I tried the double-engineered FSD in my T9. It's too hot! Really bad overheating unless you wait until you're a long way from the star before starting a jump.
The Past 48 Hours: On how emergent gameplay happens
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Yeah, my grade B one is dodgy as well, but just about ok with an armored pp
Yes, I had the same experience, it's on the FC at the moment and will need more work! I've been on foot for a few months and while in space flying the courier that FDev gifted us. So far I haven't been interdicted in open when flying the courier.
No thanks. My need for curbstompery by overpowered players is non-existant and my desire to grind engineers against the curbstompery is equally valuated. This kind of "emergent" gameplay can kiss my rear.
I on the other hand can't actually remember the last time I was taken out by an NPC, so the PvP - even though I don't really engage in it myself - keeps things spicy. Billions in the bank now a rebuy means next to nothing .. but back in my Cmdr's youth, playing open iron mouse was pure ephenephrine / adrenalin.
o7 at the OP and some top T9 tips above.
I trade in a T10 so I can stand some pre-wake punishment but I especially like the FSD cut off trick .. and have been known to return in an iEagle to protect shipping, by preventing a ganker from using supercruise until he gives up, if pure firepower isn't your thing.
Billions in the bank and engineered to max is not the average player experience I'd say.
Yet, I have my experience that it does.
To each, according to their tastes, I suppose.
I don't know...
Over 30,000 have fleet carriers
https://inara.cz/fleetcarriers/?page=314 @ 100 per page.
Almost 30% are at least Elite
INARA
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| TRADE | % | SUM |
|---|---|---|
| Elite | 20.85 % | 28.89 % |
No but sharing the ocean with hungry sharks is a fine incentive to become a good (dare I say even, elite) swimmer?
The OP talked about fighting back but a lot of the rest of the thread has been about survival. Large bank balances and engineering aren't necessary for developing a good evasion game which is more about tactics than hardware. o7
Of all INARA players. Pretty sure the average cmdr is not on Inara.I don't know...
Over 30,000 have fleet carriers
https://inara.cz/fleetcarriers/?page=314 @ 100 per page.
Almost 30% are at least Elite
INARA
The community site for Elite: Dangerous, Starfield, Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the game databases, information, gaming news and other handy content...
TRADE % SUM Elite 20.85 % 28.89 %
In that case you don't need to be. If any cmdr exporting data (EDMC/EDDN/Frontier API) "sees" another players carrier it will be in that list.
However, you could also dispute 30,000 is not 50% of the player base, since Inara has 199,000 registered Cmdrs. I'm probably proving your point here, as Steam stats are much higher etc etc
And once we've sorted out "Average", we could get into all sorts of semantics about "Players" (active?).
But, my personal guess is that the active ED players (at least the ones you are going to bump into in Open) have had time to earn billions and engineer to the max.
This CG has been pretty active and vibrant. Granted, not every week as a CG like this...
Could be because it's a combat CG? People are flying combat fitted ships and want to enjoy combat?
The mysterious thing is when there's a trade CG and some people wonder why the CG contributors don't want to take part in combat...
I've been campaigning to get Frontier to add "protect the traders" CGs to go side-by-side with all trading CGs, because trading CGs bore me to tears. I confess, when I'm bored to tears, I turn to piracy.. I do try to make my piracy "enjoyable" to at least a subset of the traders in Open (ganking is the most boring gameplay ever IMO), but given the choice, I rather just have a combat-related CG every week in parallel with the traders so that I can enjoy real combat in a populated system with like-minded mates.
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Try a shielded double braced fsd.
Yeah u lose range most of my smugglers and combat ships have em. Either double braced or thermal or monstered etc but shielding the fsd in combat is a good idea.
Armoured pp too.
Shielded life support or reinforced if powers an issue. You can buff range with a guardian fsd booster set to mode 4 when weapons are deployed so it shuts down when in combat..
You can offset over burdened power plant simply by selecting mode 4 in module screen so when you deploy weps the mode 4 stuff downpowers, cargo scoop, guardian fsd booster, fuel scoop etc so even if your 104% pp it'll still deploy weps without losing other things like shield boosters etc.
The build is everything.
Squeezing in as much as is possible to make combat easier... more survivable.
I too wish there was more substance to potential pvp, than just the current mindless gank romp that exists today.
Thankfully most have left elite. But it's the games pvp mechanics that are at fault.
Law n order, accountability, imbalanced, block feature etc.
Yeah u lose range most of my smugglers and combat ships have em. Either double braced or thermal or monstered etc but shielding the fsd in combat is a good idea.
Armoured pp too.
Shielded life support or reinforced if powers an issue. You can buff range with a guardian fsd booster set to mode 4 when weapons are deployed so it shuts down when in combat..
You can offset over burdened power plant simply by selecting mode 4 in module screen so when you deploy weps the mode 4 stuff downpowers, cargo scoop, guardian fsd booster, fuel scoop etc so even if your 104% pp it'll still deploy weps without losing other things like shield boosters etc.
The build is everything.
Squeezing in as much as is possible to make combat easier... more survivable.
I too wish there was more substance to potential pvp, than just the current mindless gank romp that exists today.
Thankfully most have left elite. But it's the games pvp mechanics that are at fault.
Law n order, accountability, imbalanced, block feature etc.
This is the way.
For how easy they say it's to get trade elite that is quite a low quota. The average player doesnt even reach that.I don't know...
Over 30,000 have fleet carriers
https://inara.cz/fleetcarriers/?page=314 @ 100 per page.
Almost 30% are at least Elite
INARA
The community site for Elite: Dangerous, Starfield, Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the game databases, information, gaming news and other handy content...
TRADE % SUM Elite 20.85 % 28.89 %
Good to see you, CMDR.
I wouldn't mind as much if opposing players were "taking it seriously" rather than indulging in shenanigans.
It was fun back when life was simple and an attacker was simply somebody who was "fighting for the other team".
These days I seem to constantly meet people who're more intent on simply ruining my day than actually accomplishing any goal of their own.
I can see where this point of view comes from, but why even worry yourself with the presumed intent of the other person?ImThese days I seem to constantly meet people who're more intent on simply ruining my day than actually accomplishing any goal of their own.
Bear in mind that any assumption on your part of their negative intentions is automatically a negative judgement that you will bear. This is the game, how it was designed, NPC pirates will gang up on you and destroy you in no time if you let them, and you will quickly be killed for loitering - what were the intentions of the game designers? Then there is the BGS: you spend months tending to your favored factions, only for all your work to be destroyed in a few days by another bigger player group who you can’t even see.
Wasn’t my intention to psych-analyse you by the way ;-)