Even with zero cargo and full tank?
The Eagle (and the viper I expect) are pure combat machines. It's no winder it doesn't have the range of the sidey which is a long range scout.
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Even with zero cargo and full tank?
The Eagle (and the viper I expect) are pure combat machines. It's no winder it doesn't have the range of the sidey which is a long range scout.
I could definitely go further with my Hauler after I got rid of the laser.
Weapon size probably matters as well. On my Viper I currently have two class 2 and two class 1 pulse lasers, and I still have good range as far as I can tell. I don't have any other equipment installed yet however.
If I were to guess it would be that a ship's range is limited by its total tonnage; cargo, equipment, weapons, everything that weighs something. The more it weighs the more it limits your range.
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I went from my little 'sidewinder', then - 'eagle', now - 'hauler'.
Hauler is a nice enough ship with a good cargo bay. I tend to use the Bulletin Board at the moment more than the markets, very useful, get some good runs (dels). Always put a little other stock in to take along for the fuel money, sort of works, not always,
But at the moment its getting into it, I think, like many, I just need to get to know the routes better, it shouldn't be too bad. Just have to write things down as my memory is terrible.
Hauler is a nice enough ship with a good cargo bay. I tend to use the Bulletin Board at the moment more than the markets, very useful, get some good runs (dels). Always put a little other stock in to take along for the fuel money, sort of works, not always,
But at the moment its getting into it, I think, like many, I just need to get to know the routes better, it shouldn't be too bad. Just have to write things down as my memory is terrible.
Well they better fix it, because if deciding to fly a combat ship renders me unable to play, that is the sign of something inherently wrong with the game design. (especially since they expect you to fly 10ly+ for most combat missions)
Though i have not been on since they released a patch somewhere around noon, maybe they already fixed it, because i'm sure they weren't intending this.
I find it really illogical that trading legal goods without risks or much market analysis has such a high profit margin.
This was a big flaw in the previous Elite games and I don't want ED to follow this route. IMO only risky things or having analyzed the market should make high profits. Alpha 4 had the balance right.
Getting rich and more importantly staying rich should be a rare thing and not the norm.
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Yes I posted a thread Slow Market Forces cause Exploitable Trade Routes about the problem of high profit trade routes of which the demand and supply barely changes. I think players grind the same high profit trade routes till they have millions of credits within 24 hours of playing.
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There most certainly is something wrong if decking out your ship with modules and weapons gimps it out of jumping between systems.
Games without progress tend to fail. In a game like ED getting the next ship is progress. Getting more firepower is progress. Shorter jump when upgrading ship is not progress.
Games without progress tend to fail. In a game like ED getting the next ship is progress. Getting more firepower is progress. Shorter jump when upgrading ship is not progress.
Not so sure about your analysis. Could be an interesting mechanic to leave ships more vulnerable over/before/after making long hyperspace jumps, before they refit their weapons.
Necessitates some careful thinking if one is carrying valuable cargo, or trying to get somewhere 'special' for whatever reason... and may create some nasty bottlenecks to get through.
The balance may need tweaking, however... it's still early days in the fuel/weight/hyperdrive/supercruise experiment
I believe you'll be able to upgrade your engines later to increase jump range.
Additionally, its power plant requires a buff. You can't even deploy 3x class 1 gimballed burst lasers without overloading it. I understand that more than one rail gun should not be viable on an Eagle, but 3 lasers, come on.
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I went from my little 'sidewinder', then - 'eagle', now - 'hauler'.
Hauler is a nice enough ship with a good cargo bay. I tend to use the Bulletin Board at the moment more than the markets, very useful, get some good runs (dels). Always put a little other stock in to take along for the fuel money, sort of works, not always,
But at the moment its getting into it, I think, like many, I just need to get to know the routes better, it shouldn't be too bad. Just have to write things down as my memory is terrible.
Same story here.
I'm currently using this tool to help me with trade routes.
Not so sure about your analysis. Could be an interesting mechanic to leave ships more vulnerable over/before/after making long hyperspace jumps, before they refit their weapons.
Necessitates some careful thinking if one is carrying valuable cargo, or trying to get somewhere 'special' for whatever reason... and may create some nasty bottlenecks to get through.
The balance may need tweaking, however... it's still early days in the fuel/weight/hyperdrive/supercruise experiment
I totally agree, carefully planning out your fit to acomplish certain tasks is part of the fun, and removing modules to save on fuel or increase range should certainly be a factor in long range exploration (assuming your ship isnt good enough) but when you need to remove the weapons from a combat vessel to reach your combat mission then maybe the ship is just a pile of garbage eh?
either way i restarted my save, none of the stations on my little island had sidewinders for sale so i scrapped the whole ordeal.
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