I just made a huge mistake

Juffa

Juffa
I tried to get out of the station while there was a type-9 stuck in the airlock...
Yeah I thought that there's just enough space, or at very least I could push it out of the way... NOPE. It was _very_ stuck. And I got stuck too.
And as soon as I got to the airlock, I lost my timer to get out of the station and started gathering loitering fines, and panicked. And just a few seconds later they blow me up. Nice.

That little mistake cost me 1,5M credits. And some rep.

Dont do what I did. It's stupid. If you do, try quitting out before they attack you.
 
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MarkOzzy

MarkOzzy
Xane said:
My sincere condolences. And thanks for warning us.
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to be honest, don't even follow the big ships out of the letterbox. They have a nasty habit of stopping just outside and trapping you into picking up loitering warnings. Happened to me last night, only just got away in time:eek:
 

Tiamat

Tiamat
I once did a similar thing when a type 9 was coming in. I thought there was enough room to squeeze by so I tried and got wedged between it and the inside of the letterbox. It actually dragged me back inside and as the "leave station" timer stops when you hit the letterbox I got a trespass warning. Luckily I was in a free Sidey at the time but I am very wary of space cows in the letterbox now :D
 

Spanners44

Spanners44
I had the exact same thing happen to me in Beta 2, filed a ticket complaining about it but was told that was part of the game. Makes life fun. :D
 

X2Eliah

X2Eliah
Hah, yeah, I've had that. Luckily, I was flying a cobra only, so I managed to squeeze through on one side (though with lots of grinding and scraping against both the type9 and the entrance bay.. Shields held, just barely).
 

Valethar

Valethar
Wish I'd known about the quitting thing before I got ROFL stomped by the station because the AI is so stupid it can't fly straight. :D

They must be using those faulty docking computers that keep running people into the sides of the stations, or try to dock nose down on the pad. ;)
 

gozulio

gozulio
I think about an hour or two into the game after i got it i was following a type-9 out of the station with my sidewinder... and barely slipped out along side the thing (at a 45 degree angle at that). im one of those who needs to enter/exit at top speed to XD
 

starjump

starjump
Rest in pieces my man, rest in pieces.
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That loitering fine could be better. You see the timer and think the fine comes at the end of those 30 seconds, but nope. Thats when they tear you a new one. Maybe the timer should be 2 stages. The text that is there in red could be orange for the first 5-10 seconds and give the fine when time is over, then it switches over to red and keep ticking. That would be neato.
 

Avery

Avery
Juffa said:
I tried to get out of the station while there was a type-9 stuck in the airlock...
Yeah I thought that there's just enough space, or at very least I could push it out of the way... NOPE. It was _very_ stuck. And I got stuck too.
And as soon as I got to the airlock, I lost my timer to get out of the station and started gathering loitering fines, and panicked. And just a few seconds later they blow me up. Nice.

That little mistake cost me 1,5M credits. And some rep.

Dont do what I did. It's stupid. If you do, try quitting out before they attack you.
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Almost the same happened to me, a Anaconda decided to fly through the MailingSlot Sideways. i was sitting in my ASP with 990k Cargo and already 120speed, no time to break, tried to fly over its nose but the anaconda THEN decided it would be best to pull up the nose to the roof, well the path was blocked. Tried my best to deactivate autopilot to make a last attempt by avoiding it, eventually i made it under her nose...well my hud dissapeared and all i heared was "Eject, Eject, Eject....Boom". The Anaconda decided to throw down her Nose sandwiching my ASP between the nose and the bottom of the Mailing Slot.

i lost 1,7 Million at that Point, throwing me back to 19,7. i was so close to get my Clipper =(
 
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