the PC Gaming thread

[Redmist]

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

Maybe we should start an Elite Dangerous thread if there's enough of us on here interested in it?

Can do for me, could be interesting to log progress.


Do you be happening to be using a certain profit calculator for your trading trips?

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Redmist

Do you be happening to be using a certain profit calculator for your trading trips?

Maybe...just a little, certainly makes life easier to find a good run! Elitetradingtool.Co.UK

I do use the galactic average and economy types to narrow things down too though...but when I'm out of luck I spread the search a little wider with it...

Currently running a 15ly trip taking Beryllium one way and Domestic Appliances back...with 112t cargo that pulls in 194k Cr! Just helped me buy, and A rating upgrade, a Viper for bounty hunting fun in 2 couple hour stints...

[kaivalagi]

Ouch, just managed to ram straight into Python at full chat in my Viper, those things turn on a dime! Dead....170k Cr to rebuy...full A rated! still just 1 trade run to recoup costs

[Redmist]

During combat or coming out of cruise?

I'm back doing trade runs.

So if you didn't have those credits available for insurance you'd be screwed right? Or does the cargo your carrying count towards it aswell?

[Redmist]

oh and I'm using slopey's profit calculator

Although its not working this morning?

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Redmist

I'm back doing trade runs.

I had issues yesterday with trading transactions erroring and by the looks of it people still are...I'm holding off on doing any big trades until I see something from the devs on the forum here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90388

Originally Posted by Redmist

During combat or coming out of cruise?

So if you didn't have those credits available for insurance you'd be screwed right? Or does the cargo your carrying count towards it aswell?

Bounty hunting, he was a 200K target

Cargo is lost, as are any bounties not cashed in or planetary scans

If I didn't have the rebuy credits in the bank I would have lost that Viper, all 3 million credits worth

Originally Posted by Redmist

oh and I'm using slopey's profit calculator

Although its not working this morning?

I don't like that tool, much easier using the http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk site online, you can load that on a phone/tablet and not have to alt-tab out! You can contribute to it by taking screenshots and using eliteocr I think, never done it though

[Redmist]

After seeing the "Rares" tab on the tool you suggested, I have now gone from 200k credits to 500K including A rating my FSD.

Gonna do a few more runs and get something a bit livelier than the Hauler.

Had my issues tho, got stuck in a star's heat cloud and had to take the hit on my shields to going down to 55% to get out using the supercruise.

All good fun!

P.S. I tried sending in game chat but they always failed, maybe cos I'm still in solo play?
(I'm RedArchangel by the way but I'm sure you'd guessed that!)

[kaivalagi]

Yeah, I've added you in as a friend, chances are we'd both need to be in open or private group play to talk....I've created a private group under my name "kaivalagi", join that and we can meet up easily, just request to join and I'll accept! Then when you want we can jump to a common place maybe?

I am currently based at "charunder" if you want to see where that might take you? I have a nice 1700+ Cr/ton 15ly single jump round trip you may want to use for a while...

Never done rares

Oh, today I royally screwed up...getting cocky with speed around stations I thought I could out accelerate a python out of dock by retracting landing gear, hitting up thruster, aiming and boosting....I managed to slam the wall next to the slit and explode...500k insurance and 900k cargo lost lol! Made it back in 2 hours though and added an extra 1 Mil buffer since too...I now have 3mil cash and 13mil in assets from 2 ships....onwards and upwards!

[Redmist]

Yeah I'll join up, Charunda sounds familiar so I'll check.

I was heading to "Any Na" to collect another Rare item.

Rares are good for the smaller craft because you can carry 6 or 8 items and make 100K+ on the trip. Bad bit is that you need to be heading 160lys from where you got them to make that money.

Planning a route over that distance is tricky though. The map is not designed for those kind of distances.
I mean technically as long as your heading away from the source of the item, who cares you'll still make big money, but ideally I want to get to another Rare source so I can carry on with the scheme.

I managed to Pinball around a station too after the keyboard stopped responding, after switching to one of the HUD screens and back all controls returned but I managed to smash into the port 3 times!
Weirdly no damaged sustained from it though.

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Redmist

I managed to Pinball around a station too after the keyboard stopped responding, after switching to one of the HUD screens and back all controls returned but I managed to smash into the port 3 times!
Weirdly no damaged sustained from it though.

Yeah, trying doing that at boosted full speed with gear up lol, the shields don't help as much then!

We could do a rare run together maybe?

I assume you've learn how to run when interdicted?

It'll be good when wings functionality turns up, I think then we'll be able to travel more as one etc