Imo being a pirate isn't worth it, but plundering / capturing ships is. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. When taking off from a planet, some of my escorts are near my flagship and some are very far away, as seen on the radar here. Capture that bastard, deck it out, and snag a few more laser ships for your fleet. 1) Start a new game and choose the interceptor, Sparrow. You can use B to board any disabled or fuel-less ship to repair or refuel it if you have enough fuel yourself. Secondly, you can use certain weapons with kinetic impact effects to push targets around -- in more extreme cases you can adopt jousting behavior with your ship and your escorts that allow you to charge an enemy (or group of enemies) and push a single target out of the group and out quite a ways from the system center. as of right now? no, sadly it is not possible to have your flagship wait for all of your escorts to get ready and then jump. I find myself piling up escort jobs all the time. In Privateer, ship upgrades fit directly into various slots/hard-points on a one-to-one basis. 844M. On the early game, it looks too costly to maintain the ammunition so I just sell them all. As the title says, I disable a ship, to capture it, and ALL the other friendly ships destroy it. I figured out that the lowest yellow bar indicates fuel, and I'm guessing that the red bar is heat and the light blue bar is energy. 2. 3. But it won't let me board to share fuel, it isn't responding to Gather Fleet, and it's now just drifting towards the edge of the system faster than my maximum thrust. I realize that depending on your actions, the job board will offer you different kinds of missions. its hull is 8,600. Aweega Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:18pm. Keeping track of what ships are where and who is shooting at them can be tricky,. Attacking Quarg ships will lock you out of any future story content that involves them, there are only three Pug Arfecta s in the game, and Heliarch Punisher s require taking advantage of a Quarg escort mission and massive amounts of repair-grinding to build up. I was attacked by pirates and i bribed them to get off me, then landed without realising my second ship, a bounder, had been disabled. I even went to an outer rim system, and every time I disable a ship, some stupid NPC shows up, and destroys it. Snag one or two and then equip them onto heavy warships equipped with Ion Cannons (if you have encountered Hai already) and then return for even easier hunting. Imagine having a freighter/carrier on the edge of battle carrying loads of missiles. The specific case where I found this inconvenient is when trying to use an escort outfitted as a tanker to support my Emerald Sword. Whenever this happens I just. There is also the (somewhat forced) solution of just making your flagship the slowest in the fleet. * fix: Clarify where "back" is in FW Escort 1 * feat: Changed the license progression of the Navy ships to match other progressions (endless-sky#4936) * feat: Negative repair costs no longer block repairing (endless-sky#4932) Installing outfits with a negative repair cost is not yet possible though. "<ship name>" overheated. The best way to make cash at the start in EV:Nova was the missions just like Endless Sky. New to Endless sky as in down loaded it on friday. Saturnalia9 Nov 11, 2020 @ 4:23pm. Also, if someone has insight as to how other mission types are offered, it would be much appreciated to both me and other players. Somewhat invariably, when playing Endless Sky, I end up in one of the large Hai warships, and just get a massive fleet of them. We’ll just get it out of the way now and be done with it. Personally I go after a Tek Far 109 carrier or one of the other mid-sized asymmetrical carrier ships, pull them a safe distance a way, and grab up the many disabled fighters and drones. Also, if someone has insight as to how other mission types are offered, it would be much appreciated to both me and other players. Can't leave them parked with cargo unless I what to loss the cargo and fail other missions. I even went to an outer rim system, and every time I disable a ship, some stupid NPC shows up, and destroys it. With the Bastion, you can capture Falcons. wrecks. but I imagine the behavior that would allow hostiles to do this would be the same scrap of code that would make your escorts do this. endless-sky / endless-sky Public. So use the ship you get fuel with to land in the next system, then change your primary ship (You can drag the icons of owned ships in outfitter or shipyard, the most top left icon is the ship you are using. That's a fine fishing hole there. The Wanderers are in the