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I'm not sure if I'm doing it 'wrong', but having Plot Route bound to the [HELD] left mouse and Drag View to [HELD] left and right mouse makes it a right royal pain to navigate the FC.
Both Asps, T7, T9 and T10 share an almost identical cockpit however it was claimed the T9 had the best view if only because it doesn’t have the interrogation lights built into the frame of the cockpit.
I find the Phantom extremely easy just come in and line up from the back and stop just as you hit the front landing leg.
I just zoom under and watch for the boarding light to come on, then hit the handbrake. It doesn’t matter what angle I’m at, when I hit board it automatically straightens itself.
The only problem I ever have is if the ship is low to the ground and there’s a rock in the way, but that’s a rare occurrence.
That's exactly what I do, I've "Lined Up" pointing forwards, backwards and sideways, as soon as the board light comes on, I punch the hand brake and back the throttle off (I use auto-throttle control with Xbox controller). It's cool when I line up sideways, the SRV spins 90° real fast before the wheels fold up.
OK. Here's where I admit my ignorance:
Where is this boarding light of which you two speak?
At any rate, I just pull up pretty much anywhere under the Anaconda and I'm in.
Where is this boarding light of which you two speak?
At any rate, I just pull up pretty much anywhere under the Anaconda and I'm in.
Right above the cargo scoop light, when your aligned, it lights up.
On the HUD, right side. It makes looking up unnecessary.
The Anaconda is very easy, I agree.
Sidewinder does have a better cockpit view than Adder. It's been a long time since I was in a Hauler, but I have a soft spot for it despite its issues.
What I didn't say before, is I've been trying out a few ships with a specific set of capabilities for running missions that give good inf++ rewards as efficiently as possible - most amount of inf++ in shortest time.
A small ship with less chance of waiting to dock at outposts that is as fast as possible with 16 to 20t cargo space and at least a size 1 collector limpet controller and ideally 300mj shields - 250my okish, 200mj marginal.
I've been trying not to buy another Imperial Courier for my alt account but failed. The next best is Cobra MKIII which is fast, but not 851m/s boost fast. When you want a shield, you lose a class 4 slot in the Cobra which with all the other stuff being as near equal as possible means the Cobra and Courier cargo space are the same. So they can both do the same number of collect 4 black boxes/some other maguffin salvage missions often worth 5 inf+. There is usually no more than 4 of these for one faction on the mission board, and I'm only ever doing this for one faction at a time. The the Cobra is slower with less jump range and shields. Being able to fit Enhanced Performance Thrusters us a big plus, which is a no for the Cobra. The Courier also ends up being the same price in credits as the Cobra at this soec.
The other mission types are data courier, various data link scans using the ship, megaship turret disable (ram the power supply with shields to avoid fine and getting shot ) and knock out installation power supply which is good done from a distance with light weight engineered seeker missiles. My alt account does this with light weight packhounds. Any excuse to use packhounds
The Viper is really a write off because of the military only slot, the DBS a bit small and I didn't like the sound of it. And the Adder is a bit small and there was nothing about it that appealed except for the potential 717m/s boost speed. Shields also much too weak.
The Courier really is "the meta" for starting wars and elections, and winning elections unless the system is in a state that requires shipping cargo or combat operations.
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In every Lakon, my favorite thing, is that below the dashboard you can see down and between your feet. That's why train our pilots for planetary landings to level out and when the destination is between your feet, yeah now now pitch down!
I gutted my Orca into the Phantom (the one that looks like a potporri dispenser) for my trip to Colonia. There that Phantom still lies. I gutted it in turn into a Diamondback for the trip home
Anyway I'm not thinking bigger yet, I like to take my time.. tell your Anaconda salesman maybe DM me in 3309. Who did you work with, at Inter Astra?
I might commission a new Phantom or Orca in near future for to get out of dodge a spell!But I found (even teensy) rocks in the way particularly common with a Cobra! A couple of times I naively wandered out then had to get back in under pressure, trying to squeeze through the right way! That was a bit of a Cobra quirk. And it has those sort of side supports hanging down too you can almost never get in from the side it seems. I have to write to Falcon DeLacy
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First encounter with Thargoids. Killed three small ones, got into it with a large one and he blacked out the power.
