Having a blast in Bast!

[Morbad]

Despite some instancing hiccups and latency, I'm actually having a fair bit of fun. Of course, my wingman is wanted in the system, so that probably contributes.

Been futzing around in a stealth Clipper...
[video=youtube;iHfCAK4Rg5A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfCAK4Rg5A[/video]

Sooner or later someone will make a "nerf tactical graphite!" thread, I'm sure.

First part of this features a view of my bridge during the the battle:
[video=youtube;fg58hVEY5Og]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg58hVEY5Og[/video]

 

[Morbad]

Bast CG just finished and I managed to snag a 7.5Mc bonus from a ~950k voucher contribution.

Anyway, some more PvP, this time our two FDL's vs. two skilled Python CMDR's (just uploaded so conversion might not be complete yet, should reach 1440p60 when it's done):

[video=youtube;FaItghdPrDo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaItghdPrDo[/video]

Python sure are popular! Good ship, but I'm not sure why they are used as interdictors and pursuit craft without having faster ships as support. Even if your opponents don't try to run, the lack of speed makes their huge SCB capacity almost mandatory and their firepower difficult to leverage or concentrate.

 

[HeavyGroovez]

Yeah it was a blast indeed.


This has been the best CG for a LONG time. It took a few days to warm up (was dead early on i even posted a thread bemoaning the fact) but when it did there was a ton of action.


Lots of tanky Pythons with Prismatics kicking about fo sho.

 

[Steph]

I think that I may have missed it. I signed up, obtained some bounty [not much, I wasn't very lucky with the choice of factions for bounties] and had to come away from the game for an hour or so. When I came back the CG was marked as "Complete". I claimed my bounties anyway in the hope that it helps the overall total but I suspect that I missed out by a few minutes. Ho hum!

 

[Morbad]

I think that I may have missed it. I signed up, obtained some bounty [not much, I wasn't very lucky with the choice of factions for bounties] and had to come away from the game for an hour or so. When I came back the CG was marked as "Complete". I claimed my bounties anyway in the hope that it helps the overall total but I suspect that I missed out by a few minutes. Ho hum!

Combat CGs regularly finish well a head of deadline, lots of participants.

 

[HeavyGroovez]

Combat CGs regularly finish well a head of deadline, lots of participants.

Lets hope that FD recognises their huge popularity and pumps a few more out so that we see participation reaching pre 1.3 levels once more.

I think there were 1800 or so in this one, compared with some of the biggies pre 1.3 which regularly saw over 5000 playas rocking up.

I realise that PP was FOTM (well the last 2 to be more accurate) and that numbers in CGs have been down because of it but there were plenty of aligned tangos at the party hopefully suggesting the shape of things to come.