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I will probably take a look too - the first (and only) time I ventured into anything other than solo play I got killed sooooo much!
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I have been in mobius since it was set up. Great idea it's just a shame that 1) that kind of organisation is left to gamers (and without tools to make it easy) and 2) the infrastructure means we can't all go in 1 group.
The PG member limit was created because mobius broke the game. If that wasnt proof that some form of PvP free mode was needed to be officially sanctioned I do not know what is.
The PG member limit was created because mobius broke the game. If that wasnt proof that some form of PvP free mode was needed to be officially sanctioned I do not know what is.
Been hanging around the mobius controlled systems for over a week now and still havent seen a single player. Think its because of the instancing.
https://www.twitch.tv/malic_vr
streamer on twitch has managed to get his SRV into orbit, hes currently travelling to the neighbouring planet.
streamer on twitch has managed to get his SRV into orbit, hes currently travelling to the neighbouring planet.
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Thought I'd post this here. Not mine, someone on Reddit gets the credit.
Elite has always been pretty. We need gameplay!
I sank loads of hours into the game, but it's still as wide as an ocean, but as shallow as a puddle.
Loved the game in the early 80s, really looking forward to what it can become.
I sank loads of hours into the game, but it's still as wide as an ocean, but as shallow as a puddle.
Loved the game in the early 80s, really looking forward to what it can become.
Absolutely... I struggle to think of any really solid bar raising development that's been added in the past 3-4yrs? And even the Mining 2.0 needlessly suffers because of the all too often poor design/management we see...
Can but hope next years "uber" release finally shows some quality development/progress.
And Fleet Carriers due in September might give an idea of if their developments are becoming more solid than much of what we've seen over the past X years...
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Fleet carriers, again will look pretty, but are just a different shaped outpost station.
We need:
Atmospheric landings. It's immersion breaking when some planets are landable and some aren't. Procedural life.
User generated missions. If I need mats for an upgrade, why can't I pay someone to get them for me?
Space legs, nice to have.
We need:
Atmospheric landings. It's immersion breaking when some planets are landable and some aren't. Procedural life.
User generated missions. If I need mats for an upgrade, why can't I pay someone to get them for me?
Space legs, nice to have.
The different "purposes" gives some hope Fleet Carriers will offer some actual new mechanics and gameplay (depth)?
But my fear is for example outfitting a FC for mining will simply mean then it's onboard service can restock mining and prospector limpets? And that's all outfitting a FC does, just turns on/off station features. ie: Just the typical rebadging of stuff we've seen far too much of in the past 3-4yrs
Hopefully we've not waited an extra year for FCs to be that shallow, and there will be some more involved mechanics/gameplay.Yes atmospheric landings and possibly even just procedural plant life would could be great!
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While the instance limit remains at 16, fleet carriers for me are dead in the water before they even launch.
Is it a coincidence fleet carriers have 16 landing pads (at least I think they do if I recall correctly)?
it hasn't been 16 for years.
What's the general realistic number of CMDRs in an instance then? eg: Go to Shinrarta Dezhra, and how many other CMDRs would you expect to see as a rule?
ie: I know people have gone out of their way to force/trick the game to create lots of CMDRs into an instance, but in general usage?
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Actually looking forward to the update tomorrow, not played Elite since its release pretty much, with a quick dabble when horizons launched but was completely lost with what to do. With the start revamped to get people back into the game, I will certainly break out the X52 Rhino and Vive to give it another go 
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official support is 16, i know they have managed to get more in an instance but i havent seen any update saying they increased the instance amounts at all?
32 from what I've read, could be wrong though as that was a very old dev post during beta and might have changed back, have certainly seen shots with more, distant worlds had an instance with over 100 in it at one point.
I've never paid any attention to it, depends entirely on time of day and location in game not to mention connection speed between the various peers etc etc.