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Craig1981 said:
Ack! Still getting used to the increased thrust of the Cobra. I was exiting a station, lining up to fly through the toast rack, but overdid the thrust and slammed into the inside wall of the station. Took my shields out and my hull down to 30%!!

I suppose a 6000 credit repair bill is better than being a smear on the station wall though. That's why I'd never replace my shields, even for more cargo space.
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Same for me. My impatience doesn't help and cruising out at slow speeds can do one. I have got quite good at last minute manouvers :D
 
Heh; had a full write-off of my Cobra this morning - straight up a Lacon's backside and then sent spinning uncontrollably into the station I was leaving.

Lost the ship, all cargo, a bunch of mission stuff and a load of exploration data.

Could afford the rebuy OK, but then spent the next two hours clawing it back :D
 
Craig1981 said:
I finally made my way to SOL this evening. I'm in orbit of Earth right now, sitting right next to a Farragut class battlecruiser! :D
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Meh!!! I was so excited when I was a jump away and had to go to work, so thought I would leave it till I finished... Got home told the Mrs of my plans, fired up ED, went to click on Sol but why is it red I ask myself??? Turns out I need a permit and to get that I needed to do loads of federation missions. That was last week and still not been there :(
 
Gregster said:
Meh!!! I was so excited when I was a jump away and had to go to work, so thought I would leave it till I finished... Got home told the Mrs of my plans, fired up ED, went to click on Sol but why is it red I ask myself??? Turns out I need a permit and to get that I needed to do loads of federation missions. That was last week and still not been there :(
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You only need a rank of Midshipman to get the SOL permit. Really not hard missions for the early ones. You could do them in an evening.

EMarkM said:
Craig, enjoy the stations - they're lovely!
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Thank you, I shall! Now if only they'd add planet landings and cities and stuff. I wanna land on Earth or Mars!
 
Re: planet landings - I'm not desperate for them specifically, but I am generally excited regarding how this game will (hopefully!) evolve over the coming months :)
 
Not had time to configure my x52 pro as I'd like. He'll only had about 10 min in game with it today.

How do people with this sort of stick have their reverse thrusters set up?

Default for it at moment is the throttle controls forward only, where on the black widow mid way was off, then forward from that was forward thrust and back from there was reverse.

This stick doesn't seem as if would be ideal for that setup, if could even configure it so.
 
Anyone been playing in conflict zones lately? just jumped into the one in Kappa fornaias, about 30 seconds after selecting my faction all the enemies disappear and I'm moving away from the nav beacon really fast.. very strange..

I also went to a capital ship and despite the fact it was green it was shooting at me, some weird stuff now
 
ci_newman said:
I'm upset. My old man has sent me a picture today of his Eyefinity set up in Elite and I'm stuck using a single screen due to budget issues :(
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I thought the only good thing about having kids was having better stuff than them and rubbing their noses in it. 10/10 to your dad.
 
EMarkM said:
Greg, one or two missions should do it - it took me no time at all.
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Craig1981 said:
You only need a rank of Midshipman to get the SOL permit. Really not hard missions for the early ones. You could do them in an evening.



Thank you, I shall! Now if only they'd add planet landings and cities and stuff. I wanna land on Earth or Mars!
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I have done quite a few but I guess it was because I was unfriendly why it is taking me longer?
 
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Not had time to configure my x52 pro as I'd like. He'll only had about 10 min in game with it today.

How do people with this sort of stick have their reverse thrusters set up?

Default for it at moment is the throttle controls forward only, where on the black widow mid way was off, then forward from that was forward thrust and back from there was reverse.

This stick doesn't seem as if would be ideal for that setup, if could even configure it so.
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Here is my X52 xetup, think it has the same buttons as the pro.

 
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Gregster said:
I have done quite a few but I guess it was because I was unfriendly why it is taking me longer?
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I dunno. I guess that must be why. You'll need to work back towards neutral first I guess and then progress from there.

How did you end up unfriendly with the Federation? You a pirate or something? :p
 
Craig1981 said:
I dunno. I guess that must be why. You'll need to work back towards neutral first I guess and then progress from there.

How did you end up unfriendly with the Federation? You a pirate or something? :p
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Silly things like hitting a Fed ship when in combat and not paying the fines and before I knew it, no auto dock and shot at when entering and leaving stations.... School boy errors really :D
 
anything-but said:
Currently rocking.....

[Cobra Mk III]
M: 2D/G Beam Laser
M: 2D/G Beam Laser
S: 1G/T Multi-cannon
S: 1G/T Multi-cannon
U: 0D Kill Warrant Scanner

BH: 1I Reinforced Alloy
RB: 4B Power Plant
TM: 4A Thrusters
FH: 4A Frame Shift Drive
EC: 3D Life Support
PC: 3A Power Distributor
SS: 3D Sensors
FS: 3C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 8)

4: 4E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 16)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 16)
4: 4E Shield Generator
2: 1B Frame Shift Drive Interdictor
2: 2E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 4)
2: 2A Fuel Scoop

Apart from the shields (need to get those cr for the A4s!) much else to change?
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I'm intrigued by that build - especally the weapons.

I've got gimbled beam lasers and multi-cannons, but with the emphasis on bigger cannons.

Are big beams and smaller cannons the way to go? Turrets especially?

And as a bit of context, I'm not looking to upgrade to a massive ship. I'll just keep my Explorer Cobra and develop it as much as I can. Exploring, trading and killing - that's what I do...

If there's a great weap spec it may tempt me back to the founders world so I can upgrade.
 
CAn anyone awnser these 2 questions please.

1) is there any way of finding out what station has a black market (Hoping ingame)
2) I have been killing a few npcs with bounties saying I get the credits. But when in station its not showing I can claim any.
3) Wake scanners do they show where the ship jumped to.

TIA
 
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