Distant Worlds - A journey beyond the Abyss

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Mizu

Mizu
seeker89 said:
I really wanted to do this, but I'm going to have to turn around and head back early.
My lack of fuel scooping piloting skills have knocked down my hull to 60%, and I'm behind being only at Byeia Eurk GX_L b21-0. Which isn't that far away from the 3rd waypoint.

This makes me feel kinda bad, so I'm sorry.
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Well, it's all up to you, but speaking as a newcomer who joined the fleet just two days ago I'd say not to give up quite yet. I managed to get within 6k LY of the next meetup spot over the past day and a half in my Anaconda, starting from the bubble, and can likely do the rest before the meetup occurs. Only takes me an hour or so per 1k LY, after all, and I'm still on uni break so time isn't an issue.

As to the scoop issues you seem to be having, have you tried just floating above the star's corona? I've found it isn't so much the depth into the star you go, but instead the speed you travel - I can coast comfortably at the upper levels, about 60-70% heat, and slowly increase the scoop rate over thirty seconds till I hit my 712/s maximum via sticking to the 10-20 km/s speed range.

...I must say, feels good to only be 6400 or so LY away from everyone else, vs the 10,000 plus it was just six hours ago.
 

CmdrCanine

CmdrCanine
Jonk and jonk some more. If you don't scan and have your fuel scoop at max (make sure the yellow line round the star doesn't go below your centre console) this should let you cover about 2000LY in an hour! (provided you have a 30LY jump and a half decent fuel scoop.)
 

Zenith

Zenith
As I'm recording data and images as I go along, I'm substantially slower than that CmdrCanine. I'm guessing I'm getting 700ly/HR which fits with my estimate that I'm ⅓ the speed of the majority.

It just means I make my travel time count.
 

shamblmonkee

shamblmonkee
CmdrCanine said:
Jonk and jonk some more. If you don't scan and have your fuel scoop at max (make sure the yellow line round the star doesn't go below your centre console) this should let you cover about 2000LY in an hour! (provided you have a 30LY jump and a half decent fuel scoop.)
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On my latest dash from the bubble in a 31ly capable conda (96t of fuel 7c scoop) I was just jump-honk-jumping and i twas getting 1700ly an hour out of it, so you can certainly haul ass in a ship with around 30ly range and a decent scoop/tank.

I explodered an SRV last night with a stupid drive down a 10k high mountain.... so i'm back ot the bubble and half tempted to return (for the 4th time) in something a little different ...
 
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gooddoc

gooddoc
Allitnil said:
As a Yorkshireman, I would just like to point out that we had it much harder back when we were kids. Back then we thought ourselves lucky if we could organise 10 people on the Internet without 12 of them complaining.
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Internet!!.... LUCKY!.... Na' we 'ad it tough.... we 'ad t' chisel 'ar messages ont slates wi' 'ar bare 'ands n walk 'undreds o' miles t' deliver 'ar message.
 

Zeeman

Zeeman
Wait.. What? 96T of fuel? What in the name of... ?

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gooddoc said:
Internet!!.... LUCKY!.... Na' we 'ad it tough.... we 'ad t' chisel 'ar messages ont slates wi' 'ar bare 'ands n walk 'undreds o' miles t' deliver 'ar message.
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In my day, the "web" was something a spider made in a corner, and all you needed for IRC was two tin cans and some string...

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Jon flint

Jon flint
Well, it seems I'm going to have to do the run from wp5 to wp6 in a single day, no relaxed exploring for me :(

I had planned to spread the travelling out over my two days off work but I'm still parked up in the bubble waiting for the support team to fling me back out to the vicinity of wp5.

So so back to twiddling my thumbs, it's very weird having a day off but not being able to play, even tried cqc, but I was terrible. Maybe time to reinstall GTA V just to give me something to do.
 

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Macros Black

Macros Black
Zeeman said:
Your ship, your call! I'll be watching your progress with great interest!

I suspect the 7C scoop will become a source of great regret.

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Imagine only thing left when fully scooped, is the fuel scoop, rest of ship probably charcoal...

Please record a full scooping session :)
 

robbyp

robbyp
MacrosTheBlack said:
Imagine only thing left when fully scooped, is the fuel scoop, rest of ship probably charcoal...

Please record a full scooping session :)
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In his defence, a 7A is a lot of money. I had to do a few Robigo runs to build up enough money for it (did not want to sell down all my other hulls). Maybe a 7B would have worth been grinding for.

I'm running with 28t/7A, takes about the time to say 'fill her up' to refill each jump.
 

Rewision

Rewision
Mizu said:
Well, it's all up to you, but speaking as a newcomer who joined the fleet just two days ago I'd say not to give up quite yet. I managed to get within 6k LY of the next meetup spot over the past day and a half in my Anaconda, starting from the bubble, and can likely do the rest before the meetup occurs. Only takes me an hour or so per 1k LY, after all, and I'm still on uni break so time isn't an issue.

As to the scoop issues you seem to be having, have you tried just floating above the star's corona? I've found it isn't so much the depth into the star you go, but instead the speed you travel - I can coast comfortably at the upper levels, about 60-70% heat, and slowly increase the scoop rate over thirty seconds till I hit my 712/s maximum via sticking to the 10-20 km/s speed range.

...I must say, feels good to only be 6400 or so LY away from everyone else, vs the 10,000 plus it was just six hours ago.
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Im pretty sure the speed you are traveling has nothing to do with how fast you scoop 30km/s should be just as effective: I belive I read it in one of the guides on these forums, someone that knows for sure feel free to let us know aswell:)
 

Henkka77

Henkka77
Rewision said:
Im pretty sure the speed you are traveling has nothing to do with how fast you scoop 30km/s should be just as effective: I belive I read it in one of the guides on these forums, someone that knows for sure feel free to let us know aswell:)
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Yes, scooping speed is only dependant of how close you are to the star.
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
Rewision said:
Im pretty sure the speed you are traveling has nothing to do with how fast you scoop 30km/s should be just as effective: I belive I read it in one of the guides on these forums, someone that knows for sure feel free to let us know aswell:)
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It will ramp up faster if you are moving quick, i.e. up to max, but once there if you zero speed it will maintain the level, so I tend to move until I am scooping about 900, then hit the zero speed or at least slow down until full. I bet everyone has a different method lol, what I can definitely say is once you are scooping at max, if you are then at 30km/s you will still scoop at max.
 
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Macros Black

Macros Black
Rewision said:
Im pretty sure the speed you are traveling has nothing to do with how fast you scoop 30km/s should be just as effective: I belive I read it in one of the guides on these forums, someone that knows for sure feel free to let us know aswell:)
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Full fuel scoop intake at 30km/s is certainly possible, you just need to get close enough. When I scan the main star, I get as close as I dare after winding down from full throttle, typically to 30-50% of max intake (I know, chicken), start the scan, enter System Map, say meh, and then jump to the next destination.

7A is expensive, a lot of CMDR's use 7B's instead, if 7C works for you, then great :)
 
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