Elite Dangerous [DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!

[DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!
Who’s coming with me?
So yeah, here is an EGG! (Jumped to this A star system only to sh*t my pants with this enormous white star behind it)
Okay! I'll log in! Just calm down......
2800 LY right above Sagittarius A* [Quemeou YE-A e8] This view made claiming first footfall so much better, felt like a true accomplishment.
Artemis explorer suit upgrade guide
Those atmospheric planets are spectacular!
A Phantom World, almost pitch black atmosphere and no surface, one can glide in it for a really long time, altimeter says the surface is -1m away once below 10km, and if you glide long enough, nothing will surround you but darkness. Crazy scary experience. Did anyone ever found something like this?
Not a bad backdrop while enjoying a pint
I was going to take a break from this game, but I'm too damn addicted. So, I went out exploring instead. And found this planet. System - Blu Thua II-B b17-0
First foot fall! on a world that has a generated settlement.....
Why did I do this to myself?
This is not my paint job
"The Elite Dangerous servers will be offline for maintenance tomorrow at 07:00 UTC / 08:00 BST in preparation for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 3. Downtime is estimated to be around 1 hour."
The Huge Class Revisited (Odyssey Edition).
Combat Zones should give material 'battle spoils' [EDO]
In Odyssey, what's the point of Life Support / Canopy?
It takes 7 Thargoids to change a lightbulb. It's offically canon guys, Fdev said so
Mini suggestion: Suit specific tool button should select the 2nd weapon for Dominator suit
Just blown away by Odyssey!
I found an amazing atmospheric planet with huge mountains and cliffs!
I think the land pad is o7ing me
Look guys! I landed on the moon!

[DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:50 AM PDT

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Wiki • Career Chart • Lore (Brief) • Thargoids • Sagittarius Eye Magazine • The Elite Squadron

Game Update Summaries: Core • Horizons • Beyond • 2019-2020

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Who’s coming with me?

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 05:49 AM PDT

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So yeah, here is an EGG! (Jumped to this A star system only to sh*t my pants with this enormous white star behind it)

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 09:52 AM PDT

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Okay! I'll log in! Just calm down......

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 05:48 AM PDT

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2800 LY right above Sagittarius A* [Quemeou YE-A e8] This view made claiming first footfall so much better, felt like a true accomplishment.

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 11:31 AM PDT

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Artemis explorer suit upgrade guide

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 12:44 PM PDT

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Those atmospheric planets are spectacular!

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 04:31 AM PDT

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A Phantom World, almost pitch black atmosphere and no surface, one can glide in it for a really long time, altimeter says the surface is -1m away once below 10km, and if you glide long enough, nothing will surround you but darkness. Crazy scary experience. Did anyone ever found something like this?

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 04:15 AM PDT

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Not a bad backdrop while enjoying a pint

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:16 PM PDT

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I was going to take a break from this game, but I'm too damn addicted. So, I went out exploring instead. And found this planet. System - Blu Thua II-B b17-0

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:07 PM PDT

https://preview.redd.it/vhpqsyx2qa471.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ed5d0bb58ac0ec3dea443f84f04adf0b2a7f176

Natural looking mountains

Large ice fields

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First foot fall! on a world that has a generated settlement.....

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 08:29 AM PDT

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Why did I do this to myself?

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:53 AM PDT

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This is not my paint job

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:05 AM PDT

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"The Elite Dangerous servers will be offline for maintenance tomorrow at 07:00 UTC / 08:00 BST in preparation for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 3. Downtime is estimated to be around 1 hour."

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 12:19 PM PDT

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The Huge Class Revisited (Odyssey Edition).

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 11:32 AM PDT

Years ago I made my thesis case for the Huge class of ships from Elite's previous and current lore, and how they could appear in Elite Dangerous: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/9kknmr/the_huge_ship_class_redux/A lot has changed since then. The Q4 update is long behind us, fleet carriers (a huge vessel in their own right) have come, and now Odyssey has fallen upon us (In all the ways that can be interpreted). With the most recent revelation that Ship Interiors (aka Space Legs) are still not in the road map, i'd like to revisit (again) this long requested (and promised) feature to Elite. The ability to own and operate a "Huge Class" of ships. With unique gameplay attached to them exclusively.

