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Beta delayed "a few days" https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=202634
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Nov 24, 2015 01:37
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Beta delayed "a few days"
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Nov 24, 2015 01:52
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That's a kick in the nuts.
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Nov 24, 2015 01:59
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Danknificent posted:That's a kick in the nuts. I realise you're very excited about spacegame following the recent shenanigans with SC but given your account is only 4 days old and you already have the better part of a page of posts in this thread you may want to just chill out a little bit and relax. Elite's development happens at the pace of the Devs, so just go with the flow 
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Nov 24, 2015 02:28
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It beats them launching it and, i dunno, it crashing every five minutes and ships flying off into space from physics errors and none of the stations rotating correctly and everything shaking, something along those lines maybe.
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Nov 24, 2015 02:34
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A beta being delayed for a few days isn't a kick in the nuts unless you have weird nuts.
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Nov 24, 2015 02:38
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Stanko-Prussian posted:It beats them launching it and, i dunno, it crashing every five minutes and ships flying off into space from physics errors and none of the stations rotating correctly and everything shaking, something along those lines maybe. Yeah, but like that thing you're on about, it's at "2.0" now. Elite hasn't even got 1.5 out the door to regular players yet. Slackers. Shine posted:A beta being delayed for a few days isn't a kick in the nuts unless you have weird nuts. Slap in the face, surely?
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Nov 24, 2015 02:45
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Shine posted:A beta being delayed for a few days isn't a kick in the nuts unless you have weird nuts. Don't kinkshame me 
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Nov 24, 2015 02:50
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Stanko-Prussian posted:It beats them launching it and, i dunno, it crashing every five minutes and ships flying off into space from physics errors and none of the stations rotating correctly and everything shaking, something along those lines maybe.
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Nov 24, 2015 05:33
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Wow i haven't thought about dahan gateway in a while, lmao
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Nov 24, 2015 06:03
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Too soon. RIP ghost station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5p8YhhaVlA
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Nov 24, 2015 06:05
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Stanko-Prussian posted:Wow i haven't thought about dahan gateway in a while, lmao
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Nov 24, 2015 06:05
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Classic clicks
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Nov 24, 2015 07:49
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Danknificent posted:That sounds fine to me. I have no idea what I'll end up doing, that's what I'll determine during the beta by doing different things; I'll get more serious when my stats are persistent. Dank, while you wait for the game I suggest you watch all of Isinona's videos on YouTube. He flies with flight assist off, aka hard mode, and while everyone else is trying make money and buy bigger ships, he's just pootling around making videos in small ships that have their own sense of narrative. Every video is a little space adventure. Start with the big video that first got him noticed and start from there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbaLJTGHkj8
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Nov 24, 2015 14:44
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Parkingtigers posted:Dank, while you wait for the game I suggest you watch all of Isinona's videos on YouTube. He flies with flight assist off, aka hard mode, and while everyone else is trying make money and buy bigger ships, he's just pootling around making videos in small ships that have their own sense of narrative. Every video is a little space adventure. Isinona is playing a very different game from most of the players in ED. He cruises around and just does whatever takes his fancy without considering what is optimal for credits or what ship is OP. It's some form of roleplaying pretty much and he's having a blast. I like to cruise around just doing whatever "feels right" myself, it tends to put a drain on my credits but it's a lot of fun. He is still putting up videos and I sure as gently caress wouldn't want to get into a fight with him the way he can run circles around people in a Viper. Space Skeleton fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 15:42
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Space Skeleton posted:Isinona is playing a very different game from most of the players in ED. He cruises around and just does whatever takes his fancy without considering what is optimal for credits or what ship is OP. It's some form of roleplaying pretty much and he's having a blast. I like to cruise around just doing whatever "feels right" myself, it tends to put a drain on my credits but it's a lot of fun. That's actually how I play most of the time - scheming and meta-gaming aside, neither which is actually profitable beyond covering ammo expenses  . I probably will never get anything bigger than my Python and my iClipper beyond minor upgrades, and if the Cobra IV is decent, it'll probably become my main ship.
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Nov 24, 2015 16:02
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Mercurius posted:I'm not surprised given what they posted a couple days ago. I think they pushed the 1.5 live on a Friday so I expect them to do the same thing here since it gives time for the servers to stabilise after the Thursday maintenance/powerplay calculation tick. I assume this will happen, as I am heading out of town on Thursday. 
