Wanted to see how the new lightening update looks on my capital ships thrusters. it's almost like JJ Abrams is working on Empyrion now. lol But I like them they are a nice improvement.
I went on a posting spree tonight. Not sure if the designs are really that great or worth sharing, but what the hell right? KHV-3 Shrapnel - My take on HV drilling. Nice compact design, does handstands on meteors without issue, and packs a pair of constructors for ore refining in the field. Mercury CVR - Space Ferrari. Good for getting around, and looking good doing it. Mercury HVR - HV version of the CVR. Suggested by someone on the server I play. Viper PX - Special request, again by fellow server player.
Today I learned that you don't have to put ingots in the Blueprint factory... you can put anything that contributes. *cry* Wish I'd known that before I filled a cargo container with Steel plates! Also downloaded experimental. MY TREES, My beautiful trees have regrown!! <3 Massive heart shapes and feelings.
It just turned midnight. Took a Hover drill up to space on my CV. Woohoo! Can't wait to get a tonne of Sathium. HEY COME BACK!!! And with that, HV Drill was gone...falling uncontrollably toward nothingness. I understand that HV needs to hover on something... is that why it flew away? Also when I tried to use the Drills when I managed to sit it on the asteroid... it said "This weapon cannot be used on a planet."
Today I almost died in a most spectacularly embarrassing fashion when I forgot the jetpack automatically turns off every time you continue a game. Ha.
Wow I cant wait. Do you know if CV on CV docking will happen? Turrets on SVs? Docking HVs on SVs? Docking docks on docks?
Today, attached drill turrets to the CV Tortoise Miner and uploaded the updated blueprint. More work on the combat CV, I think I have the hull done, so now I just have to equip everything. Any constructive suggestions on the visuals would be appreciated. ... and found a glitch when replacing truss blocks using the replaceblocks command. (already reported)
I've tested & confirmed that the HV can fly through Space, minus the up & down Direction & unable to change its Up & Down Position in any way shape or form even by trying to point the HV up or down then flying forward. I'm taking a wild guess here that the HV was pushed away by your CV Gravity Generator(s). I found this Bug here too during the same Testing & Bug Reported it a couple Versions ago. Which annoys me so much but I understand why the Devs have too many BIG things to deal with to get around to this, so I deal with it. It also annoys me greatly that activating Godmode turns the jetpack off for no reason at all whatsoever & when I re-disable it I keep forgetting about this & forget to turn it back on before doing a big jump... (Especially a bummer on the WASD Games Server when this happens after I return to my stuff to do from a completed Admin Job...) Not heard anything about it, last I heard is NEVER EVER gonna happen, nope, & nope. For the Topic: More work is undergoing on my latest CV Build. I feel like i'm not even half way done with it yet & I have already had to rip out & rework areas at least twice & I doubt it'll be the last time I have to do this as well, but if that's what it takes to have superior results in the end... Also i've come to the conclusion that no matter how tempted to I might be, it'll be a bad idea to try to make this CV do everything i'd want a CV FOR doing, & i'll have to make at least 2 more for other jobs as well after this one or i'll run afoul of Crippling Overspecialization at being a Jack of All Trades.
CV-CV docking and HV-SV docking I hope happen someday, but not this next release according to the patch notes. SV turrets the devs don't want to happen so they won't, but I kinda wish we had SV static drills. Then we could forgo the whole issue of getting our Hv stuck in holes we dig. P.S. CV mining turrets won't work on planets. There will be most resources in space!
I guess the no turret's on SVs is for the PVP guys that love dog fighting; I guess a turret would get in the way of a good dogfight but you can build a small escort size CV and make it pretty fast if you want something small and fast with a turret on it.
Continued work on the New CV, a lot more interior work is going on than exterior, only added some more turrets and achieved the max limit for all turrets that are designed to cause damage to other vessels. As for interior defenses you'll just have to be careful when you enter..... Still trying to decide on what to do for its rear.
After making the mistake of trying it with a CV that was too damn' big to land anywhere, I restarted my around-the-solar-system quest. I established my base on Ningues - one of my favorite planets. Ningues Base with my CV, the USS Essess: Base Interior: Once I've accomplished the quest goals for Ningues, it's on to lovely Skillon. Although I'm lacking in design skills, I'm trying to make each base different and appear appropriate to its planet.
Nah, SV Manual Drills would never get in the way of dogfighting, how could they ever do that? At most Mining SVs would probably be modestly armed at most cause it's Mining that's their main job. If ya want Feedback on the rear, a Pic of the Rear would kinda help.
I only just built it today, ill make another post tomorrow with a photo of it included, hopefully I'll have the full exterior painted then. edit: I meant i only just built the rear, not the vessel
Oh a mining turret. I thought you guys were talking about a normal turret on an SV. I think a Mining turret on a SV would make sense.
Landed on Aestus for some E-ore. Last time I played must have been on easy because this time I was hit by 2-3 Plasma drones shortly after landing. I knew I should have checked to make sure I had enough ammo before landing. I heard the tell tale sounds of an empty gun firing and went to add more ammo. Before I could add the ammo, I looked, and the two cannon turrets were gone. Time to take off and get the heck out of here. Making into orbit, I decided to warp away but got the message, "You need a Warp Drive". I checked the hold with the Warp Drive and saw a gaping hole out into space. LOL. With the latest changes that keep the drones coming as well as playing on harder difficulty, I'm having a TON of fun playing the game. I'm hiding out on Akua nursing my wounds. I've since upgraded the armor on that entire side of the ship. It may be time for some turret upgrades. Oh, and the most important upgrade... Find a pilot who checks the ammo before landing. LOL.
