[DW2] Distant Worlds 2 Arrivals Thread
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№4601 Arrived to Beagle Point!) It was my first time participating in the event of such scale. Have had a great time participating in CGs (especially second one), meetups, mass jumps and other events along the way, made friends with many people throughout the expedition. I was flying solo, but I wasn`t truly alone - I was a part of the biggest expeditionary fleet in Elite. And it was awesome!) o7 to all of you!
Great thanks to organizers for making this all possible.
Great thanks to organizers for making this all possible.
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This is one of the best and most engrossing experiences I have had in Elite Dangerous, and when the next one comes up I will do it again. I couldn't recommend any more highly to any player who hasn't done this to take the opportunity to do so when next it happens.
o7 CMDRs!
o7 CMDRs!
I too have arrived! I completed my form and will remain on station in support of the fleet as a Hull Seal for the foreseeable future. Thank you so much to the team for the hard work and dedication to the trip! Looking forward to flying with many of you again in the future!
CMDR Payperheirplain Roster # 10984 Ships: AspX: HMS Paper Plane 2 Krait Phantom: Canterbury
CMDR Payperheirplain Roster # 10984 Ships: AspX: HMS Paper Plane 2 Krait Phantom: Canterbury
CMDR DarkStarSword
Roster #8653
Made it all the way to Beagle Point with 98% hull* and without using a single repair limpet in the entire journey... then while trying to take a screenshot to imortalise the occasion I booped the ground a bit too hard and dropped down to 78% hull... so... here's my screenshot repairing at Beagle Point
* Mishap #1: Dropped out of Witch-space and my controller wasn't working, but that's okay since I'm running Voice attack, so I calmly said "all stop... All stop... All stop! Emergency stop! ALL STOP! ALL F@#$ING STOP!... God Damnit"
Mishap #2: Dropped out of Witch-space too close to a black hole with no time to react.
Roster #8653
Made it all the way to Beagle Point with 98% hull* and without using a single repair limpet in the entire journey... then while trying to take a screenshot to imortalise the occasion I booped the ground a bit too hard and dropped down to 78% hull... so... here's my screenshot repairing at Beagle Point
* Mishap #1: Dropped out of Witch-space and my controller wasn't working, but that's okay since I'm running Voice attack, so I calmly said "all stop... All stop... All stop! Emergency stop! ALL STOP! ALL F@#$ING STOP!... God Damnit"
Mishap #2: Dropped out of Witch-space too close to a black hole with no time to react.
CMDR DarkStarSword
Roster #8653
Made it all the way to Beagle Point with 98% hull* and without using a single repair limpet in the entire journey... then while trying to take a screenshot to imortalise the occasion I booped the ground a bit too hard and dropped down to 78% hull... so... here's my screenshot repairing at Beagle Point
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* Mishap #1: Dropped out of Witch-space and my controller wasn't working, but that's okay since I'm running Voice attack, so I calmly said "all stop... All stop... All stop! Emergency stop! ALL STOP! ALL F@#$ING STOP!... God Damnit"
Mishap #2: Dropped out of Witch-space too close to a black hole with no time to react.
That's why I have a big red button mapped with one key input that does one and only one thing, useful for when VA fails like that. Can you guess what it does?
Well, that's 4 ships taken to Beagle Point down for me: Anaconda, Asp Scout, Type-6, and now Sidewinder!
This expedition also was the first time I mined in a Sidey, and got into the top 50% tier on the second GC.
Big thanks to everyone involved in making this expedition happen!
This expedition also was the first time I mined in a Sidey, and got into the top 50% tier on the second GC.
Big thanks to everyone involved in making this expedition happen!
Hello, Beagle Point. I've come a long way to see you.
Thank you DW2 team for the hard work on preparing this expedition.
My story is probably mildly different than most. I was a kickstarter backer for ED, and yet I could never get started playing. Every time I looked into it, something would steal away my time, or I was busy with other games, or I would just stare at my starter ship (a Cobra Mk3, due to kickstarter) and not really know where to begin. By the time I started playing in earnest (2 years ago), DW1 was long since complete, and I had missed my chance to be one of the early pioneers of ED exploration in general. But it didn't matter, for now I was armed with a VR headset, and I was going to take to the stars. So when DW2 was announced, I wasn't going to miss this one!
During 2017, intermixed with exploration and various bubble activities, I kept trying out different builds on different ships. I knew I wanted to take something other than the typical choices (wasn't a fan of the anaconda, the DBX was too limited for my taste, and I had flown the AspX to death). This started an obsession with switching out ships with different strengths and weaknesses, which continues to this day. In fact, I flew 3 different ships in DW2, starting with the Beluga, then the T9 for both CGs (and all of the waypoints between them), and finally back to my trusty Krait Mk2 for the trip north from the core.
