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Great stuff, bloody pirates! Glad you got away. Typically one hatchbreaker will take 6-7t but I wouldn't rely on it.
I got lucky and two of them were in the station when I arrived. I just docked at high speed and banked the cash!
Matt
Managed to squeeze a mining sesh in before the kids school time this morning; I’m very aware of the 9/6/20 ‘everything changes’ deadline. Prices back down to 1.1mil/tonne, unfortunately but still got 200+ mil for my 193t load. Uneventful save a poor attempt at an interdiction by an NPC. Pushed me into trading ‘Elite’ too, which was nice 😎
Congrats on the Elite!
It's quite a 'shock' when you only get 1.1M per ton! I took the opportunity to unlock an engineer while selling my LTDs so a constructive evening.
Not sure what the hell I'm going to do with the increased range on my sensors, but it pushed me up to level 5 access.
Matt
10 Billion Cr per leg, grind for all your worth. Borann here we come!
Matt
Bought an Anaconda, kitted it out as best I could with the kit / funds available, loaded up with 400 tons of cargo on my regular Federation rank grinding route.
Got interdicted 3 times, lost twice.
It's just too slow and cumbersome.
9 million rebuy first trip out and lost all the cargo. Bah!
I feel the same about the Anaconda, mine’s been in the garage pretty much since it’s first outing. I should really get it out and have another go.
So what is the trick to route finding to far away places?
Want to go to colonia but can't plot a route.
ohh and this
I feel the same about the Anaconda
Grade 5 dirty drag drives are your friend in this situation I think. You should try a type 9 with D rated thrusters if you want the Anaconda to feel sprightly!
That update looks (literally) game changing. Wow 🤩
I love my Anaconda. If you get interdicted, submit then boost away and jump out - not much can interdict you. But I normally stop and fight, I've not yet had anything I couldn't finish off with 7 hardpoints worth of pew pew.
Grabbed another 250m and I think I'm done with Borann for a while. I'm off to Shinrarta Dezhra to spend some of my 1.2bn credits.
Best thrusters you can find and engineer them, more important than the drive. If you are going to fight it four pips to engines, then switch across to sys if you lose.
I am about 50:50 with no engineering in the Space Cow.
I don't think a 'conda is the solution to every problem in the game, but it does seem to solve many of them!
Matt
Went shopping. Bought a Fer de Lance and A-rated everything. Went looking for pirates and tbh struggled a bit. The ship turns reasonably well but doesn't actually change direction, it drifts more than Ken Block. I could come around to point at my pursuer and still be going backwards, even with FA on. Took a few hits, decided to return to base so my wife could watch telly, and then realised I had not actually upgraded the thrusters. So maybe later I'll take it out again.
Also bought a Beluga just for the laughs. It's really nice but utterly massive. Like flying around space in an exclusive airport lounge. Such a shame I can't get up and walk around in it and help myself to the hospitality.
Sounds like you've all been busy. I pretty much only read this thread on STW these days 🙂
I took a break from mining at Borann in my AspX to kit out a Cobra mk3 and do some missions for the Feds. I'm keen on the permit for Sol. Made it to Recruit so far and lined up as many missions as I could in an area, got quite confusing remembering where I was meant to go next. Then some NPC was sent to hunt me down - he failed, I hightailed it from the fight as my FSD was already charged. I'll get back into the mining before the deadline, I could use the top up to my cash, "only" about 300Mcr left in the bank. Plan is for a Python and something for dogfights to get my rating away from Mostly Harmless. Once I'm half decent at anything I might join in some of your multi-crew/wing action.
@mikkel - yes, I've been watching some of the analysis of the new Odyssey release for next year. I quite like the look of it but I'm not much of a 1st/3rd person shooter fan. I prefer space flight simulations, although I'd be very interested if base building came into it and it worked a bit like Sim City - zone it, set taxes, provide utilities, manage the population & resources. I just can't believe how utterly VAST this game/simulation is.
Right, time to get some limpets and head back to Borann!
o7 CMDRs
Once I’m half decent at anything I might join in some of your multi-crew/wing action.
You don't need to be good at anything. Just join for a laugh. I don't think V8ninety or Matt actually hit anything in their (my) fighters, I kept them safe with my 4E burst laser 🙂
I’m keen on the permit for Sol.
Canopus and Exphiay.
