Death star beam meme

[Epathos]

So to make this pretty epic first time reaction short...

I played alot of X2 when I was a kid. Didn't understand any concept of the game. Just fly around, shoot stuff. Make people mad and get blown up. Good fun as a kid.

But anyways.

Having learned how to navigate the game and the basics.

Was over in Hativa Choice, just farming xenon coming in threw the cascade gate in my Asp helping the defense and what not. Getting pretty good at flying the little bugger.

Then I see my first Asgard roll in next to the defense platform. It was owned by the terrans then thought why they are out this far, the ship even had a sub name.. intervention Fleet... ok?

So as I'm fighting a few N's and M's... a huge battleship rolls threw the gate. I was like oh thats so cool looking! It was called a "H".

So no way I was going to do any actual damage to it. Decided to do a dive run at it to get into range and take out it's engines while dodging its big red death balls it was shooting at me. One hit and it would be goodnight for me.

As I was coming hot from the rear on my approach blasting away with my bolters..

This Giant white Beam Flys right by my left side! Frigging huge! And lands dead center of the Xenon H. Literally had enough time to blink my eyes and it JUST explodes!..

Trying to think wtf just happened?? I swivel back around towards the defense platform, and here comes the asgard... just meme beamed the H out of existence. Never seen any thing noped so hard before.

So just sitting there in my asp... thinking how I "might" help in the fight... The asgard just ended the fight before it started!?¿

[Epathos]

Publicado originalmente por Doom:

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Haven't meet the Yaki yet, scale plates.. are kinda meh. Interested in the Rigs? The miner/scavengers? Bumped into them and some odd casino way out no where.

VIG, Vigor Syndicate. Pirate faction, technically. Has junkyard/mad max aesthetic, along with RIP, which are Riptide Rakers. Doesn't have a huge number of ships, though.

Yaki are hard to find, though I won't spoil the surprise. They have some good ship blueprints you might want to get.

Yes the RIP's, thought I got it wrong.

They seem pretty laided back for a not so savvy faction. Just trying to survive is pretty ok by me.

Yes the mad max feel is working well with my "head cannon" role playing bit as a smuggler/bandit.

The split being pilots for all my ships since they get a decent pilot buff as newbies. Plus their clear cut and cheesy way of getting to the point... I find funny.

Then I send my ships to the VIG wharf to fill up on service crew, which adds to the vibe of FaFo.

But will be weird flying around in a Terran ship while everyone is dressed for the apocalypse lol.

Ehh oh well, over all. While taking things in light steps seems to be the way to go. Instead of having headache inducing pain trying to micromanage a entire galaxy. Few ships, some scurvy crew. And a few bad jokes is good enough for me.

[Gibbo]

In one of my last games they released new paint jobs. I can't remember what this one is called? But it looks cool.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282317388

[Doom]

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

In one of my last games they released new paint jobs. I can't remember what this one is called? But it looks cool.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282317388

I think it is from timelines, called, "Frozen in Time", and I think you get it for.... either Kestrel or Theseus sport. Likely theseus.

[Epathos]

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

In one of my last games they released new paint jobs. I can't remember what this one is called? But it looks cool.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282317388

That looks really cool, unfortunately the only ship I have with a decent paint job is a dragon corvette from the fallen. Which they kindly gave to me after pumping some lead into their back side. I guess fighting a Asp wasn't in their agenda lol.

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

[Gibbo]

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

In one of my last games they released new paint jobs. I can't remember what this one is called? But it looks cool.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282317388

That looks really cool, unfortunately the only ship I have with a decent paint job is a dragon corvette from the fallen. Which they kindly gave to me after pumping some lead into their back side. I guess fighting a Asp wasn't in their agenda lol.

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

Doom got that one right. It's frozen in time and a Timelines reward. I mainly get them from plots and missions. That's one thing they need to flesh out more I think. I love dressing up my ships lol. Like the planes from WW2 and their nose art, every ship in a fleet should have it's own unique paint job. The crew who work and fly these machines love them.

[Epathos]

Publicado originalmente por Gibbo:

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

That looks really cool, unfortunately the only ship I have with a decent paint job is a dragon corvette from the fallen. Which they kindly gave to me after pumping some lead into their back side. I guess fighting a Asp wasn't in their agenda lol.

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

Doom got that one right. It's frozen in time and a Timelines reward. I mainly get them from plots and missions. That's one thing they need to flesh out more I think. I love dressing up my ships lol. Like the planes from WW2 and their nose art, every ship in a fleet should have it's own unique paint job. The crew who work and fly these machines love them.

I agree, wonder if there is a way to inject our own paint skins. Would be neat to know.

And after looking at the same color for quite some time. These ships of mine need some new flash.

When you say plots, as in mission lines? Or the pre determined universe starts?

[Zloth]

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

Yep, mostly. Or you could modify the game, of course. There are FAR more paint jobs than the missions make available.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984185070

[Doom]

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

You get them from missions (as 1 use items), and when you reach +27 rep with a faction, you unlock their paintjob (in unlimited number)

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

When you say plots, as in mission lines? Or the pre determined universe starts?

Mission lines. There are several multi-mission plotlines available in the universe which you can follow. Some of them result in changes in the world.

[mikemonger]

If you're impressed by one, you should see what 15 in a fleet can do.

I just park them in the middle of a sector. Everything dies eventually.

Combine them with 5 fully loaded Tokyos and 70 Katanas in intercept mode, and I'm taking down Zenon defense platforms before they can kill a single Gladius fighter.

In other words...overkill is underrated.

[Epathos]

Publicado originalmente por Doom:

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Besides that, not really sure how to get any new paint jobs. I hear most of them are rewards for missions?

You get them from missions (as 1 use items), and when you reach +27 rep with a faction, you unlock their paintjob (in unlimited number)

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

When you say plots, as in mission lines? Or the pre determined universe starts?

Mission lines. There are several multi-mission plotlines available in the universe which you can follow. Some of them result in changes in the world.

Happy new year, oh and ok. This is a noob question despite I several hours in the game.

How do you apply said paints because I have not gotten any yet.

Didn't know that about the plots either.

Got some missions that say argon vs. Xenon and one other one, those im sure will change the world?

[Doom]

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

How do you apply said paints because I have not gotten any yet.

Right click on the ship --> redesign. I believe that's the name. I think it is also available in ship moding menu. Faction-wide paints for all your ships are configured in user data.

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Got some missions that say argon vs. Xenon and one other one, those im sure will change the world?

Nope, those one's won't. They're infinite, pretty much. The world is only going to change if you blow up a station somewhere.

See "Hatikva's Revolution" mission in the menu for one of the plots start.

[Epathos]

Publicado originalmente por Doom:

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

How do you apply said paints because I have not gotten any yet.

Right click on the ship --> redesign. I believe that's the name. I think it is also available in ship moding menu. Faction-wide paints for all your ships are configured in user data.

Publicado originalmente por Epathos:

Got some missions that say argon vs. Xenon and one other one, those im sure will change the world?

Nope, those one's won't. They're infinite, pretty much. The world is only going to change if you blow up a station somewhere.

See "Hatikva's Revolution" mission in the menu for one of the plots start.

Sweet thank you, I'll get to work on that when I get a chance.