frankie_baby
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Looking into getting a new laptop, would something with an amd a10 run elite dangerous at least halfway decently?
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Elite: Dangerous |OT| Every Man's Sky
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MickeyKnox
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Anarchy is the fucking wild west, do what you want.
As far as hunting/turning in bounties outside of anarchy/deep space, if you're at a nav beacon or extraction site that's in fed/emp/ali space and you lock a target that's wanted in system, use the kill warrant scanner on them anyway, chances are they will have bounties in more than one jurisdiction.
It's left up to the player to pay attention. When you first lock a target and face their general direction your ship will do a quick scan that will tell you their name, faction and if they are wanted in that current system or not. If after locking them they read as clean and you use the warrant scanner on them it logically follows that any bounty that shows up will be in another jurisdiction.
Yeah, I almost just went with the x52 pro just to ensure throttle support in x wing and tie fighter but I'll just remap that to buttons.
My biggest concern was which one "looked" cooler. I think they both look rad!
I'm confused. So these won't have an inital wanted status..? Because if so then I misunderstood, because I've several times became wanted by shooting at ships with a clear wanted status. I thought it was just because I hit another ship, but I'm not so sure anymore. It happen again a couple of days ago, and this time I tried my best to make sure I didn't hit another visible ship, still I got a fine and a wanted status..
Oho, they changed their minds. No more lottery winners.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=94161
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=94161
flyinpiranha
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I actually liked the look of the X52Pro better but having dual throttles for future use and seeing a lot of the negative reviews were mainly due to QA, I went with the X55.
You can find reviews/videos that lean either way and you really can't go wrong with either. I wanted more buttons though, and the X55 has a ton.
EDIT:
Looks like Occupy Sol worked, the billionaires are being stripped. That's good overall for the game I think. Adds a bit of credibility to it.
Hmm...wonder what their cutoff value will be for rolling people back.
I made around 15m from the cargo bug which put me in an Asp which I then made another 10m with legit to fully equip.
Hope I don't lose it - I like my Asp. Still...easy come, easy go.
I'm genuinely curious to see what happens with mine. I wound up about a million ahead, then lost that and then some due to self-destructing to fix my cargo. If they rolled back what I gained, I'd be in debt since I don't have enough of a float to cover that right now.
The repo man cometh for us all.
flyinpiranha
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Anything multiplayer is pretty borked right now. A few people have tried it and they'll both "chase" an NPC, only to drop in and not be able to see the target, etc ... Or one could be shooting and the other is invisible. Lots of issues.
flyinpiranha
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Not really. But I died in my T6 once and vowed never again.
Nope, keeeeep shields.
I think I need to find a new route as it's nowhere near as good as yours.
Thanks for your post btw, I forgot to read it.
I don't like the jumprange of the Type7. It would mean that I need an additional jump, so I'm losing 1 trip per hour.
So when is the time to upgrade to the ASP? I want max. cargo and FSD with 18LY laden or more. How much money do I need, 12mio?
Use this http://eliteshipyard.nfshost.com
I am loving the Asp so far. 116 Cargo, big jump range and 6 hard points. The best part is the engine sound though, haha.
turtlesbonanza
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After seeing it mentioned on Galnet, I traveled from Federation space down to Ongkuma. I'm not Empire or Fed aligned, I consider myself an independent merc and will fight for whom ever pays me.
Upon arrival I was greeted by a CMDR Vyvien who questioned my allegiance (and maybe rightly so). After chatting for a minute with this CMDR, I docked at Pickering and called it a night, planning to fight tonight after work.
However I've just read that the fight is all but over, bit of a shame as I traveled 200LY for it! Apparently there was a large concentration of commanders there too.
Upon arrival I was greeted by a CMDR Vyvien who questioned my allegiance (and maybe rightly so). After chatting for a minute with this CMDR, I docked at Pickering and called it a night, planning to fight tonight after work.
However I've just read that the fight is all but over, bit of a shame as I traveled 200LY for it! Apparently there was a large concentration of commanders there too.
