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That's rough, sorry.
I lost two T9s last night owing to a mix of complacency, fatigue and bad luck. That's around 18m cr in rebuys (and same again in mission cargo value lost).
The upside? Prompted me to buy a T10 and I am in LOVE! Beams on turrets firing at will, a fighter bay, still loads of cargo space... my new favourite ship in the game.
Every cloud and all that. Still, sorry about your data.
o7
After 24 hours of frustrating tech-nonsense, I finally sorted the screenshot issue (a Win10 update had silently turned on folder protection for the Pictures folder!). So, braintrees:
First pic included to show the wavescanner response - it's not the trees but the mineral deposits they excrete, making a quick way to get whatever mats are present on surface outcrops.
Next, I have a hankering to get in on the circumnavigation larks... just need to find a suitable moon!
First pic included to show the wavescanner response - it's not the trees but the mineral deposits they excrete, making a quick way to get whatever mats are present on surface outcrops.
Next, I have a hankering to get in on the circumnavigation larks... just need to find a suitable moon!
You're truly in the midst of some Lakon Love. I haven't tried a T10 and had thought about using one to defend humanity against the Thargoid "threat." I just don't quite know where to start, so many modules and hardpoints!
Sorry to hear about your T9s' - two in a night is a sure sign its bedtime
Still sulking about the latest CG.
You're truly in the midst of some Lakon Love. I haven't tried a T10 and had thought about using one to defend humanity against the Thargoid "threat." I just don't quite know where to start, so many modules and hardpoints!
Sorry to hear about your T9s' - two in a night is a sure sign its bedtime
Lol yes you're not wrong! First one was a Deadly FDL, then two Elite Anacondas turned up. I was fighting poorly, the last one got me, fighter went down so couldn't boost away. The second one was plain sloppy - clipped an authority vessel with some stray shots, they didn't like it so they all turned on me. Rookie error.
The T10 has fully restored Lakon love (!), though. Haven't used it on Thargoids, yet, but as an armed trader it's a force of nature. 121m cr for a power plant stung a bit, though - then I see all those beams light up the black and it all makes sense again.
If you're willing to lose a bit of cargo space, I'd recommend equipping a bigger hangar. When you have two fighter bays, you can always have one figher up while the other one is being printed.
If you're willing to lose a bit of cargo space, I'd recommend equipping a bigger hangar. When you have two fighter bays, you can always have one figher up while the other one is being printed.
It is a definite thought. I was probably trying to run before I could walk, however.
Am I right in thinking that I still couldn't deploy two at once? It would just give me no gap when I lost one? (I know, I know, we always want more..!)
Correct, but that lack of a gap makes a surprising difference to your own survivability.
You can't deploy two fighter at once, no.
At least not two NPC piloted ones (because you can only have one active pilot on board.
BUT - if you have a friend and invite them on your ship, they can pilot one fighter and the NPC can pilot the other.
Food for thought. Much as I love the 360T capacity of my T10, there's more money in winning these fights (particularly as I have, with so many utility slots, discovered the joys of the kill warrant scanner - 678k for one pirate last night, woo hoo!) than there is in the cargo difference. Thank you both.
o7
Hindsight is 20/20, but theoretically you could have avoided crashing by logging out of Elite, starting non-Horizons Elite (if you have the PC version) and the game would start you out in a safe location outside the planet's gravity well.
Anyway, condolences for your loss. Never fun to lose hard-earned scan data.
I hadn't thought of that Kzak, good idea. Though that would have required some clear thought, something which temporarily abandoned me. Completely
The second account is quite new so I only had* very basic (Farseer) engineering and the fact I clearly forgot I was using my second account and expected all the bells and whistles of my fully engineered primary account Krait meant I dumbly sat there thinking "hhhmm, coming in a wee bit quickly, thank goodness for my G5 DD thrusters and DC, yeah, I'll just pull up, thrust and stick the DC on if need be.....it'll be fine" Splat.
*I've since unlocked and made use of Quent and Palin to good affect and am ready and waiting for DW2.
The second account is quite new so I only had* very basic (Farseer) engineering and the fact I clearly forgot I was using my second account and expected all the bells and whistles of my fully engineered primary account Krait meant I dumbly sat there thinking "hhhmm, coming in a wee bit quickly, thank goodness for my G5 DD thrusters and DC, yeah, I'll just pull up, thrust and stick the DC on if need be.....it'll be fine" Splat.
*I've since unlocked and made use of Quent and Palin to good affect and am ready and waiting for DW2.
Engineering my Kraits FSD for an exploration jaunt to the Outopps sector to rendezvous with the Gnosis, for old times sake.
I'll wander into the black from there to see what I can find [alien]
I'll wander into the black from there to see what I can find [alien]
At risk of derailing (again), can I ask a really stupid question? How do you plot a route to Colonia? When I see missions offered which are 20k+ly away, my FSD just says something like 'too far to calculate'. Obviously I could find Colonia on the map, then target a system in the right direction... but is there some shortcut for longrange plotting I am missing? I'm useless with the galactic map. When I T10 is finished I want to head to Colonia in it, but understanding how the map works first would be a good idea!
There's a maximum distance you can plot in one go. It used to be 1,000Ly, I think it's something around 5,000Ly now (open to corrections!).
I do it this way:
- (Ensure I have Galaxy Map controls set for pan, forwards, backwards, up, down, zoom in & out. )
- Rotate the Map so that my current location is in the foreground, and Colonia is visible in the distant background.
- Move camera forwards, towards Colonia, selecting systems every now and then to see how far they are from your current location.
- If moving too slowly, zoom out a bit, the camera travels quicker when zoomed out.
- Keep an eye on the "y" coordinate (the middle coordinate on the grid markers) to make sure you stay close-ish to zero. If you start going up high or down low, the stars start to thin out, plus your journey gets longer.
- When I get close to the limit (5,000Ly or whatever), hit the Plot Route button (NOT the select system button)
- Bookmark the system (in case the game crashes or you finish the session without reaching that point)
- Rinse & repeat
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How long does it take to go 20k lys? My Palin run nearly broke me at 110 jumps so lord knows how you commanders stay out in the black for so long...