Elite: Dangerous

[MrSparkle001]

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

I was attempting to travel to 78 Ursae Majoris for the CG when I realized I had miscalculated the needed fuel. I was much further away than I anticipated and had no fuel scoop and the 1k credits you start the game with. I tried to make a last ditch effort to a local station when I was interdicted and promptly blown away.

Upon respawn in my new free Sidewinder, I decided to try one of the bounty missions worth 164k credits with a 2 day timer. I figured that would be good for a beginner due to the long duration. It listed that the criminal could be found frequenting 3 nearby systems so I spent some time flying around each and scanning the locals. I didn't find who I was looking for but I did find some random guy with a bounty on him so I took him out successfully. Sadly, the bounty was only for about 4,600 credits but it felt like an accomplishment. I managed to die once and make 4,600 credits in my 2 hours of playing. Right before logging I did learn that the unidentified signals are part of my bounty mission so I'm hoping tonight to be able to complete it. I should probably do some more research on the game as I'm going in rather blind, but it's been entertaining learning by trial and error. When I was experimenting with hypder-drive and super-cruise I did manage to fly into a star. Quite the experience.

The 164k bounty missions are vs elite anacondas. Don't try them in a sidewinder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Actually in the beginning you can do missions until you get a viper for RES bounty hunting.

[-TK-]

Everything I fought tonight whooped my ass in the Sidewinder.

[Tradesonred]

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

Everything I fought tonight whooped my ass in the Sidewinder.

Again the trick is to let space cops do most of the work, just make sure you tag the ship once and then be in range (something around 3km) when it blows up. It took me like 2 hours to get in a cobra in Kremainn. Like bam 78k bounty, bam 56k etc etc

[Tradesonred]

made 7.5 mil from that CG, nice.

Gonna go for that vulture now i think

[Tradesonred]

From the goon forums

"One thing that space games have going for them, is that there is always room for expansions"

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[-TK-]

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

Again the trick is to let space cops do most of the work, just make sure you tag the ship once and then be in range (something around 3km) when it blows up. It took me like 2 hours to get in a cobra in Kremainn. Like bam 78k bounty, bam 56k etc etc

I was letting the security forces help me if they were around, but I was dying to random criminals nowhere near anything and died alone. I just figured out what an RES was thanks to Uteunayr. I took your recommendation on going to Kremainn and died to a few NPC ships last night and then Uteunayr pointed me in the direction of the RES since I apparently overlooked that in your post and was just flying around random parts of the system. I made about 300k then died not realizing you lose unclaimed bounties. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I'm going to go hunting again now. I sent you a friend invite in game.

[Tradesonred]

Im not sure where to go next, im tempted to do what i did in eve online during my first month: Go scavenge what the bigger fishes are dropping in the sea... I just read somewhere that you have players blowing themselves up and their cargo is just laying around. I might be heading to lave and try that type of gameplay. Maybe buy a hauler or something so its cheap to buy back if i get blown up.

Buying an industrial ship in eve after selling shit for like 3 million isk (when noob missions gave me 25k), after not listening to people telling me not to go to 00 was one of the best MMO experiences ive had. I made 50 mil ish in my first month and i then got an invite from somebody to a local corp so he could teach me how to make some real isk flying a battleship.

[Uteunayr]

Up to you what you want to do. The game is a sandbox, just like Star Wars Galaxies. No one tells you what to do, you just pick what looks fun, and go for it.