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One thing that impresses me about Frontier is the frequency of their updates and new content. I've played online games from AAA studios that took 2 or 3 years to publish any significant new content.

I'm on the ed ts channel most nights, could do with more tbh.

I've been checking who's online whenever I'm playing, but sadly my timezone (UTC + 11) seems to be working against me.

Also what ship do you lot think I should aim for next ?

It's very much a personal preference. No one ship is the best at everything, otherwise everyone would be using it (or saving up for it).

It sounds like you're mainly a combat pilot. I've heard good things about the Federal Assault Ship and that it handles very much like a Vulture but I haven't tried one though. I'm currently flying a Fer de Lance - it's a difficult beast to handle but I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Or if you're thinking of diversifying, perhaps an Imperial Clipper. Straight out of the box, you can use it as a cargo ship that can outrun pirates. Later, you can outfit it for combat. From what I hear, it's a great PvP ship.

Two pulse lasers is probably the most effective combo, and probably least interesting.

A good combo that I tried was a gimballed beam and a gimballed cannon - the beam did a very good job of stripping shields, and the cannon was quite damaging to hulls and modules. Cannons are slow weapon though, and you have to line up your shots which effectively lowers your dps. It's worth a try if you want a more interesting loadout than two pulses.

I think the controlling party was Progressive Party of Zeta Trianguli Australis. A year ago they had 93% influence, so whatever you guys did to budge them, I'm mighty impressed.

Right now, I'm not aligned with any particular power, but was thinking of maybe A Lavigny-Duval or Zachary Hudson simply because of their combat orientation (and bounty bonuses!) I'm planning a trip to Sag A* in the near future, so I might wait until after I return before pledging.

BTW, a few missions later, Dead Men Walking alliance are now "friendly".

Thank you to everyone for the warm welcomes!

welcome to dead men walking CMDR lanceor, its a pleasure to have you join us. its great to get a experienced pilot in this hostile galaxy.

Although I've been playing for a year, I don't consider myself experienced yet.  I'm still learning stuff as I go.

We chose Zeta Trianguli Australis because everyone was freezing their nuts off in Zeta Trianguli Britalis

Aye indeed. Don't forget to send us your convicts.

I have to say that when I first (mis)read your post you were complaining about our lack of friendliness.

Apologies if I gave the wrong initial idea. But what I can confirm is that everyone I've met here has been exceptionally welcoming and friendly.

What would be awesome is if some of our Australian cousins could help keep Guest City Independent with dMw strong.

Will do. I'll expand the faction's influence during your off hours.

So that's why Guest City no longer likes me.

Gotta do some missions to get back into the Station's good books.

Hello all! I'm Lanceor, an Elite: Dangerous player from Sydney Australia. I'm old enough to remember the original Elite from 1984; I didn't get to play it myself, but did see my friends play it.

So what brings me here?

A while back, I joined an Australian E:D group who made Zeta Trianguli Australis their "home base". I followed suit and have been operating out of ZTA since then. I have around eight space ships parked there.

On returning to base a few days ago, instead of the usual warm and fuzzy "Greetings respected ally", the station treated me like a stranger, telling me to observe station protocol as if it was my first time there. Gasp! My home station no longer recognises me!

It turns out this new faction called "Dead Men Walking Alliance" had come along, decided they liked the place and took control of it. A bit of Google-fu got me to this website.

Things are a bit quiet with  the old group, so I'm glad that DMW have come along to shake things up a bit. Therefore, Cmdr Lanceor at your service!