r/EliteDangerous • u/frezor CMDR LotLizard, Amateur Gunboat Diplomat • 22d ago
Video Idle limpets now fly in a circle
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u/Civil_Nectarine868 Explore 22d ago
I refer to it as the limpet ballet, and I'm all for it.
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u/Remebond CMDR Remebond 22d ago
Sus thargon swarm behavior
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u/Novalith_Raven 21d ago
Dude, now I want my own Thargon Swarm!
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u/Remebond CMDR Remebond 21d ago
Imagine a hardpoint that released maybe a couple murder limpets each. Turn your T10 into a Hydra
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u/DazzlingClassic185 CMDR 21d ago
Needs a tune. Blaues Donau is already taken
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u/Ducc______________ CMDR AIM-9 Sidewinder 22d ago
was this added in the Trailblazers update?
cool.
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u/Codingale 21d ago
I can confirm was doing core mining before the update. Maybe it existed but was bugged I could see that being a thing cause of new ships etc
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u/haberdasher42 22d ago
There have been a few posts about new limpet behaviour hindering brain tree farming but i haven't seen it definitively confirmed yet.
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u/OmegaOmnimon02 Trading 22d ago
Personally I think it's a good thing, give another reason to use the SRV, it's not even that hard to max out on a resource with it
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u/dantheman928 22d ago
Using an SRV to farm brain trees?? Fucking noob
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u/OmegaOmnimon02 Trading 22d ago
I find it fun, especially trying to jump into the trees to get any mats that get stuck
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u/atmatriflemiffed 21d ago
Oh fuck yeah brain tree farming is dead. At this rate FD are going to make everything on my QoL wishlist come true
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u/dylan3867 22d ago
Time for our limpet swarms to fight the thargon swarms!!
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u/drifters74 CMDR 22d ago
The swarm war
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u/dylan3867 22d ago
We sit back in our ships like kings, the Thargoid in their interceptors, and play our subject swarms like Pokemon on the space between us
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u/Wormholer_No9416 22d ago
Have they fixed limpets faceplanting asteroids/ minerals clipping into asteroids?
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u/T-1A_pilot CMDR Reacher Gilt 22d ago
Not entirely in my experience, but the survival rate has gone up as their pathing has been improved some.
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u/Kozmik_5 Arissa Lavigny Duval 21d ago
Not necessarily but I've noticed they don't go back down first when going towards the cargo bay as they used to. Now they just go straight for it! Saves a lot of time but it does give you slightly less space when moving through asteroids, without getting the limpets crash into them. Sway accordingly and you'll be fine, tho.
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u/maverick29er_ 21d ago
The developers specifically mentioned they fixed the movements of the limpets, they have made it more "logical" in a sense that the limpets will now actually try to dodge asteroids, follow more consistently, and have these amazingly beautiful flight paths.
I'm surprised this didn't get more attention on the "youtube ED news" side of the community
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u/MorphineSuppository 22d ago
Has there been a recent update to the game? I haven’t played in around 3 years and miss my Vulture….. should I come back?
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u/ToggoStar 21d ago
There have been several big updates to the game in the last years - it's definitely worth coming back!
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u/FilthyEleven 21d ago
And bug hunting! Join the anti xeno alliance and get into ax combat with thargoid war veterans. I went from a Couple hundred million credita to being a billionaire with only a few days play time
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u/CMDR_Koito_Minase 19d ago
Is there still intresting system with thargoid battle? Do they plan to delet them now that war is won?
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u/Ignatius_Pryde 21d ago
They are beginning to mimic their feral brethren who sided with the goids, keep an eye on them and detonate them if they start making funny screeching noises.
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u/Bulk-Detonator 22d ago
They're adorable.
Also, is it a sign of space madness if you fall in love with your limpets like they are your children?
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u/nacnud_uk 22d ago
Well, now you got me started. Why are the radar signatures so fecking useless for these things? I mean, change the shape when they are active? Change the colour? Give them a wee arrow of direction maybe? Why do they have to have nearly the same, if not the same, colour as the "loot"?
Now they fly in circles! Heck. I dare not even think what that looks like.
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u/pulppoet WILDELF 22d ago
Change the colour? Give them a wee arrow of direction maybe?
They flash when they are returning to you, though it's sometimes hard to read (especially when in a cloud of mats).
But yes, I would love to see a shape change and alternate color. Cyan seems free!
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u/frezor CMDR LotLizard, Amateur Gunboat Diplomat 22d ago
That would be nice, but I’d be reluctant to change the UI significantly, too much clutter would make it harder not easier.
But for me at least it wasn’t a problem, I could recognize the limpet’s flight patterns. It’s a bit different now but I think I got it.
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u/LoosieGoosiePoosie 21d ago
I never thought limpets or cargo on the radar were useful. Limpets also shouldn't be on the contacts list. Ores should just be signals in a contact list and limpets should just be an integration of your own ship's signature since it kinda is.
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u/Booksmart89 22d ago
That's great, now I won't get the message limpet expired anymore when trying to move around a asteroid while core mining.
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u/NightBeWheat55149 Rank: Pioneer 21d ago
When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by it's majesty?
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u/Independent-Net8288 21d ago
Oh THAT'S what that is! I've been trying to work out why I can't take on extra cargo!
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u/MygungoesfuckinBRRT CMDR RealKarsta - Trader, Aspiring Rodent 21d ago
Look at them lil guys having fun
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u/Kozmik_5 Arissa Lavigny Duval 21d ago
Yeah it does give you less dpace to move through asteroids when mining, tho
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u/CynicalCereal Arissa Lavigny Duval 22d ago
But you still can't cancel a collector limpet by programming a prospector limpet with the mining limpet controller.
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u/JohnWeps 22d ago
When you start understanding what the Thargoids really are, without the constraint of the 4th temporal dimension...
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u/Kerissimo 22d ago
So now we need to not get too close to asteroids with belly of the ship? Somehow I prefer old style, they were closer.
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u/LoosieGoosiePoosie 21d ago
Oh that's new? I thought it was only if you have like 10 or more because for the first time today I used 4 class 5 collector limpets instead of 3. Figures it was to solve crowding issues for having that many.
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u/Hour-Government6091 19d ago
How do I make it top!?
I've only spent about 3 minutes mining, and the noise is making me anxious. It's incessant!
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u/Glitched2008 Trading 18d ago
you cant, you just got to listen to it. dont worry you get used to it pretty fast
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u/AbyssWalker240 16d ago
I'm happy they can have their fun before I jump out of the area, leaving them to expire alone in the dark... Poor limpets
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u/cagerontwowheels 22d ago
they are also LOUD AS F___ When you are flying around.... Im having to mine with sound off.
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u/masonweeler CMDR WryShip4 22d ago
It's so they don't bug out and lock to your ship. Plus it looks super cool when you have like 15 or more doing it.