Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I use TrackIR every time I play Elite, ETS2, or FSX, and it never bothers my neck. You can set the motion sensitivity, maybe yours is set to require a long range of motion?
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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
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I use TrackIR every time I play Elite, ETS2, or FSX, and it never bothers my neck. You can set the motion sensitivity, maybe yours is set to require a long range of motion?
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
I do that more than I'd like to admit. You got to wait for that scan!
Joseph Merrick
Member
actually just broke my trackclip pro the other day. that god damned swivel joint
If you've actually used a decent tracking system, you'll know that issues like that simply don't exist. Do you really think people would use them if they were as much of a (excuse the pun) pain in the neck as you say?
That said, you do know that head trackers are adjustable, right? I turn my head maybe eight or ten degrees to get full 100+ degree in-game camera movement. I'm never not pointing my face at the screen, regardless of how much I'm looking around.
I think what I said is being taken as a critique when it was meant more jovially. You know when you tense up during section of an intense game? You know how that happens more so during an extended session? That's what I'm talking about. I'm not saying head tracking is bad. I'm not saying Elite Dangerous is bad.
The Cowboy
Member
Not a bad session in my AspX bounty ship, sat in the HighRes helping the cops and made 2.3mil in just over 30 mins and got into the top 25 on my 1st outing of the CG (triple anaconda spawn, 4 FDLs and a bunch of dropships and then small things like vipers and Asp's).
Weirdly, despite handing in 2.3mil worth of bounty's into Sullivan Dock , the CG shows me only me at 1.6mil towards the goal - but whatever, gonna head out again before the end of the goal for another bit of shooty shooty bang bang in the hope of top 10 placement.
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I think i'm gonna get Voice Attack for this, this game just suits voice commands ("Computer, deploy weapons!!!!") so well that i am surprised its not built in.
Weirdly, despite handing in 2.3mil worth of bounty's into Sullivan Dock , the CG shows me only me at 1.6mil towards the goal - but whatever, gonna head out again before the end of the goal for another bit of shooty shooty bang bang in the hope of top 10 placement.
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I think i'm gonna get Voice Attack for this, this game just suits voice commands ("Computer, deploy weapons!!!!") so well that i am surprised its not built in.
They're very delicate. Have you contacted their support?
Every time I've finished bagging a wanted person, I immediately switch to my next load out with KW Scanner. I don't have to worry about accidently being a bit too trigger happy.
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
VoiceAttack is awesome for Elite. I highly recommend the preconfigured voicepacks from hcsvoicepacks dot com. There are some free profiles out there and you can always set up your own. I used my own custom profile for a long time and eventually bought the ASTRA pack. I don't have any regrets on it.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
The damn locusts have eaten all the gold lol
Joseph Merrick
Member
Nah. I've gotten so much use out of it the last 7-8 years I didn't mind just buying another one. I'll tape up this one too at some point--will probably work perfectly, never use that joint anyway.
wesleyshark
Banned
Today's adventures in ice and fire
Rhomega Beta
Member
I have a question about sharing exploration data in a Wing. So I'm scanning systems with one other person. When I scan things, he can see it, but when he scans things, I can't see it, and I want to know why. Things to note:
1. I'm the Wing Leader
2. I'm the only one with a Planetary Surface Scanner.
3. He's the only one with an Advanced Discovery Scanner. Sometimes when he use the DS, I get the planet locations mapped out.
1. I'm the Wing Leader
2. I'm the only one with a Planetary Surface Scanner.
3. He's the only one with an Advanced Discovery Scanner. Sometimes when he use the DS, I get the planet locations mapped out.
joecanada
Member
Anyone want to share vulture hardpoint loadouts . I'm loving the pulse laser plus cannon. I find the Canon pretty tough to hit small ships but it doesn't matter because that 3 pulse laser chews them up anyway. What you do is wait when they are turning and don't have much lateral speed or something and fire the Canon .... And of course the reason you have the Canon is for the big ships..... Ohhh man that 3 canon tears a hole in anything it hits. Most medium size ships that Canon will take 20℅ of the hull in one shot . Scary . And they have no prayer in dodging it .
May try a level 3 multicannon would be pretty sweet but they lack the penetrating power that Canon has.
Anyone ever tried two level 3 multicannon?
Ah yes I know what you mean. I think that the bounties are separated into like federation and local... And I think you only get credit for the cg with lft 133 bounties not the federation ones ?
May try a level 3 multicannon would be pretty sweet but they lack the penetrating power that Canon has.
Anyone ever tried two level 3 multicannon?
Ah yes I know what you mean. I think that the bounties are separated into like federation and local... And I think you only get credit for the cg with lft 133 bounties not the federation ones ?
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
On mine I'm rolling a fixed beam and gimballed multi. Beam is the heavy lifter and gives instant damage, plus it is fixed so can be used when they deploy chaff. I also find beam easier aim at modules. Got a lvl 1 mod for the capacity on the multi so it is the constant fire weapon. Always keep it on target to weaken shields, then do that sweet sweet beam damage.
joecanada
Member
Sounds sweet. I was worried about the power consumption of a beam laser but that sounds fun. What a roaster lvl 3 beam.
Damn, the Lavian brandy CG paid out for me! 10 million for two trips
Damn. That's a nice upgrade to an Asp Explorer right there.
If anyone wants to wing up for bounties, let me know. I'm going to jump a system to grab a 4B power plant, but I'll be right back.
CMDR Grief.exe
Did you see me winging up?
That was a ton of fun, I'm in the top 50% for that CG now. Looks like both the gold and bounty CGs will likely finish today.
