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Anyone managed to scan a private beacon? I found a few of these with associated messages requesting the data, but they told me to use my data link scanner on them and this just didn't work at all. Got within range, pressed R2 and nothing happens. I've used the data link scanner before so I know how it works.
Used a few more mats on the AspX's FSD, it's up to 45 now. I think 60 is about the maximum, but I'm not sure what's possible without the Guardian FSD booster.
a story to tell down the pilot’s lounge!
If only there were a pilot's lounge or a bar or some way to get out of your ship or even your frigging chair!
Some distress calls are people being attacked by pirates. The signal source should have a threat level beside it.
Yes but none of the traders I found had anything I wanted. I had stuff to trade.
Mols, I'm not sure you are getting how material trading works.
The traders have everything, but you need to exchange materials for the stuff you want.
So say you want Arsenic. You can trade other raw materials you have for it - the exchange rate depends on the grade and category of material.
The materials in Arsenic's catergory are Rhenium > Arsenic > Mercury > Polonium
Trading down the way gets you 3 for 1. So if you trade Mercury for Arsenic you get 3 Arsenic.
Trading up the way gets you 1 for 6. So you need 6 Rhenium to give you 1 Arsenic
You can also trade cross categories but the exchange rate is 1 for 6. So 6 of any grade 2 material will get you 1 Arsenic and you would need 36 grade 1 from another category to give you 1 Arsenic.
Like everything in engineering its needlessly complicated and a bit grindy.
The easy thing to do is fine a good source of high grade materials and then just trade for everything
And ironically mercury and polonium are easier to find than arsenic, which is easier again than rhenium. Good job one polonium would get you 27 rhenium.
If you want polonium geologicals go to Onyama or Avarigines, planets 2 2A and 3 A respectively. Nearish to Borann.
If you mean the ones at degraded signals they scan when you select them, in exactly the same way as a nav beacon. What they drop appears in blue text in the upper right. Often they send you a message but I have never done anything with it other than delete. Further scanning the private beacon does nothing. You see the same blue text appear when you scan wakes or ships that have something in them.
Matt
The traders have everything, but you need to exchange materials for the stuff you want.
I went to the trader, and it said 'Arsenic: 0'
Other stuff had numbers next to the name, but not Arsenic. It was greyed out and would not let me click on it.
The traders have everything, but you need to exchange materials for the stuff you want.
I do know how trading works as a general concept 🙂
EDIT: it seems that number next to the material isn't the stock they have, it's how much you can buy based on what you have. FFS what a ridiculous idea. Imagine if CRC knew your bank balance and would only show you stuff that you could afford. How would you know what they had available so you could come back?
And ironically mercury and polonium are easier to find than arsenic, which is easier again than rhenium. Good job one polonium would get you 27 rhenium.
Yeah the distribution of mats is really patchy. I just cheat and fly out to the crystal shard system and fill up on all the high grade raw materials.
Used a few more mats on the AspX’s FSD, it’s up to 45 now. I think 60 is about the maximum, but I’m not sure what’s possible without the Guardian FSD booster.
45ly is pretty good without the the Guardian FSD booster. According to coriolis.io if you min-max and engineer the hell out of it you will get 55ly without a booster carrying normal exploration gear
I have an SRV bay with two Scarabs so it's not quite as light as it could be; I still have a shield generator too.
I might consider taking an AFMS so I can do supercharged jumping, cos I'm an impatient sort.
I went to the trader, and it said ‘Arsenic: 0’
Other stuff had numbers next to the name, but not Arsenic. It was greyed out and would not let me click on it.
That's what you have! not what they have 🙂
So click on arsenic and then look at what you have big quantities of to trade for Arsenic, using the ratios I explained above.
They are not so much of a trader as an alchemist who enables you to turn stocks of one element into another.
Matt
Right, just went back to try it and I apparently can click on it, and I could indeed trade anything for it just the exchange rate varied. Not sure why it didn't work before - but when using remote play I did have issues with certain buttons stopping working until I restarted remote play.
So the Anaconda's drive is max engineered, still only get 27Ly range but that's cos it's packed with gear.
This game is VAST. Slightly overwhelmed by it really. Spent about 30mins this morning not sure what to do next so decided to get into mining to make some money and upgrade. A fair bit of trial and error with various mining tools and was about to give up when I managed to crack open an asteroid for some Alexandrite on about the 10th attempt. Was certain I was going to get jumped on when going to sell it but managed to get to a pace with a good price and had a nice little route going.
Currently about to upgrade to a Asp Explorer to do some mining and exploring while having a bit more defence. Also want to get some more engineers but it's a big place and a lot to do.
I suppose the benefit of different ships is you can go mining in one, make some money and then go off in another to do some exploring etc.
Haven't even considered the faction and political side yet. Not sure where to start and what it means.
i'm beginning to hate this game.
Just picked up my third lot of meta alloys after a cargo hatch malfunction jettisoned the last lot.
