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[Elite: Dangerous] Get a ship, get a crew and keep flying. Now with ALIENS.
Drake
Edgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
Edgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
Elite: Dangerous is an online spaceships game in a completely simulated Milky Way galaxy in the year 3300. Mankind has settled a volume of space hundreds of light years in diameter. Three superpowers exist here, the Federation, the Empire and the Alliance. Each of these three major powers are teeming with factions. Then there are independent factions of all types, from egalitarian democrats to dictatorial slavers. Commanders (the in-game reference to all players) can gain and lose reputation with any of these powers, including the three superpowers. And there are three ways to build your reputation. Three paths to become Elite.
COMBAT
Become a fearless combat pilot. Engage in military conflict, assassination, mercenary wetwork, bounty hunting, piracy or just go plain psycho fucking nuts and see how long you can keep going.
TRADE
Become a shrewd merchant. Ply the trade lanes, scraping every last credit you can from your cargo hold and Frameshift Drive. Collect necessary resources for a particular faction, reinforcing their strength and position. Gather food and guns for the starving and oppressed, and if are particularly charitable you just may gain allies that much faster.
EXPLORE
Roam the uncharted systems, looking for the next big strike. Planets rich with resources, the orbits of stars, planets, moons, asteroid and more are out there for you to discover and chart. The right data can make a man rich. And there is the frontier, a place stalked by alien menaces and escaped rogue AI. Wonders surely await amongst the danger.
All of this takes place in an online sandbox simulation of the Milky Way galaxy. The players are members of an elite organization, the Pilot's Federation, a kind of self policing loosely organized spacer's guild. Humanities interstellar civilization depends upon this nominally neutral organization for survival. Without them the life blood of trade and exploration would cease. The Commanders of this group have a ranking system rooted in combat kills, the starting rank is Harmless and the highest ranking is Elite. Over the years the ranking has been expanded to Trade and Exploration as well bringing us to the ultimate ranking of Triple Elite. And rank hath its priveleges. As a pilot in this federation you will engage in all manners of activity, all of your choosing. You can be a defender of the downtrodden, a murderous psychopath, a calculating and amoral criminal or whatever you set out to achieve. It may not happen overnight, but if you stick with it and pay attention to the details you just may end up living the galactic space opera of your dreams.
Here is the controversial launch trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6peGu2yG6o
Yes, it's rather combat heavy and hyperbolic. I can say that while it may not be entirely accurate I have had many moments that felt like the moments shown in the trailer. As far as hyperbolic CGI trailers for video games go it's pretty much standard fare. And there is an absolute wealth of real gameplay footage and information. Like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8umAuCmqdo4
And this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIeZdvMS9Y
Ok yeah that ended up being a lot of combat too. I guess you do fight a lot in Elite so maybe that launch trailer isn't so out there?
Even so there are other activities you can pursue, like the Buckyball Racing League.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg8pO25DtUM
Or the Fuel Rats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZj3mbZVnNI
Horizons and Beyond
Now, almost a year after launch we have a new expansion pack coming, called Horizons. The big feature here is going to be planetary landings, including zipping around in rad buggies with guns. Screenshots have already shown wrecks to explore and drones to fight. Who knows what other new surprises will be waiting for us down there? But wait I hear you say, 2015 isn't over yet! That's right. The base game is getting a few more updates before the new season launches. CQC Championship will launch practically any day now, bringing quick, round based arena combat to Elite with balanced teams. Test your skill in a level playing field where you don't have to put your savings on the line. Afterwards will come update 1.5 aka The Ships update. We'll be getting quite a few new vessels to fly around in. And the base game will continue to receive updates as well, but for the really big features like planetary landings you'll need to buy the seasonal expansions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4sAe16UTDg
NEW SHIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rSC0lNuNyw
That's all the new shit I've got for now. I may update this OP. Nah, who am I kidding. No one reads these fucking things anyway.
