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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
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It took me about two hours to feel a little sick. Driving the SRV is a lot of fun though.
It's available now? I'll have to try it with my X2s.
What's that?
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Yes the advanced tutorials aren't necessary to learn the game, I should have stated that!
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Lol you're not the only person who is having trouble with that, two of my friends who just started the game over the weekend also struggled heavily with it. One still hasn't finished it, the other cleared it after 10 attempts and only after we explained boosting, chaff and pip management.
Basically dump chaff when you're taking hits, learn how to distribute your power across your sys, eng and weps and abuse the boost to get better turns, you'll have a much easier time.
i forget the numbers exactly but this is a rough estimate of what pips do and why they're kinda important.
SYS: 0 pips - no bonus to shield, 1 pip - like 4% bonus, 2 pips - like 16%, 3 pips 32%, 4pips something stupid like 138%. SYS capacitor is also used up when you deploy your utility hard points like chaff and heat sinks, so more pips = faster recharge and faster shield recharge.
ENG: more pips = faster refilling eng capacitor which means more boost because it recharges faster and more top speed and makes you more maneuverable.
WEP: faster cooling for beam weapons, faster refilling capacitor, projectile weapons only need like 2 pips to be continuously fed so they don't stop shooting randomly.
Basically standard configurations are 4-0-2 to keep your weapons fed decently while keeping your shields as strong as possible. You can do 0-4-2 for maximum maneuverability. If you're running a lot of energy weapons 2-0-4 is for super aggression or 0-2-4.
DouglasteR
Member
DTS X, VR dithering, Alien grinding....
ARGH, must resist.
ARGH, must resist.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
7.1 Surround for stereo headphones, and very VERY effective.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Yeah there's some very interesting info coming from it. The mission itself however is proving rather boring IMO. I've spent a good couple hours running stuff around there and only came away with 7 data logs. I'm probably going to just cash this in and continue to work on my personal savings I think. The most I've seen anyone have so far is 11 after most combinations. It seems to me we've got entirely new ruins to find to actually continue that mission.
Just noticed Aisling Duval is on the 3rd Powerplay spot while Arissa is at the bottom as it should be.
Frontier will make Aisling the new Emperor any second now!
I have never seen Arissa not be amongst the top 5. How did she fall so low? Also, Aisling is by right the Emperor and FD better recognise that.
Felix Lighter
Member
How's VR performance and image quality on the Vive compared to the rift now? I'd like to use the Vive for Elite when I have a chance to play in VR again.
Anton Sugar
Member
Chome/gold shader got a new effects pass in the new patch (all from reddit). They're highly reflective now:
Before and after:
Before and after:
No idea how i posted the wrong link since it worked on Twitter. At least the right link was shared in the end
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
OH MY GOD LOL I JUST SAW A WANTED WEDDING BARGE
So naturally I interdicted it and blew it out of the sky
So naturally I interdicted it and blew it out of the sky
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Justified
Dreams-Visions
Member
that gold FdL goddamn.
wtf doing this now and I don't even need the money. lol
wtf doing this now and I don't even need the money. lol
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
To be fair you're unlikely to get the whole 100 million unless the forums work it out in time. It's still decent pay though. You get 1 million for each entry you decode and can turn it in whenever you feel ready, but I think you only get it once. I got 7 entries and decided to take a break until people have a better idea of what's actually going on. It could prove to be easy cash so I'm waiting it out instead of turning it in immediately.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Am I doing something wrong? I'm chilling out at Felice Dock and have not been given any missions.
I do have the requisite SRV, and am above Surveyor Exploration rank.
Halp
No idea. I got the mission the instant I landed.
They slightly redesigned the ruins, and the new planet textures actually make the thing really hard to see until you're right on top of it. I kept looking around, thinking "I should be able to see it from here..." It doesn't stand out near as well as it used to, you could almost fly right by it.
They slightly redesigned the ruins, and the new planet textures actually make the thing really hard to see until you're right on top of it. I kept looking around, thinking "I should be able to see it from here..." It doesn't stand out near as well as it used to, you could almost fly right by it.
Yep. I was wondering if I had the coords flipped until bam. It's going to make finding new ruins tough.
Some people on the forums saying if you've been to the ruins before, delete your data and then the mission will pop once you go back and land at the dock.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Did you guys all fly out there in your AspX's? I'm here in my Python.
I've never been to the ruins before so that shouldn't be an issue for me.
edit: worked after leaving and re-entering the port. never mind!
I've never been to the ruins before so that shouldn't be an issue for me.
edit: worked after leaving and re-entering the port. never mind!
Took my Diamondback Explorer (31LY range). Took ~7 jumps from Meene. But I forgot to swap my cargo rack out and put my ADS and DSS back on, had to fly to the ruin blind. Was a huge pain in the ass haha.
The ruin mission is interesting, but difficult. There are 15 obelisks that can be scanned and they scan with a pattern (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, or Gamma) and there are 6 items, so you have to find out which items correspond to ABDEG and then have them in cargo while scanning the corresponding obelisk in your SRV. BUT, the obelisks appear to only be scannable once per instance/load. On top of that, what the obelisks correspond to changes on each instance/load, so all these people posting their combinations will not work for everyone. Some will work by pure randomness, but that's it.
I've managed to get five so far but sadly have to go to bed.
cardsbasebal
Member
I didn't think I'd like this game, but was really craving something space related so I bought it. I have to say, it's awesome. I finally got out of the sidewinder and into an adder. Took a bunch of jumps, but I made it to rare circuit 1. It's really satisfying when you're finally able to jump out of those first few systems. I'm not really sure what you're supposed to do on that circuit though lol. But all in all, I'm hooked!
