[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey" post_id=117354 time=1606541239 user_id=3]
I will hit the missile button on my joystick and sometimes, most of the time, nothing happens. Do you guys know what causes this?
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Broken joystick button?

Ejectile disfunction?

One frustrating thing is that I will have a secondary weapon - missiles - and in the training missions I'll get told that the target's shields are offline. I will hit the missile button on my joystick and sometimes, most of the time, nothing happens. Do you guys know what causes this?

One thing to keep in mind when buying a new ship (once you have the money) is that you can permanently lose the new ship if you don't have enough insurance money if you get killed. So always make sure you can afford to fly a new ship.

Must-read: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Insurance_costs

No, but you can install one.

I have the default ship which I think is called the "Sidewinder"? I assume no scoop there. :(

This all assumes you have a fuel scoop installed in your ship. If not, then it is relatively easy to run out of gas if you're not paying attention.

[quote=RealNC post_id=117222 time=1606291577 user_id=914]
[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey" post_id=117215 time=1606281722 user_id=3]
1) Is it pretty easy to run out of fuel?
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No. I never ran out of fuel, even when I went on a several thousand light year journey. The star classes that can be fuel-scooped are easy to remember ("KGB FOAM".) And you can configure the route planner to only find paths through these star classes.

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2) I like bounty hunter runs, do they have easy ones that are completely single player?
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Yes.
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Thanks, Nikos, what a great................................... scoop!!

[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey" post_id=117215 time=1606281722 user_id=3]
1) Is it pretty easy to run out of fuel?
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No. I never ran out of fuel, even when I went on a several thousand light year journey. The star classes that can be fuel-scooped are easy to remember ("KGB FOAM".) And you can configure the route planner to only find paths through these star classes.

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2) I like bounty hunter runs, do they have easy ones that are completely single player?
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Yes.

Also rando questions:

1) Is it pretty easy to run out of fuel?
2) I like bounty hunter runs, do they have easy ones that are completely single player?

It sees my Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick as a GENERIC JOYSTICK, which I assure you it isn't. Are there joystick profiles floating around out there that you can upload? Right now it's saying stuff like "Hit JOY8" which is fine, but I don't have that memorized.

[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey" post_id=117185 time=1606143240 user_id=3]
It's also $7.50 on Steam and you avoid supporting the current title holder for biggest piece of shit company in gaming.
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Epic has some serious issues. In order to put Fortnite up on the Apple Store for play on iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices, Epic had to agree to pay Apple a 30% surcharge on in-game purchases. Epic didn't like this - who would, seriously? - so with one of their updates, they enabled their own credit card processing, which, as is normal, costs about 3%. Apple found out, didn't like this, and told them to cool it, to disable their own credit card processing code and resume use of Apple Pay at a 30% charge. They said no, as a planned move. Apple removed both Fortnite and Unreal Engine from its store. Epic then sued Apple for a number of issues. Epic blundered here, by shooting itself in the foot. When Apple mandated a 30% charge, that's when Epic should have sued; they made themselves look bad by breaching their contract; they probably would have had a better case if they had allowed Apple to continue to collect and sued. Or refused to contract with Apple and sue over the terms of its license. Epic had a number of good arguments including that Apple has an unlawful monopoly since an apple device that has not been rooted (called "jailbreaking"), unlike Android, you can't "sideload" a program (install outside the Apple Store) the way you can load software on an Android device without having to go through the Google Play Store. The court Sided with Apple over Fortnite and the billing issues, [i]however[/i], the court ordered Apple to continue to allow Unreal Engine on its store since that did not breach its agreement. Epic tried to leverage Apple - a much larger company - through the huge interest customers have in Fortnite. Worst thing about this is Epic is a large enough company that it had the financial resources to stand up to Apple and its anti-competitive tactics and stand the huge cost of a lawsuit. But they screwed the pooch.

Okay but I want to make sure RealNC didn't think I was rude. Do you see what Epic is doing to me?

Those seem like minor offenses.

[quote=pinback post_id=117186 time=1606143699 user_id=5]
I don't understand your vitriol and hate for that place.
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They offered DARQ a spot in their store but Epic said you gotta be an Epic exclusive.
DARQ guy said he didn't want to be.
Epic said fine, you can't be on our store at all then.

That's one example, there are a bunch of others. Making people get an Epic account to play Rocket League, when Rocket League was fine for 10 years.

There's more.

I'm worried that you all think I am being a petty, childish loser by posting what I did. I'd like to clarify:

1) Thank you for posting that, RealNC
2) I hope you continue to post about free games as the mood strikes you
3) I hope you didn't take my comment as denigrating what you wrote in any way.

I don't understand your vitriol and hate for that place.

It's also $7.50 on Steam and you avoid supporting the current title holder for biggest piece of shit company in gaming.

Btw, if someone wants this game, it's currently free to keep on Epic Store. https://www.epicgames.com/store

(Scroll down to "Free Games.")

Okay, enough time has passed where I think I am going to make a real attempt at doing the training missions and learning how to play the game.

My internet speeds have been *so bad* lately that I don't think I can commit to playing with anyone.

I think I did the first training mission. I am not sure if it just queues up the next one or not, but I ended with shooting cannisters.