Reclaimer vs Carrack?

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  • Carrack

    Votes: 22 33.8%
  • Reclaimer

    Votes: 19 29.2%
  • Buy Beer!

    Votes: 13 20.0%
  • Some other stupid awesome 350 ship!

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • BMM for ships and giggles.

    Votes: 4 6.2%
  • Something something another answer

    Votes: 6 9.2%

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Blind Owl

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No, that was the statue of liberty. Only took us like 84 years to assemble it. Not because we didn't know how but because we didn't actually like it, ha. Mount Rushmore is that sacred indian mountain that we had some artist blow the hell up in the shape of our presidents. Originally it was going to be 4 people of the frontier, but then the artist was like "Screw that! I'mma put Abe, Teddy, Jackson, and George on there!". So then he did and ran out of money to complete it, which makes it even more American.

I still like France, even though most people make fun of them. Without France, America would not be like it is today. Probably much more British and more like Canada, but that's not the America you all love :P

I do hope to fuck that you know I was being facetious, haha.
I thought the hold up with the statue of liberty assembly was that it came with big bags of metric nuts and bolts.
We were too polite to tell them they F uped and took years to develop the vise grip tool to assemble the darn thing.
But... I could be mistaken.
Wait, 'Merica . . .polite? :grin::grinning: I love you guys, don't hurt me. Ha
That's the reason why we didn't like it. Like, really? A millimeter? Like did you really have to take a meter and cut it up into 1,000 pieces and then just use 8 of them? Why not use 5/8ths of an inch instead? Clearly French was not thinking.

Merica: 1, France: 0
Because 5280' to a mile makes perfect sense. :nerd:
 

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I do hope to fuck that you know I was being facetious, haha.

Wait, 'Merica . . .polite? :grin::grinning: I love you guys, don't hurt me. Ha
Because 5280' to a mile makes perfect sense. :nerd:
Had to take you up on that comment. It's the only way of getting America's history on a forum. There's not a lot of it... but it's all we got. I'm not allowed to use Germany, Ireland, or Russia's history for some reason, even though that's where my ancestors are from. So I'll use American history.

5280 ft or 1760 yards in a mile. So easy to remember.
 
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Man, America's history is awesome. I love it. Feel free to discuss anytime.

And why in Gods name can't you use any of your geneology? Jesus, I love the history of my family. It's freaking interesting shit. Memor Esto.
 

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Firstly its probably long since been answered but as I was away here goes:-
It is a mistake to try and own all ships imo and there are enough of us that you can experience the other ships probably whenever you want. The main advantage of the carrack is land exploration so far only the carrack and Aquila have the land rover. Whilst it has range cargo capacity etc you can experience the space exploration mechanics with cheaper ships. There will undoubtedly be a cheaper salvage ship and that may even be an option on the caterpillar (but it wont be free). So I would have the one whose play style most appeals to me.

The caterpillar is beautifully designed ship (looks) but you only have a limited capacity cargo hauler of the bat (without extra expense). It's advantage over hull ships is its armour and defense capabilities which it gives up a lot of cargo capacity for but unless there is a significant redesign the extra armour does not seem enough to enable the caterpillar to go into dangerous space on its own. If you need escorts you might as well take more cargo on a hull ship. That being said I haven't converted mine yet because actually you do not have to be optimal to have fun (for a non combat designed ship anyways).

I have my own similar issues but I wont spend anymore on the game so accept my limited capacity fleet and know I can buy other ships in game or crew with others.
 
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Blind Owl,

I agree with some of the others. The Reclaimer makes more sense right now based on the little I know of what you want to do (btw, you should explain that in a little more detail)

Go out with IRS. They blow stuff up, you reclaim it. Everyone wins. You make lots of money and buy that Carrack.

That said, Test has a TON of multi-crew ships. Probably more than we can crew at this point. So...find a friendly person who has a Carrack they can loan out to you for operating costs plus a SLIGHT bit of profit (2% standard). If they are out in their Orion during that time, you can be the captain or some other officer (captain if you are paying the freight)...they can invite you along and you can crew up for them...this way you are not even paying for it.
 
