So here's a question. Is it possible to play Elite Dangerous...
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...without a weapons loadout!!!
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...without a weapons loadout!!!
No Guns
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I thought most solo traders do that?
There are delivery missions and trading that would allow you to get credits to buy bigger ships, the new passengers missions in 2.2 would also assist this "Conscientious Objector" playstyle.
Harsher players may expect you to have a yellow livery on your ship of choice.....
There are delivery missions and trading that would allow you to get credits to buy bigger ships, the new passengers missions in 2.2 would also assist this "Conscientious Objector" playstyle.
Harsher players may expect you to have a yellow livery on your ship of choice.....
Sure, the weapons on most of my ships only serve purely decorative purposes. Even in Open Mode.
Do courier jobs with the... Imperial Courier.
Tada-dush.
Tada-dush.
The thing is, I've ranked up in combat to the point where I'm so evenly match with my NPC counterparts that it is not worth the 50/50 chance of surviving. I beat the interdiction, and if I don't, I High Wake. In about 4 weeks I have not drawn my weapons once...
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So they are just dead weight and a reduced jump range...
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So they are just dead weight and a reduced jump range...
Yes, I only have mines on my T6 and I the submit, boost and wake away when interdicted. I would recommend mines at least as they can help give you time to get away. If using them, make sure the ship fires on you first and you head straight away from the NPC. If you are interdicted by a player I would recommend not trying to use mines but jink, boost, chaff and wake away ASAP.
I never carried weapons until I got a Python. Then after fitting a ton of huge weapons, removed them all again.
So for the better part of 1.5 years of play, and two fresh starts (one CMDR reset when Horizons launched)... I've played with no weapons. Today I have $600 million and a little fleet of unarmed ships.
Completely possible!
So for the better part of 1.5 years of play, and two fresh starts (one CMDR reset when Horizons launched)... I've played with no weapons. Today I have $600 million and a little fleet of unarmed ships.
Completely possible!
Yes, 2.1 made weapons in not combat optimized ships not that useful if the NPCs are Deadly or Elite ranked. I liked the occasional easy NPC interdiction pre-2.1 where I had a chance against the NPC in really strange ship load outs. Things have changed, now it's not worth the effort.
In combat ships the high ranked NPCs can be a lot of fun.
On the other hand you could use a ship that is more combat oriented and use it for non-combat activities. Can be fun too.
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Easy.
Search a boom system. Do boom data missions. Profit is between 100k to 300k. Re-buy of the Sidewinder is so low it can be ignored. Since no cargo space is needed the space can be used for HRPs, making the Sidewinder quite durable.
The real question is: "Why?"
Sure you can take the small ships with class 3 or lower drives, get performance drives and mod them with dirty 5. That will get you 750m/s boost or better on most, but you will not be hauling cargo, or doing much else really but running. Any cargo or weight added above the minimum to make the ship fly kills your speed much worse than regular drives. About the only thing you could do is data courier missions. That said, those missions do pay rather well at allied status.
But, running is boring to me. The fun in stacking multiple Elite rank missions is watching the idiot npc that just interdicted me go kaboom.
Sure you can take the small ships with class 3 or lower drives, get performance drives and mod them with dirty 5. That will get you 750m/s boost or better on most, but you will not be hauling cargo, or doing much else really but running. Any cargo or weight added above the minimum to make the ship fly kills your speed much worse than regular drives. About the only thing you could do is data courier missions. That said, those missions do pay rather well at allied status.
But, running is boring to me. The fun in stacking multiple Elite rank missions is watching the idiot npc that just interdicted me go kaboom.
Its relatively easy, as one of the easy ways is to rank up with the Empire is by only doing courier missions (between 20k and 150k each) in two systems 12ly away from each other.
Go to a High RES. Farm bounties. Should be over in about 2-3 h.
You could build a decent Asp Explorer with 2 afmu's so they can repair each other, and head out into the void with no weapons. You'd probably be able to get to Elite in one exploring trip if you stay out there long enough. Good luck! I've seen many commanders doing really long hauls and it's a completely different game than the gameplay you can find in and around the bubble.