DeepThought42

No

The challenge right now isn't getting the ace helmets, it's turning in the MG scrips for Wikelo favors.

Like a lot of things, the answer is "it depends". Probably the biggest factor I've seen is the willingness to accept their condition and stick with the prescribed medications. The worst cases I've seen all involved individuals who either consistently or intermittently refused to acknowledge their condition and take the meds. It usually resulted in some near tragic circumstances that costs them friends, jobs, and the support of loved ones. In one case I know the end result was fully tragic. However, some people who are bipolar have lived mostly normal lives, so not all hope is lost. It just depends on their willingness to deal with their condition head on.

Insert "That's not how this works!" meme

Idiocracy

I can't speak much with regard to how well they do in combat other than to say the NPCs versions that I run across in doing missions aren't terribly difficult to kill. That said, they can be fun to fly and with their large curved cockpit glass they give an unrivaled view to the pilot and co-pilot. My only other observation is to point out that like many other ships they are outdated. They need some TLC to bring them up to the current state of the art. By all means rent one and try it out, but I can't recommend spending real money on one at this time.

OK, cool. Thanks for the explanation and the silver! :)

This is confusing. This post was made months ago and is clearly out of date. Why comment on it now? Is "!lemmysilver" some sort of bot command?

Not sure if it's worth inclusion in your list, but since I just had to deal with the "invincible" NPC bug again it might be worth a mention. The "invincible" NPCs are severely desynched NPCs that you sometimes find in bunkers and other locations which on first glance appear to be impossible to kill no matter how many rounds you put into them. They are often can be identified by how much they glitch and teleport compared to other NPCs in the area. Their hit box typically offset from their location onscreen so hits on the body appear to do nothing. The methods to take them out can include: using a grenade or other weapon with a percussive blast radius, running them over with a ground vehicle, or bum rushing them and doing a take-down maneuver on them. Most ship weapons also typically work to kill them, but that may have more to do with some having a blast radius effect combined with a broader spread allowing them to trigger the offset hitbox more readily.

Grenades and other weapons that deal blast damage doesn't always kill them but it can knock them down which can and usually does result in them becoming re-synched and thus easier to kill normally. Same thing with ground vehicles. Running them over once doesn't always kill them, but it can make it possible to kill them using normal means. Just don't run straight over them with the center of the vehicle if you are in a vehicle with an interior (i.e. Ursa) as they can glitch inside. Running them over with the tires is best. You will almost certainly get shot and take damage trying to perform a take-down on them, but it's sometimes the only way.

To be honest, I was being a bit hyperbolic about the "few seconds" thing. It doesn't drain down that quickly, but it does drain noticeably even when not moving. The problem is, as your list suggests, a planned eva of only a few minutes can turn into an extended ordeal if you run into bugs or other problems and depending on the distance you have to travel that little bit of fuel saved by shutting off the engines could make the difference when you finally make it back into the pilot seat.

The fuel issue was there in 4.0, but if you were using the gravlev bikes sparingly then it wasn't that noticeable. I only first noticed it when I needed to travel a good distance (>30km) over rough terrain on Bloom to reach a hostile settlement that was surrounded by an extensive array of defensive gun and missile turrets. Halfway there I realized it was going to be a one way trip due to my vehicles quickly dwindling fuel reserves.

Good list. I can confirm most of those issues and workarounds.

The only thing I would add is a caveat to this rule:

Always leave engines on when exiting your ship anywhere without gravity.

Gravlev vehicles burn fuel like it's going out of style. There was an IC, but CIG archived it as not a bug stating it was a feature change request. I disagree with that assessment, but it is what it is. Regardless, for gravlevs I would suggest turning off engines when exiting in zero-g if you plan to be off of it for more than a few seconds. Otherwise, you might find your vehicle has an empty fuel tank when you get back on.

Thanks for posting this list.

OK, that made me LOL.