Pilot Archive
Thread: Newbie Pilot Questions
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Combat_Medic_to_be
Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:12 am
#1
I've read the FAQs and stickies but just wanted to check something out. I wish to be a privateer pilot but I read that this will stop me from being able to go into "deep space" I'm not really sure what that means as I've never really done any pilotting before but I'm sure I heard it was where all PvP takes place.
I also read in one of the stickies here that as a privateer you could go overt towards either faction but could not enter deep space due to a lack of prestige points. Then I read that there are factionally aligned privateer guilds.
Could anybody explain what I will not be able to access as a privateer of each alignment (Rebel, Imperial and neutral) compared to a rebel or imperial pilot so that I can make my decision.
I want to be able to fly with my imperial friends and PvP with them but also want to be able to fly with anybody else in PvP or PvE.
Thanks in advance.
I also read in one of the stickies here that as a privateer you could go overt towards either faction but could not enter deep space due to a lack of prestige points. Then I read that there are factionally aligned privateer guilds.
Could anybody explain what I will not be able to access as a privateer of each alignment (Rebel, Imperial and neutral) compared to a rebel or imperial pilot so that I can make my decision.
I want to be able to fly with my imperial friends and PvP with them but also want to be able to fly with anybody else in PvP or PvE.
Thanks in advance.
Goraf
Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:45 am
#3
Read this posted today: The End-All-Be-All List of What The Hell Freelance Pilot Can Do
Thanks for the summary Shona.
- Alirc
Thanks for the summary Shona.
- Alirc
Message Edited by Goraf on 04-22-2005 03:46 PM
Yeebo
Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:52 pm
#4
Hey, now don't everyone try and answer at once. One at a time please . . . .
YarkenScoht
Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:04 pm
#5
Switch between steer my ship and pick from a menu is Alt.
what faction are you? I found the headhunter the rebs give you a nice easy to navigate ship, didn't try the other factions starter ships.
Dunno about the third one.
Sylia
Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:07 pm
#6
1) The Alt key.
2) hmmm .. probably frame rate, The first ship you get, the one you can't load any components on is pretty slow, but manuevers fairly well. I'm not entirely qualified to answer this however as I've never actually seen a stoned hippo.
3) hmmm .. not sure, I seem to recall checking for graphics type settings in space once, to see if I could turn anything up but neb density was all I recall ever finding, and that didn't excite me much. My system is a hot-rod so I'm not really qualified to answer this either. Put it this way, I can run EQ2 on the highest "extreme" graphics setting without much noticable stutter. IMO I'd say blow your tax return and 2 weeks wages on an uber system ... but not everyone can do that. (btw, a large number of drives in RAID are great, untill they tank and you have to start over AND find a way to load your RAID driver when your system only has cdr/dvd drives and no floppy drives)
Yeebo
Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:22 pm
#7
Finally, thanks for the info. It's good to know that at least the rebel starter ship should handle OK. I'll try out the rebs, but if my experience is the same I'll be shelving this for a while ( at least until I but a new PC in 2-3 years).
Just in case you're wondering, I am running a high end of mediocre system: 1 gig ram, GF FX 5500 with 256 Megs ram, 3.2 GHZ processor, fast 160 gig hard drive. I can actually run EQ II a lot better than this game. I am utterly underwhelmed by the graphics engine SWG uses. SOE engines tend to bite in general. "Designed to scale with future technology" = crappy innefiecient engine that won't run well on any PC currently available to the public and won't take advantage of future graphics card innovations and thus will look totallycrapmaster by the time you can buy a PC that runs it well for a reasonable price. Case in point: Unlima IX, Ascension.
Yeebo
Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:17 am
#8
Decided to try out some piloting yesterday. I have few questions:
1. How do you switch the mouse between "steer my ship" and "pick from a menu" mode?
2. My ship steers like a stoned hippo. Is this because my framerates bite, or is this how a newbie ship is supposed to handle?
3. Are ther any graphics settings that can help my frame rates in space specifically, besides nebula density?
Thanks!
1. How do you switch the mouse between "steer my ship" and "pick from a menu" mode?
2. My ship steers like a stoned hippo. Is this because my framerates bite, or is this how a newbie ship is supposed to handle?
3. Are ther any graphics settings that can help my frame rates in space specifically, besides nebula density?
Thanks!
Zanholo
Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:22 pm
#9
Your RAM is completely out of line with the rest of your system. You should be running at least 512mb and you'd notice a huge difference I bet.
I have 256, but it matches my crap system: P3 900, gforce 2 w/ 32mb onboard. The only time I have fps problems are when the Star Destroyer in Deep Space starts going crazy with turrets and sometimes in the lagfest that is the Kashyyk sector.
Your ISP also seems to play a pretty big part. Fast cable can really make up for a marginal system...in my experience anyway.
Yeebo
Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:26 pm
#10
Thanks for the suggestion. Actually the 256 megs is on my graphics card, I have a gig of system RAM. I obviously need to fiddle with my graphics settings more if you are getting decent framerates with a 900 mHz processor
Sylia
Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:35 pm
#11
I'd say try one of those upload/download speed test sites and check your connection.
Just as a reference my current DSL speeds are aprox 350 uploadand 620 download.
The game runs just fine, no lag usually. There are times when I get some heavy lag ... but at those times everyone else around me get's the same so it's safe to assume those moments are server-side, or at least close to server-side.
These should change tomorrow, my new DSL service should be activated and it's supposed to be twice what I have now ... I'm waiting to see, but that's what they tell me.
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