Meh. The docking comp. is great on all those big and unwieldy ships that have all the grace of a fat ballerina. Personally I use it AFTER going through the mailslot as I'm lazy AF and can't be arsed to navigate to the pad with those big ships. More nimble ships? I'll dock myself, thank you very much. I also found it very helpful in planetary landing. Not because it's difficult or anything, but because the effing docking pads are always oriented the wrong way... That said, since this list seems to be aimed at new players, then I'd wager that the docking comp isn't the best investment. Again, the small ships are nimble enough and even 2t of cargo space can make a difference when starting out.
MrSkippingpig I dunno, but just can't focus on the show even if I'm just approaching the target in SC or docking. I don't want to miss anything because I was looking at the other screen with the game.
in the '84 game a docking computer was almost essential and the first thing to get, docking was an absolute nightmare on most versions, I like the fact they start you out with a steep learning curve on Dangerous, but I like crazy and reckless docking techniques now... *LIKE SPACE DOCKING, I LOVE SPACE DOCKING*
I enjoyed both videos (Best 10 NOT to buy, as well as this one). Got a few good laughs, and learned some things too. Great job! (Also, technically, i think the Explorer types don't have screws 'loose' so much as 'missing'...to save weight.)
The docking music and physics are the same as in the movie "2001 Space Odyssey", the Docking physics in the movie is accurate and authentic as it was designed by actual NASA engineers who were consulted for the movie by director Stanley Kubrick. It's fantastic to see a tribute payed to a great SciFi movie in ED. 2001's space physics is the most authentic of any space film to date, Thank you Elite Dangerous.
I like to think that my pilot was trying to save a few credits, and instead of buying an actual starship-rated docking system, he bought a war surplus assault shuttle module. No matter how big your ship, it thinks its making a hot drop into a contested LZ. The music, of course, is meant to keep the Marines just this side of berserk from the ship slinging all around and hard landings. Very 'Traveller-esqe'. :)
after owning every big ship in the game i must say, medium and small ships are 10x better, just because they aint slugs and can land on outposts, unless we are talking about the T series from lakon, finished selling then all and forgot about it
discovery scanner now comes with every ship, and Horizons comes with Elite base now, but the rest of this video is very useful. I would add that a-rating your FSD drive should be #1,
The worst thing is that for my first almost half of a year in ED I didn't knew scanner can be activated. And I chose explorer route by than. No one simply told me that. And you know what? I ENJOYED IT! I really had to use my mind to find any planets, moving away from the sun I stared at the side of my cocpit in search of any moving dot. Wondered if the dot cluster in front of me was a star cluster or a gas giant with lot of moons. I really had to try hard to make any discoveries. And it was really enjoyable. Untill I noticed how little money I got from that. The thing is, if infinite discovery scanner would not show you direct planets placements with simple honk, but rather the aproxinate direction the celestial body is (much like stealthed vessels) and payouts for exploring would be way bigger, whole exploring stuff would be WAAY more interesting
Python is great. Strip it down for some loop trading, and get 280T. Put back a 6A shield, some a few hull / module reinforcements, including shield boosters and cell banks, got a really great protected fighter with the three "L" size hard points. Only disappointment, is a 5A FSD, and that get's you about 12-14 LY only, even when stripped on core essentials with this guy.
I take a piss, shoot, fly, and manual dock hammered. This brings me pride, since now that i can do this successfully, not only am I a great pilot, but I am also a functioning alcoholic. Dont knock it till you try it.
late to comment, but just bought this version of Elite. FYI the music that is played during docking with the docking computer is the same that was played during computer docking for the 1980's Elite.
I kinda like my current setup. a class 2 plasma accel and class 2 pulse laser, then 2 class 1 HE seekers. Hit with the laser and plasma til shields are gone, then add in the missiles. I find it makes short work of most npcs I come across.
This is pretty much what I did: 1. Grind some missions in your Sidewinder so you can afford a Cobra 3 and buy it. 2. Use Cobra 3 for bounty hunting to make some quick credits. I used the Zaragas system, as it has a really good High threat RES. 3. This one may be skippable, but I saved up and bought a Vulture, since I was having a lot of fun bounty hunting. 4. I then used the Vulture to make enough credits for my beautiful Python. Now, after you have a Python, you can pretty much do whatever you want. I took my Python to grind Sothis/Ceos passenger missions and made like 500 mill before it was nerfed and I just recently spent half of that on my Anaconda, and I have not been disappointed. After engineering the FSD on it a bit, its sitting at a 44 ly jump range, and i'm only half done engineering it! Anyways, love you Yamiks! You Latvian bastard!
