The Old Stupid Questions Topic™

l1ngus · Post by **l1ngus** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:51 pm

Yes, just use the general Alleg server. There is only a specific AFS-channel for trainingsessions.

fwiffo · Post by **fwiffo** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:55 pm

VTurtle wrote:QUOTE (VTurtle @ Feb 1 2011, 06:12 AM) 2nd Question: What is the best way to rescue pods? I've been using the F3 view to try to order them to come to me and then setting my auto-pilot for them, but using the F3 view is difficult when it's crowded. Is there a way to send orders to a targeted pod without going out to F3 using voice-chat or something? I also had one issue where me and the pod circled each other a few times before connecting. My guess is I should have just tried to stop and let them fly to me. Is that correct?

i map a key ("j" for me) that targets the nearest friendly pod. if you are picky about who want to pick up, in the f3 view, you can press the numpad + to zoom in and pick exactly who you want to autopilot to.

if you arent picky, once you hit j, u can press p for autopilot to the nearest pod.

ogorass · Post by **ogorass** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:22 am

fwiffo wrote:QUOTE (fwiffo @ Feb 4 2011, 12:55 AM) i map a key ("j" for me) that targets the nearest friendly pod. if you are picky about who want to pick up, in the f3 view, you can press the numpad + to zoom in and pick exactly who you want to autopilot to.

if you arent picky, once you hit j, u can press p for autopilot to the nearest pod.

The above method is good for picking up a "pod parade" - many pods, which have rowed for a little while towards nearest base ad are nicely lined up. I doesn't do much good in a different scenario though - cleaning up right after a furball.

When there was a big engagement and you happen to be the last one standing, the pods will most likely be scattered all around you. In this case, it's best just to stop and wait for them to come to you, only moving towards the last one. This way really is usually faster and much less annoying to anyone you are currently not autopiloting to

Lutra · Post by **Lutra** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:49 pm

ogorass wrote:QUOTE (ogorass @ Feb 4 2011, 06:22 AM) The above method is good for picking up a "pod parade" - many pods, which have rowed for a little while towards nearest base ad are nicely lined up. I doesn't do much good in a different scenario though - cleaning up right after a furball.

When there was a big engagement and you happen to be the last one standing, the pods will most likely be scattered all around you. In this case, it's best just to stop and wait for them to come to you, only moving towards the last one. This way really is usually faster and much less annoying to anyone you are currently not autopiloting to

I find that unless I move on the same plane as someone else, it takes maybe 3-4 passes before someone intersects.

It's good that pods have low sig, because if a foe followed one, it would really suck

Post by **FreeBeer** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:52 pm

Lutra wrote:QUOTE (Lutra @ Feb 6 2011, 01:49 PM) It's good that pods have low sig, because if a foe followed one, it would really suck

Sometimes foes do do that - particularly if there is a pod train (several pods). They'll want to take out the pickup guy (usually a scout) to keep everyone in pods.

LANS · Post by **LANS** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:57 pm

Lutra wrote:QUOTE (Lutra @ Feb 6 2011, 12:49 PM) I find that unless I move on the same plane as someone else, it takes maybe 3-4 passes before someone intersects.

It's good that pods have low sig, because if a foe followed one, it would really suck

The autopilot tends to suck, it tends to only work if it has enough distance between the autopiloting ship and the target to line up nicely, and really sucks if two ships are autopiloting to each other.

notjarvis · Post by **notjarvis** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:00 pm

FreeBeer wrote:QUOTE (FreeBeer @ Feb 6 2011, 07:52 PM) Sometimes foes do do that - particularly if there is a pod train (several pods). They'll want to take out the pickup guy (usually a scout) to keep everyone in pods.

it's also the best way to find Rescue probes if you know the enemy has one in your sector and the enemy pods are stupid enough to fly straight there.

Post by **FreeBeer** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:19 pm

Yep. I started to write that, too, but felt it was a little off-the topic of the post.

riom13 · Post by **riom13** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:08 am

So if I see a enemy pod about to enter their base should I kill it?
It seems logical to me...

WolfDeSol · Post by **WolfDeSol** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:18 am

Mista Cow wrote:QUOTE (Mista Cow @ Feb 7 2011, 09:08 PM) So if I see a enemy pod about to enter their base should I kill it?
It seems logical to me...

it's not something you should go out of your way to do

also if your in an enemy sector and your that close to their base, your probably there do do something important like killing a miner, bombing or whatever.