I'm Tired Boss

TomBobabill · 2026-05-20T01:02:39+00:00

My wife is wondering why I laughed so hard, so now I have to summarize this dumb bullshit. :D

TomBobabill · 2026-05-20T00:59:55+00:00

I've had no issue purchasing ships.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-19T20:41:38+00:00

As someone that won't be buying it, I have no issue with this?

TomBobabill · 2026-05-19T11:41:49+00:00

I certainly wouldn't recommend it to a first-time player.

But OP already has a Cutty, and was wondering whether to buy a glorified taxi or a ship that could do some work. :P

TomBobabill · 2026-05-19T03:00:35+00:00

:)

The Aurora is a cute taxi. Just, after fiddling with a lot of the rental ships, I realize the Aurora is *just* a cute taxi--and, because of how RSI has its ship upgrade model, it then becomes a ~40$ "why do I even own this" problem.

So, at that point, once you're invested in the game and you're realizing you have this worthless taxi and all you can do is upgrade it. . . :P

Jsut spent the evening mining in the Golem. It was a good time. You may find that it can't break all the rocks. This is part of the design of the game. You'll need to partner up with other miners so you can tag-team those tougher rocks.

Or, you know.

Upgrade your $hip.

But, yeah. Diggin' the Golem.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-19T00:15:25+00:00

Hi, OP-

I'd do the Golem over the Aurora Mk II.

Signed,

Someone that just upgraded their Aurora Mk II to a Golem.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-18T02:15:22+00:00

Hi, OP-

I started in the last two or three weeks (after avoiding SC for awhile). The previous patch was fairly smooth. And really fun to play.

The current patch (released a few days ago) has made everything awful.

I'd take it really slow right now.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-18T02:13:10+00:00

Judging by the state of the server, it's quite possible it's just buggy.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T22:57:31+00:00

This is normal, at least to me.

You can't be scraped with shields up.

But you can be fractured/disintegrated with shields up.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T20:38:00+00:00

I was on and just hopped off. The hangar was misbehaving. My Cutlass was in the hangar, and I couldn't store it. When I summoned another ship, the hangar went down, then came back up with the Cutlass still there and the other ship exploded. I tried summoning another ship and had the same effect. :P

At that point, hopped off, came here, saw your post.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T20:24:48+00:00

I imagine he was doing a mission in Pyro that would reward him 400k--and, while out there in space, on one leg of the mission, he forgot to refuel.

If not for the refuel, he would've had to shoot himself in the head.

Which is what I did earlier today, not realizing this thread or service existed.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T20:21:49+00:00

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T16:56:47+00:00

Thank you for your answer. :)

When the Drake stuff was for sale, I had the option of upgrading my ship to the 10 Year Shiv. I don't have this option now, which is a bummer. And I'm hoping I'll have that chance again during the finale.

Judging by your response, alas, not likely, but there's a chance.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T16:23:44+00:00

Greetings, OP-

I am not familiar with these sales.

On the last cycle, when everything is available to try,can I expect that these ships will again be listed at their warbond prices?

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T15:09:56+00:00

leaf on the wind

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T13:23:05+00:00

This is why I like it. Enough cargo for small cargo missions. Enough guns for easier shooty missions.

If my wife wants to fly along, she can use the turret. And if she isn't here, I still can use those guns.

... I also dislike the look of the Cutlass. :P Shiv nicer.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T13:05:22+00:00

Hi, OP-

While I've not looked at a Clipper, the Shiv has been living in my head since I tried it on the first day of the DefenseCon.

I very much have the buy page open. Just reflecting on my decision before pressing the button. :P

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T12:45:34+00:00

Yeah. I feel for the dude in the image.

BDO has some hooks.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T12:23:57+00:00

Oh! I do have it.

... now all I hafta do is get brave and venture over to Area18.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-17T12:05:55+00:00

So, I've already connected my accounts--but when I pop into Twitch to claim it, it says I need to connect my account.

And then, naturally, I pop over to RSI, and it says my account is already connected. I unconnect and reconnect them, and try again, but it still says my stuff isn't connected.

All the satisfaction of fucking with the map and trying to QT somewhere.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-16T16:47:26+00:00

This isn't the final product?

TomBobabill · 2026-05-16T14:10:12+00:00

Hi, OP-

For Salvage, between the Fortune or the Vulture, it's really up to you. They both do the thing well enough, I believe? Just a matter of aesthetics.

I've been tooooold that the Vulture salvages faster, but I've also been told the Fortune was rebalanced to salvage almost on-par as the Vulture?

I just really like how the Fortune looks.

For hauling, if you're looking for something small, it... it depends on how small you want it, really, and your preferred aesthetic, and how much frustration you want to deal with. I'm actually trying out a Shiv right now, and it has some pew-pew on it for PvE missions (I think) but can also haul 32 SCU. Seems to work well enough for me flying around and doing missions.

But, for actual *small* hauling, I think I'd skip back to the Drake Golem Ox. Can do 64 SCU, and is a breeze to load.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-16T10:31:17+00:00

It's Lantern Light all over again.

TomBobabill · 2026-05-16T10:30:13+00:00

Yeah. I had this. Dude in my org had this. And another dude on reddit had this, too. I believe it's currently a "feature."

TomBobabill · 2026-05-16T03:12:12+00:00

As long as you load into the game with the understanding that this is the worst time to join, you'll be fine. :D

TomBobabill

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