Got a kill warrant scanner a while ago. Tried scanning a NPC for my assassination mission, but the other NPCs destroyed him before the scan finished. Lost the 200k mission and whatever the bounty would've been. 10/10 would fail to use properly again.
Really like your tutorials. Your accent makes you sound like a Drunken Dracula moonlighting as a stand-up comedian thinking it's going to help him get chicks. And the joystick shadow boxing, priceless!
When I first tried the game when it first came out I had a lot of trouble with docking to the point of abject frustration but now with age I seem to have acquired an intuitive knack for docking, I haven't crashed even once! Just some minor overshooting and forgetting whether I'm in reverse or not sometimes. I even find the process of docking to be... Dare I say... Fun! Almost like it's satisfying to maneuver a ship. Though I think I might consider a docking computer if I ever reach the point where I have a large ship, just to eliminate any chances of ping-ponging around on the mailslot because one of my vanity fins knicked the roof.
Super late but would say another must buy ship least early on is a diamondback explorer, good little flexible ship that can be useful in most roles with a decent price tag to boot.
but the hauler is pretty good for 1 thing. getting around the bubble really cheaply. ive got 10+ ships in my fleet and they are usually scattered around the bubble. but transfering an anaconda for examlpe is just way to fricking expensive. a hauler on the other hand is dirt cheap to send it across the bubble, and with just a good fsd (and some fsd mods) you can go really far... fast. and cheap :) altghough since the hauler has such a low class fsd, it doesnt use much fuel per jump. so if you really need 2 get somewhere fast, u can just strap the optional internals with fuel tanks and go from a to b without a fuel scoop
I have two AspXs and two Dback Explorers for that. The Dbacks are cheap to ship, jump far, and scoop at almost a decent rate. The AspXs have engineered FSDs and good scoops, so they can just go where they want. That plus shipping the small stuff makes fleet movement a lot cheaper and more effective.
My ships include; Imperial Eagle, Beluga Liner, Asp Explorer, Anaconda, and Hauler. The reason why I own a hauler, is only for its INSANELY cheap rebuy.
Funny! Good stuff! I agree with everything, except ship selection. I ended up with 3 ships; the ASP Explorer to get Elite exploration and alot of easy cash. Then the Clipper to get trading elite (almost), big grind but good cash. And the Vulture for combat deadly at the moment. the Python was the best all-rounder, and lands on medium pads, but I find it easier to switch around my dedicated ships.
ever see someone with 3 bursts without relaoding on the Imperial Hammer Railgun? You can rapid fire that thing with a heatsink. Great for sniping out an engine of someone trying to run away.
I can see a use for it if you want to use the hammer for assassination missions and you really need to stop somebody running. It's perfect for that. The main problem I have with heatsinks is the low magazine capacity. So you only get a few uses before needing to head back for reload. As I normally bounty hunt in zones rather than taking the assassination missions I've gone for a load out on the conda that doesn't overload the heat too much so I can save the heatsinks for when I really need that shield regen. That way I can stay out a lot longer before having to head back to the station. They are also pretty heavy so i don't have any on my AspX that i'm using for long range passenger missions and exploring.
Really wish the docking computer just came installed like the scanner does now; people could choose to turn it off if they want. That's just me though.
Protection to that SWEEEEEET SWWEEEEEEEEEEEET TENDER ASS I am still on the floor. I had to pull my phone down so I could type this. Holy shit, I was not expecting that.
Bravo man! I play elite on and off, watch obsidian ant here and there but you are just plan fun to watch! Love your humor and that blooper at the end! Obviously it's not a game yet but i you start making SC videos ill die laughing im sure! Subbed!
I don't understand explorers removing basocally everything from their shop for a slight boost in jump range. I went exploring in a python with like 2 ly less than explorer designs I saw online, but I still had decent thrusters, weapons and shields. Is it really worth the trade off?
PFFFTTtttt... Explorers do NOT have loose screws. Screws have mass. Real explorers ditch every screw they can, the looser the sooner it can be gotten rid of.
reason explorers have an.power distributors is jump range mate. Trust me when you get above 40 ly range it makes a difference when going to Colonia. And the only way to do that is gut the ship to it's bare minimum nessesary. trying to save as much weight as possible.
I'm struggling finding chemical distilleries for Felicity. Which is annoying especially after blowing up multiple fleets only to find fuckall in the end...
