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"I'm never going to buy cosmetic BS"

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"I'm never going to buy cosmetic BS" vs "You can't let your birthday discount go to waste"

First impressions from 2.4 seem typical.

First impressions from 2.4 seem typical. 1) Lost my keybindings. Restoring from backup didn't work. 2) I suddenly got mails from EDSM with achievements. Wow ;) I've redone most of the bindings and now edrefcard works for me. It didn't pre-2.4 with my Dual Shock 4. EDSM rocks (with the help of E:D Market Connector, I'm sure). So to sum up. Community saves the day again after a very underwhelming upgrade. I'll be playing like the rest, but I can't help wondering when I can do some flying in atmospheric planet, over a water world, or even below the surface in a amphibious craft. It'll be nice to finally see the defender, but I'm guessing we'll have to sit through the script until that happens. With the focus on ship to ship space war, I'm expecting no announcements for another SRV which would have been nice (and probably not as hard as a new war / campaign). I guess I'm crabby having to sit through re-doing the controls. Hopefully Voic
Frontier Store Offline. Hope we get some discounts ;)

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New Content & Features (Horizons) Added mysterious and exciting things... Holo-Me Save Slots - We have added save slots for different Commander appearances in the Holo-Me system Holo-Me: Added 12 new hairstyles Holo-Me: Added slots for Eyewear and Outfits Synthesis can now create heat sinks, chaff, limpets and top up life support Additional planetary bases added to the Colonia region for migration winners Added mysterious locations we're not going to tell you about... New Content & Features (Non-Horizons) Added more mysterious and exciting things... Ship Rebuy Penalty – When a player commits the crime of murder (PvP only), an additional cost is added if they swap to a less expensive ship before paying legal costs during the rebuy flow Exemption for valid Powerplay PvP Pilot’s Federation Bounty – When a player commits the crime of murder (PvP only), they receive an additional Pilot's Federation Bounty. This bounty is valid in every jurisdiction except anarchies Exemption

Somebody mentioned looking for canyons and I happened to find some on a passenger dropoff.

Somebody mentioned looking for canyons and I happened to find some on a passenger dropoff. Not really worth checking out unless you're willing to fly 250k ls from the jump point. I know I can't fly properly (who boosts near the ground while pointing down?), but I managed to stay alive. Some close shaves that would have looked good in external view though. I was prepared to die as I had just completed the mission and had nothing serious in bounties stored, but somehow I didn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-04CglKQtdE&feature=share

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Grinding Empire this weekend before 2.4 drops and everything changes.

Grinding Empire this weekend before 2.4 drops and everything changes. I'm guessing we'll need to grind Aegis ranks and I'm hoping to be near the top of Fed & Empire when this drops. Friday was 20odd percent Viscount and I managed to unlock Count. Saturday was working through Count and unlocking Earl. So far today I'm about 20% through Marquis and trying to get to Duke by tonight. Getting ready to watch the Formula One, so will resume in 2 hours 'ish. Doing missions at Wu Guinagi. Trying to focus on Camm Orbital -> Van Royen and back. Not always possible. Lots of planetary scans available so occasionally do those. When I get stack donation missions, I do that as long as I can. I have donated > 100 million this weekend which is painful as hell. If it wasn't for my suspicious about Aegis, I wouldn't be too bothered, but I suspect it's going to matter, so will do the Cutter unlock this weekend and then try and make cash for the week. Pr