end more advanced than the Korath automata. . This is getting to be a bit tedious and I found myself wishing it's a toggleable option to make it default that it's required my fleet jump together. If you get plundered, added messages informing you of what was stolen. . Stuck in Free worlds campaign. Jeremy Clarkson Nov 3, 2015 @ 12:51am. Escorts can no longer be ordered to attack themselves. For starters, there should be a key one can press that tells the escorts to disable. If I was carrying xx tons of cargo and xx passengers, for example, and then park my escort, whatever my escort was carrying can't fit on my flagship and I. Also, if someone has insight as to how other mission types are offered, it would be much appreciated to both me and other players. Is there a such option. Be patient. If an escort is trying to get to you, they will slowly jump their way to you. The actual name will be used within the guide. Had to disable a ship, but as soon as I depart my escorts blast it into space debris. Endless Sky. If it's just for a little while, you can press H to have them hold position until you tell them otherwise or land. You get an escort mission. Defend and escape whenever you find yourself losing the fight. )Forced mission abort. 2. I tried leaving the system and returning. So Arachi is correct but with some amount of detail lacking. (Use this for mission NPCs that you are supposed to accompany, for example. Basically using a bounder to get 50k jobs and also exploring heavily. If an escort is trying to get to you, they will slowly jump their way to you. #2. I am getting kind of sad of how picky I have to be when I am hunting pirates, so much wasted profit. 5. It destroys. They are remarkably long lived as escorts way into the FW line. I figured out that the lowest yellow bar indicates fuel, and I'm guessing that the red bar is heat and the light blue bar is energy. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. jafdy Nov 11, 2021 @ 6:15am. Rinse and repeat until you can buy a star queen. Scrixx Nov 3, 2015 @ 12:31am. The new release (0. So, if your escorts are out of fuel, they will land on a habited planet to refuel. Repeat. Example: I use 3 for "board vessel". Ok, when I'm in space, I see an icon for each of my escorts in the lower left corner, each escort has 4 bars. I figured out that the lowest yellow bar indicates fuel, and I'm guessing that the red bar is heat and the light blue bar is. 2) Before you leave Rutilicus be sure to purchase a star map in the outfitter. Land on the world and re-crew. Give us a frigging chance Devs. - if you found nothing - depart from planet and land again. I realize that depending on your actions, the job board will offer you different kinds of missions. Endless Sky. If you want to change the balance of a game you can write anything you want into the save file. but on the other hand, here are the situations I am dealing with all the time: Solo-kill a bounty fleet of marauders with my Marauder Splinter, capture. 12. Find some weaker pirates, and fight & board those. Ok, when I'm in space, I see an icon for each of my escorts in the lower left corner, each escort has 4 bars. The reason i can imagine - It seems that this happens if the other escort ships do not have enough fuel and they need refueling, but the jump has already begun, so the ship needs to jump back to fulfill the request. Hello There, -If you like me have had escort ships stuck / refusing to follow for no reason. OK, simple. If both sides defend, you are allowed to disengage. Thanks for the tip. Isn't it a bit weird that you can safely do any Escort mission by jumping away from your escort so that it isn't loaded in the game and cant get damaged while you wait at the end for it to arrive? Why isn't this adressed yet I realize that depending on your actions, the job board will offer you different kinds of missions. Edit: an example of this is that there are a couple of new PRs I want to play, so I want to get to that game play ASAP. so prees b on any ship u want to capture. I see, thanks for clearing that up. ) You can never have more than A total crew in your fleet at any one time. I know this is probably under my nose the whole time but please bear with me. I know that the idea of individual Captains has been no'ed because it would require a lot of changes to the engine or whatever, but what if we had a way to manually adjust the AIs of each of our ships? I don't mean like regular fleet controls which are nice, but something that will describe the default behavior of individual ships and not have to be reset all the time. 13, players can dig into the history of the Sheragi, a race of aliens long extinct, and find