I fly the ASP Explorer. It has some great fire power, maneuverability and does not cost that much. But i do like the docking computer. I can land very quickly and cleanly myself but after doing that 1000s of times got boring. The DC does come with some nice classical music what is also the main reason i have it equip. xD
Don’t think I once used a docking computer. I would however buy a computer that automatically requests landing permission, the number of times I request at 7.51KM and get warned off as I slip into the slot is more than a little embarrassing, I mean why else would I fly over to a damned station if not to get inside and unload my cargo/proof-of-love (the holograms Of the eyes/fingers/number-plates of the people stupid enough to not buy off their bounties ASAP). Seriously I get randomly fined often enough in some RES that I’m half convinced that a lot of the “wanted” cretins I’m murdering for payola used to be simple junk collectors minding their own business while shooting rocks only to have the local security forces interdict them, scan their everything (for later upload online), threaten their mothers and deliberately low-orbit valuable asteroids in order to meet their bounty quota through entrapment. We’re basically murdering the Space game version of a domestic violence victim that threatened to speak out then “fell down some steps”
I have 1 question to all elite players, i just bought an anaconda, and the horizons pack, i have no idea what this engineering stuff is, nor planetary landing, nor new mining. Can someone please point me in a way to get info? So far i only found info about how to improve your engineers, not why you should bother with this.
holy shit i found it out!! the text under TheYamiks logo at the start in every video is from futurama. go to episode 1 of season 1 and look at the slurm logo at 10:24
By the way for the fuel section theres a crew called Fuel Rats, just look them up in google, my friend ran out of fuel heading to Dahan and they showed up to give him enough to make it there :D
You can swap moduies between ships as long as they're the same class or below. Also, some ratings of modules can't be fitted due to the fact the mass of the ship is too high. For example, I can fit a class 5 frame shift drive into a class 6 slot, but not the other way around. Minimum class and rating of thrusters I can use is 5E, the other classes just don't have the power to move the ship (Python). As for ships, it's up to your play style. Just remember a ship can only be fit for role at a time. I can fit the python for exploration, combat, trade or passenger missions, but not all at once. Oh, and don't fly without rebuy.
Horizons is great when on offer (I got mine as a bundle). But the extra game play isnt worth the full price. P.s. I need a long term goal after acciquiring and loading out my Cobra. So far i am just trying to make frienda with all the engineers I can.
i have that blue-white HUD very long, and i see that white is hard to see in radar or something like that. and now i se your HUD. just like my but with green. I look the HUD code in comment, found it and its just like my HUD(( yoi dont have code with that green color?
I'm a Combat guy so here is my list; 1) VULTURE yes the mighty Vulture because this ship is agile as hell, punchs as hard as Rocky, fast as a jaguar most importanty very low rebuy in cost of Some cargo and some power but anyways if you manage these issues this is the ultimate Combat ship 2) Pulse Lazers these mother fuckers are the best weapons in game. They are efficient, punches hard and everything 3)SCB's with heatsinks ofc 4)ASP X... Since im a combat pilot this is the ship that i use for most of the other things... FDL has only enough fuel to make 2 jumps or anything so i use my aspx to go anywhere and i transfer my ship and make my self a coffee or something till my combat ships to arrive 5)A fucking Rated Boosters... Agility and speed is not everything but it comes handy when you want to get out of anywhere 6) Any type of cargo space... even if you are a combat guy you need at least 4 tons of cargo because if you dont have a cargo space you cant take missions which rewards cargo 7)Multi-Cannons for obvious reasons... You cant kill a guy with only lazers.... 8)A Rated Power distrubuter he mentioned reasons... 9)D Rated Life support... if you are in combat and your canoppy breaks... 2 things can save you speed and time... light and 7.5 mins are more than enough in any ship to dock... 10)Module reinforcements... For obvious reasons... If you try to run and they take your trusters or power generator out you are fucked...
Python is good only for Robigo. Everything else is so-so with it. Terrible maneuverability, terrible jump range, terrible visibility, terrible everything. And please, don't tell me about engineers, because they are able to pump other ships few hundred of times better. If you really want to stay with mid-sized vessels, just buy Kraits. Both of them. That's all you need.
Your one video says buy the auto dock, the other you made says not to. I only see it being needed if you are bad at landing and doing passenger missions that can fail from hull damage.
mate... in one I say "dont buy" in a arcastic manner and in the other i say :buy it as a serious thing.. is it that hard to undersand? (no seriously i' asking this as it's hard for me , the creator, to judge that)
Using a docking computer can decrease docking time which allows trading runs to go by faster, thus increasing credits per hour. It also gives you a chance to do something IRL while you dock like grab a drink or take a piss and only slightly impact that credits per hour. That's if you want to talk meta. If you don't wanna talk meta... why the fuck is t his a point that needs to be argued? Who the fuck cares? Like seriously. It's a chip that makes life a lil' easier for the busy and plays classical music. Don't like it, don't buy it. With my hand tremors and depth perception issue the docking computer is fuckin' phenomenal. I don't slap it on everything willy-nilly but still.
