Member
damn, the vulture is fun. just bought one for the first time. killing some bounties. it's a total beast with dual pulse lasers. my god
I spent all my money on a couple trade missions, and loading up on Beryllium to get even more money.
Wish me luck.
Nice.
Wish me luck.
Nice.
It's the most beautiful thing ever. Get the Courier and you'll never want to fly in anything else. I have to force myself into my trader ships simply because of how drop dead gorgeous and luxurious the Courier is. Mind you, mine is on the path of being turned into a killing machine lol.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I love getting those data delivery mission updates that basically challenge you to how fast you can dock and turn the mission in. It's such a fun extra challenge to docking, in fact I think it might have made me better at it. I can now successfully dock in under 1 minute from the moment I drop out of super cruise.
I like where your head is at, mind sharing your proposed murder machine build?
I like where your head is at, mind sharing your proposed murder machine build?
Anton Sugar
Member
So is the tobacco cg worth doing? I have a vulture now but a couple million credits, could get a decent enough cargo ship, just don't know if I should bother. Heard top goal is 50m payout right now.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm at 2100 tons and that has me at top 30% so far on the tobacco cg. Making about 1mil Cr per 420 ton run in the Anaconda. Was scanned just once so far in 5 trips. 500K fine for the 420 tones.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
IM COMING HOME BOYS!
Joseph Merrick
Member
500k fine! hehe. solid
it's just one tier. so the top10% is 50mill no matter what probably. if it follows the tiers of the 100mill narcotics one but half it'll be, 10%-50mill, 30%-25mill, 70%-5mill and 100%-200k. really easy to get into the top70% so it's definitely worth it.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Greetings Earth! How's it going?
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