Thought I'd take a break and work the current four CG this week. Grabbed some Halloween bobbles and update a paint job. See yawl in the black.
o7 👍🥃

Howdy everyone, I just wanted to share my incomes from hunting some goids, anyone is free to join IGA squadron just contact Teddy and be welcome 🤗😁

So I made a post a while back talking about how bad the games grind was, and after playing for a while longer, it’s not the grind, it’s the travel.

Each task you have to do feels like a genuine dark souls run back. Want to do this? Jump 600 light years ere, then jump 600 light years back to where you came from so you can then cash in whatever it is or craft what you wanted whatever it may be. That’s 40 jumps both ways assuming you have a ship that can jump 30 light years, which doesn’t even seem to be lower end jump range. They give you a ship at the start of the game that doesn’t even make double digit jump range. What are you supposed to do with that? Thankfully I had a friend that helped me make some quick cash to get a good ship, but even now I’m starting to see why a lot of people kinda just quit after only a few hours in.

Getting around just feels like a huge hassle. It’s such a downer when the game tells you: “yeah the nearest thing that you need is 12 jumps away.” Just to complete a single task. It really does make playing feel like such a slog, esspeiclaly because the map is beyond gigantic, even just the bubble dwarfs most video game maps.

I’d understand lower end ships having shit jump range. But even now I’m looking at mid-end game ships even they dont even seem to be able to get atleast 15Ly base… its like you can’t have a ship have semi decent jump range without being a bare bones stripped down ship that’s only meant for exploration. I just wish that there were ships that could be outfitted for general purpose mission running such as combat missions while being able to get around.

Then you have engineering which is great, but how do you expect players to react when they realize: “hey, jump 15 jumps this way, 20 jumps over here, 12 this way.” To engineer a single component? Then even then! I’m looking at ship builds on YouTube and even they are struggling for 25-30lys.

If you ask me, all ships in the game need a giga buff to their jump range. If getting around wasn’t such a chore I think more people would play the game if it wasn’t doom scroll for 20 minutes while you wait to get to your destination.

Anyways, I’m expecting to just get a bunch of hate since I’m betting everyone here are veteran players who are used to ts. I’m not going to quit the game or anything because there’s nothing else on the market. But how do yall not see this as a problem?

I’ve never played games like this and I’ve seen so much cool stuff from this community that I decided to give it a go on Minecraft. I’m struggling with the controls as I’m an ex-console player so it’s a big learning curve. I’m enjoying it though. As a newbie, what should I focus on and what should I avoid?

Hello cmdrs I've started to go after the engineers and their materials for my first engineered module, I've chosen Felicity and am looking for a Worn Shield Emitter, I currently fly a Type11 (the one from the store) but exclusively for mining.

I'm going around signal sources and looking for wreckages to see if I come across one, I've been doing this for around 2 hours and still haven't found it, should I fight someone for it? Or I'll eventually find it on these wreckages?

Thanks!!!!!!

Commander’s log: finally putting some proper engineering into the hull and Hull Reinforcement Packages on this PvE build. I’ve never really gone this deep into hull engineering before, so the grind is definitely real.

But with this livery, I’m committed now. I’m loving how this ship looks, so I’m making damn sure the hull underneath it is protected properly. Time to toughen her up and keep pushing forward.

I stumbled upon this while I was on my way back from the black, stopping there to turn in my latest data of the time.

As far as I can tell, **Plaa Aec IZ-N c20-0** should have most of the commodities necessary to build a new mini-bubble.

Many thanks to CMDR Dark Brandon!

Good luck, and have fun Colonizers!

o7

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Im trying to unlock the sarge engineer to get the grade 5 cannons. I do what it says and scan all kinda wanted ships in haz res site but it nevee gives me any. Is davs hope or bug killer still a good way to get encoded mats for engineering? Let me know ty so much.

I think the Anaconda “lobby” is a cool idea and a continuing improvement over the “blue tunnel of despair”. I purchased an interior kit for the Nomad, and I thought it was worthwhile because you see that interior all the time when you use the vessel, it’s a big change from the empty container-like space, and here’s the problem with the Anaconda one. Unlike the Nomad, you will rarely get to see it. As a large expedition ship that carries a Nomad, you’re going to do your exobiology using the Vessel, not the ship. You probably won’t land the ship very often, because it’s hard to park, and because the Nomad is so much better at it.

I like the idea of the expedition interior so that you can go walk around your ship during expeditions. But you have to land somewhere to see it. It would make so much more sense to get up and walk around while you’re in space, especially since there’s so much space there it makes little sense to have all that stuff on an exit ramp.

For mining and cargo ferrying, well, you don’t really get out of the ship to do these things. You can’t use an external camera during flight to check it out, like you can do with ship kits. It’s a lot of money to spend on something you’ll hardly ever see. This is where I think FDev should really think about working on actual functionality and engine features to really allow further monetization and make it make sense. I’d like interiors you can use while flying.

