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Ok in Other news UGC (United German Commanders) is at war with Achenar immortals (I have a friend in Achenar) And after only 2 days this appeared http://captiongenerator.com/87609/The-Downfall-of-UGC
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Voyager I posted:It's not that I don't like the game: it's that I find the game incredibly frustrating because it's so close to brilliance but stumbles over even the most basic features beyond the core gameplay of flying spaceships, which is fantastic, and it has been loving forever since we had a good space game and it's become obvious that Star Citizen is never going to happen. yeah p. much but I'm pretty sure the last thing all of DF wants to do before quitting for NMS is to win rise to power, then put ED on the backburner between patches. If Elite sustains the current rate of content creation and can keep going for another 2-3 years it should be pretty amazing though. That depends on VR buying in though, it's not a subscription MMO by any means. Maybe they should go whale hunting for more cash idk
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I want to play as a space dock worker, moving cargo around with a sidewinder with forks on the front of it.
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TomR posted:I want to play as a space dock worker, moving cargo around with a sidewinder with forks on the front of it. video of space dock forklift sidewinder making different pythons / anacondas / type 9s get targeted by a station self-defense mechanism, with blue danube as soundtrack
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Did everyone get an email from Frontier about a 50% off Python Pirate skin coupon?
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KakerMix posted:Did everyone get an email from Frontier about a 50% off Python Pirate skin coupon? Nope...only something about a screenshot competition.
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Beta Thursday.
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Mass lock missiles, scrammer mines, and railgun heat buff. I take back my whining about the update having too many pve modules. New module mods are going to own.
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KakerMix posted:Did everyone get an email from Frontier about a 50% off Python Pirate skin coupon? I got one too, but it happens to be one of two skins I already own.  If someone out there wants it, PM me or something I guess.
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TomR posted:I hope they do a short beta because they never listen to feedback anyway p.sure they do?
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Listen I just wanted to spout off. I love Elite and I think Frontier do a great job.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:p.sure they do? It's true they do listen but they don't act on it
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Coding is hard and takes time. But seriously gently caress the SRV gunpowder fuel thing.
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Groggy nard posted:Coding is hard and takes time. Oh? What has it done now?
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Does the SRV explode if you run out of fuel, like the spaceships do?
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During the Hutton Race we estimated that you could run a SRV between 4-6 hours of constant driving depending how much you managed it.
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Tippis posted:Oh? What has it done now? It exists.
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Space Skeleton posted:During the Hutton Race we estimated that you could run a SRV between 4-6 hours of constant driving depending how much you managed it. I think by default an SRV can run around an hour before needing to 'refuel'; which is still double the time compared to the initial implementation.
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The RNG aspect of loot is a wonderful idea. Time and time again games have shown that adding RNG for advancement means people accept their first results and adjust themselves accordingly. They certainly do not either rage quit or endlessly reroll the same item until they get their desired stats.
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I'm a lot less skeptical of the RNG stuff after seeing it in action. It looks organic and keeps the upgrades from being a once-and-done thing that you min max immediately and never consider again. If the resource cost isn't prohibitive to roll the dice a couple of times to get stats in the ballpark that you want then I don't see it being a big issue. I'd prefer if you had more control over the special effects though since those seem more like strategic trade-offs that influence your ship's playstyle. E.g., I may or may not actually want incendiary/emissive/confetti multicannons for a particular loadout, so let me have a way of targeting certain special effects or disabling them completely.
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Besides it isn't like other games where rerolls are exponentially more expensive as time goes on. It all depends on how hard it is to farm mats.
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And even if the mats are easy to accumulate and people are doing loads of rerolling to minmax their poo poo, it seems like there's still going to be a lot to play around with. That one engineer had a whole list of different upgrades at varying tiers for multiple component types, and we're getting several different engineers with unique hoops to jump through in order to access them. It seems like there will be a fair bit to do and it will continue to be relevant after you've already seen all of them. Color me optimistic.
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I would say the last 10 years of game design should have taught anyone the following: 1. Efficiency Uber Alles A. People will follow the shortest route to progression. Even if it is the most painful and least fun. B. People will repeatedly grind something until they get their perfect/desired outcome Frontier does not appear to have learned this lesson.
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With all this engineer horseshit I'd like to press the issue on something that will be even more severely lacking....storage of equipment. You shouldn't need a hardpoint on a ship to store something.
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Any word on hauling your own kit around with you? Like so I could have a space taxi to go shopping in so as to not have to fly my vulture to/from wongmart whenever I want to try different weapons? Ship modules in the cargohold would kick so much rear end.
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DreadLlama posted:Any word on hauling your own kit around with you? Like so I could have a space taxi to go shopping in so as to not have to fly my vulture to/from wongmart whenever I want to try different weapons? Ship modules in the cargohold would kick so much rear end. .... until your cargo hatch fails and ejects your hard won fancy laser gun into the void of space
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Bhodi posted:You know it's bad when your game looks grindy, unfriendly, and feature lacking next to eve online At least in EVE it was (usually) pretty easy to fly with your buddies.
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Never had a problem winging up with my friends. 
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If Frontier decide to whale hunt at least let me pay real money to skip some of the loving grind. I love this game but a lot of it is deeply flawed and very repetitive.
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Literally Kermit posted:.... until your cargo hatch fails and ejects your hard won fancy laser gun into the void of space Lol if you don't run in a stock murderboat fa-offing the rear end in a top hat pubbies while railgunning or ramming them to death.
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TomR posted:I love Elite and I think Frontier do a great job. 
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The Beam+3-frags FAS, while super effective, is getting kinda stale after all these months*, so I'm messing with rail guns, plasma and whatever else. I'd never used plasma accelerators, but they are pretty fun, especially when you get a clear shot at the power plant through thin armor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekpby474mvk Cannons have also grown on me, as long as I use them as if they're frags (i.e. <300m). They don't do the crazy hull burst damage that frags do, but if you score direct hits on modules, they'll pack a wallop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxZZcdV4nVo I think I'll try missiles next, just for the joy of shooting missiles in space (even if they're hella weak). *If you've never tried a C3 beam and three frags on a FAS, I highly recommend doing so. The burst damage at close range is insane. 
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Shine posted:*If you've never tried a C3 beam and three frags on a FAS, I highly recommend doing so. The burst damage at close range is insane. on frags being hilarious Shine posted:I think I'll try missiles next, just for the joy of shooting missiles in space (even if they're hella weak). 
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Those are the pack hound missiles, right? Anyways with 2.1 missiles (and torpedos) should be getting a bit of a buff.
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