Back in the bubble in a day or so... Perhaps I can help.
Don't rush on my account! I can't actually play right now for a week or so, and even then I have to take things -slooooow-. Did you get your invite, by the way?
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Don't rush on my account! I can't actually play right now for a week or so, and even then I have to take things -slooooow-. Did you get your invite, by the way?
I think for the non pew pew type, FSD and Shields/boosters are all that really should be desired. Other stuff like speed, weaps, power plant, etc just helps kill stuff faster. Although I remember waaay back in my 'upgraded' Cobra III trying a CZ for the first time. It was a short visit because I had to low wake after just a few min.
Do you use ED Engineer to keep track of your mats/data? That really helps manage the engineer goal setting.
Yes I did thanks, and accepted.
That's fine, just let me know if / when you are playing and we can meet up (if you wish), I'm pretty flexible with when I can play. And don't worry, I'm rushing all on my own account. Much as I enjoy the idea of exploring, the reality for me is that the mechanics are simply not involving enough after a week or so.Good points, although speed, IMHO, can be great fun. I have an iCourier that boosts at 881 M/s, and an iEagle that boosts at just over 850 M/s.
But yes, the only things that I generally take to grade 5 are FSD, thrusters and shield generator, most other things are between grades 1 and 3. I never min / maxed in the old system (still got a few excellent rolls on thrusters), and now with the new system I'll take things to maximum when I have the materials. To be honest, the last 3 or 4 rolls in grade 5 give such a small performance boost as to be only necessary for satisfying OCD and presumably PvP (which I don't do).
Yeah, I definitely know that feeling. I got a few systems with my name on them and then... Found it somewhat lacking. I should go off on an explore just for sightseeing purposes, if I could work out how to intelligently set my jump plotter to only accept scoopable stars without manual input and oversight on my part. Stupid computer. Hmph!
Good points, although speed, IMHO, can be great fun. I have an iCourier that boosts at 881 M/s, and an iEagle that boosts at just over 850 M/s.
That's just.... just awful. The difference between engineered and not is why I want to not play, honestly. I'm not fond of "you must do X to progress" features. I don't much care about being on par, but at least not utterly eclipsed without a stupidly long grind would be a fine thing. That vast gulf depresses the hell outta me.
Before Engineers, I had a good run with my Cobra III. Then again that was without the obnoxiousness of one-shot railgun weapons and pre-mustache twirling evil NPC killer silliness and bad game direction because "zomg must maek hrrd pew-pew gaem!" or some such drivel (AKA: When the game was easy and fun, without the seat-gripping tension and danger narrative that... *yawn* uh...)
I have no idea what ED Engineer is. I've done very little to actually look at Engineers out of game and, let's be honest, ED's in-game documentation seems to explain squat diddly nowt.
Filter the map by star type and use filter when plotting the route.
It's pretty reliable.I suppose it depends what you want to do in the game. I have engineered my ships primarily because it was something to do. I am a PvE player, have no desire to shoot other players, and NPC's are not significantly engineered other than targets for wing assassination missions. Typically I can defend myself against most NPC aggressors although of course much depends on the ship I am flying.
The game is unbalanced (even in PvE) before engineering unless you are an ace pilot, which I am not! My Cobra MkIII cannot defeat a high ranking Anaconda on its own, but my FDL probably can, and my Corvette (which frankly I don't enjoy or use that much) will swat any NPC. Same pilot...
Those speed ships, while they are both lightly armed and shielded, would typically use their speed to get away in an attack. I use them for flying through canyons, and am destroyed more often doing that than I am in combat.
And I think it's worth noting that there is very little forced PvE combat in the game now. Missions will sometimes generate opposition, but random interdictions are extremely rare in my experience, far less than they were earlier in the game.
Here is the thread about ED Engineer. https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-to-track-your-blueprint-progress-in-realtime .I think you have to enter the amount of mats/data the first time you load it up, but after that, it tracks how many mats you get (via missions, surface SRV'ing, etc) and lose (via engineering or using the material trader) AUTOMATICALLY. It also provides an easy interface that groups engineer upgrades and makes it SUPER easy to see what you have/need for any upgrade you want. I highly recommend it. I should do a video on it just for kicks on my channel.
This 100%. I am tempted to get in an A rated but unengineered Cobra III or IV and run missions / cz's like I do now. I would probably have to run from some interdictions, but only in low sec systems.
No, I have to disagree, the documentation is nowhere near as comprehensive as you describe there.
(If you fancy some jolly amusement, try using the key bindings that the in-game help page shows you. I guarantee entertainment all round from unexpected heat sink launches, and other japery.)
That sounds suspiciously like the first three hours of my game time, before a kindly soul saved my keybindings and gave me the gift of being able to enjoy space.
Then Engineers.
