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Shintai

Shintai
We need some kind of hall of fame in the most priceless complete game loses ever. This one is in a top 5 for sure.

Cargo filled with palladium, flying a freighter, goes pirate hunting and loses all without money for insurance.

/grabs popcorn.

Also if you ask nicely, some of us may chip in some cans of goodies for you to recover some or all your loses with.

Only the weak gives up.
 
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theEmohawk

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Skip Intro said:
If only you knew about Insurance. Oh, wait, you did and yet... :S
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CMDR VOLTAGE said:
I don't think I did. I had used it accidentally once in the beginning when I managed to destroy a hauler. It covered the cost. I went in the red and paid it off eventually. I haven't had a similar mishap since and didn't realize there was anything I had to do. I guess I assumed that if the worst happened, I would owe a galactic loan shark a few million and then work to pay it off. Had I known I would certainly have had proper insurance sufficient to cover the ship I've spent the last month working to get. To say I feel stupid currently is a mountain sized under statement.
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And yet the OP has posted in at least two forum threads about insurance.... Including this post:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=102646&p=1591668&viewfull=1#post1591668

When you know the risks and still fly without insurance, there's only so much complaining you can do.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
The Brigadier said:
Tough Luck Commander Voltage,

Don't take the condescending crowd to heart. If you didn't know...you didn't know. Killed by a Nav buoy, God is there anything worse.

I really hope you fire up that little old Sidewinder again. Hope to see you in space.
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I'm aware my post is condescending but I've seen threads like this where the op doesn't quit. They took responsibility for their lack of care and carried on.

Posting an I quit thread is just attention seeking. And it's worse when it's anyone's fault but theirs.

And much worse when the op lies about not knowing!

Check out the post above.
 
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martinwright6

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CMDR VOLTAGE said:
I hit what I can only assume was the nav beacon. It wasn't a ship. It looked very small in the single frame i witnessed before hitting it. Anyway, my ship was instantly destroyed. Clipper. 1.6million dollar c6 shied.
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There's got to be dark irony in the fact that you flew into, and were destroyed by, something designed to help you navigate :)
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
Carlos Fandango said:
So every time you lost a ship you didn't read the screen and see the max loan amout.?
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The op lied. He's posted in threads discussing it.

I thought it was unusual not knowing considering he's been active since 18 December. But gave him the benefit of the doubt.

He knew the risks. Still complains about it. Lies on the forum. Then quits. No sympathy.
 
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Comrade Napoleon

Comrade Napoleon
parazaine said:
I've also lost a few Asps to 'accidents' and i lost all my progress due to the 1/1/15 server hiccup (support DID offer me a reset but by the time they did, i had already almost got back to where i was before so i declined the roll-back)

I don't think it's helpful all the sarcastic comments and i doubt there's anyone here who hasn't risked at least one flight without adequate insurance (but they got away with it)
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I mainly loose my ship due to copilot Jack Daniels.
God Bless him , but fly he can not to save his life.

Cheers Cmdr's
 

xtridence

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DimGook said:
Like I said in the other thread, FD needs to implement a toggled in-game warning about not having enough insurance coverage. This is happening way too often.
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Maybe also a servant who flies for you instead of doing it yourself?

Go home with that request. It will not happen.

He clearly deserves that lesson.
 

Comrade Napoleon

Comrade Napoleon
just make people read the Eula to the game.
I f they fully declare they understand everything, then they can fly !

.... I think I just diaqualified myself :(

Oh well the insurance part I did work out, I can even make a loop in a Sidey ;)

Cheers Cmdr's
 

Yank31

Yank31
CMDR VOLTAGE said:
Well I didn't think this would happen, or rather realize it could...

I've been playing since release. Had a bunch of time off work and managed to get a Clipper fairly tricked out. 2.1M re-buy cost. Been enjoying myself. Tonight I was on my way to drop off a cargo hold full of Palladium and had a quest to kill two pirates. I had about 3 million wrapped up in the palladium. So, as you can maybe imagine, against better judgement, i dropped into a nav point to smash two pirates. Pirates smashed, I was about to fire up the drive to head off and deliver my goods, when I hit what I can only assume was the nav beacon. It wasn't a ship. It looked very small in the single frame i witnessed before hitting it. Anyway, my ship was instantly destroyed. Clipper. 1.6million dollar c6 shied. 1.something million dollar power distro. Instantly destroyed.

