This needs to happen. I want my ship to feel unique in the universe, but I don't want to pay for it. I saw someone mention something about maybe getting something for specific kills or whatnot, that would be awesome. Or to have your ship have some scars from huge battles or something. I just need something, not alot, but something.
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Elite: Dangerous |OT| Every Man's Sky
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This needs to happen. I want my ship to feel unique in the universe, but I don't want to pay for it. I saw someone mention something about maybe getting something for specific kills or whatnot, that would be awesome. Or to have your ship have some scars from huge battles or something. I just need something, not alot, but something.
They'll need to charge for it, servers aren't cheap.
Anaconda will blow up at ~40% hull if you target the powerplant.
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, it would be cool to receive a unique item or two for when you participate in big event, take down difficult Wanted ships, etc.
Well, I guess technically you're right, but the reason they're attacking me (and quite a few others it seems) is that they are obviously bugged. I've run multiple experiments going so far as having one case where I am merely loitering around a nav beacon not having attacked any new bounties since turning my last batch in and all of a sudden, security ships dropping hardpoints and shooting at me after being my pals for a good 15-20 minutes. These are fed ships as well, while I'm aligned with them and have only done fed missions. Something is very broken.
I have crimes turned off, I haven't attacked anyone aside from wanted crims, I have never been in a wanted status (even while they are attacking me!). What's great is, I can hit the FSD, zero throttle turn right back around to the nav point drop out and the exact same security ships are now friendly to me and couldn't care less about me.
It's bugged.
Sure, I pulled it from a thread on an ED forum. Takes some getting use to, but once you do it works pretty well. Only thing I changed was removing the Jettison All Cargo bind. Installation instructions are in the post (copy file to appropriate folder). I suggest running through the tutorial missions with it when you first get it going.
Thurstmaster T.Flight HOTAS binds w/ Printable Diagram.
Also has 360 gamepad binds and KB/Mouse binds w/ diagram.
These are the same drivers that busted Oculus Rift with ED a while back?
Has anyone else had payment issues with Frontier? I paid them by Paypal recently and while my storefront order says it's complete I'm still unable to log into the launcher.
Do... they have to manually flag accounts or something once a payment has cleared? I just wanna fly around space.
Do... they have to manually flag accounts or something once a payment has cleared? I just wanna fly around space.
Just got my Thrustmaster T-Filght X today. Thanks for the link!
Given that they're dated today...no. The bug may still be there, not sure.
I didn't install any new drivers for a few days and it says I've got that same driver version though.
Maybe they were in beta before? And now, supposedly, they've past quality tests and have been released to public or something, and it just updated the name tag on my end.
Of all the things they have to work on, I think additional support for test hardware that hasn't been officially released to market is probably pretty low on the list.
ANuclearError
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Eesh, Viper eats fuel like a bastard. Shoulda probably shoudla waited until I was richer.
I refuse to fly without a fuel scoop, it pays for itself very very quickly.
WarMacheen
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Kinda interested in this, is the only place to get it on their site or will it be coming to steam?
Only on their site, no Steam planned.
Anton Sugar
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Yup, invaluable component, IMO.
WarMacheen
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Thanks, too bad, I've got some steam bucks to blow. I'll have to pick it up after christmas
ANuclearError
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Yeah, thought I forgot something when doing the loadout. Ammo for the multi-cannons is also being a bit of a nuisance too.
Advanced game pad settings and then go through the tutorials.
I really hope they don't charge anything for Wings. That would probably kill a lot of interest in this from new players if they can't even play with friends properly without paying extra on top.
I wish they'd specify that, don't think they have from what I've tried to read about it.
People assume...
I wish they'd specify that, don't think they have from what I've tried to read about it.
People assume...
Uh, of course they don't.
They have two types of content updates: All of the normal free ones and the actual big game changing expansions like planetary landings/walking around your ship/the stations.
Stuff like wings is a normal game update and will never cost money. It's literally just a patch.
It's like we'll get 15 more ships as normal patches since the number of ships in the game is supposed to be 30,not 15 as we currently have.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Eh, if you are a trader, then the loss of a cargo rack for the scoop doesn't really make it worth it IMHO. I seem to earn more for those four slots of cargo than my fuel would cost me anyway, this is in an Adder. Maybe it swings the other way in the larger ships? For a combat ship then sure I could see it, I mean you don't need the cargo racks anyway in a Viper, unless you are pirating stuff.
I think the final ship count was edited down to 25...can't remember where I read that though.
No the final ship count was supposed to be 25 but because they couldn't deliver them all for release they upped it to 30 as a "sorry" and us beta backers will get one of those 5 new ships for free in the game when they release.
Cyborgmatt
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Any tips for quickly locating pirates in an area, I have been crawling this system for a while now and haven't found any to kill for this mission.
Fuel costs increase exponentially as you go up the ship ladder. In a cobra it's about 1000 credits for a simple 9 ly jump, go beyond that and it gets even more expensive.
Gas seems cheap when you're in the noob squad of ships (Sidewinder, Eagle, Hauler, Adder), give it time.
Fuel scoop only becomes necessary once you get to the cobra/viper level of ships. Before that it's sorta a waste, after that it's necessary imo as fuel costs will start killing your profit. Make sure you get a good one though, at least a C class otherwise it's also sorta a waste.
Go to the area where they want them cleared out, throttle down to 30km/s, pop open navigation, read gaf/reddit and wait till a U.S.S. pops up, lock on, instantly drop out of hyperspace and see if it's pirates or not, if not go back to supercruise, repeat process.