Below are the new updated stats for Odyssey, along side each unique gameplay for these ships:

All Huge Class will have the same features: Need to be docked to special docking buoys when visiting certain Orbital Stations (OS).
Special Huge Pads are built and maintained at most surface stations (2 per base).
Fleet Carrier's "Contact Points" can be used to dock with. Due to the fundamental unstable dimensions of Hyperspace, all Huge Class are unable to traverse Hyperspace while connected to a carrier, and will be forcefully disconnected, and pushed away from the carrier, before each Hyperspace jump.
All Huge Class can only be flown, and operated with a full deck (ie 3 crew members. 1 CMDR. 2 Crew). Crew will be able to use certain optional modules in a ship (ie AFMUs, Fighter and SRV hangers, Turrets, SVs, Detailed Surface Scanners, etc).
All Huge Class will be able to fit ONE Small Vessel hanger module (SV), which are able to store and operate ONE Small Class ship.
Only Huge Class ships can fit Class 9 - 12 Cargo racks (C9 - 512t, C10 - 1024t, C11 - 2048t, C12 - 4096t).
When docked to a (OS) Buoy all trades will have a timer for loading and unloading from station, calculated based on the total tonnage of units for the transaction.

NOTE: Core and optional internals are shown at Max Class, unless otherwise stated.

Multipurpose/Combat - BOA MK3. Manufacturer: Faulcon DeLacy. Cost: 587,877,800 CR. Insurance: 18,373403.

Top Speed: 283 m/s. Boost Speed: 344 m/s.

Maneuverability: 1Shields: 390 MJ. Armor: 2000.Hull Mass: 800 t.

Max Cargo Capacity: 1,188 t.

Fuel Capacity: 140 t.

Unladen Jump Range: 12.41 ly.

Landing Pad Size: (Planets) Huge, (FC) Contact Points, (OS) Docking Buoy.

Hardpoints: 8x Utility, 4x Medium, 2x Large, 3x Huge.

Core Internals: Class 8 PP, Class 8 Thrusters, Class 8 FSD, Class 5 LS, Class 9 PD, Class 8 Sensors, Class 6 Fuel Tank.

Optional Internals: 4x Size 8 (1 is Military Compartment), 1x Size 7, 2x Size 6 (Military Compartments), 3x Size 3, 1x Size 2. 2x Size 1.

[Additional Info]: The BOA is the older brother to the Anaconda. Though the mark three has been made to be more focused on combat. Ideally when dealing with the newly discovered Titan class thargoid vessels. Due to being hard installed, all BOA Class 8 FSDs Cannot be removed for a lower class.

Trade - Panther Clipper (OG). Manufacturer: Zorgon Peterson. Cost: 367,468,041. Insurance: 6,124,467.Type: Freighter.

Top Speed: 128 m/s. Boost Speed: 198 m/s.

Maneuverability: 0.Shields: 900 m/j. Armor: 914.Hull Mass: 1200 t.

Max Cargo Capacity: 10000 tons.

Fuel Capacity: 180t?Unladen Jump Range: 4.22ly (Class 5 standard). 8.28 (Class 7).Landing Pad Size: (Planets) Huge, (FC) Contact Points, (OS) Docking Buoy.

Hardpoints: 8x Utility. 4x Small. 3x Medium. 2x Large.

Core Internals: Class 7 PP, Class 8 Thrusters, Class 7 FSD, Class 7 LS, Class 7 PD, Class 5 Sensors, Class 7 Fuel Tank.

Optional Internals: 1x Size 12, 1x Size 11, 2x Size 10s, 5x Size 8s, 2x Size 7, 6x Size 5s, 5x Size 4s, 2x Size 1s.

[Additional Info] The Dream Machine of traders every where! This is a potential CG killer..... for the wealthy Elite.

Combat/Explorer - Imperial Explorer. Faction: Empire. Rank: King. Manufacturer: Gutamaya. Cost: 626,908,353. Insurance: 31,345,417.65.Type: Explorer.

Top Speed: 253 m/s. Boost Speed: 364 m/s.