what was left behind. Finally bought two heavy freighters and removed the guns and parked my escorts. Finally bought two heavy freighters and removed the guns and parked my escorts. It's a major quality of life improvement unless you are willing to memorize everything, or until you have. This commit prevents drawing hostile escorts as assumed. Escorts are a bit better about this, as they'll stop firing when the target is disabled, but that doesn't stop overkill from any projectiles already in flight, or cross-fire if there's a still-active enemy in the way. Proposal: Wages should be charged per escort warp/landing instead of per day per unparked escort. I even went to an outer rim system, and every time I disable a ship, some stupid NPC shows up, and destroys it. Helpful. Can't leave them parked with cargo unless I what to loss the cargo and fail other missions. Or you can just edit your save and either delete the ship entirely or give it a hyperdrive. What are your favourite Escort builds? Doesn't strictly speaking have to be the best but just what you personally like to roll with. Now comes the important part. Forgive a couple of basic questions about the screen interface, but I haven't seen this addressed in the user guides I've seen. I'm doing the Hunt Ryk Bartlett mission for Free Worlds, and was retreating from Republic space when my Dreadnaught escort ran out of fuel. You'll get there if you're smart, but at the beginning, keep your cool and just try to do what you can. Just need some options on the ship info page for each one, the back end ai already supports it. 1. Jul 18, 2020 @ 11:18am Leaving ships behind Is there a way to park some of your ships at a planet and go back and get them? If so how? < > Showing 1-4 of 4 comments . currently the auto select priority for the board ship button seams to be: disabled enemy > disabled ally > disabled escort it seems to me it should be thus: disabled enemy > disabled escor. Add a spoiler tag to the title please. I can ask for help to fix my ship but not the escorts. I can ask for help to fix my ship but not the escorts. #2. I know that the idea of individual Captains has been no'ed because it would require a lot of changes to the engine or whatever, but what if we had a way to manually adjust the AIs of each of our ships? I don't mean like regular fleet controls which are nice, but something that will describe the default behavior of individual ships and not have to be reset all the time. You need to capture the ship, meaning you need to be lucky to get a Skylark with the minimal 120 crew and a lucky first attack. For a successful capture, a lot of circumstances have to line up right: first a pirate gets disabled, then its attackers get distracted by other hostiles so they don't destroy the disabled ship. #1. . Jul 18, 2020 @ 11:24am press i while landed, and you can park them or unpark them. Asking for help again just results in me being told that my ship looks fine. Otherwise, it is likely that your escorts will inadvertently destroy the Raider while firing at the Chasers. After parking four of my Kar-Ik-Vots, I occasionally manage to order my ship to board a Korath Raider so the escorts stop shooting by repeatedly pressing the boarding key, though escorts shooting at the fighters often hit and finish off the mothership. Once you had enough cargo space (about 75), switching to simple bulk runs was better. This results in them taking no action at all and simply drifting, allowing themselves. #3. Capturing enemy ships whole can potentially pay even more, but it definitely has risks. Landing and warping escorts should be more smoothly integrated into combat. Repeat this process until the world-ship's crew is minimized. I realize that depending on your actions, the job board will offer you different kinds of missions. I realize that depending on your actions, the job board will offer you different kinds of missions. does not behave like an escort). Provide air support in a forest of crumbling skyscrapers. Maybe try this… -Target your stuck ship -Open fire on your stuck ship until its shields are down and it is disabled -Board the ship ('B" key) -Gather your ship ('G" Key) -Your stuck ship should follow out of the sector. okay, press M and click on missions in the bottom right, name me all the missions you have enabled (if any) Alrighty then, in the bottom left of your computers desktop you should be able to find a search bar, type %appdata% and go to Roaming, then find "endless-sky" and open saves folder. Bugfix: This PR addresses issue #6074 Fix Details When calculating the free bays bays in a ship the escorts in bays are not counted twice, this allows escorts of the