Too many buttons you say? I say not enough buttons. Where’s the keybind option for night vision? Instant access to the sub target menu, god damned mouse/eye-tracking within the shitty ship GUI? Non existent that’s where.
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That ending was glorious
a happy ending
Top things to buy: A docking computer
Top things NOT to buy (honorable mention): A docking computer.
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The docking computer is for new players.
Meh. The docking comp. is great on all those big and unwieldy ships that have all the grace of a fat ballerina. Personally I use it AFTER going through the mailslot as I'm lazy AF and can't be arsed to navigate to the pad with those big ships. More nimble ships? I'll dock myself, thank you very much.
I also found it very helpful in planetary landing. Not because it's difficult or anything, but because the effing docking pads are always oriented the wrong way...
That said, since this list seems to be aimed at new players, then I'd wager that the docking comp isn't the best investment. Again, the small ships are nimble enough and even 2t of cargo space can make a difference when starting out.
I spent the first 3 years in the game without a docking computer. For the last year I've fitted one to most of my ships.
I've never even used one lol, hell i don't even notice it's there until someone mentions it.
You buy half of it and don't buy the other half
Collector Limpets deserve a place on this list. Without them, there is no mining; only rock collecting.
Not to mention salvage, piracy, and harvesting materials from hostile craft becomes a huge headache without them.
Bonus: *restocking limpets*
A Netflix subscription?
MrSkippingpig I dunno, but just can't focus on the show even if I'm just approaching the target in SC or docking. I don't want to miss anything because I was looking at the other screen with the game.
Ondřej Saska that's why you find a great podcast,
MrSkippingpig amazon prime!!!!! Netflix!!!!
NETFLIX, LAVE Radio, HULU, Pandora, yeah...
Yeah netflix, and a second monitor.
in the '84 game a docking computer was almost essential and the first thing to get, docking was an absolute nightmare on most versions, I like the fact they start you out with a steep learning curve on Dangerous, but I like crazy and reckless docking techniques now... *LIKE SPACE DOCKING, I LOVE SPACE DOCKING*
I enjoyed both videos (Best 10 NOT to buy, as well as this one). Got a few good laughs, and learned some things too. Great job! (Also, technically, i think the Explorer types don't have screws 'loose' so much as 'missing'...to save weight.)
The first time I heard the music playing while Auto-Docking, I giggled like a school girl.
I love the music with the docking computer. Its like elevator music.
are you now saying that GREAT classical music to be ins any way comparable to elevator music.. seriously?
No. I am saying it reminds me of elevator music because you listen to it as you are being docked.
Pretty bad comparison but what-evs!
it's a ref to 2001 (the music not the elevator)
It's called the Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, it was the docking music in the original game as inspired by the docking scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey
The docking music and physics are the same as in the movie "2001 Space Odyssey", the Docking physics in the movie is accurate and authentic as it was designed by actual NASA engineers who were consulted for the movie by director Stanley Kubrick.
It's fantastic to see a tribute payed to a great SciFi movie in ED. 2001's space physics is the most authentic of any space film to date, Thank you Elite Dangerous.
I like to think that my pilot was trying to save a few credits, and instead of buying an actual starship-rated docking system, he bought a war surplus assault shuttle module. No matter how big your ship, it thinks its making a hot drop into a contested LZ. The music, of course, is meant to keep the Marines just this side of berserk from the ship slinging all around and hard landings. Very 'Traveller-esqe'. :)
You should have played the original Elite....Docking computer was essential :)
The first thing you should buy is: Elite: Dangerous.
Those shadowplay at the end, with the porn music..
Dzsoermee gonna start calling it hotas now.
First thing to buy: Anaconda!
Marc recommend 15% off
CMDR Aleciton why not both? and a corvette while you're at it.
I already have one of those. It's in my pants.
Ok, I'll go sit in the corner now.
why buy it when you can go to Hutton Station and get one for free?
after owning every big ship in the game i must say, medium and small ships are 10x better, just because they aint slugs and can land on outposts, unless we are talking about the T series from lakon, finished selling then all and forgot about it
discovery scanner now comes with every ship, and Horizons comes with Elite base now, but the rest of this video is very useful. I would add that a-rating your FSD drive should be #1,
I love your videos. Youre the only one out there doing vids for ED who isnt boring
Awsome, Thanks!