Maneuverability: 0.Shields: 804 MJ. Armor: 820.Hull Mass: 1996t.Max Cargo Capacity 636t.Fuel Capacity: 128t.Unladen Jump Range: 12.17ly (Class 8 Standard).Landing Pad Size: (Planets) Huge, (FC) Contact Points, (OS) Docking Buoy.

Hardpoints: 4x Medium, 1x Large, 2x Huge.

Core Internals: Class 10 PP, Class 12 Thrusters, Class 9 FSD (17ly), Class 5 LS, Class 8 PD, Class 5 Sensors, Class 7 Fuel tank.

Optional Internals: 1x Size 9, 1x Class 8, 1x Class 6s, 3x Class 5s (Military Compartments), 2x Class 4s, 2x Class 3s, 3x Class 1s.

[Additional Info] Being the fastest of the Huge Class, The Imperial Explorer is also one of the least maneuverable (those monster thrusters weigh so much). All Imperials come hard installed with a direct quantum entanglement line to Vista Genomics, thus negating the need to fly back to stations to turn genomic data in on foot.

Passenger - Narwhal Liner. Faction: Federation. Rank: Admiral. Manufacturer: Saud Kruger (Core Dynamics commissioned). Cost: 135,252,448. Insurance: 6,762,622.Type: Passenger Liner.

Top Speed: 200 m/s. Boost Speed: 326 m/s.

Maneuverability: 1.Shields: 110 MJ. Armor: 504.Hull Mass: 950 t.

Max Cargo Capacity: 2302t.Fuel Capacity: 167t.Unladen Jump Range: 12.70.Landing Pad Size: (Planets) Huge, (FC) Contact Points, (OS) Docking Buoy.

Hardpoints: 5x Medium. 2x Large.

Core Internals: Class 7 PP, Class 7 Thrusters, Class 8 FSD, Class 8 LS, Class 6 PD, Class 5 Sensors, Class 8 Fuel Tank. Optional Internals: 1x Size 11, 2x Class 6, 2x Class 5s, 2x Class 4s, 3x Class 3s, 1x Class 2, 2x Size 1s.

[Additional info] This vessel was once used as the Star Ship One, meant to carry the president of the Federation. Commissioned with Saud Kruger, it is the only passenger vessel requiring a rank with the Federation. The excellence of federal opulence, meant to compete with Imperials, the Narwhal is the only ship that can accept Official Correspondence missions. Which are extremely high paying passenger missions chains, that go into dangerous systems (such as Thargoid systems) onto planetary surfaces. One per CMDR.

And thats it. What do you guys think? Think this is something worth showing (and pushing for) to Fdev?

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Combat Zones should give material 'battle spoils' [EDO]

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 02:55 AM PDT

This is an idea that's been floated for CQC plenty of times, but I think it would be a solid addition to planetary CZs too:

Give the winning side an award of random materials at the end of the round. (Spoils of war are a thing right).
They could be based on the settlement type. So if you wanted to up your chances of getting a particular material, you could favour a fight at a biochem factory, for example.
Add a bit more motivation by upping the chance of rare materials the more convincing the victory, perhaps.

As I crunch my way up the upgrade paths, I'm finding the mat requirements pushing into 'tedious' territory. Knowing that I need a ton more chemical broth to upgrade my plasma weapons, and that means arc cutting 50 more random closets, is a bit meh. It would be good to have more diverse ways of hoovering them up...

Suggestion thread on the official forums here, if you want to chip in.

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In Odyssey, what's the point of Life Support / Canopy?

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 08:06 PM PDT

Here are some questions. In Odyssey, on-foot, we have these energy cells, and on the ship we can store up to 100 of those. We can use these energy cells to recharge our suit, and keep suit life-support going. So...

What point does the life-support module on ships serve now?
When the canopy is breached, why can't I keep using these power cells to recharge my suit life support systems?
Even better; as long as the ship has power, why can't I hook my suit to the ship's power grid, and have infinite life support?

edit: Come to think of it, in dire situations, I think you can land your ship, get out, and wait for a shuttle / rescue, instead of dying inside your ship.

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It takes 7 Thargoids to change a lightbulb. It's offically canon guys, Fdev said so

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:54 PM PDT