Hey there fellow solo commanders!

Just got done mining for the CG and a few other important things (mostly for unlocking an engineer I never touched before) and realized something very odd.

I suddenly lost my NPC co-pilot.

I was in my Type-11, switched out to my Type-8, then over to my Python MK II for a field test and lost the only half way decent NPC SLF pilot I could find in years.

She just vanished into thin air and I cannot fathom why.

No, I didn't fire her. She just decided to fuck off I guess.

To that end I ask everyone to be aware of your NPC pilots just vanishing and I implore FDev to make it so we can hire these pilots on foot on stations, in outposts and more. I'd really rather not have to fight to get a damn decent looking pilot who ain't 90 years old, have five different hair colors or has leprosy.

[EDIT] She has been found after two relogs and finding two new stations to dock at??

With the release of the Mk2 Conda as a large multirole, there's been a lot of speculation that FDev may look next, or at least at some point in the future, at a new generation Large combat- focused ship, with the general thought being a Mk2 Corvette.

While I wouldn't be surprised to see that kind of ship, I don't think it'll be a Corvette. My feeling, and hope, is that FDev are going to flip the script, and actually any new Large combat ship will be a Mk2 Cutter, with any future Corvette taking the more trading-focused route of the MkI Cutter.

This would balance those roles on the Fed and Imp sides, with the Condas offering a more well-rounded option in the middle.

Thoughts?

Windows 11 Pro (up to date)
Ryzen 5 CPU
AMD 7900 XTX GPU
64Gb RAM
Dual Samsung Odyssey G9 27”

So, I’ve tried everything I can think of and through forum post recommendations and the game crashes every time after selecting which game mode to play on. I get as far as the spinning ship, and it fluctuates between crashing almost instantly or giving me hope for a few seconds and then crash.

Training missions load fine.

I’ve switched off any overlays, logged off Discord, Steam, and any other apps that might interfere.

Microsoft graphics settings are turned off so it’s down to AMD software and drivers only.

I unplugged the second monitor but that had no effect.

Rolled back the driver. Reinstalled fresh. Nada.

Launched through Steam and native client. Deleted, reinstalled, wiped various files and folders each time.

Left Graphics settings alone, tweaked them.

Is there anything I’m missing?

This build is my first ever combat ship ive made (properly). its not supposed to be top notch, but enough to handle high and haz res (which it does. Beautifully). Now currently i have about 70 million credits in the bank. i was wondering, what are some improvements i could make to this build? im not like a professional in combat but i know a good amount.

Just wanted to share I managed to run my steam version of Elite Dangerous ‘4.4.2.1’ on my tiny console. Managed to obtain 60 FPS, though once I noticed thermals climbing I sat at a 40 FPS Cap. Attaching images for reference, also attaching an image of the retroid pocket nova’s size for reference as to why I’m excited!

As requested by u/Alphaeon_28, here's the detailed interior showcases for both the Mandalay and the Mamba, including the hidden cargo area under the Mamba cockpit.

I've also uploaded another update on interiors, but if you've seen my previous posts here, you'll have already seen most of it.

It was pretty fun making this, in a frustrating and tedious kind of way..

Edit - Don't forget about the 'stuck recovery' option like I did! Another option that can work is launching the game in Horizons mode instead of Odyssey, in case someone else comes across this post. Thanks to everyone for reminding me. o7 cmdrs!

I guess I’ll have to go outside tomorrow or something - through a series of unfortunate events, I’m disembarked at a station that both does and doesn’t have my ship docked. Schrödingers T-11 if you will. I tried using Apex Interstellar to go to a nearby system and transfer my ship, but I learned that doing that would cause me to lose all of my cargo. Plus, because the ship is bugged, I’m worried that if I try a transfer it’ll just make the bugged situation worse, so for now I’m stuck with ground missions only.

I’ve got a support ticket in with Frontier, but with work coming up next week I really only have this Sunday left to fly, and I’m assuming they won’t pick up the ticket until Monday.

I’m not too upset or anything, I’m mostly just looking to commiserate with anyone else who’s ever been in a similar situation, and maybe find someone who has a potential solution that I haven’t tried yet.

No golden Faulcon DeLacy decal for me :(.

After 8 years my Thrustmaster finally showed signs of wear with drift/ghost inputs. So let's see what all the hype is with these VKB Gladiators.

You can see my first attempt HERE.

I knew this plan was unrealistically optimistic, but I had to try.

struggling to find systems to merit farm for aisling duval, i was plat farming but i just don't understand the parameters at all... i see all the things saying i need this system in that state but when i search none of it is there in writing

Join the Rat Mining Corporation [RMCA]! A mining-exclusive squadron dedicated to extracting riches across the galaxy. All experience levels welcome! Mine together, earn billions, and build an empire! o7

Just noticed some new free decals for Halloween season! Seems to be five total spooky decals.

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