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Mouse

Mouse
Julissa Silver said:
Seriously, all this expansion needs to nap for a bit. The paperwork for all these systems is really rather overwhelming. Not that I'm discouraging anyone helping out and 'growing' Bacon Cats influence, in fact I'm amazed and humbled at how much work so many people have put in, but the last thing I'd want to see is for it to draw BCaTS into conflict with anyone.
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Welcome back Imperabaconatrix and I'm still 10k out of the bubble so I wasn't involved.. though I do wish it had been Alano.. good ship and Outfitting there.

What surprises me is that we have been expanding and most of it wasn't by design.. and I agree with not being in conflict with anyone. I don't even carry weapons.
 

Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Actually, as far as I recall, none of our expansion was by design. I came back to the game one time and saw the B Cats had expanded to Yota. No idea how/when.

And like I mentioned before, I have no interest in fighting other people for systems. It's very difficult and time consuming to try to direct expansion to a particular system though. Far easier is to just keep influence below 75% in our systems by watching inf and running some missions for low inf factions to keep ours down.

If we ever do expand to a system with other real people in it, we'll just have to contact them -somehow- to see if their faction is active still. If not, fine, but if it is, then we just don't do stuff in that system.
 

Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Hey mouse,

Here's one of those pax missions I was talking about. I used the explopax Conda and it took 20 min, I got 7.5M, and 4% expo rank as pioneer going to elite.

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Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Abil Midena said:
Hey mouse,

Here's one of those pax missions I was talking about. I used the explopax Conda and it took 20 min, I got 7.5M, and 4% expo rank as pioneer going to elite.

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That's (almost) hysterical. I'm actually out roaming (err exploring) at the moment, and I wouldn't be surprised if my entire trip, which will be around 14k Ly round trip, only earns me the same amount of credits and rank progress, and that's with (so far, not halfway yet) over 30 systems scanned with the DSS, and getting on for 20 of them first discoveries.

All that said, I'm not bothered for myself that passenger missions are contributing to explorer rank. It's all meant to be fun. :)
 

Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Faded Glory said:
That's (almost) hysterical. I'm actually out roaming (err exploring) at the moment, and I wouldn't be surprised if my entire trip, which will be around 14k Ly round trip, only earns me the same amount of credits and rank progress, and that's with (so far, not halfway yet) over 30 systems scanned with the DSS, and getting on for 20 of them first discoveries.

All that said, I'm not bothered for myself that passenger missions are contributing to explorer rank. It's all meant to be fun. :)
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Oh, I hear you. My last explorer trip (full results here) in March of last year was a 4 week trip to the Trifid nebula. I got $65M and went from 8% Ranger to 28% Pioneer.

After that trip, I recall thinking that I would not go out there again, since after 7 or 8 days, I just wanted to stop and/or do something else. There just isn't interesting things (to me) out there to see. I really felt like I was sitting here in front of a computer re-rolling a spreadsheet and getting a different .gif to come up.

I'll do these missions as a change up to the missions I'm doing for B Cat influence, since they also count towards that. The bonus is that my expo rank moves now.
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Abil Midena said:
Oh, I hear you. My last explorer trip (full results here) in March of last year was a 4 week trip to the Trifid nebula. I got $65M and went from 8% Ranger to 28% Pioneer.

After that trip, I recall thinking that I would not go out there again, since after 7 or 8 days, I just wanted to stop and/or do something else. There just isn't interesting things (to me) out there to see. I really felt like I was sitting here in front of a computer re-rolling a spreadsheet and getting a different .gif to come up.

I'll do these missions as a change up to the missions I'm doing for B Cat influence, since they also count towards that. The bonus is that my expo rank moves now.
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Interesting post, Abil (the one you linked to), and it very much mirrors my own views (pun not intended) regarding exploring. I am just into Pioneer rank after my last trip, so I expect it will take me a long time to get to Elite (if ever) unless I do take a few passenger missions.

