Whoops I meant to type 0.46g not 4.6g. Also I play in a private group so I don't deal with players and never deal with pirates (I always escape interdictions and won't stop until I'm at the starport).
How I Lost Millions Worth of Data in an Instant
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Don't feel too bad. You didn't really lose much at all.
I lost a 20 million-rebuy Cutter and 500 million in void opals when I was moving my keyboard and accidentally hit the TAB (Boost) key and boosted right into an asteroid. Yep. It happens.
Ahhh!, even so half a sack of flour can still make a dent, and without shields (and perhaps poor integrity) it can make you think!
LOL, that's a major typo... 4.6 G had me going O.O I don't think I'd even try to land on a 4.6 G planet.
When I was super new planetary landing was kinda hard for me and you said you'd only landed one time before, so I wouldn't sweat it too much that you crashed on a .46 G planet. There's a learning a curve to acquire a light enough touch on thrusters when landing. At least there was for me.
The last exploration data might hurt a little, but easy enough to just go explore some more and earn it again, nice to see you handling it well enough to laugh a little at yourself by making this thread.
I'm just impressed with you neutron jumping, I have never done it after being destroyed by a white dwarf when the cones were implemented, and I got dropped into one at arrival.
BTW, it seems to happen to a few people.
YeeeeHAAAW!
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BTW, it seems to happen to a few people.
YeeeeHAAAW!
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Ah, fair enough. Like I said, my wipeout was a 0.05G, in a Cobra III with shields.
Not necessarily, no. You could've also been talking about general exploration.
You’ve joined the Planet Cracker club TC. It happens. Some tips would be to bring some shields to power on when landing. Think of it as a landing buffer. It’s worth it to lose the bit of jump range for some good quality thrusters as well.
Neutrons stars are (for me anyway) significantly easier to boost off of than white dwarfs.
Neutrons stars are (for me anyway) significantly easier to boost off of than white dwarfs.
I discovered a few months back that trips through the cones of both white dwarfs and neutrons are cumulative when charging your FSD. So now on WDs and neutrons with shorter cones, I approach the tip of the cone very slowly until I just enter it. Then cut to 0 thrust. If I get tossed out before my FSD is charged, I just repeat until done.
Sucks dude, taking a shot in honor of your lost data.
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It's obvious and covered by pulling up, but know which of your ship thrusters are more/less powerful. Even if you can't pull up, aligning your next-best thrusters straight down still helps.
It also helps avoid heat buildup: IIRC, poor lateral thrusters on the Dolphin means turning it on its side makes your heat skyrocket.
It also helps avoid heat buildup: IIRC, poor lateral thrusters on the Dolphin means turning it on its side makes your heat skyrocket.
Only 4.6 G and no shields, yeah like thats not going to be a problem 
Lost an asp explorer myself that way once. Invest in shield and put 4 pips to them when landing, saves a lot of gnashing of teeth.
I was once landing and out of habit turned flight assist off to do a quick turn, smacked in to the ground and popped like a baloon and i wish that was the dumbest thing i ever did in elite.
Lost an asp explorer myself that way once. Invest in shield and put 4 pips to them when landing, saves a lot of gnashing of teeth.
I was once landing and out of habit turned flight assist off to do a quick turn, smacked in to the ground and popped like a baloon and i wish that was the dumbest thing i ever did in elite.
I found that canyon running warms my Clipper up way fast when I have to squeeze sideways... or dog fight planetside.. only pretend dogfight cos I don't have weapons.
So welcome to Elite Dangerous! We all have and will again, make a mistake that costs CRS---almost passed out the first time I lost my fully engineered Cutter to an Elite NPC, rebuy plus fines for mission/cargo loss 54M, all because I lost focus on damage/shield loss.
So, it's called dangerous for a reason, and after 2 years playing almost everyday (benefits of retirement) I'll warn you, ED is addictive but oh what fun it can be (39 ships, 8.5B Crs, King/Admiral and very close (but not quite there yet) to Triple Elite). Exploration was my first Elite, trading my second and still cannot decide what I like best in this game. Learn something from every unfun experience and they will become a genuine source of the best part of this game: you don't play it to win it, you play it to experience it. And like real life, just about the time you think you have it all figured out, it will smack you in a way that will humble you, and you like the rest of us will know there's still more to be learned.
Again, welcome to Elite Dangerous, o7 Cmdr.
P.S. Really enjoyed your writing style, brought back a lot of memories of what I went through learning to land on hi-G planets; now 2.7G are nothing but high profit trading sites for my 3 Cutters.
Oh yes we've all had those moments in this game. You give up for a while, then you come back wiser, more careful not to risk it all on one final gamble before closing down for the night.......
Sorry to hear OP, I'm prepping for long distance travel now so read your post as a cautionary tale.
To all; what is your ' I-won't-land-on -that-planet' g limit ?
To all; what is your ' I-won't-land-on -that-planet' g limit ?
Best tutorials on landing high-G wolrds there are:
One thing I don't do is that I NEVER use vertical thrusters down while landing. Just never. Because you don't know how hard it will be to stop the descent if you use it. I always just fly down like an aeroplane, and when the glide is complete I immediately level the ship just in case I'm coming in too fast. In my experience, anything above 0.1G requires some attention, and above 1.0G it's dangerous. I've landed on Achenar 3 before (6.7G), it can be done, but I wouldn't land on any planet while exploring, unless I really needed materials. Long travels make you tired and get used to safe travel too much. It's easy to get caught off guard.
It's 0.46 g OP made a typo and corrected it. So basically "just" pilot error and no or too small shields. Happens, can be prevented, but happens.
OP don't listen to the shieldless or D rated 73 mj shield faction, and equip decent A rated shields or even smaller prismatics with several E rated boosters.
My exploration Krait Phantom has a 4A reinforced prismatic and three E rated boosters for a total of 950 mj of shields, and a respectable jump range of 55 LY.
It's basically ungankable and - while I didn't test it on higher g's - I'm quite certain it would've shrugged of a frontal faceplant ("lithobrake") in your 0.46g planet without problems.
OP don't listen to the shieldless or D rated 73 mj shield faction, and equip decent A rated shields or even smaller prismatics with several E rated boosters.
My exploration Krait Phantom has a 4A reinforced prismatic and three E rated boosters for a total of 950 mj of shields, and a respectable jump range of 55 LY.
It's basically ungankable and - while I didn't test it on higher g's - I'm quite certain it would've shrugged of a frontal faceplant ("lithobrake") in your 0.46g planet without problems.
Bob Lighthouse
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What?
It's perfectly clear:
To avoid splatting on a planet (and this goes for "general explorers" too, whatever those might be) one ought to fit decent shields.
It's a no brainer, and your implied objection is strange to me
To go from a 3D ELP/stripped down shield gen, to a 3A prismatic reinforced/hi-cap even w/ a larger powerplant, only costs about 1.5 Ly.
Suggesting people forgo decent shields for a negligible "benefit" is what cost this Cmdr his ship and data.
Bob Lighthouse
Banned
I suggest the low Gs support the premise that the shields were way too weak.
73 is enough for a minor scrape.
My mat collector Phantom has ~900 and jumps over 60Ly.
It's such a silly thing to cut corners on, and the people who suggest it are remiss.