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Personally I carry a sniper rifle with a scope, which I use occasionally as binoculars, and I can also shoot mats off of things like crystal shards.
In any case, you don't have to actually equip any weapons.
Personally I carry a sniper rifle with a scope, which I use occasionally as binoculars, and I can also shoot mats off of things like crystal shards.
My point there was merely to illustrate another point that demonstrates the obvious fixation that exists in the development of Odyssey with first-person-shooting play.
Bring back Michael Brooks to sort this game out - I don't care how much they have to pay him to do it, it will be worth it.
Is that someone who used to work for Frontier?
He was the Executive Producer for Elite Dangerous.
News - A big thanks to you all!
Hi everyone, I’ve worked at Frontier now for over 14 years, and in that time I’ve had the pleasure on working on a diverse range of projects. In fact of all the games we’ve released in that time there’s only three I’ve not worked on in some capacity! The most significant of which was Elite...
Not sure I've come across a "water" atmosphere before...
I found a new type of biological today, called Recepta Umbrox. It was a bit difficult to locate, but eventually I found some in the mountain regions. They are rather strange looking, more like geological than biological in looks. They were worth a decent amount of credits, though. Perhaps they are rare.
I also became King of this Molehill.
And I did battle with some Piceous Cobble near a geyser.
Fun times
I also became King of this Molehill.
And I did battle with some Piceous Cobble near a geyser.
Fun times
Assassin mission bring me to this beautiful twin sun.
Recepta's are odd looking things aren't they?I found a new type of biological today, called Recepta Umbrox. It was a bit difficult to locate, but eventually I found some in the mountain regions. They are rather strange looking, more like geological than biological in looks. They were worth a decent amount of credits, though. Perhaps they are rare.
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I also became King of this Molehill.
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And I did battle with some Piceous Cobble near a geyser.
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Fun times
It's funny, I prefer blowing up outcrops and such with my on-foot guns as opposed to the old skool SRV bang bang
Can you shoot stuff of all surface Geo's with say, a shotgun?
I don't know. But when I shot that Piceous Cobble with my sniper rifle, it disappeared. Vaporized it I guess
I think the material from a crystal or cobble at a geyser lip ends up getting shot into the sky a few kilometers by the jet.I don't know. But when I shot that Piceous Cobble with my sniper rifle, it disappeared. Vaporized it I guess
I assume you have tried driving an SRV over a geyser.....
I have indeed! It was fun and I got 9.5 for execution.I think the material from a crystal or cobble at a geyser lip ends up getting shot into the sky a few kilometers by the jet.
I assume you have tried driving an SRV over a geyser.....
Still heading back to the bubble. Which for me tends to average about 200ly per session 
Notable sights in today's trip...
A very warm (330C) binary planet. No atmosphere, but still a cool skyline from the right angle.
A delicious looking custard moon, the latest in a long string of "2x geology" bodies which don't actually have any. I mean, yes, this one had a geyser. A geyser. Singular. There wasn't even a rock I could mine on it.
And then just 9ly from an inhabited system, I find a 1.8g world with an atmosphere and no footfall...
You know what, maybe I can see why nobody has landed here. There is, apparently, absolutely negligible amounts of sunlight reaching this place. It is a hefty 16,000ls away from its star, I guess that does bad things to light levels.
Things got a little better on the way down; the cockpit lights continued to black out the terrain (is there any way to disable that?) but at least the analysis overlay, external views, and later on, dark vision were able to get some sense of the landscape.
Somewhere up there is the local star. Gosh this place is dark. Lucky there's these nice warm fires scattered around.
Notable sights in today's trip...A very warm (330C) binary planet. No atmosphere, but still a cool skyline from the right angle.
A delicious looking custard moon, the latest in a long string of "2x geology" bodies which don't actually have any. I mean, yes, this one had a geyser. A geyser. Singular. There wasn't even a rock I could mine on it.
And then just 9ly from an inhabited system, I find a 1.8g world with an atmosphere and no footfall...
You know what, maybe I can see why nobody has landed here. There is, apparently, absolutely negligible amounts of sunlight reaching this place. It is a hefty 16,000ls away from its star, I guess that does bad things to light levels.
Things got a little better on the way down; the cockpit lights continued to black out the terrain (is there any way to disable that?) but at least the analysis overlay, external views, and later on, dark vision were able to get some sense of the landscape.
Somewhere up there is the local star. Gosh this place is dark. Lucky there's these nice warm fires scattered around.
I'm still trying to learn more about the BGS and some of it's arcane mechanics. I've battled to a win in a civil war against one faction in the system and have pushed my chosen faction into an election against a small player faction (though it seems they're either not interested in this system or have stopped playing) that are the second most influential faction within the system. Day one was a 'Close Victory' for my faction and we're pushing our leaflets like crazy to gain another - up for grabs is a Hydroponics Farm on a nice little HMC world with a lovely view.
If we can win the Election we'll be looking to try and oust the ruling faction via another civil war(?) and restore the system to the control of some its native inhabitants (maybe it's war and not civil war if they're non native to the system? Still learning here.)
I'm enjoying this far more than I imagined and may have found a role for one of my Alt accounts - now, if only I could get an A-Team livery for the Python I'd really be able to RP this to daft levels!
If we can win the Election we'll be looking to try and oust the ruling faction via another civil war(?) and restore the system to the control of some its native inhabitants (maybe it's war and not civil war if they're non native to the system? Still learning here.)
I'm enjoying this far more than I imagined and may have found a role for one of my Alt accounts - now, if only I could get an A-Team livery for the Python I'd really be able to RP this to daft levels!