Edit: Ok, here's an update. Here's a private group started by @Axen along with some other useful stuff.
COMBAT
Become a fearless combat pilot. Engage in military conflict, assassination, mercenary wetwork, bounty hunting, piracy or just go plain psycho fucking nuts and see how long you can keep going.
TRADE
Become a shrewd merchant. Ply the trade lanes, scraping every last credit you can from your cargo hold and Frameshift Drive. Collect necessary resources for a particular faction, reinforcing their strength and position. Gather food and guns for the starving and oppressed, and if are particularly charitable you just may gain allies that much faster.
EXPLORE
Roam the uncharted systems, looking for the next big strike. Planets rich with resources, the orbits of stars, planets, moons, asteroid and more are out there for you to discover and chart. The right data can make a man rich. And there is the frontier, a place stalked by alien menaces and escaped rogue AI. Wonders surely await amongst the danger.
All of this takes place in an online sandbox simulation of the Milky Way galaxy. The players are members of an elite organization, the Pilot's Federation, a kind of self policing loosely organized spacer's guild. Humanities interstellar civilization depends upon this nominally neutral organization for survival. Without them the life blood of trade and exploration would cease. The Commanders of this group have a ranking system rooted in combat kills, the starting rank is Harmless and the highest ranking is Elite. Over the years the ranking has been expanded to Trade and Exploration as well bringing us to the ultimate ranking of Triple Elite. And rank hath its priveleges. As a pilot in this federation you will engage in all manners of activity, all of your choosing. You can be a defender of the downtrodden, a murderous psychopath, a calculating and amoral criminal or whatever you set out to achieve. It may not happen overnight, but if you stick with it and pay attention to the details you just may end up living the galactic space opera of your dreams.
Here is the controversial launch trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6peGu2yG6oYes, it's rather combat heavy and hyperbolic. I can say that while it may not be entirely accurate I have had many moments that felt like the moments shown in the trailer. As far as hyperbolic CGI trailers for video games go it's pretty much standard fare. And there is an absolute wealth of real gameplay footage and information. Like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8umAuCmqdo4And this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIeZdvMS9YOk yeah that ended up being a lot of combat too. I guess you do fight a lot in Elite so maybe that launch trailer isn't so out there?
Even so there are other activities you can pursue, like the Buckyball Racing League.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg8pO25DtUMOr the Fuel Rats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZj3mbZVnNIHorizons and Beyond
Now, almost a year after launch we have a new expansion pack coming, called Horizons. The big feature here is going to be planetary landings, including zipping around in rad buggies with guns. Screenshots have already shown wrecks to explore and drones to fight. Who knows what other new surprises will be waiting for us down there? But wait I hear you say, 2015 isn't over yet! That's right. The base game is getting a few more updates before the new season launches. CQC Championship will launch practically any day now, bringing quick, round based arena combat to Elite with balanced teams. Test your skill in a level playing field where you don't have to put your savings on the line. Afterwards will come update 1.5 aka The Ships update. We'll be getting quite a few new vessels to fly around in. And the base game will continue to receive updates as well, but for the really big features like planetary landings you'll need to buy the seasonal expansions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4sAe16UTDgNEW SHIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rSC0lNuNywThat's all the new shit I've got for now. I may update this OP. Nah, who am I kidding. No one reads these fucking things anyway.
Edit: Ok, here's an update. Here's a private group started by @Axen along with some other useful stuff.
So I went ahead a started a Private Group. I know a lot of people here generally play Solo, but the Private Group comes with all the benefits of Solo with the added bonus of having other PAers flying around. Little reason not to always load up in the Private Group instead of Solo. Also nobody actually "hosts" the Private Group so even if I'm not online everyone else can still tool around the galaxy.
Just send a friend invite to Axen Moon and I'll be sure to add you as soon as I can.
edit- Actually I think you have to go to Friends and Private Groups, select the Groups tab and search for Axen Moon. Been awhile so not 100% on it.