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Nov 24, 2015 16:15
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Just got back from my maiden exploration flight up about 4 million credits. Really not terrible for a 1800LY round trip. I got into a pretty much kitted Asp in less than a week and the first two days of that was me flying around Mister Magoo style. I don't see one so I might run up an exploration quick starter guide effort post for the quickest way to go from start to being in an Explorer because I think you could probably do it in under 10-20 hours if you didn't have to figure out the stuff like I did. Then I'll see how it goes might turn it into a mega exploration post. Really looking forward to some of the additional exploration changes.
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Nov 24, 2015 16:36
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Danknificent posted:
It's a game of "who fucks up FA off the least?" PVE is "who can take advantage of buggy as hell AI and stay behind the biggest most rewarding (to kill) ships the longest?" I had a hell of a time bounty hunting the big ships until I figured out the way the game handles momentum and thrusters. Also learning that the iClipper has really good thrusters one way and really awful thrusters another way lead me to reevaulate my fighting style and now I'm pretty good at wrecking bigger ships while barely taking damage. I am probably unforgivably bad in PVP, but I really have no interest in trying that out until I get an IR headtracker so I can track other ships easier.
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Nov 24, 2015 17:38
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Something I'm sure that has been mentioned but I missed and just thought about... How are the rover buggies stored? Are they their own ship modules? Are they stored as cargo?
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Nov 24, 2015 18:39
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Is it just me or are combat zones a lot more bullshit than they used to be? Spend ages jousting and doing piddling damage, and when they're nearly dead ~4 enemies aggress you and if you don't run instantly you melt in seconds. E: Okay I'm getting frustrated now... are you just meant to frameshift out the moment more than one ship targets you? Because they'll just follow if you fly away, and you can't take down the newcomer because everything takes so. long. to kill. Strategic Tea fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 18:46
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No beta until the 30th 
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Nov 24, 2015 19:07
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more time to make the game better Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Well thanks to <<REDACTED>> runs, I'm closing in on a billion credits of assets. You don't need to hide Robigo in this thread, they already know. Of course when 1.5/2.0 drops and we find the crazy bug-induced money-making runs, we can and should use the "REDACTED" moniker.
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Nov 24, 2015 19:19
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:No beta until the 30th Welp, time to take my new Python on an exploration-trip to visit the five black holes I know the systems of.
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Nov 24, 2015 19:47
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Paramemetic posted:The core gameplay is flying a ship. If you like doing that, the game will be fun. If you need other reasons to play, look toward the Diamond Frogs, because we create a lot of meta reasons to do poo poo. It's best not to grind for cash as your main objective, that path leads to madness (you will realize all too late that money means nothing and burn out).
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Nov 24, 2015 19:50
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Since I was an idiot who bought alpha way back in the day, do I get Horizons for free?
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Nov 24, 2015 20:10
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Knifegrab posted:Since I was an idiot who bought alpha way back in the day, do I get Horizons for free? the fact that we need a chart to keep track of who gets what when is basically the most  thing possible, butAndroidHub posted:And if you're not sure about what to buy, here's a handy infographic about the different options (though the lifetime pass is no longer available.) It looks like you're good to go. Pierson posted:This is me. I find the basic gameplay of Elite very good but without the impetuous of doing something more meaningful than 'get money' I find it hard to work up enthusiasm about logging on. What does Diamond Frogs encourage and for what purpose? Our Fearless Leader posted:Performing an honest day's work for food, and killing only for money, the enigmatic band of mercenaries known as "Diamond Frogs" appeared in the latter half of 3301, a year future historians will surely agree is "when it hit the fan." which is to say, do whatever makes pubbies cry or gets us paid, in that order We're currently working on hardcore expanding, but our crack team of Ursine Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 20:19
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Something I'm sure that has been mentioned but I missed and just thought about... Knifegrab posted:Since I was an idiot who bought alpha way back in the day, do I get Horizons for free?
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Nov 24, 2015 20:28
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Helter Skelter posted:It sounds like they'll be treated more or less as cargo and you'll need at least 4 tons of space for one. I still can't tell for sure, but it seems like it just goes in any 4+ ton cargo slot and does not have a unique slot.
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Nov 24, 2015 20:36
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You know, it follows that fighters will probably work the same way as long as it's a launch-capable ship.