The docking computer can be useful for the big ships cause getting in the mailslot with a fucking huge wedge can be a real pain.
I buy a docking computer when I'm doing basic money grinding so I can give my hands a break in between
Don't hate on the Hauler! It's the best space taxi to cheaply get from A to B in a ship you don't need to care about!
Stahlwollvieh I loved my hauler much underrated ship.
You sound like I imagine Kimi Raikonnen would sound like if he took a handful of non-descript hallucinogens. That is a complement. Subbed.
Hah , wll i got that to add to my list of things people have called me as =}
Elite rank explorer here, and I still fucking love your videos :D
The worst thing is that for my first almost half of a year in ED I didn't knew scanner can be activated. And I chose explorer route by than. No one simply told me that. And you know what? I ENJOYED IT!
I really had to use my mind to find any planets, moving away from the sun I stared at the side of my cocpit in search of any moving dot. Wondered if the dot cluster in front of me was a star cluster or a gas giant with lot of moons. I really had to try hard to make any discoveries. And it was really enjoyable. Untill I noticed how little money I got from that.
The thing is, if infinite discovery scanner would not show you direct planets placements with simple honk, but rather the aproxinate direction the celestial body is (much like stealthed vessels) and payouts for exploring would be way bigger, whole exploring stuff would be WAAY more interesting
"Buy the Advanced Discovery Scanner for 1M credits"
Well now it's free! Yay!
Python is great. Strip it down for some loop trading, and get 280T. Put back a 6A shield, some a few hull / module reinforcements, including shield boosters and cell banks, got a really great protected fighter with the three "L" size hard points. Only disappointment, is a 5A FSD, and that get's you about 12-14 LY only, even when stripped on core essentials with this guy.
I use it for the music and it gives me a chance to read the articles in Playboy.
They do have great articles, don't they.
I take a piss, shoot, fly, and manual dock hammered. This brings me pride, since now that i can do this successfully, not only am I a great pilot, but I am also a functioning alcoholic. Dont knock it till you try it.
Never change dude. The closing sequence is perfect.
As someone who was hammered to the seventh circle of hell and back.
Pissing while smashed is easier than it sounds.
Yep that's the same 2001 A Space Odyssey music that the auto docking computer played in the original game :)
I can picture the wire frame graphics of the Coriolis station in Elite ca 1984.
this dude is my favourite elite dangerous commentator! everyone else is seriously geeky..
I love the music that plays when you auto dock
It’s best to not use docking computers early in the game. You need the cargo space. Learn to dock. Get one when you are rich and have a big ship.
You earned my thumbs-up for 1:37 Celestial Objects.
I have no clue what you mean by that, but thanks =}
late to comment, but just bought this version of Elite. FYI the music that is played during docking with the docking computer is the same that was played during computer docking for the 1980's Elite.
Kimi Raikkonen gives THE best tips for new Elite Dangerous players.
I kinda like my current setup. a class 2 plasma accel and class 2 pulse laser, then 2 class 1 HE seekers. Hit with the laser and plasma til shields are gone, then add in the missiles. I find it makes short work of most npcs I come across.
This is pretty much what I did:
1. Grind some missions in your Sidewinder so you can afford a Cobra 3 and buy it.
2. Use Cobra 3 for bounty hunting to make some quick credits. I used the Zaragas system, as it has a really good High threat RES.
3. This one may be skippable, but I saved up and bought a Vulture, since I was having a lot of fun bounty hunting.
4. I then used the Vulture to make enough credits for my beautiful Python.
Now, after you have a Python, you can pretty much do whatever you want. I took my Python to grind Sothis/Ceos passenger missions and made like 500 mill before it was nerfed and I just recently spent half of that on my Anaconda, and I have not been disappointed. After engineering the FSD on it a bit, its sitting at a 44 ly jump range, and i'm only half done engineering it!
Anyways, love you Yamiks! You Latvian bastard!
Got a kill warrant scanner a while ago. Tried scanning a NPC for my assassination mission, but the other NPCs destroyed him before the scan finished. Lost the 200k mission and whatever the bounty would've been. 10/10 would fail to use properly again.
Really like your tutorials. Your accent makes you sound like a Drunken Dracula moonlighting as a stand-up comedian thinking it's going to help him get chicks. And the joystick shadow boxing, priceless!
