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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Quote Originally Posted by erudito87 View Post
    Looks like missions are going to be overhauled soon. https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...=1#post1514333
    That's awesome, I gave up on missions, I tried to do a few of the low paying missions where I was supposed to fly out to one of three systems and shoot three pirates. I went to the first system flew around from USS to USS and other areas and then went on to the second system and then the third. When my 3 hours to complete the mission ran out I had only found 1 pirate. I guess it didn't help that I started the game in an unpopulated part of the galaxy, I might fly out to somewhere where there is a higher population and see if that makes a difference for me.

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    I got my thrust master hotas x the other day and it has now become even better to play. Took a while to get used to it but much more fun. Combat is more challenging and docking can be scary too.
    Better to Burn out than Fade Away
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    Elite : Dangerous

    I had a play today and thought I'd 'upgrade' my ship, turned out all of my plans backfired as I ended up with a 3.6ly jump range. I really need to understand the class and rating system better, but for those of you that haven't cracked this yet, a basic rule of thumb is class the higher the number the better and rating the lower the letter the better.

    I swapped an E4 Frame Shift Drive for a C3, doh... Not worry though, I have managed to find a place where I could buy a D4 so back to my merry life of confusion. lol.

    Thanks to erudito87 and MaddAussie for not laughing at my misfortune for too long and the help they and MaddAussie's friend gave me on Team Speak.

    *** edit ***

    I have now completed a rare trade run and upgraded my thrusters to C4.
    Last edited by KeyboardDemon; 14-01-2015 at 05:17 AM.

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Managed to get a few hours in last night. Finished my sightseeing at Sol and so decided to head towards the Empire in order to rank up with them. Along the way I came across a system called Marici. Oh my days it's a lot of fun - decent Occulus station with plenty of upgrades right next to a heavy ice ring that's ram packed with 15k upwards wanted ships. Since it's Federation space there's plenty of police ships tearing things up, meaning it's easy to steal the final hit and clean up. Made about 100k in 20 mins in bog standard Eagle which was a bonus, made it fairly easy to get some upgrades on the go. I can see myself staying here for a while!

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Think I'll head over tonight

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I really need to understand the class and rating system better, but for those of you that haven't cracked this yet, a basic rule of thumb is class the higher the number the better and rating the lower the letter the better.
    Class is size-related, pretty much. You can fit a Class 2 thing in a Class 3 slot, but not t'other way around. If you can afford it, get the highest class available.
    High class = Bigger punch, generally.

    Rating is more about performance. An F-rated thing might use 6.5w of power, while an A-rated one might use only 3.2w, or have a longer range, faster reload or somesuch.

    You can compare an item in the shop with the one you currently have installed and the panel on the right shows how your ship will be affected if you install the shop item (red = worse, blue = better).

    To increase your jump range, you'll want a better FSD (Frame Shift Drive). You'll probably want a better power unit too, so your ship doesn't overheat while the FSD is charging!

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Another thing to note. D rated items are the low mass versions. They may not be the most powerful but they keep your ship mass down and so if you're trying to keep manoeuvrability high they make a big difference. I'm running lots of D rated kit at the moment in an Eagle and nothing out turns me.

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    But there comes a time when you need bigger guns for faster kills, if only to stop the buggers from jumping out on you!!

    Also bigger ships with higher mass will mass-lock your target for longer!

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    I just spotted this little review, most interesting and entertaining review I've seen in a while although it might not be the most current.

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    lol that was pretty good review
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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
    But there comes a time when you need bigger guns for faster kills, if only to stop the buggers from jumping out on you!!

    Also bigger ships with higher mass will mass-lock your target for longer!
    That's why you railgun the power plant and watch them go nuclear

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Well, I decided to take the plunge. Hopefully work has quietened down for a couple of months, so might have time to play this. That and I realised that my usual tactic of waiting for it to be in a sale probably won't work!

    Now to spend the day at work trying to descretely read up on stuff before dusting off the X-52.

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I just spotted this little review, most interesting and entertaining review I've seen in a while although it might not be the most current.
    That was surprisingly restrained for one of his reviews. Clearly he likes ED hah!

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I had a play today and thought I'd 'upgrade' my ship, turned out all of my plans backfired as I ended up with a 3.6ly jump range. I really need to understand the class and rating system better, but for those of you that haven't cracked this yet, a basic rule of thumb is class the higher the number the better and rating the lower the letter the better..
    There is a link to a ship outfitter website in the useful info thread. I found it useful to play around with that before purchasing anything to see what effect on the ships stats were going to be before working up the cash to buy them.

    My misses found somewhere packing a plasma accelerator cannon for sale at a station (high tech independent system) and holy cow the damage is high if you get a hit. Makes we want one or two ....

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    Re: Elite : Dangerous

    update 1.05 is incoming. The servers will be closed at 11am GMT to apply the update and will be down for up to 30 minutes. Here is the change log for this update:

    - Fixed crash when launching limpets
    - Fixed some system meta data mismatches between client and server
    - Memory use improvements and fixes on server
    - Fix assert when someone manages to select 'declare bankruptcy' button before UI receives proper data from the game
    - Optimise mission template list selection
    - When switching servers do not disconnect during the transfer
    - Added telemetry for when a player dies to help identify cause of death when players explode near stations
    - Added further telemetry to trace failed resource loading
    - Fix large quantity missions using "light cargo" text
    - Fix salavage coms lines
    - Correct reputation on abandon branch of pirate missions
    - Fix incorrect destination for massacre branch money collection
    - Fix salvage mission branching
    - Change order of mission contracts in massacre missions
    - Change data that is displayed to players in massacre missions

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    - Fixed some issues that stopped some Commanders logging into the Companion App
    - Stopped wars and civil wars in star systems with only 1 minor faction in that state
    - Added ship discount to Founders World
    - Various reliability and performance improvements
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    Thanks for the info.

    Like that you can get a discount on ships at founders world. Will have to plot a course and make it so and en..... sorry had to stop myself there was getting carried away.

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