Is it inevitable to do something stupid and go splat?

Dystopiana

Dystopiana
Zefod said:
Also don't drink and fly! After a few beers i thought i could finish that trade run... splat!
Now i fly safe and installed a nifty little docking computer :D
You can still dock manually if you want but in case of alcohol, drugs or family let Sarah handle the docking :)
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Oddly I seem to do marginally better flying in combat after I've had a drink or two. Might be that scottish blood finally coming to bear?

I have made a 'done goofed now' type move...was tired when I was lifting up off a pad, saw another player coming in and wanted to try to be social, so I move to target them....and for whatever reason my tired mind hit the boost button on my joystick instead of the target one... Luckily I missed the fellow commander...not so luckily I didn't miss the station wall behind them. I have to wonder what they thought as they saw an Asp wiz past before slamming into the wall...
 

Exluna

Exluna
I had just moved up to a Lakon 6 from a hauler, and as they say... A van handles very differently from a car! Full load of gold, boosted in to the station. Tried to slow down but the Type-6... Damn she's a heavy beast. What's that bit tall thing coming towards me? Tall... Tall... I think I'll call it "Wall"

*crunch*
 

CMDR Beltane

CMDR Beltane
Only lost one ship once so far to such things. T'was in the first week i started. Proud owner of a shiny new T6. After i dropped sub SC on my destination i thought "Lets request docking clearance.... on second thought... naa, lets wait until i am right before the slot". What did i forget... right, the clearance. "OMG OMG.. clearance, damn me - need to get outa *press boost by accident* heeeeeeeere." I managed to survice the impact on the rear wall, a few seconds left until the station would open fire. "Haha! Now lets request clearance for docking...... docking request denied. Oh come on.. you've got to be kidding -> zap zap zap boom". Fortunately the very same friend that recommended the game gave me some heads up advice - amongst many the most important one - never fly what you can't afford to loose. Thanks to that, i was able to simply laugh at my own funny mistake and keep on afterwards. :)
 
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anotheribex

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for me, it's inevitable. i made it from release, until last week (didn't play much in beta, and don't remember) without losing a ship. finally lost my vulture to a nav beacon. not a high intensity CZ dogfight, but running headlong into a nav beacon, full heath, full shields, ka-boom, insurance screen. haha. glad it happened, just to get the first one out of the way.
 

MacKerris

MacKerris
Ah, young Grass Hopper. It is inevitable that at some point you shall become distracted during play. To use your words you will go splat.

I was distracted while launching and watched a firefight including a Anaconda which lost. the hull shrapnel tore through my shields and hull in short order. A day later I had recovered but it was worth it.....lol
 

Marak

Marak
If I could count the number of really stupid things I've done in this game...

I'd be able to count up to 12.



*edit - at Least!
 
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simonyee

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Hi,
Tips Don't put the FA on hold but toggle.
Once a while practice with FA off and try flying. Practice makes perfect. Once you are ready turn FA off completely.
This will make us be practical instead relying on the FA too much.
 

Zplintz

Zplintz
I make it a point of trying out new manoeuvres while docking (not sure why anyone uses a docking computer personally).

However going splat every now and then is part of the game for me. ED wouldn't be the same without occasionally hitting a roid while hunting on the dark side of a ring system or getting a t9 stuck in the grill.

If you never go splat, you are either not playing hard enough (or you are playing too hard imo). :)
 
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Loriath

Loriath
JangoFett said:
I sneezed exiting a station in my 2 hour old tricked out Vulture. That was expensive.
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HAHA! Thought I was the only one! That only cost me a Sidewinder.

To the others, thanks for the earlier Rep.

I have yet to fire upon another ship. So when I do,I am sure that I will defy the odds by dying a Thousand times doing something BEFORE I live through it.
 

msyblade

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I try to kind of trick myself into remaining professional and paced when performing flight maneuvers (like docking) by imagining that there are passengers aboard, in the cockpit even, scrutinizing my every move. Trying to make it look good from someone elses point of view. Now having said that, I have still looked like a complete idiot on a few occasions, completely pinned against a side wall in the docking bay, trapped behind some metal for 10 seconds. Sparks flying, making noises that sounded similar to a weed eater being eaten by a lawnmower, While passing through a wood chipper, thinking "No, no. we're fine. . .You gotta do this in some of these older models to knock the landing gear loose, and invert the truncheting ratchets and such. Don't forget to tip!"
 

Cmdr. Numa

Cmdr. Numa
My last oops was in a Python, not long after getting it. Came out of SC at the side of the station. Pointed my nose past it, planning to boost then drift FA off while turning to face the mail slot, then FA on again, like so many times before. So I boost, got FA off, drift, turn......damn, that station is growing lar.....splat.
 

Xelphos

Xelphos
mossfoot said:
I'm a good pilot.

No, really. On a good day I can make a run at the mailslot at a perpendicular angle on Flight Assist off, kick in the boosters, breeze in the slot and land on a landing pad pat even if a Type 9 is blocking the slot.

...and that's the problem, iddnit? You start getting cocky and when that happens eventually someday, inevitably, you're going to pay for it.

I was pulling said stunt the other day when I realized too late my timeing had been off and I was going to clip the top of the station instead of drift along to the mailslot position. In a panic I tried to get out of there, but an Asp has inertia like you wouldn't believe and it was too late.

SPLAT. Wall pizza. (fortunately I made my ejection roll, see link in signature)

So I'm wondering how many other people feel like this kind of thing is inevitable. That being good is almost a bad thing.

Good leads to cocky. Cocky leads to sloppy. Sloppy leads to... suffering. :D [/Yoda]
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I think this will answer your question:
[video=youtube;DbEhrU27Hac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbEhrU27Hac[/video]
 

Zustiur

Z
Crashed my T6 into the back wall not long after getting it. My boost and landing gear buttons aren't even anywhere near each other...

Had a similar lapse today in my asp, but got away with the risk. See, I just upgraded my FSD without bothering to look at the price. Then I bought cargo, again ignoring price, then flew off to the next star.
It wasn't until after killing an anaconda, landing and selling, and buying a new cargo that I realized I had less than 1% of my insurance amount. And I was at an outpost with no outfitting, so I had to make another trip without insurance.
 

Sugarat

Sugarat
Bounty hunting @RES today. Big bounty spawn but kinda slow. Located wanted 'conda, boost, subtargets menu, exit menu, asteroid. Just enough time to pull up and belly flop the rock :( 10 mil in unclaimed bounties and 1 mil re-buy. Love this game :)
 

Magnusvermagnussen

Magnusvermagnussen
I'm seriously considering making the investment, if only it wouldn't take one of the only skill-based things in the trading game out of it.
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Just went splat for the second time in the last five days. This time it 'only' cost me about 6.5 million (sleep-deprived brain pressed boost instead of gear in station ... fully loaded python with progenitor cells). Last time it cost me almost 9 milllion (distracted by Netflix on third screen- ran into station at full speed ... fully loaded python with Imperial Slaves.
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Thank god I carry a 3:1 available credits:insurance ratio at all times. Still, a massive kick in the balls.
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That's 15.5 million credits, or about FIVE HOURS of grinding ... gone 'poof' in two stupid moments of regrettable ineptitude.
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Re-reading my post, that docking computer is looking mighty fine right now ... fakk.
 
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