Hiya, after playing Elite from back in 2014 my two dream goals have been to own an Anaconda and to visit Sag A*. Thanks to the reworked income after 3.0, I finally had enough money to complete the first goal, and now I'm getting myself ready for that delicious Sag A* achievement on Xbox.
I'm flying my AspEx… I was tempted to go a jumpaconda but the turn speed does my head in and with so many jumps there's far too much risk of landing in plasma. I'm currently working on grade 4 (I think) of my FSD range with Felicity Farseer and just need to find some chemical processors and manganese and I should be able to max it out (currently getting 40LY but could wring out a bit more with a few module changes). When testing plotting last night, I was able to plot out 251 jumps which included jet boosts... and that looked like a third of the total distance so at the moment it looks to be 750 or so to Sag A* and then the same number back.
So I have a couple of questions for people who have completed the trip or are currently planning for it.
1. is it worth maxing out G5 FSD or is 40LY enough? Asking as the difference between a jet and non-het plot was 250 versus 286... not a huge amount when extrapolated tbh.
2. how much time did you allot to the jumping? My very rough calculations would have it as two weeks or more flying 4 hours every weeknight. Is that laughably wrong? How did you handle the time?
3. what kind of system would make you want to stop and use FSS? I get a LOT of disconnections when using FSS of late so I'm loathe to do it but damn it's such a fun mini-game and I like the extra credits it provides. I'm right in thinking it's; honk/scan/surface scan ammonium/water/high-metal?
4. exactly where do I see my unique discoveries? Surely from a trip to the centre I should have oodles of them when I get back.
5. What's it like for 2 people? My mate and I keep different hours but he's very very keen (rather dubiously bought the game on my insistence recently and then next thing you know he's telling me how much he loves his Type 9!), but it feels like exploration is kinda pointless in a small group (or is more time-consuming with trying to stay together).
6. Once I reach Sag A* is it worth continuing on to Beagle Point? Keen for new adventures but am worried it will be so much effort that I won't bother to fly back to the bubble to enjoy the rest of the content.
I'd welcome any other tips, suggestions or encouragements!
I'm flying my AspEx… I was tempted to go a jumpaconda but the turn speed does my head in and with so many jumps there's far too much risk of landing in plasma. I'm currently working on grade 4 (I think) of my FSD range with Felicity Farseer and just need to find some chemical processors and manganese and I should be able to max it out (currently getting 40LY but could wring out a bit more with a few module changes). When testing plotting last night, I was able to plot out 251 jumps which included jet boosts... and that looked like a third of the total distance so at the moment it looks to be 750 or so to Sag A* and then the same number back.
So I have a couple of questions for people who have completed the trip or are currently planning for it.
1. is it worth maxing out G5 FSD or is 40LY enough? Asking as the difference between a jet and non-het plot was 250 versus 286... not a huge amount when extrapolated tbh.
2. how much time did you allot to the jumping? My very rough calculations would have it as two weeks or more flying 4 hours every weeknight. Is that laughably wrong? How did you handle the time?
3. what kind of system would make you want to stop and use FSS? I get a LOT of disconnections when using FSS of late so I'm loathe to do it but damn it's such a fun mini-game and I like the extra credits it provides. I'm right in thinking it's; honk/scan/surface scan ammonium/water/high-metal?
4. exactly where do I see my unique discoveries? Surely from a trip to the centre I should have oodles of them when I get back.
5. What's it like for 2 people? My mate and I keep different hours but he's very very keen (rather dubiously bought the game on my insistence recently and then next thing you know he's telling me how much he loves his Type 9!), but it feels like exploration is kinda pointless in a small group (or is more time-consuming with trying to stay together).
6. Once I reach Sag A* is it worth continuing on to Beagle Point? Keen for new adventures but am worried it will be so much effort that I won't bother to fly back to the bubble to enjoy the rest of the content.
I'd welcome any other tips, suggestions or encouragements!
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