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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
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KaoteK
Member
Thanks very much, I'll check those out.
I'm a bit excited given Elite was the first game I ever got truly addicted to in the 80s.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
You have to complete missions given by Fed people. Doesn't matter the controlling faction.
Anton Sugar
Member
What's the point of loading up with collection limpets if you can just launch one that continuously and automatically brings back your mined resources? I was individually targeting and launching the limpets, which made them expire after one collection. Then I accidentally launched one without targeting and it stuck with me for the rest of the mining session, bringing back resources.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
They do expire so having lots will help, plus if you are mining you use one limpet per prospector launch.
It's incredibly slow and inefficient for large ships.
Probably going to have to do some more mining at some point to unlock whats-her-face engineer.
Heard about the buff to the Type-7, right after I'd bought mine.. hehe. Can't complain, I think they're increasing the purchase price of the ship as well, so my timing worked out pretty well.
I made just one run to the CG today and already got into the top 50%. Need to find better sources, though, or at least ones that are closer.
So much to do, though.. still got some drive and distributor upgrades to do on my Courier, and it looks like a few more upgrades after the patch to lighten my Asp, get some more jump range before I set off on my next trip across the galaxy.
Heard about the buff to the Type-7, right after I'd bought mine.. hehe. Can't complain, I think they're increasing the purchase price of the ship as well, so my timing worked out pretty well.
I made just one run to the CG today and already got into the top 50%. Need to find better sources, though, or at least ones that are closer.
So much to do, though.. still got some drive and distributor upgrades to do on my Courier, and it looks like a few more upgrades after the patch to lighten my Asp, get some more jump range before I set off on my next trip across the galaxy.
Caesar III
Member
Same for me. But I did rank up prior to trying it in BetaI was ranking up to get a corvette myself, then the beta started and i tried an A graded one - i no longer want a corvette (just don't like it at all) and as such am not worried about ranking up anymore
The Cutter on the other hand... <3Depends on your loadout. AFAIK the biggest Collector Limpet Controller can handle three of them at a time. On bigger ships you should use two of those to have 6 limpets at once. With those it's great to gather materials. You should not target mats that way though.
Augustiner
Neo Member
Are FSD Wake Scanners still a thing in the game? I have been to 10 or 15 stations which EDDB says may carry them, but have found nothing. I think I need one to collect some data for one of the engineers (Elvira?).
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Buff to the T-7? What are they buffing on the T-7? I know they are going to buff the Keelback next beta update, but the T-7 too?
EDIT: nm, found it:
Sandro Sammarco said:
That's great, that ups the max cargo of the T7 from 292 to 304. At least now the large T7 will be a superior trading ship than the medium sized Python, as it should be. Although it's not much more cargo room, just barely more.
Now if they just add one size 1 internal to the DBE then ship balance will be in a pretty good spot for the most part.
joecanada
Member
Oh I don't think I fully understand how to rank with say feds then. Do you have to find specific missions? Or just specific factions ?
Yes fsd scanners are still useful . For example when I was ranking with felicity farsseer I actually was just flying around doing other stuff but scanning all wakes. I was able to rank up to level 4 by just using the level 1 atypical that I found . Then I had all the wakes for lvl 4 already too. So I feel if you're doing engineering it's worth carrying one at least sometimes
Anton Sugar
Member
Gotcha. I guess it makes more sense if you're launching multiple at a time with an upgraded limpet collector. I was just mining some praedfsydfmotgarg for Elvira/FSD upgrades.
Still kinda bizarre that the option of targetting a specific resource to collect leads to the expiration of the limpet after one use.
Can you not turn in exploration data to level up Elvira? I keep reading that but don't see any option to turn it in (X1).
Huh, might actually be worth using for my trading instead of my AspX? Python was my next trading step but I'll reconsider now.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Wicked cool video comparing sizes of every ship in the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uaRHFmBT4
Damn that Beluga is huge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uaRHFmBT4
Damn that Beluga is huge!
joecanada
Member
How are you doing it ? Where and what kind of missions, for who?
Dreams-Visions
Member
awesome video. it also made me realize just how many ships I own. I'm up to 19. I wish I could just give them all time, but the time investment required to make them engineer-ready is pretty prohibitive.
Caesar III
Member
Not really. It all depends on what you are aiming for!
Selecting a mat/mining fragment only could be useful if you want to avoid getting crap all the time. Up until now venting the things you don't want ends up getting it again due to the stupid collectors. This changes in 2.2 though. So, say you just want to get the high value fragments, you select them and a limpet will get them and die. That way you leave all the crap out there. This is especially useful on smaller cargo hold ships like the ASP.
