the Noncontributing thing is a mechanism put into play by the devs to counter people who were basically just going afk in matches. either coasting along hands free until they were killed then respawing and doing it again aka not contributing to a match at all they increased the timer on it making it so you have to be active in a match doing damage defending an objective or contesting one. If youre having trouble with the afk timer you need to be more aggressive with your positioning in Team Death Matches get into the thick of the fighting, find a teammate and stick with them shooting anything that comes in range in a domination match get to a sat youre team controls which would be green on your UI display get there and hug it tight. thats the best bet to contribute till you feel more comfortable dog fighting and get more experience Keep flying in GSF its a lot of fun but with an admittedly steep learning curve, Type /cjoin gsf to join the gsf channel on all your characters and ask questions in it most of us vets are in there and we actively try to help people hope to see you in the skies

Welcome aboard new flying friend make sure to join the gsf channel on any server you join by typing /cjoin gsf so you can ask any vets on line for tips or questions enjoy the skies

Wed have to see a screenshot to determine exactly what may have happened but speculation could have been you ran low on engine power which is one of the essential skills of GSF to master. Also you might have been hit with an engine interdiction ability they drain a foes engine power , Ion splash and slicing will both do so as well

want to wish everyone out there a warm safe and the happiest and most joyous of holidays may your blessings be plentiful and may the force ever be with you 😺🎅

just to add getting the same issue here, used to not have to touch the eula except whenever id run a file verifiication now for some reason im having to do it eveyr time i sign in

Im with Riia on this one theres way too many problems with limiting ship types to 1-2 a match. not the least of which is who gets to fly them what priority do you assign? first come first serve? number of matches flown across legacy or account? what do you do when one player only has a gunship or bomber on their bar because they love that ship type but only have a few 100 matches under their belt? things get messy enough as it is without a lockout of that type. the ability of a couple good players getting into a gunship t challenge a gunship wall in gunship chess is sorely needed sometimes and to have to beg some poor new player to SD so you can jump on one would really be a serious mess for the game the best bet is to help people learn how to confront gunships and how and when to take cover so they dont become targets dyring a round of gynship chess

Heck i just had a run on SS wednesaday night that went all the way to 1:30 am before it croaked with frequent pops and competitive matches all night long

In that instance its just practice practice practice keep flying GSF has a stiff learning curve but one that does improve with more matches and flying time For dom matches get to a sat thats the big tip there. the sats are the key as long as youe on one and either defending or contesting it you should be fine. For TDMs i grant you it can be a bit trickier but some of the best advice i can give is find a wingman and stick with them or stay near the group shoot anything that gets in range using tab to target the closest enemy keep the enemy incide the big circle and the closer to the center the better I know it can be rough they did make the non contributing timer a lot tougher because of a bunch of people just going AFK and coasting along in matches which ended up costing people who were actually trying the win. Still you are puting in the effort to learn and thats the key to success. type /cjoin gsf for the gsf channel and ask for any vets in it for tips as you can and yeah check out Stasiss guide and Despons GSF school on youtube for even more information best of luck and keep flying well see you out in space 😺 (4) GSF School - YouTube

I frequent both the discord and here and am in the GSF channel and Id be happy to answer any questions and help out if i can

Also confirming bugged, Started the companion on SS and made it to the cheating algorithm only for the scan utility to not activate when i went to the casino floor. reset the mission tried again no luck

I dont think the 64 bit broke the mechanic by any stretch of reason but ill give you this much between 7.0 and now there has been a marked rise in desync on the servers to the point where even someone like myself with a very fast connection and a solid computer will suddenly lose lock or break a lock i didnt think i could.'' so whats most likely happening is your target or yourself had a bit of dsync at that moment

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That sounds like latency then the target is either just slightly off or hes slightly delayed ive had it happen a lot more lately beyond that RNG is still a factor with a ships evasion enabling the chance for a shot to miss. I cam attest to this ive litrallly fired 6 shots in a row at a bloody BOMBER and missed for some reason which i can only put up to RNG

And theres the rail gun drone which NEVER misses

Sorry not good ideas here points of order 1: gunships not moving while sniping allready in game a gunship with the snipe scope on cant move as it is and with the exception of strafing is a stationary target and as vulnerable as any to attacks from the rear or sides and even the front or top or bottom any direction really. gunships cannot fire torps or missiles from the sniper position in fact they have to deny themselves the sniper position arguably their biggest advantage to use their missiles inability to use their engine locks would be insanely broken as it would deny a pilot the ability to make a fast escape and would necessitate adding in some form of escape method for a gunship pilot to use to escape instant death such as massive health improvements armor and shielding which would render them nigh invulnerable turrets 2 secondary missile bay firing juggernaut torps that cant be stopped or evaded and that explode at random is beyond broken. a coordinated team could launch this at an enemy teams spawn point then follow it up by etting in range of the enemy team before they can retaliate heck a good team can devestate an enemy team without ever firing one of these by simply coordinating and getting right in the enemies facees plus this begs the questions of does this have an ammo capacity? is it infinite on a cooldown or a one and done? doe it bypass cover or los? how big is the explosion? does it bypass armor or shields or both espeically if its an instakill you think the disruption of gunships is bad now wait till you see a team in voice or discord coodinating their lauches of these one shot kill torps as two pilots go into the enemy gathers them together and 2 other pilot launch their torps from outside retaliation range which instantly devestates the enemy team then they rotate in on the respawn while the first two do the same thing and launch theirs some teams wouldnt even make it off the spawn points if the team was coordinated enough

A sensor beacon essentially lays out a drone that created a field that does different things depending on the components you choose but baseline it buffs teamate accruacy and sensor ranges

Id have to see video or a screenshot to give an accruate answer outside of that though sounds like either basic latency or a straight up miss targets at the edge of the targeting reticle along with high evasion can cause a miss easily

its called gunship chess and the solution honestly is to play it better than the other team does we just won one last night 50-40 where the other team forced us into a come from behind

HI and welcome to GSF yep its a tough slog for a newer pilot ill grant but keep at it, the more you fly the better it gets. make sure to type /cjoin gsf to join the gsf channel. you can ask any questions there you have and well be glad to answer as we can Despons GSF school is a great guide for beginners watch it before you fly and youll have a leg up. also make sure to grab the intro to GSF mission to get the requisition you need to get T1 gunship on your bar. youll need to learn it to both fly it and to learn how to fly against it Swotorista has a few vids as well that are informative (1) SWTOR Galactic Starfighter (GSF) Guide - YouTube (1) Galactic Starfighter Basics Guide - YouTube and more I fly on tuesdays on SF and wednesdays on SS both sides so if youre in GSF channel ask for me or just ask questions in general and welcome to GSF

Honestly, they're both the exact same. I fly starguard/rycer regularly and my stats across both are pretty consistent id say your most likely culprit is matchmaking. when youre on your SS you probably got some better matches and when on your sting you got teamates who were basically potatoes and matched against a team capable of doing damage

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Eric dont forget the medal counts disappearing from the list as well, thats an issue

Theres been a marked spike in Desync with some of the last few updates unfortunately so were seeing a lot more teleporting ships incuding the now infamous camera detach bug

Youre the greatest GSF player ever *promptly face plants asteroud* *que guy with glasses pointing and laughing meme*

I play regularly on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays and it pops pretty frequently some time frames can slow down significantly