Buggy Loop
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Gimballed beam lasers are absolutely OP to remove shields. Pair 2 multicannon and you've got yourself a deadly viper.
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Elite: Dangerous |OT| Every Man's Sky
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Exact same thing happened to me last night. I was wrecking this Anaconda, it had like 12% hull integrity left, I was at 100% full shields. I was coming at it straight on starting to strafe it to get in some final shots and it just barreled right into me after a boost and I was wrecked. Lost some 20k in bounties and another 26k in cargo for two blackbox missions.
Been trying to get used to FA off, but I really need to calibrate and tweak my flight stick settings. It was already very sensitive and zero deadzone. But I have found that coming in on an attack approach it's useful to cut FA right when you're about to pass turn your ship towards them and re-enable FA to stabilize while keeping that initial momentum. It's not at all perfect, but it works.
You should use fixed lasers, that way you don't get utterly hosed by chaff.
Personally I'm using 1 fixed Beam Laser and 3 gimballed Multi-Cannons. I love it since shields usually go down pretty fast and to continue by lighting up 3 multi-cannons is simply invigorating!
fixed also do more damage.
also if your gimballs get chaffed, drop target lock and gimball weapons turn to fixed. works perfect for lasers cause you don't need to lead.
Depends on the pilot. Anaconda's have a relative blind spot on their bellies near the rear, if you can use your thrusters to stay there, they can't land much firepower on you.
Still takes for freaking ever, they have hull for days.
Anton Sugar
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God, I want an Anaconda so bad. They kinda remind me of little Star Destroyers.
Yeah, anyone who takes down an Anaconda, with just a Viper, has my respect. I've only ever taken them down when security vessels are also attacking, and have almost been killed by one.
However, I'm starting to get better at learning ship blind spots, so I think that's a big part of it, too.
Yeah, anyone who takes down an Anaconda, with just a Viper, has my respect. I've only ever taken them down when security vessels are also attacking, and have almost been killed by one.
However, I'm starting to get better at learning ship blind spots, so I think that's a big part of it, too.
David Incorporated Esq.
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And at some point they'll roll and do something funny and you'll make a mistake and end up in their sights at which point oops well goodbye.
Edit: Or they might just power up the FSD and sod off, in which case it's time wasted. That's my biggest problem with hunting larger wanted ships in a kitted out Viper, I just don't have the power to keep up high enough dps levels to drop them before they get back to supercruise.
Helloween and I do it with our Vipers, we are quite upgraded though and Chaff + Shield Cells help a lot. Also always target their powerplant, they will usually explode around 30% hull left.
Target their FSD drive and take it out. The more it gets damaged,the longer it charges until they can't jump at all anymore.
Yup, there is no government to put a bounty on you, have at it.
David Incorporated Esq.
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Stick to easier prey until you've got a larger ship that can really challenge pythons and anacondas. You'll make more per hour that way.
Shield Cells + Chaff are your friends.
Anton Sugar
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Ooooh, so THAT'S what causes ships to seemingly spontaneously combust.
Y'all are much better pilots than me. I still fall back on "reverse thrust + downward thrust" too much to align targets. Gonna run into a meteor one of these days.
Allnamestakenlol
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Got my X52 Pro last night and I'm loving it. One problem, I didn't put a lot of thought into where I'd place it. Turns out my desk is too cramped to place both the stick and throttle on it, plus too tall to make for comfortable gaming sessions. Any recommendations for a store-bought solution or maybe an easy DIY?
Would you happen to be able to share your Hotas setup? Is it for the X sticks?
Anton Sugar
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Have they mentioned any options for customizing the interior of cockpits? I know they stated that each ship's diagetic UI layout would be consistent/the same, but what about personal touches? Interior colors, lighting, even photos or bobbleheads or whatever?
They used to have bobble heads in the alpha, not sure why they got rid of them.
Veritigo_X
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I've seen videos of people that have bobbleheads in their ship. I'm not sure if that's a mod or some sort of bonus for backers, but I would love to see more customization options.
Awesome to hear
Hopefully this will fix the frame drops I get in the rings around planets.David Incorporated Esq.
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When you have something targeted does it naturally take more damage, as in replacing hull damage with FSD damage? Or do you have to actually target it and hit it. I really haven't played around with sub-targeting.
You have to actually hit it, you weapons will naturally try to aim at it (even fixed weapons have a tiny bit of autoaim) but you will need to try and point at the spot (which gets a red box around it) manually.
David Incorporated Esq.
