Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
We have first contact, around an hour ago. Not sure what it is but it's alien 
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Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Ah I didn't catch that they'd made that public...I was told mid way 2017 is that still the case?
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
"We’re looking forward to telling you more about how we’re supporting PS4 in the coming months, before we launch in Q2 2017" - from that link.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Little bit of politics, completely unrelated to current news etc, obviously.
Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site
ruffneck23
front left
my old boss bought a 980ti and DK2 but found himself getting motion sickness , so might be worth trying before buying
snadge
metal alchemist
yeah, don't know anyone with a DK2 though, could try a CV1 at game store demo but that would miss the point of 75hz refresh compared to 90hz, I can handle the VR on a galaxy s7 + galaxy headset.
Just would like a cheaper option than vive or CV1 which still aren't there yet, to dip my toes and probably look at gen2 VR headsets in the future, when they are released.
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
snadge
metal alchemist
Looks nice but I absolutely detest the transport anywhere from your ship to another, I also hate the transport your ships anywhere mechanic.
I just explore now, have one ship only, in solo.
I gave up in open, too many exploits and these two I mentioned above are just more exploitable mechanics, that's coming from a legit pirate BTW.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
My Gpu's a 980ti. Got both Vive and Rift. Not found any motion sickness personally but i think its more biological than technological.Some people are more prone. I got a mate of mine to try the Rift demo with the T-Rex (solid guy). The T-Rex bit forced him to take the head set off. When they get it right with a major release (like Halo or something) it's going to be a game changer.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
So awesome to hear this is finally coming to PS4![emoji41]
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Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
If you need anything, just pm me.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Yeah getting a little excited about this, a few people I know are all looking forward to flying together!
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
So Thargoids.
That was a surprise.
Not.
That was a surprise.
Not.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
So, got this for the PS4, it's a little bit fun isn't it?![emoji41]
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steveo87
22/11/2022 - got a maths joke.
I'm loving it!
I like the fact that it's difficult but not in a conventional way - ie adjusting your loadout so your engines are powerful enough to jump to the next system.
I like how it's 'busy', either with players or NPCs flying about and interacting.
Even if I've not done anything other than courier missions, plus a fire fight over a miss understanding whilst asteroid mining, it's a fucking brilliant game.
I like the fact that it's difficult but not in a conventional way - ie adjusting your loadout so your engines are powerful enough to jump to the next system.
I like how it's 'busy', either with players or NPCs flying about and interacting.
Even if I've not done anything other than courier missions, plus a fire fight over a miss understanding whilst asteroid mining, it's a fucking brilliant game.
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
I love elite but I have a couple of criticisms.
- The learning curve is absurdly steep. I think it took me two weeks to get out of the hangar.
- There are things I still don't understand properly months down the track. How to get stuff for engineers? Community Goals, do you get any cash? How can you get hold of 146million credits for an anaconda? etc etc.
- The music does your head in on those long framedrive jaunts to stations within systems.
- I rarely see other commanders, just AI. Feels a bit lonely, the galaxy.
- No Thargoids yet, that I've seen. Maybe that's a blessing.
Still, I continue my Framedrive jumps in the good ship 'Bucket O Lard', so say hello to me (CMDR hendopolis) if you see me.
- The learning curve is absurdly steep. I think it took me two weeks to get out of the hangar.
- There are things I still don't understand properly months down the track. How to get stuff for engineers? Community Goals, do you get any cash? How can you get hold of 146million credits for an anaconda? etc etc.
- The music does your head in on those long framedrive jaunts to stations within systems.
- I rarely see other commanders, just AI. Feels a bit lonely, the galaxy.
- No Thargoids yet, that I've seen. Maybe that's a blessing.
Still, I continue my Framedrive jumps in the good ship 'Bucket O Lard', so say hello to me (CMDR hendopolis) if you see me.
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
One of my problems with Elite is that I'm crap at video games. Last night I flew around a bit, picked up a few missions, made a few hundred K. Then I got ambushed by some jockey in a python and to my joyous surprise, blew him to smithereens with my pulse lasers.
So what did I do then? Smacked into the side of a space station and was promptly disintegrated for my sins. Didn't even get the bounty. Never play elite when you're tired.
So what did I do then? Smacked into the side of a space station and was promptly disintegrated for my sins. Didn't even get the bounty. Never play elite when you're tired.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I have a few mates who've made hundreds of millions by doing the road to riches. Basically buy a fuel scoop, and the best system and planet scanner you can find. Then go far from the bubble stopping and scanning in system, using fuel scoops from the systems Star to keep you jumping. Return to the bubble then sell all the map data for millions.
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Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I just went on a 22 day, 98,000 ly trip and made 202m credits. Exploration money is great these days.
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
I had a taste of this at the weekend. I flew all the way out of the bubble because I wanted to see one of these 'Thargoid Bases everyone on reddit goes on about/ It took me bloody hours. I'd read on the blogs that the structures are on a world in HIP 19026. Could I find them? Could I heck. This may have been because I didn't have a planet scanner onboard. Dismayed I flew all the way home, but the invite from the FSD engineer and the 1m + earning from the cartographics did make me feel a bit better. She upgraded my engines and drive last night but I'm not sure it's making much difference.
One question - when you change ships do the upgrades come with you or must you revisit the engineer?
One question - when you change ships do the upgrades come with you or must you revisit the engineer?
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
hendo You can store modules, so as long as the engineered module is the right size, you can put it in another ship.
Obviously you can put a size 3 frame shift drive in a size 4 slot in a different ship, but basically the rule is with FSDs is "always have the best you biggest you can fit", unlike, say, a power plant, where many ships fitted for exploring simply don't need the size you CAN fit.
Handy tool:
Coriolis EDCD Edition
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
What ship are you flying?
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Viper IVs aren't bad at all for exploration tbh. Decent base jump range, plenty of slots...gimme a minute, I'll give you an exploration build as an example