CMDR Grief.exe
Did you see me winging up?
That was a ton of fun, I'm in the top 50% for that CG now. Looks like both the gold and bounty CGs will likely finish today.
50% for the bounties seems a lot easier than the gold haul. I'm gonna try to stay in that range for the duration.
How do you leave a wing? I accidentally joined one last night and then awkwardly left the extraction zone for repairs. The mobius pve group folks seem really nice, and it's nice that don't have to be so concerned with my bounties since it's PvE.
How do you leave a wing? I accidentally joined one last night and then awkwardly left the extraction zone for repairs. The mobius pve group folks seem really nice, and it's nice that don't have to be so concerned with my bounties since it's PvE.
Felix Lighter
Member
I've been primarily bounty hunting in one system for quite a while now. Unfortunately, 99% of the wanted ships are from one faction and now that faction is hostile towards me. I can't get around the system now without being interdicted over and over and over again. I guess that's the price of bounty hunting against one faction constantly. Unfortunately, all the other factions love me and they give me great well paying missions, but I may have to move on to a new system for now.
Once the other two CGs end I'm getting one. I pumped some more money into the Cobra. I've enjoyed that ship.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I dabble in a little of everything the game has to offer, but 90% of my game time is spent exploring. I kind of play Elite like a more interactive simulator version of Space Engine where I hunt for beautiful screenshots mostly, LOL.
Yeah you direct messaged me right as I was Jumping out of system and I rudely was unable to reply
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Mainly bounties and combat. My Asp now gives me some trade flexibility too.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Anyone still got a wing going for bounties? Just kitted out a decent Vulture to try and make some cash off the CG before it ends. Just gonna be floating around the nav beacon for now probably.
CMDR AOI SUISEI
Edit: shit I forgot I was pledged to the blue haired chick as well... Fed wrecked my shit so now I gotta make the trip back. Haha
CMDR AOI SUISEI
Edit: shit I forgot I was pledged to the blue haired chick as well... Fed wrecked my shit so now I gotta make the trip back. Haha
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
It's usually pretty easy to drop in to hazres on 2 or 3 and all for a wing invite.
I'll be back on in a few mins and I think grief is still doing his thing out there. We were in the hazres on 2.
Unless you are actively trying to do powerplay, you are better off just not pledging to anyone. It makes life a lot easier.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Yeah I was trying to get the prismatic shields a while back but that was months ago. Just un-pledged myself and should be back in the system soon.
SuperBanana
Banned
I first bought this when it came out but I got bored of it since it didn't really have much to do. I was thinking of jumping back in to try it again but do I need Horizon or would I still be ok with the original?
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
You can play without horizons. You just won't be able to land on planets or take advantage of anything requiring landing on planets like the engineers.
That's how you learn. Don't worry!
Yup. Now I know just how much wider a Cobra is over a Viper
BudokaiMR2
Member
Doesn't look like I am gonna have much luck with this bounty CG. There has been a wing of 4 just griefing everyone in the hazres site. Tried to leave and cash out before they got me but lost thrusters at the last second. =/
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
If the last bounty hunting CG has taught me anything it's that doing Bounty hunting CGs is better in solo, cops can't kill steal from you and you generally just end up making more money.
Joseph Merrick
Member
over 12k and almost 11k people doing these two cgs seems really good. elite is doing very well lately? was there a sale?
edit: also, very pleased with top10% on the gold and maybe 50% on the bounties. probably under 1 billion credits to go on the bounty cg now
edit: also, very pleased with top10% on the gold and maybe 50% on the bounties. probably under 1 billion credits to go on the bounty cg now
Seems I enjoy biting off more than i can chew. It left me spinning near the rings of an extraction zone with my thrusters at 0%. I was about to self destruct, when I saw the reboot option. I figured I'd give it a shot and lo and behold, my thrusters came back online and I limped home with 2% hull left.
The Cowboy
Member
There was indeed (1 was a month ago, and i think there was another one 2 weeks ago), i got it on Steam with the Base game, Horizons and the Commander pack for £26 (base game was £13, Horizons was £13 and if you bought both the Commander pack was free).
Same thing happened to me just after getting the game and upgrading to the Cobra M3, i was at a Nav beacon fighting wanted targets and shot a little to soon (hitting before the wanted bit popped up) and i got a 200 credit bounty on me - the cops went strait to "kill the cowboy" mode and i made it far enough away for them to stop but everything was dead and i had no canopy (with 5 mins on the clock for life support) etc and i was just spinning at 400mp/s into the sun - i was about to self destruct and noticed the reboot/repair button and got just enough to limp to the station (had to drop blind with no hud etc
).It was a great "Ohh shit!!!" to "Ohh HELL YES!!!" experience.
Joseph Merrick
Member
you haven't lived until you've had to reboot the ship computers to get home. best case scenario is if you've got canopy breach and have to reboot, highest stakes race against oxygen time. it's never happened to me that way but I'm rubbing my hands together imagining it
GodParticle
Member
I tried open for the first time. Within 15 minutes someone rammed my ship and then just blew me up....yeah, no thanks
Played 300 hours all in open. Never had this happen. Hell hardly ever even get into fights with another player unless I seek them out.
Were you at a station? Were you speeding? If you were speeding then even though they are the one that hit you, it is your fault that you died. If you are speeding near a station and hit someone else, the station will kill you. That's why the speed limit is there. If you hit someone and you aren't speeding then nothing will happen to you.
GodParticle
Member
Nah, I was next to a star trying to figure out how to find a black box when some guy kept doing fly-bys and ramming me. I ran away and then he followed me and blew my ship up