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SPG · 18 Sep 2017 at 07:55

Fishbait said:
Bet you're glad they're not adding more engineers in 2.4
Damn sure I am, especially as still got a few more left

Totally, we shall have to see what the new grindplay will bring. If it is as bad as last time I think I am done with progression and just fly around SOL relaxing to some tunes.

danoliver1 · 18 Sep 2017 at 09:40

Cavallino said:
Ok folks, so finally got Astra Voicepack to work well and I want to start to get into Elite again via VR.

Big question.... how the hell do I navigate the galaxy map, its quite frustrating and I don't know how.

Is there any trick or advice to this?

Binde the map movement to your hotas.

atomic7431 · 18 Sep 2017 at 09:42

danoliver1 said:
Binde the map movement to your hotas.

This, plus when 2.4 drops there have been some improvements made to the galaxy map when or if using the mouse pointer among other things.

NeoWave · 18 Sep 2017 at 09:57

SPG said:
Totally, we shall have to see what the new grindplay will bring. If it is as bad as last time I think I am done with progression and just fly around SOL relaxing to some tunes.

Well, they are meant to be dumping the RNG bit which is my main gripe about Engineers though which part of 2.4.x (or 2.5-hope not!) that is and when it'll arrive who knows (well us probably in 2 weeks time). I personally don't find the unlocking of Engineers grindy but I've been happy with doing it a bit at a time and don't mind if it takes months as I don't view ED as a game to complete.

Cavallino · 18 Sep 2017 at 12:10

danoliver1 said:
Binde the map movement to your hotas.

Oh can you please elaborate on this? How do I make selections though using hotas?

danoliver1 · 18 Sep 2017 at 12:22

Cavallino said:
Oh can you please elaborate on this? How do I make selections though using hotas?

Cavallino · 18 Sep 2017 at 12:29

Legend. Thank you folks. Will look into this tonight!

SirJinks · 18 Sep 2017 at 14:08

they are meant to be dumping the RNG bit

Can you clarify this?

atomic7431 · 18 Sep 2017 at 20:12

SirJinks said:
Can you clarify this?

At the Expo on the 7th October they are going to discuss this further, no official info has been said, but it seems an idea obsidian ant put across may have gone down well.
This is where there is a slider, so you can choose where you want to accept the engineering mod. So say far right on slider might have lots of laser damage but with higher heat output, whereas to the left would be less heat but also less damage output.

Hope this makes sense, so you get to choose if your ship can handle the extra heat and have maximum damage output or if your already struggling with heat have a lower dps and lower heat.

The change being looked at was hinted about by Sandro Sammarco on the latest 2.4 lore live stream on Thursday last week.

Fishbait · 18 Sep 2017 at 21:30

Someone on Reddit reminded me today, that I'd posted a Strawpoll asking about who had/hadn't seen Thargoid scripted event.
https://www.strawpoll.me/13799543

Kind of expected more to not have seen it, but not by this much.

danoliver1 · 18 Sep 2017 at 22:07

Fishbait said:
Someone on Reddit reminded me today, that I'd posted a Strawpoll asking about who had/hadn't seen Thargoid scripted event.
https://www.strawpoll.me/13799543

Kind of expected more to not have seen it, but not by this much.

I spent hours flying around Maia hoping to get interdicted but nope didn't happen. Then hung around the barnacles in my srv for hours too only to see f all too.

Iam not sure the Thargoids exist.

Fishbait · 18 Sep 2017 at 22:18

danoliver1 said:
I spent hours flying around Maia hoping to get interdicted but nope didn't happen. Then hung around the barnacles in my srv for hours too only to see f all too. Iam not sure the Thargoids exist.

It's war propaganda, to make us go to war against someone else when we're finally told there are no aliens, it was all just a misunderstanding

Dano · 18 Sep 2017 at 23:52

danoliver1 said:
I spent hours flying around Maia hoping to get interdicted but nope didn't happen. Then hung around the barnacles in my srv for hours too only to see f all too. Iam not sure the Thargoids exist.

Same, spent several hours the night of the live stream hopping around the area and nada

Mr.Cookie · 19 Sep 2017 at 00:26

i can't even find a barnacle

Fishbait · 19 Sep 2017 at 00:54

Pleiades Sector IX-S B4-4 B 1
(-40.46 , 25.81)

Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 22.79, 94.08 Possibly exhausted
Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 21.91, 96.97 Guarded by turrets and skimmers.

Active
Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 -8.80, -13.36 Exhausted
Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7 A 6 -42.77, -21.70 First sighting on Unknown Ship interaction on Jun. 2, 3303 by CMDR Mobiusetti.
Active

If you're in Pleiades area & I'm on Tuesday or Wednesday night, I can help out. Or some other night, see what's what

Can go in private & I can head towards them as I have one or three marked thanks to being scanned. That way, you can just follow me & see them that way.

No idea how you add anyone in ED, but my in game is Svinoi Banana.

Fishbait · 19 Sep 2017 at 03:48

Well, if anyone wants a little surprise, do the following.

Head out to HIP 17044, go fairly close to the second planet & target Asterope in Galactic Map (don't plot a course, just select it as destination). Fly towards it for roughly 10-12kls. Re-target second planet, so you can see how far you're heading out, and look out for a distress call.

Enjoy. Recorded a clip, nothing much (literally next to sod all hehe) happens, but will try & upload it some time. 4+gb file :rolleyes:

Not really spoilers or anything, but if you want to go there & see for yourself, worth a trip.

Distress call
What a mess!

Mr.Cookie · 20 Sep 2017 at 00:24

Fishbait said:
Pleiades Sector IX-S B4-4 B 1
(-40.46 , 25.81)

Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 22.79, 94.08 Possibly exhausted
Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 21.91, 96.97 Guarded by turrets and skimmers.

Active
Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1 -8.80, -13.36 Exhausted
Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7 A 6 -42.77, -21.70 First sighting on Unknown Ship interaction on Jun. 2, 3303 by CMDR Mobiusetti.
Active

If you're in Pleiades area & I'm on Tuesday or Wednesday night, I can help out. Or some other night, see what's what
Can go in private & I can head towards them as I have one or three marked thanks to being scanned. That way, you can just follow me & see them that way.

No idea how you add anyone in ED, but my in game is Svinoi Banana.

Ta muchly will have a ganders

SPG · 22 Sep 2017 at 11:35

Elite tedium has set in again, Even my fully loaded Corvette with a green full engineered beam loadout is not enough to bring excitement. The last CG in Hoi-Sin just drived home again how utterly dull this game is

Guess its time to put away and wait till the 26th

mattyg · 22 Sep 2017 at 15:36

SPG said:
Elite tedium has set in again, Even my fully loaded Corvette with a green full engineered beam loadout is not enough to bring excitement. The last CG in Hoi-Sin just drived home again how utterly dull this game is

Guess its time to put away and wait till the 26th

Will you manage.. I mean its a whole 4 days away..

Fishbait · 22 Sep 2017 at 18:55

There's no wonder loads of players refuse to enter open & why Mobius is so popular, especially now they're banning pvp.

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