|
Your Loyal Vizier posted:Edit: why do we call them forum dads? This feels unfair to dads everywhere. Because the quintessential Elite grognard is one who played the original Elite back in -84 when the original game was a thing, and is now desperately trying to relive those years of childhood nostalgia while trying to decide if his kids really need to have juice over his need for new Coriolis-shaped masturbation bucket. Personally, I prefer eighty-führer. Bear in mind these are the same people who loudly complained and bitched when Frontier implemented the route finder for your navcomp back in the beta. Let that sink in - this is the same kind of a person who thinks basic functionality will somehow ruin the game, since it wasn't present in a game created over thirty years ago. I'm pretty sure most of these kneejerk complaints against actual multiplayer functionality are based on most of these people suspecting that the game, in fact, is more fun when you play with someone else and if they can't have fun, nobody else can.
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 17:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 18, 2024 22:21 |
|
|
Still assuming that you need roughly 1500 missions to go from rank 0 to rank 14, just think: All you have to do is complete five missions (of some unknown sufficient value) a day, every day, and if you started on January 1st you'd have your new Cutter or Corvette by the end of October! Then you can start working to unlock the other ship and you'll have access to all four of the current top-tier ships, instead of just two, after over a year and a half of playing the game every single day!
Sard fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Mar 30, 2017 |
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 17:12
|
|
|
No you see this game has a ten year plan so the progression is meant to last ten years* *An actual often repeated argument
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 17:57
|
|
|
I bought this game yesterday to play spaceships in my Rift headset. Did I make a bad decision? Last few pages suggest very much yes I did.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:02
|
|
|
Enos Cabell posted:I bought this game yesterday to play spaceships in my Rift headset. Did I make a bad decision? Last few pages suggest very much yes I did. The game has many things you can enjoy about it. The tragedy is that the developers and the lovely playerbase want to put an end to it. So have fun while you can, is all I'm saying. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:04
|
|
|
Enos Cabell posted:I bought this game yesterday to play spaceships in my Rift headset. Did I make a bad decision? Last few pages suggest very much yes I did. No it is a good game in many ways. People just like to bitch. If it is not one thing they find something else to bitch about. The game is better then ever, and really you don't need to rush to larger ships, it just a few in this thread that are obsessed with income, nvm the fact more money does not really change the base experience of the game. And it is amazing using the Rift.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:06
|
|
|
Morter posted:The game has many things you can enjoy about it. The tragedy is that the developers and the lovely playerbase want to put an end to it. I will attempt this feat. Is the OP fairly up to date on what I should do as a new player?
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:06
|
|
|
My only real criticism of the game so far is that I wish that each system looked more distinct. At least change up the skybox every now and then, where are the awesome nebulas and planet varieties? For all of it's colossal glaring flaws No Man's Sky actually has this game beat in the "interesting things to look at" dimension
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:08
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:My only real criticism of the game so far is that I wish that each system looked more distinct. At least change up the skybox every now and then, where are the awesome nebulas and planet varieties? They are not there because you could not see them in real life. You want a more distinct look, well go travel. Different parts of the game have very different skybox, but it is dependent on actual location of nebulas. Not sure what you mean by planet varieties, there are a lot of them already.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:11
|
|
|
Enos Cabell posted:I will attempt this feat. The general tips are okay, things didn't change that much. If you want to talk to actual humans while you play, check out our PGS thread which has a link to our discord. Joining is easy and we're a chill bunch who mostly just wants members to have fun. We have an entire group of people dedicated to Q&A too. I'm not holding knowledge ransom tho so if you wanna know something ask and we'll do our best to answer.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:12
|
|
|
1500 posted:They are not there because you could not see them in real life. You want a more distinct look, well go travel. Different parts of the game have very different skybox, but it is dependent on actual location of nebulas. Not sure what you mean by planet varieties, there are a lot of them already. What are some good sightseeing locations?
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:12
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:What are some good sightseeing locations? Assuming you don't need a specific passenger mission to go there, T Tauri and the Spirograph Nebula are pretty neat planetary nebulas with great views near the bubble (sub 1000ly roundtrip iirc).