Elections or wars/civil wars are won when one side has won 4 days out of the 7 the conflict can run for. Winning by 1 day is "Close Victory" which says nothing about the outcome of any one day. If the player faction you are going up against is not participating, and no random passing commander is fighting conflict zones or running missions for the opposing faction, you can win a day by winning just 1 Low Intensity Conflict Zone, or doing only one mission for influence in the case of elections.
Let me know if building a group of vigilantes / special ops commanders whose goal is to fight against the expansion of factions that are not democratic or otherwise not supporting peoples rights to self-determination. This can include player democracies not behaving like democracies. It was an idea I had for my second commander that has been put on the back burner due to other game activities keeping me busy. The group will have no official squadron or faction and so will be undercover as much as the game allows and not have any territory to defend - which honestly gets boring after a while as player factions make agreements for peace with their neighbours which results in not much of anything interesting to do. What we need is a disruptive influence in the bubble to create conflict in which to experience our commander's story.
Landed on a planet with four bios and I was determined to get them all. Little did I know...
The first two were easy bacteria and fonticulua. The third was very high in the mountains - osseus:
Getting three samples to fulfill diversity was horrible. My chassis was taking damage and I couldn't go very fast. At all. The view was nice though:
And then... then there was the fourth plant I needed. A fungoida. Now, I don't what possessed me at this point but before I went looking, I decided to go as hight as I could before the poor SRV begged for forgiveness. So, up I went. And up.
And, of course, there was the fourth bio. Just about as high as the mountain top itself:
Now getting three of that little puppy was very interesting indeed. It only seemed to grow at the highest possible altitude and, given most peaks were pointy, an example on one side of the point was all I could get on that peak. It took three peaks to get them all, all at an ear-bleedingly thin altitude. It was hell and not even on earth. Still, in the end, all three samples were tucked safely away in my sampler.
Getting back down was an adventure in itself and I'd never seen an SRV do moguls on a black run before, let alone be in one when it did
Back at the ship, I decided to take one last photo of where I'd been:
And that concludes my exobiological escapades for quite some time...
The first two were easy bacteria and fonticulua. The third was very high in the mountains - osseus:
Getting three samples to fulfill diversity was horrible. My chassis was taking damage and I couldn't go very fast. At all. The view was nice though:
And then... then there was the fourth plant I needed. A fungoida. Now, I don't what possessed me at this point but before I went looking, I decided to go as hight as I could before the poor SRV begged for forgiveness. So, up I went. And up.
And, of course, there was the fourth bio. Just about as high as the mountain top itself:
Now getting three of that little puppy was very interesting indeed. It only seemed to grow at the highest possible altitude and, given most peaks were pointy, an example on one side of the point was all I could get on that peak. It took three peaks to get them all, all at an ear-bleedingly thin altitude. It was hell and not even on earth. Still, in the end, all three samples were tucked safely away in my sampler.
Getting back down was an adventure in itself and I'd never seen an SRV do moguls on a black run before, let alone be in one when it did
Back at the ship, I decided to take one last photo of where I'd been:
And that concludes my exobiological escapades for quite some time...
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That's an awesome planet. I've been struggling to find anything but Bacterium today which I've now given up landing to sample. I'm after more interesting finds like you have had here before I'll take the time to scan them. It's not like I need the exo-biology credits or rank.Landed on a planet with four bios and I was determined to get them all. Little did I know...
The first two were easy bacteria and fonticulua. The third was very high in the mountains - osseus:
Getting three samples to fulfill diversity was horrible. My chassis was taking damage and I couldn't go very fast. At all. The view was nice though:
And then... then there was the fourth plant I needed. A fungoida. Now, I don't what possessed me at this point but before I went looking, I decided to go as hight as I could before the poor SRV begged for forgiveness. So, up I went. And up.
And, of course, there was the fourth bio. Just about as high as the mountain top itself:
Now getting three of that little puppy was very interesting indeed. It only seemed to grow at the highest possible altitude and, given most peaks were pointy, an example on one side of the point was all I could get on that peak. It took three peaks to get them all, all at an ear-bleedingly thin atmosphere. It was hell and not even on earth. Still, in the end, all three samples were tucked safely away in my sampler.
Getting back down was an adventure in itself and I'd never seen an SRV do moguls on a black run before, let alone be in one when it did
Back at the ship, I decied to take one last photo of where I'd been:
And that concludes my exobiological escapades for quite some time...
Looks quite Barren? Lovely ship though.Landed on a planet with four bios and I was determined to get them all. Little did I know...
The first two were easy bacteria and fonticulua. The third was very high in the mountains - osseus:
Getting three samples to fulfill diversity was horrible. My chassis was taking damage and I couldn't go very fast. At all. The view was nice though:
And then... then there was the fourth plant I needed. A fungoida. Now, I don't what possessed me at this point but before I went looking, I decided to go as hight as I could before the poor SRV begged for forgiveness. So, up I went. And up.
And, of course, there was the fourth bio. Just about as high as the mountain top itself:
Now getting three of that little puppy was very interesting indeed. It only seemed to grow at the highest possible altitude and, given most peaks were pointy, an example on one side of the point was all I could get on that peak. It took three peaks to get them all, all at an ear-bleedingly thin atmosphere. It was hell and not even on earth. Still, in the end, all three samples were tucked safely away in my sampler.
Getting back down was an adventure in itself and I'd never seen an SRV do moguls on a black run before, let alone be in one when it did
Back at the ship, I decied to take one last photo of where I'd been:
And that concludes my exobiological escapades for quite some time...