UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

[MoarDan]

lol, CMDR Harry Potter, trying to look like a nice guy ... but just another guy in a Cutter attacking others without provocation.

I have you on video CMDR Harry Potter, good thing you attacked my Viper in your Cutter while I was just sitting there I hope it wasn't too hard of a fight uh ?

You're just another worthless piece of if you ask me

I had the same experience just then with somebody called Ornee shaula, lucky I was recording too

 

[Turban]

Well, my opinion today :
Sorry Frontier but :

that .

Merope. 2 minutes just to get out of orbital cruise. No mechanics against griefers. No bounty, no nothing they ruin every community stuff and you let it happen.

enjoying the game. I'll just go back to broken missions and grind so I get a Cutter like those s that can ruin everyone's fun because they grinded more.

Moderate me if you want, it's honest feedback, if you think it needs moderating well...

It's not gonna get better.

 

[CMDR MadRaptor]

So has anyone actually gone to Berny's Loop to have a gander? Big place but seeing as the logo has a central bit that is well, in the center, that would be a logical place to start? I'm going to go for an extended holiday over there shortly.

Made it out there a couple of days ago, haven't had too many opportunities to get a good search going, day off tomorrow will change that. But of what i have searched I have come up empty, a couple of systems and about 5 different planets/moons. Not giving up though, it's a big area and with many different nebulae all enclosed.

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Searched star map with "caine-massey", "caine", "massey": There is Masseys world in Quator system and Masseyworld in Arcturus system (both landable planets). No idea if this relevant in anyway.

Might be a clue if either of those worlds has a faction with Massey in their title? Could be where Caine-Massey is based

 

[Makaan]

I´ve seen some guy in a cutter too. Wouldn´t be big of a problem. But as he chased me I wasn´t able to fly more than a few hundred meters without that bug where you suddenly land mid flight. I admit, I combat logged, because I really didn´t want to be a fixed targed for some douchbag who can´t let us explore in peace -.-

God that bug is getting annoying aha

 

[tiger61378]

Ok...starting to sound like we need a few wings of combat ships to start patrolling Merope and Maia, searching for the griefers. I'd swing in, but I'm already almost 3k out from the bubble heading towards the Traikaae nebula, then the core and beyond.

 

[rizal72]

Not sure if that made any sense my friend. We used in the past, but we shouldn't use it now?
Agree with the things you said about finding it in the game though.

Still it doesn't prevent us from
a) taking screenshots, map / galaxy / logos - and rotating these using tools . Either looking at UA's or Barnacles.
b) recording sounds and listening to them, perhaps looking for patterns aka morse. Both UA and Barnacles.
c) using tools to plot positions and make ship diagrams. Both UA, and now diagrams for Barnacles.
It's what we've done in the past, same as we're doing just right now.

Anyway, I'll try not to sidetrack too much. It's probably not making any sense to argue about these things.
o7

Wait! Misunderstanding!

I did not say you shall not use those tools, but to bear in mind that the solution you are looking for doesn't need them!

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Exit to desktop, close launcher and restart. Rinse and repeat till the barnacle spawns.

I had absolutely no problems on Merope Friday night. Exited 4 times from Solo & each time I entered again the barnacle had respawned & regenerated. May be a problem with your connection to the server or PC settings? Raise a bug report!

EDIT: Oops-was attempting to respond to "

Originally Posted by MadDogMurdock
I'm having issues with the crash site spawning now.

Solo and Mobius - no crash site.
Open - voila!

"

Also just realised that MadDog was talking about the Anaconda site spawn, but I suspect the same cause applies. I suspect FD will get most bug reports from people playing in Open, with much smaller number from players in private group & solo modes, so I guess that's where their priorities for bug fix effort will lie. We all need to raise bug reports much more frerquently, rather than keep posting the same issues on this thread (sorry MadDog/Ed, not moaning at either of you personally! I'm just tired of trying to keep up with this thread to track the science when its getting diverted with repetitive trivia.. It's obvious many posters just aren't reading even a few pages before their post)

PPS: Ninja'd by Han Zen. I have a pretty good cable connection.

