Oh my word... that was the oddest thing. I just exited a jump and, at the same time, seemed to go through a star and instantly start scooping. Thankully, I didn't suffer heat damage. Never had that happen before!
Oh my word... that was the oddest thing. I just exited a jump and, at the same time, seemed to go through a star and instantly start scooping. Thankully, I didn't suffer heat damage. Never had that happen before!
This used to be very common before they adjusted entry to be safer a while back, years ago there was a CG where the route to my best source system jumped into a tight multi star system and I would often arrive through one star to be facing another a hard swerve would align me with the gap between them to safety usually but a couple of times there would be a third star slap in front of me. That was one of the high paying CGs so I ended up being singed a lot every day that week, mind you it payed for my Anaconda and an acceptable set of modules.Oh my word... that was the oddest thing. I just exited a jump and, at the same time, seemed to go through a star and instantly start scooping. Thankully, I didn't suffer heat damage. Never had that happen before!
I was merely pointing out that there are 4 ranks in this game. If the goal for some is to get ranks, then going for the fourth is just an extension of that.There are an awful lot of us who fart in the general direction of that CQC aberration.
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... and perhaps you might end up doing so when you get around to trying it. I can't believe you "plugged" it without trying it.
Heatsinks are very useful when exploring black holes,so i usually carry one,although i don't use it often.But i always pack HRP, even with the cargo 'penalty' slot, because it's saved my bacon on numerous occasions ( It's the way i fly 'emI had read about dropping through the star, but never happened to me, until last week on that Colonia trip and it scared the hell out of me. I noted it was my 5,225th jump since starting Elite. That makes it pretty rare lol. In the end I took minor damage, 2-6% to most modules before low-waking away. I panicked and fumbled my heatsinks and never actually fired one off before being safe.
This event was such a shock to me. I made sure that I put the heatsinks in the firegroup right after the discovery scanner so it's just swap groups and fire and I won't panic away the chance next time. It also made me a believer in AFMUs. Up until then I felt that as long as I followed my routines and procedures I could avoid random damage. But it isn't always under my control. I had mounted one 'just in case' but felt that I wouldn't need it. And that's been true for 185k light years, but you never know. I'll never go far from home without one now.
It's not such a problem on bigger ships, obviously. Fortunately the two extra slots we were given a while back have dealt with that drawback.If i had to choose between HRP and AFMU, i'd choose the HRP and then dump the SRV, but i don't have to so i'm happy.
Nice sturdy little build on that DBX. Never considered hull reinforcement module on explorer before.Exactly. The free slots we got last year really made a difference in the DBX. I could not have outfitted it the same way before, and would have had to leave something at home. But with those slots, it carries everything I need. Here's my DBX as outfitted for the Colonia trip. AFMU, SRV and HRP
DBX Deep Diver
Update with feedback from FD! At last!I iz back - after a second two month hiatus......
So, I finished editing the Elite novel and I am currently flying around grabbing screenies for the chapter headings (each chapter heading is named after an AC/DC track by the way). Submitted the opening and final chapters to FDevs PR department - never heard from them again.
Which probably says a lot......
I'm tempted to say they've been swamped by the FC launch, but the critic in me fears otherwise....
So once I've embedded the screenies I'll begin posting it in an episodic nature on the lore/roleplay section of the forums. It was written for fun, not for profit anyway.
Stay safe, all.
Update with feedback from FD! At last!
" it was determined that an Elite Dangerous novel is not something that Frontier Developments will want to pursue at this point."
Ah well, time to move on....
....so I started a sequel.
Stay safe all.
I dd ask if I could publish it as an 'unauthorised, unofficial' Elite novel on Kindle but haven't heard back. Given it took 2 months for their initial response.......Does that mean FD aren't allowing you to publish such a novel?
Considering how tourists typically behave, I would be surprised if you could find a landing spot on any planet that is not full of garbage ...And those near the bubble. Ah well.