Elite: Dangerous

[dafier]

Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyone playing this?

Bought it 2 days ago, only regret it slightly, although i paid 80$

My main gripe so far is that it seems like online was put as a DRM measure as the economic system doesnt seem to be anywhere near the interactivity you get from Eve online. Also would like more depth with the cartographics as so far ive seen just a grind in putting the buyer for the stuff you gather info at an arbitrary 20 LY away from where it was gathered. Im sure down the line itll have its use but seems kinda meh forcing people to go online with what seems at first glance as a pretty shallow experience (trading and cartographics commerce)

It also means that people cant mod the fuck out of it since the small company is probably gonna move with content at a snails pace.

I love how you fly though, but im already seeing myself getting bored out of that soon unfortunately if they dont add more depth.

I played Eve for 6 Months. The learning curve was the worst I've seen in a game in a long time, but it was a really fun game.

I joined the UK forums for Elite Dangerous and watched MANY MANY videos before release. I read a lot in the forums and decided it's not the game for me due to the time sink.

It looks like a great game and has a TON of potential but at release there was limited things you can do, imo.

They had a lot of Online issues at release because supposedly there are 'instances', so if you join up with someone and are in their instance, finding them was very difficult even if you were in the same place (exact spot in space). I don't know if they fixed that.

The commerce seemed pretty cool and but again the time sink running around was stupid. Literally flying from one space station, to another sector and docking in another space station takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour (Maybe that is round trip).

At any rate the graphics are amazing and it looks like it's very fun. You can actually have an effect on the environment (Local governments, commerce, cause civil uprisings/unrest) and keep moving on. There are thousands of star systems and more.

Star Citizen looks like it's going to be better, in a way.

[Pyrion]

Star citizen will be great i think but it is still a long time off. And it's really a different type of game. In ED you have a simulated universe that totally does not care about you. In SC you have a campaign and an arcade feel, sacrificing a realistic universe.

ED is not for everyone that is for sure. There is a grind (like in EQ). At the moment you can grind by trading or by fighting and to a lesser degree, exploring. Mining is only a bare bones implementation... though that will change in the coming weeks with the 1.3. update. If you don't want to grind, you can try to influence politics. That's already possible. You can directly support factions with your actions, driving them to expand. In the 1.3. update this will be pushed to a new level, introducing super factions that you can directly ally with. This will push PvP a lot i think.

If you are an astronomy geek, ED is already a "must have". The galaxy is beautifully modelled. There are really amazing star systems with all kinds of weird orbits. Systems can have a lot of suns (although that is rare). There are double and even triple planets. Very nice planetary rings, neutron stars and black holes.

ED does not take you by the hand, it has a steep learning curve for beginners. If you like a real sandbox, try it.

[Tradesonred]

Im having trouble with how alpha the whole game feels, like not being able to keep the weapons i buy in a station somewhere, so i can have loadout A B and C for my cobra. Like if i wanna go mining in a system, thats it, i have to sell my loadout and never see it again after i just did a 10 LY + run to reach a system that sells them.