I'm liking your ship design. Landing bay protected by the mass of the ship, bridge with a clear, elevated command of view, weapons with clear lines of fire. I know none of these things really affect the game play, but it shows your sense of immersion.
Nice vid of the process DeanPo! I hadn't realised that ships not flying in after you land in an isolated area means there's already one on the surface. Nor did I know the tip about waiting till the ship's landed before reloading the quicksave. I also must remember to stick a speed boost on the favourites wheel when I'm doing this... Cheers for those nuggets!
You can slow time and run to the ship that way too. It mitigates the chances of it leaving before you get there. It'll also allow you to see what ship it is with a sniper.
I have been doing the lock picking thing for a while. Before the update, I would get 2 or 3 Vista 3s, quite a few Heyna/Wights, Claymores, and Prophecys. But since the update, there are very few Vistas that are empty. You don't need to go to the moons to do this. Also, I noticed that today, you need to scan the land around you. A lot of ships have already landed after you get out of your ship. And many times, there can be 2 or 3. If you have an outpost scan for landing sites around the post.
Interesting tip about waiting for spawned ships to land. I didn't realize it could bug the game out. I'm at the stage where I was scoping the ships in the sky and reloading if they weren't of interest. I'll try your method and see if it improves things. On the system level increasing the chance of a great C-class spawn, I'm not so sure. I'm currently sitting on two Autobahn III shps and a Vista II and I know for a fact they spawned in lower level systems (I once had a Voyager II spawn on Venus but I had to abandon the game!). In the 70+ systems, I tend to get high level Va'ruun and Ecliptic, even Crimson Fleet but I haven't seen much else. My current "white whale" is a Voyager III but I don't want to pirate it in space so I'm not going after the Valentine. My only hope, I think, is for a smuggler spawn and I'm not sure if that's even possible.
If only you could get the actual value of the ship when you sell it. Best I’ve got is about 15%. Which is garbage. They need to fix that now. 50% should be the minimum.
Thanks on that comment about the doors being closed. I am not playing NG+ but all ships that land have their doors closed. All except the Starborns, but those suck!
Thanks for that. After watching this I thought I would check it out on Fermi IX-C. When I landed there was a ship landing 400m away. ANOTHER ship landed about 500m away landing next to a building and like your video, was able to reload and get a variety of ahips. So yeah, 2 for the price of one. Lol
On XBox. Just started NG2 last night. I seem to have better luck in the Masada system. First thing was load up on Amp and get rid of the Starborn ship. Went to Masada 6a. First ship Claymore 3 Inaccessible. The second was Freestar Vista Smuggler 3 took that. Third one was strange as an A class was landing but noticed a large blob behind me. Turned out it was a Prophecy 3 just sitting there. Took that and sold it. Third time was a UC Vista 3. Kept that and sold the Freestar. Starting out like NG1 where Vista 3’s are falling from the sky.
Does this happen often? I won't be heading into this system anytime soon as I'm still a low level but I'm always looking for more ships to sell off it use.
I’ve been playing this game for weeks now but I can’t get my thumbs to grow. Can you tell me how many sets and reps I need to get my thumbs as big as yours?
I'm liking your ship design. Landing bay protected by the mass of the ship, bridge with a clear, elevated command of view, weapons with clear lines of fire. I know none of these things really affect the game play, but it shows your sense of immersion.
I finally got another Claymore III. It dropped in right near me when I landed to do one of those "kill the pirate boss" missions on a lvl 70 moon.
Nice vid of the process DeanPo! I hadn't realised that ships not flying in after you land in an isolated area means there's already one on the surface. Nor did I know the tip about waiting till the ship's landed before reloading the quicksave. I also must remember to stick a speed boost on the favourites wheel when I'm doing this... Cheers for those nuggets!
You can slow time and run to the ship that way too. It mitigates the chances of it leaving before you get there. It'll also allow you to see what ship it is with a sniper.
I have been doing the lock picking thing for a while. Before the update, I would get 2 or 3 Vista 3s, quite a few Heyna/Wights, Claymores, and Prophecys. But since the update, there are very few Vistas that are empty. You don't need to go to the moons to do this. Also, I noticed that today, you need to scan the land around you. A lot of ships have already landed after you get out of your ship. And many times, there can be 2 or 3. If you have an outpost scan for landing sites around the post.
Interesting tip about waiting for spawned ships to land. I didn't realize it could bug the game out. I'm at the stage where I was scoping the ships in the sky and reloading if they weren't of interest. I'll try your method and see if it improves things. On the system level increasing the chance of a great C-class spawn, I'm not so sure. I'm currently sitting on two Autobahn III shps and a Vista II and I know for a fact they spawned in lower level systems (I once had a Voyager II spawn on Venus but I had to abandon the game!). In the 70+ systems, I tend to get high level Va'ruun and Ecliptic, even Crimson Fleet but I haven't seen much else. My current "white whale" is a Voyager III but I don't want to pirate it in space so I'm not going after the Valentine. My only hope, I think, is for a smuggler spawn and I'm not sure if that's even possible.
If only you could get the actual value of the ship when you sell it. Best I’ve got is about 15%. Which is garbage. They need to fix that now. 50% should be the minimum.
Thanks on that comment about the doors being closed. I am not playing NG+ but all ships that land have their doors closed. All except the Starborns, but those suck!
Very highly recommend looting the ship before you set in the pilot seat. Especially cargo container and captains locker…
Thanks for that. After watching this I thought I would check it out on Fermi IX-C. When I landed there was a ship landing 400m away. ANOTHER ship landed about 500m away landing next to a building and like your video, was able to reload and get a variety of ahips. So yeah, 2 for the price of one. Lol
On XBox. Just started NG2 last night. I seem to have better luck in the Masada system. First thing was load up on Amp and get rid of the Starborn ship. Went to Masada 6a. First ship Claymore 3 Inaccessible. The second was Freestar Vista Smuggler 3 took that. Third one was strange as an A class was landing but noticed a large blob behind me. Turned out it was a Prophecy 3 just sitting there. Took that and sold it. Third time was a UC Vista 3. Kept that and sold the Freestar. Starting out like NG1 where Vista 3’s are falling from the sky.
Does this happen often? I won't be heading into this system anytime soon as I'm still a low level but I'm always looking for more ships to sell off it use.
I've been doing this method for a while! You sir have a great memory, I never know what the ship is until I get close enough to highlight the name.
Cool tip I wil have to check that out. Thank you
Thanks a lot for making this video. It's exactly what I need. :)
Do you have to be a certain lvl?
Thank you
to me it feels like this method is more dependend on your own lvl than space encounters
I’ve been playing this game for weeks now but I can’t get my thumbs to grow. Can you tell me how many sets and reps I need to get my thumbs as big as yours?
It’s a nice tactic but by the time you’re a high enough level to spawn those expensive ships you can easily build your own superior ship!