Thanks for the link, this tool is awesome! I need 10mio for the ASP and around 25mio for the Type7 to be worth the upgrade. At least I know my goals now
Yeah no kidding, esp when decelerating. Sounds like a big ol' muscle car.
I think I had ~17m when I upgraded to it, which was enough for mostly A-C grade components (except shields and hull upgrade) as well as insurance and a full cargo.
Mengy
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So you prefer the X52 Pro to your old X45? I'm still on an X45.
Yep, I think it sounds like an angry snarling WW2 bomber myself. I love it!
UpDownLeftRight
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I still don't know what to do in this game. Outside of the Beta all I seem to do now is boot it up for 5 minutes of flying then wonder what I should do and quit to desktop. It really sucks because I want to love the game but the amount of time I seem to spend in supercruise and generally doing nothing keep turning me away again.
I first started trading but I lost money and got bored. Then I went to a system with a resource extraction site near a fed outpost and I go there for dogfighting so I've become a bounty hunter.
Try different things until you find one that you like.
That is correct. 116 tons is what I currently have. If I didn't use a docking computer I could have 120 or so.
UpDownLeftRight
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Yeah I was thinking I may go bounty hunter or even just full pirate. I've tried most non-combat methods of making money and got tired of them pretty fast. Only trouble is I really suck at the fighting and I'm still getting used to my HOTAS so I've kinda been dodging it. Guess it's time to get gud since I've got no credits or ship to lose.
The target is bracketed on the radar, so it will look like <⌂>. I sometimes have trouble locking onto what's shooting at me, because I forgot how I had my HOTAS buttons mapped.. hehe. There's an option to "target hostile", which will target anything that's shot at you in the last few seconds.
Blast Processing
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What are the preferred ships for exploration expeditions? Right now I'm still low on funds and trying to earn cash for the best system and surface scanners, and flying the starting Sidewinder with a fuel scoop and outfitted so I can jump about 14 LY at a time.
Eagle is prob your best bet for super low budget exploration, you'll have to drop your shields though, internals are pretty limited on it.
Your current target has < > around it. Just focus on that is all I can really say. Seems to work well enough for me.
turtlesbonanza
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On top of what the other guys said, ships that are attacking you will flash white on your radar as well.
What sort of advantage do you feel the docking computer gives you? I am curious if it is faster or if it is just super safe so you can alt/tab out or go get a drink or something.
turtlesbonanza
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It's safer, docking on your own can be faster though it just depends on your skills/bravery.
Docking manually will always be faster but it's not something I enjoy doing during trade runs. As the computer docks I load up the galaxy map and plot route for the return trip and maybe alt tab to look for better routes/ browse GAF, etc.
mitchman
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I've been making around 700-800k/hour doing bounty hunting in anarchy systems without any station. Find a gas planet with rings around it, head for the rings and escape warp just outside and npc will spawn very regularly (3 seconds after one is killed, the next spawns). Be prepared as every 10 or so is a python or anaconda, and sometimes they are expert or higher.
Bounties seemed to level off after an hour so not sure if it's sustainable at that income rate, but it seems to be able to compare with trade income with the right ship. I use a Python.
H key targets the guy shooting at you.
I think I'm OK with targeting but it's just not visible enough on the radar when there's like 20 other ships. I'll try an extraction site again and see how I manage the clusterfuck.
flyinpiranha
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Cool, how do you Luke the Python? What are the running costs and like 50% hull damage cost?
You can zoom in/out with the scanner. Think you have an X55 so just assign UP/DOWN to one of the dials. (In case you didnt know about range)
mitchman
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I love the ship. It's great in every way except for jump range. There are ways to increase the range by using undersized modules (eg. use a A5 power module instead of the size 7). I currently run it in a combat fitted setup with 156 tonn cargo space but otherwise fitted for combat with a 17.4ly laden range.
