Elite: Dangerous

[SoW Reddog]

Anyone else playing?

I'm totally hacked off with it, wholly repetitive, grinding, unfun. Finally get a ship worth going out and fighting in, and end up losing it because I picked up some dropped cargo and the station I'd just docked at to sell it, decided to blow me up as I left having not been able to flog it (no black market). And of course I don't have the required insurance cash. So now I'm faced with another 3+ day grind to get back to where I was. BORING.

[darkside3/4]

Don't suck at fighting space stations, problem solved.

[SoW Reddog]

Fight? Lol. You funny.

[DD_Crash]

I am very impressed with it overall. I spent/wasted a lot of hours playing Frontier and that is what this is only up to date and better

[Tettric]

Personally I'm really impressed with it!
Especially considering that it's still in Beta (and not the sort of Beta where a company sells their game and excuses any criticism with the 'fact' it's still in 'Beta').

When you say grindy I assume you spend a lot of time near Eranin 2 at the Federal Distress Signal? There are other places with other events that you can visit which provide a different experience and break up the grindyness while still being very lucrative, so it might be worth trying those out.

[SoW Reddog]

No, I mean getting a ship that will actually jump between the 8 or whatever systems you can initially visit out of the 55 in game.

I'm sure that on release it'll be better, but right now it bores the pants off me. It looks beautiful, but it's a huge amount of dead time, jumping between systems here, Supercruising there, interdictions etc etc. AI that can't fly, very little immersion, hugely repetitive.

[DD_Crash]

Forger on the E: D forums has posted a very comprehensive PDF guide to the game so far http://www.mediafire.com/download/5j...l.Tutorial.pdf If you are just starting out or even an experienced player there is a lot of interesting stuff in the file.

[Revvin]

I'm thinking of giving this a go soon, I recently bought Star Citizen but used to love Frontier Elite II I played it for hours on my Amiga.

[DD_Crash]

I'm thinking of giving this a go soon, I recently bought Star Citizen but used to love Frontier Elite II I played it for hours on my Amiga.

It really will be like Frontier was only far better. There are only 55 systems to visit at the moment but its highly likely that this will be increased when Beta 2 comes out which will hopefully be in the next couple of weeks.

[Revvin]

Curiosity got the better of me and I bought it earlier today

[ATAG_Naz]

I've ordered the OR DK2 which hopefully will be shipped out in October, so I'll pick Elite up then .. much like Car and Flight sims, the Space games such as Elite and Star Citizen seem tailor made for OR. Even if the gameplay turns out a disappointment, it'll be pretty cool to simply try flying about with VR. Can't wait.

I also have very fond memories of the old Elite so fingers crossed.

[ATAG_Frankenstien]

I'm currently playing Elite and it brings back great memories from my youth on my Acorn Electron lol

It looks soo much prettier than the original wireframe stuff but I'm glad they gave a nod to it in the onboard displays.

All I'm doing at the moment is trading, and I don't want to play too much and burn myself out before release lol.

I have the basic package for Star Citizen too but there's no track ir support which I'm a bit miffed about so I've not really tried that.

[DD_Crash]

Beta 1.05 now out http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41122

[SorcererDave]

Agh, every time I go to play this there's a new patch to download. Takes forever to get with my rubbish connection.

[DD_Crash]

@ Sorcerer Dave , you are going to love this Beta 2 out Sept. 30 http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=...&id=e676783725

[Tettric]

I was privileged enough to appear as a community ambassador for Elite at EGX.
It was brilliant, 4K is really impressive and seeing new players plus those who played the original was fantastic!

Beta 2 is also looking really tasty and David Braben is as nice in real life as he seems in the interviews.

How many people on ATAG play Elite Dangerous?

[DD_Crash]

Beta 3 is due out 28th October It gets better and better

[DD_Crash]

This is interesting

Quote Originally Posted by Michael Brookes View Post
Hi everyone,

As promised in an earlier post we want to provide more visibility on what we have planned for Elite: Dangerous over the coming months. We have some exciting times ahead and while I can’t reveal everything that’s coming we will provide regular updates regarding what we’re working on and what’s coming up. The plans for releases are being finalised now that the team is back from the holidays, but we will share these with you as we progress through the coming year.

