Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarted Sandbox Space Flight Sim)

Mist · Jan 5, 2015

Near or over 20% influence in the system and definitely a pirate faction, has names with drug or mafia in the title, probably some others. Also there's some pirate organizations like Gold Raiders or Jet Family or something that are larger than a single system faction, those seem to be the best.

Friday · Jan 5, 2015

Mist_sl said:
Planetary rings. Rocky or better.

Anarchy systems seem inefficient because scanning every target sucks, and finding targets is a lot easier when you see the NPC police shooting at distant targets. You'll see lasers long before they show up on scanner.

The ideal system for hunting in rings seems to be a system with 1 faction belonging to a major faction, a bunch of minor factions and 1 strong pirate faction. And this needs to be in a system with metal rich or better rings. Also this system needs a dock you can clear your bounties at, claim your vouchers at and repair at.

Now finding a system that meets all this criteria seems pretty tough.

This is EXACTLY what I have been doing. Laser show in the distance? Boost towards it, quick K-Scan...kill...repeat.

I've made 3 million since I started here. I dont know about pirates though...I've just been mindless killing everything in my viper. It SUCKS to hit a security by accident and get a 200cr bounty then every stupid sidewinder mining an asteroid stops and comes at you. I just clear the asteroid ring and warp to dock, pay fee, cash in bounties, and repeat.

Many many many times these Anaconda's will come in with a 100k bounty and start owning the security. I deal with them by targetting their Power Core or whatever and just exploding them. I'm using these sustained beams on gimble's and I just fly around it and the lasers do the rest. Pretty easy. Don't get in front of them though that fucking plasma accelerator will ruin your day. Also dont run into any asteroids that will also ruin your day.

Other than that, find a resource extraction site in planetary rings that are in the light of the sun. Fighting on the dark side of the planet in an asteroid belt is more painful than its worth.

Edit

Its worth it to go find some really good weapons for this. What happens a lot of the time is I'll be busy killing Anaconda's and the security will be cleaning house on the 10k cr ships and lower while I whittle the big ones down. The faster you kill the more creds you can bring in.

Lasers only. Fuck anything with ammunition.

Quineloe · Jan 5, 2015

http://eliteshipyard.nfshost.com/

Gromit · Jan 5, 2015

That's handy!

Sabbat · Jan 5, 2015

Cobra didn't feel all that awesome until I found some 2F gimbled Multicannons. Would Burst Lasers of the same breed be even better?

Mist · Jan 5, 2015

Friday_sl said:
This is EXACTLY what I have been doing. Laser show in the distance? Boost towards it, quick K-Scan...kill...repeat.

I've made 3 million since I started here. I dont know about pirates though...I've just been mindless killing everything in my viper. It SUCKS to hit a security by accident and get a 200cr bounty then every stupid sidewinder mining an asteroid stops and comes at you. I just clear the asteroid ring and warp to dock, pay fee, cash in bounties, and repeat.

Many many many times these Anaconda's will come in with a 100k bounty and start owning the security. I deal with them by targetting their Power Core or whatever and just exploding them. I'm using these sustained beams on gimble's and I just fly around it and the lasers do the rest. Pretty easy. Don't get in front of them though that fucking plasma accelerator will ruin your day. Also dont run into any asteroids that will also ruin your day.

Other than that, find a resource extraction site in planetary rings that are in the light of the sun. Fighting on the dark side of the planet in an asteroid belt is more painful than its worth.

Edit

Its worth it to go find some really good weapons for this. What happens a lot of the time is I'll be busy killing Anaconda's and the security will be cleaning house on the 10k cr ships and lower while I whittle the big ones down. The faster you kill the more creds you can bring in.

Lasers only. Fuck anything with ammunition.

See, what systems are you finding where there's pirate Anacondas at Resource sites? I'm trying to figure out the exact 'ecology' of how the factions in the system effect what types of pirates you find within that system.

Friday · Jan 5, 2015

I just got home from work, I'll check where I'm at now.

Edit

I'm at Ross 733

In this system there is a planet called 733 3 (original ikr). It has rings around it and a resource extraction site in the sunlight.

Fuck bitches make $

Intrinsic · Jan 5, 2015

I certainly don't know, if I saw one of those at this point it'd end up back in FSD as fast as possible. Finally up to over $300k or so, mostly just doing Cobra Mk IIIs in a belt this afternoon while pseudo-afk. Not sure if I want to move up to a Cobra or Viper. Leaning towards the Cobra just because I seem to bounce around between fighting, exploring, and some trade bounties.

