Elite: Dangerous. I broke down.

[Jarhead0331]

ooh....that will hurt. I hope the Eagle is good enough to put up with my crap flying (AND take the stooped occasional head on collision!)

I presume you can pay the insurance to get the Eagle you just had though?

you can pay a modest fee to get your Eagle back.  You can pay a little more to get all your weapons and equipment too. You should always keep 3000 to 4000 credits in the back just in case.

By the way, collisions area the only way I've ever been killed.  Its frustrating and with the loss of the vouchers it hurts everytime.  Stil a kickass game though.

[mikeck]

ooh....that will hurt. I hope the Eagle is good enough to put up with my crap flying (AND take the stooped occasional head on collision!)

I presume you can pay the insurance to get the Eagle you just had though?

you can pay a modest fee to get your Eagle back.  You can pay a little more to get all your weapons and equipment too. You should always keep 3000 to 4000 credits in the back just in case.

By the way, collisions area the only way I've ever been killed.  Its frustrating and with the loss of the vouchers it hurts everytime.  Stil a kickass game though.

Depending on when you bought into the alpha/premium beta, you get a discount on insurance I believe

[SirAndrewD]

ooh....that will hurt. I hope the Eagle is good enough to put up with my crap flying (AND take the stooped occasional head on collision!)

I presume you can pay the insurance to get the Eagle you just had though?

I would highly recommend the Viper over the Eagle.

[Jarhead0331]

I would highly recommend the Viper over the Eagle.

Any suggestions on outfitting for the Viper? I just bought one last night. I'm thinking two Burst lasers and two multi-barrel cannons to start. Maybe two heat sinks to help with energy dissipation.

[Jarhead0331]

Nevermind. I just lost my Viper in a collision and was a couple grand short of having enough to buy the Viper back. I also lost vouchers for about 40 kills, that's about 20,000 credits.  After all I have been through, I refuse to start over in a sidewinder at this point. I worked so hard to get that stupid thing.

I'm going to need to shelve this for awhile...maybe when I come back to it, I'll try a merchant game?

[JudgeDredd]

Nevermind. I just lost my Viper in a collision and was a couple grand short of having enough to buy the Viper back. I also lost vouchers for about 40 kills, that's about 20,000 credits.  After all I have been through, I refuse to start over in a sidewinder at this point. I worked so hard to get that stupid thing.

I'm going to need to shelve this for awhile...maybe when I come back to it, I'll try a merchant game?

DAMN!

Collisions are really, really nasty...and they hurt even more when you've lost credits AND your latest lovely...so lol, but total sympathy.

The "bigger ships - do they not come with more shield power and hull protection? I would've thought (hoped?) maybe they'd survive collisions a bit better

[undercovergeek]

What happens if you route more power to shields before collision?

[JudgeDredd]

If you could do that, you could probably avoid the collision. The collisions are REALLY fast!

Also - meant to say you don't put energy to shields so much as putting energy to systems...which will speed up shield generation. I don't know if that makes the shields stronger per se.

[undercovergeek]

googled it, cant find anything to suggest its a massive problem or that the herd is complaining

did find this though, which demonstrates how invaluable track IR could be, he never loses sight of his target because hes able to track it everywhere

[JudgeDredd]

It's only a "vocal" issue for me when I have quite a few kills and one mentalist takes out my Sidewinder!

I just couldn't be tempted to get TrackIR again. It's never worked for me. I don't know why - it just hasn't

[undercovergeek]

yeah i know, i just wondered if it was a major 'yeah, were trying to fix it thing' after you and JH both switched the game off in frustration

[JudgeDredd]

lol. It will be a major frustration to anyone who leaves Azeban, goes to the Federal Distress Zone, gets 20 kills and is then rammed...twice. It'll definitely frustrate you then.

But as JH said, the game just feels superb. I love docking - though I wish they'd make it easier to find the entrance to the stations. Quite often I'm spending upwards of 5 minutes going round looking for the entrance.

I really wish I could get on with TrackIR.

[Jarhead0331]

In the relatively short time that I actually had it, I do feel that the viper was a very solid craft. It survived several "bumps" very well without even losing shields. However, these were not high speed impacts. I think in the fighter sized craft, nothing is going to save you from a full speed head on impact. As JD said, they are very fast and very violent. Sometimes they are very difficult to avoid...I changed my play style to try to reduce them from occurring and I was largely successful. However, I guess I got just a little too overconfident in that viper.  I'm still in denial that I have to start over on a free sidewinder. On the other hand, collisions don't really matter much when you're driving a sidewinder because if you lose it, it's free to replace.

[undercovergeek]

lol. It will be a major frustration to anyone who leaves Azeban, goes to the Federal Distress Zone, gets 20 kills and is then rammed...twice. It'll definitely frustrate you then.

But as JH said, the game just feels superb. I love docking - though I wish they'd make it easier to find the entrance to the stations. Quite often I'm spending upwards of 5 minutes going round looking for the entrance.

I really wish I could get on with TrackIR.

i watched a video of a guy who had scooped some stray resources up and was taking it to the black market, he flew straight through the docking port at about 130, spun round, nose dived into his bay, jammed all on and landed inch perfect in like 30 seconds - it takes me about 6 of the allotted 9 mins as i approach at about 25, edge throught the port and chug to my bay - the guy was unbelievable

[SirAndrewD]

Nevermind. I just lost my Viper in a collision and was a couple grand short of having enough to buy the Viper back. I also lost vouchers for about 40 kills, that's about 20,000 credits.  After all I have been through, I refuse to start over in a sidewinder at this point. I worked so hard to get that stupid thing.

I'm going to need to shelve this for awhile...maybe when I come back to it, I'll try a merchant game?

Sorry you lost your Viper JH.  I know how easy it is to lose your gear. Honestly, that's part of why I'm playing Beta, learning how to be careful when it matters.

For what it's worth, I agree with your loadout on the Viper.  Two solid lasers backed by multicannons is my preferred build.  The cannons rip through armor and lasers shields, and you can fire both together when you're really dishing out an alpha strike. 

Trading can be tedious, but I do believe it's the best way to make cash.  I've heard of a few using a hauler and a cannon to make a good living as a pirate, but I haven't tried it.