ruffneck23
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My mate bought it but is too busy to play it until the weekend, so I'l get his view and report back
Elite: Dangerous
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Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
There was a lot of muttering about how short the distance was between the 'alpha' and the final release; not surprised it's not been the greatest launch.
I'm not playing E
any more though, the limited gameplay loop didn't hold my interest sufficiently, despite being fun to fly around for a while.
I'm not playing E
any more though, the limited gameplay loop didn't hold my interest sufficiently, despite being fun to fly around for a while.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
It'll be very different for you. You can route plot 20,000 light years at a time, ships come with docking computers, scanning bodies is a whole new mechanic... unfortunately a lot of old players have left the game due to Elite Odyssey where Frontier have tried to turn the game into a first person shooter and wrecked planetary modelling. This won't translate into Horizons until the games are merged next year but there you are.
Me I have it uninstalled with no real interest in playing again.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Need anything, feel free to PM me
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Get out answer - it depends.
If you're after the first person shooting aspect, no. If you're after better looking planets with atmosphere, probably. I bought it but the novelty of the additions faded quite quickly.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
i like both.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Well, any first discovered planets or stars will still have your name on...
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
three earth type planets to my name!
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Why are you deleting it?
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
I cant remember how to play and id sort of got stuck in a rut. So restart, relearn and do different things. Also game will have changed since i last played - (4.5 years ago). Dunno if there's a way of keeping all my cash though! might be handy - but maybe a bit of a cheat - nah bollocks - give me the money!
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
It's a lot easier to make cash now tbf. It's possible to make several millions in exploration alone in a day if you follow a particular spreadsheet called the road to riches
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Glad i got back into this - very absorbing. And nice to start again from scratch cos i really cant remember how to do most of it. And forgot just how big the galaxy is!
Once new systems (esp with earth type planets) are discovered - do they get colonised? do new bases get built thought out the galaxy?
Got myself a trusty cobra mk3 and made £4million. Got a passenger cabin - but its too small and not posh enough for most passenger missions so ive sacked that off - and the 2 person budget cabin is all thats available for the cobra 3.
Next goal is to save up for a python and do some bounty hunting. Might get a viper in the meantime as a low cost way of brushing up my combat skills.
Question - do you need any special scanners to do data retrieval missions? cant remember.
Once new systems (esp with earth type planets) are discovered - do they get colonised? do new bases get built thought out the galaxy?
Got myself a trusty cobra mk3 and made £4million. Got a passenger cabin - but its too small and not posh enough for most passenger missions so ive sacked that off - and the 2 person budget cabin is all thats available for the cobra 3.
Next goal is to save up for a python and do some bounty hunting. Might get a viper in the meantime as a low cost way of brushing up my combat skills.
Question - do you need any special scanners to do data retrieval missions? cant remember.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Think those scanners are built-in on the SRVs.
No, newly discovered systems don't get colonised. There are many more stations out in the wilds than previously though - every few kly to Colonia, out at the Heart and Soul Nebulae, Barnard's Loop, loads at Colonia itself, even one at the Galactic Centre a jump from Sagittarius A*.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Back in the swing of things. Game seems easier to understand and to pick up than before. And they've got rid of the baffling "powerplay" stuff. Got my python and not managed to get killed yet (but a few very close shaves) - which is nice. Saving up or an Asp explorer is the next step. Not ventured into open play yet - is it worth joining groups and wings and all dat? dont recall that being a thing before.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Any chance Elite will one day be ported onto mobile (iphone / iPad)? That’s probably the only platform on which I might play games these days, I just can’t be arsed with PCs any more. My only laptop is ancient and runs like Zlatan after his 436th injury.
I suppose Elite is too complex to lend itself to a touchscreen interface. Shame, as I’d like to relive the escapism I adored as a teen, playing the original on the Amiga. Or was it the BBC B? I can’t even remember - I had both as a kid.
I suppose Elite is too complex to lend itself to a touchscreen interface. Shame, as I’d like to relive the escapism I adored as a teen, playing the original on the Amiga. Or was it the BBC B? I can’t even remember - I had both as a kid.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
BBC Model B.
Simply too many functions to be a mobile game. They're not even porting it to consoles, let alone phones.
Simply too many functions to be a mobile game. They're not even porting it to consoles, let alone phones.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Ok, wow. Not on consoles. That’s a big market missed.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
The launch of Odyssey was a clusterfuck from minute one.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Sometimes it's just better that way.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Yes, but the massive update/expansion, Odyssey, is not, and the base game won't be getting anything new.
souljacker
innit
I'd be up for a fly about if you want. Steel Icarus fancy a wee explore?
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Maybe. Burned out on it. Ship somewhere near the Veil Nebula West. Maybe once I finish work for the summer.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
ha - fighting thargoids for the first time since original elite! part of a community goal mission. lost a few ships (im using a vulture) - mainly to the caustic shit they splat over you and not making it back to base in time. not managed to take out one of their big ships yet - just the smaller swarm ones. Seems every time one of the big ships gets targeted they release some sort of energy bomb that takes out all your power for 30 seconds. anyways round this? cant find much useful advice online.
also - where the fuck do you get the meta alloys that the engineers are so keen on?
Got 30mill in the bank. may go on an exploration mission after the the targoid thing is done - my son (7) would like that too cos "space" innit?
also - where the fuck do you get the meta alloys that the engineers are so keen on?
Got 30mill in the bank. may go on an exploration mission after the the targoid thing is done - my son (7) would like that too cos "space" innit?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I've decided I want to try changing up the kind of games I play, and I realised that I've hardly played space flight games. I just bought this joystick and throttle combo since it was going cheap on my wishlist, and I see that Elite: Dangerous is only twenty quid now.
So my first question, is this the kind of space flight game where you're likely to get ganked by other players? Because I'm not yet ready to devote Eve Online levels of attention to making sure I don't get roflstomped by some 15-year old foetus in their battlecruiser, the Dong Destroyer.
So my first question, is this the kind of space flight game where you're likely to get ganked by other players? Because I'm not yet ready to devote Eve Online levels of attention to making sure I don't get roflstomped by some 15-year old foetus in their battlecruiser, the Dong Destroyer.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
There is a Solo option as well as PvE groups, some highly secure. Open play is pretty much the only place you'll get ganked, and it's only likely in specific systems. In addition where you start now is in its special "bubble" of systems until you've done a few bits that serve as a tutorial.
