The Erlking is worth it.

[Faptor]

Holy, this is the first time ive fully upgraded it and it absolutely dominates.
I feel bad for crying so much about having to find the vaults, the reward is definitely worth the hassle.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936718367

[LordNSR]

I love that ship too and makes me want more XL battleships in the game.

[GetUrAssToMars]

Its a beaut of a ship, but I just wonder why its still blatantly missing sound effects after all this time.

(Yes, I know its been tackled in the beta a year later)

[RandomDude]

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[mikemonger]

Ok, so while you're here, can you confirm:

1. How many data vaults there are (I believe there are 5).
2. Are they all in the Avarice sectors?

[mikemonger]

Originally posted by mikemonger:

Ok, so while you're here, can you confirm:

1. How many data vaults there are (I believe there are 5).
2. Are they all in the Avarice sectors?

I've searched for those answers, but there's been nothing that specific.

If it's just 5 I have no problem taking a few hours hunting them down.

[LordNSR]

There are 5 of them, they can be in the windfall sectors or avarice, so in total you have to look for them in 6 places but you can find more than 1 in 1 sector.

[mikemonger]

Originally posted by LordNSR:

There are 5 of them, they can be in the windfall sectors or avarice, so in total you have to look for them in 6 places but you can find more than 1 in 1 sector.

Ok thanks. I guess in this game they're all in Avarice, since I sent my exploration fleet in force to Windfall and satellite bombed all three sectors and nothing.

[Bozz 💀]

Originally posted by mikemonger:

Originally posted by LordNSR:

There are 5 of them, they can be in the windfall sectors or avarice, so in total you have to look for them in 6 places but you can find more than 1 in 1 sector.

Ok thanks. I guess in this game they're all in Avarice, since I sent my exploration fleet in force to Windfall and satellite bombed all three sectors and nothing.

look up and down, I did the same with sats and they did not detect one in windfall that was very high.

[Faptor]

Originally posted by mikemonger:

Ok, so while you're here, can you confirm:

1. How many data vaults there are (I believe there are 5).
2. Are they all in the Avarice sectors?

1. Yes their are 5
2. They are hidden in the new Tides of Avarice sectors.

Some might be right beside each other, others in different sectors.
I read that a guy had 4 in 1 sector before so im guessing that all 5 could potentially be in 1 sector.

Its a brutal "Needle in a Haystack" quest but its seriously worth it.
I took out 5-6 K's, 2 I's and idk how meny hundreds of other Xenon ships in about a half hour total. They wouldn't stop invading so I had to clean some of them out, I didn't think it'd be that effective fully upgraded.

[eMYNOCK]

finally someone who notices that the erlking is a damn overpowered ship and thats the reason why the 5 Data Vaults are hidden around Avarice... well.. mostly even in plain sight.

little hint... they literally can be all over the place... and space is 3D.
also.. even if they do not show up on the map under some circumstances... they still give you their Golden (or was it purple?) datav ault ping ring when you hit them with your long range scanner.

just follow your eyes and ears.

[Faptor]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

finally someone who notices that the erlking is a damn overpowered ship and thats the reason why the 5 Data Vaults are hidden around Avarice... well.. mostly even in plain sight.

Yeah, I had no idea!
The way everyone was talking about the Erlking I didnt even want to go into battle with a K or I but they melt so quickly.

This is the first time ive fully upgraded it and its gloriously OP.
Sure, the Asgard has its Death Star beam but the Erlking can travel at speeds over 12k, 400m/s normal drive and ,my favourite part, actually kill S ships. Everything that gets within 10 km just gets obliterated.

The Erl follows old school Teladi ship logic that the more ugly something is the more deadly it is haha

[LordNSR]

I love that it's DPS comes from turrets, sometimes I feel bad looking at destroyers aiming.

[Faptor]

Originally posted by LordNSR:

I love that it's DPS comes from turrets, sometimes I feel bad looking at destroyers aiming.

They absolutly annihilate and I love it haha Honestly, im just happy they actually hit things (Unlike every other turret D:<) but that extreme damage really, really takes the cake haha

I even like its main gun. I tossed a greeny damage mod on it and it slaps hard.

[Dreamer]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

finally someone who notices that the erlking is a damn overpowered ship and thats the reason why the 5 Data Vaults are hidden around Avarice... well.. mostly even in plain sight.

little hint... they literally can be all over the place... and space is 3D.
also.. even if they do not show up on the map under some circumstances... they still give you their Golden (or was it purple?) datav ault ping ring when you hit them with your long range scanner.

just follow your eyes and ears.

Searching for those data vaults was the most unpleasant X4 experience I ever had, and I played almost 300 hours so far.

[Aieonae]

It's literally egosoft answer to a player wishlist capital flagship.

It's XL capital.
It can park some S and M ships.
It's impervious to hazards.
It have a rather large cargohold.
It's very speedy.
It have many guns both big and medium
Lastly, it's unique only player can ever own one.