My ships so far:
Asp X for exploring, got no weapons but two scarabs
Krait Mk2 for combat, if I ever get around to it
Anaconda for mission running or trading
The thing is, am I better off doing combat missions in the Anaconda? Probably less fun to fly but otoh it can have fighters.
The only other ships I can imagine needing are a passenger liner and a pure trader. Maybe some other ship, a FdL maybe would be better than the Krait.
Perchy was that during an attack?
@Bushwacked Core mining is the civilised choice, not like this smash and grab surface mining that goes on in Borann!
My advice is not to get hung up on doing everything at once, if you find things that you want to do write them down, make a list and pick them off one by one. There is no rush to get to any particular point.
With regard to the faction stuff, I have signed up with Terra-Ex Astro Corp. They are a group based around Down 2 Earth Astronomy (Youtube). There are people behind the scenes who are determining what actions to take and they send orders each day. They are great at giving pointers, so I am going to apply the stuff I learn from them at my home system.
Matt
Perchy was that during an attack?
Nope, heat damage from fuel scooping and trying to charge the FSD at the same time.
Pilot error.
I have literally lost count of the times I've done that. A 6A scoop means you can transit the star so quickly it happens a lot less.
Matt
The 0 threat distress calls that I’ve answered have either been for fuel or repair. I’d put a repair drone in but wasn’t sure how it worked, but it was just like collectors drone, so very easy. Not much reward just a bit of improved relations and good karma.
Planet heavy landing was something like 1.6 G, I hadn’t realised I needed to check, just couldn’t slow down quickly enough. I’ve taken a YouTube instruction course so might have a better idea for next time.
I had the same problem at the materials trader with what I thought was no stock, and I was on a remote connection as well, so that’s useful to know. Finally found some arsenic on Deciat 4, just need more stuff for L5.
I really really want VR, and after watching this I want it even more:
Greetings Commanders
Another noob joining the fray (CMDR Eisler in-game). For me it's a return to PC gaming after nearly 20 years (had never heard of Steam until a few weeks ago!!) - mainly because of this thread and nostalgia for a lost summer in the mid 1980's zooming around space via a BBC B+. Thanks for all the advice on the thread, I'll try to contribute anything useful I learn. But as said before, this game is HUUUUUUGE. The Galaxy map blows my mind.
I'm harmless in combat, a dealer in trade and pathfinder for exploration. 0 ranks but 55% friendly with the Federation (3% Empire - I don't care, I'll take their cash!!). So far I've bagged a few bounties in my Sidewinder helping The Law, then upgraded to a stripped down Hauler to do some exploration & scanning and recently bought an AspX for some core mining but filled the 96T hold with a few runs of military grade fabric netting anywhere between 4.5k and 8k per ton profit. Still only got a measly 5.5million in the bank.
Currently I'm making my way to Borann (in solo) with a plan to make some cash to get a Cobra mk3 and maybe a Python before I just go for a wander, do a few missions, upskill my killin' skills and have a pop at A rating & engineering.
Once I get the hang of the key bindings and a dodgy joystick that has a constant slow yaw to the right (calibration does nothing) I'll maybe think about Open play and wings.
Fly safe, o7
o7 CMDR
A nice evening spent murdering pirates tonight in the Krait with ease. Even killed an Elite pirate cos he was only in an Eagle for some reason and didn't last long at all under fire.
Found a lot of materials but still looking for some data to get the AspX fully engineered.
@perchypanther I always fly with power to the cargo hatches cut. Apart from anything else it means you have more power in reserve.
Had a few overheats whilst scooping, I only have a 1B but it's plenty for the Cobra, still find myself getting ahead of myself and starting to charge occasionally. Only taken 3% off this trip though so doing okay so far.
Decided to take the long road home, another dogleg back to Flic, I'll dump the data I've gathered at Farseer and get on with grinding materials until I get bored and go on another trip. I like the open endedness of it all, the grind isn't as harsh when it's all in your own time and on your own terms.
Explorers, are you filtering your route by star type?
Game-changing! 😀
Nope, heat damage from fuel scooping and trying to charge the FSD at the same time.
Pilot error.
See when you jump into a system and start scooping as you skirt round the star, if you look at you radar there will be a big red blob representing the star. As soon as it goes yellow you are out of the hot zone and won't over heat while jumping.
Always have a heat sink launcher in case you get too close to the star and get pulled out of supercruise. You'll need to pop a heatsink to stop from getting damaged as you jump away from the star.
@crewlie what materials do you need, I can point you in the direction of geologicals for most.
Mixed bag for me last night. Completed three wing delivery missions for TEAC in the space cow (for 1 they wanted 668t, so I had room to spare!) got promoted to 'cadet' by the Feds and found some proto radiolic alloys completely by chance.
On the flipside one of the wing missions forced (long story) me to land on a planet base get some cargo. Crewlie, I'll see your 1.6G and raise you a 2.2, in the space cow. I had a smack before a very heavy landing (before I checked the G to be fair). On take off I tried to jump to the next system, which was just above the horizon and the G pulled me back in. Kaboom, another space cow gone and another 9.5M Cr! The reward I chose was double INF and REP, so only 10M Cr. Ah well easy come easy go.