 

[Lane1572]

Ok...starting to sound like we need a few wings of combat ships to start patrolling Merope and Maia, searching for the griefers. I'd swing in, but I'm already almost 3k out from the bubble heading towards the Traikaae nebula, then the core and beyond.

I am up for any protection duties. Need to be careful however as the last time we tried to get a defense force together a traitor infiltrated the ranks and made quick work of us

 

[Makaan]

No I've been picking them up in Solo.

Bug then I'm guessing

 

[rizal72]

I think rizal72 here was just saying "don't overthink the sound message" and "likely it can be solved without professional tools", not really trying to forbid anyone using the tools they have at their disposal.

Exactly this ^^^^

 

[Calaban]

Last night we were in the parking lot that was the Merope C Barnacle (the publicly known one)... commenting and laughing with each other about "why no smiling dog ships showed up". I commented "maybe because they counted all the large lasers parked here..."

We had an honest to goodness militia there at that time. It was heart warming to find that Community > Trolls

 

[Popov Le Magnifique]

Well, my opinion today :
Sorry Frontier but :

Fudge that ship.

Fudge Merope. 2 minutes just to get out of orbital cruise. No mechanics against griefers. No bounty, no nothing they ruin every community stuff and you let it happen.

Fudge enjoying the game. I'll just go back to broken missions and grind so I get a Cutter like those mustards that can ruin everyone's fun because they grinded more.

Moderate me if you want, it's honest feedback, if you think it needs moderating well...

It's not gonna get better.

FTFY. You're welcome.

 

[AstroCreep]

I'm here:
Merope 5 C (-25.34),(158.48)

But I don't see anything....

 

[Makaan]

I am up for any protection duties. Need to be careful however as the last time we tried to get a defense force together a traitor infiltrated the ranks and made quick work of us

Same here, I'm going to do all I can to help when I come back on.

 

[Atrox Lux]

Since nobody seems to have read my recent theory about these guys I made this. This is done simply using images of the barnacle. No game files were involved!!!

All I did here was add extra barnacle sections into the mix, using graphics software. I was shocked by the result!

We really shouldn't have gone poking these things. The Pleiades looks like it is a shipyard. The barnacles are grown into the ships (thargons and warships).

Human involvement is why UA use morse. I think a secretive faction stole this tech from the Thargoids and used the UA to set up a security perimeter, which is why they do damage to deter tampering. This human group are trying to grow ships. The original owners may not be happy!

 

[Popov Le Magnifique]

People have read your theory. The reason they didn't answer was because you are not the first one to come up with it. (Still a pretty cool theory, hope you're right.)

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Since our Milky Way has only two arms, maybe the third (white) one is the message contained in the shape (coordinates?).

Wikipedia states the Milky Way has four spiral arms.

 

[Atrox Lux]

People have read your theory. The reason they didn't answer was because you are not the first one to come up with it. (Still a pretty cool theory, hope you're right.)

S'alright I hadn't read theirs either, had seen some, but they sort of got ignored too.
This thread is too big and all over the place and it's too easy to miss things!
I thought the illustration may sell it better.

There was another guy way back (can't remember who) that did an excellent bit on the Thargon resemblence (with pics), that was what set me off.

 

[John Stoutbeard]

Wait! Misunderstanding!

I did not say you shall not use those tools, but to bear in mind that the solution you are looking for doesn't need them!

Exactly this ^^^^

Got it some of us just like to play with new toys you see, and do other things while not ingame.
Dang, I'm out of virtual rep again, need to get some more Lagavulin.

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EDIT: I'm letting my explorer ship rest until next Thursday. Until another fresh maintenance to increase the discovery of new barnacles, I'll be doing some other things.