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Autodock is damaging my ship !
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I don't think a T6 could lose it's entire shield by some old-fashioned butt-scraping if you tried.
Auto-docking scares the crap out of me. The ship touches down so heavy... 
Why sit and watch the computer land your ship? Multi-task out of game a lot? I almost bought the module once but was like, I kinda like the landings (yes, apparently I am that guy).
It sounds like chalk it up to: afkdock=pay more...self-dock=free if you are halfway proficient. I agree that it does seem odd and if I bought a module like that in real life I'd want t a refund. Luckily, you should be able to recoup 100% of your purchasing funds upon sale of the used and slightly defective auto dokcer.
It sounds like chalk it up to: afkdock=pay more...self-dock=free if you are halfway proficient. I agree that it does seem odd and if I bought a module like that in real life I'd want t a refund. Luckily, you should be able to recoup 100% of your purchasing funds upon sale of the used and slightly defective auto dokcer.
This^^
The docking computer not only wastes a slot but is way waaaay slower than manually docking. Even if you are new to the game, take one hour to practise docking and you'll be able to dock so easily and so fast that you'll never use the silly DC ever again.
Auto-dock in the Anaconda scrapes the top shields as it enters the letterbox. Every. Time. It just flies too high up as it enters. I'm hoping it gets fixed, I like the auto-docker otherwise.
I don't care that it takes longer for it to dock, I'm in no rush
I don't care that it takes longer for it to dock, I'm in no rush
Should Google's auto-driving cars have shields on them...hmm
Really though, a few hundred credits for each run in a T6 seems a pretty minor charge for convenience. The Asp handles better and is probably better suited for hands on approach. Though it might be better at auto-docking...I've never tried it on anything but a T6, which I use as time to plot my next set of jumps when rare trading. I figure it takes time for the Galaxy map to load routes so might as well have autodock run while that is working. Pretty scary letting autodock run while I have the map up, always listening for it doing something wrong so I can shut it off before disaster.
Really though, a few hundred credits for each run in a T6 seems a pretty minor charge for convenience. The Asp handles better and is probably better suited for hands on approach. Though it might be better at auto-docking...I've never tried it on anything but a T6, which I use as time to plot my next set of jumps when rare trading. I figure it takes time for the Galaxy map to load routes so might as well have autodock run while that is working. Pretty scary letting autodock run while I have the map up, always listening for it doing something wrong so I can shut it off before disaster.
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When flying my Cobra, auto dock works perfectly almost every time...but in my Type-6, landing always seems to do 1-3% damage as it drags its fat <...> across the landing pad a few times to get a lock... This ends up costing me a few hundred credits per run
....does this happen with other ships? I want to buy an Asp next, but wanna make sure i have budgeted for "parking damage"...
Never trust a docking computer to do what you can (hopefully) do better yourself.
it happens to every ship if you use the docking computer, its not so bad in the smaller ships but once you get in a 9 it starts getting very expensive as even 1% damage will cost you upwards of 15k.
When flying my Cobra, auto dock works perfectly almost every time...but in my Type-6, landing always seems to do 1-3% damage as it drags its fat <...> across the landing pad a few times to get a lock... This ends up costing me a few hundred credits per run
....does this happen with other ships? I want to buy an Asp next, but wanna make sure i have budgeted for "parking damage"...
Count yourself lucky. In previous versions of Elite, activating the docking computer behind the station would result in trying to enter the station from the rear.
... Or you could learn how to land.
You actually *did* get an answer.
I'll reitterate.
1) Yes, the docking computer is (occasionally) suicidal. The remedies are using shields, not using a docking computer or living with the cost.
2) This is a known problem, all AI docking is often idiotic at best. It will be fixed in 1.1, supposibly, as confirmed by an AI dev.
I'll reitterate.
1) Yes, the docking computer is (occasionally) suicidal. The remedies are using shields, not using a docking computer or living with the cost.
2) This is a known problem, all AI docking is often idiotic at best. It will be fixed in 1.1, supposibly, as confirmed by an AI dev.
Stupid docking computer never could land a ship in previous Elite. Might as well hand it over to your six year old daughter with cries of "Ohh fluffy pick unicorns..."