Go to the area where they want them cleared out, throttle down to 30km/s, pop open navigation, read gaf/reddit and wait till a U.S.S. pops up, lock on, instantly drop out of hyperspace and see if it's pirates or not, if not go back to supercruise, repeat process.
I've been cruising space for systems with extraction sites as they tend to have loads of pirates.
It took AGES!
Worth it! Anaconda after Anaconda after Anaconda sometimes. And it's doable as system security helps out. Racked up some major bounty rewards today.
Sometimes it's sidewinders though, sometimes cobras (like one after the other/majority of wanted people).
It's quite a big addition though, I can imagine some developers would think about charging for it.
I haven't seen any clarification though, did you also just assume it's going to be free?
It took AGES!
Worth it! Anaconda after Anaconda after Anaconda sometimes. And it's doable as system security helps out. Racked up some major bounty rewards today.
Sometimes it's sidewinders though, sometimes cobras (like one after the other/majority of wanted people).
It's quite a big addition though, I can imagine some developers would think about charging for it.
I haven't seen any clarification though, did you also just assume it's going to be free?
I can confirm that these drivers do not work with the Oculus DK2, beta or no beta.. Rolling back yet again..
This is a terribly slow way of doing things.
Go to extraction sites or nav beacons and start scanning ships, you'll find pirates in no time and they'll keep coming. Extraction sites take about 5 minutes before the mass of pirates and security vessels turn them into the battle of endor. Poor miners are just trying to shoot some rocks and it's absolutely chaos all around them, lol.
Anton Sugar
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I actually have the 8T cargo rack in my Viper until my Federation cred gets higher. There simply aren't enough missions for a no-rank bounty hunter to do, so I've resorted to hauling stuff in my combat ship until they trust me :-|
Also, want to reiterate this trick that someone noted a few pages ago: if you enter a station and are disappointed by the lack of or low number of bulletin board missions, switch to a different game mode (from Open Play to Solo, for example) to "refresh" available missions. You can then switch BACK to the other game mode and get another "refresh". You should have plenty of missions to work on.
Resource excavation site FTW. You'll get a pirate every few mins--it's easy to tell them apart, as they're usually Wanted and almost always try to scan your cargo (check the chat messages for "Let's see what you're carrying" or "It's only a scan, it won't hurt" as an easy way to identify them).
EDIT: Beaten. Yeah, extraction sites become fucking awesome battle zones if you hang around long enough.
Sothis Krieg
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Serious question why ? Extended mode works great and this game has been my best experience with my DK2 so far..
I've been cruising space for systems with extraction sites as they tend to have loads of pirates.
It took AGES!
Worth it! Anaconda after Anaconda after Anaconda sometimes. And it's doable as system security helps out. Racked up some major bounty rewards today.
Sometimes it's sidewinders though, sometimes cobras (like one after the other/majority of wanted people).
It's quite a big addition though, I can imagine some developers would think about charging for it.
I haven't seen any clarification though, did you also just assume it's going to be free?
It's not a big addition, like what? it's the standard grouping functions which they wanted in the game before release even but didn't manage it.
Jesus I can't believe I am reading this, if any game charged money for grouping functions in an online game they would be SHAT ON so hard.
Depends, I also get tons of free loot while doing this so totally worth it. I also don't have to deal with FedSec deciding that my 100cr bounty for accidentally shooting them while they noobed into the path of my bullets is a better time investment for them then the 50Kcr Anaconda.
Astral/H3X
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You know, I'm at work wondering if maybe I should roll my AMD drivers back. I installed the Catalyst Omega before I had installed Elite, so I might try rolling it back and seeing if I have better performance. I have a 6950, so I should do alright running it on the Rift yeah?
I'm wondering if that's affecting me in those systems with the performance...
I'm wondering if that's affecting me in those systems with the performance...
With how much money is being raised for these space games, I can't say I'd be shocked.
And they haven't actually specified yet from everything I could find on it.
It would reassure players and potential buyers if they came out and said it's a planned free update, especially with how much content is coming as an expansion.
It only hurts not to, unless it's something to do with legal issues. Are they that at risk of going under?
-Perhaps they don't want to bring attention to the fact that it's not there now.
--it's a big addition because they'll need to offer AI wings to people to deal with group attacks.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Wow, really? I should have my Cobra sometime tonight, sounds like I'll have to give up one of the Class 1 4T cargo racks to put a scoop in, that drives the Cobra down to 36T cargo space if I keep the shield and scanner. That makes for a LOT of trading runs to get me my 7 million for an Asp.
I think I see a Lakon Type 6 in my near future....or maybe I'll just shelf the dream of an Asp and head out exploring with the Cobra instead!
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
If it's pirate hunting for a mission, I don't think this works. Or at least not always. I shot down 6 "wanted" ships outside a nav beacon but only 1 counted towards the mission. Not sure why.
Not all wanted ships are pirates. Not sure if USS would be better for missions.
Klyka said:
Get it! The cockpit of the Type 6 is amazing, as is the cargo space (I'm at 100t). Just make sure you upgrade the FSD and prob just dump the guns, you aren't fighting in that thing.
Astral/H3X
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Haha, I've never once had any issue with anything ever before, and I can scarcely afford nVidia 9 times out of 10.
If you want an asp, a type 6 is pretty much essential, 100 tons of cargo space is a godsend.
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