[X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

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[X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by Klord » Sat, 20. Jun 15, 18:29

I bought an argon EQD. But it seem to be only able to dock around 10 ships at once. Is there a better EQD with better hanger capacity ?

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Post by ajax34i » Sat, 20. Jun 15, 18:50

As far as I know, they're all pretty bad - limited number of ships and almost no item storage capability.

The plots give you the gate HUB, which also stores 10 ships I think, and the player HQ, which has slightly better (item) storage capabilities and the ability to reverse-engineer / manufacture ships. So between those two, I'm not sure how many people even look at EQ docks.

I use TL's to store weapons, shields, and goods.

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Post by Rive » Sat, 20. Jun 15, 18:57

If it's not about bigger ships then I would consider using trading stations with internal docking capabilities (Argon and Teladi).
For storage you still have to use additional ships, but you will be OK for fighters.

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Post by Klord » Sat, 20. Jun 15, 20:33

I saw somewhere that boron EQ dock can hold infinite number of Non capital ships.
Can somebody confirm this?
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Post by Black_hole_suN » Sat, 20. Jun 15, 20:37

Klord wrote:I saw somewhere that boron EQ dock can hold infinite number of Non capital ships.
Can somebody confirm this?
yep.. they do

for Capital ships the best dock is the PHQ

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Post by Sovereign01 » Mon, 22. Jun 15, 03:06

Black_hole_suN wrote:
Klord wrote:I saw somewhere that boron EQ dock can hold infinite number of Non capital ships.
Can somebody confirm this?
yep.. they do

for Capital ships the best dock is the PHQ
So far I have nearly 100 ships docked at a Boron one (most of them TS class)- very handy for safeguarding your small ships when you're not using them. And if you put your ED in a sector containing a weapons complex, the benefits are multiplied 8)

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Post by MarvinTheMartian » Mon, 22. Jun 15, 06:24

Black_hole_suN wrote:
Klord wrote:I saw somewhere that boron EQ dock can hold infinite number of Non capital ships.
Can somebody confirm this?
yep.. they do
Boron EQD for the win! more expensive than the Argon/Teladi trading stations but you get the 2 capital ship docks as well as unlimited* internal docking for TS/TP/TM/M6/M8 - well worth the extra!
*unlimited in the sense of practical purposes, in X2 I think there was a limit of 10,000 ships IIRC but not sure if that limit still applies.
Sovereign01 wrote:And if you put your ED in a sector containing a weapons complex, the benefits are multiplied 8)
feeling a bit thick today, how do you mean benefits are multiplied?
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Re: [X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by LokiRaven-Claw » Tue, 1. Dec 20, 20:07

I think he means it as in you can have the weapons from the complex ferried over to the EQD, and then just equip the ships from there, instead of having them practically stand in line to get to the complex for outfitting.


(also, sorry for the necro, just thought that this thread still had an unanswered Q and wanted to give my 10c...)

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Re: [X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by Alan Phipps » Tue, 1. Dec 20, 21:24

OK, but 5 years a bit long for the question poster to wait for an answer. :D
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Re: [X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by Klord » Tue, 6. Apr 21, 19:06

Alan Phipps wrote:
Tue, 1. Dec 20, 21:24
OK, but 5 years a bit long for the question poster to wait for an answer. :D
Stumbled upon this old post by accident. 5+ years may not be that long for an avid X fanatic who is not interested in X4.

Thinking of getting back to X3 with the new expansion. :D
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Re: [X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by Rfur » Thu, 26. Aug 21, 17:28

Yep, was useful for me getting into AP for the first time. Spent many, many hours (years) in TC but never got around to AP.

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Re: [X3 AP] What is the best player Equipment Dock ?

Post by MarvinTheMartian » Fri, 27. Aug 21, 00:06

Alan Phipps wrote:
Tue, 1. Dec 20, 21:24
OK, but 5 years a bit long for the question poster to wait for an answer. :D
I do appreciate the answer though :wink:
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