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The Elite Dangerous Podcast from America!!
Our (sometimes) merry cast of "professional podcasters" play Elite: Dangerous and bring you news, tips, guides, opinions, and some crazy stuff now and then. All about the best space sim ever made.

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Loose Screws - The Dangerousest Loose Screws

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The Elite Dangerous Podcast from America!!
Our (sometimes) merry cast of "professional podcasters" play Elite: Dangerous and bring you news, tips, guides, opinions, and some crazy stuff now and then. All about the best space sim ever made.

http://loosescrewsed.com
Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES
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    Episode 235 - That’s Why You Have More than One

    Episode 235 - That’s Why You Have More than One

    #235 May 23st, 2024 or 33oh10 

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    Squad Update: 


    Wars in Imiutli and Xians (AGAIN)!


    Election in LHS 3980


    Operation Red Dawn - ADI is pushing hard to retake control of Arinna and G 130-9 and prevent takeovers of the other three systems we’ve targeted in retaliation. Our goal is, by removing systems with res sites from their control, taking away bounties as a source of BGS currency


    No systems overheating, some are tepid


    Thank you to everyone working hard in the BGS, ADI’s new management has been keeping us busy so thanks to everyone, we couldn’t do it without you.


    LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/




    Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch


    Attack Hadad



    Just 2 control system remains; titan dies this weekend


    2 hearts already down at recording time…it might be dead by the time you hear this.




    Dev News:


    Update 18.06 coming May 28 https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-update-18-06-thargoid-war-overhaul-tuesday-28-may-2024.625728/



    Thargoid war activities rebalanced to more correctly weight them


    Combat is significantly more influential


    Interceptor kill bonds increased to around pre-nerf levels; Orthrus reduced to 15m


    Spire site effects restructured to be linear and more fairly capped


    Counter strike system marking partially reworked


    Titan vulnerability is now a two tier system:



    At 3 controlled systems or below, the Titan will be vulnerable to attack


    At 4 or above controlled systems, the Titan will take almost no damage from attacks






    Discussion:




    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

    • 42 min
    Episode 234 - FSD Recycling…Coming Soon

    Episode 234 - FSD Recycling…Coming Soon

    #234 May 16nd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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    Squad Update: 


    Priorities: Tamor win the war (again) and Howard win the war we couldn’t prevent


    Wars in progress in Bagalis and Xians.  Election on -going in Yen Ti.


    Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI is being used by anonymous players…details in standing orders.


    Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders.


    LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/




    Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch


    Next target - Hadad



    Down to 11 controlled systems - predict full attack after next week’s Thursday tick.




    Dev News:


    Update 18.05



    Fixed issues with Guardian Fighters hit check not behaving correctly.


    Fixed an issue where attempting to swap a core internal module with a stored module was being blocked for Pre-Built ships.


    Ensured new players correctly remain in Solo Play until performing an initial hyperspace jump which will then transition players into Open Play.




    Discussion:




    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race


    Elite Dangerouse (French) working on Project Icarus to test what players would do with ship interiors to “de-risk” FDev from working on it 



    https://t.co/RB7c64FwD3



    Pole Master!

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Episode 233 - It cost me 33000 Arx to join this Podcast

    Episode 233 - It cost me 33000 Arx to join this Podcast

    #233 May 9rd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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    Squad Update: 


    Tamor (win the war) and Howard (prevent the war by raising LSN influence) are top priorities!



    Howard: raise influence of any faction EXCEPT AfterDark!



    Wars in progress in 4 other system (Gram, LTT 17156, TT 58343, Imiutil)...none as critical as Tamor and Howard. 


    Remember the War Rule: ground CZ are for making money, spaces CZ as for winning wars.


    Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI is being used by anonymous players…details in standing orders.


    Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders.


    Expansion Planning: BD+67 1409 is at 74.7%.


    LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/




    Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch


    Next target - Hadad



    Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities




    Dev News:

    Discussion:


    Update 18.04 post-deployment boo-boos



    Player issues purchasing ARXs packages through the store.


    Python MkII locked modules/swap/replace “issues”


    Super-accelerated Thargoid war progress (now corrected)



    Python MkII details first impressions



    Stats: Comes with SCO drive - handles better and lower heat



    4 Large, 2 Medium HP


    6 Utilities


    6 power plant, 6 drives, 6 distributor


    5 FSD 


    Optionals: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1x3 


    Have SCO’s made “old” FSD obsolete?




    Have SCO’s made “old” FSD obsolete?


    Pay to Win…the community panic continues.



    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race


    Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures. 


    Buy arx


    New Video from Dutiri, the basics of Bio.


    72 Page manifesto / open letter 

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Episode 232 - Pay to no longer be the winner

    Episode 232 - Pay to no longer be the winner

    #232 May 2rd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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    Squad Update: (Thank you whoever updated it) You’re welcome - Bloomingwind


    Ticks are coming at 7:30 central so Standing Orders are coming in at 9 PM or so


    6 Andromedae Expansion - We landed in Uchagan - We are not planning on taking control as an active PM controls it


    LSN has departed Calarum - PE is retreating all non-native factions to attempt to stop the fire


    Kolyawa is under our management


    Election in MCC 858, wars in TT 58343 and Xians


    Operation Red Dawn - We’re pushing After Dark Initiative out of control of systems where there are Res Sites for bounties. ADI has been taken over by anonymous players…


    Systems overheating and systems needing a beat down - all in the standing orders


    LOTS going on with Squad right now, get involved, we don’t bite. 