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Nov 24, 2015 22:23
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Pierson posted:This is me. I find the basic gameplay of Elite very good but without the impetuous of doing something more meaningful than 'get money' I find it hard to work up enthusiasm about logging on. What does Diamond Frogs encourage and for what purpose? Our main schtick is the same as any goon group in any game - we want to have fun. Because ED doesn't always provide player-level fun at a regular level, we often make fun for ourselves. One thing we've been working on doing is expanding Diamond Frogs through the BGS. The reason this is Good and Fun is because we're an Anarchy system - wherever we spread and take over becomes an anarchy, without cops or laws or rules. This works well with our narrative of being scorned veterans of the Revolutionary Jotunheim Republic. We also do PVP and PVE for hire, though the hiring system isn't great (we have a ledger of people what owe us lots of money but we haven't collected because cargo transfer sucks). There is a pubbie group called EIC that likes to hire us to provide event security or other things for them when they do gimmick stuff. Overall, we are working to being recognized by the devs as a "triple elite" group. This gives us a batphone to influence game development as part of a bigger council. We're close to making this happen. Additionally, we revert to old staples. The other week some space communists poo poo talked our knowledge of the background simulator, so we bottomed out their influence in their home system. The current slow moving state of the BGS? Basically our fault for doing that, as it caused a lot of people to cry about how a large, coordinated group can accomplish more than a small, uncoordinated group, and how this isn't fair. For Horizons, we plan to have some of our space Trumps fly capital ships that we will let multicrew stage fighters and buggies out of. We also have plans to attempt to ramp a buggy off a mountain and onto the back of an anaconda which will then drag it into space and see if that works. As the game develops more into its social/multiplayer elements (it has been showing signs of doing, FDev seems to be relenting on their policy of trying to prevent players from playing together), we'll of course be on the front of that. If nothing else, you can always feel part of whatever is going on. Right now, for example, Diamond Frogs have expanded into a nearby system, and are in a civil war there. You can help the cause by going and shooting up those CZs for the Diamond Frogs. A lot of times, our missions are not easily comprehensible at the boots on the ground level, but the political intrigue ensures comedy payoffs when we are successful. We also have a few old feuds that will probably be settled soon as things develop. Check out our thread in PGS for the latest.
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Nov 24, 2015 22:40
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Okay see now that I can get behind. Reinstalling.
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Nov 24, 2015 23:08
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You at least convinced me to start following the PGS thread again 
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Nov 24, 2015 23:37
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I didn't realize Frogs were so active Might have to fly back to you guys
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Nov 25, 2015 08:04
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Adult Sword Owner posted:I didn't realize Frogs were so active We almost always have something going on, but even when we don't, Diamond Frog space is very close to excellent RES and mining systems, so it's a nice place to hang around even when you aren't paying attention to whatever operations are going on.
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Nov 25, 2015 08:22
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Can second this. Flew with a goon wing for the first time this morning in the current combat zone. Being a scrub in an Eagle I died about five times but it was the most fun I've had in a long time in Elite. As said before, one of the nice things about the Diamond Frogs is that since they're neutral you're not hampered by big power alignment stuff. You can pretty much do what you want with a bunch of coold people.
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Nov 25, 2015 11:08
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Adult Sword Owner posted:I didn't realize Frogs were so active Glad to have you! I confess I have taken a week or two off from playing (still reading Intel and scheming on a daily basis) because Fallout 4 but also just to unwind before Horizon beta drops. Here is what changes since the Big Harry days: The running gag of Diamond Frogs is they are scam artists always looking to make more money, and do heroics entirely by accident (or "for kicks"). Our stations are Anarchies so No-fire zones, speed limits, and dumping fines do not exist. Loitering and shooting the station more than once are still killing offenses. Our system, 63 G. Capricorni (aka "Mother Goat") has over 9 billion (American billion) citizens, nine stations, and twelve planets, no gas giants. One still has rings. The system is about centered in civilized space, so a lot of cool places are within 80 ly away. Our local cluster has a high tech system almost exactly like Beta-1 Tunacae, but Xihe also has a rare. Something to grab before setting of to afore-mentioned cool places! So we call it the Goat-Xihe Cluster Meta-gaming! I still am not sure what this means exactly but if it means loving with other players we gots it. With friendly interdictions (unless they run) to provoking a war with a song, good times are ahead for you. Organization! We are on inara.cz and currently #3 in size. Go there and register if you are not already. And that is my press release thank u for proofing it 
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Nov 25, 2015 15:49
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Literally Kermit posted:..but also just to unwind before Horizon beta drops... I think this is a lot of us. I know I'm unwinding.
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Nov 25, 2015 18:02
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Paint packs for the Diamondbacks have hit the store. Also some techno skins for the culture. And  flag skins for the cobra
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Nov 25, 2015 19:23
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 Either someone fatfingered that or frontier have hired sandi gardner.
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Nov 25, 2015 19:38
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