i took a few threat lvl8 assassination missions last week, they are very entertaining and challenging, here's another threat lvl8 mission threat level 6 signal source, this one was a real challenge

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this is the unsung hero of my house, 3 years of running my entire property, went from $800-1200 a 1/4 , or $250-300 a month, to maybe $ 25-40 a month generator fuel to supplement for cloudy weather, soon to be upgraded to a 4.8 KW,

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show us your suits, not much content as yet on ground combat, so how about we show off our combat suits? a big grind but as with ships, engineered suits are a must

As another thought,

How about an on foot kill of the week? i did much testing of my suits in ground CZ's and i think some footage of that would be most entertaining, along with bringing to light the ground side of Elite Dangerous, i haven't done much lately, but it could attract some more traditional 1st person shooter consumers to the game.

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threat lvl 8 assassination mission, threat lvl 6 signal source, a nice challenge, some nice pews, all enemies deleted, a couple scratches and some panel beating, "it'll buff out" ;)

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this is "Dragons Breath" a fully engineered corvette, all energy weapon pve build, it just melts everything it comes up against, originally built for medium/high CZ's.

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triple anaconda kill in 3 min, corvette rules the hazres again, if it's not engineered it's not worth flying ;)

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an elite anaconda in hazres, had about half shields when i spotted this elite anaconda, so the shields were about even, unfortunately for the anna, superior handling and sheer firepower of the corvette......... well you know what's going to happen. like a ww2 fighter going up against a modern fighter.

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a taste of the new cobra, it performs adequately, this was the first test i did in it after doing some engineering, needs the weapons changed around, should've mixed up the placements, not one sort on bottom and another on top, it suffers from cobra-itis as the mk3 does, weapon placement on the cobra's is not ideal at all, unless your spot on target, only the top or bottom weapons fire, but it's a vast improvement on the old one.

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I started playing just after the new engineering came in,(luckily or i would've walked away with what I'd been told of the old system,)

i am an engineer IRL, (or was until i retired) so the game captured my imagination with the engineering grind, the progression of upgrades, and the results from such endeavours,

the graphics are secondary to me, the game mechanics are all, I've played a lot of games, and the penchant for ultra high def graphics by dev's is mind boggling, i mean the human eye is not capable of discerning anything above HD, the rest is the emperor's new clothes, but the easily confused when confronted with "the game mechanics are flawed" just answer with "but it's a beautiful game", so what if it doesn't work???????

although elite dangerous is flawed and the basic mechanics are a bit dodgy, (either that or the servers are inadequate) it actually works, (if you can put up with getting kicked constantly when server traffic is high during community goals or the WAR days of recent times) I've stuck with it for over 8 years, and amassed over 64 weeks of actual game time,

I'm pretty much a loner, very occasionally teaming up with friends to do combat, so the fact that wings are basically flawed, and it's hit and miss that you will actually sync with your friends, or that the wing will stay stable doesn't bother me, nor the massive lag spikes when in wing,

I've always loved space games, from star fury or battle zone a long time ago, through halo and many more, but ED is the most comprehensive engaging of them,

to tell you the truth, I DON'T know why I've stuck with the game for so long, considering the dev's mentality, and their behaviour to the majority of players and their penchant to appease the vocal minorities, mainstream players don't go vocal on social media, they walk away and find another game, as most intelligent people do when faced with woke minority vocalism, as is shown in the finances of companies that pander to woke minorities, it's true, go woke, go broke,

i think the saving grace with ED is "blaze your own trail", you can pretty much choose your own path, do what you want, although it is difficult to avoid being caught up in the latest "FAD", it is possible to minimise exposure and avoid the "crowd mentality"

all in all, i think the positives outweigh the negatives, although ED isn't my go to game anymore, i still enjoy the trail I've blazed, and the achievements I've gained, and I'll keep "blazing my own trail" and let the sheep be led by pretty lights and the promise of greener pastures in a drought, what can i say?, but that it's a love hate relationship with the game and the devs.

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