*** The Official Elite: Dangerous Thread ***
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I do agree with you Mat. You take away what you can from the game and eventually at some point content will run out.
But MMO type games are the same formula. Go to mission/task giver. Do task. Gain XP. Gain Money. Buy better stuff. Rinse, repeat.
Not sure what planetary landings will add to the game (genuine question as I haven't checked yet what are the details). But I cant envisage there being a great deal more in terms of gameplay?
But MMO type games are the same formula. Go to mission/task giver. Do task. Gain XP. Gain Money. Buy better stuff. Rinse, repeat.
Not sure what planetary landings will add to the game (genuine question as I haven't checked yet what are the details). But I cant envisage there being a great deal more in terms of gameplay?
That's exactly how I felt. It felt a bit nicer when they increase the bounties and such but still I got bored very quickly and haven't logged in since
Game has huge potential but needs more content
I might hold off buying for now then
Most of the videos & streams I've watched show people doing stuff solo, think the most people I've seen grouped is 3 or 4
Also a little put off by the fact they are starting to release DLC at a higher price than the actual game. (game £29.99 - 1st dlc/'season' £39.99)
Associate
Just to echo some of the other comments.
I bought Elite Dangerous in the Steam sales over Christmas and played 6 or so hours with a Xbox 360 controller. It played fine but I wanted some form of HOTAS but couldn't justify particularly with my recent spend (PC included). Landings in particular were trickier than I'd like on a joypad.
That said yesterday I finally decided to go for the Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X stick and glad I did. It makes the game come alive and is so much better control system. Particularly becuase of having rudder control on the stick. It feels cheap and plasticy, doesn't have quite enough buttons or POV hats, and looks a bif 'naff. That said it's very comfortable, doesn't need drivers and is automatically picked up by the game and is surprisingly heavy so doesn't move about or slip in game.
I'm blown away by the value for money and how much it adds to the game. It's perfect for what I need. I spent a some time tweaking the controls but now have virtually everything on the HOTAS without the need for KB&M. Although I find the mouse the best input for the Galaxy Map.
There is a lack of HOTAS choices and nothing in the Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X price range, or close. I read many times that instead of the T-Flight HOTAS X, the Thrustmaster T.16000M being recommended with a CH Pro Throttle because of how much more responsive the T.16000M is. However that completely misses the point becuase that setup is 3-4 times the price (much like the X52 setups). One interesting combination might be the T.16000M with the HOTAS X throttle, but you would have to find a way of dismantling the stick part without interfering with the rest of the controls. Would create an interesting £70-80 setup though.
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Soldato
I bought a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X and could only use it for 20-30mins as the joystick was just too stubby for my big hands and made my right hand cramp up something terrible. If you have larger hands you should be aware of this with the T-Flight before you buy it, try one first, you can soon tell if the smaller size is going to be an issue.
Fortunately I managed to pick up an X-55 for the same price as the X-52 here on OcUK a while back and I'm very happy with that, extremely comfortable to hold for 3-4 hour sessions thankfully!
If you have larger hands you should be aware of this with the T-Flight before you buy it, try one first, you can soon tell if the smaller size is going to be an issue.Fortunately I managed to pick up an X-55 for the same price as the X-52 here on OcUK a while back and I'm very happy with that, extremely comfortable to hold for 3-4 hour sessions thankfully!
Don
Yeah, I'm disappointed that some of things they talked about (anyone remember the scavenger video or what ever it was called?) hasn't really been implemented in game.
Trading is probably still the best earner but other stuff has certainly been boosted significantly. CQC is due very soon which will help make pvp feasible I hope, you'll be able to earn credits in CQC for the main game, how much we don't yet know.
I'm thinking of finally getting this game
Downloaded the combat training demo just to make sure my PC can run it & it seems so much fun (currently using xbox 360 controller)
Has anyone tried the CQC team deathmatch mode?
I think it would be really good to jump into for PVP
edit: seems like it's only on xbox one atm?
Demo? What demo?
CQC is due for beta this coming week on pc, hopefully the week after for release, can't wait myself
Missions have been improved a little, more improvements are coming with Horizons release which will also update and improve vanilla Elite Dangerous.
I might hold off buying for now then
Most of the videos & streams I've watched show people doing stuff solo, think the most people I've seen grouped is 3 or 4
Also a little put off by the fact they are starting to release DLC at a higher price than the actual game. (game £29.99 - 1st dlc/'season' £39.99)
The £39.99 price is for Horizons stand alone, it's not just the expansion, it is everything up to and including Horizons. If you already own Elite it is £29.99.
Salvaging and crafting is coming during the Horizons season, how much of it will be playable without owning the Horizons expansion is unknown.
I think it's great what we have now, and I far prefer to be able to play what we have currently than wait another two to three years for everything to be put in place before release, it all comes down to whether you're happy to play as is and wait for updates or if you'd rather wait and pick it up in a few years time for the price of a single game
Found it on the elite dangerous reddit, seems to be from 8 months ago.
https://github.com/xaduha/Combat-Demo-Downloader
Makes a little more sense, altho still £29.99 for existing owners
Seems like all the new features will be DLC then
Just found a chart explaining the prices for horizons on the ED forums
https://i.imgur.com/BI0Wzno.jpg
Might be worth waiting for horizons I guess
(seems like you can't pay £39.99 & play the base game + have horizons when it comes out)
buy for £29.99 & play then pay £29.99 for horizons or wait and just pay £39.99 when horizons is released
Ahh, that's not official, good to know though
Makes a little more sense, altho still £29.99 for existing owners
It's not your typical DLC.
Seems like all the new features will be DLC then
No, the base game will see updates too, we just don't know exactly what. For example, the new missions system will most definitely be coming to the base game.
