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Panther Clipper LX
The Panther Clipper LX is an unreleased large freighter ship produced by Zorgon Peterson. It has been described as a "heavy cargo clipper" and the Type-9 Heavy's "big brother".[1] This is a datamined description from the ED: Odyssey alpha: "the Panther Clipper LX is one of the largest ships...elite-dangerous.fandom.com
Elite Dangerous | System Colonisation Beta Details & Feedback
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It would be nice to have possibility to mark created port material needs into store to be able see how much materials (and which one) is needed to buy. But so far good experience
Seems like a bug to me, the wrong station pic in the HUD
Coke City is definitely not an Asteroid base...
Coke City is definitely not an Asteroid base...
Seems like I lost my claim on a system. Yesterday I claimed a system and spent 6-7 hours getting it to around 25%. I played until the maintenance downtime and logged off while docked at the colonization ship in my claimed system. Today, I logged in to find the "construction services" button on the colonization ship greyed out. Then I noticed that the colonization ship was in a different system nearby (one that was inhabited before the colonization update). The system I claimed and worked on yesterday is now claimed by someone else with 10% progress (looks like that happened 5 hours ago based on the time remaining). I've restarted the game several times, and I went back to the system I claimed yesterday and docked at the colonization ship, but nothing has changed. As far as the game seems to be concerned now, I don't have any claim, and the time I spent hauling commodities yesterday is just a waste. I'm guessing my claim yesterday got out of sync during the maintenance period, and another commander claimed it when the servers came back up.
Perhaps something will get resolved later (though that would also screw over the commander that has the claim now), but I'm not really holding my breath. I'd file a support ticket, but I already have a support ticket for the care package screen locking the UI that I've been waiting on for 6 weeks... I guess the time I spent yesterday just gets chalked up to the cost of being a free beta tester. I'm trying to decide if I want to find another claim today, or go do something else for awhile and let them fix some bugs first...
Perhaps something will get resolved later (though that would also screw over the commander that has the claim now), but I'm not really holding my breath. I'd file a support ticket, but I already have a support ticket for the care package screen locking the UI that I've been waiting on for 6 weeks... I guess the time I spent yesterday just gets chalked up to the cost of being a free beta tester. I'm trying to decide if I want to find another claim today, or go do something else for awhile and let them fix some bugs first...
52213 tons of CMM Composite. only sold at ground stations. my cutter hauls 504T
this means 104 planet landings to pick up. 104 planet launches back to carrier to drop off
then at the colony 104 launches to transfer to the colony ship and another 104 carrier docking
over 400 dockings worth of "punishment"
this means 104 planet landings to pick up. 104 planet launches back to carrier to drop off
then at the colony 104 launches to transfer to the colony ship and another 104 carrier docking
over 400 dockings worth of "punishment"
I know they said they only wanted feedback on numerical balancing, but I'm unsure how difficult or easy this would be to implement so I'll suggest it anyway. I'm also not sure if anyone else in this long thread has suggested something similar, but here's my two cents.
I think the current build costs are probably fine, especially for groups of players and especially now that they have increased CMM supplies to match the demand. However, many of the tier 3 constructions still feel out of reach for solo commanders. Not because it isn't possible, but because the task is so monumental that most won't even deign to try. I'd like to offer an alternative to the grind that doesn't leave solo players out in the cold or give them the same weight as a group cooperating.
My suggestion is that if a colony is capable of producing commodities needed for a new construction project in the system, it should use a portion of its regeneration rate to slowly fill that need. Larger colonies with larger supply and regen rates would therefore supply materials faster. Smaller colonies would not only fill these requirements slowly but may be incapable of filling every need automatically. If this contribution is split between multiple construction projects, it would therefore go slower.
Commanders and squadrons would still benefit from moving materials manually, as the job would get done much faster, but for the solo player that doesn't like the grind they would have the option of simply being patient and waiting for some or all of the resources to fill, depending on the size and diversity of their colony. I imagine the wait time being roughly on a scale of months, weeks, or days for tier 3, tier 2, and tier 1 respectively, but I leave that balancing to the devs and community feedback. I'm also unsure how easy it would be to build a colony capable of producing the most demanded supplies, but that would need to be considered when adjusting the contribution amounts. Hard to tell since we are just getting started.
Edit: I might add that if it's too difficult to implement something like a small, passive contribution, then perhaps the tier 3 stations should cost 153,111 materials instead of 209,122. That would keep the growth in difficulty between tiers consistent, as currently, it increases by roughly 3 times the amount between tier 1 and 2, but 4 times the amount between tier 2 and 3.
I think the current build costs are probably fine, especially for groups of players and especially now that they have increased CMM supplies to match the demand. However, many of the tier 3 constructions still feel out of reach for solo commanders. Not because it isn't possible, but because the task is so monumental that most won't even deign to try. I'd like to offer an alternative to the grind that doesn't leave solo players out in the cold or give them the same weight as a group cooperating.
My suggestion is that if a colony is capable of producing commodities needed for a new construction project in the system, it should use a portion of its regeneration rate to slowly fill that need. Larger colonies with larger supply and regen rates would therefore supply materials faster. Smaller colonies would not only fill these requirements slowly but may be incapable of filling every need automatically. If this contribution is split between multiple construction projects, it would therefore go slower.
Commanders and squadrons would still benefit from moving materials manually, as the job would get done much faster, but for the solo player that doesn't like the grind they would have the option of simply being patient and waiting for some or all of the resources to fill, depending on the size and diversity of their colony. I imagine the wait time being roughly on a scale of months, weeks, or days for tier 3, tier 2, and tier 1 respectively, but I leave that balancing to the devs and community feedback. I'm also unsure how easy it would be to build a colony capable of producing the most demanded supplies, but that would need to be considered when adjusting the contribution amounts. Hard to tell since we are just getting started.
Edit: I might add that if it's too difficult to implement something like a small, passive contribution, then perhaps the tier 3 stations should cost 153,111 materials instead of 209,122. That would keep the growth in difficulty between tiers consistent, as currently, it increases by roughly 3 times the amount between tier 1 and 2, but 4 times the amount between tier 2 and 3.
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We need a Go Fund Me for CMM Composites, Steel, and Ceramic Composites.
Damn that is rough, and that is only one resource. I really hope this gets "balanced" while in beta.
On a related note, anyone looking to make some quick credits I currently have a buy order for 1000 CMM Composites on my FC for $100k a ton. Fleet carrier "Travelling Von Pratts" located in the CET system.
Turn on oddessey ground settlements, too, in the search.
Sounds about right.
In fairness, a lot of the mats are much less than the amount of cmm composites. Still a lot of hauls, but they aren't all 4k-50k units.
From the man himself, only 10 years ago
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Basically yesterday. Can I haz nao?From the man himself, only 10 years ago
David Braben will answer your questions at 4PM GMT/UTC
Hi David, First, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions, and for this wonderful game ^^ ! Here is my question, about this statement from the kickstarter : "Everything in the game will be purchasable with in-game Credits". Do you plan to add skins directly purchasable ingame for...forums.frontier.co.uk
Is there any way to track which CMDR's have contributed to supplying the Colonisation Ship?
Your math is off here... Colonia is 22,000 LY away. at 50 LY/Week, it would take 440 weeks, or 8.5 years to reach colonia. 8.5 years. Much longer than this game will likely last.
That would be nice. I could send an o7 to anyone with a kind heart that helps me build.