Elite Dangerous

[ThinClient]

Give us a class and ranking loadout. Power distributor and shield generator all need to be upgraded. Both mine are class B3.

That depends entirely on what ship you're in.

A B3 shield and power distributor in an ASP will get you killed.

Another reason to fit the Viper instead of the Cobra is that the Viper is VERY cheap compared to the Cobra. The shield, power distributor, and thruster should all be max class (obviously) and max rank. Throw on the military armor panels. You don't need max life support. You don't need to upgrade that at all unless you can find a D. Sensors, D is all that's necessary.

Shield boosters are cheap and they provide a nice defensive boost as long as you use them before the shield drops to 0%.

I can't remember the name of the module, but there's a module that scrambles gimbal lock on your ship, which most NPC ships use. You fit it to your ship on the same screen that weapons are located on.

Both the shield and the scramble are really really cheap and they make you a lot more viable in combat.

When you get the hang of it, throw on a kill-warrant scanner and have fun.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

-Use 2 energy weapons and 2 kinetic weapons. Until you're better at combat, use all 4 gimbal weapons. Like, 2 pulse (not burst) lasers and 2 multi-canons. Shoot shields with energy only, shoot hull with kinetic weapons and use energy weapons when your capacitor can take using both (not sure what your build looks like).

Target drive subsystems.

The first part is all good, but I'd like to disagree with the 2nd part. I would aim for the docking computer or the power plant. Both are instant kill and don't send them tumbling. (and thus their guns facing to you instead of you being behind them.)

Loadout:
(gimballed)
Two class one multicannons
One class two multicannon
One class two Beam laser
Chaff launcher
Point Defense turret

Military grade composite
Class A3 powerplant
Class D3 thrusters (were C3)
Class B3 FSD
Class A2 Life support
Class A3 Power Distributor
Class D3 sensors
Class B3 Shield Generator
FSD interdictor
Fuel Scoop
Cargo rack 4

It feels fairly balanced, but I wish I could do more hull damage. Considering putting cannons on it.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Some weird/neat things I saw on my trip to ross 780 today.
I liked how the blue star looked on the blue hauler dash.

:awe:

Weird planet of nothingness

Neat binary star system

MOAR neat HUDs

That star is a different system but really close for one

Then this oval was RIGHT IN FRONT of me as I dropped into the system.

It's the size of 623 earths but spins in half a day. That'll do it.

 

[ThinClient]

There's a reason I suggest the drive subsystems (yes there can be more than one) to someone who's new to combat.

When you target sub systems, in order to actually do damage to those sub systems, you have to actually hit the correct point on the hull where that subsystem resides. You can't just shoot at the ship with the selected subsystem targeted and magically watch that sub system take damage.

That's why you target the drive. Being behind them, you're looking right at the sub system that you're trying to destroy.

When it's gone, they just drift. They don't juke, they don't turn and burn, they don't anything. If they're EXTREMELY lucky, they might spin on an axis that puts their weapons across your shield for a second or two, but who cares? They're a sitting duck and you can blow them out of the sky before they can really do anything.

Certain ships allow you to basically shoot out the power generator just as easily because of where it is on the chassis. The Anaconda is one of these chassis. It's immediately in front of the engines and, because of the size of the ship, is incredibly easy to hit, insta-popping the ship as soon as the subsystem is destroyed.

Almost all other ships have the power plant in other places and it's considerably smaller and on a target that's moving considerably faster, making it much MUCH harder to hit.

If you can reliably shoot out the power plant on Vipers and Eagles, then you're a good enough pilot that you don't need to be asking for advice.

 

[QuantumPion]

Finally returned from exploring. Spent around 8 hours or so, only made about 2.5 million profit. It was very tedious and there wasn't much interesting to see except for 2 or 3 systems out of ~400.

 

[Nograts]

I really want to go into a coma for 6 months and come back to see where this game is at that point. On the other hand, I want to grind out credits like nobodies business because I know that it will probably be nerfed in the ground, and I want to be prepared for anything new and upcoming. It's a vicious circle of addiction.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

On my way to banki. 25 jumps. D:

 

[Artorias]

Can someone give me insight as to why this is not on Steam?

