The bank seems to be processing mine but hasn't take it out yet for some reason.
The guys at the official forums are very friendly and open to helping newbies. Just don't expect to own your own capital ship or station for a while!
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The bank seems to be processing mine but hasn't take it out yet for some reason.
The guys at the official forums are very friendly and open to helping newbies. Just don't expect to own your own capital ship or station for a while!
I imagine you'd spend a lot of time explaining how you came into possession of a Cobra Mk 2 for a start
Oops, you know I meant Mark3 really
I see my credit card payment has been made too .... gonna be a long wait until beta.
The best remake i have found is this one, Theres a thread on it here.
You can also use your old First Encounters save.
Ive just acquired the Argents Quest ship through special mission.
Its a Thargoid ship.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13525212
Few remakes here, One im playing is FFE3D.
http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Hires/hiresffe.html
You can also use your old First Encounters save.
Ive just acquired the Argents Quest ship through special mission.
Its a Thargoid ship.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13525212
Few remakes here, One im playing is FFE3D.
http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Hires/hiresffe.html
Used to ; loved the ambience ... but gave up when the game began to feel like a 2nd job. Also, I didn't like the fact that deep space was accessible only through chokepoints. Restricted too many sectors within the game for those of us who like to explore freely. I can understand why the developers did it though - to encourage competition & territorial wars between large corporations.
I'm hoping that this iteration of Elite will cater for less PvP-centric gameplay. Eve was designed around that philosophy ( political & physical wars ). I don't believe that deep space / frontier space should be controlled as easily as it was in Eve. Players should be allowed to hyperspace in at any co-ordinate in a star system ....not just at a pre-defined jumpgate or chokepoint.
That said, I do want the risk of running into combat with pirates, feuding factions, fellow traders etc .... but, this is a Universe we'll be playing in. Groups of individuals should not be able to lock down large expanses of territory. They can defend static points like space stations, asteroids, planets etc .... that's fine.
Yup, I also played Eve, off and on for a long time. Loved it and keep thinking of returning, but, as Xaldub says it can easily turn into a 2nd job. I liked the fact with just a few hours a week I could afford to buy my monthly Plex making the game free-to-play.
I was never that interested in PvP so kept to safe(care bear) safe and did missions mainly, rat hunting and trading... Im hoping Elite allows me to pursue this kind of play rather than force PvP onto me, like Eve started to do, with my Corp getting War-Dec'd and increased Factional Warfare.
Im trying to find a decent 3d Model of any of the ships and so I can start printing my own very soon, so far ive drawn a blank and will have to start modelling one myself from some of the online artwork... I suck at modelling.
?I think it was mentioned that yesterday would be the final daily update, but they would keep people updated via kickstarter, just less regularly. More regular info will be on the Frontier forums: http://forums.frontier.co.uk/
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People wanting some Elite style gaming should check out this:
http://www.oolite.org/
It's basically a remake of the original but has lots of mods and is very playable. I'm up to competent already
http://www.oolite.org/
It's basically a remake of the original but has lots of mods and is very playable. I'm up to competent already
My Gaming obsession started with Elite, and FFE, and yes, I played EVE - a lot. I had my own recruited corp, complete with some 20 dedicated care-bear-ish members (I hate to call them that as they were all really good people) - but the corp was secretly funding my pirate main which I used to cause mayhem and destruction on a regular basis
Eventually this came into the open and my pirate and his nefarious friends would come and assist the corp in open war. I remember running two instances across two screens - it was manic.
BUT like many others it became a chore - a second job, but the main reason I quit was I became disillusioned with the fact that all systems were basically two dimensional (barely any Up or Down), got fed up with warp gates sectioning off the universe - I always longed for hyperspace a'la star trek/star wars and yes, Elite, and I always, ALWAYS wanted real time control of my ship - not just point and clicky clicky.
Plus by the time I was richer than I could possibly imagine, could afford anything I wanted on a whim (and even had people available to come to deliver whatever it was to me) I just ended up using EVE as a glorious chat channel - spinning ships in the dock and wondering why I was paying a monthly sub.
I gave both my pirate main and my corp CEO alt away to the corp members, logged off and have never looked back.
I am still in touch with many that were in that original corp (but not the pirates funnily enough)...
Now KS has been reached I will sit for a year and patiently tap my fingers.
Eventually this came into the open and my pirate and his nefarious friends would come and assist the corp in open war. I remember running two instances across two screens - it was manic.
BUT like many others it became a chore - a second job, but the main reason I quit was I became disillusioned with the fact that all systems were basically two dimensional (barely any Up or Down), got fed up with warp gates sectioning off the universe - I always longed for hyperspace a'la star trek/star wars and yes, Elite, and I always, ALWAYS wanted real time control of my ship - not just point and clicky clicky.
Plus by the time I was richer than I could possibly imagine, could afford anything I wanted on a whim (and even had people available to come to deliver whatever it was to me) I just ended up using EVE as a glorious chat channel - spinning ships in the dock and wondering why I was paying a monthly sub.
I gave both my pirate main and my corp CEO alt away to the corp members, logged off and have never looked back.
I am still in touch with many that were in that original corp (but not the pirates funnily enough)...
Now KS has been reached I will sit for a year and patiently tap my fingers.
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People wanting some Elite style gaming should check out this:
http://www.oolite.org/
It's basically a remake of the original but has lots of mods and is very playable. I'm up to competent already
Struggling to get into this, not sure why though.
So far ive managed to fly between two systems, buy some cargo and sell it for a slight profit (after fuel costs), but, if I get pulled out of warp by pirates on the way to the station I am going to die...
need to work on my piloting/fighting skills. Only managed to kill 2 or 2 pirates so far and all using missiles, once im out of missiles im screwed.Struggling to get into this, not sure why though.
So far ive managed to fly between two systems, buy some cargo and sell it for a slight profit (after fuel costs), but, if I get pulled out of warp by pirates on the way to the station I am going to die...
It's certainly a throw back to the olden days! Struggled myself with it a lot to be honest, but I think it's partly due to the now archaic controls...we don't control modern PC games like this any more!
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You are right there, it plays just like the old Elite. It does take a bit of getting used to the controls definitely. I've been using keyboard only and with a bit of practice and some decent ship upgrades I can take on and beat quite a few ships simultaneously. It's good retro fun
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Struggling to get into this, not sure why though.
So far ive managed to fly between two systems, buy some cargo and sell it for a slight profit (after fuel costs), but, if I get pulled out of warp by pirates on the way to the station I am going to die...
Try flying between Rich Industrial (buying computers) and poor agricultural (buying furs) and you will soon have some cash for upgrades. Get the beam lasers first.
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to be honest this can be fixed for both aspects by tying it into a communications network. transmissions where a com's replay in a system are instantaneous, if systems are un explored a beacon i automatically placed from ships to allow instant communications.
this then would allow for added game play were by comm buoys can be destroyed thus preventing or slowing communications out of systems, adds the ability for missions such as repair comm buoy, deploy comm buoy, track/trace com buoy path ect. Giving a bit more realism
edit : oops well behind on reading.. though Glaucus's comment was on last page.
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