For people who hate combat logging and mode switch mission stacking, they sure seem to want to remind you that logging resets your instance.
Aztechnology
Member
Shiny cap'n
Dreams-Visions
Member
Welcome, CMDR. Add me (Heavenly Hammer) for new recruit care packages (gold bars).
cardsbasebal
Member
Oh I forgot to mention, I'm on Xbox, but thank you
Skimming the surface of planets with FA off is so much fun.
After trying a few HUD color submissions, I decided to make my own with the editor and landed on something I really like, especially for VR.
After trying a few HUD color submissions, I decided to make my own with the editor and landed on something I really like, especially for VR.
Code:
<MatrixRed> 0, 1, 1 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 1, 0.50, 0 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0.50, 0, 0 </MatrixBlue>Aztechnology
Member
I keep putting off jumping back into this game for when I have VR. But I'm starting to feel like that may not happen for years, at least until the Vive 2 is released. I should probably just jump back in. Going to try and lure my buddy back in as well.
Should say I didn't log out and reload due to attempting to mission stack and/or get more money, but because the obelisk wasn't scannable again and someone on the forum said you'd have to reload to be able to have it activate a second time.
This is going to sound a bit noobish so forgive my terminology here.
I've played this for a few hours. I can get around, A to B, do a "deliver this here" mission fine.
I then accept ones which are along the lines of "Go to X system and do a thing there". Now, I'm not entirely sure what I am meant to be doing. I jump in, find a few points of interest, do things but nothing I do seems to be mission related. What is the correct course of action I am meant to be taking?
I've played this for a few hours. I can get around, A to B, do a "deliver this here" mission fine.
I then accept ones which are along the lines of "Go to X system and do a thing there". Now, I'm not entirely sure what I am meant to be doing. I jump in, find a few points of interest, do things but nothing I do seems to be mission related. What is the correct course of action I am meant to be taking?
Joseph Merrick
Member
JUSTICE
I have 13 bits of data from the ancient ruins site after trying every possible combo on every obelisk. Now what? There are no clues as to where another site might be other than vague mentions of interstellar travel and continental divides in a few of the data entries, that doesn't exactly narrow it down.
Assuming it is like "Go to X system and locate Y (black boxes, for instance, or any other item), you want to go to that system and fly around in supercruise while keeping an eye on your navigation panel. You'll see Unidentified Signal Sources (USS) pop up and you'll want to select those and drop into them until you find what you are looking for. There are hints when you scan the USS that will tell you if you should investigate or move on, like say you're looking for black boxes, you won't want to drop into USSs with a high threat level, since they'll be located at wreckage sites. The descriptions of the USS will also help, like "Degraded Transmissions" and such.
While talking about USSs, the higher threat and the stronger the signal source, the more likely you are to drop in and find a wing full of hostile NPCs, so just pay attention so you don't accidentally make a huge, costly mistake. Or bring some friends with you.
Ouch
. Yeah, huge mistake. Never fight with a computer full of Exp. data, not worth the chance something will go wrong and you'll lose it all. Sorry for your loss!Ouch
Yeah, my own stupid fault!, I won't make the mistake again!
Anton Sugar
Member
???
Military modules =/= hardpoints.
EDIT: To further clarify, military module slots allow additional hull reinforcement packages, module reinforcement packages, or shield cell banks.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Some missions will only update when you scan a Nav Beacon which will always be by the main Star of the system. You will need to drop into the Nav beacon, scan it like you would a ship and your mission should update. If it tells you to go to a planet in that system that does not require a landing just supercruise in orbit around that planet and your mission should update with a USS.
Felix Lighter
Member
What is the FAS vs FDL situation now with the balance changes? I love the FDL hard points but I the FAS was always very strong and with the buff, it should be even stronger.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I'd still say the FdL is still competitive with the FAS, the huge hard point on the FdL makes a significant difference especially when it comes to tearing down shields, the FdL's main advantage is it's ridiculous shield strength which the FAS can't really match. However the FAS has a ton more hull strength now. And you can use some of the old hull strength slots to fit in shield cell banks for a fairly shit but rather sturdy 250 MJ of shield, firing the 5A SCB alone would full charge the shield, but firing it with a 4A as well would make your shields briefly unbreakable, the problem if you're gonna have to dump your SCB's sooner rather than later. Overall it's probably better to fit a bi-weave and pump up the hull reinforcement packages and maybe even a module reinforcement one.
As far as raw damage output goes, you could fit dual adv plasma accelerators on it and multi cannons in the mediums and have a force of destruction unlike the world has ever seen.
I think i'll still mainly fly my FdL but I am considering finishing up my fed rank to get a FAS, even though the gunship probably benefited the most from this change.
I wasn't picking at you, I meant the devs hate it.
Oh I gotcha. I misread!
So I currently have a DBX because I love the way the ship looks (those wings!) but I think when I get home I am going to pick up an Asp finally. DBX is killing me at the ruins site because I either have to choose between having an ADS and DSS and zero cargo, or no scanners and 2 or 4 cargo. It's just not practical anymore when I am far away from a station and stumble across something and have no cargo space.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
Plus the FAS has a silly rate of turn for its size. It just locks in on targets and doesn't let go, much like a great big Vulture. The only downside is that you're almost always taking hull damage while fighting.