Do you have to pledge at all?
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I can't get in-game right now to check, but do the Stronghold Carriers for Li Yong Rui really carry the same market as Jameson Memorial at 15% off?
If one wants to PP, I suppose that's mandatory, but the choice is not necessarily straightforward.
I'm struggling as well.
Done an initial build of the Mandalay, put in a 4A PP, 5A FSD, 5D thrusters, D rated life and scanners and a 5D distributor. Optional is a 6A fuel scoop, 5 guardian FSD booster 4G SRV bay and a 1A repair limpet a class 3 cargo rack and a couple of AFMUs and a 4D shield. Nothing is engineered other than the FSD to G5 without experimental (did it from pinned blueprint) and it will jump 72.79Ly current and 78.28 max. Going to lightweight mod the life support and scanners and do the PP. not fully sold on what distributor and thrusters to use so will shake it down a bit more before committing.
The handling in supercruise is insanely good.
The handling in supercruise is insanely good.
Not bad at all
Ain't it just? And that yaw?!! I can see why they didn't put any bigger guns on this ... it would have been an insane combat ship!!
I've spec'd mine for "general purpose mission runner":
- 5A Armoured PP, 5A Dirty Drive Engines, 5A Charge Enhanced PD, 5A Increased Range FSD (No Mass Manager yet), D-rated Life Support / Scanner (no engineering yet)
- 2x 2D Efficient/TV Beams, 2x 2F Overcharged/AutoLoader MC, 2x 1F Overcharged/Corrosive MC
- 6C Reinforced BiWeave with Fast Charge, 0A Thermal SB, 0A Resist SB, 2x 0D Heavy Duty SB
- 5A Fuel Scoop, 4G Vehicle Hanger with one of each SRV, 32T Cargo, 2H FSD Booster, 1B Collector Limpet and then a Surface Scanner and Docking Computer 'cause there was room left over!
50+LY jump range regardless of cargo, 450m/s / 550 boost, 950MJ of shields, comparable firepower to my FAS ... and that SCO performance. What a ship!!
Not loving the paint job, though ... let's hope a Midnight Black becomes available for it ...
Tons of mauve adder connection errors. Not unexpected, though. Just be warned.
Seems very paltry amount yep and someone else in the other thread was also asking about it too. -- i'm wondering if bounties were severly reduced now because of PowerPlay 2.0 , since pledge'ing to a superpower will supposedly allow for such higher increased bounty amounts while in their controlled system?
So either a "nerf" or maybe an accidental calculation BUG with new PP2.0 code?
p.s. Mods , shouldn't this old thread be closed now in favor of the newer version--> https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-ascendancy-now-live.629020/ .....?
May also have been me in the “other” thread … even with a 100% increase that’s just 600CR per ship which seems waaaaay down on pre-Ascendancy bounties?!
Was that with a KWS too? Seems way off, barely covers the ammo cost if you’re using frags!
No KWS … just a couple of Wanted ships at a Nav Beacon who picked a fight with someone so I had to step in.
If it's not an accidental bug , i'm wondering if it's working-as-intended because of this new blurb from Patch Notes --> " Perk up! - each Power has it's set of perks that players can unlock via the loyalty system these can affect things like bounty payouts or faction rep gain to name a few. "
They were power aligned ships … but I’m not pledged to anyone … maybe it was that powers system so they don’t pay out well for their own wanted pilots? It’s an odd one …
Still sounds off, by maybe a factor of 1000. Before it was pretty rare to bag a bad guy and get a bounty of less than 100k. Saying that every ship of mine that has weapons has a KWS so my bounties are always boosted by that
Kira in the other/newer thread just posted this which could be relevant---> https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...cendancy-now-live.629020/page-5#post-10466366
Only if you want the bribes.
Hilarious. Nothing's changed I see. I wonder if we're in for another situation where they made all this stuff for 20% of the player base, because they didn't make stuff that would work for everyone, whether they wanted to pledge or not.I'm struggling as well.
I suppose all the bribes might pump the % a bit more this time.In my case, the predicament is lore based. I have an account that I want to dedicate to PP, but cant make up my mind. The bonuses themselves are not so important to me, it's more about choosing a gameplay path with a suitable lore setting.Only if you want the bribes.
Hilarious. Nothing's changed I see. I wonder if we're in for another situation where they made all this stuff for 20% of the player base, because they didn't make stuff that would work for everyone, whether they wanted to pledge or not.
Bingo ^ yep that's what i'm sorta wrestling with myself, hence why i posted a few questions in another thread. I'm just trying to figure out an easy way to measure the SPECIFIC pros&cons of each superpower in new PP2.0 era , without having to pledge first. -- In the old version it was more about the ship module unlocks ( simple decision ) .
Now with PP2.0 , it feels much more impactful ( which is sorta the point from FDev i guess? ) and future oriented cuz of eventual 'Colonizations' implications. And so yeah i just wanna make a more informed choice and be done with it so i can get back to flying.
Sure, we can always switch out and re-pledge later , but i dunno just seems like a waste of time/merits , so i'd rather choose today.
does anyone have difficulty transferring stuff between ship and carrier? i get a "selected resource not available" message