I just accepted all your friend request - should be able to see my status now...
stupid question: if you destroy your sidewing ship , you keep your credits?
stupid question 2 : what's the best ship and upgrades to start bounty missions or combat mission in general?
i added you molly but can't see you in friend list :/
q1: depends, for the moment you keep them but if you upgraded your Sidey, or any ship, you have to pay extra to receive those upgrades again, but a smaller amount than straight buying them.
Check the info panel to your right in the cockpit. 2nd tab or something, there is something insurance and back buying your ship. That tells how much you have to pay for the exactly the same ship you're flying in case of destruction. A not upgraded standard Sidey is free tho. That's why I suggested to stick with it at the beginning.
q2: Well, Sidewinder doesn't really work as Bounty Hunter. Too small, not enough Hard- nor Utility-Points to slap stuff on it. Bounty Hunter needs weapons, kill warrant scanner and what not. The easy combat missions you can try in a Sidey. Even in a standard one. Look for Conflict Zones. Maybe use Google to find the closest one to your system. They don't need missions really. You fly there, then you have to choose the side you wanna fight on in the info panel (right side) in the functions tab. There is on top something called "Factions", there you choose your side, confirm it and half the ships should light up red. Shoot them
Every kill gets you credits BUT when you die, all your kills are gone, no credits for you. So don't overdo it. Better cash in early than loosing the credits. Simply fly to a station close by, go to Contacts and get your reward.
Overall important: The Universe has factions now. That means everything you do has consequences on your reputation. Empire is fighting a Slave uprising atm. When you fight for the Empire, you get a good standing with them, bad standing with the Slaves and slightly worse with everyone else fighting the Empire and so on... Literally every mission or even simple commodity running, like I am doing atm, has those consequences. Reputation works on several level, every system has its local faction, belongs to a bigger faction, belongs to Empire, Federation or Anarchists... it's pretty complex.
Don't worry about it too much right now. I'd suggest you test stuff now and when you know how shit works, you clear your save and start over properly.
They didn't fix the galaxy map view in the oculus 
I can see and move the view all right, but selecting a system with the mouse is nigh impossible unless you have a very specific orientation. I suppose the key controls work fine though. After buying most of the parts of the sidewinder (anything is better than the loaned crap) I'm considering swapping the discovery scanner for a bounty or cargo scanner. Maybe I should rather save up for a bigger ship?
ED is as grindy as crpg
See the above about trying stuff and then clearing the save.
Every "occupation" needs its own specific gear really and those modules are expensive. Kill warrant scanner for bounty hunting, cargo scanner and hatch override for pirates, weapons for combat fighters, cargo stuff and big FSD for traders.
If you wanna go cheap bounty/pirate/combat, the Eagle can work and is easy to achieve. Something around 40k for the hull but the proper modules all together... lot more...
Trading, you wanna go for the Hauler, more of my expertise than the other occupations, and drop all weapons and the shield generator for higher jump range and cargo.
Try stuff in the Sidey when loosing doesn't hurt. Sift through the ED forum (
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=29) for proper advice on everything.
There is still tons I need to learn myself too. I just discovered the fuel scooping myself yesterday. I knew about it before but didn't realize the saving potential in it.
Personally, I'll stick to trading overall. I really like it and it's not at all boring to me. Missions vary things up quite a bit. I goal atm is going for the ASP as ship (6million Cr
) and pimp that one to a trading fortress and start carrying rare goods and illegal wares.
Oww, and Kafein, since you're Beta Backer... there is a free Eagle for you in some station of your starting system. Even when you clear your save, there is always a Freagle
Either sell it and buy something else, which most people do/did, or fly it... Your galaxy map shows a small blue'ish symbol next to the system name where the Freagle is in.
And about DK2... I've seen several posts where people said that Supersampling/Downsampling makes the text and everything really, much more readable. If your gfx card can handle it, give it a try.
