I'm sure you either know this or know where to find out. Do you have a ballpark estimate on how much more the damage incurred with the different grades of ammo? I always went with standard because I was getting close to quitting for the day and thought it would get dumped back at the station when I rearmed if I had made higher grades.
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Standard is about 15% above Basic.
Premium is about 30% above Basic.
I am unsure what happens if you rearm at a station, so I used to either synthesise more before docking or shoot until the ammo was gone before leaving the fight.
If you go into advanced maintenance you can select what you are going to rearm as long as you don’t click the rearm all button by reflex as soon as you dock.
That I did not know and was only thinking I would get standard ammo, thank you, now I'll definitely chose higher grade ammo (money is no object). Man, I can't get enough of this, you guys teach me something new every day......
Tell me ur not using KB + Mouse to pewpew in ED....
May be I should try Mamba again without boosting too often then, could be great choice as I'm suffering a sore palm flying the Viper. Don't get me wrong, I like Viper MkIV, very tougth little guy. Only it just don't have enough dmg I used to flying the big guys.... and those federal xxxships are pain in the butt to fight with. They take me more than 10mins to grind down
I might need to switch my rails back to superpen other than plasma slug....
I seem to have got off very lightly, thanks. I had two days of bad cold symptoms and tiredness and then was mostly OK. I am out of my "stay safe and protect others" (UK NHS advise) period as of this morning. Now my wife is mostly isolating in the same way....
Too lazy to plug it in and copy key bindings files around. There isn't much point for Corvette combat as everything is so casual with that ship.Tell me ur not using KB + Mouse to pewpew in ED....
May be I should try Mamba again without boosting too often then, could be great choice as I'm suffering a sore palm flying the Viper. Don't get me wrong, I like Viper MkIV, very tougth little guy. Only it just don't have enough dmg I used to flying the big guys.... and those federal xxxships are pain in the butt to fight with. They take me more than 10mins to grind down
The HOTAS gets more important for faster ships and fixed weapons for me.
Plenty of commanders swear by keyboard and mouse for rail guns. No idea how they make that work
What about unlimited premium ammo for plasma slug rail guns?Tell me ur not using KB + Mouse to pewpew in ED....
May be I should try Mamba again without boosting too often then, could be great choice as I'm suffering a sore palm flying the Viper. Don't get me wrong, I like Viper MkIV, very tougth little guy. Only it just don't have enough dmg I used to flying the big guys.... and those federal xxxships are pain in the butt to fight with. They take me more than 10mins to grind down
Don't know if this still works.
It is only unlimited until you run out of fuel for your ship, and combat ships tend to have small fuel tanks.
Ahhh. We're back. Forum maintenance and then errors. SNAFU?
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On approach to Seagull Nebula
The Seagull perched atop Thor's Helmet
On approach to Seagull Nebula
The Seagull perched atop Thor's Helmet
Yeah, I'm already using plasma slug for rails. It's nice with my big & mid ships. Having at least 4 rails and bunch of lasers + SLF to melt those cell banks f__kers.
But in viper, it just don't have enough gunz, I can still kill them but take long time and the fight is demanding.
None of the fights so far can end within 5mins, the longest take more than 15mins..... might try the premiums anyway.
Taking some beating at CNB and HazRes, good to practice @$$ kissing technique
Well tonight I fired up Oddessey for the first time. I set all the Graphics settings to low, which gave me a nostalgic feeling of playing a game from 20 years ago. It ran pretty smoothly for the Training Mission [Is that Idris Elba? - I'll call him Idris from now on]. I very nearly died when I couldn't work out how to replace the battery in my suit and while waiting for Idris to give me a hint, accidently threw a grenade to the floor.
I was eventually killed by a grenade from the returning crew [Scavengers?]. Definitely need more practice with on-foot combat though. Can't seem to aim properly at the moment, but that could be the Vertigo I've been suffering for the past couple of days.
I was eventually killed by a grenade from the returning crew [Scavengers?]. Definitely need more practice with on-foot combat though. Can't seem to aim properly at the moment, but that could be the Vertigo I've been suffering for the past couple of days.
I tried to get to the forum sometime back and it said it was down for upgrades, I cringed thinking something might unintentionally get broken. All seems well so far.Ahhh. We're back. Forum maintenance and then errors. SNAFU?
Found another strange and new (to me) plant, looks like a pile of river rocks with mushrooms growing out the top. I keep expecting these things to sprout legs and run away.
I'm now thinking of switching to PA on my Viper, tried focused ( i want faster bullet), it cooked me too much. May be I should try Long range then...
I feel I'm lacking of shield damage badly.
I feel I'm lacking of shield damage badly.
Yeah, I still consider the Cobra Mk III to be my primary ship but I've often found dogfights to be drag while trying to rank up. They can really stretch out (I use beams and MC). Particularly if you have a target who likes to high wake. I would probably use the Krait these days for killing pirates and the like.Yeah, I'm already using plasma slug for rails. It's nice with my big & mid ships. Having at least 4 rails and bunch of lasers + SLF to melt those cell banks f__kers.
But in viper, it just don't have enough gunz, I can still kill them but take long time and the fight is demanding.
None of the fights so far can end within 5mins, the longest take more than 15mins..... might try the premiums anyway.
Taking some beating at CNB and HazRes, good to practice @$$ kissing technique
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I also wonder if long range beams, rather than overcharged, would be more helpful with the Cobra too, based on what I think Quain and a couple of others may have said.
I might have a little jump back into the game while I'm off though, just to take a look at the viper as a small ship alternative. I've just not really fancied anything besides the Cobra. It always served me well as a runner to get me from here to there and out of scary situations while packing at least a little punch to it. The Viper looks nice though. Although I see the Mk IV doesn't have a Union Jack colour scheme so that may be an unfortunate dealbreaker.
Long range beam is highly recommended. It is the only mod I used on all my lasers it give full damage all the to your target up 6km depending on the grade, for me G3 at around 4km is enough. You can add either thermal vent or oversize on it. I have thermal vent on majority of my beams. I'm a huge fan of LR/TV beam.
Do they have quieter wheels for the SRV? Mines starting to shake, rattle and squeak with all the milage I've put on it
Another beam mod that I like more and more is Lightweight. It keeps the same dps as an non modded beam, but drops around 90% of the mass. That is important if you want to build an agile ship. Agile ships also allow you to get much closer to the opponent, which in most cases minimize the problem with range. Lightweight also reduce power draw (less heat generated) and the distributor draw (keep the trigger pressed for longer times). It is one of the mods i skipped earlier, but it's brilliant for smaller ships, like the Cobra.