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:15
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:What are some good sightseeing locations? https://elitepve.com/viewtopic.php?t=2207 some images. http://steamcommunity.com/app/359320/discussions/0/357284767253798266/
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:23
|
|
|
Goddammit Frontier why can't you just let players have fun in the game.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:25
|
|
|
We still have quite a lot of fun in spite of the game. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:27
|
|
|
Some of us even have fun because of the game, which is good and well designed
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 18:57
|
|
|
As a newbie, the foundation is there but it could really use some work. Flying around doing stuff looks and feels awesome. Everything else is unnecessarily awkward. Why isn't there a tutorial or walkthrough that pops up the first time you try to do a specific thing? On top of that, some systems seem needlessly complex and you would have no idea how they work unless you asked someone or looked up a tutorial on YouTube.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:05
|
|
|
There is a big leap in cost around asps to fer de lances, and FDLs and up don't really allow you to make enough money to fully justify their cost, especially given how much they cost to buy back if you explode. But that mid game is pretty awesome!
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:12
|
|
|
Sard posted:...Then you can start working to unlock the other ship and you'll have access to all four of the current top-tier ships, ... Out of curiosity, what are you including as the fourth? Enos Cabell posted:I bought this game yesterday to play spaceships in my Rift headset. Did I make a bad decision? Last few pages suggest very much yes I did. The game is far from flawless; the complaints are legitimate, and anyone suggesting otherwise is being reductive for the sake of a needlessly black or white view... that said, it's my main game atm, beating out Overwatch about a dozen other single and multiplayer titles on my SSD. It is definitely Good And Fun™, and arguably the best way to utilize your Rift right now. You chose wisely.  Get in discord so I can howl at you about how much I hate myself and this madman's  Clarity edit: (a lot of good info gets thrown around in there too, it's not just me shrieking about my bad decisions) Unsinkabear fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 30, 2017 |
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:28
|
|
|
Your Loyal Vizier posted:Out of curiosity, what are you including as the fourth? Corvette, Cutter, Anaconda, Sidewinder
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:31
|
|
|
Your Loyal Vizier posted:Out of curiosity, what are you including as the fourth? The Beluga, since it can do something the Anaconda can't and also looks amazing, fight me concept art nerds I'm going to probably replace my Asp Explorer with an Orca after 2.3 hits, I wish I could get similar results out of the Beluga. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:39
|
|
|
Definitely get on Discord. The Diamond Frogs dudes in the frog-support-group are saints for putting up with my newbie questions over the past week. I'd have quit / blown my brains out if not for them.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:39
|
|
|
Is an Anaconda covered in (engineered efficient) beam turrets going to work at all or will it burst into flames and make the weapon cap drain in no time? Or is it a suitable comedy build (pink lasers required, obvs) for some PvE action in CZs/RESes?
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:48
|
|
|
Sard posted:The Beluga, since it can do something the Anaconda can't and also looks amazing, fight me concept art nerds when the new update comes out pls post your orca build - I heard about the hull reduction in the beta and the crazy jump ranges that will be possible and I am very interested in what you discover  an explorer spaceyacht sounds like something that I would like to blow all my spacebuxx on I too like the looks of the orca/beluga 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:49
|
|
|
legooolas posted:Is an Anaconda covered in (engineered efficient) beam turrets going to work at all or will it burst into flames and make the weapon cap drain in no time? I've been building exactly this with all efficient beam turrets and it is hilarious. Huge is a fixed healbeam Bottom large is a Gimbaled beam. Bottom smalls beam turret Top larges beam turrets Front mediums pulse turrets with scramble spectrum. Really no heat or cap problems and i'm only efficient 4.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 19:51
|
|
|
Good to see Frontier is still doubling down on spending time and energy making the game grindy instead of implementing the rest of the game.Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Jesus Christ, Because this needs to be reposted 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:06
|
|
this is so dumb.
