r/EliteDangerous

I’ve recently fallen quite in love with the “unbothered shield tank” what I mean by that is I recently picked up the Clipper, stacked it with shield boosters and ended up with 5k shields, no hardpoints show up do my salvage, ignore the pirates as if they aren’t there. There’s something cathartic about that after struggling with combat XD.

How about you ? Fighter ? Big ship? Tank? Overwhelming firepower ?

-cheers!

Just wondering going in basic, doing something really basic like mining or taxi, trading, etc building up credits getting new ships, kind freelancer style. How hard is the game?

I tried many many years ago, but it was quite grindy and I think was early days lot of bugs and such.

I would be using mouse/keyboard a lot.

I finally got my fleet carrier and I want to get a brand new mining ship to mine tritium for when I'm out in the black, I heard the type 11 is the best nowdays

I'm also a returning player (not to mention never owned a fleet carrier) and forgot a lot of the basics so tips very are welcomed

As the title says, I've been up, down, left right and center of Sanguineous Rim and I just can't seem to find an unexplored system!!! I'm so confused!

Is there a way to feed into EDDiscovery 3D Map the information of already explored and mapped systems? I know some users don't upload their discovery info, and that's fine, but I'm getting really frustrated that every single system I go to it has already been discovered somehow. Am I hitting the 0.02% of every system scanned already? Am I that unlucky?

I have never really gone far, but I finally caved on a prebuilt Caspian and nomad and I'm having a blast! finally reached just about a little over 10,000 light years outside of the bubble . I'm planning to go back in a few weeks I've done obsessive amounts of exo biology, and the amount of systems of discovered has really made me find a new great path in elite

I'm definitely gonna go back and cycle between combat background simulation impacts, but I'm gonna schedule expeditions every few months

Was just curious for your commanders how long have you usually stayed out there before the itch to go back gets to you?

I’ve finally took the plunge into elite and I’m really enjoying it, however I’m also very capped for time having only about 2-3 hours every other evening to hop on.

I’ve really enjoyed going to RES zones and third partying wanted ships for the bounty and I think I’d like to delve deeper into the combat role.

Essentially I’m looking for a combat ship that I can “main” and do all my engineering on. I’d like to be able to pull up to res sites and start fights not join them.

I don’t think I have the time to engineer multiple ships at the moment and so I’ve been eyeing up the Kestral Mk2. Would it be a good ship to carry me through combat and do all my engineering on? I’m just worried it’ll be too small and won’t be able to punch up, might it be better to save for a python mk2?

I have a couple reasons why this CMDR is the best pirate:

1. They're super chill

2. Most of the time the wont kill you

3. They always stay in character

4. When they interdict you they just ask for a joke and if its funny you can go on your way!

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I want to take my Type 11 out to mine materials. I want to take my full Type 11 back to the station where I have my Panther Clipper which has 1152 cargo space, and drop off my current load capacity. Now I want to go back out and mine some more materials, fill up and take that second load to my Clipper. I want to do this until my Clipper is full and then drive the clipper to whatever market makes me the most money. Is this possible? Can my Clipper in storage at a station be used as storage while I go mine more material?

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Hello fellow Commanders,

I'm using a Krait Phantom for exploration in the deep black right now. It's outfitted with 2 AFMU, a Repair Limpet Controller, a SRV Hangar and all the other default stuff. I started heading out in the black more than a year ago, took a break after a while and now came back to continiue my trip. My goal was to fly to the edge of the map and from there along its border to beagle point, from there to Colonia and back to the bubble without skipping anything via neutron star jumps. Also doing some Expobiology on planets with 3 or more bio sources and collection some other materials for later engineering or maintenance. While the Krait Phantom is a really nice ship, discovering bio and material sources on planets and collecting them is a real pain, especially if you consider the amount of stops a long exploratioin has. Now with the introduction of the Caspian Explorer, the Nomad and the upcoming Rhino I wonder if it will be better to head back to the bubble and outfit a Caspian Explorer for my task and I have the following questions:

1. Can the Caspian Explorer really fit everything like
2. - A hangar for the Rhino
3. - A hangar for the Nomad
4. - 2 AFMU
5. - 1 Repair Limpet Controller
6. - All the default stuff like Guardian Booster, maybe a mining laser etc.
7. Can a fully outfitted Capsian still maintain a Jump Range of at least 65-70ly fully loaded?
8. Is there enough information at the moment to tell if the Rhino can replace a SRV?
9. If the Rhino can't replace a SRV can the Caspian hold another hangar for a SRV? (Propably not I think)
10. Can the Nomad track down Materials and Collect them like a SRV? (Thinking of replacing the Rhino with a second nomad if thats possible since the Rhino will be propably slow and finding and collecting stuff with the crappy SRV takes ages).
11. Are there any downsides besides the difficulty of landing on a planet between the Caspian and the Krait Phantom?
12. I usually dont outfits my explorers with weapons since I'm playing either in a solo lobby or on Mobius PVE. Should I bring weapons with the Caspian?
13. Might I be happier with a Mandalay for such long exploration trips than with a Caspian? (I dont own a Carrier or be part of a Squadron that owns one)

Thanks in advance fellow Commanders. Wish you a nice and peaceful journey.

*edit*

Thank you all for your feedback. I'm back at the bubble getting my Caspian outfitted and engineered.

Is anyone else having this issue where the game takes a long time to load? I've been spending about 3–5 minutes on the loading screen before the game actually opens. My connection is good, my hardware is solid, and I recently reinstalled Windows. I didn't have this problem before. I'm thinking about reinstalling the game.