Bloopers rock o7 Always watch out for Ninja Asteroids they can sneak up on you from anywhere!!!! :-) Great work CMDR o7
When I first tried the game when it first came out I had a lot of trouble with docking to the point of abject frustration but now with age I seem to have acquired an intuitive knack for docking, I haven't crashed even once! Just some minor overshooting and forgetting whether I'm in reverse or not sometimes. I even find the process of docking to be... Dare I say... Fun! Almost like it's satisfying to maneuver a ship.
Though I think I might consider a docking computer if I ever reach the point where I have a large ship, just to eliminate any chances of ping-ponging around on the mailslot because one of my vanity fins knicked the roof.
Super late but would say another must buy ship least early on is a diamondback explorer, good little flexible ship that can be useful in most roles with a decent price tag to boot.
but the hauler is pretty good for 1 thing. getting around the bubble really cheaply. ive got 10+ ships in my fleet and they are usually scattered around the bubble. but transfering an anaconda for examlpe is just way to fricking expensive. a hauler on the other hand is dirt cheap to send it across the bubble, and with just a good fsd (and some fsd mods) you can go really far... fast. and cheap :)
altghough since the hauler has such a low class fsd, it doesnt use much fuel per jump. so if you really need 2 get somewhere fast, u can just strap the optional internals with fuel tanks and go from a to b without a fuel scoop
I have two AspXs and two Dback Explorers for that. The Dbacks are cheap to ship, jump far, and scoop at almost a decent rate. The AspXs have engineered FSDs and good scoops, so they can just go where they want. That plus shipping the small stuff makes fleet movement a lot cheaper and more effective.
Good vid, good Narration, I have no patients; didn't have to wait for you to make your point.
Very good and I agree with what you said. especially the docking computer. I can dock, I just can't be arsed doing it.
im sorry but each time the auto dock computer starts playing music it instills me with the need to cause chaos with that relaxing music lol
Brilliant video. This guy should be on TV
This is how all videos should be narrated. Hilarious. Keep up the good work.
The docking computer is a god sent for when i have to take a shit and cant be bothered to land
My ships include;
Imperial Eagle,
Beluga Liner,
Asp Explorer,
Anaconda, and
Hauler.
The reason why I own a hauler, is only for its INSANELY cheap rebuy.
Funny! Good stuff! I agree with everything, except ship selection. I ended up with 3 ships; the ASP Explorer to get Elite exploration and alot of easy cash. Then the Clipper to get trading elite (almost), big grind but good cash. And the Vulture for combat deadly at the moment. the Python was the best all-rounder, and lands on medium pads, but I find it easier to switch around my dedicated ships.
Good vid. Disagree strongly about fixed weps though... love them.
Heatsink!
pec orange or just have good heat management
Good heat management doesn't save you when you fly too close to the star :D
Only time I use heat sinks is with shield cell bank. Never really needed it other times.
ever see someone with 3 bursts without relaoding on the Imperial Hammer Railgun? You can rapid fire that thing with a heatsink. Great for sniping out an engine of someone trying to run away.
I can see a use for it if you want to use the hammer for assassination missions and you really need to stop somebody running. It's perfect for that.
The main problem I have with heatsinks is the low magazine capacity. So you only get a few uses before needing to head back for reload. As I normally bounty hunt in zones rather than taking the assassination missions I've gone for a load out on the conda that doesn't overload the heat too much so I can save the heatsinks for when I really need that shield regen. That way I can stay out a lot longer before having to head back to the station.
They are also pretty heavy so i don't have any on my AspX that i'm using for long range passenger missions and exploring.
Fuel Scoop! Being able to fuel on the go is indispensable!
Really wish the docking computer just came installed like the scanner does now; people could choose to turn it off if they want. That's just me though.
The absolute first thing anyone should buy is a hatch breaker limpet. This is even more important than weapons or even a FSD.
yarr
some of us use the training wheels to dock big ships like beluga or type 10
Protection to that SWEEEEEET SWWEEEEEEEEEEEET TENDER ASS
I am still on the floor. I had to pull my phone down so I could type this. Holy shit, I was not expecting that.
4B Fuel scoop is hella worth it. Slapped that on my Dolphin and never need to buy fuel from a station ever again
Bravo man! I play elite on and off, watch obsidian ant here and there but you are just plan fun to watch! Love your humor and that blooper at the end! Obviously it's not a game yet but i you start making SC videos ill die laughing im sure! Subbed!
plan is to start that this summer!
Nice shadow play at the end there x
Found this little gem on my recommended list. Glad I did. Loved it. Liked and subscribed!
