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AlphaAquarii

AlphaAquarii
KnezBP said:
Yeah, I recently got permission for PLX but it was nothing special.

Where are you from, Aquarii, with your very bold writing which almost blinded me to death?

Hi, by the way.
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My Eng is bad at grammar i know that, i don't want to use translator, And i am from Bosnia, Ex-Yugoslavia. Hello to you Knez. It's great to know, that with my grammar some people smiling :D ( Coz you'r name also have meaning in our language ) Great to know, that some people are friendly here. Cheers to All of You Commander's
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
It's sounding like LTD mining has been slapped - severely - by the nerf bat. I haven't tried it yet but I think it will provide the solution to my FC dilemma - I won;'t be getting one :D It's not going to be so easy to recoup the outlay. Although I don't doubt there'll be other ways to make such stupendous amounts of cash.
 
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NorthernDevo

NorthernDevo
Tyres O'Flaherty said:
It's sounding like LTD mining has been hit - severely - by the nerf bat. I haven't tried it yet but I think it will provide the solution to my FC dilemma - I won;'t be getting one :D It's not going to be so easy to recoup the outlay. Although I don't doubt there'll be other ways to make such stupendous amounts of cash.
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I'm heading out to check on my old moneymaker - VO deep cores, to give that a test. Giving a whole bunch of very despondent miners a lift as I go lol. I'm sure there's still lots of money to be made; just not Free Lunch at the Casino Vault. ;)
 

KnezBP

KnezBP
AlphaAquarii said:
My Eng is bad at grammar i know that, i don't want to use translator, And i am from Bosnia, Ex-Yugoslavia. Hello to you Knez. It's great to know, that with my grammar some people smiling :D ( Coz you'r name also have meaning in our language ) Great to know, that some people are friendly here. Cheers to All of You Commander's
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That's funny. I was pretty certain you were from South America.

And your grammar is awesome. I'm from Liverpool so I can barely even speak English, never mind a second language. The bold thing just hurt my eyes.

It's really cool that you recognised the name though since my bezzy friend is from next door in Belgrade. That's partly how I ended up as Bojan Knezevic on the internet. 😀

Anyway, welcome, Aquarii. And remember. There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers.
 

Harrowdown

Harrowdown
Not really enjoying exploration as much as I thought I would. Maybe I'll get back to it later when my mind is less occupied with other things.

Meanwhile, on my way back to the bubble. Not sure what is next.
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
Each to their own and do what you enjoy is what I say (althoguh mining might be a hard pill to swallow now). I love exploring, personally - especially if it means I get my name against stuff :D
 

Harrowdown

Harrowdown
Tyres O'Flaherty said:
Each to their own and do what you enjoy is what I say (althoguh mining might be a hard pill to swallow now). I love exploring, personally - especially if it means I get my name against stuff :D
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I guess I've been invested too much in the material side (making money, buying ships) up until now to suddenly switch that off. I suppose I could look into another ship but eh, I don't know. I've been eyeing both a stealthy DBX (no other reason than that they're kinda cool - would probably find no use for it) and the T-10. I don't what it is about the T-10... it's a flying fortress. But I'm not really into the idea of combat right now, so.. not sure what I'd want from that ship either. 😟
 

Simon Templar

Simon Templar
Just capped my week of going Guardian crazy by equipping two Guardian fighters to my Corvette's fighter bay. They might not be as good as the standard fighters they replace, but I loved my week of unlocking them, learned an awful lot about the game, the lore and SRVs, and it was nice to head back to my home base having something tangible to show for it (I'm still a few components short of things like Guardian shields).

And @Codger, never say that you're not an inspiration - on my return to home base, on a whim inspired by the photo you posted a few days ago, I bought a Mamba. Never flown one before, no real idea how to fit it out (I did mention that it was bought on a whim), but have started engineering and A rating and it's already rapid (boosts to 515 and I have barely scratched the surface) and has big guns, plus I aped your supercool paintjob, so all is good with the world. Any week with both Guardian tech and a cool new ship is a good week.

I already have fast ships, and a fully finished FDL and a Corvette for combat, plus a combat Courier for when I fancy dog fighting, so not entirely sure where it fits into the fleet, yet, but that's half the fun. And after all, it's Mamba. With that paintjob. So it has to have a spot. Probably a rapid combat ship, somewhere between FDL and Courier, but I am worried about turning up in a cz with a shaky hull. Guess there's only one way to find out!

o7
 

Codger

Codger
I spent the morning prospecting in the two LTD2 hotspots I discovered out here in the void, which I've been mining casually for a couple of weeks.

Not wanting to just accept the "mining is dead" whines from other players, I wanted to see for myself how things are, and do it the right way, not subjective.

So I went to both my hotspots, and fired 100+ limpets as if I was going to mine, but I didn't bother actually mining. Then I uploaded my journal files to the really cool mining analyzer tool that figures out your actual percentages and compares them to known values.

The results:

One of my LTD2s is still decent, and it is producing just a bit less than what was expected from an LTD2 prior to today's patch. I found lots of cores, 3 of which were LTD, a couple were Grandiderite, and several were Bromellite. I found many laser-able LTD rocks. What I did not find was a single LTD subsurface node. Most of the subsurface stuff was junk (a few were Tritium).

The other LTD2 didn't fare so well. It is now producing at much less than an LTD1 was before. I found only 1 core, and it was Bromellite. Again, I found no SSDs.

Based on this (clearly very limited) data, it appears to me that things have been nerfed pretty good, but there will still be some hotspots that are mostly decent. If I had actually mined my first LTD2 today, I'd have come away with my usual 100+ tons of stuff, most of which would have been LTDs, with some Grandiderite thrown in.

I do think FDEV has messed up subsurface mining though. It seems to be back to useless status again, which is a shame.

Analyzer tool for those interested: https://fankserver.gitlab.io/elite-dangerous/mining-analyser/

I guess we'll see how it all pans out, but I'm reasonably sure mining will still produce ok results, at least compared to other ways of earning credits.
 

Codger

Codger
Simon Templar said:
And @Codger, never say that you're not an inspiration - on my return to home base, on a whim inspired by the photo you posted a few days ago, I bought a Mamba
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Haha, well you're hooked now. The Mamba is just plain cool. It's not especially practical, but I love it anyway. Mine is pretty well engineered and makes a fun alternative for combat for me. When I can stop taking pictures of it, that is.
 

KnezBP

KnezBP
I think one of the funnest experiences I've had recently is watching an NPC pirate leave supercruise right in front of my windshield as I chased another guy. I'm sure they were both below novice though so I wasn't worried. It was just a two for oner package.

I wish I'd have caught that on vid.
 

KnezBP

KnezBP
I hate fighting even novice pirates in Vultures though since even my little Cobra is quite wide and has hard points which are set wide apart. Usually I have to pick a single beam to hit them with.
 
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