I hope you're right my friend. I must admit though that I've been playing since before release and my faith has been waning somewhat. And don't get me wrong, There are great things about the update. I listed them in a positive feedback thread. I just don't think the aspect covered in this thread was done well at all. Here's hoping for a fix.
I hope you're right my friend. I must admit though that I've been playing since before release and my faith has been waning somewhat. And don't get me wrong, There are great things about the update. I listed them in a positive feedback thread. I just don't think the aspect covered in this thread was done well at all. Here's hoping for a fix.
I just modded my FAS hull with Liz Ryder, level 1 ... a whopping 0.9% buff [sad]
I'll assume other engineers will offer levels 2 - 5, but seriously 0.9% for my efforts!
And this is after having to buy a T7 to deliver 200t of Landmines for the privilege [woah]
I'll assume other engineers will offer levels 2 - 5, but seriously 0.9% for my efforts!
And this is after having to buy a T7 to deliver 200t of Landmines for the privilege [woah]
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No problem, clearly tempers are getting frayed over the new updates and it's showing in the forums.
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Personally I like most of updates although haz-Rez and war zones are now taboo at my compitence level, but that's something to work towards as I add upgrades so that's a good thing. However, interdictions when I'm in a trade ships definitely need to be toned down and the madly overpowered fighters some people have met need to go.
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For now, mainly because of the lack of storage, I'm just going round un-locking the higher tier engineer mods with no intention of attempting anything less than a top level upgrade (fingers crossed for the RNG bit which I don't like either). At least the micro-management on resources will be worth the effort for these. I'll be less picky once storage is a thing.
Correct. We where not playing the game right. So in comes the Engineers with brand new toys and instructions on how to play the game correct - which apperantly is do do everything there is do in the game - even the things you are not that interested in doing.
After spending a day scooping and scanning and dropping into USS's I was appalled by how litle I was able to do with the Engineers (I have four of them unlocked). Looking through the info on the materials I see the devs have covered everything from "found on haulers" to "found inside security officers trousers". Why do we need so many different materials and data and commodities? It feels completly inflated.
If I play like I used to, I will get a huge surplus of certain materials. Now if I could use that surplus to make stuff that I was missing - that would be great.
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Right. The Galaxy is the sandbox. The ships and the modules are the toys that you use to shape that sandbox. Right now there is a big fat engineer in my sanbox hording all the new toys. He is like "Maybe if you go to the store and get me some gum I will let you borrow a toy". So I go to the store and bring back some gum and he is like "uuuh, thats not the gum I wanted, go back". Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.....!
HAHA! "Your short ranged blaster is in another castle...."
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Storage is coming but not yet, its in works with ship to ship transfer in other patches in season 2.
Stop crying, its not that bad as you people say it is, 2.1. is a great patch and it was wise to delay the patch and have a longer beta.
And if you didnt know you can turn in exploration data to raise blueprints rep instead of crafting , probably turn in bounties and similar, I didnt test that yet, I did get to level 2.5. with Felicity farseer by turning in only 350k worth of exlporation data.
Stop crying, its not that bad as you people say it is, 2.1. is a great patch and it was wise to delay the patch and have a longer beta.
And if you didnt know you can turn in exploration data to raise blueprints rep instead of crafting , probably turn in bounties and similar, I didnt test that yet, I did get to level 2.5. with Felicity farseer by turning in only 350k worth of exlporation data.
Exactly. I had been contemplating the upgrade to Horizons (Mac so bootcamp + Windows install + $60). Easy no at this point. Especially after a God-mode viper destroyed the wing of 3 I was in last night........including a fully shielded vette in less than 5 seconds. Come on, FD............what's your goal here? Whatever it is/was, how's it workin' out for ya? How does making a bunch of players frusrated/unhappy help you?
I made me a spreadheet with some engineer enhancements.
Here is a part of the spreadsheet for a FSD with enhanced range (sorry, it's in German):
The Problem is, the amount of materials shown above is for ONE rolling dice.
So you need many more of these items to level up from 1 to 5 and to roll the dice in each Tier more than once.
Additional I guess the Tier 4 and Tier 5 materials are very rare. I never saw one piece of Polonium the last months, for example.
So you have the need to keep found materials and commodities for a Long time until found anything you need.
Here is a part of the spreadsheet for a FSD with enhanced range (sorry, it's in German):
| DECIAT | Felicity Farseer | |||||
| Frameshiftdrive | ||||||
| Enhanced Range | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 | |
| Seltsame FSA-Zielorte | 2 | |||||
| Chemische Manipulatoren | 2 | |||||
| Polonium | 2 | |||||
| Magnetische Emitterspule | 1 | |||||
| Anormale FSA-Telemetrie | 2 | |||||
| Chemiedestillerie | 3 | |||||
| Yttrium | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Energienetz-Gruppe | 1 | |||||
| Atypische FSA-Stör-Aufzeich | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Chemische Prozessoren | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Selen | 2 | |||||
| Modul Terminals | 1 | |||||
| Arsen | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Praseodym | 1 |
The Problem is, the amount of materials shown above is for ONE rolling dice.