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So for larger ships I take it it's something worth doing? Knock out the FSD and then shoot for the powerplant?
Anton Sugar
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Be sure to check in with CMDR Klyka on the latest strategy--he posted just a bit up the page.
Ah, bummer. I'd love to be able to take photos in-game and post them in the interior of the ship or maybe have little bobblehead models of ships. It would be great if you could get trophies for certain bounties/kills.
Yea it speeds up the kill a bit. FSD's and Powerplants will take out a ship when destroyed so they are the best bets.
Alternatively you can aim at someone's cargo hatch to make them spill their goods into space without having to use limpets.
bobbleheads were always buggy so they removed them I guess
Those are old videos from Alpha/Beta.
I used to fly with the Christmas Tree bobblehead.
David Incorporated Esq.
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I'll give it a go! Thanks!
Who is the resident Ho Hsi trade master ? I have enough in assets to grab a lakon 6 deck it out and start some trading, but would like a tip on feasible treade routes atm. Have not done trading since premium beta, as whenever i tried it after i was losing profit or made miniscule one, although i was doing the demand thing.
Everytime you hit a ships hull you also do /depending on your weapons armor penetration) damage to a sub system that is located in the spot you ar ehitting. Targeting a sub system just shows you a little square on the ship where to shoot at and it makes your gimballed weapons lock on to the sub system specifically. It does not increase damage, it just focuses your aim.
They tended to bug out and the performance impact was too much, so Frontier got rid of them. I believe they plan to bring them back at some point. They also talked about introducing other cosmetic items such as plush dice and stuff as far as I know. Considering they have a server infrastructure to maintain, a broader selection of paid vanity items would certainly help.
chrominance
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I... I would pay money for plush diii--NO WHAT HAVE I BECOME I WILL NOT GET PLUSH DICE OR A CHRISTMAS TREE AIR FRESHENER OR ONE OF THOSE HULA GIRLS FOR MY FAKE SPACESHIP *sobs in corner at lost dignity*
I'm having the very worst luck since getting my Cobra. Pop into the Sol nav beacon, shred a wanted guy, I immediately become wanted, feds start firing at me, I can't pay off my wanted fine anywhere in Sol that I can tell. Ugh.
Also had one of the closest calls smuggling yet, watch my very nearly beautiful entrance with FA off. Still avoided the fine, but accrued 12k in damages to my ship.
http://youtu.be/FUTVsvdWgxc
Also had one of the closest calls smuggling yet, watch my very nearly beautiful entrance with FA off. Still avoided the fine, but accrued 12k in damages to my ship.
http://youtu.be/FUTVsvdWgxc
Always always ALWAYS full pips into SYS to make your shields absorb impact damage. With that done you might have barely taken any damage there at all.
Yup. Ramming = Sys pips
flyinpiranha
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I need a new mic for VA that has a little range on it, like 4' or something. The one I have can't mount anywhere, what's a good mic these days?
EDIT: Needs to be USB
Double EDIT: Under $40
EDIT: Needs to be USB
Double EDIT: Under $40
Brerlappin
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Yeah, i had that happen today. Got a nice haul of cargo and a 27K credit bounty for watching these guys duke it out and then firing a few shots at the wanted guy at the end. Got scanned by the feds after i picked up his cargo and had to run like fuck lol
http://youtu.be/KM2wrO08Rjs
Lol, the plan wasn't to ram, it was to go very very fast. Lesson learned, this thing is a boat and not nearly as nimble as the Adder I'm used to.
You still always want to have full pips in SYS when you might bump into something. It's the difference between life and death.
Anton Sugar
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Didn't know that, just thought Sys mostly impacted shield regen shouted and not necessarily a buffer to how well your shields are maintained.
It's why when you exchange fire with another ship,you want to go full shields, it actually strengthens them and they don't go down as easily. Try it with a friend, shield with full pips vs. 0 pips is a HUGE difference.
The strategy's changed - we need to focus on actions which create unrest in the system. We want to break the peace. Doing heavy duty trading with Steiner and Alexeyev is probably still giving Ho Hsi Corp influence because the system as a whole is doing well. Either focus on Jet Comms missions which create unrest or start attacking Ho Hsi Corp ships in the system.
http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDanger...he_ho_hsi_situation_or_how_i_learned_to_stop/
For trading in general, I brute forced it by making spreadsheets with all the prices instead of the demand levels. The previous advice probably doesn't work any more - things will need to be re-checked now that they've fixed AI trading and they'll allow supply/demand levels to hit High again. I'd say give it a day to fix itself before doing much data gathering for trade.
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