correct category to dock in the. B) in order to trade cargo. Select the escorts then right click the space on your system, then the escorts are get to there(if they are not on the same system right now, they are jump to that system THEN move to there). A note for all players: in v0. I was attacked by pirates and i bribed them to get off me, then landed without realising my second ship, a bounder, had been disabled. #3. Steal the pod and immediately jump. But it won't let me board to share fuel, it isn't responding to Gather Fleet, and it's now just drifting towards the edge of the system faster than my maximum thrust. #1. (I swear those Republic ship captains…There is no method for re-assigning the keys to select control groups. Then hold forward/up until you are close to stopped. Earn money by carrying passengers or cargo, escorting convoys, bounty. "Remnant Bounty" mission is the single best way to farm credits. Basically, I disabled some ship, boarded, captured, went to land on a planet (usually after finishing the battle) and while the animat. This has also come up in other issues, where players have trouble. endless-sky added the balance A ship or weapon that seems too powerful or useless, or a mission that seems too easy or hard label Dec 3, 2015. I know it's not wise to bring cargo ships for escort missions, but I usually just grab whatever is there, stack it and go. Also, if someone has insight as to how other mission types are offered, it would be much appreciated to both me and other players. We now have "Ship lost! Mission failed" type messages, but could we have: "<ship name>" lost. We bring a Quarg ship from a mission into Heliarch space. Your best bet for disabling ships without killing them is using laser turrets on your escorts with no projectile weapons (i. Ship Upgrades. Too many disabled survaillance drones. FW mission stuck, help pls? I am working on my first playthrough and I have been offered several missions for the free world. For example, let the player buy a set of engines into cargo, board his disabled escort, and install them. SoulWager. I'm doing the Hunt Ryk Bartlett mission for Free Worlds, and was retreating from Republic space when my Dreadnaught escort ran out of fuel. #6. 2. 10. Sail Date: April 2022. #8. . Model 16 & 32, Far Lek 14 & Far Osk 27 - small fast ships deigned to fly around the far side of disabled 512's and 349's to ensure your escorts destroy the disabled ships. How do I fix them too?Forgive a couple of basic questions about the screen interface, but I haven't seen this addressed in the user guides I've seen. A lot of people who talk about Endless Sky online seem to prefer the shuttle-capture start. I know this is probably under my nose the whole time but please bear with me. You can just wait for them. I captured a ship and jumped to an unexplored system (with jump drive). You can change which ship you are flying when landed on a station. Then in missions, I order my escorts to do stuff, which I sit back and evade. I'm doing the Hunt Ryk Bartlett mission for Free Worlds, and was retreating from Republic space when my Dreadnaught escort ran out of fuel. "<ship name>" stranded. Example: I use 3 for "board vessel". There are exploits for that kind of thing. That being said, there isn't really an equivalent of a mod starbridge or pirate valk 4 in this game. As the title says, I disable a ship, to capture it, and ALL the other friendly ships destroy it. Kor Ak'Mari. All other combat missions can be fought using a fleet of AI-piloted escorts. Endless Sky takes a slightly different approach with upgrades (or 'outfits' as it calls them) taking a set amount of tonnage or outfit space. Not sure if this is a bug or my problem, so I'm posting it here. Here's why. I land on a random Hai planet and they tell me to go to their homeworld, because first contact is not a simple matter. Because the threat to me is too big to get personal, and because escorts are just way easier to handle. I figured out that the lowest yellow bar indicates fuel, and I'm guessing that the red bar is heat and the light blue bar is energy. i capture any Korath fighters, which leaves a surplus of these captured fighters in the system. However, it becomes a little more balanced if you take the Solo Ship challenge! As this is a single-player game, the exact rules of the challenge are up to you, but here are the rules I use:Endless Sky. But first you have to land on a planet. I wanted to know how to start receiving escort missions, right now I have a lot of bounty hunts and other basic types. Forgive a couple of basic questions about the screen interface, but I haven't seen this addressed in the user guides I've seen.