I always like the idea of exploring, and like you, nowadays I'm only interested in DSS scanning full systems that have never been touched. If I jump to a system where the main star is already taken, I honk and move on, and if I don't think I want to scan the whole system, I leave the main star too. I realize this is holding me back a very small amount, but if I didn't have some role play for exploring, I'm not sure I would do it at all. Whatever, I find that after being out for a week or so, I want to get back as the actual gameplay involved in exploring is ultimately very repetitive. Kudos to those that can do it for months (or longer) on end. :)

The problem is, the reality of exploring for me is that there's really not much original to see or discover. I've got plenty of ELW's in my various trips, and countless water worlds, gas giants with life... Just found a system with three water worlds, and while that's nice, I just can't bring myself to feel it's anything special. I don't do exploring directly for the credits, more as an occasional change of pace, and I like flying my Asp. I do appreciate the rank increase, it's at least a tangible progression /goal.

I too take an SRV, but rarely bother with landfalls, as when you do it, there's just the same stuff to see as anywhere else. Not saying some of the planet side scenery isn't quite wonderful, it really is, but there's only so long I can sit and stare at a mountain on my screen. :)

On topic, I'll try and pop down to the Bcats neighborhood when I get back. I'd rep you, but I need to spread it around...

Mouse said:
That feels like cheating :p
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Nah... Blaze your own trail and all that... :D

(I'm pretty sure you were not being overly serious ;) )
 

Mouse

Mouse
Faded Glory said:
Interesting post, Abil (the one you linked to), and it very much mirrors my own views (pun not intended) regarding exploring. I am just into Pioneer rank after my last trip, so I expect it will take me a long time to get to Elite (if ever) unless I do take a few passenger missions.

I always like the idea of exploring, and like you, nowadays I'm only interested in DSS scanning full systems that have never been touched. If I jump to a system where the main star is already taken, I honk and move on, and if I don't think I want to scan the whole system, I leave the main star too. I realize this is holding me back a very small amount, but if I didn't have some role play for exploring, I'm not sure I would do it at all. Whatever, I find that after being out for a week or so, I want to get back as the actual gameplay involved in exploring is ultimately very repetitive. Kudos to those that can do it for months (or longer) on end. :)

The problem is, the reality of exploring for me is that there's really not much original to see or discover. I've got plenty of ELW's in my various trips, and countless water worlds, gas giants with life... Just found a system with three water worlds, and while that's nice, I just can't bring myself to feel it's anything special. I don't do exploring directly for the credits, more as an occasional change of pace, and I like flying my Asp. I do appreciate the rank increase, it's at least a tangible progression /goal.

I too take an SRV, but rarely bother with landfalls, as when you do it, there's just the same stuff to see as anywhere else. Not saying some of the planet side scenery isn't quite wonderful, it really is, but there's only so long I can sit and stare at a mountain on my screen. :)

On topic, I'll try and pop down to the Bcats neighborhood when I get back. I'd rep you, but I need to spread it around...



Nah... Blaze your own trail and all that... :D

(I'm pretty sure you were not being overly serious ;) )
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nope I wasn't, and I guess I'm childlike as I get excited at finding worlds. I found an ammonia world last night and was excited. I've not been scanning as much as I am trying to get back to the bubble, but when I am on full explorer mode.. I scan everything.. every rocky world.. though not Asteroids .. they need to fix those.
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
Mouse said:
nope I wasn't, and I guess I'm childlike as I get excited at finding worlds. I found an ammonia world last night and was excited. I've not been scanning as much as I am trying to get back to the bubble, but when I am on full explorer mode.. I scan everything.. every rocky world.. though not Asteroids .. they need to fix those.
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Fair enough... :)

As I (hope) I said, I take exploring seriously when I do it, I don't cherry pick, and will almost always scan full systems or nothing at all. That said, I truly don't care how other people play the game, how they rank up, how they get credits. To me, that way lies madness... :)

And there you go... Just 'discovered' another water world. :D That'll be 21 so far this trip.
 
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Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Found another mission for you Mouse. You are missing out man.

How does 1M credits PER MINUTE sound?

LOL...I think it actually took less than 5 min since the destination is an outpost.

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Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Julissa Silver said:
Clearly I'll have to find my notebook with all my discovered planetoids in it. Everyone's an explorer now!
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Dunno if you've had much chance to play, but evading interdictions is a thing now. Seriously, evading interdictions is quite possible since 2.2.03, and seemingly the likely outcome if you don't like pew pews and choose to fight against being interdicted. That's for NPC's, not sure about humans.

Also, anyone into hostage rescue missions, now is the time.

