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quote:Patch Notes Are these real? I tried going through their patch note forum to find it before realizing that this was dumb, their forums were dumb, and everything is dumb. But if this is true, I'm probably not going to fly back out that way for a bit. Not sure how it is more immersive for kill missions to run concurrently. "Hey, I killed 4 people like you told me too!" "Well sorry CMDR, but those ones didn't count because they were part of the 12 that the other guy told you to kill, so no paycheck for you." "Hey, I'm the third guy; when you gonna get to killing those 36 people I asked you to, you haven't even started, wtf?" That's... not immersive and that's not fun. Which is probably why they are doing it?
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Dec 14, 2016 15:30
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It's a troll, but the content is p much what the brown sea desires. The bit about resolving counters sequentially was said by the devs to be something they can't solve easily, so they won't try for now. The real nerf to missions, coming January, is the impossibility to reroll the board. Now everyone gets the same 40 missions total, 20 passenger ones, with the caveat that the missions won't be irrelevant to you. Right now in the beta it's still a bit iffy what all of this means, but there's exactly a 20 missions/20 passenger split everywhere.
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Dec 14, 2016 15:33
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Chrysophylax posted:The bit about resolving counters sequentially was said by the devs to be something they can't solve easily, so they won't try for now.  Chrysophylax posted:Right now in the beta it's still a bit iffy what all of this means, but there's exactly a 20 missions/20 passenger split everywhere.
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Dec 14, 2016 15:43
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Yeah that 20 missions only is going to suck very much for some factions. Some places have tons of agents.
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Chrysophylax posted:It's a troll, but the content is p much what the brown sea desires. The bit about resolving counters sequentially was said by the devs to be something they can't solve easily, so they won't try for now. Oh joy 
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Dec 14, 2016 16:00
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Email just now about the chrome Cutter: "Bask in Style" At least someone at Frontier knows their fans...
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Chrysophylax posted:Right now in the beta it's still a bit iffy what all of this means, but there's exactly a 20 missions/20 passenger split everywhere. So 20 missions, and none will be locked for lack of cargo space, rep, etc. ? That could be somewhat helpful. What about the possibility of getting mining missions if my ship isn't equipped as a miner or combat missions when my ship is configured as a cargo hauler? Is their system smart enough to figure out that level of granularity? Oh who am I kidding, I know it won't be "smart" about anything.
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Dec 14, 2016 16:58
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sethimothy posted:Are these real? I tried going through their patch note forum to find it before realizing that this was dumb, their forums were dumb, and everything is dumb. But if this is true, I'm probably not going to fly back out that way for a bit. This thread has a long-standing tradition of facetious, fake patch notes, and for appreciating pleasant thermonuclear cascades. The sad thing is, the entitled shits who think Braben and co should let them and them alone dictate balance because they backed the game first would happily force the rest of us through those hoops with a nice side order of "as an '84er, gently caress you got mine  "
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Dec 14, 2016 17:18
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Chrome Cutter glamour shots: http://m.imgur.com/a/ZX0ny (Not mine but *checks notes* I could f*ck in that.)
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There's no wonder players are flocking to Draconis 17. I don't think players are greedy. Its just that it presents the possibility of playing the game, free from the one of the major grind elements and actually having fun with different ships and loadouts. There's already been talk of somehow stopping mission stacking, so Draconis 17 could be one of the last money grabs available. Poop hauling and others that came before all relied on this. I hope FDev takes notice and fills the gap, however I have little confidence this will happen. There's a money scaling problem in the game. The top end ships are extremely expensive but their capacity to make money is not much better than much cheaper ships. For example I could maybe make 3 million an hour in my A-rated Anaconda res hunting but that presents a huge risk in terms of the re-buy cost. One misfire at local security forces (and this has happened to me) could cost me a 24 million re-buy which is around 8 hours of play. Meanwhile I could be almost as effective in a Viper, picking off targets already engaged by security forces without the worry of losing my ship. Lack of money scaling also means that should I want another top end ship such as the Corvette, I have the grind all over again as my Anaconda isn't going to get me there much faster.
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Dec 14, 2016 18:24
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Chrome Cutter glamour shots: That is very pretty and I'd put down 5bux for a similar look on a ship I actually fly.
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That chrome Cutter may inspire me to start my Empire grind. What's the latest broken exploit for Imperial rank?
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INTJ Mastermind posted:That chrome Cutter may inspire me to start my Empire grind. What's the latest broken exploit for Imperial rank? Take something with cargo space (at least an AspE, but I'd recommend python or anaconda) to Aditi. Fit it with 8T of cargo space for mission rewards, and the rest passenger cabins. I recommend either 100% economy, or all economy with one big business class cabin. Do data delivery/passenger missions to Synuefe and back. Should be good to go.
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Dec 14, 2016 19:24
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It takes a loving age though, so pack a second monitor and a netflix subscription.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Chrome Cutter glamour shots: Oh they may actually get some money out of me. Just this one time.
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StarkRavingMad posted:Oh they may actually get some money out of me. Just this one time. just needs a POV shot of R2 fixing the engine while they run the blockade at Naboo
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Chrome Cutter glamour shots: We have a quorum. Official statement: We could gently caress in this.
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Dec 14, 2016 20:03
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Did one more round of missions at 17 Draconis, got like 40 million spacebux And I was only Friendly with them when I did this, if it's still available tomorrow I might get even better with a round of Allied level missions
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Dec 14, 2016 20:26
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I'm not kidding when I said I made over a billion dollars out there over the course of a few days. Granted my combat rating is Deadly but still.
