Black holes

Cheri50000 · Post by **Cheri50000** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:14 am

Hi, guys!

Where can I find black holes in Evochron Mercenary? I would like to try out the black holes. Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

[Edited on 1-10-2012 by Cheri50000]

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:42 am

There is one north of Saphire!.... SX 2, SY 0, SZ 15. Good luck, you going to need lots of it!....

:P:P:P:P:P

Cheri50000 · Post by **Cheri50000** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:03 am

Hi, Maarschalk!

Thanks! I'll try it out!

Cheers,
Vincent

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:24 am

It's a knack, but once you work it out it's not impossible

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:21 pm

From post: 122974, Topic: tid=8299, author=Cheri50000 wrote:Hi, guys!

Where can I find black holes in Evochron Mercenary? I would like to try out the black holes. Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

[Edited on 1-10-2012 by Cheri50000]

Only the blackholes with a gate near the center edge are useful. Watch for a wormhole as you get sucked in

. As was motioned, it takes a bit of luck and a lot of practice to jump through the wormhole before you die.

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:39 pm

Think of the cliche about not to try "running before you can walk"

If you don't want to seek help from the forum (where there are instructions) but do want to learn to jump through a BH then

SPOILER SPOILER

being inside a wormhole does a vast amount of damage very quickly, so you need to work out how to be in there for as little time as possible

END OF SPOILER

Good Luck - it's a great feeling the first time you pop out at the "other end" - where ever that is!

. . . . actually it's a great feeling each time you pop out at the "other end"

Reaver 5 · Post by **Reaver 5** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:47 pm

From post: 123004, Topic: tid=8299, author=DaveK wrote:. . . . actually it's a great feeling each time you pop out at the "other end"

I am getting very twisted images with that, DaveK. Even for a Reaver.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:58 pm

LOL Reaver 5!......

:P

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:07 pm

Cheri50000 · Post by **Cheri50000** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:17 am

Hi, Guys!

I'm having a very hard time getting into the black hole safely. I crashed 2 times already trying to get into the black hole. Htog do I get into the black hole safely without crashing? Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

[Edited on 1-11-2012 by Cheri50000]

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:18 am

Hi Cheri.

I will not post it here (Spoiler) but if you want I can send a u2u?;)

Cheri50000 · Post by **Cheri50000** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:22 am

Hi, Guys!

Please tell me how do I get into the black hole safely? This is serious business and this is a very dangerous business! Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:26 am

u2u send!;)

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:45 pm

From post: 123052, Topic: tid=8299, author=Cheri50000 wrote:Hi, Guys!

I'm having a very hard time getting into the black hole safely. I crashed 2 times already trying to get into the black hole. Htog do I get into the black hole safely without crashing? Thanks!

Cheers,
Vincent

[Edited on 1-11-2012 by Cheri50000]

You get through it in pieces and can reasemble on the otherside!
reasssembly instructions not included!(just kidding).!....

:P:P:P:P:P

Depending on your ships frame and armor you will get a lot or some damage if you manage to get through in one piece.

*******************SPOILER ALERT********************
Plot your jump point in such a way that when you exist the jump point you exit in the exact Center of the wormhole inside the black hole and augment and keep augmenting all power to forward shields till you exit on the othere side of the wormhole!
***************************************************

Raynor · Post by **Raynor** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:42 am

This is my first post here and I signed up specifically because I'm having trouble with wormholes.

All I want to know is...is it possible even with the starting shield? (I was lucky enough to find the wormhole in saphirre within just a handful of hours of play) I've been trying to get through it, I've put all my energy into the shields and even put everything at the front and yet i die within seconds. The warp is very near but i can't reach it in time.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:38 am

Hi Raynor, welcome to the game and forum.
I doubt it with a starter shield. Maybe with a starter shield and shield booster x5. I never tried it though.
I died hundreds of times before getting a hang of it and I tried it only with the highest shields, shield booster, frame, engines, jumpdrive and wings possible and even then when succesful get a lot or some damage unless you are very precise with plotting your jump point into the wormhole inside the black hole!
Normaly a jump ends you 2500-3000 units before your set jump point be it a gate, a waypoint, a Station or wormhole. So plot your jump point in a way so you exit excactly in the center of the wormhole and not before it or behind it! This means subtracting 2500 to 2800 units from your Z coordinate!....

[Edited on 1-18-2012 by Maarschalk]

Raynor · Post by **Raynor** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:47 am

From post: 123858, Topic: tid=8299, author=Maarschalk wrote:Hi Raynor, welcome to the game and forum.
I doubt it with a starter shield. Maybe with a starter shield and shield booster x5. I never tried it though.
I died hundreds of times before getting a hang of it and I tried it only with the highest shields, shield booster, frame, engines, jumpdrive and wings possible and even then when succesful get a lot or some damage unless you are very precise with plotting your jump point into the wormhole inside the black hole!
Normaly a jump ends you 2500-3000 units before your set jump point be it a gate, a waypoint, a Station or wormhole. So plot your jump point in a way so you exit excactly in the center of the wormhole and not before it or behind it! This means subtracting 2500 to 2800 units from your Z coordinate!....

[Edited on 1-18-2012 by Maarschalk]

Hi Maarschalk. Thanks for the welcome and the helpful answer. I'm probably gonna spend some time here now the more i play the game (I'm new to it technically though i had tried the demo for Legends about 3 years ago and even tried one of the Arvoch games like...6 years before)

I thought about doing that, i mean plotting the jump point as close as possible. Actually i wanted to ask about this, if it was possible to just jump through it but i see now from your answer that it isn't. I thought that a jump could take me precisely into the nav and hence the wormhole. If i can't make it to the hole within basically 2 seconds, i die. However if i "throw" my ship into a very fast inertial flight right before i jump i could cross that distance pretty fast... but surely not even fast enough. If it worked at least i'd save the log and then could away go through this wormhole painlessly. Most likely i'll have to turn back and get myself some better shield though.....

Edit: Well i hadn't planned on the fact that your shield also needs to last through the warp, not just getting to the wormhole. So i did manage to warp but couldn't make it to the end of the warp, i'd die halfway through. I gave up. I'll need a better shield.

[Edited on 1-18-2012 by Raynor]

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:57 pm

Yes, your shields need to last at least the 10 seconds for the warp through the wormhole. The jump and warp also uses up all your energy so there is not much energy left to aply to shields!....