I don't understand explorers removing basocally everything from their shop for a slight boost in jump range. I went exploring in a python with like 2 ly less than explorer designs I saw online, but I still had decent thrusters, weapons and shields. Is it really worth the trade off?
Kaleb Bruwer It is when you need to get somewhere quickly. Every light year saved matters when your client is code red.
Right before the Bloopers... Priceless xD
PFFFTTtttt... Explorers do NOT have loose screws. Screws have mass. Real explorers ditch every screw they can, the looser the sooner it can be gotten rid of.
It's also a must to get a docking computer if you are from Austria (especially Vienna) of course 😁
Donauwalzer = ❤🏞
i dont get it
How in the absolute fuck do you not have more subscribers.
Your voice is godly
Your lists are amazing
Your quality is damn near perfect. FUCK.
well you can help by sharing my videos =}
Definitely will!
reason explorers have an.power distributors is jump range mate. Trust me when you get above 40 ly range it makes a difference when going to Colonia.
And the only way to do that is gut the ship to it's bare minimum nessesary. trying to save as much weight as possible.
SiriusXAim the jump from 35ly in my full combat rated asp exp to 61ly in my diamondback is insane and agree with you 👍
I'm struggling finding chemical distilleries for Felicity. Which is annoying especially after blowing up multiple fleets only to find fuckall in the end...
I fly the ASP Explorer.
It has some great fire power, maneuverability and
does not cost that much. But i do like the docking
computer. I can land very quickly and cleanly myself
but after doing that 1000s of times got boring.
The DC does come with some nice classical music
what is also the main reason i have it equip. xD
100% agree with buying a python. It does need time and love (engineering), but it's a great ship for anything.
Cool NS FUNNY Vid Mr Tamiks - hey nothing wrong with getting a Haluer .... if you cannot afford an Adder. You have such a downer on the Haluer!.
Don’t think I once used a docking computer.
I would however buy a computer that automatically requests landing permission, the number of times I request at 7.51KM and get warned off as I slip into the slot is more than a little embarrassing, I mean why else would I fly over to a damned station if not to get inside and unload my cargo/proof-of-love (the holograms Of the eyes/fingers/number-plates of the people stupid enough to not buy off their bounties ASAP).
Seriously I get randomly fined often enough in some RES that I’m half convinced that a lot of the “wanted” cretins I’m murdering for payola used to be simple junk collectors minding their own business while shooting rocks only to have the local security forces interdict them, scan their everything (for later upload online), threaten their mothers and deliberately low-orbit valuable asteroids in order to meet their bounty quota through entrapment. We’re basically murdering the Space game version of a domestic violence victim that threatened to speak out then “fell down some steps”
If your power plant is damaged as explorer, are you just fracked?
1:01 You forgot to mention that you get FREE MUSIC!!
the music for the docking computer is the only reason i have one
I have 1 question to all elite players, i just bought an anaconda, and the horizons pack, i have no idea what this engineering stuff is, nor planetary landing, nor new mining. Can someone please point me in a way to get info? So far i only found info about how to improve your engineers, not why you should bother with this.
In short, the engineers basically upgrades your ship to being 5 times as effective depending on how you want to engineer it.
What is your color setup for that sweet teal and blue color setup at 2:58 ? I'veb ene trying to get something similar with no success.
check other comments!
Dude, hilarious! :-) Was trying not to crack up at my desk the whole way through.
great ending :) btw what about a FSD? makes a huge difference to everything being able to travel further distances. good video
For better bounty hunting experience, get an FSD interdictor
holy shit i found it out!! the text under TheYamiks logo at the start in every video is from futurama. go to episode 1 of season 1 and look at the slurm logo at 10:24
It's Alien Script One. It says "Saving resources".
As an explorer I can confirm I have a few loose screws.
I bought a Hauler -_- just to upgrade my Eagle towards an A class one, as i kept getting blown up with the stock one.
Dianaranda123 hauler's good m8 i used it until today i bought an asp exp
Probably gonna upgrade it for a Type-6 seeing as i like to do some trading, as my main source of income for now.
6:38 LMFAO
By the way for the fuel section theres a crew called Fuel Rats, just look them up in google, my friend ran out of fuel heading to Dahan and they showed up to give him enough to make it there :D
Zidraxus And we are everywhere in the Galaxy, even in the deepest depths of the black.
i love your bombastic and non pc humour. subbed.
Ye the great and powerful Yamiks thanks you!
Thanjs for the tips. Just started playing and wonder can I swap upgrades between ships and what is the next ship until cobra? Want a all-rounder one.