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hannibal posted:This is a decent Reddit post on it but I'll write up a bit more detail, at least how I am doing it. Only a couple minor adjustments, but honestly, there is zero reason not to milk the poo poo out of this before it goes. Hardly takes any time, and you will save yourself a ton of pain and about half an inch of nose flesh (grindstone). 
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Dec 14, 2016 20:31
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HJE-Cobra posted:Did one more round of missions at 17 Draconis, got like 40 million spacebux My best sorty so far was 55.5mil. At Expert, I'm getting 1% combat rep per 70ish skimmers squashed. Only ~1000 more skimmers until I hit the next combat rank.
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Something different I'm doing this time around is that I'm not suiciding back to paradisio. Some missions give engineer commodities, including modular terminals, so I'm using a ship with enough cargo capacity to carry them all back to the bubble when this is all over. Last time draco went to war, I threw away enough modular terminals to unlock Qwent. This time I'm gonna make sure to keep all the mats for later use.
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Worth noting that you also get combat rank (at least up to Expert) from the skimmers, since they count as ships. So your rewards should increase as well. I noticed that sometimes the ship that's on the ground is like a master pilot flying an Eagle, and I figured it might be worth it to just blaze him and get some combat rank out of it. I don't know if it's a smart thing to do but I D-rated a python with 3 large MCs and 2 medium rocket launchers, and easily melt Eagles/Cobras/Vipers when I log back in. I still suicide (which is about 1.9m) after all my skimmer missions are done but that's not super expensive when you're turning in 40m worth of missions.
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King of Cheeses posted:There's no wonder players are flocking to Draconis 17. I don't think players are greedy. Its just that it presents the possibility of playing the game, free from the one of the major grind elements and actually having fun with different ships and loadouts. There's already been talk of somehow stopping mission stacking, so Draconis 17 could be one of the last money grabs available. Poop hauling and others that came before all relied on this. I hope FDev takes notice and fills the gap, however I have little confidence this will happen. And it's this grind that I think is a real deficiency of the game. I enjoy Elite for pretty pictures and chill space-flying, but I find it silly that getting to a single end-game ship w/out using an  exploit like 17 Draconis or Sothis / Ceos before the nerf would take 1000 hours of play.
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Tip: Keep doing the 'Donate ... to the cause' missions for New 17 Draconis Alliance to get extra Fed rep but also help prolong the state of civil war by funding the other side. Tip: As you're going to crash your ship to get back the station quicker, do it in Solo mode. You might get an audience. I did a spectacular dive and crash into the base right in front of 2 other players for laughs.
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poo poo. I have this game uninstalled and I'm at work - what are the chances of getting in on this Draconis 17 nonsense by the weekend?
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Glenn Quebec posted:poo poo. I have this game uninstalled and I'm at work - what are the chances of getting in on this Draconis 17 nonsense by the weekend? No hard answers but I heard something about the state of civil was could possibly change between 3 to 8 days from when this started. Something about the background simulation update but I'm unsure. Obviously if a lot of players push for the same side, as of course they are, then eventually the civil war will be won and no more cash cow. I think 17 Draconis was a 'thing' before and recently reverted to civil war status so we could do it again. Then of course there's a possible update which may stop mission stacking (wtf).
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Looking for some advice on FDL builds. Currently running Multis and a huge beam lazer. I like them! But want opinions on weapon load outs, if you would be so kind, so I am prepared for CZ and Hazres and not in Babby's First Resource Extraction Site I do not have horizons just yet! Will probably care about that in jan when they make it less of an agony.
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Yeah I hope I get to do 17 Draconis on the weekend, since I won't be able to play until then 
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Is there a secret/trick to finding painite to mine? Trying to get the various engineer unlocks.
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Search EDDB for prestine metallic rings. Equip a prospector drone controller and prospect until you find a rock with painite.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Search EDDB for prestine metallic rings. Equip a prospector drone controller and prospect until you find a rock with painite. bah i was hoping there was a surefire trick, oh well. newly shiny and chrome mining barge away! edit: whaddya know! second rock i shot was full of the stuff 
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Dec 15, 2016 00:54
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Just go to Algol — your one-stop-shop for all your mining needs. 
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I just tried to scan a frame shift wake to get data for Felicity Farseer but I'm getting a 'Data Full' message. My data is, indeed, '500/500'. I can only assume my ship's HDD is full! How do I empty my data so I can collect more?
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Mouko posted:I just tried to scan a frame shift wake to get data for Felicity Farseer but I'm getting a 'Data Full' message. Click the item to discard and select the amount you want to delete. I'd recommending cross-referencing against this (http://inara.cz/galaxy-components) because there's a bunch of things that don't currently have a use that are still in game because reasons 
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quote:mission stuff There are 20 missions but not necessarily 20 missions you can take. They still aren't looking at your ship to see what you can do (apart from whether you have the relevant modules or not), but at least it's not 0/0. The 20 are split between the factions so... yeah. e: otoh exquisite focus crystals  
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I spent an hour or whatever getting back out to 17 draconis and figured I might as well get more while the getting is good. After like 5 rounds of board scumming and still not getting any good missions i hit 'exit to desktop' instead of 'exit to main menu.' There really is no such thing as a good space ship game.
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hakimashou posted:I spent an hour or whatever getting back out to 17 draconis and figured I might as well get more while the getting is good. lol
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GAAAAAME!! I find this really neat neutron highway — 4 stars in a row, 160–200 Ly apart, letting me clear about 750 Ly in just those four jumps. BAM! “Could not connect to matchmaking server” (while in solo). Get back in to find myself sent back 14 jumps before the first neutron star, over 1.2 kLy away. I hate you, Braben, and everything you stand for!  At least it looks like all the system scans still are accounted for, so it'll be a quick re-tread without having to scan all those water worlds again, but still… Tippis fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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