Matt
Binned off my explore after only a couple of thousand LY. Decided to grind the engineers for a bit instead so I can’t stretch the legs of my FSD
Game-changing! 😀
Totally, while I was waiting for a new PC to arrive to play the game I watched LOTS of YouTube on this. And yes, the KGBFOAM filter was the first I applied. It was tip #14 in the video below. I like his tip #45 - fly at over 200 through the mailslot and they can't scan you so you can carry slaves/contraband. Not had the guts to try that one yet 😉
I focused mainly on combat - trying out those Grade 5 Beams I unlocked.
I flew to Bolg which has a Compromised Nav Beacon and had some fun.
I'd really like to work my way up to Combat Elite, but its going to be a long slog I read this on the Elite Wiki
It takes approximately 2,225 experience points to go from Deadly to Elite Combat ranking. This equals 1,780 Elite kills, or approximately 2,400 kills based on a more average distribution of ships
I'm currently "Master" and it goes Master > Dangerous > Deadly > Elite
According to my in game stats I've claimed just over 700 bounties and maybe a hundred more kills from combat zones. From Master to Elite is probably going to take 4,000 kills!
@Kato I think I may have mentioned geologicals on this thread before, Polonium in Avarigines and Onyama. Each Po will get you 9 arsenic at a trader.
Matt
Cheers Matt
fly at over 200 through the mailslot and they can’t scan you so you can carry slaves/contraband. Not had the guts to try that one yet
Well it's either going to go one way or the other isn't it?
Does going stealth not also work?
Might have some fun in the borrowed Sidewinder when I get back.
fly at over 200 through the mailslot and they can’t scan you so you can carry slaves/contraband. Not had the guts to try that one yet
I've done this.
Approach the station from mail slot side, Use the docking Computer and when it's got you lined up straight, hit the throttle but don't touch the stick. As long as there isn't anyone directly in front of you you'll shoot straight through and can hit the brakes as soon as you're in and the docking computer'll take over again.
It's much easier on the way out again.
I'm going to fit a DC in the space cow, just to try this out. Mine doesn't even make 200 without boost!
I tried docking with silent running on, but I think you need a heatsink to keep the temperature really low. As squirrelking said, a job for sidey.
Matt
The DC is just for accuracy of lining up.
It'll also take over and (hopefully) avoid an internal crash when you throttle down again after you get in.
I did it in my Cobra which is quick enough and small enough to pull it off.
Wouldn't fancy it in a Beluga
@perchypanther Good idea with the DC for recovering things once you're inside.
Just had my first go at core mining. Resulted in a rebuy. Found a core, eventually figured out the seismic charges, detonated, yay, fragments of LTD, move in for the goodies, going far too fast, smash into the bits while trying to remember the buttons for limpets. On the upside all the YT videos payed off, the first (& only!) asteroid I prospected was a LTD core. Ding, ding round 2.
@son-of-mike at that rate you'll only need about 25 limpets per 100t cargo capacity, feeling brave? Are you mining at Borann?
Matt
@matt_bl Yes, in Borann, solo mode. 2nd outing more successful, 23 tons (96T capacity), getting the hang of it, need to learn thrusters. 125LY to best sell (14.5LY jump range just now), 11 jumps to destination. Chances of me making it there with my LTD's??
Does anyone know if you swap out a module and put it in storage if you have to go back to the port where it was stored or if you can pick the same module up at a different port?
I used to play Elite on a spectrum a while back - is it fair to say the game has developed a bit since then?
And what about this idea, say you're outfitting a ship in a cheap location (e.g. LYR space), you have some empty modules and some spare cash. Can you fill up those module spaces, fly on to some other location where the module prices aren't discounted and then sell the excess modules for a profit? You're effectively the filling the unused module slots and using them as cargo space.
Anono - I used to play on a amstrad 6128, yeah, it's changed a bit.
Busy week over, lashed out 2k ly In a couple of hours and plan to do another 2k before the beer makes me chill.
You've been mining in Borann, that's the side scam, until the fleet carrier release.
Matt
True, but I haven't sold my LTDs yet, just on the way to do that now - just after I've counted my chickens before they've hatched!! 🙂
Now that was crap.
1 jump out to go sell the 225LTD i just mined in my Type-10 Defender, get jumpoed by a Fed Gunship, fine i can kill that easily.
He is at 30% when he take out my powerplant and i can do nothing but just sit there and wait for him to blow me up.
@mikkel ouch. I'm chuffed I managed to sell my 23T for 38MCr just there.
Does anyone know if you swap out a module and put it in storage if you have to go back to the port where it was stored or if you can pick the same module up at a different port?
Looks like I just answered my own question, seems like "shared storage" and my stored modules are available in the new system. Nice.
Looks like I just answered my own question, seems like “shared storage” and my stored modules are available in the new system. Nice.
Ignore me, I'm wrong - they need transferred. Damn.