PSA : exercise extreme Caution when attempting to land at any Planetary Base !

[Deleted member 38366]

Original Bug Report(s) : (updated/merged) https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/360185-Skimmers-falling-from-the-sky

TL : DR
- Skimmers are spawning 5-8km above the Planetary Base instead of on the Ground
-> those will "carpet-bomb" the entire area from above

- a single hit from above while your Ship is approaching/docking? You're dead. And you won't see it coming, as Skimmers don't show up on the Scanner.
- active Docking Computer and/or <100m/sec speed are no protection

Just lost my Grade 5-modded Cutter, which got crippled into an unflyable pile of junk instantly after getting hit from above

 

[Deleted member 115407]

Dude... that is hilarious.

I want to go visit a surface port now, just to see it.

 

[babelfisch]

Hey FDEV, that's one of the reasons your fix for Skimmer ramming was stupid. Please just disable collision damage OR allow us to ram them again...

PS
And fix them spawning 8km above of course!

 

[Lightspeed]

Thargoid invasion plan - working as intended

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

That's it, I'm off to visit every possible surface port.

Although, I tend to land on the sentries and get shot down anyway, so it'll probably just be business as usual for me. Lol

RIP my Anacondas, Pancake I to III.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Can someone make a nice "Death from Above!" Skimmer meme out of that?

 

[Rakaposhi]

Thanks for the warning! I'll be approaching bases from some distance outside the perimeter until this is fixed.

 

[Knightshark]

THAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY.

sorry

I had 10 passenger mission active, full python, would have earned me ~10 million, no board switching. Instead i had to pay 5 million for the rebuy and lots a lot of rep with my home system.

 

[Mephane]

A good time to get rid of the Magical Skimmer Device Of Ship Disabling...

... and to fix mission briefings showing the wrong destination icon (i.e. you think it leads to a starport, but it turns out to be a planetary base).

 

[Theodrid]

Just can't stop can you TJ..........

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Since apparently more and more Players are losing their Ships, bumping this for better visibility.

 

[killminster]

Oh so that's what those things falling to the ground were...

I thought it was NPCs jettisoning cargo pods for reasons.

 

[Gunnet]

Thanks for the warning. Might have to go drop out of glide at a safe distance and watch the rain

Sounds like Support are in for a busy few days too.

 

[Jack Schitt]

+1 for the heads-up. I haven't seen this myself, and I have used one or two planetary bases, but I'll definitely keep an eye out for it. And my other CMDR who's on his way home from Colonia (about 11K out) will definitely be landing at an orbital station if this doesn't get patched before his arrival.

 

[vampireuk]

Just had this happen to me and had my Type 9 wiped out. Keep dodging those skimmers.

 

[LKx]

Are you sure they haven't been hacked by targhoids?

 

[Tarman]

Thanks, appreciate the literal heads-up on this one.

 

[kofeyh]

Is there a "skimmers on top of things shortly before everything explodes" imgur or reddit page yet?

Also that's genuinely hilarious. This is why you don't ask Frontier to solve ramming. Ever. Just don't. Don't do it. Just no. No. Don't ask them to sort out collision meshes or things hitting other things.

Just smile and nod.

 

[John Stoutbeard]

Could it be the latest in anti-cheat tweaking?
"Suspicious high-rolled Cutter --> carpetbomb the living daylight out of them"

Sounds awesome

 

[Deleted member 38366]

I haven't tried it yet - but if one was to enter a large and very busy place (High-Pop Planetary Port) and wait outside ~3.5-4km until alot of NPC Traffic (large NPCs) has built up...

...then moving closer to trigger the "EMP Carpet Bomb" might lead to a hilarious frenzy

(Unsure though if NPCs are reacting to Skimmer Collisions just like our Player Ships do? Never seen an NPC ramming a Skimmer)