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OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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TomR posted:

I'm going to plug my "Dual T16000M" control setup again for the new thread. One stick for lateral thrusters and one stick for rotations. It's a very good setup for around $100. Remember the T16000M has very good hall effect sensors for the main axis so it has no dead zone and the lightest touch is registered as control input.

This is something I don't understand. Why spend big dollars on a hotas setup, when you could just get a second joystick? It seems like that would be cheaper in most cases.

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OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum

:gowron:

Time to ride the balloon.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
That Adder really makes me wish we could reload ammunition. As it is, a hypothetical a wing of that Adder and two Eagles would have a hard time getting anywhere due to short jump distance and no scoops.

Therefore, I present The Master Adder A little more fragile, but it makes up for it by helping the wing get where it's going.

An alt version could have a larger FSD to more quickly return to ferry more teams to the lolzone.

Chrysophylax posted:

Yeah, if you're getting shot at while in an eagle by something larger than a cobra, you'd best hope you have 4 pips in sys and are already in the process of running away, otherwise you barely have any time to react.

Given that Eagles are cheap to rebuy anyway, maybe it's better off without the cell.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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Drake_263 posted:

I purposefully left some of the internal equipment bays on the designs to customize for a given mission profile - the Eagle has an empty C1 equipment bay and the Adder an empty C3 and C1 to fit things like fuel scoops, aux fuel tanks and cargo bays into. That said, I love the idea of using the Adder's hefty primary tank and spare cargo bays for a convenient mini-refinery for on-the-fly refueling (I'd actually consider a noncombatant T6 perfect for this job, too).

The trick here is that a T6 is getting a little on the pricey side for an Eagle/Adder/Sidewinder escort.

In a world where ship-based repair and reload were options, yeah a T6 one jump away (or hidden in an asteroid field) would be a great way to avoid having to hit a station or outpost. Maybe someday.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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TomR posted:

That makes it look crummy. Here are some in game screenshots.

Sold!

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
It's better for dumb stuff like bobbleheads and paintjobs to be pricey, and not have anything that effects gameplay for sale than some other, worse models.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum

The only bobblehead I want:

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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FronzelNeekburm posted:

On one hand, yes. On the other hand, £120 for DLC pass (which is no longer available).

Still, better that than $500 golden robots.


Mike the TV posted:

Well, you get one of three ships. They never said that you get an option, or what the three ships were. Working as intended. :colbert:

Alternately, they had planned three free ships, and the way to get one of them was the kickstarter. Another was apparently preordering horizons. Who knows what the third will be!

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
I wonder if an Adder-based taxi service can spring into existence with multicrew.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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double riveting posted:

What I don't get about the multicrew hype, how is flying one ship with two people going to beat flying two ships with two people?

If there's only a limited number of ships in an instance, and more people make actually improve combat performance, I could see this working.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
And then, once everyone is in the same instance, LAUNCH FIGHTERS


I wish I knew how, so I could add the appropriate frogs/anacondas/vipers to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdkCpnGMyGw

OB_Juan fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Sep 26, 2015

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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Xerxes17 posted:

So what's the skinny on the new gladiator mode? I might play again if it's cool. How do you get into it?

In the launcher, hit up the CQC beta, it's a new install, but when that's done, you'll see it in the new in-game menu.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
Keelback could be cool. I guess it depends on if it retains the T6's jump range too.

Otherwise, maybe a solid miner.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum

Flipswitch posted:

Is it worse than the MK 3?

That seems to be the general opinion.

Are there any problems winging up between 1.5 and Horizons? I have some returning friends, and I'm not sure if there will be a problem. Obv. they can't do planet stuff.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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IAmTheRad posted:

Now, the problem will of course be if the game decides if you are allowed to share the same instance due to their backwards thinking of how they think Players never want to wing up together to blow things up.

That's the part I'm most worried about. I'll have to test it out.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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devil_doc8404 posted:

Winged up with a friend who doesn't have Horizons last night. Played a few hours at the Xihe rez to and from station without any issues, other than having the coms system occasionally go down.

Cool! Good to hear.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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Kurr de la Cruz posted:

I think it originally came from the Mechwarrior Online forums? Since they were brown? v:v:v

Both brown and "brown", yes.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


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Pilchenstein posted:

People with the t16000m hotas: how do I set the throttle up so that coming to a dead stop isn't super fiddly? I set a centre deadzone in the target software but when I run the profile, elite stops receiving any input from the stick or throttle until I stop the profile again - what am I doing wrong there?

If you figure it out, let me know. I tried it with the TARGET software, but somehow that nuked all my keybinds.

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
Yeah, I just got done trying TARGET again. This time it would only read the throttle OR the joystick, but not both. Like, moving them around produced no output.

Had to reboot to use both at once again. Gave up, set deadzone in ED. Works great now!

OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

Not every day is a good day.


Dinosaur Gum
On the one hand, "Decals, Neat"! On the other, these are pretty generic.

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OB_Juan
Nov 24, 2004

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Boogalo posted:

Next up is the t1600 hotas pack at $130

I have and like this.

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