I would agree; there's a vast amount of content, but it's almost all exactly the same and generally grindy. That said, the actual core mechanics of ship flying and combat (particularly with a DK2) are very good. I just don't start up Elite simply because I'm in busy season and have no time to grind, and recently even to pop into my Viper and troll the RES.
Yes they got the core mechanics down, and that is really the only reason why I still play the game. Simply flying around in space is a nice little stress reliever for me. But it just magnifies everything that the game still lacks.
One thing in particular I haven't seen yet is any kind of detailed explanation on weapon stats. For example: Are two class 2 beam lasers better than four class 1 beams? What about Multi-cannons or cannons? Does anyone know what the actual damage stats are?
For weapon size, 1 medium = ~2.5 small and 1 large = ~2.5 medium weapons of the same type. There is a damage penalty for using smaller weapons against larger ships. Medium weapons do 50% damage to large ships and small weapons do 50% less damage to medium ships (and 75% less to large ships). The penalty does not apply to shields, only hull damage. Gimballed weapons do 25% less damage than fixed weapons.
Energy weapons do more damage against shields and kinetic weapons do ore damage against hull. Some weapons do more damage to systems than others (e.g. rail guns) although I'm not sure about hard numbers on that part.
Interesting. So when picking a loadout for my Asp, going 2 medium fixed beam lasers and 4 small multi-cannons seems to be one of the better setups then? The beams chew through the shields, and the multi-cannons eat up the hull.
If you bothered reading the thread, this exact topic and loadout is already covered and expanded upon.
Interesting. So when picking a loadout for my Asp, going 2 medium fixed beam lasers and 4 small multi-cannons seems to be one of the better setups then? The beams chew through the shields, and the multi-cannons eat up the hull.
No that is not the preferred loadout unless you like to rely on beams for ammo conservation reasons. As I said, small weapons get a damage penalty against hulls of larger ships but not shields. Therefore it would be better to have medium multicannons and small lasers. On the Asp I prefer the two fixed small beams in the center hardpoints which are easy to hit with and then 2 medium and 2 small multicannons.
If you knew it was bugged why on earth did you try to land lol. I would have just jumped to another station or logged out.
I did lose my clipper once to a bug, just blew up and died instantly inside the station with no warning. I think they fixed that bug though luckily.
I didn't know what would happen and neither do you, so stfu troll.
I've seen loitering warnings while passing through the atmospheric boundary and have them go away a second or two later. I thought this is what would occur again.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TRY TO FLY TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, HMMMMMM?? LAWL LOLOL LOOOL
LAWL U MAD BRO? :awe:
I'd totally gone through as well, been all like "I'm sure they have the wrong Asp...must be a mistake..."
I've only had loitering when I go to the wrong pad or something. Never in the mail slot. Wierd
I didn't know what would happen and neither do you, so stfu troll.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TRY TO FLY TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, HMMMMMM?? LAWL LOLOL LOOOL
Uh...if anyone else was getting erroneous pad loitering warnings they would have assumed they were about to get killed and left right away.
Anyone over the age of 13 could have seen that coming. You are a moron lol.
Ignoring erroneous loitering warnings is not the same thing as dying instantly out of the blue due to a server error. You only have yourself to blame. :|