Elite: Dangerous

[Tradesonred]

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.

[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.

[-TK-]

I picked this up the other day and have only put a small amount of time in it. I got my flight stick and pedals setup, did two tutorials to test my settings, and jumped into the game. I picked up a contract to destroy two transport vessels and headed out. I found a couple ships and blew one up which then put a bounty on me. I had to log out abruptly so that's where I left off. Not sure what to expect when logging back in from that.

I've talked to a couple people with 300+ hours in this game and they've all said the game is boring in it's current state and the reason they have so many hours is because they have a solid core of friends playing. I picked it up primarily because I'm a flight simmer and I want to explore so I imagine I'll get burned out because the MMO aspect seems non-existent and I don't know anyone playing but I wanted to give it a shot.

[MrSparkle001]

I've been doing a lot of bounty hunting in a Vulture. I make millions doing it.

I'm Powerplay will add a lot to the game especially with missions. I'm intrigued by the background simulation that's constantly running but so far it doesn't have a lot of effect overall.

There will also be planet landings and I think walking around on stations but it could be a long way off. I don't know how large the dev team is.

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've been doing a lot of bounty hunting in a Vulture. I make millions doing it.

I'm Powerplay will add a lot to the game especially with missions. I'm intrigued by the background simulation that's constantly running but so far it doesn't have a lot of effect overall.

There will also be planet landings and I think walking around on stations but it could be a long way off. I don't know how large the dev team is.

Thats all interesting in the long run, i hope they come through with that, but right now i feel like it would be like working on the expansions when the Classic content is barely into beta.

Would love to explore just a few systems and find stuff there. For example, a hidden pirate base in an asteroid field. Hoping to find more than "resource extraction point" at gas giants, as i keep scratching the surface to see if theres more under.

Skimming through feedback, i see alot of annoyances at eve comparisons but to me Eve got alot of things right and at first glance seems economy and player interaction (cant even sell shit to other players i think?) is really lacking compared to eve. The excuse for not making the game play in single player was that there was gonna be this fantastic multiplayer aspect to it that they just couldnt do with a single player game. So far it feels more like DRM just to make sure the only way to get the game is to gamble 80$ on it. We would have gotten a shit ton of mods probably if it was available in single player too.

[MrSparkle001]

I didn't spend anywhere near $80. Wow.

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I didn't spend anywhere near $80. Wow.

Did you back it?

I mean its forty pounds, converted into Can dollars, 78$.

Its a bit frustrating to see 20$ paint jobs getting sold already when theres so little content it seems in-game.

[MrSparkle001]

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

Did you back it?

I mean its forty pounds, converted into Can dollars, 78$.

Its a bit frustrating to see 20$ paint jobs getting sold already when theres so little content it seems in-game.

I spent $50 for the preorder Mercenary pack.