Our first commitment is supporting the game with regular updates. This won’t just be the fixes and tweaking we’ve provided since release but will also add new features and content. Examples of this are Wings and associated multiplayer features, as well as the additional ships mentioned in recent newsletters. We’re proud of the fantastic game that we released before Christmas but intend to keep growing and developing it. To make this happen we’re expanding the team working on the game so that we can maintain a regular schedule of updates as well as working on paid expansions.

We’ll also be having beta test periods for these major updates and access to these will be open to players who already have beta access for the game. More details on this will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Regarding Elite: Dangerous on other platforms, as you know we have already been working on putting the native Mac version of the game together and as expected this should enter beta in about three months time. As the beta date is firmed up we’ll keep you updated.

Thanks!

Michael

[DeXaÏ_☨]

I bought the game 2 days ago.

Looks very nice and it's quite fun. The sound effects are especially good.

But I'm a bit afraid of the grinding part as well, as my few attempts at making money were not very beneficial, and as I don't have lot of time available.

But I guess it's like everything, you gotta learn first :)

Cheers commanders !

[DD_Crash]

Video of the Beta 1.1 release

[=vit_unit=]

Anyone here?

[DeXaÏ_☨]

Anyone here?

Not here exactly, but somewhere around Maheou Ti / Amahu / LTT 14850 ... :)

[=vit_unit=]

Not here exactly, but somewhere around Maheou Ti / Amahu / LTT 14850 ...

I'm hanging around of Abukunin, Aphra. It is 76 Ly from you ))

[DeXaÏ_☨]

I'm hanging around of Abukunin, Aphra. It is 76 Ly from you ))

It's a small galaxy :)

What are you up to around there ? Last time I heard of Aphra, it was turning into a conflict zone.

[=vit_unit=]

It's a small galaxy

What are you up to around there ? Last time I heard of Aphra, it was turning into a conflict zone.

I do not know, everything is calm there. I trade there. Sometimes pirates engage me. But nothing special. Only once I was attacked by imperial clipper

[9./JG52 Mindle]

Bump

Just bought it. No idea what to expect...... Just sayin'

[brumster]

Don't expect too much, and you'll get on fine with it

I've just about given up on it, hence why I'm here!

[implicit A]

Well, The only game on steam that I used to play a lot is CLOD (689 hours since first release)
The second game wich grab me many hours of my time in a few month is Elite. ( 265 hours since April of this year . And I still play and love it.
but I have no counter on steam for DCS...
I've got now, a T9 the biggest trade ship with 500t . and it was great fun and learning curve to improve from small ship to bigger and equipment and fitting, until now.

so very good choice to buy this game. welcome on board CMDR ! see you soon somewhere in Universe.

P.S : The First trip from one solar system to another is impressive. Do the tutorial mission, and take care to map correctly your keys and joystick and here you go for an incredible feeling of freedom inside space.
You 'll find many help on Elite forums and many ressources on the web.

[9./JG52 Mindle]

Thanks for the replies.

Miindle in space.

Just set up hotas etc.

May see you around...

[ATAG_Flare]

I've been debating getting this for a long time. It just dropped in price to the high end of my price range to $50, so it's now a reasonable option. I wanted it because the flying and dogfighting seemed better than Star Citizen.(which I do own, with the worst starter ship.) Is this true? I was about to pull the trigger when I heard that there was going to be a new DLC (planet landing) for another $40! Now I didn't think that seemed fair, but I heard that for $60 they would sell me the base game + planet DLC, but I would only get it when the DLC comes out (winter 2016). By then Star Citizen will have expanded with Multi-Crew and Arena Commander 2.0 which will have a whole star system instead of a few small maps. It'll also have at least 1 landing zone on planets (maybe 2, or more if we're lucky) and FPS mode.

Is it worth getting Elite? Or should I stick with SC and use the money for a new ship or a different game or blow it all on the new Star Wars merch that comes out this friday.

Flare