Holy moley! these little guys hits you hard!
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i find it worrying that the man doesn't have trousers on, essentially though that's a minor thing, considering it's not the most disturbing thing about that video... white socks with black boots, almost scandalous.
but yeh, skimmers spawning high above the ground is a thing now apparently. i've never been hit by one, due mostly to me be too slow as i'm busy hiding my socks in me boots.
their looking for Eagles apparently...
but yeh, skimmers spawning high above the ground is a thing now apparently. i've never been hit by one, due mostly to me be too slow as i'm busy hiding my socks in me boots.
their looking for Eagles apparently...
[video=youtube_share;bjrOcrisGyI]https://youtu.be/bjrOcrisGyI[/video]
It's all part of the anti-Thargoid defences. If the Flower ships try to attack a base they won't know what hit them 
I saw one drop down within a few meters of my Python nose.
That certainly woke me up. Lol
That certainly woke me up. Lol
While I also hope they fix it, I haven't needed to change my play because of it. Actually, I've landed on tens if not hundreds of planetary bases over the last couple of days. I always end my glide just outside the base (though this isn't to do with the skimmers, I've always done so) and haven't encountered the issue at all (I'm mentioning it because I think I saw a post somewhere where FD advise to do this while the bug exists). Haven't even seen a falling skimmer yet (not that I've been looking).
I saw several yesterday, for the first time in quite a while. I usually drop out about 20k or so away and boost in from about 2k above ground level, then land. About the time I locked down on the pad, I saw a hail of glittering lights falling in front of my Python.
I didn't waste any time hitting the button to go underground. LOL
Thanks for the tip.
That's all I've been doing, dropping at a slightly respectable distance instead of the normal headstanding dive onto the target, and giving any skimmers a chance to fall onto someone else before I get there. It's a good time to practice NoE flying so meh, no biggie to my game. Sometimes a shallow approach is good so you don't pancake due to misjudged gravitational pull depending on your ride. Skimmer rain still should be fixed but it hasn't even come close to getting me even when I do see them crashing down. Maybe it could be included as some form of special state of a planetary location, as it technically adds some risk and excitement.
I was lumbering along in my Asp X with some important passengers, and suddenly it was raining men....sorry, skimmers! I almost wet me pants
Why don't they explode when they hit the ground?
Fdev responded rapidly to my bug report though...
It happened to me a few days ago and WOW! IT was a bit unsettling! BAM! Fdev responded quickly to my bug report and compensated me with rebuy, lost NPC Crewman (not sure if they gave me the passenger/mission back as I haven't checked yet).
It happened to me a few days ago and WOW! IT was a bit unsettling! BAM! Fdev responded quickly to my bug report and compensated me with rebuy, lost NPC Crewman (not sure if they gave me the passenger/mission back as I haven't checked yet).
Given how destructive they are when they hit ships, isn't the real question "Why doesn't the planet explode when they hit the ground?"
It's all part of the anti-Thargoid defences. If the Flower ships try to attack a base they won't know what hit them
lol so we do already have a defense against the thargoids, just make skimmer launchers for our ships
I want a skimmer-shooting cannon for my Cutter.
I cant help but think that this could be a mini-game, Dodge the Drone. Anyways im avoiding landing on planets for now. Easy for me to say, as im 4klys out of the bubble.