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Firstly its probably long since been answered but as I was away here goes:-
It is a mistake to try and own all ships imo and there are enough of us that you can experience the other ships probably whenever you want. The main advantage of the carrack is land exploration so far only the carrack and Aquila have the land rover. Whilst it has range cargo capacity etc you can experience the space exploration mechanics with cheaper ships. There will undoubtedly be a cheaper salvage ship and that may even be an option on the caterpillar (but it wont be free). So I would have the one whose play style most appeals to me.

The caterpillar is beautifully designed ship (looks) but you only have a limited capacity cargo hauler of the bat (without extra expense). It's advantage over hull ships is its armour and defense capabilities which it gives up a lot of cargo capacity for but unless there is a significant redesign the extra armour does not seem enough to enable the caterpillar to go into dangerous space on its own. If you need escorts you might as well take more cargo on a hull ship. That being said I haven't converted mine yet because actually you do not have to be optimal to have fun (for a non combat designed ship anyways).

I have my own similar issues but I wont spend anymore on the game so accept my limited capacity fleet and know I can buy other ships in game or crew with others.
Yeah, I never wanted to own all the ships. Just a few that I could play on my own plus one big one. Things got a bit out of hand, haha. My thought process was always that I can only fly one at a time. That being said, I've got a few smaller ships, but none of those smaller ships are industry oriented. Le sigh.
I'll get that sorted eventually. Haha.

The Cat isn't going anywhere. I feel like she will become more eventually. I have hope.

As for having too many large ships now, well, there are many TESTies. I'm sure I'll be loaning out ships.
Blind Owl,

I agree with some of the others. The Reclaimer makes more sense right now based on the little I know of what you want to do (btw, you should explain that in a little more detail)

Go out with IRS. They blow stuff up, you reclaim it. Everyone wins. You make lots of money and buy that Carrack.

That said, Test has a TON of multi-crew ships. Probably more than we can crew at this point. So...find a friendly person who has a Carrack they can loan out to you for operating costs plus a SLIGHT bit of profit (2% standard). If they are out in their Orion during that time, you can be the captain or some other officer (captain if you are paying the freight)...they can invite you along and you can crew up for them...this way you are not even paying for it.
What do I want to do. Well, I want to try everything g to see what I like. That being said, what I think I want to do when the game releases:
- Privateering. First and foremost. Not outright piracy, but in that grey area. Hired by this group or that corporation or some government to do their dirty work. They had it in Freelancer, I'm convinced it'll be in SC. Hence being in IRS.
- Salvage/treasure hunting. I want to find those hidden, relic wrecks with weapons, components, etc on board. Also nom nom nom enemies in combat. Because nothing says Fuck you like combat salvage. "Just because you think you're not scrap, doesn't mean you aren't." Hence IRS
- Exploration. I like finding shit. Places, things, stuff. I want to find those relics, wrecks, scrap fields, asteroid fields, etc. Then I want to exploit what I can. Hence Rock Raiders.
-Smuggling. Let's get a shipment of weapons to those mining colonists who are being blockaded by the big bad Evil Corp. Or food to those poor starving Vanduul.
-Combat in support of the above mentioned types of operations.

I honestly have the hardest time realizing that I'm in a big, awesome org. I mean, I'm on here every day, chatting with y'all, having a laugh. In the context of game play, however, I've never been in an org before. I've never had buddies to play with in any MMO before, with the exception of @CrudeSasquatch. So I keep loosing sight if the fact that I will probably never be alone when flying through the 'Verse.

I know it's weird to here someone say that, given the activity level of our org. It stumps me too, and it's my mind. Haha.
 

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I cant wait to land my carrack alongside my banu merchant man outside the luxury hotel which I've rented entirely for a test party.
 

