I'm new, what should I know what shouldn't I know?

[Mango888]

I bought this game through steam two months ago. I love the hell out of it. I played about 100 hours according to Steam almost always alone just figuring out things and sand boxing away. I want to be a red shirt or turret gunner. I think I'd rather be the crew not the captain. What advice can you offer me about the game about players about ships about anything?

 

[Jay_do]

Lets see. don't go towarsd stars they will melt you and your ship. Pirates are weak, there stations are not weak. Power cubes are best built as 3d "L"s or straight lines. Jusy not cubes. Power capacity is best built in cubes. Sheild capacitors and shield regen doesn't care how its placed. Weapons take a lot more energy when they have multiple barrels. most players will help you out if you ask. Just about anyone on the forums will help. I think we are a pretty nice and freindly community.

 

[AtraUnam]

What shouldn't you know? You shouldn't know that the council is run by the Illuminati... why the hell is that in the spell checker?

 

[Reilly Reese]

most players will help you out if you ask. Just about anyone on the forums will help. I think we are a pretty nice and freindly community.

Don't go asking randoms on (PvP) servers for help. More than likely they rob you and kill you.

 

[Jay_do]

Don't go asking randoms on (PvP) servers for help. More than likely they rob you and kill you.

Err. Well true. I don't usually play on pvp servers.

 

[jorgekorke]

Don't go asking randoms on (PvP) servers for help. More than likely they rob you and kill you.

That is pretty much for every PvP game, not only SM :P

 

[Reilly Reese]

That is pretty much for every PvP game, not only SM :p

Go into a CoD Match and troll by asking enemy team to help you figure out how to ADS. (Actually convinced a team one time it was hilarious getting free kills so I could "practice")

 

[Jay_do]

Go into a CoD Match and troll by asking enemy team to help you figure out how to ADS. (Actually convinced a team one time it was hilarious getting free kills so I could "practice")

Lol what? Really? That's hilarious. what does ads stand for?

 

[Reilly Reese]

Aim Down Site.

 

[Jay_do]

Aim Down Site.

Lol wow.

 

[Keptick]

Aim Down Site.

sight*

 

[Dire Badger]

Lets see. don't go towarsd stars they will melt you and your ship. Pirates are weak, there stations are not weak. Power cubes are best built as 3d "L"s or straight lines. Jusy not cubes. Power capacity is best built in cubes. Sheild capacitors and shield regen doesn't care how its placed. Weapons take a lot more energy when they have multiple barrels. most players will help you out if you ask. Just about anyone on the forums will help. I think we are a pretty nice and freindly community.

Why would you build capacitors in cubes? aren't they irrelevant for placement? Especially for stations? If not, I have some serious redesigns to make (since stations and jump drives are the only things that actually really need capacitors)

 

[Winterhome]

Why would you build capacitors in cubes? aren't they irrelevant for placement? Especially for stations? If not, I have some serious redesigns to make (since stations and jump drives are the only things that actually really need capacitors)

Power capacitors are most efficient when they're in one large, connected group

 

[lupoCani]

Indeed, as I recall, the formula for any one group is (block count)^1.7 or something.