Run data courier missions and any cargo missions and always choose the reward with most rep.
When you get a Fed Navy mission, log in and out of the mission board until you get an easy one to rank up.
I got the Sol permit in a few hours
yea im am not sure what it will add to the game as it is either, but looks cool.
My favourite game of all time is the old Sony Star Wars massive online game, before they nerfed and killed it. It had it all. space flight/fights, building towns the best crafting system ever in any multiplayer game. People actually wrote their own server code and still run it to this day in its pre nerf version but looks sooo dated, wish someone would redo that game with new fancy graphics and i would be begging work to furlough me on 50% pay lol
yea im am not sure what it will add to the game as it is either, but looks cool.
Missions will involve sneaking around and stealing things, or an assault of some kind. Sounds good to me. You will be able to not choose those missions, as you are able to pick and choose now.
I'm not sure about base building. You can build to your heart's content in No Man's Sky but they don't actually do anything - all you can do is sit by the window in cosy comfort and watch the storm rage outside. In VR. Which is cool, but that's all there is to it.
When you get a Fed Navy mission, log in and out of the mission board until you get an easy one to rank up.
Is it not on a timer? Always seems to be on a 5 or so minute timer for me.
Is it not on a timer? Always seems to be on a 5 or so minute timer for me.
The normal mission board seems to refresh and change a few of the missions on a 10 minute loop.
This doesn't seem to apply to the naval rank missions though.
Once i've built up enough rep to generate the rank progression missions i've just been backing out of the mission board if it gives me a "We need 435 tons of wine from 22 jumps away" or "Go and kill 14 hard bastards" and jumping back in until I get a "Take this harmless data to the next system that you're going to anyway and have a nice cup of tea"
@son-of-mike get a python, without doubt the best ship in the game. It cam do literally everything and everyone should have at least one. At the minute I only have one, but I use that for mining (set-up for core and laser), light trading (200t capacity) and general bubble jumper. I reckon I fly it more than any other ship I have (maybe I'm in the space cow longer, but that's because it's so slow!).
Re dogfighting, get a Vulture, you can use it unengineered at nav beacons for a cheap rebuy, once you get a bit of engineering it will be a blast in combat zones. I have a Viper mkIII as well which is fun but you are forever managing shields and power priorities.
Of course this is the STW method of recommending what you already have! The Krait and Chieftain are also smokey alternatives.
Matt
get a python, without doubt the best ship in the game. It cam do literally everything and everyone should have at least one.
Anaconda owners might disagree with that... I've waded into CZs in mine (and felt pretty happy about it), I can do passenger missions, carry nearly 400T cargo, I can mine 280t at a time and still have loads of guns, I can get a 70Ly jump range so I can explore whilst also packing loads of extra kit, not sure there's anything I can't do. Ok so there is one downside - when chasing ships that run away, I can't keep up. So I either need more engineering on the thrusters, better flying, or missiles. Or all three.
I played with missiles again in last night's bounty hunting session they worked pretty well as a distance option.
Anybody had any luck finding modular terminals for Marco Quent?
Actually having read about it I might also need a Python 🙂
Ok so there is one downside – when chasing ships that run away, I can’t keep up.
Equally, and as I found out to my cost yesterday, when you're in your Anaconda and it's pitch rate is way too slow to win the interdiction mini-game and you drop out to find yourself being chased by heavily armed Pythons, you can't run away as their top speed exceeds your boost speed.
What did you do to get interdicted by Pythons? You must have a high combat rank which means you must've been playing the game a lot more than me cos you started later!
Nope, Mostly Harmless Combat rank.
What did you do to get interdicted by Pythons?
Showed up in an Anaconda?
Stacking 20 Elite and Tycoon level trade / courier missions between Canopus and Exphiay to up my Federation rank.
Get interdicted by Deadly / Elite NPC Pythons and Anacondas on every trip.
Wasn't a problem in my engineered Python. Won every single interdiction.
I think the game mechanic is that, for mission generated NPC enemies, you get interdicted by a rank equivalent or one better than the mission you undertake. I suspect it's also driven, in part, by the type of ship you're in.
Elite level missions typically spawn pythons or condas, V8ninety helped me fight back when a load got sent after me.
@molgrips just noticed the didn't hit anything line! I distinctly remember hitting V8ninety twice, your conda and an asteroid, even if it wasn't with weapons.
