Yes but then you're also routing by hand because the route plotter only works with your actual range. I'd also say 20 ly is a bit extreme for the purpose of this discussion, but I've been happily humming along in ships between 45-50 ly range -- first with a Clipper, not doing much exobio but scanning systems, another time Keelback with SLF for a more fun and efficient way to locate bios. A Sidewinder excursion is still on my to-do list.
Damn your eyes!
Damn... one never stops learning. I thought it only reduces the average angle of deviation from a straight line which would mean a few percent shorter travel distance and proportional fuel saving. Where is a source for that information?
It had never occurred to me to look up a wiki about my fsd
Yes, there are some relatively large "brown dwarf fields" that require some thinking to cross safely, e.g. on the way up to Beagle Point if you pass the galactic center on the western side.
It had never occurred to me to look up a wiki about my fsd
Actually it doesn't support that exclusively: Choose economic routing.
Try taking the Cobra Mk V to Beagle Point. It's a decent exploration ship with a great canopy view.
By the way, note that shield boosters do not follow the normal "D-rated is the lightest". Unusually, the weight goes up from E to A. (That's not to say it's somehow wrong to use D-rated shield boosters, but I just wanted to note this exception in case you chose that rating thinking that it would be the lightest.)
Agreeing! On the forums! Wash your mouth out.Are we furiously agreeing that ED provides amazing flexibility for a player to plough their own furrow and that the only 'right answers' are your own for your game?
The jury remains out on both the original question posed here and indeed whether or not the Mandalay is the current exploration meta.
I did a lot of exploring using a Hauler and FC combination, on fastest it took around 11 jumps to get to the FC at its next way point and the Hauler would need to refuel usually twice. On economic the number of jumps was many more, depending where I was, but no refuelling was required.
Interesting. Thanks for the info!
Question...how does one input a pre-engineered FSD into Coriolis?
I'd like to verify that difference between a G5 FSD and a pre-eng FSD. In the end, I decided to do it myself since I was doing engineering anyway, and the collection of the TDC was a hassle.
Shield Booster? Uhm, OD is lighter than an OA. You get more range with the OD, and seems I remember it's cheaper too.
That said, I did infact engineer them for performance over weight, so being lighter is kinda cancelled out. Is it overkill? Only testing it would prove that out. Not interested in crash testing! But yes, it appears from my travels that I don't need quite that much shielding.
The main risk is tapping a wing on landing. Done that a couple times, and my shielding didn't even notice. Fly safe and shield need will be minimal, but I got it if needed and the range is still very respectable. Cake and eat it too sort of thing!
Limpet Controller...yeah, I needed to see the numbers for myself, so I went with more capability just in case. From what I'm seeing, I'm thinking a 1A would suffice. I hadn't really thought about engineering it. Interesting.
I also have Armour G5 Heavy Duty/Deep Plating.
and really cold AC!
Yep its a great little ship, when i got back to the bubble i had to head to Colonia to help a friend, i went in the MKV, was a nice trip.
But a 0E shield booster is lighter than a 0D one. As mentioned, shield boosters don't follow the same logic as other modules. Instead, weight increases from E to A.
