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I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but… I assume you get your engineer upgrades back as part of the repurchase if you get blown up? Or do you have to go roll the dice again?
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Is it possible to discuss strategies intended to allow a single player to enjoy elite as a sandbox rather than an mmo given the following?https://www.somethingawful.com/forum-rules/forum-rules/2/ posted:o warez. No warez, no cracks, no CD codes, no illegal programs that are used to either crack software or perform any malicious activity. Don't post links, ask for links to download, or otherwise discuss illegal copies of copyrighted works, including movies, books, software, etc. 45-second "sampler" mp3 files are acceptable, within context. ROMs are only allowed if they are out-of-print and unavailable for purchase.
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May 22, 2016 20:26
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DreadLlama posted:Is it possible to discuss strategies intended to allow a single player to enjoy elite as a sandbox rather than an mmo given the following? Play on Solo.
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May 22, 2016 20:29
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Contrary to certain opinions, playing Elite in single player isn't actually a malicious activity.
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May 22, 2016 20:31
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DreadLlama posted:Is it possible to discuss strategies intended to allow a single player to enjoy elite as a sandbox rather than an mmo given the following? Do the "strategies" involve stealing the game or what have you?
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May 22, 2016 20:36
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tooterfish posted:Contrary to certain opinions, playing Elite in single player isn't actually a malicious activity. b-b-buh i can't kill them and ruin their day! 
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May 22, 2016 20:41
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Inverness posted:
While  being their usual selves is aggravating, Elite is still an actual product that one can actually play compared to how Star Citizen's current overly hyped update is adding basic clothes in what is still a janky tech demo.
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May 22, 2016 21:50
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Inverness posted:At this point it actually looks like Star Citizen is making more progress than Elite is. This is a depressing thing to say. lol
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May 22, 2016 21:51
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Inverness posted:At this point it actually looks like Star Citizen is making more progress than Elite is. This is a depressing thing to say. We bitch because we care. We care because it's fundamentally a good game.
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May 22, 2016 21:56
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Shine posted:Do the "strategies" involve stealing the game or what have you? That's the sticky part. In my case personally, the game is bought and paid for in my steam library. But what I'm thinking of is also exactly what you'd want to do if you'd pirated the game. IAmTheRad posted:Play on Solo. I think you misunderstand my intention. Playing in solo mode still connects to the Frontier servers. Content is gated behind mmo-esque grind. I'm talking about building my own themepark, with blackjack and hookers. Like a WoW private server, but for elite. DreadLlama fucked around with this message at 22:07 on May 22, 2016 |
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May 22, 2016 22:00
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You would need to develop your own clone of the servers to run locally.
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DreadLlama posted:That's the sticky part. In my case personally, the game is bought and paid for in my steam library. But what I'm thinking of is also exactly what you'd want to do if you'd pirated the game. lol
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Allow me to save you some hassle, just install a copy of Elite Frontier: First Encounters. Also the idea you can trivially make a client into a standalone 
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Boy howdy those of you who like to fight in big ships better learn to love turrets or you're going to be stuck in turning fights with Viper 3's for a pissy 20k Cr payout wait, i just read the other day that they finally buffed turrets (or are planning to, at least). Is that not true?
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DancingShade posted:Allow me to save you some hassle, just install a copy of Elite Frontier: First Encounters. I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but thank you. The graphics aren't much worse than Freelancer.  
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May 22, 2016 23:02
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I hope the success of E:D inspires other space games from my childhood to be remade. Like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDptAvzOrk
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Colonial Air Force posted:I hope the success of E:D inspires other space games from my childhood to be remade. Holy poo poo that game is not something for a 6 year old to figure out. I remember it being indecipherable and still fun for the 5 minutes before everything starts shooting at you.
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Plek posted:Holy poo poo that game is not something for a 6 year old to figure out. I remember it being indecipherable and still fun for the 5 minutes before everything starts shooting at you. Basically, yes. I'm not sure I ever really "got" it, but I definitely remember the sounds.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Basically, yes. I'm not sure I ever really "got" it, but I definitely remember the sounds. The Star Voyager hyperdrive sound is still what my brain equates to hyperdrive. ED's hyperspace transitions have nothing on the screams of hell and sirens blaring as you try to ensure you end up anywhere near your target destination.
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DreadLlama posted:Is it possible to discuss strategies intended to allow a single player to enjoy elite as a sandbox rather than an mmo given the following? If you have a private server/offline mode, you can discuss it all you want. You still need game files, which aren't legally obtainable without a game copy. If someone uses your method after they steal the game, that's on them, not you. Good luck in your endeavours. I too, would love a version where I don't need to grind pointless poo poo just because I want to fly a big ship once or twice a month. FYI, there's plenty of private wow server threads floating around these forums.
