Is the game trolling us with Belugas?
- Thread starter Bartizan
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Just wait for the T10 
I don't know if it's trolling us, I do know I can sit on the pad a good while with barely any ship activity, that is until I lift off the pad, then 2 or 3 ships make a beeline for the exit moving much faster than my ship, I stay 99m/s and they are zipping ahead, certainly more than 100m/s, and then as if to give the middle finger, they all but pause at the slot.
Trolling? No. Just good old devs falling asleep and having their face enter 999999999999 on the keyboard for the Beluga spawn rate. The fact they also block players landing pads is just bonus points for Fdev who enjoy watching their player base suffer.
I used to get this at Leuten's Star, plus a wing of the things circling outside the station. Hardly any now I'm in empire system. I also see them at outposts, now what is a large ship doing there? no pad big enough for landing.
Another thing I've noticed, if I 'm flying the Vulture i regularly get large ships coming through the slot. If I'm in the Vette the slot is usually free from anything coming in.
Another thing I've noticed, if I 'm flying the Vulture i regularly get large ships coming through the slot. If I'm in the Vette the slot is usually free from anything coming in.
We gave you more then enough tips on how to land and undock in the beginners forum. Dont get salty at FD mate...
OO has a huge amount of passenger ships circling around the place. Not sure if its related to a nearby tourist beacon, its quite remarkable though. Interesting thing I noted: a Viper and Beluga actually fit into the slot at the same time.
Could have sworn a couple of them had chemical manipulators if you find them in an anarchy system at a POI. If so, I wouldn't call them pointless.
True, they are ugly, pointless and an annoyance. Especially sad when you remember this concept art for the Beluga, which would have been hands down the best looking ship in the game if they'd just made the damn thing.
That's because it's spawning season at OO...
Sorry, the amount of Belugas at OO is beyond ridiculous... Every station used to have this issue but now, thank god or Braben, they are much less common.
True. Still dont get the absurd fines, they look plastic and bolt-on. Easily the poorest art in the game.
Does that mean 'FD wants the user base to suffer'? Was responding to that pointless, obviously nonsensical lie Punished Mobius has made his trademark.
Not sure what 'beyond ridiculous' is supposed to mean, beyond being some hyperbole. Just say 'yeah, there are a bunch of belugas there which looks silly'. Some people turn everything into a huge issue. Must be a depressing way to live.
The Belugas do troll. I've seen them hovering malevolently, waiting to jam me in the slot if I'm unwary. Plus they will fly into you and clip you with the wings (which I'm sure are needed, considering all the atmospheric landings we do).
Unfortunately, can't retaliate as they seldom, if ever, carry wanted tags.
Plus, their comms chatter, they are all the best in the fleet!
Unfortunately, can't retaliate as they seldom, if ever, carry wanted tags.
Plus, their comms chatter, they are all the best in the fleet!
Is it the same situation in Solo? I've noticed in Open & Mobius that you always get put into a busy instance that has been active for a while (Hence the huge amount of NPC traffic)
The devs could do with tuning down the amount of Beluga traffic, also seems bizzare watching stations blow up passenger liners for waiting too long in a queue :-/
There's a tourist beacon just a few km outside Obsidian Orbital. The Belugas there then dock at OO. That's why there's so many when you try to leave.
That concept does look awesome indeed. I also like the current Beluga, but that back larger fin seems out of place. Without it the ship is beautiful.
As for the Beulga infestation it's weird indeed, I'm sure it's BGS related, but what annoys me more is the disproportion between Belugas and other passenger ships. I would guess Orcas and Dolphins would be a lot more common than Belugas. In tourist POIs, there are also always 3 Belugas there when you arrive... In every single one of them.
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It is somewhat less but still an annoyance. Just today, I have been given a pad with a whale parked on it....been stuck in the mail slot with a bully whale stopping and trapping me in its pointless wings and easily 3/4 of the times I am trying to leave a whale comes barging in the slot. All that on top of the 2-3 just lingering inside the station lost.
The devs absolutely need to turn down the frequency of these albatrosses or enlarge the slots, add external pads, add in/out slots, something....
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I think it's funny and beautiful, especially with a T9 or two in the mix.