I don't do normal trading, only rare trading (probably less lucrative now, but far less grindy). With the combat fitting, I can easily hand around doing bounties whereever I am located.
As for damage, try to avoid that
I've only ever gotten 2% damaged and that was around 30k or so, afair. Obviously, use a size 5+ shield cell bank to avoid damage, but that doesn't help for the accidental heat damage fuel scooping might introduce. Oh, and a fuel scoop is mandatory too.
flyinpiranha
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I love the ship. It's great in every way except for jump range. There are ways to increase the range by using undersized modules (eg. use a A5 power module instead of the size 7). I currently run it in a combat fitted setup with 156 tonn cargo space but otherwise fitted for combat with a 17.4ly laden range.
I don't do normal trading, only rare trading (probably less lucrative now, but far less grindy). With the combat fitting, I can easily hand around doing bounties whereever I am located.
As for damage, try to avoid that
Oh, and a fuel scoop is mandatory too.
My good god man. 2% = 30k? You're taking a Bugatti into a Destruction Derby!
May have to temper my expectations and stick to my T7/DatAsp plan. I was thinking of getting the Python but I didn't realize it was so 1%.
Did you ever get a T9? I'm addicted to trading, not sure why, I had an Asp and plenty of cash to do what I wanted and killed a bunch of pirates (unfortunately never scanned them so didn't get any bounties .. )... but that ever mighty credit just keeps calling calling ...
I think I might get a Type 9, then roam in an Asp. I was aiming for the Clipper, to do some missions for rep and such but I've read that the Hardpoints are poorly placed, plus the Asp has those 4 all in front and it feels like Star Wars when firing all 4. Python might be too rich for my blood for combat.
mitchman
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I'm not a big fan of normal trading, so whether I will ever get a T9 or not depends on how much I want that Anaconda. I did try some mining last night but it was frustrating as hell (scooping sucks with it), which is when I saw some nice NPC anaconda flying around and decided to try that instead.
They did say they'll look at reducing the costs of operating high end ships so maybe the Python won't be as expensive to run next patch.
Just crossed 18 million assets, saving up a bit more for a T7.
I'm based in Leesti with ally status there, still running palladium from HIP 65636. The missions are sometimes worthwhile (e.g. tobacco for 275k) but usuaĺly aren't worth doing over another trade haul. For a long play session saving a bunch of missions and doing them all at once would be worthwhile though. I take the requests for extraction type goods of course since those are on the route already.
Just crossed 18 million assets, saving up a bit more for a T7.
I'm based in Leesti with ally status there, still running palladium from HIP 65636. The missions are sometimes worthwhile (e.g. tobacco for 275k) but usuaĺly aren't worth doing over another trade haul. For a long play session saving a bunch of missions and doing them all at once would be worthwhile though. I take the requests for extraction type goods of course since those are on the route already.
flyinpiranha
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That would be nice. Just seems like it would be "go fight, now trade, go fight, now trade" meanwhile I could buy a Viper which isn't as good (or as cool!) but the cost of running and kitting out completely could be made in 3 hours (about 6m).
It's a long haul for sure, Not sure if I want to go for the T9 because it has basically the same running costs and a seriously low LY jump range comparatively.
That's not for a couple weeks though, I'm about 60m shy of the 100m you'd probably need to get fully up and running in a T9 lol. That's a long haul for sure.
Man, had the Battlestar Galactica soundtrack playing in the background. Most intense T7 docking experience ever.
I came here to ask for a Demo, but I couldn't find it using search, so I googled and came up on this:
http://www.windowsgame.org/2014/12/elite-dangerous-combat-tutorial-demo.html
Already downloaded, and ran the demo. I don't think this game is for me, but everyone who's interested should really start with the demo.
http://www.windowsgame.org/2014/12/elite-dangerous-combat-tutorial-demo.html
Already downloaded, and ran the demo. I don't think this game is for me, but everyone who's interested should really start with the demo.
A nearly year old bootleg of the beta? Yeah, no, don't base your thoughts on that.
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