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Go to the mission board at the station you’ve arrived at, the faction you have done the mission for should be highlighted. Click on it and it should show the mission at the top with a complete button. Click that and get paid.
On a side note, when doing delivery missions you have to actually collect the cargo from the mission giver rather than buy it. Learnt that the hard way when I selected the amount I had to take and didn’t click “add to hold” so promptly flew off leaving the cargo behind. The outer space version of leaving your shopping at the checkout.
I think I’ve accepted a mission, flown to the space port it wanted me to, and can see no way of completing the mission.
What kind of mission?
Some you get the money remotely, some you have to go back to the original station. Also, when you accept the mission you don't automatically get the stuff - you have to click in and collect it but you have to move the slider all the way to the end and THEN click collect - it's really easy to mess this up and end up in your situation, I've done it loads.
Aaa, found the mission board - ta! 🙂
Christ, I'm crap at combat.
Well, initiating and killing.
The inbetweeny bit where I'm shooting lots is fine.
Ship upgraded, quite rich and now looking to get to earth.
Presume you can?
You need a permit to enter the Sol system. You get one by completing missions for the federation until your rank is high enough with them.
Too tip: The Sol system is fun to have a look around but don't play it in open its full of gankers waiting to ruin your day
Cheers, I'm only going to get the trophy, then on to sagatarius A for the next.
In the process of downloading this. Use to love the original and sadly use to fill in the pilot's log religiously.
I just know I'm going to be shit at this though.
I think I best install this on my spare ps4 too as the main TV is used by the Mrs. 🙁
#humblebrag 😉
Friend request sent Mol...
Currently 75% off on Steam, £4.99 for vanilla or £9.99 for the Commander Pack with Horizons.
I'll be having me some of that...
Guessing it’s quite graphics hungry and wouldn’t run on a bog standard Windows 10 laptop?
It claims to run on an AMD HD7250 which is about 8 years old so...
...maybe?
I have an HD7850, I'll let you know how I get on.
Minimum spec is quad core 2.0Ghz and 6GB RAM, I have Quad 3.0 and 8 GB.
Any interest in forming a wing to pop the trophy?
Okay, 2 hours in. Did the first mission and grabbed a couple of courier missions as well then finally figured out how to scoop cargo. My god it's big, this is like Tachyon on steroids.
Perchy, it flung everything to high settings on my computer automatically, you should probably get by. I could test it on my laptop if you like?
Any interest in forming a wing to pop the trophy?
Totally; but PS4 here.
Cmdr V8ninety
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PS4 here too.
I'll try and work out how to find/link in with you.
I'll join a wing for a bit. Usually playing around 8.30pm. Drop me a PSN message, I have it on my phone.
I'm currently looking for something to do having finished milking the boom in the system I was in and upgraded my new ship a fair bit. I had the engineer invite from Farseer and now trying to find meta alloys without 'cheating' too much. That involves a 300Ly detour to the Pleiades, so I'm dragging my feet a bit.
Even with my upgraded ship I got my arse handed to me even in a low intensity combat zone. I really don't think I have my loadout and my combat process sorted out.
I had two turreted beam lasers but they took too much power and slowed down; and then fragment cannons which rarely fired because I was too far away or they were in the wrong 0place, not sure which. Now back to pulse lasers and cannons.
I need to take some easy missions to practice killing. On the high value ones I always run away from fights cos the cargo is too valuable and the fine is too big.
Mol, I’m next available for winging it on 3rd, 4th and 5th 8pm till about 1am if you’re about. I’m currently blatting about in a Cobra kitted for multirole work, have mostly run risky supply missions. Where shall we RVP bud?
Right.
One of today’s jobs is to install this on my second PS4 so I can jump between the 2 depending what rubbish the Mrs wants to watch. 😂
Are you Drac on PSN mate?
Ignore; found ya 😎👍🏼
3rd 4th 5th April I assume.
My hood is currently the Rho Cancri system and around.
Jumped into an AspX, kitted it for mining and spent the day learning I'm rubbish at it. 60k profit.
Reformatted to long range and currently scooting 220ly to a good mining spot. Have gained the midshipman rank so Sol is open now for the trophy drop (opposite direction to where I'm going though).
Supposedly a good way to earn cash as forming a wing is 10mill.
Fired this up yesterday.
I have completed a few of the easier missions. Courier jobs seem to be good value, compared to trading with a 4t cargo hold.
I have tried to get involved in a couple of fights, but discretion has been the better part of valour (running away) once it has all started going south. My dreams of being a big time bounty hunter are still looking a long way off. Perhaps a ship upgrade (hey it is like bikes!).
Matt
I seem to keep running out of fuel and dying. 🙁
That's the easiest thing to avoid. Even the Sidewinder holds plenty of fuel, just refuel everywhere you go.
My AspX is nearly maxed out. I was still getting hammered in combat, then I realised that there's more to combat than simply buying the more expensive weapons. I had bought turreted beam lasers for everything thinking that although they have lower damage they'd spend so much more time on target that it would balance out. However I was really struggling to land hits on my targets despite that. Then I realised that the hardpoints on the AspX are poorly placed. Four of them are under the front of the ship, but since cockpit visibility in all the ships tends to be above the plane of view not below I end up pulling up to track my targets - this means that the hardpoints are occluded most of the time, I have to be pointing nearly at the target and hence turreted weapons are quite useless. So I swapped four of them for gimballed beam lasers that have double the damage. I also noticed that the gimballed lasers were confused by chaff which they tend to drop when running away at which point they tend to be manoeuvring less (at least at the lower levels) so I've also gone for two fixed mount lasers for chasing people down.
