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- Thread starter Tyres O'Flaherty
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Looks like I'm on my way to the Soul Nebula. Interestingly, there's a lot more systems already discovered along my route so far than there were en route to Colonia.
Just the one according to EDDiscovery (but I normally have all main sequence except AFGK excluded when exploring):
It doesn't tell me where it was and there is also one listed in a couple of other accounts (which are not exploration-focussed).
They really are that rare then... wow.
According to a quick search on EDSM - there are 15 within 500 ly of Sol:
EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map
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As I said, I normally have O stars deselected so my solitary incidences are not indicative.
Was about to dock with Felicity Farseer to build my longer ranged material gathering build and forgot the advice of going in Solo mode for this place. Had (2 i think) gankers remove my shield before I figured out what was going on. Panicked and exited game. Came back in solo with 28% hull.
When I was logging out it gave the timer of about 14 seconds? Not sure if they could continue attacking during that 14 seconds since I doubt my hull could have withstood even 10 seconds from gankers.
When I was logging out it gave the timer of about 14 seconds? Not sure if they could continue attacking during that 14 seconds since I doubt my hull could have withstood even 10 seconds from gankers.
As long as you haven't exited the game (or aren't docked on a pad) your ship is vulnerable. That timer is there for exactly that purpose: so you can't simply log out of a dangerous situation. Yes, your ship will be visible to others and continue to take damage during this countdown - and killing other players is considered legitimate gameplay.
Btw., logging out by other means, circumventing that timer, is NOT considered legitimate gameplay. Usually called "combat logging" (CL). That at least is the official stance from FD. Gankers often choose to interprete any outcome that doesn't involve your ship exploding as "combat logging" - up to you which side you take in this debate, I stick to FD's ruling.
Btw., logging out by other means, circumventing that timer, is NOT considered legitimate gameplay. Usually called "combat logging" (CL). That at least is the official stance from FD. Gankers often choose to interprete any outcome that doesn't involve your ship exploding as "combat logging" - up to you which side you take in this debate, I stick to FD's ruling.
How do you CL? I wouldn't do it as I don't know how to and I never play in open anyway. Interested as it's the first time I've heard of it.
In that case I assume I got lucky, I last saw the ship at about 80% hull and no shields or any engineering and I waited the 14 or so seconds the greyed out timer showed before quitting to game main menu. I was expecting that 80% hull not to last 10 seconds. Maybe noob gankers?
I assume CL is by shutting down the entire app with windows button.
I don't - and I think discussion of possible means is severely frowned upon by FD and enforced by the forum mods.
I'll give it a try with a very general approach, and hope to get away with a warning - if this post mysteriously disappears, you'll know why
.Basically, you need to disconnect from the FD servers. As this is a fragile connection at the best, there are various means to achieve this. Your pet rabbit biting through the cable would be something that only works once, though.
Historically clogging was referred to as pulling-the-plug, since people's RJ45 connectors are nowadays not to hand on most people's gear (or not in use 'cos wifi) then plugs are not pulled.
Mine is very much one arm stretch away
The PC uses a direct ethernet connect as opposed to wi-fi. But it's a moot point as gankers will never get me. Mwahaha etc.
I always thought c logging was a bit odd - if you play in Solo then you don't need it, and given that the only difference between playing in Solo and playing in Open is that in Open you share space with other human pilots (so are at the whim of how they might act, just as they are liable to the results of whatever you do) it's strange to pick Open then run away. So I must be missing part of the puzzle. I used to be in Solo, now I play Open (or squadron private group, sometimes) and if I meet a hostile human pilot (very rare - have had three rebuys in some years of playing, and two of those were just a T6) and am outmatched then I take my licks. It's frankly pretty rare to meet a human pilot and even rarer to be attacked by one, in my experience. I visited both Lei Cheung and Broo Tarquin in Open in a shieldless Krait (well, it had shields but I didn't have the juice to run them at that point!) last week, saw one human Viper and had no issues. If I were worried about other players I'd fly Solo. So I'm surprised that c logging attracts so many column inches online, as flying in Open but avoiding other humans when encountered seems counterintuitive to me. Anyway, sorry for the digression!!!
I got to the same point and joined a squadron, has really changed my game experience (for the better!). Can recommend it.
I love me a combat zone. Did several back to back shaking down a new Krait last night, some in a wing (three white Kraits!) and some on my own. Happy times.
Killing your PC console or router somehow might work depending just how rapidly you did it but there is no point if it takes longer than 14 seconds to do.
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It seems I have returned to the bubble at a good time.
I was hoping to at least partially recoup the money I spent on my long voyage by selling the various stuff I had mined. The thing is, I didn't do all that much mining this trip. I had less than 600 tons of Painite and 57 of Void Opals. It didn't seem like enough.
But it turned out that prices were high today, so I was able to offload everything for a profit of 646 million. I think I'm good to go!
Big Tony was happy to stretch out a bit for the deliveries.
I got interdicted twice. I avoided the first one, but the second one was a silly iEagle and Big Tony is armed. It didn't end well for the pirate.
So now I only have a few tons of other junk to get rid of at some point, and I'm free to pursue some other things.
That worked out well
I was hoping to at least partially recoup the money I spent on my long voyage by selling the various stuff I had mined. The thing is, I didn't do all that much mining this trip. I had less than 600 tons of Painite and 57 of Void Opals. It didn't seem like enough.
But it turned out that prices were high today, so I was able to offload everything for a profit of 646 million. I think I'm good to go!
Big Tony was happy to stretch out a bit for the deliveries.
I got interdicted twice. I avoided the first one, but the second one was a silly iEagle and Big Tony is armed. It didn't end well for the pirate.
So now I only have a few tons of other junk to get rid of at some point, and I'm free to pursue some other things.
That worked out well
'Big Tony'.
Anyway, after finishing the CG, back to some T-9 salvage and rescue work. One of the best things in the game for me. Shame there's no burning stations at the moment, ah well.
Currently, FC parked in a system with 'Pirate Activity Detected' POIs.
Drop in, check for salvage, launch collectors and avoid pirate interference. Grab the prizes and get out of Dodge. Heat sinks break their scan (usually). The problem is if my limpets grab something that a pirate is already trying to scoop they insta-aggro!
Had two rebuys so far, probably a bit more fiddling needed with shields/armour.
Yep, the Rescue T-9 was built for distance, no longer necessary. Drop the fuel scoop, up the armour. Might try for a cold tanky build. But if I unlock prismatics...
(NO weapons, the Rescue stuff is all RP!).
So much to do!
Edit: Oh yeh, made just shy of a billion from the CG. Madness. If I'd had my brain in gear could've been much more. Gordon Gecko for the win!
Currently, FC parked in a system with 'Pirate Activity Detected' POIs.
Drop in, check for salvage, launch collectors and avoid pirate interference. Grab the prizes and get out of Dodge. Heat sinks break their scan (usually). The problem is if my limpets grab something that a pirate is already trying to scoop they insta-aggro!
Had two rebuys so far, probably a bit more fiddling needed with shields/armour.
Yep, the Rescue T-9 was built for distance, no longer necessary. Drop the fuel scoop, up the armour. Might try for a cold tanky build. But if I unlock prismatics...
(NO weapons, the Rescue stuff is all RP!).
So much to do!
Edit: Oh yeh, made just shy of a billion from the CG. Madness. If I'd had my brain in gear could've been much more. Gordon Gecko for the win!
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