So, here is the plot:
I have an Anaconda with H Beamlasers (gimballed) and 3 L Cannons, which are turreted.
The last days I wanted to farm some materials and a bit cargo in my favorite system with all pristine rings, so I flew into a RES and started mining. Usually after some minutes some pirates appear and my SLF and Cannons take care of them. The ship launched fighter burns the shield and the the Cannons (that are modded with High Capacy Magazine and the experimental upgrade High Yield Shell do the rest. I know there are way better outfits, but I really love that BAM sound from the Cannons
The first time my Cannons did not fire at all. Checked forums, saw bug reports, but most of the guys could fire with them. A streamer had the idea that I just should re-equip the cannons in a station. Surprisingly it worked, so my cannons are firing now.
The second time in the RES: started mining, pirate came, shot pirate but the cannons friendly fired a police ship. Got a bounty and in the action I just saw how much damage my Anaconda took and was kind of stunned and some seconds later I could not believe it that I stare at the rebuy screen. Wow, that's 27 mill just for a friendly fire shot from turreted cannon. With the rebuy I paid the bounty and respawned not at the station but in another system 30 ly away? ? Okay, might have to do with the new crime system - which is still too complicated in my opinion.
The third time in RES, flew a bit away from the center to have less police. Made a good evening, collected tons of material and cargo. I thought the world is ok again
The fourth time in RES: Same as yesterday (third time) but my cannons hit again a police ship! This time i was prepared and came away with 29% hull and a 100 credit galaxy wide bounty. WHAT? for 100 credits they'd assault me causing a 27 mill rebuy? Common, Frontier, what the hell is that?
Returning to the station all services are locked and I can't pay the bounty of 100 stupid credits. Ok, I knew the system is complicated, so checked google and forums and found the solution: just go to a low security system and hope to find "Interstellar Factors" where I can pay the bounty. After another hour I found where I can see my "Notoriety" in game and what it actually could mean.
Then I found out that there is a filter in the galaxy map for Interstellar Factors. Guess what? In the area of 100 ly there is only ONE, but it has no large landing pad.
And here I am. I think I understand why the crime punishment had to change and for sure I understand bugs after a patch. But seriously for 100 CR galaxy worldwide bounty I almost cant play this game anymore? How many hours do I have to fly to find a station with large pad and an Interstellar Factor to pay this stupid 100 Credits?!
And what happens when this nightmare is over and the next friendly fire shot from the cannons are done?
Man, I was so happy with all the new stuff from Patch 3 but this ruined my whole game experience that I'm almost about to wait until the next content patch and never touch Elite again in the meantime.
So, does anybody have some help what I can do to find a station with a large pad near my system?
EDDB does not have the option where you can find stations with that service, neither has EDDiscovery and I did not found anything on google or on this forum.
What can I do to prevent friendly fire with the turreted cannons? I already mentioned "waiting for the next patch" but seriously there has to be another solution?!
Help is VERY WELCOME!
Edit: Well, I found out that you only get those green dots for Interstellar Factors when you already where there. So the better way was to search for low security systems and check for "Broker Network" as station service.
This leaves the problem:
Turreted Cannons with Target only fire mode still hit police ships. Bug?
I have an Anaconda with H Beamlasers (gimballed) and 3 L Cannons, which are turreted.
The last days I wanted to farm some materials and a bit cargo in my favorite system with all pristine rings, so I flew into a RES and started mining. Usually after some minutes some pirates appear and my SLF and Cannons take care of them. The ship launched fighter burns the shield and the the Cannons (that are modded with High Capacy Magazine and the experimental upgrade High Yield Shell do the rest. I know there are way better outfits, but I really love that BAM sound from the Cannons
The first time my Cannons did not fire at all. Checked forums, saw bug reports, but most of the guys could fire with them. A streamer had the idea that I just should re-equip the cannons in a station. Surprisingly it worked, so my cannons are firing now.
The second time in the RES: started mining, pirate came, shot pirate but the cannons friendly fired a police ship. Got a bounty and in the action I just saw how much damage my Anaconda took and was kind of stunned and some seconds later I could not believe it that I stare at the rebuy screen. Wow, that's 27 mill just for a friendly fire shot from turreted cannon. With the rebuy I paid the bounty and respawned not at the station but in another system 30 ly away? ? Okay, might have to do with the new crime system - which is still too complicated in my opinion.
The third time in RES, flew a bit away from the center to have less police. Made a good evening, collected tons of material and cargo. I thought the world is ok again
The fourth time in RES: Same as yesterday (third time) but my cannons hit again a police ship! This time i was prepared and came away with 29% hull and a 100 credit galaxy wide bounty. WHAT? for 100 credits they'd assault me causing a 27 mill rebuy? Common, Frontier, what the hell is that?
Returning to the station all services are locked and I can't pay the bounty of 100 stupid credits. Ok, I knew the system is complicated, so checked google and forums and found the solution: just go to a low security system and hope to find "Interstellar Factors" where I can pay the bounty. After another hour I found where I can see my "Notoriety" in game and what it actually could mean.
Then I found out that there is a filter in the galaxy map for Interstellar Factors. Guess what? In the area of 100 ly there is only ONE, but it has no large landing pad.
And here I am. I think I understand why the crime punishment had to change and for sure I understand bugs after a patch. But seriously for 100 CR galaxy worldwide bounty I almost cant play this game anymore? How many hours do I have to fly to find a station with large pad and an Interstellar Factor to pay this stupid 100 Credits?!
And what happens when this nightmare is over and the next friendly fire shot from the cannons are done?
Man, I was so happy with all the new stuff from Patch 3 but this ruined my whole game experience that I'm almost about to wait until the next content patch and never touch Elite again in the meantime.
So, does anybody have some help what I can do to find a station with a large pad near my system?
EDDB does not have the option where you can find stations with that service, neither has EDDiscovery and I did not found anything on google or on this forum.
What can I do to prevent friendly fire with the turreted cannons? I already mentioned "waiting for the next patch" but seriously there has to be another solution?!
Help is VERY WELCOME!
Edit: Well, I found out that you only get those green dots for Interstellar Factors when you already where there. So the better way was to search for low security systems and check for "Broker Network" as station service.
This leaves the problem:
Turreted Cannons with Target only fire mode still hit police ships. Bug?
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