You can swap moduies between ships as long as they're the same class or below. Also, some ratings of modules can't be fitted due to the fact the mass of the ship is too high. For example, I can fit a class 5 frame shift drive into a class 6 slot, but not the other way around. Minimum class and rating of thrusters I can use is 5E, the other classes just don't have the power to move the ship (Python). As for ships, it's up to your play style. Just remember a ship can only be fit for role at a time. I can fit the python for exploration, combat, trade or passenger missions, but not all at once. Oh, and don't fly without rebuy.
Seems I have some screws loose :D
How can a docking computer be "training wheels"? That's like saying a self-driving bicycle teaches you how to drive.
Horizons is great when on offer (I got mine as a bundle). But the extra game play isnt worth the full price. P.s. I need a long term goal after acciquiring and loading out my Cobra. So far i am just trying to make frienda with all the engineers I can.
that ui hud colour is nasty.
aaah yea ofc Explorers got a few lose screws.. but thats to prevent space madness
love the music from docking computer
Can you, or someone please post the HUD CODE that you're using yamiks?
Red : 0.2, 0.2, 1
Green : 0, 1, 0
Blue : 1, 0.7, 0.7
Thank you very much. I knew I loved your videos for how nice you were, and funny.
how can it be. this code making mt HUD white but ob video you have green
oh fuck.. that's my old HUD.. ye i change it since then .. sorry!
i have that blue-white HUD very long, and i see that white is hard to see in radar or something like that. and now i se your HUD. just like my but with green. I look the HUD code in comment, found it and its just like my HUD(( yoi dont have code with that green color?
I'm a Combat guy so here is my list;
1) VULTURE yes the mighty Vulture because this ship is agile as hell, punchs as hard as Rocky, fast as a jaguar most importanty very low rebuy in cost of Some cargo and some power but anyways if you manage these issues this is the ultimate Combat ship
2) Pulse Lazers these mother fuckers are the best weapons in game. They are efficient, punches hard and everything
3)SCB's with heatsinks ofc
4)ASP X... Since im a combat pilot this is the ship that i use for most of the other things... FDL has only enough fuel to make 2 jumps or anything so i use my aspx to go anywhere and i transfer my ship and make my self a coffee or something till my combat ships to arrive
5)A fucking Rated Boosters... Agility and speed is not everything but it comes handy when you want to get out of anywhere
6) Any type of cargo space... even if you are a combat guy you need at least 4 tons of cargo because if you dont have a cargo space you cant take missions which rewards cargo
7)Multi-Cannons for obvious reasons... You cant kill a guy with only lazers....
8)A Rated Power distrubuter he mentioned reasons...
9)D Rated Life support... if you are in combat and your canoppy breaks... 2 things can save you speed and time... light and 7.5 mins are more than enough in any ship to dock...
10)Module reinforcements... For obvious reasons... If you try to run and they take your trusters or power generator out you are fucked...
what are your hud color values?
how 2 change hud colours?
Python is good only for Robigo. Everything else is so-so with it. Terrible maneuverability, terrible jump range, terrible visibility, terrible everything. And please, don't tell me about engineers, because they are able to pump other ships few hundred of times better. If you really want to stay with mid-sized vessels, just buy Kraits. Both of them. That's all you need.
python has big cargo cap
Great video and the last part was funny
Sheild cell bank, chaff launchers, wake scanners
Your one video says buy the auto dock, the other you made says not to. I only see it being needed if you are bad at landing and doing passenger missions that can fail from hull damage.
mate... in one I say "dont buy" in a arcastic manner and in the other i say :buy it as a serious thing.. is it that hard to undersand? (no seriously i' asking this as it's hard for me , the creator, to judge that)
Using a docking computer can decrease docking time which allows trading runs to go by faster, thus increasing credits per hour. It also gives you a chance to do something IRL while you dock like grab a drink or take a piss and only slightly impact that credits per hour. That's if you want to talk meta. If you don't wanna talk meta... why the fuck is t his a point that needs to be argued? Who the fuck cares? Like seriously. It's a chip that makes life a lil' easier for the busy and plays classical music. Don't like it, don't buy it. With my hand tremors and depth perception issue the docking computer is fuckin' phenomenal. I don't slap it on everything willy-nilly but still.
Too many buttons you say?
I say not enough buttons.
Where’s the keybind option for night vision? Instant access to the sub target menu, god damned mouse/eye-tracking within the shitty ship GUI? Non existent that’s where.
Yamiks I love how you constantly shit on the Federation hahahaha!