We have several, though I should hang more bacon streamers before they go public.
Bacon, how you know god is not a veggie!
If this PP is open only goes through... is there any system Bacon Cats can call home where those in Open can stomp all over... before it was even as in whatever mode you ware in it can be countered.. but if Sandros goes through with it and it can ONLY be countered in Open... Well BCats, Mobius, and any other PVE "faction" is pretty much no longer existent.
Don't worry Mouse!
Drunks of Sol will take care of things in their own inimitable fashion
Drunks of Sol will take care of things in their own inimitable fashion
From what I have read:
1. If they change the PP benefit from MF to only the control system, this would benefit BGSers, as only PP control systems (Priva) would be no-go systems for MF that don't line up with the PP faction (Fed/Imp/All). This is kind of a good change. Using the BCats as the example, Priva would be given up, but the other systems BCats are in would be of no use to the PP folks, so you wouldn't have to worry about them.
HOWEVER...
2. They are also changing missions so they give PP benefits just by doing them. So if you think it was a huge problem before with BGS unaware grinders (BUGS) messing up BGS work without even knowing or caring, it's going to be 10x worse, since the PP horde will be added to the existing BUGS, since they will now want to run missions for their PP group.
AND...
#2 is double bad for BCats because they are in ALD space (empire) and BCats are Independent. #2 is only granted if the MF you do the mission for is aligned with your PP faction, in this case, Empire. So they would not only mess up BGS work, they would benefit Empire MF's and hurt non Empire MF's.
So the upshot from #1, #2, is that for the BCats, things will be WORSE than now, which is bad. You'd have to give up on Priva, and the other systems would be a mess from PP mission grinders.
As far as Open Only for PP...
This would have no impact on the BCats. You can still do everything you want to support the BCats through the BGS in any mode you want.
HOWEVER...
Follow me here...MB said "all modes are an equally valid choice" in 2015, but Sandro has suggested 2 yrs ago in March 2016 to add "significant open only bonus" to PP. Did Sandro agree or think the modes are equal choices? Nope. Not only that, here he is again, more than doubling down on his idea by now saying not just a bonus, but "Only Open for PP". His reason? "Reasoning: We’ve saved the biggest change for last, as making Powerplay Open only goes way beyond the remit of a tweak. We’ve seen this topic discussed many times and we think it’s time we addressed it directly to get as much quality feedback as possible." This is basically saying, "people were whining, so we're changing things to accommodate them".
Ok, now fast forward to the day after the open only is implemented for PP. And remember all the people in the focused feedback thread that are ALREADY clamoring for Open Only BGS. Add intensified whining with the support of now being able to say "...but, but, you made PP open only, so now do it for the BGS", and "the BGS is pvp centric because you have to contend with other players that 'do stuff' to support their MF that is in the same system as where you are trying to BGS", and you have your answer.
What does FD do? Simple. They make BGS open only as well. You can't avoid that logic. And at that time, you can give up on BGS work, unless you fly a fully engineered PKP machine 100% of the time, and are a skilled PKPer, since you will now be FORCED to play in open if you want to BGS.
Haha, that took too long. The short answer to your question will be "no", you can't do the BGS anymore, and "yes" non open groups will be locked out of the BGS.
I am seriously looking at the uninstall button and this is one of my favorite games..
I'd hold off on that uninstall...
While Abil may be correct (and he knows his BGS stuff), it's also quite possible that the days following PP moved to open (if it happens) then the forums will be full of players complaining bitterly that they still didn't see anyone all the time they were blockading their station, and their power's influence actually waned. Instancing...
Here's my take on it.
I love crashing folks parties! My take on the situation?
And I still wonder what Sandro is doing:
Reasoning: We’ve saved the biggest change for last, as making Powerplay Open only goes way beyond the remit of a tweak. We’ve seen this topic discussed many times and we think it’s time we addressed it directly to get as much quality feedback as possible.
OR
"In addition, this is far from a done deal, and we're acutely aware of the importance of such a change, which is why we want to get feedback from the user base before committing to anything."
At least they are going to address it directly. Hopefully, it will shut down 'The Hotel California', finally.
And I still wonder what Sandro is doing:
Reasoning: We’ve saved the biggest change for last, as making Powerplay Open only goes way beyond the remit of a tweak. We’ve seen this topic discussed many times and we think it’s time we addressed it directly to get as much quality feedback as possible.
OR
"In addition, this is far from a done deal, and we're acutely aware of the importance of such a change, which is why we want to get feedback from the user base before committing to anything."
At least they are going to address it directly. Hopefully, it will shut down 'The Hotel California', finally.
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I would imagine you are welcome here, as long as you like bacon, and cats. Judging from your avatar, you're cool with cats. BUT DO YOU LIKE BACON?? If not, go back henceforth from which thy came, heathen.