Newcomer / Intro got over 100k tonight

Maynard46 · Feb 14, 2015

i started the night at 39k and now have 170k. someone posted how bounties are better at resource extraction sites. they were not lying. i came across one near an astroid belt and after about 3 hours i had over 170k in total credits. it was pretty easy too. never was i in a spot to be blown up. there were so many fed ships that made it super easy to get coin.

now what ship to buy? i went to a terminal that only offered 5 ships. only 2 were in my price range. i have no clue what i am looking to buy

Cmdr Andy B · Feb 14, 2015

this site should help you decide what ship to buy next:

http://www.edshipyard.com/

if you are in a sidewinder i would suggest the next step is going to be an adder, its a good all rounder that can be fitted as a fighter, an explorer or used for trade.

cmdr lowest · Feb 14, 2015

If combat is your thing you should probably be thinking about a Viper.

Kuroshio · Feb 14, 2015

I second the Adder. It gives you the opportunity to try out every playstyle instead of committing to one and is fun to fly And while it kind of lacks the Millennium Falcon vibe I get from a Cobra, you can always pretend it's Lone Starr's Winnebago. (Sadly sans jam launcher.)

Maynard46 · Feb 14, 2015

for the adder, what would be the best things to upgrade on it first?

clivewil · Feb 14, 2015

DoubtOutLoud said:
I second the Adder.

i loved the Adder while i had it - a very capable ship for its size. just don't look upwards, all you'll see is roof.

upgrades? my first choices would be shields - gimballed beam - gimballed multi cannon.

there's many different opinions on weapon setups, it depends on how you fly and fight as to what suits you best. some prefer pulse lasers because they fire longer before draining the capacitor. others swear by fixed lasers because they hit harder, but require precise aiming and your target can slip out of view easily in a fight. gimbals give you limited auto-aiming with a slight reduction in damage. multi cannons are good for when the lasers have lowered the enemy's shield. cannons are devastating but fire slowly and miss easily - better for large targets and brave pilots who get in real close

carlisle · Feb 14, 2015

Maynard46 said:
for the adder, what would be the best things to upgrade on it first?

Depends on what you want to do, but the power distributor is always a good bet so long as you've enough left to equip it to do the thing you primarily want to do (which in your case sounds like weaponry)

brisket · Feb 14, 2015

Love my Adder, it's been a good ship.

+1 for the Power Distributor. You can fit some Shield Banks to one of the utility mounts (don't yell, they got me out of a bind a few times).

My weapon load-out is:
1 Gimbaled E1 Beam laser in my medium slot
2 Fixed F1 Pulse lasers in the small slots
1 K-warrant scanner
1 Shield Bank

Also, upgrade your cargo holds, frame-shift drive, thrusters, power-plant... I pretty much upgraded the whole thing and now has a 500k replacement value. Worth it? I dunno. I've traveled close to 1000 LY in it and it's served me well.

Good flying!

(edit) also, check this thread if you haven't already. Lots of love for the Adder.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=89504

Maynard46 · Feb 14, 2015

carlisle said:
Depends on what you want to do, but the power distributor is always a good bet so long as you've enough left to equip it to do the thing you primarily want to do (which in your case sounds like weaponry)

battling is probably least desirable...i only did those bounties cause it was there and quick and easy

im more interested in exploring and trading...moving cargo or mining interests me.

carlisle · Feb 14, 2015

Maynard46 said:
battling is probably least desirable...i only did those bounties cause it was there and quick and easy

im more interested in exploring and trading...moving cargo or mining interests me.

In that case then the power distributor is still an invaluable upgrade. Allowing you to run the mining laser for longer, and escape faster should you be attacked.

cowasaki · Feb 14, 2015

I've got 50M in total assets and I'm still using a Viper as my fighter. It's the dogs doodars......

m0nk3n · Feb 14, 2015

here is a trade route for you to do. i use it myself as a reference from some other forumer that posted this http://eliteraretrader.co.uk/?route...,31,1,30,77,55,79,67,73,22,16,52&name=100 Ton

1 run in hauler with rares are pretty good. or you could do the community goal in tanmark.

and is it pretty easy to set up if you wanna make your own route.

Doombrain · Feb 14, 2015

Yep. 40 mins tonight, killed thre pythons for a total of 280k.

Negative Entropy · Feb 14, 2015

I must insist that the first thing to upgrade is always the power distributor, next the FSD then power distributor some more.
if you still need more jump range, upgrade other modules to D (lightest for all modules)
only upgrade power when you need it as extra power capacity does not give you anyting.

Maynard46 · Feb 15, 2015

can someone be so kind to explain jump range - laden/unladen ?

Vladimar Rubicon · Feb 15, 2015

It's all about MASS. Less mass will help increase your jump range- so balance things like life support (get by on lowest mass) with things like FSD and Power Plant/Thrusters, which will give you better performance with the added draw of more mass. And Laden is simply carrying full cargo.

Maynard46 · Feb 15, 2015

i got the adder and upgraded a few things as suggested.

any tips on using the fuel scoop? i bought the cheapest one to try it out and it appears you try and stay close enough until you are about to fry your ship. i kept overheating really fast

is it safe to move over to open mode? im around a system called brani

theEmohawk · Feb 15, 2015

The fuel scoop should run optimally when heat is around 100%. Don't worry, you don't take damage until 150%. The speed you're moving doesn't make any difference to scooping rate, so a common method is to just sit at a "good distance" (ie. Heat isn't climbing quickly and you are scooping near max rate) from a star with the throttle at zero (so 30m/s).
The smaller scoops work slower than bigger and higher grade scoops. But in an Adder you only have an 8T tank to fill.

As for "safe to play open". I've only ever played open (other than the tutorials). I decided that having other players in my game was more interesting than not having them there. At the end of the day you can be interdicted and attacked by an NPC, a player doing it is likely to be more skilled but if you're pirated you can't negotiate with an NPC. Plus, it's Dangerous - live the danger!

Dr Zachary Smith · Feb 15, 2015

DoubtOutLoud said:
I second the Adder. It gives you the opportunity to try out every playstyle instead of committing to one and is fun to fly And while it kind of lacks the Millennium Falcon vibe I get from a Cobra, you can always pretend it's Lone Starr's Winnebago. (Sadly sans jam launcher.)

Adder FTW, I spent around 3 to 4 million fitting it out though, top of the range everything, it's a great ship, I sold my Cobra and just use this instead, it's unbreakable, highly manoeuvrable and an excellent smuggling ship, with the right upgrades, for me it's the dirty little secret of ED