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Xae posted:I'm dreading having to make long term decision making with regards to ships. Doesn't mean the grind isn't going to suck, of course. Tippis posted:I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but…
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tooterfish posted:
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May 23, 2016 08:00
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 Can I drag my yellow 19LY hot rod to Beagle Point?
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RearmingStrafbomber posted:
Say what you will about Frontier, but this game is really good-looking.
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DreadLlama posted:I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but thank you. The graphics aren't much worse than Freelancer. It's a great game that I think has stood the test of time. Not as flash as ED of course but a ton to do. Also due to the newtonian flight it's entirely possible to get caught in gravity wells you can't escape from if you misjudge a fuel scoop 
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Helter Skelter posted:Some of those decisions at least will be no-brainers and desirable on most/all ships (engine mods, increased FSD range). There will still be tough decisions to be made on multirole ships like the Python (do I put in a bunch of combat-focused internal mods and lock myself out of hauling cargo?), but anything where you're unlikely to be messing with the build much once it's "done" (eg Vulture, FAS, FdL) should be fairly straightforward. I figure I'll start with this: http://coriolis.io/outfit/python/07A6A5A4D7A6D5C1e1e1e--0i0n0203B1---37----.Iw18eQ==.Aw18eQ== And customize as needed. I always ended up doing a bunch of different roles so I'll have to hold off modifying anything that could need to be removed until Module Storage is in.
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In anticipation for a hellish engineer material grind I'm sitting in a python with a hundred tons of collector limpets.
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Inverness posted:At this point it actually looks like Star Citizen is making more progress than Elite is. This is a depressing thing to say.  Oh wait, you're right. You can play dress-up Barbie now with your white_male_PC, how can any other spacegame possibly compete. 
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Extremely sweet screenshots of lava planet: http://www.imgur.com/gallery/B6NUS
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Yeah, but as you will figure 'can I keep my fixed guns (they do have a tiny bit of tracking on them btw) on target enough to make up for gimbals that will hit easier but for a certain % less damage'. I'm sure someone has sperged the math to three decimal places somewhere Lots of people will eagerly whip their dicks out and say they deal more effective damage with fixed because of their ~elite pvp~ aiming skills, but I've not once seen it be true in practice. Gimbals' weakness is chaff and silent running, and their strength is higher effective damage against lockable targets and the ability to burst targeted modules with consistent hits. It just depends on who/what you expect to go up against. Rah! posted:wait, i just read the other day that they finally buffed turrets (or are planning to, at least). Is that not true? Pretty sure I read that too
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They are being buffed in 2.1, but buffed does not mean good.
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Helter Skelter posted:They are being buffed in 2.1, but buffed does not mean good. Yeah this.
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I just got back into this after a while off, playing with the Rift CV1 I don't need to gently caress with HUD colors anymore. Yay I guess? What's the best way to make money now? Been doing high intensity RES stuff in a pulse laser/multicannon DBS so far, netting 200-800k an hour. I don't have the time to put into powerplay atm.
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Wibla posted:I just got back into this after a while off, playing with the Rift CV1 I don't need to gently caress with HUD colors anymore. Yay I guess? For the next 48ish hours you can slave scum in Robigo. After that we don't know because stuff kept changing in the beta and theres no telling what will hit the live server.
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hobbesmaster posted:For the next 48ish hours you can slave scum in Robigo. After that we don't know because stuff kept changing in the beta and theres no telling what will hit the live server. Is engineers live in 48hr?
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Your Loyal Vizier posted:Is engineers live in 48hr? It goes up Thursday, so, pretty much.
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And it annoys me quite a bit, since I've just started to the other side of the galaxy. But all that engineer poo poo like light-weight weapons, shields and tuned thrusters, FSDs and other crap is too good to pass, so I'm making my way back again. gently caress.  Welp, good I got sidetracked and played mostly other games over the last month or I would have a serious problem now.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Also RES's got smacked with the nerf bat in the sense that it takes longer to kill things so RIP CR/hr Killing the ability to make a good amount of CR/hr sucks a lot, but I am kind of excited about tougher AI. It might feel like a real fight more often, instead of shootings so I'm expecting a new bug once it goes live that allows a single harmless sidewinder to easily take out players in corvettes Helter Skelter posted:They are being buffed in 2.1, but buffed does not mean good. So how have they been hosed up?
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