Things not to do...

Porina

Porina
I decided to head back from my trip, just in case of adverse effects when powerplay goes live. Nothing unusual with that? Just do big jumps, and the occasional scoop. What could possibly go wrong?

I had a run of unscoopable stars on the route. I know I can manually find one within range, but stuck with it to save plotting another route even thought I was getting pretty low. One star I landed on was one of the giants, but it had a close companion that was scoopable. Yay! The companion was actually showing as a shorter distance than the main.

I scanned both and flew to the 2nd one and started scooping. I was poking around on my mobile while filling up. Don't they warn you against that? I heard a warning alarm. Weird... I looked up, and saw my temps well into the danger zone and still rising! Oops... Flew out with module damage, and remembered to drop out of SC before repairing.

I'm pretty sure I wasn't too close to the 2nd star by itself, so I guess it must be the proximity of the 1st added to it that pushed temps sky high. I've heard of problems escaping close binaries before, but to actually fly into this problem... :D
 

Whiterose

Whiterose
Overshoot a planet you were trying to scan, but during the overshoot have a look to see if it was the planet you think it was, mis-time it and face plant into it and lose 1% hull.....twice.
 

Katejina

Katejina
I did it yesterday and those watching my stream could attest to it, but I would definitely not recommend you FSD into an asteroid belt, lol.

It was certainly fun to watch, though. I actually passed through the belt unharmed as FSD engaged.
 
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antonygoldrick

antonygoldrick
Don't and I mean don't try listening to you're other half wittering on about insignificant and uninteresting conversations whilst scooping for fuel.

As I found out that pretending to be interested can kill you.

So my advice is just ignore them till you're safe and sound.

They don't understand why you get upset when you crash..

Or care

and yes they will laugh at you if you try to explain

:D
 
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Oopsie Daisy

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The first time I stumbled across a neutron star, coming out of hyperspace, I am all "Dang that star is really far away; stupid game's got a bug; let me just SC towards it". BANG! Ouch!
 

TruffleSnout

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Think to yourself "SC doesn't use thrusters, right?" then turn them off - in SC - to verify your (turns out to be wrong) assumption.

5% hull damage on that one. :(
 

Darth Krayt

Darth Krayt
Alt-Tab out of the game to read the forums while scooping and switch back to find that your Hotas has decided to go full throttle and attempt to plunge you into the star.
 
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