Matt
What did you do to get interdicted by Pythons?
Showed up in an Anaconda?
Interesting, I usually get Cobras and the occasional Chieftan in my Anaconda. I do Elite delivery missions but I think that refers to trading rank not combat.
@molgrips just noticed the didn’t hit anything line! I distinctly remember hitting V8ninety twice, your conda and an asteroid, even if it wasn’t with weapons.
Hehe. It was a good laugh, just a shame that I couldn't fly a fighter.
It is definitely a fun part of the game. When Borann gets nerfed I'll get my 'vette and you can wing for me. You can watch in horror as your lift home goes down in flames!
Matt
You don’t need to be good at anything. Just join for a laugh.
Ha, I might just do that - I need to remember, it's a game - it's not real. We're not really getting blown up 🙂
@Perchypanther - top tip, noted. I'll give it a go. I got up to Cadet last night, was just looking for faction rep missions and noticed my 2nd Fed Navy data one, I thought I'd have to do a lot of missions to rank up but it seems the 2 missions ranked me up one level each time. Nice. When I get to Sol I'm going to look for the Voyager probes.
@matt_bl - yes, a Python is next on the shopping list 🙂 N+1 indeed. Recommened-what-you-have - LOLZ, STW in space. Will a Cobra mk3 take off if it's on a conveyor belt? Are we all wearing helmets in 3306? Sorry-Mate-I-Didn't-See-You in the space dock 🙂
I cracked on with Borann waaaaay too late last night. First rock was a core - then nothing for ages then 3 all in a row and 70+T of LTD's. Sold. Boom. Now I'm Tycoon.
@son-of-mike even I surface mine at Borann, you can't abandon a limpet without hitting a 30% rock out there. Having said that I do pulse wave scan as I drop in, just in case I land on a core.
Even better, if it's one of Molgrips fighters, you don't even pay rebuy! To be fair it seems the AI focuses on the main ship, the fighters could be tricksey to target.
[Edit] The modular terminals are mission rewards, I have only seen them (before I knew I needed them) for passenger missions.
Matthew
I don't think this counts as a thread hijack given the chat, so I'll just leave this here with the comment that I enjoyed the first programme of this BBC4 series;
@matt_bl - yes, a scattering of surface LTD's kept me ticking over. Very addictive, what's behind the next asteroid, is it a core? Nope, more false positives, keep looking. Still getting my eye in but when I spot them they're quite clear - big, lemon yellow space popcorns!
I thought I’d have to do a lot of missions to rank up but it seems the 2 missions ranked me up one level each time.
You keep building rep to rank up, even if you don't do the rank missions.
You can check on your progress toward the next rank in the right hand info screen under status.
Anybody had any luck finding modular terminals for Marco Quent?
Yes. You get them as mission rewards in systems with Industrial / Refinery.
Find a system with these and then rank up with local factions and there is a good chance they will be given out as rewards for any mission type.
Now assuming you have ranked up with Sirius Corporation to unlock Marco Qwent then you should have good reputation with that faction already. So pop along to Luyten's Star (which is an Industrial / Refinery system just down the road from Sirius) and have a look through the mission board at Ashby City and you might be in luck.
I need to remember, it’s a game – it’s not real. We’re not really getting blown up
Also if you're multi-crewing someone else's ship it's not even your money in the line 🙂
I need to engineer all my new ships so I'll be doing missions for mats next.
I need to engineer all my new ships so I’ll be doing missions for mats next.
High Grade Emissions and razzing round Dav's Hope in your SRV should give you enough to trade for whatever you need.
@son-of-mike yeah, I have a good eye with Icy. Nowhere near as happy with metallic, from what I can see the same shape (flattened avocado) does and doesn't give cores, so I have to look for a fissure at one end of a very large crystal shape. Takes much more time.
Qwent's annoying as he doesn't have G5 for anything, but he's a stepping stone for some serious upgrades.
Matt
found one of the online route planners and have set off towards Colonia.
25 sets of 20 jumps, done 5 so far and never been this far away from "home" before.
High Grade Emissions and razzing round Dav’s Hope in your SRV should give you enough to trade for whatever you need.
Ta.
Fly safe Mikkel, o7
Find us a nice ELW to build the STW base on.
Matt
Also considering going after some Guardian stuff. Anyone else interested in a wing trip?
got in range of plotting route in game, only 377 jumps go go 🙂