Hello everyone...
After playing more than two intense whole weeks, with at least 8 hours a day, and I’m sure my wife would say “EVEN MORE MY DEAR!”, I really hate this game, love this game!
After the first week I hardly made it up from my full equipped cargo-no-shield cobra to the next logical ship: lakon Type 6, I worked another hard week just my way up to the ASP.
Happily I found a 1600cr/ton way to grow the credits into an ASP, cause if getting +1M for the lakonT6, getting a +over 6M for the ASP was even harder! Even with +/- roughly 1M/hour.
ASP fitted with 128cargo… for those who already know: that could only be achieved without shields. Now, I were without shields on the cobra and Lakon T6 already, so here and there a little scratch, 100-1000cr no big problem.
If you’ve already flown the ASP (love it by the more, I thought I'd regret my Cobra MK3, but no...), you can easily imagine my expression when for the first time I landed a bit harsh on the landingpad… “oh that’s ok, 91% hull left”… I leave it as a surprise for others, ‘bout the repair costs of the ASPs hull… I won’t spoil it, but you’ll scream a bit… and remember my writings ^^.
Well, I fitted for 2 days the ASP for WAR and hunting too
So I went into a beacon and some USS, to get some wanted ships down, which filled up my wallet with 300k credits within 40 minutes, but here we talk FUN, not MONEY MAKING!
At least, as long as you don’t cross your way with an anaconda!
I had nearly the biggest shield mounted (B6), so I was ready against the anaconda… problem was, my shield and hull didn’t knew about! I had to flee back to station for repairs and would have been ready for another attempt! But do you know the reason I didn’t? Remember the repair costs with a hull at 91%? I leave you to your imagination what the 47% left of hull I had to pay off! Never again!!!!
See the hate and love?!
Good point is, once you hate it, you can fall back in love again, very quickly though!
Yesternight, after crazy trading hours with over 1600cr/ton, I passed the 10M barrier! Selling my modules and ship I was finally able to get the Lakon T7 : YESSSSSSSSS.
I luckily found a station which sold one! Left me 1,4M in my pocket!
By default 100 cargo, I upgraded it to get the ASPs cargo mass for the first few travels, so, shields on. Filled up with Gold, tracing the route to the sellers station…. And here we go!
Docking out…. Oh, let’s quickly have a look on the assurance….. over 600K !!!!!! I only have 300k left…. HELL I can’t afford loosing that ship…..(oups, I remember I told that to someone who lost hsi ship...^^) ok, calm down…. Get the gold where you know to, and so on… so far it always went nearly scratchless! Or maybe not? Right ok I admit, I lost the ASP twice on docking… *shame*., but, could afford it twice back, in total it makes burning 1,5M into smoke!!!!.
Now the real stress started: I just can’t travel/jump up to the station anymore. 7Ly jumpdistance only?!… WTH?!
Ok, back to station, selling that big tucker and get my asp back, for the moment!
In the meantime over mumble I chatted with another pilot.
Approaching carefully the station to dock, past the letter box, yesss, inside! Just for the little comment, first time undocking is quite impressive, you have no clue at what point you’ll touch or not the surrounding entrance walls, everythings seems soo tiny around the LT7 commanders ship… but as I saw a Lakon T9 docking (shocking I tell you, but that's another history), the 7 must pass without a scratch!
Still whilst chatting in parallel. I was looking for my landing pad number I couldn’t see. Must be buggy as it sometimes happens, the yellow stuff not showing up over your pad! But suddenly, I got very scared: into my micro to my friend “shut up a sec, big trouble here”… oh yes I was in trouble…. I now saw the red encounter… 12seconds left, in red (hell where did the other 8 seconds went?!)! Now that’s why I couldn’t see my pad… I FORGOT TO REQUEST LANDING PERMISSIONS!!!
I turned over, to point the ship nose to the entrance, remembering hardly my tiny wallet... WHY OH GOSH, WHY?!! The last time I lost a ship exactly the SAME way was the ASP… I couldn’t boost with the asp as my landing gear was out and under stress and pressure, I just didn't understood why the boost didn't fired… that’s why now I never deploy it until I’m over the platform, security, security - with the counterpart, making it possible to boost inside, well, a choice needs to be made!
Well, turning the Lakon 7 was already a hell slow operation… countdown still ongoing. I’m not straight aligned to the 'entrance box' out…. but there is no choice: I have to boost and pass it through, remembering I couldn’t afford loosing this ship, AT ALL! Boosting was giving me a chance of 50% to leave the dockingstation... alive, or not! Without boost, 100% death sentence, see the choice? With a tiny wallet and weeks of playing risks to turn into smoke?! Hate/Love?!
I Boosted through the entrance gate I tell you, not even aligned, under pressure, and I did it out, 1 second was left on and the counter vanished! I looked around if any laser were working against me or not…. And…. Pfffffffffffff I could breathe again… I DID IT! As like in holywood movies, the last second counted!
After this hard time, I requested landing permission. But only after 5 minutes, the time to grab the stick again without shaking hands! So I went back in, sold the 2 modules I bought, sold the ship, got my asp back and fitted it again for cargo/trading only!
Looks like I have to do run for another 10M before getting the LT7!
Commanders, watch your assurance & cr.... But anyway, if I’d lost everything, I’d started over again…. I hate that game, I love that game!!!!!
The more I play it, the more I get immersed into it. Hate/love all over the place!
Btw: happy new year commanders!!!
PS: hope you'll forgive me you to force reading some sentences 10 times before understanding them, english isn't my native one ;-)
LONG LIFE TO ED, I found back THE ultimate game I was waiting for, since the C-64 times!!!!!
.... I LOVE ED!!!!
