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Last I played ED, I had Horizons and Engineering recently came out, and there were just the first sighting of the aliens pulling people out of warp.

I logged in last night after years, and it appears I am Farseer station with Engineer Felicity Farseer. I have a Python and about 37,000,000. It appears I have a few legacy modules, but nothing engineered past 3 stars. I have this engineer unlocked up to 4 stars it looks like.

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So… what to do? There are guardian upgrades, Engineering upgrades, and aliens to go fight, right? When I left people were participating in Powerplay. is that still a thing?

Looking at Engineering – I dont recall getting any god rolls, and my legacy modules are only up to level 2 and 3. (3 stars?). Do I keep those as legacy, or convert them to the new engineering system? Is there a place to check those stats to see if I do have something special?

I am also not psyched to hop back into a grind. Is there adventure to be had, a story to get wrapped up into? Or did I miss it with the aliens? I am game to join up on discord and join some wings and squadrons… best place to find a good guild?

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My joy is more on the combat side and I am game to try out these aliens. I am hoping they finally made smuggling and piracy more of a thing. Not eager for PVP against uber ships.

One reason for the interest is I wanted to try out VR with this game. I have an Occulus Rift and I just got a new PC so I can handle high settings. I am a newb at this, but game to try the voice attack system and the steam VR addon where you add buttons all over your ship. Any advice or guidance here?

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As to my ship… I am ok with the Python but I recall I just recently progressed up to it, and was missing my Vulture. I now see there are new ships and the Krait seems to have the same stats but better turning, slightly weaker shields and armor, and cant transport as much. Is it a bad decision to go down to that cheaper ship? One part of the appeal is that having fighters is also new to me. Worthwhile? I previously made a lot of my money from working trade routes.. so I dont want to lose that source, but it wasnt a joy activity.

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If you were back after a few years and found yourself in a python and the start of engineering… what would you do? Guardians, aliens, engineering, upgrading, adventure?

Exploration? Game has been out so long are there things still worth discovering?

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thanks all – o7

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Emixxary