WTH is wrong with this game?

shadowwar · Apr 20, 2015

I am getting really fed up with just touching the wall of the entrance and seeing my Anaconda blow up! WTH is wrong with the game mechanics? A simple little touch should not blow a ship up. I was on FULL shields, not going too fast then BANG!

I lost 7M this time along with 6 M of cargo! Useless game!

bossbrigand · Apr 20, 2015

Maybe you should fly slower. Do you have any idea how much force is involved in a collision between a Conda and a station at even 100 m/s?

Nonya · Apr 20, 2015

Sidenti Taalo said:
You mean to tell me you had 13 mil floating along and no 5k docking computer?

Lol, yup. If you can afford an Anaconda then you should be able to afford the docking computer to go along with it.

Distance · Apr 20, 2015

If you can afford an Anaconda you should be able to dock without a computer

Nauht · Apr 20, 2015

Eh? Docking computer strawman there.

Some people like to take the controls themselves... I do.

Besides the point isnt that he doesn't have a docking comp but rather was the victim of some type of bug.

I've never had that happen to me in my Conda and I've dinged the cow cage heaps. Even got stuck in it a coupke of times. OP, submit a ticket. Maybe support will refund your loss.

Malic · Apr 20, 2015

I don't think you realize how big your ship is, or how fast you are traveling. Take a car and run into a wall so you scrape it at 100 kph or 60 mph.. show us how it makes no scratches... now get something the size of a oil tanker and then tell me that that has less inertia

ChubbyBunneh · Apr 20, 2015

I smash my Anaconda into the landing pad nose straight down at 133m/s all the time. Fastest way to slow down. This is with just a 4A shield too.

Are you flying with 0 pips to SYS?

If not then submit a ticket for spontaneous exploding ship bug.

Eagle Eye · Apr 20, 2015

Guessing time. Full shields, 0 pips on SYS. Might as well be shieldless.

When I am about to crash in my Anaconda I put 4-pips to Sys. Never lost my shield with 4-pips unless you're going way too fast. I did crash into an asteroid on my FdL at 100m/s or so when at full shield but 0 SYS pip, lost my shield and 99% of hull. That was a freak luck...

SvennoJ · Apr 20, 2015

The Anaconda weighs as much as 3 fully fuelled up space shuttles.
Yet it might be a bug. I've ran it into the fence at near full speed and only lost 1.5 shield rings.
Same with the T9, I used the floor of the landing pad for brakes, hit the ground hard and slide to a stop.
That was with 2 pips to shields, never had a problem. (My T7 however did not survive boosting into a wall)

DidierDrbois · Apr 20, 2015

Distance said:
If you can afford an Anaconda you should be able to dock without a computer

This. NOT a docking computer.

Surly_Badger · Apr 20, 2015

You got an anaconda without learning how to fly a ship? Now that's an accomplishment.

NullAndVoid · Apr 20, 2015

I bet you went through the slot at over 120m/s with 0 pips in sys and slapped the bottom/back of the ship on the way through, loosing the shields and then destroying the power plant imo.

Joe Spivey · Apr 20, 2015

The devs are aware of this. There have been many tickets about it.

Drizzt Do Urden · Apr 20, 2015

There is a bug, it hapenned to people i know , where you can explode passing the slot even with the smallest touch (<50 speed), ship shield does not matter. It is very rare but i guess that whats hapenned to you.
If you managed to blow up more than one time like this, then reconsider your driving skills.

magot · Apr 20, 2015

it must be a bug coz mine anaconda doesn t explode or even loose shields when i do a good wall scrape . i even slammed her to a wall in full speed ( no boost ) just to test her and it didn t explode .

Ydiss · Apr 20, 2015

Sidenti Taalo said:
You mean to tell me you had 13 mil floating along and no 5k docking computer?

Nonya said:
Lol, yup. If you can afford an Anaconda then you should be able to afford the docking computer to go along with it.

Anyone needing a docking computer doesn't deserve to call themselves a pilot yet. Particularly if they have a Conda.

You missed the point. I have scraped the Conda on quite a few occasions because it's not critical and doesn't matter. You can ram the thing quite hard and it doesn't take out the shields.

So if he really did only "touch" the cow grid then it's most likely the spontaneous death bug. Your replies are not helpful.

Op submit a ticket for this. I don't know if this was a bug or if they fixed the instant death bug yet. But it's worth a try.

Whiterose · Apr 20, 2015

Even if he was flying to fast and no pips in SYS you should not simply explode for touching the toast rack. My question is "Was the landing gear down?" this seems to be the major glitch with condies self combusting.

bamber · Apr 20, 2015

I have extensively reviewed the OP's descrpition tested this out and have come to the following conclusion: there is a fault in the seat stick interface. A bug that has been apparent since Beta

777Driver · Apr 20, 2015

bamber said:
I have extensively reviewed the OP's descrpition tested this out and have come to the following conclusion: there is a fault in the seat stick interface. A bug that has been apparent since Beta

Gotta agree here... Although I have heard something about a bug only when a certain type of shield is installed. My Conda has had no shields for the past 2 months, 99% of the time I never clip the entrance, but when it happens I only get a minor scratch, that is when going through the slot at high speed.

If the OP thinks it is a bug, he should log a ticket with his exact loadout... OP why don't you also post your loadout here?

GaryII · Apr 20, 2015

If shortly after contact you started to deploy landing gear = its a known bug.
I once had the same issue..created a ticket and got my money back..
Currently only workaround is to delay landing gear until you are over landing pad in case you run into something..