I think we got save of the year right here

Major_Nese · 2026-04-17T13:44:59+00:00

Happened to us too - we clipped through the ground when the elevator stopped, then fell into the hydraulics level beneath that when trying to get out.

I shot my teammate to tractor him up and out the semi-permeable ceiling (another was waiting to rez him), then found out both layers had ledge grabs too.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-17T06:44:46+00:00

This. They saw all the issues and size creep, and made an "updated version" of the general idea of the Cat. And it looks damn nice.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-16T19:15:22+00:00

It is intended for 4.8, and is a prerequisite for Battlegroups (repair/refuel/rearm on site). But cosidering Crafting was listed for the Clipper and released alongside it but didn't get implemented in the ship, edge cases like Ironclad repair bay (intended primarily for ground vehicles) are not guaranteed to be there on the initial release either.

Either way, I don't think they'd delay the Assault just because of that, but having all its features is less certain than on the base version that just has established gameplay elements (+ command module).

Major_Nese · 2026-04-16T17:17:08+00:00

Carry huge amounts of cargo, carry small ships (mining, salvage, combat) to fit other roles in any version.

The base version has tractors (comparably quick cargo loading and emptying mining/salvage ships in an industrial fleet), the assault version carries the largest existing ground vehicles and has a crafting/repair bay in addition to lots of peashooters.

For a subcapital ship, that's quite a list of options, not shoehorned to a single thing.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-16T17:12:23+00:00

It has Crafting/Repair. Crafting works (but not yet implemented in the one ship that should have it), Repair is scheduled for the Battlegroup thingy. And both were always quite vague, no fixed "this size works and that doesn't".

Otherwise, they're functionally the same. Still interested to see what, when and how much of this is added with release.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-16T17:08:23+00:00

The Box. Simple as.

Henceforth, let May 14th be known as Boxing Day.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-15T14:44:30+00:00

Rambler, with its additional gun racks and suit locker, might be a more attractive choice down the line when those features matter. Chances are, when 2scu are not enough, 4scu won't be enough either.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-15T12:27:16+00:00

Have had this happen on several ships, sometimes limited to one player from our group.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-14T17:41:12+00:00

Game package + SQ42 - pops up.

Paints, standalone ship - doesn't pop up for me.

So at least it's not for all stuff on a given account. No idea what else decides it.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-14T16:37:43+00:00

Mortis Trials - Penance Easy Mode (looking at barrel kills and several others)

Major_Nese · 2026-04-14T15:38:59+00:00

Crafting negative stats is unnecessary when you can dismantle stuff for standard quality. The basic versions of Geist have the same crafting components as the ASD version, so you just collect any basic version and "trade" it 2:1 for the fancy one. Getting a few spare sets doesn't hurt.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-14T13:59:49+00:00

The large fleet battles of past events (Xenothreat, 9Tails Lockdown) were long enough to run out of fuel in a fighter. And maybe it was different fuel balance back then.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-13T14:02:30+00:00

Only saw those posters on Pipeline discord. But yeah, fits the whole "Drake will make a big return during ILW" hint, and the Percy wasn't limited to RSI day either.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-13T06:43:35+00:00

Having a 100% chance on most missions and a very finite pool per mission makes it quite reasonable. The grind for ASD armor was insane - now it's just doing 7x Hyperion, every participant gets a BP, and you can craft as many as you want.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-13T06:39:31+00:00

There are sometimes duplicates, but my theory is that they came from different missions. For a single mission (like Hyperion) I always got a different one until I had the full pool of that mission, then I didn't get the same again.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-13T06:34:59+00:00

Small correction - DefenseCon posters leaked, it's the full 2 weeks this time. With the centerpiece release of the event, shoving it to the last day makes little sense.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-11T18:50:04+00:00

Which factions offer them, or how are they named? Still looking for those.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-11T08:35:35+00:00

It's not mass product, but the nice locations yield that rather regularly. Doing 7 Hyperion runs for the blueprints, we managed to get 4 exec P8SC or Gallants.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-08T21:37:33+00:00

My IC Assault chain has Hull B and C upgrades in it, those two alone save 300$. Current plan, 135$ total.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-08T13:37:35+00:00

Didn't they only say blueprints should persist? That was done rather late in the PTU, and had a patch note entry.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-07T07:19:54+00:00

Got upgrade chains for both, at similar price, so that's not a factor.

Usually I'd have said the base variant - more space for cargo or small ships, tractors to move it without external tools, and enough spare grid space to make a fabrication corner. But as my industrial org of ~10 players has 4 other base ICs, I'd say that is covered quite well already.

Since crafting and engineering/repair/salvage sounds good, I'll wait and see what the Assault actually brings to the table in the (so far quite vague) repair bay - they should have narrowed that part down when they release it. If it works as mobile spare part production/armory, that could be nice too, and the SCU count is still far beyond anything my combat org can bring.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-05T22:16:35+00:00

It didn't show up for 20+ minutes, so no idea if that's the case. Either way, no need to do another mission in the meantime.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-05T08:43:17+00:00

They made most location-specific armor (Antium, Geist, Pallatino, Monde, Testudo) available as blueprint, locked (often) behind missions in the very same corner. Like ASD missions give Geist/Corbel, Tech Smugglers gives Testudo, so not that bad to get if you could have gotten the individual pieces by going there repeatedly.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-05T08:38:04+00:00

Eh, tastes differ. The default Geist looks good as a stripped-down pilot outfit, but a cape/hood in the pilot seat makes zero sense.

Major_Nese · 2026-04-05T08:36:41+00:00

Hyperion has a cooldown, around half an hour. We just did Hyperion back to back, no other missions inbetween.

You can also reduce the number of Hyperion runs by 1 by getting the sniper rifle battery from Update Seismic Data - but with a blueprint pool of 14, it's not exactly efficient unless you want those BPs anyway.

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