That sounds great... in a powerpoint, but how does that look in game?
Just lost at least 170 million credits - ARGH!
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It looks great, try X3 or X4.
Serves me right for trying to get anywhere on these forums
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That used to work in the past, the last times I tried it in a mining T10 I was still chased from 14km Range.
Not a feasible Option anymore in slower/big Mining rigs , unless you enjoy boosting for 5min.
That condition was the primary reason for me to switch to the faster Cutter, after getting both Mining Conda and T10 wrecked by Wings, mostly due to Mining Hardpoint Inflation and too few remaining Weapons.
(all G5-Engineered w/ max. Shields)
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i like it when pirates spawn right next to your ship while mining!
[video=youtube_share;g9NPnS-THdc]https://youtu.be/g9NPnS-THdc[/video]
skip to ~15 seconds in or so if you're super impatient
as long as you can fly faster its no issue, just ignore them and fly away.
[video=youtube_share;g9NPnS-THdc]https://youtu.be/g9NPnS-THdc[/video]
skip to ~15 seconds in or so if you're super impatient
as long as you can fly faster its no issue, just ignore them and fly away.
You would have a legit gripe if it wasn’t so easy to get away. IF THEN programming also makes it easy to avoid once you are aware of the pattern.
If you don’t agro them, then they don’t even move at full speed. It’s literally: drop from SC, check map for the wing, fly the other way until they leave. Then mine your way back to the center or whatever. Hotspots are massive so it doesn’t really matter if you have to boost for 5 min.
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Bob Lighthouse
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An engineered Python can outANYTHING a NPC Clipper
Well, that too!
lol
I was just surprised how easily I pulled away* recently.
*No weapons loaded...
If they don't manage to actually scan you, they won't make demands or fire. The only NPCs I know of that actually do so are mission-related ones (ie. they already know you're carrying that tasty biowaste)
I lost 100 mil to an NPC pirate too. My mistake was going back into the hotspot with a cargo full of void opals.
If you have a free hardpoint, equip some mines.
I heard some say you can drop some cargo and they'll be happy.
If you have a free hardpoint, equip some mines.
I heard some say you can drop some cargo and they'll be happy.
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Something must be seriously wrong with your T-10 build... The T-10 has the most hardpoints of any ship in the game and reasonably strong shields. My Mining-T10 could probably smash a wing of 3 Elite Anacondas:
https://coriolis.io/outfit/type_10_...GWJ1QAMAAA==.EweloBhA2AWEoFMCGBzANokICMF8KERA
Bob Lighthouse
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Just spent 3 - 4 hours mining for void opals - no NPCs anywhere. Fired a prospecting limpet. Game crashed - rejoined game - checked my 110 - (117?) void opals were still there
I know i might have been attacked on the way back when i decided to go back to cash in, but no NPCs for 90 minutes game crash, restart then NPCs straight away - REALLY? - give me a break. ARGHHHHHH!!!!! Nuff said!
This is annoying unfair stupid and all the rest but.
You broke the one rule of mining that has been present for years if you log back into a ring, no matter what the reason, the first thing you do is start running to get clear of mass lock you check everything else after you are safe!
Yes, this has happened to me recently – simply a result of the game’s auto-switch spawning behaviour and its current instability. I knew to expect them, so I just boosted out and sold my 200t of cargo. If you’re a new player though, I can see how you’d be caught out.
I wish they'd implement a more sophisticated spawning mechanism.
Incidentally, I dropped into a few void opal hotspots on my travels toward the Soul Nebula recently and no pirates spawn (I didn't stay for very long though) – not sure where the cut-off point is exactly, but it might be worth experimenting with locations far away from populated space if you want to mine in genuine peace and across sessions.
I wish they'd implement a more sophisticated spawning mechanism.
Incidentally, I dropped into a few void opal hotspots on my travels toward the Soul Nebula recently and no pirates spawn (I didn't stay for very long though) – not sure where the cut-off point is exactly, but it might be worth experimenting with locations far away from populated space if you want to mine in genuine peace and across sessions.
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So from looking at this thread. In the OPs position we have...
Option 1: Destroy the pirate(s).
Option 2: Brave Sir Robin, if your ship is fast / well armoured enough.
Option 3: You're in a slow and poorly armed ship- you're going to have to drop some cargo the pirate's way. At least you can keep mining afterwards.
Although given the amount of RNG in this game already I don't understand why a spawn probability and cool off timer isn't implemented. It may be a broken record saying this but it's not realistic to drop out of SC in a huge planetary ring, right where a pirate just happens to be.
Some might also say that option 1 needs to be frontier fixing whatever causes so many crashes.
Option 1: Destroy the pirate(s).
Option 2: Brave Sir Robin, if your ship is fast / well armoured enough.
Option 3: You're in a slow and poorly armed ship- you're going to have to drop some cargo the pirate's way. At least you can keep mining afterwards.
Although given the amount of RNG in this game already I don't understand why a spawn probability and cool off timer isn't implemented. It may be a broken record saying this but it's not realistic to drop out of SC in a huge planetary ring, right where a pirate just happens to be.
Some might also say that option 1 needs to be frontier fixing whatever causes so many crashes.
I nearly lost 150mil of void opals by drinking a coffee. Flying with one hand and a coffee in the other I boosted into an asteroid, limped back the station with a few % of hull left.
I find I get chased to the end of galaxy if the game crashes while mining and I just carry on. I find it easier just to sell what I have then go back.
I find I get chased to the end of galaxy if the game crashes while mining and I just carry on. I find it easier just to sell what I have then go back.