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#4513272 - 03/29/20 03:29 AM Congratulations Bo  
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I heard you made the triple Elite hall of fame!!!!!!!!!!!!! kneeldown


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#4513275 - 03/29/20 04:19 AM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Yep, Inara confirms it.

Congrats, man, that's an awesome achievement.

I had looked a couple days ago and you were at like 85%, then today I saw it at 90. Then Wingnuts says Elite and sure enough, you did it. The progress you made over the past month is unreal.

These sorts of things have little meaning in most games. But for those of us who fly Elite I think it's really something to be proud of. It's one of my goals but not all that close yet.


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#4513301 - 03/29/20 11:21 AM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: DBond]  
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Thanx, gents! Wasn’t even planning on grinding it out this weekend. Was at something like 83% Thurs pm when I logged on. Hit my CNB stomping ground at HR 4734 and was averaging about 2% per hour increase. I started to think it actually might be doable to finish by Sat nite. Stayed at 4734 til Sat afternoon then tried a new CNB at LP 470-65 or something along those lines. Towards the end I was engaging targets with minimal shields left on the Goeben. Would engage, kill the target(s), and then promptly reboot my ship to get the shields back to 50%. This went on for a couple of hours, finally my lower readout said 100% while my right screen read 99%. Docked the ‘Vette hoping that it was enough. Alas, the right display was the one that mattered apparently. Back out, and 2 kills latter I got the message. TRIPLE ELITE, woot!!!!

#4513322 - 03/29/20 12:54 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Now, every time one of us locks your ship it will say Elite and that's worth it right there smile


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#4513483 - 03/30/20 11:47 AM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Congrats Bohemond. I'm only about 23% into my "Dangerous" combat rank so it will be a very long time until I get elite. I already have elite trade and exploration status though.


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#4513498 - 03/30/20 01:38 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Recluse is very close to Triple Elite too.

I'm at 20% Deadly. I hit Deadly on March 1, and since then have turned in a little less than 700 bounties plus a handful of assassinations. So that's more than 30 kills per point. NPC rank plays a part, so it will vary. Plus, I've done it mostly solo, and I've never hired a minion. Bo got his combat Elite playing winged up a lot, so splitting the XP on all of his kills. What was your bounty total when you hit Elite Bo? Around 12,000? And of course combat bonds and assassinations add up too, but I know most of us only dabble in that. Mostly it's bounty hunting.

So at this rate I'll need at least another 2400 kills, and maybe many more, to hit Elite. Better get to work! That's alotta shootin'. Matter of fact it's about double the number it took to get to Deadly in the first place.

But I want my locked ship to say Elite too, so I had better keep at it.


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#4513499 - 03/30/20 01:44 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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CONGRATS!!

I am CLOSE but no KAMITRA CIGAR.... frown I was ahead of Bo by something like 15% a couple of weeks ago...but I gave up the CNB farming for awhile. Time to saddle up and get back to it!

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#4513528 - 03/30/20 03:33 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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You're close for sure. Yeah, Bo really got his focus tight and ripped though the last 20%.

I've been a little too scattered to really get going, but even then to be at 20% after a month has been a little better than I might have predicted. But I have to break it up with mat hunting (searching HGEs), sightseeing and other missions. Haven't played much over the past week or so while playing Silent Hunter. First week in a month where I didn't get my 400 Arx smile

The coronavirus though has given me more time to do both. So if there's a silver lining to it, it's that, and even better, more time with my son and my dog haha.

If I stayed focused on combat I think I could hit Elite right around the time carriers come out. But I tend to burn out in June every year. I play Elite for several months each spring, then burn out and move to something else. Maybe carriers will keep me around this year.


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#4513628 - 03/30/20 10:49 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: DBond]  
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#4513689 - 03/31/20 11:07 AM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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Speaking of bounties and assassinations, why is it that you never see the high level pirates piloting Cutters? It's always Fed Corvettes.


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#4513706 - 03/31/20 12:42 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I’ve encountered ‘em in Empire space.

#4513823 - 03/31/20 11:22 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: WingNuts01]  
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That's alotta shootin' Bo, thanks for the numbers.


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#4513862 - 04/01/20 10:38 AM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: DBond]  
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Yah, the last 10% or so was kinda crazy for me. No KWS-ing, no mat gathering, constantly rebooting my ship to get shields up to 50%. Not even being particularly picky about the victims. If I could get them in range and my guns to bear, I let loose.

I guess I’ve got to find another goal in ED now. Not sure FC’s excite me enuff to grind mine 5 billion or so credits. I’ve 2 1/2 in the bank, but that’s my mattress money. Wouldn’t want to let it get below 2 billion. The first short term goal I guess will be Impy rank. Doubt I’d buy a Cutter, but I still want the rank just in case.

#4513894 - 04/01/20 02:17 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: Bohemond]  
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Originally Posted by Bohemond

I guess I’ve got to find another goal in ED now.


You said it. Early on in my Elite career I made a post here along the lines of 'I fear that when I hit Triple Elite and have all the ships I want I'll stop playing'.

I talk all the time about needing goals in this game. How having a purpose is gold. When the time comes I can no longer think of one it will all come crashing to a halt.


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#4513896 - 04/01/20 02:26 PM Re: Congratulations Bo [Re: DBond]  
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Originally Posted by DBond


I talk all the time about needing goals in this game. How having a purpose is gold. When the time comes I can no longer think of one it will all come crashing to a halt.



I concur with this. At least for now, I already have all the ships I'm interested in having and they are all fully or nearly-fully engineered. Money is also no concern but there's still lots of exploration I can do. I have yet to visit the Witchhead nebula as well as other notable places in the Milky Way.


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