Let me know the results, from what I've seen my carrier do to NPC's, it is basically prey & spray
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Let me know the results, from what I've seen my carrier do to NPC's, it is basically prey & spray
They have much better aim when targeting other players it seems. Doesn't matter, I've not seen any other players, just the carriers. I've even fired up my PS4 (those CMDRs are also on my FC) to see if anyone shows up, but nothing yet. I'll head home and watch the enemy carriers via the tracking devices I planted.
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Sidewinder?
So the scenario I'm picturing.
CMDR "A" has a FC named "Bravo" 300LY too close to your personal bubble.
One morning CMDR "A" wakes up and visits his Carrier when he notices another FC parked in the same orbit has his.
CMDR "A" inspects the new FC which is named one of the following. "Stalking Bravo" "Pirating Bravo of its goods" "Waging war on Bravo"
CMDR "A" is now confused, starts becoming paranoid, and decides to move away to see if the strange carrier follows.
CMDR "A" has a FC named "Bravo" 300LY too close to your personal bubble.
One morning CMDR "A" wakes up and visits his Carrier when he notices another FC parked in the same orbit has his.
CMDR "A" inspects the new FC which is named one of the following. "Stalking Bravo" "Pirating Bravo of its goods" "Waging war on Bravo"
CMDR "A" is now confused, starts becoming paranoid, and decides to move away to see if the strange carrier follows.
I planted tracker eagles on a handful of carriers during the beta. But of course, my targets never went anywhere...
SI planted tracker eagles on a handful of carriers during the beta. But of course, my targets never went anywhere...
It's a shame they don't impact the FC's jump range/fuel economy.
The fun we could have had
Does cargo? We could reverse hydrogen bomb them that way - just keep filling up their cargo holds with cheap junk they'd have to get rid of to go anywhere.It's a shame they don't impact the FC's jump range/fuel economy.
The fun we could have had
EDIT: If we could edit the cargo manifests - great for smuggling - we could sneak stuff in as something it isn't...
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Carriers have the same laser weapons as stations.
They destroy your shield then shred your hull in a matter of seconds, I tested it by shooting my own carrier the day I bought it.
You do need to do quite a bit of "damage" for it to shoot back. As long as you don't have a valid bounty in the system, shooting your own carrier doesn't give you one, you'll respawn on your carrier.
They'll also use those same guns on any nearby mines, regardless of what may be in the line of fire.
Many search and rescue ships have fallen victim to my carrier's laser light show and their materials have been put to good use.
Everyone else needs the carrier's owner to set a buy order on the commodity market for the specific commodities you might try to dump on them, of which the owner sets the price and maximum demand.
They destroy your shield then shred your hull in a matter of seconds, I tested it by shooting my own carrier the day I bought it.
You do need to do quite a bit of "damage" for it to shoot back. As long as you don't have a valid bounty in the system, shooting your own carrier doesn't give you one, you'll respawn on your carrier.
They'll also use those same guns on any nearby mines, regardless of what may be in the line of fire.
Many search and rescue ships have fallen victim to my carrier's laser light show and their materials have been put to good use.
Cargo does add to the 25000 ton/unit limit, but only the carrier owner has access to cargo transfer.
Everyone else needs the carrier's owner to set a buy order on the commodity market for the specific commodities you might try to dump on them, of which the owner sets the price and maximum demand.
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Its obvious from the pay scale of activities fdev wants people mining. People exploring arent mining. Now, if they took their FC with them, they have no choice but to spend a majority of their exploration time mining instead.
A THIRD carrier just showed up in my backyard, and the irony is (based on your post) that he doesn't have UC installed, but rather his carrier is designated as a mining ship, and he was parked right over a Tritium ring (single hotspot). The system he was in was totally unclaimed (not any more, heheheh). I went down into that hotspot thinking I might get the rare chance to engage in some deep space piracy, but no joy..
Still, with all this extra traffic out here, I think it's time to transfer my pirate modules and main combat ship over from the Bubble, just in case
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Seems you're in a very popular spot (?)
I received a Carrier-to-Carrier visit only once, yesterday. This was the 1st time in almost a month. Sold ~2000t of good stuff for a very fair price far out in the woods.
I personally consider my current "bubble" as a 100LY AOR (Area of Responsibility), although I'm Deep Space obviously and it's totally non-exclusive.
It's not restricted Airspace or something, so any nearby Carriers wouldn't be of any concern to me. Free Space, total freedom of movement... the way it should be.
Yep, that Pixel is me
I received a Carrier-to-Carrier visit only once, yesterday. This was the 1st time in almost a month. Sold ~2000t of good stuff for a very fair price far out in the woods.
I personally consider my current "bubble" as a 100LY AOR (Area of Responsibility), although I'm Deep Space obviously and it's totally non-exclusive.
It's not restricted Airspace or something, so any nearby Carriers wouldn't be of any concern to me. Free Space, total freedom of movement... the way it should be.
Yep, that Pixel is me
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Which is weird, because everything around me is undiscovered... That's why I picked this spot. And it's not like having a fleet carrier is what enabled me to find this spot - I found it long ago on PS4 and marked it for future (now present day) exploration.
Maybe, but I don't have to like it
There's a snowball affect that starts with only 1 carrier in a system:Which is weird, because everything around me is undiscovered... That's why I picked this spot. And it's not like having a fleet carrier is what enabled me to find this spot - I found it long ago on PS4 and marked it for future (now present day) exploration.
"Hey, why is the legendary Old Duck's carrier parked in this system? We must stop here and investigate..."
