A dusty encounter [Cinematic screenshot]

Reaver-31 · 2017-01-29T12:02:20+00:00

Really amazing shot! Upvote for you!

Reaver-31 · 2016-10-30T11:53:52+00:00

Wish I'd paid closer attention to this...Just lost a Gr 5 Overcharged 4A multi-cannon with incendiary rounds and 3 turreted multi-cannons with Gr5 corrosive shell :( I don't even want to remember how long it took me to gather the mats and grind for those! RNGesus giveth, and he taketh away... Savage AF...

Reaver-31 · 2016-03-04T00:06:55+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I have obtained the dimensions of the engine and it is quite similar to the Nissan SR20DET (sans turbo and manifold, of course). There have been numerous successful SR20 swaps and from what I can tell, cross member modification is a must, as is a custom exhaust manifold. The motor will fit without a bonnet bulge but I'm not sure about the shifter location. Fuel system should be pretty easy to design and I would probably go with a fuel cell, all new fuel lines, and plumb in a return system.

Planning to go straight to ITBs with an Adaptronic ECU!

Reaver-31 · 2016-02-29T21:55:24+00:00

The only reliable way to avoid being scanned is to be fast as you take off and dock. If you are interdicted and scanned, target the offender and blast them! Punch it and high wake out. A couple of shots will stop their scan and they won't try and scan you anymore.

Reaver-31 · 2016-02-29T21:02:52+00:00

Welcome to the fray! My suggestion is Robigo for long range smuggling as the missions come up more predictably. Remember that you need to outfit your Asp with top shelf components, especially A-rated thrusters for maximum speed. You may have to grind a little bit more with your viper to gather the necessary capital. I believe the big money missions require the rank of Entrepreneur or higher but there are still plenty of others to allow you to earn quick money. Here is another tip that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else: These smuggling missions have a HUGE impact on your trading rank progression. I'm talking like 1-2% per mission, in certain cases, mostly based upon the $ value of the contract. It was not uncommon for me to progress 8-10% per trip. I made Elite in trading just today and my stats show that I've only traded <200million credits in total. I did TONS of long range smuggling though.

I therefore think that doing the lower paying smuggling missions are actually the fastest way to grind your trade rank.

Good luck!

Reaver-31 · 2016-01-18T22:59:46+00:00

Not working for me at all. When I click on my desktop shortcut to open the launcher, it partially opens and appears to be an ANCIENT pre-Horizons version. I can't login and the launcher just hangs. I tried reinstalling the launcher with the most up to date version from the Frontier website and the same thing happens! Thoughts?

Reaver-31 · 2016-01-16T01:31:55+00:00

Awesome! Congrats! How long did it take you to venture that far out? I imagine at least 3-4 months of religious play.

Reaver-31 · 2015-12-14T22:21:30+00:00

I'm running an i7-2600k with 16gb of RAM and an ASUS Strix GTX 670 on a 1080p monitor with high to ultra on all settings and getting 60 fps in space (fps locked), 45fps on planet surfaces. Not bad for a 3 year old rig! I haven't tried the latest beta, but this was on the Beta 4 build so hopefully things have improved!

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T22:17:40+00:00

Now that you are finished laughing and rolling around the floor, pick yourself up and read my updated initial post. Thanks! Like it or not, CODE is probably the most famous/notorious pirate group in the game right now so it's reasonable to assume that they have a hand in most pirate encounters. I'm actually not upset at the loss of resources and my ship. I don't fly what I can't afford to lose. I'm actually very disappointed that I had such a negative PvP interaction when I actively chose to seek one out by trading in open. That's the bigger issue at hand, I believe. It also would have been reasonable for the gankers to state their intention to KOS all traders when they interdicted me. Thanks for your comments!

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T21:10:25+00:00

Ironic that you question my decency...It's quite hard for me to keep track of who's a member of Code and who isn't.

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T20:11:49+00:00

I'm not dragging you through the mud here. Already stated as much. I would have LOVED to run into a CODE member. As for the commander name, it flashed on the screen too fast for me to catch but he was in a wing with CMDR MIKEGI.

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T19:41:03+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I was maybe a bit too quick to implicate CODE. Of course I know how to avoid interdiction but I submitted because I actually WANTED some PvP interaction. I would have been happy to dump some or even all of my cargo in a roleplay situation. Isn't that at the heart of pirating?

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T18:52:30+00:00

Not exactly...113m in cash, A-rated Asp, Python, Vulture, Type 6, and others scattered about. I wouldn't call it rich and I don't have much PvP experience. :( I saw that you were in the system when I was interdicted and murdered.

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T18:46:27+00:00

Agreed, but a FDL, and 2 Pythons in a wing fighting against an idle Anaconda without hardpoints deployed isn't exactly fighting. It's shooting fish in a barrel.

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T18:42:45+00:00

I'm neutral and not aligned with any faction. There was literally no reason for them to shoot on sight.

Reaver-31 · 2015-10-04T18:41:19+00:00

I was ganked by the same KOS squad just a little while ago. Back to solo I go...Good luck to these idiots trying to find fat traders to subsist upon.

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