FDEVS answer the following questions which have been asked VARIOUS times in the last few months. Still no answer?
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Then you do a little pvp with my Anaconda against your clipper.
The fact that one ship is more powerful than another doesn't negate the usefulness of said ship. Vultures can smash Asps to pieces but nobody is screaming the Asp is useless. Explain why you feel it's useless.
I think there's currently little reason to use the Dropship over the Clipper. I think that will change with the addition of passengers and planetary excursions.
If the passenger system works the way it was proposed a while back, with a luxury factor tying in to your profits, I would expect the Dropship to carry more passengers with a low luxury rating, and the Clipper to carry less with a high luxury rating. I also expect the Dropship to handle better than the Clipper at low speeds in atmo.
If the passenger system works the way it was proposed a while back, with a luxury factor tying in to your profits, I would expect the Dropship to carry more passengers with a low luxury rating, and the Clipper to carry less with a high luxury rating. I also expect the Dropship to handle better than the Clipper at low speeds in atmo.
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The game has plenty of problems. One of the worst is the chaos that is combat zones. Not only can you waste an entire round of ammo without earning a single combat credit, but a misfire will swap your allegiance. I accidentally fired on someone who had misfired and was immediately harassed by commanders for doing so. Now I just lost the few bonds I managed to get to a commander who was legitimately hostile but I assumed to have misfired. There are poor design decisions everywhere, but I'm particularly upset about the tag system right now.
It's a harsh game, and very hard if you don't stay focused. Elite has always been like that.
Watch your fire
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Dear commander, versus Anaconda then I would choose the FDL or the Anaconda I have. !!What I implied about the "useless" fed dropship is exactly that it Doesn't do what it is supposed to do (carrying troops). If we get 2 commanders with equal skills, same weapons setups etc, then the imp. clipper pilot will win. As simple as that. If he has troubles he will just boost away to recharge the shields, if he doesn't have trouble then he will simply kill fed. dropship commander.
Yes, as mentioned from a fellow commander, fed. dropship will SOON (TM) get the missing love via the 1.3 update.
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I tried asking about Passenger missions and federal corvette in the AMA but was left unanswered. It was more of a AMAAPP (Ask me anything about powerplay) imo
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Probably because those are boring questions tbh. HE has a schedule and hes working to it that much is obvious. These things will get addressed along the way sometime. That all you need to know surely?
They were just friendly questions about when some things that have been recently teased in newsletters would make their appearance, nothing more. Others had asked questions about the new progress bar simulator but I care more about the ships and missions.
Op they put those descriptions in do they're accurate in the future. It's not the best method from a Consumer point of view but in the future it'll be accurate. Time saved. Wanting them to reword descriptions then do it AGAIN when it becomes accurate is simply a waste of limited Dev time.
concerning devs limited time, with the release of the game in steam, and the gathering of another few million british pounds, I would expect from FD to hire 5-10 devs to deal with the increasing number of bugs, you know?
Truth is we didnt have proper bug solving or serious tweaks for at least 2-3 weeks. That's very long time from the one we used you (once per week).
Dear commander said:
I can wait for the additional gameplay aspects until they're ready, but the two mentioned bugs are bugging me, ESPECIALLY the Wings bug. I do hope they get Wings (and hence 1.2) properly working BEFORE releasing 1.3.
when is gonna happen that beautiful match of you two btw? From replies here in thread it looks like Clipper guy is avoiding combat... (no offense, maybe he doesnt, just talking from pov of casual reader
Btw how about vid from both perspective of that match?
Sounds like a good idea
when is gonna happen that beautiful match of you two btw? From replies here in thread it looks like Clipper guy is avoiding combat... (no offense, maybe he doesnt, just talking from pov of casual reader
Btw how about vid from both perspective of that match?
Let me correct you: I am not a Clipper guy. I am an sidewinder, Anaconda, Clipper, FDL, ASP, Orca, Python, Fed Dropship billionaire guy. The match will probably take place today, after our work.
I have a crappy PC, I can't take videos :/
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pretty much, i have 0 fps drop on max settings (without supersampling
)tHEOz: okay richie, im just saying this as you are saying clipper is superior to dropship
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pretty much, i have 0 fps drop on max settings (without supersampling
tHEOz: okay richie, im just saying this as you are saying clipper is superior to dropship
well if you check the Kornelius Briedis's video, where only actual facts are provided, the only thing that Fed. Dropship beats Imperial Clipper is the armor.
a) cargo space: winner Imp. Clipper.
b) Jump range: winner Imp. Clipper.
c) Shields: winner Imp. Clipper.
d) Speed: winner Imp. Clipper.
e) Manouvrability: winner Imp. Clipper.
f) boost speed: winner Imp. Clipper.
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z) Armor: winner Fed. Dropship.
Concerning video recording believe me my PC is so crappy that won't be able to take proper videos. I've tried some times with no good result, even in lowest settings.
Concerning the upcoming fight just to clear the things out, I am not gonna die or smthg, if the fellow commander that I will fight does have due to superhuman skills the upper hand, I will just run out of combat and there will be no way for him to catch me, neglecting his will to win.