After playing more than two intense whole weeks, with at least 8 hours a day, and I’m sure my wife would say “EVEN MORE MY DEAR!”, I really hate this game, love this game!
After the first week I hardly made it up from my full equipped cargo-no-shield cobra to the next logical ship: lakon Type 6, I worked another hard week just my way up to the ASP.
Happily I found a 1600cr/ton way to grow the credits into an ASP, cause if getting +1M for the lakonT6, getting a +over 6M for the ASP was even harder! Even with +/- roughly 1M/hour.
ASP fitted with 128cargo… for those who already know: that could only be achieved without shields. Now, I were without shields on the cobra and Lakon T6 already, so here and there a little scratch, 100-1000cr no big problem.
If you’ve already flown the ASP (love it by the more, I thought I'd regret my Cobra MK3, but no...), you can easily imagine my expression when for the first time I landed a bit harsh on the landingpad… “oh that’s ok, 91% hull left”… I leave it as a surprise for others, ‘bout the repair costs of the ASPs hull… I won’t spoil it, but you’ll scream a bit… and remember my writings ^^.
Well, I fitted for 2 days the ASP for WAR and hunting too
So I went into a beacon and some USS, to get some wanted ships down, which filled up my wallet with 300k credits within 40 minutes, but here we talk FUN, not MONEY MAKING! At least, as long as you don’t cross your way with an anaconda!
I had nearly the biggest shield mounted (B6), so I was ready against the anaconda… problem was, my shield and hull didn’t knew about! I had to flee back to station for repairs and would have been ready for another attempt! But do you know the reason I didn’t? Remember the repair costs with a hull at 91%? I leave you to your imagination what the 47% left of hull I had to pay off! Never again!!!!
See the hate and love?!
Good point is, once you hate it, you can fall back in love again, very quickly though!
Yesternight, after crazy trading hours with over 1600cr/ton, I passed the 10M barrier! Selling my modules and ship I was finally able to get the Lakon T7 : YESSSSSSSSS.
I luckily found a station which sold one! Left me 1,4M in my pocket!
By default 100 cargo, I upgraded it to get the ASPs cargo mass for the first few travels, so, shields on. Filled up with Gold, tracing the route to the sellers station…. And here we go!
Docking out…. Oh, let’s quickly have a look on the assurance….. over 600K !!!!!! I only have 300k left…. HELL I can’t afford loosing that ship…..(oups, I remember I told that to someone who lost hsi ship...^^) ok, calm down…. Get the gold where you know to, and so on… so far it always went nearly scratchless! Or maybe not? Right ok I admit, I lost the ASP twice on docking… *shame*., but, could afford it twice back, in total it makes burning 1,5M into smoke!!!!.
Now the real stress started: I just can’t travel/jump up to the station anymore. 7Ly jumpdistance only?!… WTH?!
Ok, back to station, selling that big tucker and get my asp back, for the moment!
In the meantime over mumble I chatted with another pilot.
Approaching carefully the station to dock, past the letter box, yesss, inside! Just for the little comment, first time undocking is quite impressive, you have no clue at what point you’ll touch or not the surrounding entrance walls, everythings seems soo tiny around the LT7 commanders ship… but as I saw a Lakon T9 docking (shocking I tell you, but that's another history), the 7 must pass without a scratch!
Still whilst chatting in parallel. I was looking for my landing pad number I couldn’t see. Must be buggy as it sometimes happens, the yellow stuff not showing up over your pad! But suddenly, I got very scared: into my micro to my friend “shut up a sec, big trouble here”… oh yes I was in trouble…. I now saw the red encounter… 12seconds left, in red (hell where did the other 8 seconds went?!)! Now that’s why I couldn’t see my pad… I FORGOT TO REQUEST LANDING PERMISSIONS!!!
I turned over, to point the ship nose to the entrance, remembering hardly my tiny wallet... WHY OH GOSH, WHY?!! The last time I lost a ship exactly the SAME way was the ASP… I couldn’t boost with the asp as my landing gear was out and under stress and pressure, I just didn't understood why the boost didn't fired… that’s why now I never deploy it until I’m over the platform, security, security - with the counterpart, making it possible to boost inside, well, a choice needs to be made!
Well, turning the Lakon 7 was already a hell slow operation… countdown still ongoing. I’m not straight aligned to the 'entrance box' out…. but there is no choice: I have to boost and pass it through, remembering I couldn’t afford loosing this ship, AT ALL! Boosting was giving me a chance of 50% to leave the dockingstation... alive, or not! Without boost, 100% death sentence, see the choice? With a tiny wallet and weeks of playing risks to turn into smoke?! Hate/Love?!
I Boosted through the entrance gate I tell you, not even aligned, under pressure, and I did it out, 1 second was left on and the counter vanished! I looked around if any laser were working against me or not…. And…. Pfffffffffffff I could breathe again… I DID IT! As like in holywood movies, the last second counted!
After this hard time, I requested landing permission. But only after 5 minutes, the time to grab the stick again without shaking hands! So I went back in, sold the 2 modules I bought, sold the ship, got my asp back and fitted it again for cargo/trading only!
Looks like I have to do run for another 10M before getting the LT7!
Commanders, watch your assurance & cr.... But anyway, if I’d lost everything, I’d started over again…. I hate that game, I love that game!!!!!
The more I play it, the more I get immersed into it. Hate/love all over the place!
Btw: happy new year commanders!!!
PS: hope you'll forgive me you to force reading some sentences 10 times before understanding them, english isn't my native one ;-)
LONG LIFE TO ED, I found back THE ultimate game I was waiting for, since the C-64 times!!!!!
.... I LOVE ED!!!!
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