I'll have to see it to believe it, but that doesn't in the slightest equate with being unhappy to see it.
Not sure what wing sizes we're talking but I'mma try solo one in my cutter and see how it goes.
I'll have to see it to believe it, but that doesn't in the slightest equate with being unhappy to see it.
Not sure what wing sizes we're talking but I'mma try solo one in my cutter and see how it goes.
I'm nice to nice people and I tell unpleasant individuals where they can shove it (within the rules of course). Grinders tend to be chewing their keyboards with fury before they get as far as the forum, so they can't cope with positivity and get all unpleasant so it's a viscous circle really.
Check this thread out, pretty much the only poster in it who gives the OP good advice that would fix his issue is me. Everyone else is salt gathering.
: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/418819-Im-done
Shouldn't be a problem... usually a big three as main target accompanied by several smaller ones, like FDLs, Vipers, Eagles and the like. I've soloed a bunch in my Corvette and encountered things like phasing sequence and even target lock breaker. The shields of the main target, especially if it's been Cutters, was also unusually tough... pretty sure they are using engineered shields, too.
You are going to like it.
I've had random enemies in haz-res with engineered weapons, a lot of the time you only get the notification of a special effect is it's impacting against your hull so you might not even realize it. Watch their laser colors for early warning.
What if SC was like the following
It replaced Hpyerspace jumps
You had to use a nav computer to plot a course
said course could save you time but plot wrong and you could end up plowing into a star (meaning you need to learn plotting skills)
You had a ship interior that you could choose various livery's
you could walk around your ship
you had access to the CQC "game" from your cabin
You could do eva repairs (or internal repairs)
I'm not, you said it yourself. You just quit doing it before you get to the point it becomes mindnumbing. To a lot of people, that mind-numbing sets on fairly quickly to the point where you just can't stand it. One thing I hate is the travel in ED - it's so mind numbingly tedious it should have an auto-pilot. FE2 didn't take that long to jump so we've gone backwards in technology then, have we? It's things like these that leave you sitting at your chair trying to convince yourself it won't be that bad to play.
Because the developers have recognised what a weak effort they've made against what they've charged and that's why we have Beyond - so I'm waiting to see if they can put in some reasonable gameplay mechanics.
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Isn't there a lore reason for no autopilots like a historical Butlerian Jihad or something ?, I'm not really into the lore.
Thanks to long range jumpdrives it's about 10 minutes out to Palin, I actually miss how big the bubble used to be.
Have you tried 3.0 yet ?, if you've not been playing for a long time you might enjoy it.
FE2 had an auto pilot - FFE might have had too and AP's already exist for a much more complicated action that's docking.
As for Lore, FDev pretty much ruined that didn't they with telepresence? The thing with Lore is that it's redundant and can never be used in an argument where the author of the lore can just snap their fingers anytime and suddenly.... new lore... I don't care about lore anyway - I want good gameplay and I don't want things that literally waste my time like Jumping or huge SC journey's.
I've been reading about 3.0 since it dropped - not really seen anything that I'd say is that great - did you have anything specific?
LOL that's why I said "beig-Y"
Also, beige was a bug that got fixed recently. I like the way FDev tried to pass it off as a win for 3.0 - Oh look we're giving you non-beige planets!" LOL
Just says it all really what FDev are like as a developer which is a pity.
Sure, that sounds pretty fun to me. Right now we just have a long wait to reach destinations, something to do besides stare at the countdown timer would be a plus. Even a tic tac toe mini game on the HUD would be a significant improvement, right?
Yeah, as happy as I am about the new planets, I've not forgotten that fact. [sour]
Agreed about lore I never really bother with it, they recombobulated the antilepton emitters of something. Space magic basically, so things like telepresence don't bother me at all. I think an autopilot would just mean people doing AFK trade grind.
The best showcase of a huge improvement is the engineering system, just plonk down at the nearest one buy something random they sell and fiddle around with it using stuff you have loads of. It's so much easier and more convenient. With experimentals you can apply them at will even switch them or remove them later without losing the basic upgrade. There's a help button that explains how it works in the engineering menu's (that I haven't used).
Try again without getting personal, that means no insults. You can carry on with the hilarious conspiracy theories though I like them.
Either that or go play something else.
I think part of the problem is that FD wants players to use features like mining, wake scanning, and material collection via the SRV. They put the features in the game and want to encourage people to use those features. Unfortunately, a lot of players are whining that they do NOT want to use those features, hence the salt. It certainly does not help that those features are repetitive and boring.
The solution to that is to keep track of the USSs (and other RNG stuff) such that logging doesn't help. That is, you can log all you want, but you always see the same stuff each time and once it's been collected, that particular USS would never appear again (and hopefully be replaced by 1 new USS). Eventually, players would figure out that logging doesn't help and will stop doing it. Personally, I'd apply the same fix to the missions too.
That would solve the immersion break, due to repetitive logging, but would guarantee even more salty tears in the forum.
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Wow, game is saved, all issues solved, praise Spagetti Monster!
Screw material collection with the SRV. I spent most of my time during 2.0 planetside.
Did I ever find plutonium? No.
Did I ever find arsenic? No. I could continue the list.
Now, why did I do it, then. There was no real purpose to it, but it was fun and the scanner mechanic was really a good idea. I also liked to raid bases, so that was what I mainly did.
They could have easily expanded on that gameplay but no - it had to be that cursed engineer stuff that completely overshadows the rest of the game. It sucked the life out of the whole thing and left back an empty husk of power creep. People might have gone planetside for the fun of it, but now it's just to find some sweet juice to fuel OP power fantasies.