That being said, I'm out of low level materials like nickel, sulphur and such. Seems like I need to get my Mining back up and running for a bit
God, why can't we get those mats by other means hip 10716.
So I got a tip off mission to go and scan the data cores at a shipwreck. I go to the exact coordinates and there's nothing there. A bit of a drive away though there is a shipwreck with a few canisters of commodities, but no data cores visible. Is it possible I'm at the wrong shipwreck? Do I need to do something at the shipwreck to find/free the data cores?
Anton Sugar
Member
Not really. It all depends on what you are aiming for!
Selecting a mat/mining fragment only could be useful if you want to avoid getting crap all the time. Up until now venting the things you don't want ends up getting it again due to the stupid collectors. This changes in 2.2 though. So, say you just want to get the high value fragments, you select them and a limpet will get them and die. That way you leave all the crap out there. This is especially useful on smaller cargo hold ships like the ASP.
That being said, I'm out of low level materials like nickel, sulphur and such. Seems like I need to get my Mining back up and running for a bit
Aah, I guess that makes sense. I'm a mining noob so I was just grabbing everything.
You can find nickel, sulphur, and iron pretty easily on planet surfaces! I don't know if it's any easier or more efficient compared to mining, though.
Dreams-Visions
Member
huehuehue
I think it's here a lot because of the Ho Man's Sky refugee crisis. A lot of them ended up here and are learning the ropes and having a good time. Whether there's enough content here for you to enjoy it depends on what it is you enjoy doing, what you want to do, and what your experience was when you played last.
the next big patch for this season is coming soon.
to be sure, there's enough to keep you busy for a great many hours. still needs more content, but i have no problems filling my time with of things.
If you're planning on playing going forward, I'd recommend getting Horizons. Power is creeping up and you don't have access to the increasing power game without some of the content only available in Horizons.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Yeah definitely, horizons adds a lot of interesting stuff and planetary missions are really damn cool.
Engineers are one of the things they added and it lets you customize your ship a lot which finally gives you a reason to hang on to your ship and modules instead of just trading them in whenever you wanna get a different ship. The mods can get a little out of control though so your mileage may vary, but if you invest heavily into it then you're gonna get some cool shit.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
It's a mixture of more content plus lots of disappointed No Man's Sky players finding solace with Elite. I do have to admit though, Horizons has done wonders for the game, the team has been doing a fairly good job with making the game better with every update. And there seem to be more people playing Elite now than ever, so yeah the thread is much more active.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
It'll appear once you relaunch the game. I don' think you can "exit to menu" on the X1 version but that also makes it appear.
Alternatively, if you undock/redock it should also appear.
joecanada
Member
I'm not familiar with every mission but you aren't supposed to pick anything up ? Also yes sometimes you get to a place but it's only half the mission and when you cruise around they update you with new location.
I can't imagine selling my aspX. It's my favorite ship so far, even over the Conda.
I was supposed to scan data cores but I couldn't find any.
I was supposed to scan data cores but I couldn't find any.
joecanada
Member
Oh ya it could be they sent you to one place you scan area and then they send you to another. That happens
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Pretty sure it was either UA bombed or put in a lockdown state
Bummer. It's my go to station for new modules/ships.
Deep space is cold.
I usually go to George Lucas in Leesti (I mean, lookit my username <----, of course I would). They don't have everything, and the selection changes now and again, but they've got a pretty good selection, and usually have what I'm looking for when I go there. I also tend to use it as a trading hub, but I haven't done it lately.
Joseph Merrick
Member
DouglasteR
Member
LOL, and im here, lost in the middle of the galaxy, trying to reach Jaques to eat something hot.
Interesting the Python, FDL, FAS, and Asp Explorer are all relatively the same size.
I was going to say, don't burn yourselves out doing that.
Both the Winder and the Python are larger than I expected.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
My God the FAS is so much fun. A little engineer upgrades and it is a complete beast in combat. Once I got the slides under control there isn't much I can't take in this thing. Love it.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yep, I am right there with you, I've never owned an Anaconda yet either. Although technically I could buy one now, I just couldn't afford to fully outfit it the way I want to. An explorer's life is a tough one...
But yes, Sothis / Ceos gets nerfed some in 2.2. I should probably make some runs while we wait for 2.2 to earn some credits for both an explorer Anaconda and to buy and outfit an Orca for passenger stuff.