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So they are nurfing shield cell banks.... That makes perfect sense. Not sure I agree at all with what they are planning. Can someone test it if you get the chance please.
 
God I am thick been trying to figure out how to download the beta for the last hour thinking wtf it's not on my launcher or on my account page, turns out I forgot to restart my launcher...
 
Bought it before Christmas but do have Horizons pre ordered but I will find out tonight.

If you bought the lifetime pass you will have beta access, you also don't need to pre-order Horizons.

So folks, how do you install the beta? My launcher isn't updating (using steam version).

Also any ships you buy in beta, will they be kept?

Do you have beta access? No, beta is a copy of live from a short while ago, nothing is kept and nothing affects the live game.

So they are nurfing shield cell banks.... That makes perfect sense. Not sure I agree at all with what they are planning. Can someone test it if you get the chance please.

I will at some point, kind of need them to fix the shipyard bug so I can sell some assets before I can though, buying the Corvette has almost wiped out my disposable funds, I have plenty tied up in other ships I just cannot get to at the moment though.
 
Looking at approx 200 million without discounts for Corvette and Cutter by the looks of it, some nice tweaks in 1.5.
Cheaper than I was expecting, guess I'll have one of each! :)

Any sign of the Cobra mk.4 in the beta? I fancy getting one for messing about in!
 
Well, you'll be needing a heatsink to use SCB's for sure if you don't want to suffer any damage...

There seems to be a "bit" lol of discussion about this. I think it needs a rethink with regards the heat. Why would you use something that can damage your ship? Heat syncs are not depleting the heat quickly enough apparently. As it is magazined item, then a rethink about how they operate IMO.

Any way, I have time to adapt and my view that I will need my Vulture for combat will most likely be the case as the python is not good against 3 or 4 determined pirates. As I have found out.

Nearly deadly.... Only taken two, thought it was three. weeks....
 
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I have been monitoring the ED forums and there seems to be some saying that the Cutter is OP and same saying it isn't but I would rather hear from you guys what you think of the 2 big new ships?
 
There seems to be a "bit" lol of discussion about this. I think it needs a rethink with regards the heat. Why would you use something that can damage your ship? Heat syncs are not depleting the heat quickly enough apparently. As it is magazined item, then a rethink about how they operate IMO.

Any way, I have time to adapt and my view that I will need my Vulture for combat will most likely be the case as the python is not good against 3 or 4 determined pirates. As I have found out.

Nearly deadly.... Only taken two, thought it was three. weeks....

A single heat sink will happily negate the effects of a single A4 SCB in the Viper mk.4 setup I was testing last night, it is a matter of timing however, use the SCB first and you'll start cooking stuff. I personally think it's a good thing, SCB are detrimental to the game as they are, the people bemoaning that are just annoyed because their gankships are getting nerfed and will actually have to use something other than the ridiculous SCB meta that we currently have and they are suddenly going to find that armed traders might actually have a chance to put up something of a fight whereas previously it was a massively stacked scenario.
 
Screw me.... just spent the morning getting powerplay vouchers... Ive got only 1050 so far after half a day! This doesn't sound right surely.... how can I get 10k in one week!
 
Isn't that the point? Getting the top level rewards means spending a silly amount of time earning merits, 50 million credits should be hard work to earn as a bonus.
 
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