I have a fleet carrier, plenty of time, and a Panther Clipper, but I'm also lazy lol. Judging by the numbers on Inara, I won't get in the top 10. I'm not doing it a second time. This one was too much work self-loading for me. And the 50-minute carrier jump timers aren't helping either.
It's only vanity or personal achievement to get it anyway. Outside of that CG which handed out Thargoid Pulse Neutralizers (used to access active Titans before they were returned to the Far God), I cannot remember an instance where the top 10 got any reward besides credits - and that CG only had top 10 module rewards - either as default or extras. Unless you count occasional GalNet mentions which have themselves sometimes been restricted to top 3 or 5.
We will get them all. That's the direction FDevs decided to take, TARDIS cargo racks.
Whether they'll be engineerable and when, how they'll be obtained, no one knows but we're going there.
Whether they'll be engineerable and when, how they'll be obtained, no one knows but we're going there.
You can do it without FC, but PC2 of course is great for that
I know there's Much Discussion here about pay-to-win, fleet carriers, and now the plipper (cards on the table, i caved and got one), and I hear all of it.
For the trade war CG a couple months back, when the Cutter and T9 were still king, I ended up doing most of my contributions in a Type 8--half the capacity, but there was a medium-pad outpost just a couple light years over with plenty of the commodity I needed, and interdictions? A Type 8 laughs and dances right through 'em.
Been playing Elite off and on since around 2018, first on Xbox and just recently made the jump with my account to PC. It's my favourite game, a game it feels at times like I could live inside. But I stick with it by playing it on my terms, taking breaks, touching grass. All that good stuff.
For the trade war CG a couple months back, when the Cutter and T9 were still king, I ended up doing most of my contributions in a Type 8--half the capacity, but there was a medium-pad outpost just a couple light years over with plenty of the commodity I needed, and interdictions? A Type 8 laughs and dances right through 'em.
Been playing Elite off and on since around 2018, first on Xbox and just recently made the jump with my account to PC. It's my favourite game, a game it feels at times like I could live inside. But I stick with it by playing it on my terms, taking breaks, touching grass. All that good stuff.
But you can do 75% with T8 without any problem. Top 75% usually are very low. PC2 will change just the top 25%
How does the 10x price work out? Is it 10x what we paid? Or 10x the galactic average whatever it is.
Cos if its 10x what we paid, imma sell some very expensive titanium from my FC.
Cos if its 10x what we paid, imma sell some very expensive titanium from my FC.
As far as I know, it's always compared to the galactic average. I could be wrong, though.
Why the salt? It is a game.Oh great some more magical space rackshonestly i never saw this coming .
Would you rather have LESS cargo capacity?
I guess you are not involved in colonisation.
You missed it. Thats not Fdevs fault.
No, it’s galactic average. I think it used to say that part specifically in some older CGs, but not 100% on that. I suppose someone more dedicated to searching the archives or with better records (or memory) might have a clearer answer.
Worst case you can always do the maths yourself by looking at the CG station prices and the galactic average indicated.
There was the Duval Babyshower that handed out clippers to the top 10. I think there was also one that gave glow in the dark decals for the top 10, but it's certainly rare.
Yes it's a game which has some realism, that's what I like about it. I expected the colonisation to require more mats and the PC to be 1000t with a fairly decent shield . So I was disappointed on both aspects. But that's life .
Already 1220 tons. The last CG finished with 345 for top 75%...
I liked that Frontier started to use '1 contribution is enough for everybody'.
Now it's back to "punishing" 25% of the participants just because. And Community Goals have once again become the very opposite of what they should be. Instead of the community working towards a common goal, the community competes against each other for personal gain.
This is still in that CG. You just get one extra if in the 75% and, frankly, it’s not a difficult tier to remain in even with a just slightly more than minimal time investment.
From my perspective, anyway.
I guess I will manage to stay in the top 75% too, but that's not the point. I don't like that a lot of players who weren't at the right time at the right place won't get a chance to get a clearly superior module.
And since Frontier's communication is reduced to a minimum, we don't know if we'll at some point be able to Engineer all our cargo racks, whether they will be added to Tech Brokers (which could take months or years), or whether they are intended to stay unicorns for ever.
I'm not a fan of FOMO no matter its shape or form.
And since Frontier's communication is reduced to a minimum, we don't know if we'll at some point be able to Engineer all our cargo racks, whether they will be added to Tech Brokers (which could take months or years), or whether they are intended to stay unicorns for ever.
I'm not a fan of FOMO no matter its shape or form.
That can be said about a bunch of other modules that are (arguably) more impactful than cargo racks of size 5 and 6 with 35% more capacity. Whether that is hardpoints or utility mounts. Or the class 5/6 corrosion resistant cargo racks [if there ever comes a need again to gather large amounts of Thargoid items].
And the CG is very clear you CAN just drop a single contribution and get one of each anyway, rather than needing to reach 75% for anything other than a credit reward at all. Whether it’s a good or bad thing a 75% placement offers an extra one for each size, I can’t say. But also don’t think it’s a massive deal breaker…
And the CG is very clear you CAN just drop a single contribution and get one of each anyway, rather than needing to reach 75% for anything other than a credit reward at all. Whether it’s a good or bad thing a 75% placement offers an extra one for each size, I can’t say. But also don’t think it’s a massive deal breaker…
There are commanders who have no interest in hauling anything, yet cargo-related stuff seems to be the latest craze.
I'm waiting for a CG that isn't based on having to haul crap, or shoot something!
Explorers and Exobiologists unite!
I'm waiting for a CG that isn't based on having to haul crap, or shoot something!
Explorers and Exobiologists unite!