**WARNING** Docked @ planet prior to 2.1?

[Baelydon]

If you are docked at a planetary base where you are wanted or hostile... prior to 2.1's launch, DO NOT LAUNCH before reading this:

FDev added security vessels to planetary bases. If you are "wanted" or "hostile" at the base you are docked at... YOU WILL BE FIRED UPON when you try to launch!!!! By a lot of ships!!!

If you are in a weak ship, have weak shields, in a big & slow ship that costs a fortune in insurance, or are generally not very wealthy... DO NOT LAUNCH!

***Log out, exit the game completely, then start the BASE version of the game. When you spawn you will be in orbit around a planet and should be safe...for the most part (mwuahahaha) ..as there are no planetary landings in the base version of the game. Fly someplace safe, log out and back in to Horizons...voila! *(Credit/thanks go to CMDR Ximrats in the Frontier forums as well as our very own Cometborne for making this suggestion! I completely forgot about that and had originally suggested submitting a support ticket, yeah... bad idea... so again, Thank You!)

I'm not kidding nor am I exaggerating. I was in a Viper MK4 prior to 2.1's launch, best shields and 2 shield boosters, everything fully A rated. I was docked at Morgan Depot on HIP 10716, just messing around (after having earned my Empire ranking)... and as such, was wanted and hostile towards the owning faction.

When I logged on, missile warnings were going off non stop... yet, I tried to launch anyways. I figured I knew my ship was agile and "quick" enough at accelerating, and had decent enough shields for it's size, that I would be able to escape. NOPE!

It takes what, maybe 3 seconds for landing gear to retract when the docking clamps release... I was mashing both GEAR and BOOST buttons/ and my ship was all like... "HA! Sucker! Eject bro!...nope, TOO LATE!"... before my nose was even aimed up high enough to clear the docking pad. 3 seconds.... not even.

So, yeah, I posted this in the official forums, hopefully the word gets around. I know a lot of players wont think twice about it, they'll blow up once, figure they can make it on the 2nd try, and probably will... if they are experienced and ready for it. I ... was not ready for it!

On the 2nd attempt I was, and got lucky. Despite my best efforts, I barely escaped with slightly less than 40% hull left.

There you go, hopefully this finds the appropriate players BEFORE they blow up.

Thanks all!

-Bael

[Cometborne]

There should be no need to involve support to have your ship moved, simply start the non-horizons client, and let it teleport you into orbit.

And I am glad that the days of "Your presence will not be tolerated, enemy. Docking request granted" seem to be over.

[Baelydon]

Yup, thank you Cometborne, just got done editing my post in the other forums after someone suggested the same thing.

As I said there, I honestly didn't even think about that, and I'm sure others will as well... so, editing I shall go to alter my OP.!

[Icpmcp]

The weirdest thing I've found in 2.1 yet is that a Cobra Mk4 npc with expert rank can take down my A rated shield, improvedwith 4 a rated shield boosters, in less than 10 seconds.


How the hell is that possible ?

[Roger Wilco Jr]

How the hell is that possible ?

Engineers?

[Cometborne]

Just tested this by landing on a random uninhabited planet, and can confirm that this still works if you are in a ship. I do not have a SRV on board ATM, so I cannot test if this also works if you are outside a hostile base in a SRV.

Edit: Got around to buying an SRV and testing this. Switched to the non-Horizons client, recovered to orbit, switched back, and the SRV was on board, with the same fuel/hull status as before the first save on the planet.

[Icpmcp]

Engineers?

Haven't seen an upgrade for miniguns that melts shields though


Would be pretty uncool if such low level npcs had access to such OP modifications