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Thread: Guide to fast and efficient Y-8 mineing
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AzzixxSWG
Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:26 am
#1
Guide to fast and efficient Y-8 mineing
Pre requisits:
- 2 accounts 2 computers (someone has to be in the top turret at all times, I can't imagine an actual player wanting to do this)
Equip your Y-8 like this:
- Top turret is the tractor beem
- fixed forward gun is your Y-8 elite mineing laser
- rear mounted wapon you can do with as you please, its mostly useless
- droid progrms: Reactor OL4, Cap OL4, Engine OL 3, Weapon OL 3, Shield shunt 4
- Cargo hold, bigger is better
When you launch:
- 2nd account get in 1 of the 2 opperations chair and run the 4 overloads.
- after over loads are complete move the 2nd account to the upper turret
- Toggle the Tractor beem on with the 2nd account (doing it from the pilot seat will only turn on an imaginary tractor beem that does nothing)
- While looking in first person view pilots chair adjust the tractor beem so that half of the beem runs down the middle-left strutt in the forward window. This approxamatly intersects your reticle's cross hair at 50m-150m from target rock.
- Once the beem is aimed the pilot needs to zoom out to external view. You cant see jack from the interior view.
- use the laser on the big rock to break of a chunk
- Target the chunk and match its speed.
- Optimal distance to target is 50m-150m. if it's farther than 180m, just turn around and break off another chunk. dont bother chaceing anything.
- Aim the beem at the center of rotation, Put the white flashlight on the green lead indicator.
- Tap the chunk with the laser and SLURP 90-100% of the chunk instanly pops in your hold. Most of the time I do not bother picking up the small potatos the splatter around. but if you must you will be at the same speed as the little rocks for EZ pickup with the beem.
If I were to do this in a fighter, I would use auto follow instead of matching target speed. A fighter is better able to adjust speed than the Y-8 and autofollow puts you in the most optomal distance and aimed at the center of rotation.
Message Edited by AzzixxSWG on 08-03-2005 09:44 AM
deadOne
Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:51 pm
#2
CHEERS!!! I'll hfta try that I am so sick of having to land ater 5 mins of mining to unload my starfighter cargo hold.
AzzixxSWG
Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:14 pm
#3
deadOne wrote:
CHEERS!!! I'll hfta try that I am so sick of having to land ater 5 mins of mining to unload my starfighter cargo hold.
I'm currious about how it's working out for you and if you have any sugestions on my documentation.
Goraf
Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:24 am
#4
Which tractor beam do you use? The free quest reward or a player crafted one?
jason67
Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:57 am
#5
Goraf wrote:
Which tractor beam do you use? The free quest reward or a player crafted one?
I'm not sure it matters, I crafted one to see if there was any difference and I never was able to see any difference in how they performed.
Goraf
Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:32 am
#6
jason67 wrote:
I'm not sure it matters, I crafted one to see if there was any difference and I never was able to see any difference in how they performed.
Did you test them in a Y-8?
Message Edited by Goraf on 08-25-2005 09:33 AM
jason67
Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:50 am
#7
Goraf wrote:
jason67 wrote:
I'm not sure it matters, I crafted one to see if there was any difference and I never was able to see any difference in how they performed.
Did you test them in a Y-8?
Message Edited by Goraf on 08-25-2005 09:33 AM
Been a while but I tested them in a starfighter, and maybe a POB ship but it wasn't the Y8.
DarthKthuolhu
Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:58 am
#11
AzzixxSWG wrote:
Guide to fast and efficient Y-8 mineing
Pre requisits:
- 2 accounts 2 computers (someone has to be in the top turret at all times, I can't imagine an actual player wanting to do this)
Equip your Y-8 like this:
- Top turret is the tractor beem
- fixed forward gun is your Y-8 elite mineing laser
- rear mounted wapon you can do with as you please, its mostly useless
- droid progrms: Reactor OL4, Cap OL4, Engine OL 3, Weapon OL 3, Shield shunt 4
- Cargo hold, bigger is better
When you launch:
- 2nd account get in 1 of the 2 opperations chair and run the 4 overloads.
- after over loads are complete move the 2nd account to the upper turret
- Toggle the Tractor beem on with the 2nd account (doing it from the pilot seat will only turn on an imaginary tractor beem that does nothing)
- While looking in first person view pilots chair adjust the tractor beem so that half of the beem runs down the middle-left strutt in the forward window. This approxamatly intersects your reticle's cross hair at 50m-150m from target rock.
- Once the beem is aimed the pilot needs to zoom out to external view. You cant see jack from the interior view.
- use the laser on the big rock to break of a chunk
- Target the chunk and match its speed.
- Optimal distance to target is 50m-150m. if it's farther than 180m, just turn around and break off another chunk. dont bother chaceing anything.
- Aim the beem at the center of rotation, Put the white flashlight on the green lead indicator.
- Tap the chunk with the laser and SLURP 90-100% of the chunk instanly pops in your hold. Most of the time I do not bother picking up the small potatos the splatter around. but if you must you will be at the same speed as the little rocks for EZ pickup with the beem.
If I were to do this in a fighter, I would use auto follow instead of matching target speed. A fighter is better able to adjust speed than the Y-8 and autofollow puts you in the most optomal distance and aimed at the center of rotation.
Message Edited by AzzixxSWG on 08-03-2005 09:44 AM
Ok.
Does this mean they're (the YT-8's) actually fixed now?
AzzixxSWG
Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:47 pm
#12
The Y-8 has allways worked its the quest to get it is whats been broke since publish 18 . One would think this quest would have been a top priority bug fix warrenting a hot fix. My guess is they will require us to pay for the fixwith the next expansion. If you didn't get your Y-8 in the first 2 weeks you are S.O.L.
Without the overloads your weapon hits like a BB gun and your turn rate is excessively slugish. so slugish it is frustrating to get a bead on the astroid bandits and the rocks you are mineing. If you realy wan't to make things harder on yourself ... what can I say...it's a free country.
Cphopp
Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:12 pm
#13
QFE....soooo true =/ at least I got one on my main account....is definatly a nice idea and i'll have to try it out....i do really hate landing every few minutes
AzzixxSWG wrote:
The Y-8 has allways worked its the quest to get it is whats been broke since publish 18 . One would think this quest would have been a top priority bug fix warrenting a hot fix. My guess is they will require us to pay for the fixwith the next expansion. If you didn't get your Y-8 in the first 2 weeks you are S.O.L.
Without the overloads your weapon hits like a BB gun and your turn rate is excessively slugish. so slugish it is frustrating to get a bead on the astroid bandits and the rocks you are mineing. If you realy wan't to make things harder on yourself ... what can I say...it's a free country.
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