Fair play to you on that one, except I am in League One. Ain't no money down there. As an example, We recently played a League Trophy match against Southampton's Under-23 squad. and they had 5 players that each made more in salary than my entire team does. I've got guys making less than I do! We just got a sponsorship deal for 13k a year! No money down here

But it's the wrong forum for that. I don't expect anyone to care too much lol

Thanks, if anyone hears of one of these 'sales' or whatever they might be called I'd be interested. I need to log on and check how much money I've got, because if one of these pops up I want to be ready.

I meant to comment on this the other day, but was at work, and events overtook me.

The AspX is a fine choice. I have one and it's fantastic for everything aside from combat. And maybe mining, I don't do mining.

But it has been a really good ship for cargo hauls and especially transport missions. It's also a very capable explorer of course. I'll have to check, but I think my jump range is near 34 Just get a good fuel scoop, and you can fly it anywhere. It has a great cockpit view, is quite configurable, and is all you need provided you also have a good gunfighter.

130k in one bang.
I'm so awesome.
(yeah, not really)



But now that I've seen the prices I'm not so sure 130k is so much to party aboot.

I think I had to fight as hard in the Cobra as I did in the Side'y, life isn't supposed to get easier in here, right?

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Good work Commander. You'll be making a million before too long.

Why? What ship are you wanting to get? IME, they weren't that great....

Umm good question, been so long I forget. Clipper, Courier, FAS, FDS? Let me get back in to it and I could answer with more clarity.

I've found that I've never really used any of my Imperial ships.... still went with the Asp/Python/Anaconda combo. Maybe the Cutter but the damn thing is too expensive to risk at the moment

I’ve had a great time on salvage runs in my Viper. Some good money in it, 100-250k, but average is about 125k. It’s fun!
My ship doesn’t have the big expensive weapons yet, but for this, speed is more important. The cargo you’re picking up is just 1 or 2 units. No cargo in the hold on the way there, so if something happens I can fight it out without losing anything. Most contracts under 130k have little or no penalty fee. Swoop in, scoop up the units as fast as possible and immediately close up and punch it. Set up navigation after you get going. 5 seconds is a lot better than waiting 15 seconds to spool up. You’ll get taken out if you linger a few seconds too long. Makes it exciting! You need good shields in case they try to shiv you before you take off.

I was working one and took too long—I missed the cargo the first go around, costing me precious seconds. I got jumped by 3 ships. They took out my thrusters immediately, so I was screwed. Just before they took me out, the cops showed and took them out. Then they left me to die! LOL
Thrusters were at 0%, gone. I was about to self destruct, but I looked online for ideas, since I still had my salvage. Turns out that even at 0%, you can reboot your system...it’s just above self-destruct...then switch thrusters back on and you’ll get them back to 2%. I may have had to try twice. Good enough, I was moving again and took off to get repaired. FUN!

I’ve seen on some video somewhere that the Asp Ex is good for combat as long as you don’t get into a turning fight. Power out ahead, then turn for a head on pass..maybe even ram. I’m enjoying the Viper IV, but it’s not as tough as I’d hoped. The stats make it look fast and tough. I still might get the Cobra, just for the experience. Most parts should transfer.

On the lore, I was listening to a broadcast the other day that mentioned generation ships. Then I saw a video where people have found one dead in space with the story why in the logs. I’m looking forward to check8ng that out, but I haven’t gone out far yet. This one station keeps feeding me the good salvage missions.

Why have you started talking about salvage missions?

Also, when you say "pick up," do you do so manually? I don't think there's space for a collector limpet on a Viper?

RK's thread has actually gotten me to fire this up again. I only did so long enough to set up my stick and TIR, and fly the first training mission to see if everything worked. I also wanted to see how much money I've saved. Not as much as I had hoped If I do get back in to it I need a goal, and that means a ship, and that means money.

Whoa! there are new ships? What's a Chieftan? I have plenty of money for one of those. Anyone fly this thing? Is it even out?

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance_Chieftain

What other new ships are there? Why wasn't I informed of this?

I stumbled across them and they pay well! Fun too, nice tension to it being fast and making a quick getaway. Hostile ships watch for you. Get in a fight every now and then and pick up some bounties.
You scoop up one or two units of black boxes or canisters with the cargo scoop. They take up hardly any space. I stored one of my cargo holds in fact.

I need to find salvage missions
(never seeen one I think)

OMG Patch 3.0.2!
Get on the hype train!

*runs in circles out to kitchen and back*


/normal

In other news, my launcher froze when I clicked "upgrade" - God hates me, again.

The new ships were on the Beta branch of Elite... I wonder if the new upgrade means they're here?


How exactly do you "stumble" across one? And do they pay better than just the normal bounty-hunting in RES sites?

On the mission board. I was going to check out a gas giant as mentioned, figured I might as well do a courier run out there while I’m going. Saw a nice payday on a salvage, more than I was seeing on kills, so I took it. On the drop off, there was another for more money. As your standing with the faction and rep on go up, the bigger paydays they offer. You can take jobs well above your rank and most have little or no fine if you back out. Even when I got taken out with the cargo aboard, I was able to run it again. I just can’t turn them down! $200-350k per run now, and the one I just did offered an extra $150k per kill when the pirates show up. That would be better for a wing though, I’m lucky to survive sometimes, others I’m fast enough nothing happens. I’ve got my Viper pretty tough and fast now, just not terribly well armed, so I can out run them when they drop in on me. I did pick up 4 limpets to help snatch the containers. There are up to 3 now so it takes longer but the limpets keep it quick.
Feels like bootlegging. LOL
The station I’m doing this out of is also close to most of the runs, and the station is pretty close to where you jump into the system. It’s a good system and fun to run. They keep loading me up, I’ve got about 6 more runs already accepted, just need to run them. One system has had 3 runs in it I have accepted, but I’m wary of running with 3 loads at one time to do them all at once.
Most of these runs are near plenty of action and conflict zones, just get your kills before grabbing the cargo.

Good man

You fly in Open? Or Private Play?

LOL, get it working?

I had an issue for a while where I could not start the game from the launcher any more. So I had to start it from the exe in the ED folder. Eventually it started working again. I have several hundred hours in ED, but my Steam account shows 25 as a result.

Yes, got it working - weirdest update I've seen.
No progressbar and all frozen launcher but suddenly the big blue said "PLAY" instead of "UPDATE".

Got myself a salvage mission and they blew my Cobra to Smitherins!
Guess I need to check what wizard level my guns are, felt useless.

What weapons combo are you running?

I think my Cobra has 2 medium multi-cannon and 2 small pulse lasers, all gimballed.