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/




    Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch


    Next target - Hadad



    Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities




    Dev news: 


    Cosmetic store prices refresh



    Most things went up, some by quite a lot


    https://www.elitedangerous.com/store/



    Update 18.04 planned for Tuesday May 7



    SCO drives are engineerable (A rated versions to come? Citation needed?)


    Store UI changes


    Python MkII early access begins



    Pre-built ships / “jumpstart” 25500ARX (20ish dollars)



    Do not include unlocks for engineers or tech brokers


    Modules can’t be moved to other ships and have zero value


    AX Chief and Mining T-6 already mentioned


    DBX - A/D rated, FSD booster, cosmetics



    Python MkII Standard 16250ARX (12ish dollars)



    Ship and shipyard unlock



    Python MkII Stellar (pre-built) 33000ARX(28ish dollars)



    Ship, A rated incl. SOC drive


    Venom Claret Paint Job


    Strike Ship Kit


    Shipyard Unlock



    Python MkII details



    Comes with SCO drive - handles better and lower heat


    4 Large, 2 Medium HP


    6 Utilities


    6 power plant, 6 drives, 6 distributor


    5 FSD 


    Optionals: 6, 4, 3, 2, 1x3 




    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball ON NOW!.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race


    Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures.

    • 1 hr 21 min
    Episode 231 - Play To Win

    Episode 231 - Play To Win

    #231 April 25nd, 2024 or 33oh10 

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    Squad Update: 


    Maikoro Expansion - Landed in TT 58343 - We’re a placeholder until Project Elite is ready to expand


    6 Andromedae Expansion - Current Target Uchagan - We’re trying to divert it to NLTT 52560, or we might just expand again!


    The Kaupatak Expansion - will be next to plug a hole in a BoTM system


    Konquering Kolyawa - We are losing the election at least 2-0. We want to win. Top Priority


    Wars in Gram, Xians and Yen Ti


    Weekly Reminder - Calarum is quarantined - Leave It Alone



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/


    Anti-Guardian field project yields breakthrough - New modifications available


    Thargoid War Bulletin: Oya Successfully Attacked



    Thargoid War - http://dcoh.watch


    Next target - Hadad



    Has a bunch of systems - do all the activities




    Dev news: 


    Python MK II & Updates to the GameStore



    ARX pricing adjustments and refresh to gamestore


    New “Best sellers” section for things that were previously limited like midnight black and stigyan


    Python MK II arrives in game on August 7 (must have EDO)


    Python MK II can be added for non-EDO owners for ARX if you don’t want to buy EDO


    Python MK II early access starts May 7 for 16250 ARX



    Reminder: Legacy gets no content updates what-so-ever


    (we shouldn’t have to remind you about this)




    Engineering rework and pre-built ship packs 



    Engineering: - Some of these areas we are investigating are (but not limited to):

    “To make engineering more accessible and predictable”


    Reducing the number of materials required for Engineering.


    Increasing payout of engineering materials from missions.


    Increasing backpack capacity.




    They are watching feedback




    Pre-built “jumpstart” ship packs:



    Buy with ARX - upgraded/unlocked modules - themed cosmetics


    TYPE-6 LASER MINING JUMPSTART


    ALLIANCE CHIEFTAIN AX COMBAT JUMPSTART



    (Follow link for details)



    Python MK II will also launch with a jumpstart pack



    Frontier Unlocked #4 Elite Dangerous | Frontier Unlocked April | Powerplay 2.0



    This video is just the Elite section about PP 2.0


    Direct link to Art’s recap at the end


    UI overhaul to greater accessibility


    More BGS/Thargoid war-like mechanics to do with distance between systems, etc.


    Most game actions impact power play, not just pamphlets and kills


    Rank system rework, no decay, new leaderboard


    Carrier groups in stronghold systems can be attacked



    So it doesn’t require opponents to be in open



    Launching with open/solo as it is currently, but they are watching how it goes and taking feedback with the option to adjust and balance this.




    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball Starts next month.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race


    Elite Dangerouse (French) have created the tool to allow others to design their own adventures.

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Episode 230 - It’s Wearing Oya!

    Episode 230 - It’s Wearing Oya!

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    Squad Update: 


    Maikoro Expansion - Likely target is TT 58343 - Haven’t Landed Yet


    6 Andromedae is on Fire - 77.9% Influence - Keep it above 75% - We Want to Expand from there next


    The Kaupatak Expansion -  remains on hold as a consequence


    Konquering Kolyawa - In Kolyawa we have the most influence, but we do not have control. We want to push the controlling faction into us and have a rematch election for control. 


    Election Day 1 iIn Tripu - We want to win - Can wait until after Oya


    War Day 1 in Calarum - Leave. It. Alone. Leave. Calarum. Alone. 



    All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

    Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/




    Thargoid War


    Oya “Completely Vulnerable”



    Hearts are falling fast



    3rd titan reward is Carapace ship kit for Krait MKII and a matching-ish copper paint



    Dev news: 


    Update 18.03 patch notes: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/titan-oya-and-update-1803



    On Thursday 18 April we are releasing Update 18.03 which specifically focuses on improvements to some of the stability issues encountered with the Titans. Please be aware that we are still investigating these issues but this patch should offer significant improvement.


    If you experience vents or the core becoming stuck or unresponsive please switch to playing in private group or playing solo.



    They are working to release black and white versions of the titan kill commemorative decals



    Community Corner:


    Buckey Ball Starts next month.  CNDR Mr. Indigo hosting May’s race

    • 17 min

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