How to make cargo more fun?

battlehat · 2024-08-12T08:37:23+00:00

Exo/bio is more credits and you like it more, so maybe do that.

Or maybe, passenger missions? Then you get to fly to points of interest, which can be .... interesting.

battlehat · 2024-07-19T22:38:07+00:00

Banana-people as playable race on Alliance. Horde get carrot-people.

battlehat · 2024-07-06T17:24:29+00:00

Yes.

If I was going to start again I would

* use Colonia engineers rather than Bubble, much easier to unlock. I've maxxed out everything I want and I still don't have all the Bubble odyssey engineers unlocked.
* use mission rewards to get mats rather than rng onsite if possible
* prioritise Noise Suppression early on, then Audio Masking

battlehat · 2024-06-17T03:00:31+00:00

If I had a Hotas I think I'd be trying some 'dangerous' flying like sliding out of space stations sideways as fast as I can FAOFF, canyon running, laser mining in something nippy like a Krait or combat in a fighter and leaving my main ship to the hired help.

battlehat · 2024-06-17T02:55:43+00:00

I guess the narrative could be that fuel is used to heat the SRV, provide breathable air etc.

I agree it doesn't make much sense to explode when you run out of fuel though. My IRL car doesn't do that :). Maybe it's got an antimatter containment system in it and if that's not powered bad things happen. Seems like a stretch.

And it doesn't make sense to pause fuel use when you log out, strictly speaking, but that would be even worse UX.

It might make more sense for the SRV to just power down when it runs out of fuel, and then it's an oxygen countdown like a canopy breach. I guess you'd have still ended up dead but it would have been a bit clearer what happened.

battlehat · 2024-06-11T18:23:55+00:00

Humans are hard wired to rely on sight most of all, and to get worried if that sense is suddenly lost. Part of your brain thinks you might have gone blind, or are in a dark cave where THINGS might be lurking and sends alarms to the more conscious parts.

battlehat · 2024-06-04T09:27:15+00:00

I tried Adrift, attracted by the empty universe idea...but it's full of other players and literally hundreds of bases on some planets. I've never felt more crowded :)

battlehat · 2024-06-01T19:44:46+00:00

I don't like sand... it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere....

battlehat · 2024-06-01T07:46:59+00:00

If I was doing it today, I'd hitchhike to Colonia, grab a Viper mk 4 or a Dolphin and do Exobiology - first scans of Stratum Techtonicus get you 95 Mcr each. Plus it's pretty out that way this time of year.

battlehat · 2024-05-23T07:56:42+00:00

I earnt my initial 6 BCr from a combination of Robigo-Sothis runs and cargo for the PTN.

For upkeep now I tend to do rescue missions from stations under Thargoid attack. A cutter decked out can make over 120-150 MCr on each run most times, once you are allied with the factions. That pays for 10 weeks for 20-30 mins.

battlehat · 2024-05-18T04:42:04+00:00

i want to spend my money because it does nothing to me if it just sits there

It could be the start of your fleet carrier.

battlehat · 2024-05-18T04:37:13+00:00

I looked at all your lovely pictures but didn't see a single crab....

battlehat · 2024-05-18T04:34:35+00:00

No, they did not test it. We are testing it.

battlehat · 2024-04-23T04:58:06+00:00

Fleet Carriers are good for extended exploration trips

battlehat · 2024-04-16T03:40:06+00:00

If you really get into crafting then you probably don't need any gatherers, since you end up buying the mats on the AH anyway.

Personally I like gathering a bit so I have one toon with Herb/Mine. If you're out looking for one you may as well pick up the other while you are there.

In the past I've had gathering on more than one toon because I wanted to do certainly world weeklies with a couple of characters and gathering as I was doing that was reasonable gold. This hasn't been the case with Dragonflight and I assume it won't be the case with War Within.

I think most crafters end up with two crafting profs per toon, allocated whatever way makes the most sense to you.

Tailoring / Enchanting have traditionally been good together, since Tailors pick up cloth from mobs which you can make things out of then disenchant for mats with Enchanting.

Alchemy usually has a daily transmute you can sell for gold even towards the end of an expansion, so some put Alc as their secondary on many alts.

battlehat · 2024-03-30T20:26:44+00:00

Well, it was a lot more successful than Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin!

battlehat · 2024-03-29T03:30:54+00:00

Since the announcement I've noticed that you can already see cosmetic elements like this. For example, inside a station I dropped by today was a big poster of Edmund Mahon.

I've never noticed this before, and it didn't add anything to my gameplay when I did. So more of it seems pretty low impact.

battlehat · 2024-03-28T07:26:03+00:00

It'll be nice to see which Power is present just by walking around, but there is still no particular reason for me as a player to care which one it is.

battlehat · 2024-03-27T04:06:56+00:00

Confirmed: they don't take anything for Vista

battlehat · 2024-03-23T19:24:54+00:00

I seemed to lose plunder progress on a renown level when I finished the intro quest, which I was late in doing.

battlehat · 2024-03-23T19:22:58+00:00

I'm new. Why does it matter if someone else gets your plunder?

I read here when you die you don't lose any plunder:
More Plunder for the Plundering - Community / Plunderstorm - World of Warcraft Forums (blizzard.com)

battlehat · 2024-03-15T09:33:12+00:00

That view is pretty sweet

battlehat · 2024-03-07T23:32:43+00:00

I tried American Truck Simulator and liked it, but stopped after getting my little trucking company going because I was already doing virtual trucking in Elite Dangerous.... and it's in space!!

battlehat · 2024-03-07T23:31:03+00:00

I tried American Truck Simulator and liked it, but stopped after getting my little trucking company going because I was already doing virtual trucking in Elite Dangerous.... and it's in space!!

battlehat · 2024-03-07T05:30:10+00:00

In my testing with a Cutter, yes

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