4/27/2023 0 Comments Pulsar lost colony engineer guideI need more speed or we’re going to get mangled.” “Engineer, this drone has a giant buzzsaw head. In two seconds we’ll be right behind him for an easy shot.” You are the lookout, and in many ways while the captain is the coach, you are the quarterback. But until he says otherwise, the target is B.Īs the pilot, you have the widest, clearest, least obstructed view of surrounding space. If there’s a reason that’s a bad idea (asteroid blocking B, clear shot on A) this is something to tell your captain. Your job is to get the gunner lined up on (B). See that red box around one of the enemies? The captain has designated (B) as the priority target right now. When engaging multiple targets, take a moment to look in the upper right corner of the screen. If you use a combination of strafe and thrust to perfectly match an enemy craft’s movement, he’ll appear to ‘hover’ motionlessly in front of your gunner’s eyes, making for easy kills.ĭig into the keybindings to set keys to strafe that do not require holding right mouse. Your ship can strafe left-right, up-down, or any combination including front-back. If you’ve played FPS games, you know this as strafing. Rather than rotate the ship, they translate (slide) the ship. Hold Right Click and try your WASD+QE keys. Ready to go from adequate to outstanding? Read on. D E and F are all in his blindspot, he cannot hit those targets until you turn the ship! In this example, targets A B and C are all valid targets that your gunner can hit. Now think about what it can, and can’t, point at. Take a moment to visually locate the big tank cannon on the rear upper part of your ship. You’ll find it in wreckage of ships you killed, or ancient stations from long ago. Captain will give final authorization for jump, and Engineer will jump the ship. Once you are lined up with that blue ring, verbally announce to your team that you are “Lined up”. No ring? Maybe the captain forgot to set a course. This represents where your captain wants to go next. One of them will have this handy blue guide ring. Tap the spacebar to toggle the display of nearby sector numbers. Your job is to aim the ship at the destination sector. Your ship is floating in a sector of space, and will stay there until you warp out. I prefer the chase cam where the camera rotates WITH the ship. Tap the K key while flying to try all the different camera modes. Got a little more time? Let’s talk about what exactly you need to do Left ctrl for reverse.ģ0 seconds are up! You are now a bare minimum functional pilot. Try tapping X now to see the two control schemes. There are alternate, terrible controls where you move the mouse to pitch/turn that you can toggle with the X key. You should now be looking at an exterior view of the ship. ![]() ![]() It’s typically way far forward on the bridge, and looks something like this. If you have points left over, Hit Points and Pistoleer are a good bet.įind your pilot station. Buy all of Special Inertia Training, spend whatever is left on Racing School. The Spiker prototype can be used to cool a reactor, and each shot stacks the cooling rate.You just loaded into a new game as pilot. For Ships it’s the Flamelance and Biohazard turrets, and for players, it’s the Splitshot and Spiker. ![]() If you time things with other players you can stack actions, like upgrading an item or entering a dice table in the casino. If you drop a weapon that has ammo, it’ll have full ammo. The following things can be labeled as exploits, so will use spoiler tags.īeam rifles, healing included, hit through walls, players, enemies, etc. Short bursts of the jetpack can save fuel and allow you to go farther and higher. Bounty hunters are 80-120% of your combat level, and Relic hunters are 120-150% of your combat level. Robots can’t heal from any food except Engine Sludge, which heals them 80 health instead of hurting them.īounty and relic hunters use your ship’s combat level to determine what ship layout to use and will default to a boarding type if none are in range. Humans and Sylvassi get healed by food but hurt by Engine Sludge.
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