Mist · Jan 5, 2015

Friday_sl said:
I just got home from work, I'll check where I'm at now.

Edit

I'm at Ross 733

In this system there is a planet called 733 3 (original ikr). It has rings around it and a resource extraction site in the sunlight.

Fuck bitches make $

I see the Fed is 77% in that system, that might be too strong, but I'll check it out.

Ender4212 · Jan 5, 2015

I need something new to play...without reading from the start of this thread, is this worth a buy at this point?

Quineloe · Jan 5, 2015

First stop Zaragas, fuck there's a lot of cops around first time I've ever gained a FF bounty because there's always 4 on your target...

second stop Islastyara, there's a belt on the system view, but it's not on navigation. At least I can wipe the bounty here

Ender4212_sl said:
I need something new to play...without reading from the start of this thread, is this worth a buy at this point?

If you're willing to accept that good things will come to those who wait, yes.

Friday_sl said:
I just got home from work, I'll check where I'm at now.

Edit

I'm at Ross 733

In this system there is a planet called 733 3 (original ikr). It has rings around it and a resource extraction site in the sunlight.

Fuck bitches make $

oh my god you weren't kidding. This is absurd, Anacondas with Plasma accelerators all over the place. You have to be insane to show up there was a wanted player.

Are you in open play or solo?

btw, really awesome channel from a guy who did lots of frontierelite2 before game was out:

v1.01 - Hunted (Flight Assist Off) - YouTube

Mist · Jan 5, 2015

I'm finally Allied with the entire Federation global faction.

Sabbat · Jan 6, 2015

Ender4212_sl said:
I need something new to play...without reading from the start of this thread, is this worth a buy at this point?

If you were into games likeElite, Wing Commander, Privateer and Freelancer, I'd really suggest that you give this a go. Know that in the big scheme of things, there's not a lot of different things to do. You either shoot dudes, shoot rocks, scan stars, trade shit, or take peoples shit. I'm not sure what's on the horizon for the game, but the base game is damn near flawless.

Elidroth_sl · Jan 6, 2015

I'm still feeling a bit lost, but having fun trying to figure it all out. To me this feels like the game that will hold me over until Star Citizen is real.

Running Dog_sl · Jan 6, 2015

Sabbat_sl said:
Cobra didn't feel all that awesome until I found some 2F gimbled Multicannons. Would Burst Lasers of the same breed be even better?

I use gimballed burst lasers on the outer hardpoints, and fixed class 2 multicannons on the inner for when the shields are down (they really shred armour).

This is a handy link to see what the Frontier developers are saying - from past experience they post quite a lot (Christmas to new year was quiet as they all took a break):

EliteForums Tracker

including from yesterday:

We will be revealing more information on what is coming in the next few weeks. Michael

The scaling of ship operational costs is something in our list of balance items to review. Michael

Before release they were saying getting grouping to work was a top priority; their original plan was basically a "/follow" where ships would jump in formation, but that plan was before they came up with supercruise and interdiction mechanics.

Dandain · Jan 6, 2015

So I'm not sure how rare the ring/pristine mining systems are - but here is a system on the edge of the occupied section of space - its federation owned - and there is at least 8 ring entrances. The asteroids are pristine reserve and metal rich, and at least 3 of the 6 rings are listed as metal rich. Got some stations too - its probably ly from most of you are - but if you're doing open play I doubt you'd get fucked with. Given I haven't traded or mined anything I have zero idea of the logistics of making money. But here's a screenshot. Had the most ring entry points of any system I've been to yet.

Quineloe · Jan 6, 2015

You can mine even in the most populated sectors on your own if you just drop somewhere into the Belts, not at the extraction sites.

But we really need something to replace that scoop shit.

I'm back at Ross 733 3, and now it's just sidewinders as well. I ruined your spot, sorry.

Sabbat · Jan 6, 2015

Unfortunately, that mining spot will be fairly average. You want Metallic rings, not Metal Rich.

Itzena_sl · Jan 6, 2015

Sabbat_sl said:
Cobra didn't feel all that awesome until I found some 2F gimbled Multicannons. Would Burst Lasers of the same breed be even better?

Cobraneedsgood thrusters and power systems more than other ships do, the default ones really are borderline at just making the thing fly.

Itzena_sl · Jan 6, 2015

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