K.
Also, friendly fighters have a nasty habit of pulling right in front of me as I fire the Gauss cannons. So one bounty later, I'm heading back to get back at it. Think I'll avoid the big ones. They seem salty.
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Also, friendly fighters have a nasty habit of pulling right in front of me as I fire the Gauss cannons. So one bounty later, I'm heading back to get back at it. Think I'll avoid the big ones. They seem salty.
Yes this. I had to dismiss my Odyssey ground operations Cobra in Colonia 5 times on one occasion before I convinced it to land somewhere that didn't put a hillock under it making it impossible to drive the SRV under it to re-board. It just kept going back to rough ground to land.
To be fair, I did have this issue once with the DBX when landing behind Jameson's Crashed Cobra. I'd imagine you are familiar with the ground conditions there....
Back when they first appeared, I did go out and fight a few scouts. I got a few kills, but I found it oddly disgusting. They scream when they die, and it just feels a lot like squishing small animals or something. I've never gone back to fight them since thenFirst encounter with Thargoids. Killed three small ones, got into it with a large one and he blacked out the power.
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Also, friendly fighters have a nasty habit of pulling right in front of me as I fire the Gauss cannons. So one bounty later, I'm heading back to get back at it. Think I'll avoid the big ones. They seem salty.
I've watched videos of players fighting the bigger thargoids. They are bit more robust. I guess I don't care enough to want to learn all the sequences. Kinda reminds me of boss fights, which I hate.
Yes, I'm kinda weird
I still don't understand why I can't fit a 1E decontamination limpet controller in a 2 slot. Or 3 slot or 1 slot for that matter.
Nor do I.
I have one fitted in the one slot of a Krait with a cargo rack in the two to load the limpets and four of the hardpoints loaded with AX weapons.
This is according to Inara as the ship is out in the Witch Head area and I haven’t been there in ages, but unless something has changed it should work.
I've never cared for "boss" fights either and some of vids I've seen where a player takes on one of the big boys... well, the time it takes alone puts me right off.I've watched videos of players fighting the bigger thargoids. They are bit more robust. I guess I don't care enough to want to learn all the sequences. Kinda reminds me of boss fights, which I hate.
Yes, I'm kinda weird
Struggling to play much at the mo due to heat oppression
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Nope but I just went down there I see I solved the mystery, why Jameson had crashed, in such a flat area and with so much paint job left. Maybe he bumped that rock.
I will find a more challenging landing spot and inspect some of these geysers later. There sure are a lot of carriers in system. Hello from HIP 12099 1 B
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Jameson's Crashed Cobra is the number one spot in the galaxy for collecting encoded materials. You datalink scan the four red flashing comms beacons behind the Cobra and get some grade 4 and 5 encoded materials, and then relog and repeat until storage full. Then visit Ray Gateway in Diaguandri for the nearest Encoded Materials Trader to trade what you collected for something useful like Data Mined Wake Exceptions.Nope but I just went down there I see I solved the mystery, why Jameson had crashed, in such a flat area and with so much paint job left. Maybe he bumped that rock.
I will find a more challenging landing spot and inspect some of these geysers later. There sure are a lot of carriers in system. Hello from HIP 12099 1 B
Quite why anyone feels the need to take an entire fleet carrier with them to do this is beyond me. I go with a DBX or ASPX depending on which of my commanders needs a top up of encoded mats.
I have yet to encounter a Thargoid. I stopped playing just before they were introduced, around the time of the first UA discoveries and since rejoining, haven't been interdicted. I agree about the 'Boss' fight thing. Not my cup of tea either.Back when they first appeared, I did go out and fight a few scouts. I got a few kills, but I found it oddly disgusting. They scream when they die, and it just feels a lot like squishing small animals or something. I've never gone back to fight them since then
I've watched videos of players fighting the bigger thargoids. They are bit more robust. I guess I don't care enough to want to learn all the sequences. Kinda reminds me of boss fights, which I hate.
Yes, I'm kinda weird