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The way the game dynamic was originally explained was that distortion guns, spike missiles and EMP all shut down the main computer, and only life support and individually guided (manned) turrets will work with the computer down. After this they added the dynamic that distortion weapons kill...

Both the MPUV and SRV are listed online for $65 with LTI. The ships page isn't loading for me right now, but I think they both listed with Medium Q Drives available. Available means you can put it in. They do not come with the ship. So far as I'm aware, jumping and quantum have the same...

It's suddenly, fantastically useful. To be able to tractor a derelict ship through a jump means a single player with almost no money can make a huge living off retrievals. I think I saw one with LTI for $65. But the page says "available", meaning you need to add a medium class jump drive...

I think the solution has to be to target bigger ships. IIUC, the EMP knocks out everything except manned turrets, so that gives you plenty of options. Any medium ship ought to be fairly easy prey if you can make a single pass, especially from below and behind where most medium ships have blind...

. . .has a medium Q Drive available. What? Yeah. Only reason I can think a small ship would have a M drive is it can tractor ships through jumps, which means it could possibly retrieve. . .well. . .certain items, shall we say?

Yeah, and the gun sways around in your hands further and faster they higher your heart rate, so you want to keep it low. I think I heard anything over 110 makes it harder to hit the target. Also hits in the arms make the gun sway more.

You still need to aim your ship. The nicest thing about ravens and such seem to me you don't need to worry about the target's shields. I don't think that is true of spike missiles (Arresters) and certainly not distortion weapons. IIUC, the missiles will attack a shield first, but we don't...

Thanks so much! All of this helps enormously. One thing the calculator points out in excruciating detail is how many people are making vids with very sorry loadouts. I see many people running missions with 4 weapons. For the same reason soldiers carry one weapon, you really ought to try to...

Wow, this is huge: FPS Data 3.5.0 Thanks so much for this. Now it is obvious that you do not want to carry things like pistols. BTW, there are great reasons soldiers do not carry pistols or "back up weapons". They carry secondary weapons for special purposes. Very cool speed calculator at...

Cool but if you can board it, why not take it? The trouble with boarding Vanduul ships is they have a self destruct, so you need to disable that in short order, or take control of the bridge first thing. Will be interesting to see if we can use breeching charges on the bridge and enter...

Sounds like he must drink a lot. Maybe we should invite him to TEST.

Yeah. Killing a Kingship is going to be very difficult, especially when you recall that there will be strict limits as to how many ships can enter an instance. Manning the big ships makes good sense, but the level of player cooperation for such a thing will probably make that relatively rare...

Regardless of what happens with NPCs, I think you'll be able to man all those at once. If you get involved in the Sons of Orion storyline, there will always be Vanduul targets to hit. I think here at TEST you'd find a long list of folks who would enjoy manning all those ships and more on...

I have been wondering about using them on the Hoplite as a boarding platform. The Arrester IIIs look like they will be great for single seat small ships, but the shields on medium class and above are so powerful now that if all 8 of the Arresters that a Hoplite can carry were to hit say, a...

Daily. I expect to need aggressive diplomacy to convince the Outsiders, slavers, smugglers and pirates to loan me their ships. Also I will own that I like the bounty missions. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsbbchVRjts

I think those were the counterfeit TESTies.

Best analysis I've seen to date by far. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8rtzi_wt9U

Yeah. No matter what they do with NPCs, PCs will always be better. OTOH, it doesn't take much from AI to fly in formation and launch missiles on command. Actually, I am thinking AI could be better at formation flying, and obeying orders than real pilots. If that's true those are probably the...

Yes, there should eventually emerge excellent reasons to have multiple copies of identical ships. We've been told that we will be able to hire NPC pilots, and that NPCs can be squaded together, and that NPCs can fly escorts. So although it is doubtful that you can send NPCs on their own...

From another thread (I didn't want to hijack) Great vid! And yeah, obnoxious but funny. Excellent work. I poked around and what it seems is, for any combat situation I probably want heavy torso, since it enables 4 grenades and a heavy weapon, but I probably want medium or even light for...