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Julissa Silver

Julissa Silver
Abil Midena said:
Dunno if you've had much chance to play, but evading interdictions is a thing now. Seriously, evading interdictions is quite possible since 2.2.03, and seemingly the likely outcome if you don't like pew pews and choose to fight against being interdicted. That's for NPC's, not sure about humans.
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Alas my paw is very broken and I've been unable to do anything except read (thank you, Brandon Sanderson, for keeping me from going insane this past two weeks). Even typing's a struggle that I technically should be avoiding while things heal. I've been getting a few tips and pointers from some folks here about the new state of the galaxy, interesting to hear that interdictions are still plentiful but apparently avoidable. Hopefully my inflated combat rating won't bring too much nastiness on my head when I take my Courier out for a test run. That is, unless someone's got a better suggestion for a cheap, sturdy, escapey, cargo-capable ship to practice in?

OH OH, and one more thing:
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Mouse said:
Beware of flaw in BGS...people have been nuking other factions this way.
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'Ello Mousey! Please do elaborate. What's going on with what now?
 
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Mouse

Mouse
Julissa Silver said:
Alas my paw is very broken and I've been unable to do anything except read (thank you, Brandon Sanderson, for keeping me from going insane this past two weeks). Even typing's a struggle that I technically should be avoiding while things heal. I've been getting a few tips and pointers from some folks here about the new state of the galaxy, interesting to hear that interdictions are still plentiful but apparently avoidable. Hopefully my inflated combat rating won't bring too much nastiness on my head when I take my Courier out for a test run. That is, unless someone's got a better suggestion for a cheap, sturdy, escapey, cargo-capable ship to practice in?

OH OH, and one more thing:
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'Ello Mousey! Please do elaborate. What's going on with what now?
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Hoping your paw heals and sending you a PM


Edit: and apparently the exploit is fixed ^,^
 
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Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Julissa Silver said:
Alas my paw is very broken and I've been unable to do anything except read (thank you, Brandon Sanderson, for keeping me from going insane this past two weeks). Even typing's a struggle that I technically should be avoiding while things heal. I've been getting a few tips and pointers from some folks here about the new state of the galaxy, interesting to hear that interdictions are still plentiful but apparently avoidable. Hopefully my inflated combat rating won't bring too much nastiness on my head when I take my Courier out for a test run. That is, unless someone's got a better suggestion for a cheap, sturdy, escapey, cargo-capable ship to practice in?

OH OH, and one more thing:
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Sucks to be sick. I hope the hand (paw?) heals well.

I avoided an interdiction from a Deadly Anaconda, and I have actually avoided every interdiction so far, unless I wanted to allow the interdiction for a BCat bounty. Please note, I've become wanted twice now by the BCats in order to complete planetary missions for the BCats. It sounds confusing, but is a result of being in multiple systems. If you see that paperwork cross your desk, please just slip the papers into the circular file...or a shredder.

I've been using a courier lately after trying a Cobra III. The cobra is faster and has more cargo, but doesn't have shields (ok, super duper weak useless shields). Here is the build for the Courier I'm using. Notice the nearly 900 MJ shields. Even if you change the shields to normal 4A and boosters to stock A, you'd still have almost 500 MJ. Plenty for that ship. I think there's only two missions I can't do with it...the elite pirate lord kill mission, and the elite fetch cargo in space mission. I swap to the python/vette for those.

I like the BCat logo except for the hat. I'm not the artsy type though, so I have no suggestion for something better. Sorry.
 

Abil Midena

Abil Midena
Ok, a couple things happened with today's tick.

We are at War in the tiny system of LTT 2863 (outpost only, so no large pad ships). We had expanded there from Yota some time ago, and don't really have an interest in the system. However, we need to break the war so other states can happen (war blocks other states). If folks could get some war bonds and turn them in for us in LTT 2863, that would be groovy. We're not trying to take the system, just end the war.

Also, we expanded, but not to Mombawet as expected. We expanded to Baltah'Sine.

Baltah'Sine has no player factions there according to Inara. It's a 2M pop Empire system with one starport, one landable planetary outpost, and several non landable planetary outposts. There is a rare there though...Baltah'sine Vacuum Krill. There's nothing really to do there right now, since the focus is in HR 2283.
 

willowfan

willowfan
Just returned to Priva from an extended "into the black" trip to find BCats reps all over the place in surrounding systems, It was quite a surprise.
 
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