Any other Premium Beta players still in Sidewinders?

[Steve_T]

Still in a Sidewinder here too. Wasted a bit of time trading at first, when I should have gone straight to the combat zones. I thought I'd need better weapons first. Should just have tried to earn the cash through bonds/bounties.

Have died several times to pirate interdiction, before I realised that you could easily run away. Couple of deaths due to CTD.

Was going to aim for an Eagle but their tin foil hull put me off until someone mentioned that upgrading the hull made a LOT of difference. Probably not enough time now until PB2. Oh well. Just see what happens.

 

[CTR69]

In a sidewinder and testing different weapon combos. Right now i'm on C1 gimballed pulse laser and C2 fixed minigun.

I want to save for the eagle, but the weapons are always tempting...

 

[Commander Mugwump]

Still in sidewinder here... I've tried doing the combat sites and joining one side or another but normally get shot up by other players after a few kills which i dont mind cus the dog fighting in this is amazing... (died after a 5 minute fight a few nights ago as we both tried to get shots in). But i see this more as what i do for fun after I've made some money trading due to this....

Its slower money apparently trading but i've lost fewer ships that way. Most npc interdictions you can max out the engines and get away from if you don't want to fight....

 

[sfried]

I'm buying my Eagle right now!

...Still buying...

...This thing is stuck on Stand By.

Edit: Crap! I just wasted 41,000 Credits...for nothing! I had to quit and restart, and my Eagle was not registered...

 

[Literalyte]

My preferred ship is actually the sidewinder. I've had both the eagle and the cobra, and I have sold both in favor of a sidewinder railgun setup.

At the moment I have a cobra, but only because I have found out how to make 400,000CR in one hour with it!

If anyone would like to collect my ginormous bounty (which is enough to buy a cobra), post in this thread.

 

[trekman]

I'm still in a sidewinder mainly because I haven't had a chance to play it much due to ill health and some problems with the game like the clipping on the galaxy map. I am also having issues reading the text but I don't think that's anything to do with the game so haven't reported it. I think my problem is because I am using an HD ready tv with a resolution of 1080i. I think I may have to invest in a proper monitor which is something that I was planning to do anyway.

 

[TToni]

Just so

I was in a SW 1 hour ago, but am now proud owner of an Eagle. My stats say something about 15 hr and 69k earned so far.

I started trading at first, but the games bugs make it too easy to lose all your cargo/credits with a single bug, so I had to start over several times.

Then I read about combat in the conflict zones, found out after a while that (and how) you have to choose a side before you get any credits, found out after another while that Eranin is to be preferred, tried several setups key/mouse/joystick/gamepad in single player until I finally doubled the game price by buying a good joystick (Saitek X52), found out which conflict zones are best (hint: the ones with no other players in it) and then made more than 10k an hour as I got better at combat (still using fixed lasers only because of cost).

I read that the entry into a zone is based on peer-to-peer technology. There seems to be an "owner" of a particular area (station, conflict zone, ...) who gets the updates from the other players in the zone and broadcasts certain changes (like ship positions) back to them. So a lot depends on that players network connection. Worst case: That player has CTDed and the game takes a while to recognize it until it chooses another owner (that leads to disappearing stations and long hangs at entering a zone).

So, if you get into a conflict zone and it takes more than 2-3 seconds to drop out of frameshift, that's a bad sign already. You probably should fly straight to another zone.

Oh, and the first you should do once you find a good zone is quit to main menu. When you get in again, you are in the zone already (choose a side!) and have a good save point. Shooting 10 enemies for 5k, then CTDing can be quite frustrating, so shoot a few red guys, then quit to menu again. Avoid the enemy eagles unless they are engaged already, they can bring your shields down very quickly when you go head-to-head. Enemy cobras often use gatling guns which don't bring down your shields before you get into the turns and they are quite easy to follow. Don't go too close to the Anacondas. They take too long to take down, don't bring more credits and can get pretty nasty on you if you don't stay behind them.

Hope that helps a bit

 

[OldSalt]

Just traded up to an Eagle this afternoon. Made the great mistake of not selling my gimballed pulses before parting with the Sidey but gambled my insurance money on re-equipping the Eagle, went out and did some grinding so I think I am about covered again.

Don't get me wrong I like the Eagle, but it has made me appreciate that tough little ship more than ever. The Eagle is great right up to the point you lose the shields and then you have a very serious problem on your hands. In comparison my Sidewinder had the hell knocked out of it numerous times but still got me back to the dock while I am sure the Eagle would have been toast.