Unlocking Engineers....

Space Dandy

Space Dandy
I have finally decided to start doing some engineering and so started looking into unlocked some of them. I am currently at Maia as I traveled there to get a meta alloy for Ms Farseer.

Thats said I was wondering of there was a guide on efficiently upgrading you stuff si it takes the least amount of time.

Also has anyone made a guide to know what item to get and where that each engineer requires.

For example since I am at Maia, for the meta alloy, is there any items I should get that is near here that another engineers will need before I head to Deciat?

Another question can you switch ships if you have say meta alloy on you or other engineering mats?
 

GG7

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I would have a look at the Engineering section of the INARA web site. Its a great guide to what mats are required for each upgrade etc. The new pinned blueprint system has made this less mandatory, but it is still helpful.

https://inara.cz/galaxy-engineers/

As far as what to upgrade first... FSD Drive for sure. Go for the full G5 with the Mass Manager Exp on it. And be sure to use the A rated max class allowable on the ship you are using.

Lastly... No... You can't swap cargo from one ship to another. But mats and data are not cargo hold limited. Those go with the account, not the ship.
 
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GG7

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Logios said:
You can switch ships if you have cargo as long the ship you're switching to has enough cargo space to hold what you have.
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I thought that was only limited to things like Limpets. Not commodities like Meta Alloys. ??

A recent change in any event, since it was not possible to switch ships that had any cargo onboard at all since the game was released.
 

Sentience

Sentience
ED doesn't believe in putting documentation about its own mechanics within the game itself. Everything has to be an easter egg hunt in the spirit of "character narrative", aka boring/lazy time sinks.
 

Logios

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GG7 said:
I thought that was only limited to things like Limpets. Not commodities like Meta Alloys. ??

A recent change in any event, since it was not possible to switch ships that had any cargo onboard at all since the game was released.
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The only reason I know this is because I was unlocking Broo and transporting the last 10 units of fujin tea I needed but switched from my Asp to Chieftain at the station near Broo's base before turning in the tea.
 

Space Dandy

Space Dandy
Alright thnx for the replies.

Just to clarify something though I wasn't asking about what to "upgrade first" but rather what are the uncommon commodities each engineers want and where are they. I ask this cause I don't relish going 350LY to deciat to hand in 1 meta alloy only to find out later on I have to go back to Maia or that neck of the galaxy for another commodity that I can only get in that area.

Would be nice to gather all commodities I need in a given area so I don't have to zigzag back and forth across one extreme of the bubble to the other so to speak.

Also I know I could figure all this up myself but I am feeling lazy and figure some other CMDR out there has done this already so why reinvent the wheel!
 

Ethaidan

Ethaidan
As mentioned, Inara is a great resource and I'm not even sure there could be a 'manual' per se - you certainly could not collect everything at once, they just don't work like that with all the introductions, reputations, permits, etc.

Imho, you'd be better off not trying to focus solely on unlocking them (that way lies madness) - just keep on playing with them as a background focus and ask for advice every time you hit a roadblock.
 

Dommarraa

Dommarraa
There's no really effective shortcuts. Do them one at a time.
For the cigars, having a few mates to gather max allowance and drop them for you is worth arranging
 

lemon cup

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Don’t worry about backtracking. You’ll be doing plenty of that whether you plan it or not. Welcome to engineers.

As far as the Pleiades goes, the only other errand out that way is collecting sensor fragments in HIP 17403 for Palin, but you’ll be headed there to unlock him anyways so no point in doing it now, unless you just feel like hanging around a bit longer.
 
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