So you need many more of these items to level up from 1 to 5 and to roll the dice in each Tier more than once.
Additional I guess the Tier 4 and Tier 5 materials are very rare. I never saw one piece of Polonium the last months, for example.
So you have the need to keep found materials and commodities for a Long time until found anything you need.
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I probably haven't thought this through.. For those that fly small ships or want to switch back to a small ship, why not just ask the truckers for the engineer cargo commodities? Even the 1.6 guy's are picking up random stuff they don't need from missions.
I am only upgrading the FSD & shield boosters on my T9 & Cutter for now, I have about 60 tonnes of mission supplied commodities that I don't need. i'll end up chucking most of it.
Also as far as I'm aware most of the cargo that engineers need can be mined or bought at various places in the galaxy, it seems like only a small selection are mission only commodities.
I am only upgrading the FSD & shield boosters on my T9 & Cutter for now, I have about 60 tonnes of mission supplied commodities that I don't need. i'll end up chucking most of it.
Also as far as I'm aware most of the cargo that engineers need can be mined or bought at various places in the galaxy, it seems like only a small selection are mission only commodities.
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I like your style.
I'm absolutely having a blast with the engineers and I'm going to take my time finding stuff while I get on with the game I was playing before. It's a brilliant improvement (except for the bugs, of course).
that makes one of us. Elite Engineers without storage is like driving a truck without trailer! your just a driver sitting in a cabin!
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So let me get this straight. Not only did you make the 10,000th bawww thread, you won't even own it as your own and have to dress it up as your concern for some other players?
Well done. Bar raised considerably.
I agree with you. The suddenly over powered NPC's just cost me 10 million and all the crap I had collected. Maybe THEY should have to grind their way to upgrades instead of having it given to them by developers. WE can't have powerful items but, they come out of the shoot with more shields and firepower than my entire months of playing. Really don't see how THAT'S balanced play. These damn ships are parking on top of my Python and not moving. I have to call bull on that one. Not very enjoyable when the game takes off the other direction and is ridiculously hard to play. So far, all I do is repair my ship and loose credits to ships that we can't upgrade for months. Yeah, I am bellyaching. Don't like being cheated out of my property. Might as well play in open against the griefers that seek out players just to blow them up.
Oh and if you take a job for one of the factions and get wasted by the super-powered NPC, you can no longer buy the goods and fulfill the contract. So, 10 mill lost on my ship, all my mining cargo, stolen cargo, haulage cargo, crafting items for the engineers, meta-alloys to give to the engineer. Wow, I'm having some fun now. Yep, just a wee bit on this one. They should have just programmed the NPC's to be invulnerable.
Oh and if you take a job for one of the factions and get wasted by the super-powered NPC, you can no longer buy the goods and fulfill the contract. So, 10 mill lost on my ship, all my mining cargo, stolen cargo, haulage cargo, crafting items for the engineers, meta-alloys to give to the engineer. Wow, I'm having some fun now. Yep, just a wee bit on this one. They should have just programmed the NPC's to be invulnerable.
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Man, what a complete load. Your claim that the engineers "downgraded" your ship is an out & out LIE. Funny how you moaners have to resort to lying to "prove" your case.
....and, yes, I ran into a similar issue regarding a mission. It just means you have to think more before you take missions. Still, we know that thinking isn't a strong suit for the whiny grinder set.
Ehm, maybe I missed something, but there is a player to player trade implemented (like in any other MMO game) ? Somehow, I am not able to find any PtP trading posts on space stations.
Also, the absence of space storage (called Bank in regular MMORPG games) which can be accessed from all space ports really sucks (pardon my French). Today, I was flying the whole day with 2 tons of Praseodymium, just because I will probably need them in short time. And with those 2t of cargo, I was interdicted several times (minor problem) and was not able to switch to my Vulture to get some Chemical processors from fights/ship salvage (really a MAJOR problem).
Overall, I am not bothered with the enhanced AI, but the whole "crafting" in Engineers is a Qiss poor job of game design. From lack of the bank storage to the stupid RNG, where the result of "upgrade" can be worse than the original item without mod.
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I simply mean dropping the cargo and someone else picks it up. Yesterday someone here was getting frustrated because he needed articulation motors, on the main forum a trader was complaining that he has 4 tonnes of articulation motors and he doesn't have access to engineers.
Like I said, I am collecting tonnes of this stuff since I mainly run missions, if anyone needs something they just have to ask... At least until FD sorts out storage.
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I see. And exactly how you (or anyone else) will appear at my Solo mode ? Personally, I do not need anything, I am just asking about the game mechanic which will allow you to drop some cargo in my Solo game.
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