|
Sard posted:I'm going to probably replace my Asp Explorer with an Orca after 2.3 hits Wow. I mocked up a new DBE to give myself some context, and I could only get it to 57ly (with a cut fuel tank). 45 is drat nice for a luxury starboat
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:10
|
|
|
Taking a break from my white knightrolling to say that I just got done refitting two of my ships , and I'm super excited about how they turned out. I do a lot of mining, because it's a fun, chill thing to do while listening to podcasts and watching YouTube. I have a heavily armed and armored Python for when I'm looking for hot RES action, so I stripped the guns and armor off my Cutter and turned it into my kissboy quiet time mining barge. It's sweet to have a mining ship that can jump over 30ly, carry an extra fuel tank that gets me anywhere in the bubble, drop like 10 collector limpets at a time, and still carry 500+ units of shinies. I've had my Cutter pimped for combat up until now, but I've never much cared for fighting in it. This new config is dreamy. My second refit was my DBX, which I had geared up for Fuel Ratting and misc. salvage duties. Finally stripped it down into a pure exploration ship, in anticipation of 2.3. Lots of lightweight mods, and somehow I got away with not having to overcharge my downsized power plant (went with efficiency instead) Low emmisioned my downsized shield, and just barely got the hull weight down low enough for it to work. Getting 50+ ly out of it now; can't wait to see how much that weight reduction (along with a couple other 2.3 engineering additions) improves things. Only what, two weeks or so until the patch is likely to drop? Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Mar 30, 2017 |
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:19
|
|
|
Trustworthy posted:Some of us even have fun because of the game, which is good and well designed I'd say there's a lot of good in it, but that does kinda make the more obvious flaws a bit more galling. If it was totally without merit I wouldn't care about its flaws, I'd just ignore it.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:22
|
|
|
Enos Cabell posted:I bought this game yesterday to play spaceships in my Rift headset. Did I make a bad decision? Last few pages suggest very much yes I did. Best decision you can make as a Rift player.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:24
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:My only real criticism of the game so far is that I wish that each system looked more distinct. At least change up the skybox every now and then, where are the awesome nebulas and planet varieties? The "skybox" is unique in every system, and is actually calculated on the fly when you jump in the system to show the stars around you as they would actually appear. If you want to see nebula, you need to travel nearer an actual nebula.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:26
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:What are some good sightseeing locations? The Elephant's Trunk nebula is quite pretty. You can find it "westwards" from the bubble. It's not too long a trek.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:27
|
|
|
Speaking of nebulas, have they unlocked the systems that sit in the way of Barnard's Loop, or is there still a huge wall of restricted systems in the way?
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:37
|
|
|
Trustworthy posted:... so I stripped the guns and armor off my Cutter and turned it into my kissboy quiet time mining barge. It's sweet to have a mining ship that can jump over 30ly, carry an extra fuel tank that gets me anywhere in the bubble, drop like 10 collector limpets at a time, and still carry 500+ units of shinies. I've had my Cutter pimped for combat up until now, but I've never much cared for fighting in it. This new config is dreamy. I've only flown my Cutter for a couple of hours. It's been parked up since then. It's gonna get used for similarly none hectic purposes and I've thought of a name for it when 2.3 arrives: "The Slow Comfortable Crew" Does this mean that the crew are mentally challenged, or just chill? Make of it what you will.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:43
|
|
|
coupedeville posted:when the new update comes out pls post your orca build - I heard about the hull reduction in the beta and the crazy jump ranges that will be possible and I am very interested in what you discover https://eddp.co/u/w1pC83Zf That's the version of coriolis using beta values so assuming FDev doesn't change them, that's as good as that build will be. I'm surprised it was able to hit 45 ly with so many things fit on, and it'll go so fast and fly so smooth that planet surveying will be a breeze. Also this build assumes you have an unusually good roll on the FSD; something better than the standard best, though not necessarily as good as luckily possible. I guess I can shed the guns if I need to make up for a deficient roll to meet my 45 ly goal. Your Loyal Vizier posted:Wow. I mocked up a new DBE to give myself some context, and I could only get it to 57ly (with a cut fuel tank). 45 is drat nice for a luxury starboat I'm terrified that someone will notice how good the Orca is for non-passenger work and scale back the mass reduction, or that they'd do such a thing while I'm out in the abyss. 
Sard fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Mar 30, 2017 |
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:49
|
|
|
1500 posted:They are not there because you could not see them in real life. You want a more distinct look, well go travel. Different parts of the game have very different skybox, but it is dependent on actual location of nebulas. Not sure what you mean by planet varieties, there are a lot of them already. You've probably figured this out by now, but just in case: Elite and NMS are on opposite sides of the sci-fi spectrum. NMS is all about fantastical vistas and aliens and colorful skies and stuff. Elite is all about simulating a mechanistic galaxy. Isn't to say there isn't pretty in Elite, because Elite can do pretty, but it's a different kind of pretty.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 20:52
|
|
|
Fojar38 posted:What are some good sightseeing locations? The sky was nice out in the Witch Nebula
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 21:00
|
|
|
Also (posting with attachments as Imgur is being poo poo again) I claimed this system with earthlike as NMN sovereign territory as the night view at this point of the year would be spectacular with that big diadem of blue stars taking up a good portion of the sky. TRAIKOA OW-L C21-10 if you want to visit on the way to Colonia / the Core I guess the game can be fun if you make it yourself 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 21:02
|
|
|
those are some great screenshots 
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 21:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 18, 2024 22:21 |
|
|
This is my current goal viper with 2 PAC and 2 mines
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2017 21:16
|
|