You should have exited the game completely rather than just exited to main menu, then started the game in non-Horizons mode - you'd have started in your ship and in orbit - then you could have seen what the problem was![]()
Asides from that, I'd be contacting Support right now to ask them to look into it and if it was a bug, they could reinstate your ship for you.
So yeah this happened to me tonight, enjoy a good laugh at my expense!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ii5kajuoBg
No idea what went wrong. My module power settings were set and I've never had this happen before, yet the DBX lifted off when dismissed but lost power only a couple dozen meters above the ground, and then proceeded to bounce about the surface! I found it funny at first until I realized my hull was rapidly dying, that's when I started recording, lol.
So I'm stranded 14,000 lys away from Sol on planet 5 F of the 3 GEMINORUM system, out on the galactic rim. I submitted a ticket because this just feels screwy. If I had accidentally goofed up a power priority then the ship wouldn't have lifted off in the first place. Hopefully support can fix me up, if not then I'll just find myself back in civilization right quick!
Let this be a PSA to all commanders: double check those module power priorities regularly just to be sure and safe! [big grin]
As much as that made me go LOL...
This isn't anything against you at all, but I'm honestly having a difficult time understanding this. I suppose if I have a weakness it's having too much empathy for my own good. It even makes watching some movies very difficult for me, even though I can distinguish logically between a plot and true events in real life that have significant impacts on people.
I know I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve with my responses so far in this thread instead of "manning up" to the apparent norm. I do however understand that humor is a coping mechanism of sorts to relieve tension, and this is why I'm not holding anyone at fault or judging them bast on their reactions
Sometimes we can take ourselves too seriously in this game, but on the other hand, and more often than not in my opinion, sometimes we don't take ourselves seriously enough.
And yes in Elite, I never take myself to serious. I am out there in the universe attempting crazy things in ships you shouldn't, and so on. If I posted all the stupid things I have done, most the forums would be LOL at me just seeing my name on the post. I do wonder how I ever got my Pilots Federation License to be honest hehe.
You should have exited the game completely rather than just exited to main menu, then started the game in non-Horizons mode - you'd have started in your ship and in orbit - then you could have seen what the problem was
Asides from that, I'd be contacting Support right now to ask them to look into it and if it was a bug, they could reinstate your ship for you.
EDIT: Your ship hadn't ran out of fuel had it?
To be honest, I didn't even bother watching it. Laughing at people isn't how I get my kicks, and if I did, it would speak more about my condition than that of others.
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Nah it's okay, watch it and laugh away! I found it super amusing until I noticed the hull wasting away. I admit though watching the video now, I do still find a tad humorous.![]()
This isn't anything against you at all, but I'm honestly having a difficult time understanding this. I suppose if I have a weakness it's having too much empathy for my own good. It even makes watching some movies very difficult for me, even though I can distinguish logically between a plot and true events in real life that have significant impacts on people.
I know I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve with my responses so far in this thread instead of "manning up" to the apparent norm. I do however understand that humor is a coping mechanism of sorts to relieve tension, and this is why I'm not holding anyone at fault or judging them bast on their reactions.
Sometimes we can take ourselves too seriously in this game, but on the other hand, and more often than not in my opinion, sometimes we don't take ourselves seriously enough.
I mean, yeah, the irony of it and all, sure.
But honestly, I would much rather give you a hand to help you up than laugh at you when you fall. That that isn't an opinion in this game vexes me to no end.
That is so awesome! WOW, I wish the game had a mechanic where we could come & rescue you.
Just for clarity, when my Anaconda turned itself into a lawn dart as shown in the video I linked I almost fell off my chair I was laughing that hard. It's because this is just daft stuff happening in a game. Mengy himself can clearly see the amusing side to it, as evidenced by the wording of his post.
I can only speak for myself but although humour certainly can be used as a coping mechanism, I think the issue here for the majority of players is more that we wouldn't have need of a coping mechanism to deal with the aftermath some glitchy behaviour in a computer game. I'm not going to say man up but I do think you might do well to have a think about your reactions and whether they're proportionate.
In particular, you said you feel you sometimes have an excess of empathy, but empathy is being able to see a situation from someone else's point of view. That's actually what you said you're struggling to do. It's more an excess of sympathy.
Not aiming for cod psychology with this post by the way, or making some kind of value judgement about you or your character - I wouldn't have said anything at all were it not for the fact that you raised the issue yourself.
dude, i would take you more seriously if you didn't take this so seriously.
op posted this for the lulz, it's in the title. it's called tragicomedy.
i, much like you, am very empathic, but after all it's not a video about someone backflipping and breaking his bones. i can't fathom why these blooper videos are all the rage, i can't even stand watching them. but this is just pixels!