How on earth do you get 2 - 3 -1 pips?

[Ruskodisco]

talking about energy distribution and "pips" are the small dots beneath the battery gauges.

ahhhhh
i dont think there is suppose to be an actual preset i thought you use it when a fight comes around other than that...full speed ahead.

 

[NeilF]

It's a real shame it's not possible to put across mood and verbal nuance in forum post's

Honestly mate it was a genuine enquiry not the start of an argument feel free to calm down any time you like

Because it's the assignment that fits my energy requirements?

 

[OillyRag]

Because it's the assignment that fits my energy requirements?

I've not put much thought into the pip settings yet to be honest so after seeing 'Mazhurg' and 'Ref Minor's' reply i can see it's an interesting configuration.
Fairly defensive maybe and probably one you could use as an all round fall back.
I tend to use 4 pip's to engines mostly as i spend the majority of my time travelling and that gets me there faster.

 

[NeilF]

I've not put much thought into the pip settings yet to be honest so after seeing 'Mazhurg' and 'Ref Minor's' reply i can see it's an interesting configuration.
Fairly defensive maybe and probably one you could use as an all round fall back.
I tend to use 4 pip's to engines mostly as i spend the majority of my time travelling and that gets me there faster.

You need to have different energy configs:-
eg:-
Docking: 4-2-0
Combat with energy weapons: 1-3-2
etc...

But IMHO, and no one has commented on this, it's all too easy to end up with HALF PIPS to two capacitors. And IMHO these do nothing, you're losing 1/6th of your energy! - http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41337

I think this is a bug!