I've had a few people ask me how I changed my HUD colors. So I figure I'll just post what you need here.
For reference mine looks like this;
First you'll need Dr. Kaii's ED Profiler and here is the thread on it. Technically you can do all this by hand, but the profiler makes it super easy.
Next I recommend checking out NO2O! The Definitive List of color presets complete with screenshots. You can certainly expirement with your own values, but that thread has numerous tried and true setups and chances are one of em will catch your fancy.
edit- Oh yeah, the ED Profiler actually comes with all the NO2O! presets.
Some other random things.
Sidewinder Radio is a good "in-universe" radio station. They mostly play electronica, dubstep, British pop, etc. My favorite part is the awesomely done commercials and the Galnet News updates. Kinda handy to keep you in the loop.
Lave Radio is a great podcast in which they discuss all sorts of ED related topics. From general mechanics, upcoming patches, lore and other fun nonsense. They also have their own streaming radio station with commercials and updates.
I usually listen to Sidewinder Radio and will switch to Lave Radio podcast as they come out.
Elite: Dangerous Database is an insanely useful website. With it you can find the most likely locations for anything nearest to you. I say "most likely" because things do update and change from time to time so the info may not be up-to-date. Still, it has proved to be incredibly useful to me for locating ships, commodities, anything really.
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http://www.simhq.com/_air/PDF/NGNG.pdf
http://www.jg-51.com/topsecret/Fighter_Combat-Tactics_and_Maneuvering.pdf
Not necessarily related to Elite, except insofar as basic fighter maneuvers and geometry considerations might apply.
But surprisingly often applicable.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
They also display at the top of the mission board, and they have icons on the galaxy map (if you have that turned on).
And it turns out that my 'report crimes against me' button was on, so looks like a bit of a bug. So just in case folks, double check to see if the NPC that interdicted you is wanted or lawless before you kill them. Don't want to wipe them out, then continue on to an in-system station to face an overly shooty welcome.
One of my first big paydirts in the game was fighting for the Federation in Lugh.
Decent site to monitor them. http://inara.cz/galaxy-communitygoals
B.net: Kusanku
The current one for tobacco looks to be in the same ballpark.
EDIT: 7.3k per ton profit from selling the tobacco, and 624t got me into the top 30% at 2:10 CST.
http://imgur.com/a/Ior7C
Boop.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
They changed the recipes a while back. Even the level 1 modifications (which are very easy to obtain) are significant boosts.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
When I did get back I had about 170k in the bank. Very first mission I see is a "land on planet, blow something up" mission that payed out 570k. Sooo, that helped kickstart things for me.
I think I'll keep doing Merc stuff for awhile yet.
Excited for the new patch!
Ready to head home. I swear I think I've been sitting in this nebula since April.
However, they are willing to go back to their original position of instant transfer if a significant majority of a large turnout vote in favor of said position on a poll that they are running through Monday of next week.
If you have strong feelings on the matter, let them know!
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If the system is about QoL - it should be less. IMO anyway. Any time limit will be better than what we have now.
Assuming that the clock runs even while you aren't playing the game.
I guess it's going to be annoying if you ave two hours to play and it takes 100 minutes to get your ship, but then they're saying that's the max cap.
Yea, it's not ideal for me - when I hop on, it is usually short notice and I'd personally get more use out of instant transfers, but I also see that some delay is reasonable and better than nothing.
Muh immershun! would be ruined by changing ships like hats.
I know some people with strong feelings that I'm passing this along to.
edit:
They already know.
Armchair: 4098-3704-2012
It ended up doing neither. It came down almost on top of me (which was worrying), opened the cargo hatch, and just stopped. I waited a few seconds because the landing gear hadn't deployed, but it didn't move, and I realized it wasn't actually landing, it was just hovering there waiting to scoop me up. Neat. I didn't know ships could do that.