So it seems I've lost everything. The screen I'm left at tells me the max loan available is 200k, and if I like I can have a free Sidewinder. I'm more sad about this than anything, but I can't accept losing the last month of progress. Enjoy the game for me. Happy hunting.

ciao for now
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So wait, are you telling us that you managed to first dock your sidewinder without dying?

You managed to find your first station "entrance" without ending like a flipper ball in some random corner?

You managed to never forget docking permission? To never go "Ian Solo" right into the wall just above/below the letterbox?

Imo you're simply too skilled for this game, natural selection indeed...


Failed joke aside, well... tough luck, it's not THAT very long to farm it back, though, once you've learned the basics (including insurance mecanics...).
 

BrewerGeorge

BrewerGeorge
Fian said:
I will purchase a lakon 9 this evening. I thought I had enough to fund insurance + cargo in addition to purchase cost + necessary upgrades. when I sold my cobra + trading clipper i ended up with a few million less than my "total assets" amount. So I will have to fly through 150ly or so in an unarmed (well i will keep the stock lasers) Type 9 until flying back from Founders world to my normal trade route. Then i guess an hours trading will cover my rebuy cost. Will make for an interesting ride with over 100million in jeopardy and at risk of returning to stock sidewinder.

Will have 5A shields, 4A fuel scoop, 6A FSD and rest will be D components. I will need the fuel scoop to make return flight, I could drop the sheilds from A to D class, but then I increase the risk of popping.

Anyone want to suggest a "seeking luxuries" near founders world or a half decent trade route i could hit for an hour or two to make up my insurance cost before teh long flight back to my normal route? I would be grateful for a PM.
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OMG, I can't believe you're doing that! I would never risk that. Why not garage the T9 and buy a temporary T6 with your left over cash to make up the shortfall? 104Tons is nothing to sneer at.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
Yank31 said:
So wait, are you telling us that you managed to first dock your sidewinder without dying?

You managed to find your first station "entrance" without ending like a flipper ball in some random corner?

You managed to never forget docking permission? To never go "Ian Solo" right into the wall just above/below the letterbox?

Imo you're simply too skilled for this game, natural selection indeed...


Failed joke aside, well... tough luck, it's not THAT very long to farm it back, though, once you've learned the basics (including insurance mecanics...).
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No. He knew what happens when you die. He just pretended he didn't.
 

ash73

ash73
Condescending tone of some replies is sad to behold, I can't imagine why they want to project such a negative image.

Game needs to change, it's spoiling things for too many people.

Hard luck OP, drown your sorrows and get back in the saddle.
 

Ydiss

Ydiss
dc83 said:
What do you guys mean by "without insurance" anyway? I thought all ships were insured at all times. What in all the shades of Hell do you all mean when you keep saying that? Is there I way I can buy MORE insurance?!
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Flying without enough money to pay the buy back cost. It's not actually insurance you pay. That's paid by the pilots federation. You pay the excess.

Some players take huge risks by launching without enough money to pay this. That's basically what people mean.

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ash73 said:
Condescending tone of some replies is sad to behold, I can't imagine why they want to project such a negative image.

Game needs to change, it's spoiling things for too many people. Hard luck OP, drown your sorrows and get back in the saddle.
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You should read the thread before you judge.

The op knew what he was doing and lied to make it look like he didn't.

No one gets to a clipper without knowing how the death penalty works. But this guy has previously discussed the death penalty in another thread.
 
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BrewerGeorge

BrewerGeorge
Yank31 said:
So wait, are you telling us that you managed to first dock your sidewinder without dying?

You managed to find your first station "entrance" without ending like a flipper ball in some random corner?

You managed to never forget docking permission? To never go "Ian Solo" right into the wall just above/below the letterbox?

Imo you're simply too skilled for this game, natural selection indeed...


Failed joke aside, well... tough luck, it's not THAT very long to farm it back, though, once you've learned the basics (including insurance mecanics...).
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Maybe I'm unusual, but I never died in any of those ways. I died once early on when I stubbornly tried to SC to a system the Gal Map told me I couldn't jump to, ran out of fuel and self-destructed. I also died the first time I tried to take on an Anaconda with a Viper. That's it, playing since release. I did fly all the docking and navigation tutorials, though.
 
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