Ok, so I've just spent the last few hours in-game working on my button layout for my new 16000 hotas. Eventually I got it all figured and went about my business. Did a bunch deliveries and bounties all over Stanton with my Warden. Over time I noticed a couple of things.
1. How the hell do you find out what Pad you're landing on? It seems I was always at Pad 02. But the first time I went back to my ship after a drop off and pick up (without it going to hangar) I guess Pad 02 and was right. Is a Warden sized ship always at Pad 02? Was I lucky to guess Pad 02 seven different times at different stations? Or is the ship magically at whatever pad I send the elevator to?
2. Is there a way to look up locations when planning deliveries, bounties, and other missions BEFORE accepting the mission? Had I known where Banjini (or whatever it was called) was right by a bounty I wouldn't have left the another station before having to back track. Or do you guys simply know the verse well enough to mostly know where you're going without having to look locations up?
3. When enlisting the services of a R&R station (i.e. Hur-L2), how do you know when you're good to go (refueled, rearmed, repaired, etc)? I spent about 20 minutes doing all the Reddit tricks to using the services like hovering, confirming once service at a time, etc. Yet, my ship never looked repaired. I needed fuel and was (probably) low on ammo, and had a Warden that looked like a flying rock from the damage states (though I had no actual damage other than cosmetic). But nothing worked. Or at least I don't believe it did. Do you need to hangar the aircraft to see the services completed? Like you're ordering the services, land, let them take it and do the services and then you're back to fighting shape? Is it instantaneous? Or was it bugged and I just didn't get lucky.
4. I was interdicted at one point, and after shooting down the two cutlasses and a connie, I was unable to QT. It said, "quantum jammed" or something like that. There were no aircraft nearby. I just flew full throttle towards my destination while I went to grab a beer and sandwich, came back and was able to QT again. So was that an effect from being pulled out of Quantum? Or is there a "zone/bubble" that you have to depart from before being able to QT again?
5. How do you guys know/find out the meta for ship loadouts? Like you see a max DPS build on the DPS Calculator site but people tend to say that DPS doesn't mean everything (it usually doesn't) or that such and such weapons are bugged and only do a percentage of damage. Is there a doc, site, or place on out forums that I can find that info before spending money in-game on weapons/parts for my ship that are not the best option?
That's all for now. I love you guys. I need smart people in my life. Please.
1. How the hell do you find out what Pad you're landing on? It seems I was always at Pad 02. But the first time I went back to my ship after a drop off and pick up (without it going to hangar) I guess Pad 02 and was right. Is a Warden sized ship always at Pad 02? Was I lucky to guess Pad 02 seven different times at different stations? Or is the ship magically at whatever pad I send the elevator to?
2. Is there a way to look up locations when planning deliveries, bounties, and other missions BEFORE accepting the mission? Had I known where Banjini (or whatever it was called) was right by a bounty I wouldn't have left the another station before having to back track. Or do you guys simply know the verse well enough to mostly know where you're going without having to look locations up?
3. When enlisting the services of a R&R station (i.e. Hur-L2), how do you know when you're good to go (refueled, rearmed, repaired, etc)? I spent about 20 minutes doing all the Reddit tricks to using the services like hovering, confirming once service at a time, etc. Yet, my ship never looked repaired. I needed fuel and was (probably) low on ammo, and had a Warden that looked like a flying rock from the damage states (though I had no actual damage other than cosmetic). But nothing worked. Or at least I don't believe it did. Do you need to hangar the aircraft to see the services completed? Like you're ordering the services, land, let them take it and do the services and then you're back to fighting shape? Is it instantaneous? Or was it bugged and I just didn't get lucky.
4. I was interdicted at one point, and after shooting down the two cutlasses and a connie, I was unable to QT. It said, "quantum jammed" or something like that. There were no aircraft nearby. I just flew full throttle towards my destination while I went to grab a beer and sandwich, came back and was able to QT again. So was that an effect from being pulled out of Quantum? Or is there a "zone/bubble" that you have to depart from before being able to QT again?
5. How do you guys know/find out the meta for ship loadouts? Like you see a max DPS build on the DPS Calculator site but people tend to say that DPS doesn't mean everything (it usually doesn't) or that such and such weapons are bugged and only do a percentage of damage. Is there a doc, site, or place on out forums that I can find that info before spending money in-game on weapons/parts for my ship that are not the best option?
That's all for now. I love you guys. I need smart people in my life. Please.