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Because they use their own launcher I guess. It works with the steam overlay and everything.

 

[Anteaus]

Can someone give me insight as to why this is not on Steam?

My guess is to avoid paying Valve a piece of the sales. Since it is online only, they don't really need to rely on Steam's DRM. Perhaps in the future they will use Steam to help sell the game, but for now I'm not sure its necessary.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

*sigh*

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Screw banki. No weapons to buy, too many people. Going to try BD+03 but if it's the same thing I'm abandoning ship and going back to ross 780.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Back to ross 780. :|

 

[ThinClient]

BTW, beautiful pics, Bubble!

I like your HUD color choices, too.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Watch out for the T tauri stars. Look scoopable but just send hate and heat.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

I found the founders world Just can't go there.

 

[flexy]

I played ED back in the BETA and didn't have time to play the retail version.

So I asked them for a refund and explained them my situation. I told them I feel like I paid for a game which I won't ever play.

To my amazement, they offered me a refund, not the entire $75 but $50. IMHO fair considering I did indeed spend some time with the game in the BETA.

I told them I don't want a refund any longer. I am VERY impressed since I really didn't expect them honoring my request seeing it's a digital download and who on Earth refunds games nowadays anyway?

I am now definitely looking into playing this (again) and my opinion about Frontier and ED certainly went up quite a bit because of this!

 

[ThinClient]

Aye, Frontier and David Braben are absolute angels.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Blatantly stolen from the subreddit. The song of the Elite player.
http://youtu.be/nMpkUe07ETw

 

[tedrodai]

NPC AI could use a little work. I was flying under a station on a steady velocity, about 1/2 throttle, and a security vessel scanned me then proceeded to loop around and fly directly at my ship. He ended up ramming me a few seconds later. I could have easily avoided it, but I was curious if he was smart enough to change direction...and he wasn't. I'm guessing those guys have a predefined flight path.

But also NPC ships entering/exiting the mailslot are pretty annoying.

I'm finally getting close to upgrading my Type 6 to a decently outfitted Asp for trading. I need a couple million more before I have enough to switch it out.

 

[Nograts]

NPC AI could use a little work. I was flying under a station on a steady velocity, about 1/2 throttle, and a security vessel scanned me then proceeded to loop around and fly directly at my ship. He ended up ramming me a few seconds later. I could have easily avoided it, but I was curious if he was smart enough to change direction...and he wasn't. I'm guessing those guys have a predefined flight path.

But also NPC ships entering/exiting the mailslot are pretty annoying.

I'm finally getting close to upgrading my Type 6 to a decently outfitted Asp for trading. I need a couple million more before I have enough to switch it out.

I'm about where you're at, I have just over 8 million in assets.

I'm finding myself playing less and less each day; I used to be able to get 4-5 hours in no problem, and now it's like....I do a few trades and I'm done. I don't know, it's just lacking something.

I may have to take a break soon....

 

[ZGR]

Just bought this game and having a lot of fun with it. I traded in my Sidewinder for an Adder and want to try Mining or trading a little more. Being a pirate or a bounty hunter sounds like a lot of fun, but I want to get the Fer de Lance before I go back to combat.

This game makes me want a 4K monitor really badly!

 

[Nograts]

Yeah I'm itching for an oculus but my wife would probably make fun of me even more and post videos of me on facebook

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Yeah I'm itching for an oculus but my wife would probably make fun of me even more and post videos of me on facebook

Been there, done that. Totally worth it (even with DK2's flaws). Besides, you can always just delete the FB pics later :awe:

 

[Red Storm]

Contemplated launching ED just now, but because I don't really have any current goals in the game I ended up not playing. This game is lacking... content. Other than trading, fed-ex quests, and combat, there's nothing to do. Exploration really needs to be expanded. I want to see derelict ships/stations that we can explore (as one example).