Previously it took me several minutes to get on top of mostly harmless enemies; now they get six beam lasers in the face and immediately start reconsidering their life choices. Six beam lasers deplete my weapon charge quite quickly, but if I save up til I have a good shot lined up it delivers a lot of damage for that one shot. The lesson here is really think about your loadout and what's actually firing and hitting. I'm suddenly way more confident in combat.
Another couple of tricks I've learned when dealing with the lower class enemies: I submit to interdiction then immediately turn around and start flying backwards which gives me lots of time to get the guy in my sights and hit them a bit. With this loadout they take enough damage that they then start to turn away which means I can get in behind. Another tip is to drop out of cruise as soon as you get the 'Ah, there you are!' message in chat. You have to wait 10-20s for them to find you during which time you can get your weapons out (fnarr), and they always seem to drop out of cruise about 100m or so in front of you and slightly to the right. This gives you an advantage as you can get in behind straight away.
Thanks molgrips, I'll give this a go when I spec out my new ship.
Until then, back to delivering stuff!
Matt
This is a fiver on Steam until the 3rd of April or a tenner with some DLC included (I think).
Yup, I got the commander pack the other day with Horizons.
On advice I just downloaded the manual so I have plenty of reading material. Tried a mining mission yesterday and ended up lost, watching a firefight and earned a fine after picking up stolen cargo. Oh well.
On PC manual docking and takeoff is easy enough, might store the assist and free up some resources. Definitely quicker to get out without auto launch, landing is slightly slower but not much and I'll get better.
I'm sQUIRRELKING. in game, stupid name input doesn't switch between lower and upper case until you get in game and realise you made an arse of it.
I'm downloading it now. Can you just potter on in it, like being a taxi driver/flyer or something? Kind of like Rimmer in his Better Than Life scenario where he ends up on a rainy picnic in a Morris Minor with a wife and two awful kids? 🤣
Yes you can potter. You can avoid combat for the most part, and even if you get stopped by pirates you can just give them your stuff.
Can you just potter on in it, like being a taxi driver/flyer or something?
The great thing about this game is you can generally play it how you want.
Trading and passenger missions is very much as you describe above.
Or if it takes your fancy, combat gets the pulse racing.
Different ships are suitable for different tasks, so at first the best thing is to concentrate on trading and trading missions and making cash.
I am so tempted to buy a HOTAS controller for this. £75 though
Jesus wept, it's nowhere near as easy to pick up and play as the first one, is it? It looks lovely but it's just not my cuppa at all- my fault because I'm nowhere near patient enough to learn how to play it 😐 Are there any games like this that are a bit easier to get into? I love a space game but my attention span is probably more 'Star Wars arcade' than 'flight sim'.
Kayla - I'd say it's about the same for the simple fly and trade, maybe easier as you have a docking computer to start.
Use The eddb website to help with trading.
I found doing the delivery missions the easiest - pick up stuff, fly to place, profit.
Cheers for the fighting advice - I'm useless too, and just avoid, so much so I have no weapons ATM.
Think I have twigged how to surface mine, made just over a mill in 2 hours. Learning how to set up fire sets and how to switch between made the most difference.
Make some more cash this evening and then start trying to work out how to split the asteroids open.
@kayla1 have a look at No Man's Sky. Played that through as did my wife - we played the same game which was fun. Beautiful and fantastical but fairly lightweight. Elite meets Minecraft meets mescaline.
Oh and whilst the user interface is confusing and a bit poor tbh, and there is a lot to learn at first it's really not all that hard after a few hours play even though it looks daunting.
I'm trying to use an Xbox One controller, is that the wrong way to go about it?
Just trickier than a keyboard where you can dedicate keys to one task.
I'm on the the PS4 and like you the buttons can flick between jobs, you can set most up to how you like.
It's only now I've started mining that have needed to bother with it though.
I’m trying to use an Xbox One controller, is that the wrong way to go about it?
I’m using a standard XBox controller too. I am a bit fingers and thumbs with it, when it comes to combat. I don’t know if that’s because of lack of practice or whether using a standard controller compromises your total control of the ship. Although I am an elite trader and almost elite explorer, I am only at Novice on combat.
My game progression so far, has been to earn lots of cash doing the trade and explore missions, so that when I finally turn my attention to combat, I can afford a decent engineered combat ship and the many rebuys I’ll no doubt need. If I struggle with the standard controller, I might upgrade to an Xbox elite controller. They ain’t cheap though.
Been playing on average once a week, for 2 years now, so it is a long term committment.
Are there any games like this that are a bit easier to get into? I love a space game but my attention span is probably more ‘Star Wars arcade’ than ‘flight sim’.
As I said earlier, if you're PC-based then to my mind the peak of the genre was Freespace. Readily available from GOG and there's a load of updated modules for it.
If I struggle with the standard controller, I might upgrade to an Xbox elite controller.
Thrustmaster do a HOTAS stick for the Xbox now.
I’m trying to use an Xbox One controller, is that the wrong way to go about it?
If you're on PC then hell yes. Keyboard and mouse is a million times easier. Flight controls are QWERASDF and everything else is punch as needed. I picked it up in no time and I'm usually ham fisted with flight.
I'm looking at HOTAS but a T.16000M setup. £100 from Box or Amazon or £155 with the yaw pedals which I would actually use for other games if they're compatible with a wheel.
On PS4 I find there are nowhere near enough buttons, even with all the double combinations you have to remember.
The old BBC version with the potentiometer joystick was always the best
I'm running it now on Xbox, getting used to the controls without too many issues, hunting pirates atm
That's bold of you...