Not enough confusion or aggravation.
Not enough ranting.
NoT eNoUgH cApItAls.
Too polite.
Making the unique Double-Engineered Missile Rack available via Tech Brokers is a great idea - hopefully other unique modules will come later too
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Not enough ranting.
NoT eNoUgH cApItAls.
Too polite.
Meh. What do you have to do to get one? Juggle your stick on your left toe while transporting 19 Kamitra cigars in a 16 player instance?
How about a confused and aggravated open letter to oppose this?
If I was being honest I'd say that as fine as it is, it just makes items and ships less special. For example I actually liked the first iteration of engineers (just not the material acquisition / lack of mat traders aspect) because you could get items that were truly unique to you, and not like it is now where its inevitable you get the best. I liked the idea of CGs giving out odd ball special items that had little impact but acted as mementos- if they were a double drag dirty drive with whipped cream I could understand everyone getting it but otherwise they are the equivalent of getting a balloon at McDonalds.
Not a module that I'll find especially useful but it's always nice to have new toys to play with.
Some of the previous "CG Modules" have been things that might be useful but I've always thought it was kind of pointless to only have one of something.
If it's useful, chances are it's going to be useful for more than one ship.
if I can't fit it to every ship that could benefit from it, it's not really worth adopting just for a single ship.
It'll be nice to be able to obtain these modules at will and, at the very least, unlocking them will give me something to do.
Some of the previous "CG Modules" have been things that might be useful but I've always thought it was kind of pointless to only have one of something.
If it's useful, chances are it's going to be useful for more than one ship.
if I can't fit it to every ship that could benefit from it, it's not really worth adopting just for a single ship.
It'll be nice to be able to obtain these modules at will and, at the very least, unlocking them will give me something to do.
That would be nice if Elite were a single player game or engineered moduled were sidegrades. Sadly, both is not true.
Hmmm. Not sure how the double-engineered FSD would fit into a scheme like this. Yes you can buy the Guardian FSD Booster for credits alone (when you've unlocked it), but being able to buy better than G5 Engineered FSD's for credits would be quite a change.
I imagine the tech-broker unlock for this would require significantly more materials than G5 engineering on one FSD. Unless it's made available by some other method? (like the Museum of Technology or something vaguely similar, a difficult-to-access place where you could take a "quest" to get just one of these at a time).
I imagine the tech-broker unlock for this would require significantly more materials than G5 engineering on one FSD. Unless it's made available by some other method? (like the Museum of Technology or something vaguely similar, a difficult-to-access place where you could take a "quest" to get just one of these at a time).
The CG text already mentions the tech broker base costs for
Proto Radiolic Alloys base requirements 16
Conductive Ceramics base requirements 24
Hybrid Capacitors base requirements 26
Phosphorus base requirements 28
Osmium base requirements 10
Edit - With Frontier's important announcement, I edited this post to reflect it. It's not a tech broker unlock, but a cost to purchase each time.
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True, and I can see why things changed, but its got to the point where engineering and modules are just inevitable upgrades- nothing truly feels special or has a sense of place any more. Its why I wished we had mat traders and kept the random nature of max tier upgrades, because now its just another gate to go through just as it was before engineers getting A rated modules. CG modules were a one off and limited impact, while FD now have to be careful not to make items that are one step on top again (like the tasty FSD).
Dunno. Maybe its the lunar phase making me antsy or not getting my daily Kumo Burger
Random max tier doesn't prevent that, all is does is masking the time to get there. The upgrade principle is the same and the chase for the meta, too. That most don't ever get there doesn't change the principle.True, and I can see why things changed, but its got to the point where engineering and modules are just inevitable upgrades- nothing truly feels special or has a sense of place any more. Its why I wished we had mat traders and kept the random nature of max tier upgrades, because now its just another gate to go through just as it was before engineers getting A rated modules. CG modules were a one off and limited impact, while FD now have to be careful not to make items that are one step on top again (like the tasty FSD).
Dunno. Maybe its the lunar phase making me antsy or not getting my daily Kumo Burger
Dunno. Maybe its the lunar phase making me antsy or not getting my daily Kumo Burger
It's worth mentioning that a daily diet of Kumo Burgers puts you at a high risk for contracting spongiform encephalitis.
The disorders cause impairment of brain function, including memory changes, personality changes and problems with movement that worsen chronically.
Its not really- what differentiated items was the secondaries and that nothing was inevitable getting it all together. That perfect dirty drive was really a special thing- I never got one despite trying but got close to it, and I really felt like it was 'mine'. These CG modules are (or were) like that- one off special items.
These days getting the best is easy, and it makes the trudge really an obvious trudge. People view G5 with cherries on top as normal, and not special which to me takes away the investment of interest you have in your ship (which is one of the main focus points of the game).
In a funny way its why I like ATR so much, because its like they have access to an engineer we'll never see.
As an aside, no spinal cord or brain matter go into burgers, and is free range and corn fed.
I think the difference between vanilla and engineered was and is too much. A sidegrade with a little flavour of the day would have been just as good, maybe even better for the elitist trying to brag about their skill and builds.
Indeed - FD did add too much spice to the mix and left no wiggle room.
Already have this module, but it will be nice to able to unlock it at a tech broker for future ship builds.
Needs moar doom
How about a confused and aggravated open letter to oppose this?
What about a poll? There has to be a poll, otherwise it's not complete! Open letter, poll, threadnought. Throw in a LEP as requirement and sell the stuff for ARX if the momentum is not satisfactory.
Btw what about an engineered Docker that has half the usual power consumption or can even be - gasp - made available as a computer upgrade without the slot? Something that runs AI things like COVAS should easily be able to handle that. Ok, maybe that algorithm only runs on prehistoric drum cores which would explain the dimensions and occasional glitches, coded bitwise via military switches with little lights above them. On, off, repeat another 7 times, enter, no way back
O7,
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