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You young whippersnappers are always in a hurry

TGHC wrote:

So whatever happened to sun skimmimg, why waste a missile pylon.

Evolution and time.

The time I have to play these days is precious as it is somewhat limited by real life (wife, children and work), thus sun skimming and long transit times can be annoying.

I admit, together with injectors, it does tilt the game somewhat in the players favour. However together with other OXP's that make the game harder it evens out nicely.

TGHC wrote:

You young whippersnappers are always in a hurry

It's you 'silver spacers' that cause the queues at stations.

I'm a very impatient commander. If there's a constore in the area when I jump in I'll almost always refuel there, and similarly if I'm clean I'll probably stop off at a seedy space bar. This lets me zoom about on injectors as much as possible - I find the witchpoint-planet journey too slow otherwise. I'm also fond of removing any ships that are in my way if there aren't any police about...

I fly a Caddy (I've mentioned this way too often), which means that I get 10 missile slots, and I don't tend to use missiles anyway except as a last resort. So I usually buy 4-5 hardheads, a Q-bomb or two, and a bunch of fuel tanks. I use the fuel tanks when there isn't a viable place to refuel or I'm running on fumes with a pack of ships on my tail...

I don't really trade all that much. I have a nice large amount of credits in the bank, and this allows me to throw money at buying overpriced fuel quite happily. It usually gets replenished from selling scooped cargo from former pirates.

I should add that one of my Commanders, Honest John, flies a (slightly modded) Griff Anaconda to which I added an extra couple of missile slots - which he devotes to fuel tanks. It makes that otherwise boring cashcow ship fun to fly. It's still a lumbering brute in a fight, but you can cover space at a reasonable rate even when masslocked. Without fuel to inject you're a sitting duck.

CheeseRedux wrote:

My Commander is a cheapskate, and will only use Fuel Tanks in dire emergencies, but one is always carried as misjump insurance. Along with that, Fuel Collector is installed and heavily relied upon.

If there's a rush to get somewhere, a visit to a Constore or one of Thargoid's Fuel Stations* is a cheaper solution than an expensive fuel tank.

* Get it here! Special offer! Unlimited time only! Also, make sure to check out Thargoid's other OXPs. Great value!**

** T, I'll PM you the instructions on how to send me my cut.

Your cheque for 10% of the income I get for the OXP is in the hyperspace mail...

TGHC wrote:

So whatever happened to sun skimmimg, why waste a missile pylon.

Not everyone can be bothered with sun-scooping.

I'd rather get on my way and get the job done.

El Viejo wrote:

TGHC wrote:

You young whippersnappers are always in a hurry

It's you 'silver spacers' that cause the queues at stations.

Mostly to collect their "Elite Pilot's Pension"...

Mauiby de Fug wrote:

I fly a Caddy (I've mentioned this way too often),

You can never mention that too often.

I thought the missile bays were chopped down to 8? Anyway, I once got trapped in a misjump without a fuel pod after a good few hours of gaming. NEVER AGAIN! It's like carrying a swiss army knife you never need one until you need one. Worth the missile loss.

ClymAngus wrote:

I thought the missile bays were chopped down to 8?

The Caddy's current stats are: 8 missiles for an Alpha, 10 for an Omega; both with speed 0.46; cargo 30 (+10) for an Alpha, 36 (+14) for an Omega.

Disembodied wrote:

I hardly ever use missiles, either, to be honest ... the tank though I keep as insurance against misjumps.

Same here.

It's been interesting reading how people use or don't use missiles and fuel tanks. I'm with most people when it comes to missiles - I hardly need to use them, other than to force powerful opponents into spending energy to ECM them. On fuel tanks though, I'm always draining them! I get so impatient when another vessel blocks the Torus drive, the injector key is so convenient when compared to TAF'ing past and then making sure I dial it back down correctly.

I need to wean myself off them a bit. Those poor injectors.