Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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jwesle
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Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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Yesterday I took a mission from a merchant in the bar of some random planet to deliver some cargo to a Rlaan Relay Station in some strangely named system, for 54 something thousand Credits :shock: ... should have known the cargo was contraband though :!: ... I got shot at all the way there, by random parties (though none of them managed to even dent my Lancelot :lol: Unfortunatly, just as I neared the relay, my ship would suddenly swing off toward the side of the relay :? This continued a few more times, and then I found myself out of fuel :( Finally, I realized what was the cause of my problem... some dgn flying an otherwise unarmed Dodo was using his tractor beam to throw my ship around like a rag doll :x After just narrowly missing a docking port, due to a lack of energy, my ship and I were at full force against the relay. :oops: ...The wort part is, I know that I could have reduced that fool space dust in 2 seconds... had I not been so concerned about preserving my rep. :evil:
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

Post by parkel »

sometimes, when doing these missions, use a plowshare. they are hard to tractor in. even by the flimsy dgns if u wanna shoot them back. :)
  • Derivative + pArKeL + a bunch of luddites = ?

    :D
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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parkel wrote:...use a plowshare. they are hard to tractor in...
I'll remember that, though my Ploughshare is currently on the other side of the galaxy :(
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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ur plowshare's on the other side of the galaxy? mine too~ :D
my 2.. no.. 4 cents. :P

1) either buy ur plowshare over
or
2) if left with no choice, switch to travel mode and dock (if possible)
or
3) if u hav a cloak (of which i hav just learnt that the lancelot cannot equip one), activate it.
or even
4) ditch all cargo missions and begin bounty missions instead - missions against pirates & luddites would be good.

and also

as for preserving ur rep...
its important.
i dont think u would want to get shot from crucible/cephid17 all the way to sol/alphacentauri...
right? :mrgreen:
  • Derivative + pArKeL + a bunch of luddites = ?

    :D
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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Sorry for the off topic question, but how do you get to Sol? I keep getting stuck going in circles. The ingame map drives me nuts. Cant figure out. but then, I cant figure much of anything out lately..... need to stop drinking so much, :D
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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@snaprag i have posted the route to Sol/Sol several times :wink: i got it by using an external 3D map utility that you find in this thread it has a route finding function.
but to save you some trouble here the route again

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Crucible/Cephid 17--Stirling--Agea--War--Magellan/Steaklely--Theta-Ant--Tesc_1613--Sol/Hhrass-Ktrrk_pah--Prithivi_mata--Rudras--Cairo--Ogawa-Telemmon--Sol
have fun.

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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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Thank you and I apologize for hijacking the thread. Like I mentioned in another thread, I have been playing the game for less than a week. Thanks again
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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<this is ENTIRELY offtopic>
umm.. VSMap3D lags for me >< (anyone else too?)
so i actually prefer to use 2d ones (less confusing) like for example VSTrade or Vegamap
VSTrade has vegamap in it, as well as trading cargo - profits. :mrgreen:
</offtopic>

as for the previous post i made here...
balance out the killing rate for luddites and pirates.

so u wont get purists hating u all of a sudden when u kill too many luddites
OR
getting forsakens and ulns hating u and chasing u all over the place for killing too many pirates.

:D

but the ulns just wont give up chasing me all over the place.
  • Derivative + pArKeL + a bunch of luddites = ?

    :D
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Re: Humiliated... by a Dgn!!!

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parkel wrote: if u hav a cloak (of which i hav just learnt that the lancelot cannot equip one
Yes, I was very bummed out to discover that the Lance can no longer pack a cloak. It's a good thing I have a saved file from an earlier version, because I love being able to avoid any fights for which I'm not getting paid.
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