I veered off the path a few times, to switch ships, and to map some of my old finds, and sold data back at Colonia before we had Explorer's Anchorage available. This lead to me clocking in a little over 330 kly over the course of DW2, during which I got my "Did I leave the oven on?" EDSM badge (2.5 million lightyears travelled).
Yeah... I'm a little crazy. Space madness... you know?
I also took a lot of pictures, here: My DW2 photo album
During 2017, intermixed with exploration and various bubble activities, I kept trying out different builds on different ships. I knew I wanted to take something other than the typical choices (wasn't a fan of the anaconda, the DBX was too limited for my taste, and I had flown the AspX to death). This started an obsession with switching out ships with different strengths and weaknesses, which continues to this day. In fact, I flew 3 different ships in DW2, starting with the Beluga, then the T9 for both CGs (and all of the waypoints between them), and finally back to my trusty Krait Mk2 for the trip north from the core.
I veered off the path a few times, to switch ships, and to map some of my old finds, and sold data back at Colonia before we had Explorer's Anchorage available. This lead to me clocking in a little over 330 kly over the course of DW2, during which I got my "Did I leave the oven on?" EDSM badge (2.5 million lightyears travelled).
Yeah... I'm a little crazy. Space madness... you know?
I also took a lot of pictures, here: My DW2 photo album
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Here I am for the second time in my life and the life of the game.
Just like last time, this has been fun. Couldn't choose a favorite way point for the form. Good thing that part was optional.
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To throw in another thanks amidst the hundreds of others, I offer you my heartfelt gratitude for your efforts in setting up DW2. This expedition opened up an entirely new experience for me with ED I've played for a couple of years now, but always in solo, and really just for the experience of flying and bounty hunting. Participating in DW2, joining a squadron, flying in wings, landing at waypoints and meeting and interacting with other Commanders, has been a tremendously fun adventure and I really can't express how incredible it's been.
26/04/2019 01:03:54 UTC 8:54pm EST (Local time) Arrived at waypoint 12.
Lost just 2% of my hull thanks to being foolish enough to play on patch day.
Second time to Beagle Point. First was in 48Ly Type-10 Defender.
Ship used is Krait Mk II, the CNR Malinois. An armed escort explorer she can
hold her own against any NPC and distract your average ganker long enough for
unarmed explorers to flee. https://edshipyard.net/builds/551
Lost just 2% of my hull thanks to being foolish enough to play on patch day.
Second time to Beagle Point. First was in 48Ly Type-10 Defender.
Ship used is Krait Mk II, the CNR Malinois. An armed escort explorer she can
hold her own against any NPC and distract your average ganker long enough for
unarmed explorers to flee. https://edshipyard.net/builds/551
Arrived at Beagle Point on April 27 3305. CMDR CJPilot Roster #4894
I want to say thank you to the DW2 organizers! When I first started watching Obsidian Ant's videos, I wanted to go exploring and visit Beagle Point. When I heard that DW2 was in the works, I knew that I wanted to take part. During prep-week, I stumbled over a suggestion to take a Hutton Orbital mug to Sag A* and Beagle point. So I loaded up my mugs and headed out. After jumping towards the light, and visited Sag A* I dropped 3 of my mugs off at the newly built Explorers Anchorage. It was awesome to see the teamwork that was used to build a station in the Galactic core. Even though I wanted to turn back at some points, DW2 waypoints keep me motivated. Seeing the wonders of the Galaxy was amazing. Now, all I have left to do out here is to drop the last Mug as a memorial to all the explorers that made it out to beagle point.
I want to say thank you to the DW2 organizers! When I first started watching Obsidian Ant's videos, I wanted to go exploring and visit Beagle Point. When I heard that DW2 was in the works, I knew that I wanted to take part. During prep-week, I stumbled over a suggestion to take a Hutton Orbital mug to Sag A* and Beagle point. So I loaded up my mugs and headed out. After jumping towards the light, and visited Sag A* I dropped 3 of my mugs off at the newly built Explorers Anchorage. It was awesome to see the teamwork that was used to build a station in the Galactic core. Even though I wanted to turn back at some points, DW2 waypoints keep me motivated. Seeing the wonders of the Galaxy was amazing. Now, all I have left to do out here is to drop the last Mug as a memorial to all the explorers that made it out to beagle point.
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