Buy the Eagle ship for 40k. 
It's faster, with a better range and one more weapon hardpoint. 
Only two cargo tho so that needs upgrading as do the guns but it's a nice ship.

I've moved the PC and plugged it into the 50" for extra amaze.

I've only just finished the training on PC. It's tough.

Webbins wrote:

Bought the Eagle, just seen Panty's recommendation so I was right in my decision. Did a low paying supplies run and then accepted a mission to steal some synthetic meat but I haven't the foggiest where to begin. It just says the contractor doesn't care where it comes from but I do as I'm clueless or I'm missing the obvious.

I think you can check the trade routes on the map, and in the commodities market you can check where stuff is being distributed from and to by highlighting it and looking at the right side of the screen.

You're going to need a cargo scanner and that thing that forces ships to jettison their gear though. Or just shoot up random ships until you hit lucky.

Isn't the Adder a better all round ship? Faster than the starting ship and with more cargo holds and weapon/utility points than the Eagle.

False economy. You'll make more money in less time with an Adder.

Paul the sparky wrote:

Webbins wrote:

Bought the Eagle, just seen Panty's recommendation so I was right in my decision. Did a low paying supplies run and then accepted a mission to steal some synthetic meat but I haven't the foggiest where to begin. It just says the contractor doesn't care where it comes from but I do as I'm clueless or I'm missing the obvious.

I think you can check the trade routes on the map, and in the commodities market you can check where stuff is being distributed from and to by highlighting it and looking at the right side of the screen.

You're going to need a cargo scanner and that thing that forces ships to jettison their gear though. Or just shoot up random ships until you hit lucky.

Isn't the Adder a better all round ship? Faster than the starting ship and with more cargo holds and weapon/utility points than the Eagle.

Aye I'll give that a run, cheers Sparky. I was looking at trade routes and then ended up zooming right out and looking at the Milky Way and then I think my legs started to go.

GooberTheHat wrote:

Kow wrote:

Finally managed to make some money. Only a hundred grand, but it's a start. Whereabouts is everybody? - I started, and am still around, Aiabiko.

We should pick a system as our HQ and make it this week's mission to get there. At least then we can team up if online together.

Cmdr name is SpaceGazelle, natch. Add me.

I'm on PC and remember spending most my time trying to get a decent setup on the pad. Finally got around to sorting it of a fashion and started squitting aimlessly about not making much dorra. 

This was a while back now. The idea of starting with a shitonne of cash in the bank seems very odd from the version I was playing. You started with basically zero iirc and had to scrimp about from the getgo to make sure you had enough cash to cover your fuel. Do you now start with 50k or something? Is that across the board? Are they trying to counter the early grind? 

I think I gave up due to not being able to afford much of anything and not easily knowing how to maximise the tiny cargo hold on a route that could begin to lead me to money. When I was playing there was no real goals apart form some nebulous stuff on the station notice boards. They either  seemed to be kill missions for ships that were apparently 6 tiers tougher than mine or often needed four times the cargo hold. 

The supercruiseing was fun and just skipping about and selling starcharts was about as far as I got. 

Happy to try to get back in I guess. Can the Boners play with the PC folk? Would be nice to try out one of these wing things.

Boners start with 100k. 
I guess a concession to the fact that we are all twitch thrill seeking cod junkies. 

I don't know what's in the latest release but the core is there. Trading, mining, piracy, bounty hunting, bulletin boards and factions. 
Is there much more?

And a handy hint for bounty hunting when you first start is to find a police skirmish with a bounty in progress and just roll up and finish them off.

Close quarters combat? Never even heard of it. What's it supposed to be?

Kow wrote:

I thought you just had a preview version?

Technically everyone has a preview version innit?
The games not finished yet.

I think it's just by name, as in if I started one it'd just be called Spacegazelle.

So can Bone-ons play together online atm?

Sounds like a crap arena mode.

Anybody know how to get a license to visit sol?