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Actually, I would say that a lot of the U.S. is very polite. However, you get certain well known places and their reputation outshadows most of it...NYC for instance isn't a very polite place...the midwest is more of a polite place....but I do admit, Canadians are extremely polite, even by midwestern standards
 

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Actually, I would say that a lot of the U.S. is very polite. However, you get certain well known places and their reputation outshadows most of it...NYC for instance isn't a very polite place...the midwest is more of a polite place....but I do admit, Canadians are extremely polite, even by midwestern standards
That's funny you say that. I went to North Dakota and they said I swear too much and Canadians are all ill mannered. I said "Shove a puck up it ya hoser!"

Oh yeah I sure can't wait to fly the friendly skies with y'all¡¡¡¡¡ TEST TEST TEST!
 

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Actually, I would say that a lot of the U.S. is very polite. However, you get certain well known places and their reputation outshadows most of it...NYC for instance isn't a very polite place...the midwest is more of a polite place....but I do admit, Canadians are extremely polite, even by midwestern standards
I do jest my friend. I would never paint y'all with one broad stroke based on second hand opinions from less than credible people. Ha. I love my brethren south of the border.

Mind you, I love everybody...
That's funny you say that. I went to North Dakota and they said I swear too much and Canadians are all ill mannered. I said "Shove a puck up it ya hoser!"

Oh yeah I sure can't wait to fly the friendly skies with y'all¡¡¡¡¡ TEST TEST TEST!
That incident gave everyone a black eye....
Haha, Crude was being his normal charming self. ;)
 

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That's funny you say that. I went to North Dakota and they said I swear too much and Canadians are all ill mannered. I said "Shove a puck up it ya hoser!"

Oh yeah I sure can't wait to fly the friendly skies with y'all¡¡¡¡¡ TEST TEST TEST!
Americans would be highly offended since most don't know what a hoser is.... or a puck...

I do jest my friend. I would never paint y'all with one broad stroke based on second hand opinions from less than credible people. Ha. I love my brethren south of the border.

Mind you, I love everybody...


Haha, Crude was being his normal charming self. ;)
Swearing ain't rude so long as it's not in front of the children :) People down here don't even consider hoser a swear word. It's like calling someone a duck. Just those silly Canadians being Canadian, usin' words like hoser, Zamboni, igloo, and puck. :)

Gotta be more Irish to offend someone down here. "FEK YOU, YOU FEKKIN FEK!!!", "FEK HOFF, FEKKER!" (accent included)

Or just swear in Spanish... or really ANY foreign language. Just give them a real mean look and say, "J'adore ta coupe de cheveux" in a real mean voice. Oh, them's become fightin words just because we don't know what it means.
 

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Americans would be highly offended since most don't know what a hoser is.... or a puck...



Swearing ain't rude so long as it's not in front of the children :slight_smile: People down here don't even consider hoser a swear word. It's like calling someone a duck. Just those silly Canadians being Canadian, usin' words like hoser, Zamboni, igloo, and puck. :slight_smile:

Gotta be more Irish to offend someone down here. "FEK YOU, YOU FEKKIN FEK!!!", "FEK HOFF, FEKKER!" (accent included)

Or just swear in Spanish... or really ANY foreign language. Just give them a real mean look and say, "J'adore ta coupe de cheveux" in a real mean voice. Oh, them's become fightin words just because we don't know what it means.
Eres madre es una señora muy agradable!
Y tu papa tambien!
 

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Eres madre es una señora muy agradable!
Y tu papa tambien!
Now you're getting the hang of it. Called my mom something! I'll fight you for that! In the ring! let's go.





























NO NOT THAT ONE! THE OTHER FIGHTING RING!!!



Yes, I know! Neither are round, so shudduup! Now are we gonna fight or what?!?! Put these gloves on and sign this waver.

Don't forget the rules! Keep it sportsman like.
 

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Americans would be highly offended since most don't know what a hoser is.... or a puck...
Tell that to Nashville! Their team full of Canadian Hosers just won the Western Conference!
Or just swear in Spanish... or really ANY foreign language. Just give them a real mean look and say, "J'adore ta coupe de cheveux" in a real mean voice. Oh, them's become fightin words just because we don't know what it means.
Ni hablo espanol
Crisse de tabarnak ostie de sacrament!
ou est la bibliotheque
 
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