Just found a chart explaining the prices for horizons on the ED forums
https://i.imgur.com/BI0Wzno.jpg
Might be worth waiting for horizons I guess
(seems like you can't pay £39.99 & play the base game + have horizons when it comes out)
buy for £29.99 & play then pay £29.99 for horizons or wait and just pay £39.99 when horizons is released
Yup, you either pay and play now, or wait and save.
Might be worth waiting for horizons I guess
(seems like you can't pay £39.99 & play the base game + have horizons when it comes out)
buy for £29.99 & play then pay £29.99 for horizons or wait and just pay £39.99 when horizons is released
Wait for Horizons, and then wait another 18 months and see if the Elite Community have anything else to say about the game other than 'the size of an ocean with the depth of a puddle'
or
'the sandbox with no sand in it'
The game really is empty as hell with various kinds of barriers in place for just about every way that you may think about approaching the game, except for grinding trade routes to build up cash with no end purpose.
Them releasing this add-on now, while the vanilla game is yet so hollow, doesn't inspire me with any confidence that this game will be anything but an empty space truck simulator, until the day it dies.
Space truck sim made me lol. So true. Do you think this kind of gameplay would suit an MMO environment?It's kept me engaged for far more time than any other game since the IL2 Sturmovik series, it's as full as you want it to be, not sure where you are going with the barrier comment either, you can do whatever you like from the outset, nothing apart from better equipment is denied you, or are you perhaps implying that you'd like everything from the word go?
Decided to set some time aside this weekend to actually play this, and now, I have some questions.
Is there anyway to speed up supercruise? Jumping to some stations is taking well over 10 minutes, at the moment I'm flying towards Weinbaum City, and I'm dying of boredom. Console needs a Tetris game or something.
When's a good time to upgrade to a new ship? I'm still flying my Sidewinder and I have 51K in the bank. Got that all from trading and transport missions.
Edit - I had to abandon the journey to Weinbaum City, was taking so long that I nearly used up all my fuel. Had to jump to another station.
Is there anyway to speed up supercruise? Jumping to some stations is taking well over 10 minutes, at the moment I'm flying towards Weinbaum City, and I'm dying of boredom. Console needs a Tetris game or something.
When's a good time to upgrade to a new ship? I'm still flying my Sidewinder and I have 51K in the bank. Got that all from trading and transport missions.
Edit - I had to abandon the journey to Weinbaum City, was taking so long that I nearly used up all my fuel. Had to jump to another station.
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Supercruise, don't fly near stuff and you will go faster. If you are flying long distance and there are planetary bodies, moons, stars or whatever between you and it you are better off flying above or below the system plane so their gravity wells have as little effect on your speed as possible. Other than that distances can be vast, pick your routes to minimise long in system supercruise trips, there are plenty of places that have very short distances unlike the main starter system of LHS 3447 which is fairly well spread out, so move
Sure, it is as full as you want it be. You just have to use your.......
Yes..I can do whatever I like....
erm..ok...I can mine....but that is very tedious and just doesn't pay for anyone who has more than a Sidewinder.
I can do the randomly generated Space Station missions, (many of which will render you WANTED at the very same Station that issued the mission), which generally involve flying around a system looking for some randomly generated Unidentified Source Signal. But again, this is tedious as hell and it also doesn't pay for anyone with anything more than a sidewinder.
I can bounty hunt NPCs at navigation points......grows boring quick.
I can smuggle illegal goods....very risky, getting caught will wreck your game...AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FINACIAL BENEFIT IN DOING THIS
Or...when I have a powerful enough vessel, I can take on the 150K NPC Anaconda bounties....which again involves trawling over a lot of random USS points, and then ultimately a battle with an NPC Anaconda, which after you have figured out a strategy for taking them down, becomes just a grind like everything else in the game.
By far the quickest way to advance in the game is to buy a trading vessel and do lots and lots and lots of repetitive trade runs. I was doing this for a while and as I was getting slowly bored to tears, I thought to myself...it is either pVp piracy or nothing.
I then discovered life as a pirate wasn't so lucrative, mainly because of the cost of repairing damage generally far outweighed the profits taken from looting small fry cargo ships. This is worsened by the fact that 'Stolen Goods' fetch a fraction of the price of normal goods, coupled with the big hefty fines issued against you by the authorities should your ship get scanned. If I should have happened to intercept a Transporter carrying high value goods, then if he wasn't certain to escape without paying me a toll, he would just disconnect, and finish his run in Solo Mode. These are just some examples of invisible barriers in the game but I was faced with plenty more. Pretty much anytime I tried to use my initiative and play the game in a human way (i.e. beyond the handful of preset boring routines), I would run into some limitation or another that would prevent me from doing what I planned to do......I could go on, and on, and on.....but that would be almost as boring as the other 'gameplay option' in the game...
Exploration! That's right people! Fly around a procedurally generated universe, scanning coloured balls in the sky in order to receive a lot of procedurally generated data about them. People with cardio-vascular problems should first consult their doctor before embarking on this thrilling escapade.
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Not at all...I just want to do something that is actually bloody interesting and/or with a point to it and not lose money doing so, because by losing money in the game, you are regressing in the game and won't be able to afford to run your spaceship.
....and besides, as soon as you start getting into the BIG ships, then trading is the ONLY viable way to play the game. Anything else, will lose you money, so don't tell me that maximising profits isn't what the game is all about.
Edit: oh dear....I just noticed your 'First Discovered by MORGAN GRIMES' logo. LOL, You are one of THEM! An Explorer!!! LOLOLOL Jesus Wept, how can you guys actually sit and do that stuff when there are freshly painted walls around in need of someone to oversee the drying process?
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