If it's any comfort, a LOT of players have made this mistake on their first CG.
If the forums are any indication, there's a fair number who still make that mistake despite doing dozens of CGs - those people I have a little less sympathy for.
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If the forums are any indication, there's a fair number who still make that mistake despite doing dozens of CGs - those people I have a little less sympathy for.
Ouch. Oh, that is annoying. Next time you'll remember though.
But get the materials, and get one FSD over the Techbroker. It's really worth it. Good module.
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Thanks. o7Not at all, be my guest.
Not an idiot. You're not the first person to fall foul of this. It's partly because you skipped a line in the instructions, but it's also rubbish UI design. Why can't FD just assume that anyone delivering CG goods to a CG station means to contribute to the CG? There's no plausible situation where you wouldn't want that.
Sorry you were disappointed, but hopefully you still got good profits from the deliveries and you now know the pitfall. I recommend always signing up to CGs as soon as they're available, whether interested in participating or not.
Always a good idea.
Plus, if there's a reward for top 75% you don't care about, contribute 1 "whatever it is" and you'll help more people who do want the reward to get one.
Flossy
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So sorry to hear that MightyGood. As you say, at least you know now and did get to make some credits from the sales. I can't tell you how many times I have simply forgotten to sign up for a CG! Deliver my first load, check progress and see '0 tonnes collected'! Anyway, welcome to Elite and hope you continue to enjoy playing and participating in more CGs.
o7
Best lessons are learnt the hard way, like pressing the button for dump all cargo and pressing boost instead of reverse!
hitting silent running on a shield tank instead of deploy hardpoints
repeatedly hitting L For Landing Gear instead of J For Jump The F Out Of Here for about 15s while flying like an idiot trying to not die to some FdL that just interdicted you in an Engineer system.
Still managed to live, maybe it's a great technique after all
I didn't appreciate how inflated prices could be during this kind of CG. Trading's not really my bag, and I'm only maxed out in that capacity because of the mining exploits, but after the CG ended, I took one last trip to Lave Station, to swap back in my SRV hangar in place of the FSD booster, and bought the 43 tonnes of brandy, just to see what it would fetch now. It still cost, IIRC, a tad over 13,000 Cr to buy, but [I wanna say 414.000 Cr?] to sell. Definitely well below the 5 mil I was getting before.
I guess this is why some CGs are so popular, especially for new players, but it's weird from an economic perspective, that there's someone throwing this money at us. My ummersion may never recover.
Yes, I used a FC in GerasGreat! Mind if I steal it for my FB event page?
Congrats Boni58 - was that using you carrier?
The description of the CG says by February 26th it is put in storage at Ashby Station
The module will be placed in storage at the Ashby City starport in the Luyten’s Star system by the 26th of February 3307.
It's an engineered module. When an engineer says something like the above it means SOON. Soon means we'll get around to it when we get around to it. The same can be said for mechanics, repairmen, government employees and delivery services.
It's an engineered module. When an engineer says something like the above it means SOON. Soon means we'll get around to it when we get around to it. The same can be said for mechanics, repairmen, government employees and delivery services.
I once boosted instead of deploying landing gear inside a station. o7
Personally, I prefer to use the phrase, I'll get right on that.
Once? You're a quick learner!
If it's any comfort, a LOT of players have made this mistake on their first CG.
If the forums are any indication, there's a fair number who still make that mistake despite doing dozens of CGs - those people I have a little less sympathy for.
I know I certainly made the same mistake, but noticed at the start of my first CG, when I checked where my contribution had placed me in the left panel after my first delivery. It was at that point I scratched my head and discovered I had to sign up.
I was just the opposite. With everyone talking about how to shave time off trips, I couldn't resist checking the grey CG box at the top of the Missions list almost every time I delivered a load. But there have been times when I thought I was doing what was required, only to see no tonnage registered at all, so maybe I'm just paranoid. I certainly ended up delivering close to two thousand tonnes because I was worried about the FCs dropping me into a lower percentage at the end. But, sure enough, I got in the top 10 percent, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show...
Woohoo. Got several free modules coming. A couple are for brand new Epic commanders who don't yet have enough mats to engineer anything close.
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