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Have they ever done a cutscene like that before? I don't remember ever seeing one.
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Marx Headroom posted:The update just delivered a dramatic FMV about doomsday and Thargoids and all these galactic events and then dumped me back into my SRV running raw material relog loops like lmao... yes. Also no, they have never done a cutscene like this before - frankly I found the out-of-body experience extremely immersion-breaking - I'm penning an angry brown sea post now...
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Aug 9, 2022 17:11
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That cutscene seemed really low cost, thargoids doing pew pew and ugly explosions. Game looks better than the cutscene, weird.
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Aug 9, 2022 17:29
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Dwesa posted:That cutscene seemed really low cost, thargoids doing pew pew and ugly explosions. Game looks better than the cutscene, weird. For now...
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Aug 9, 2022 17:58
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Dwesa posted:That cutscene seemed really low cost, thargoids doing pew pew and ugly explosions. Game looks better than the cutscene, weird. Honestly it felt like everything that could have been recorded directly in-game currently (ex, the panning shot of the on-ground site and the views of NPCs themselves on ship bars) made everything else more glaringly "we got some 2d clipart that we're sliding around" It's honestly hard to tell if it really was just literal 2d art or if the person doing the shot composition managed to somehow make it look two-dimensional when it wasn't, which would honestly be moderately impressive
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Aug 9, 2022 19:54
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I'm curious where fdev is going with the story of this stuff, because it certainly seems like they are gearing towards the thargoids doing an invasion of the bubble or something and the fact that they are requiring odyssey (or integrating horizon users into a limited odyssey client) makes me think they are going to do ground combat related to all of this. Or at least I hope. Apparently if you go to HIP 22460 you can see thargoids basically abducting escape pods? They really stretch and drag this content too thin, but I guess that's E:D in general. Reminder that today is the last day of being able to get a twitch drop (Krait mk2 today). And then you have to claim them by the 12th in the drops page after linking to your account. Same links as above.
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Aug 10, 2022 20:02
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PSA: if, like me, you have been spending a lot of time in your Krait II or your Python, do yourself a favor and fly a Chieftan. Yeah, it's got less raw firepower, but I feel like I'm flying a Vulture again. Being able to do a 180 in like two seconds is extraordinarily satisfying. Game good.
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Aug 10, 2022 20:06
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I hope they add Thargoid romance options soon.
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Aug 10, 2022 20:10
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That would certainly get the Mass Effect crowd. The Chieftan is great. Tokyo drifting into a station is 
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Aug 10, 2022 20:13
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I also second the chieftain. It's going to be my next engineering project, gonna load it up with MCs and pacifiers. Not sure how I'm going to handle the different muzzle velocities but I figure it doesn't matter if I'm close enough.
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Aug 10, 2022 20:50
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I put two rial guns on my dolphin and blew up a pirate that tried to interdict me doing material loops. I was surprised how well it worked for just being two small hardpoints.
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Aug 10, 2022 20:53
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Does this matter: https://www.pcgamer.com/after-nearly-30-years-elite-dangerous-and-planet-coaster-studio-ceo-david-braben-steps-down/
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quote:Braben, the creator of the groundbreaking 1984 space sim Elite, will still have a hand on the wheel: Frontier said he will "retain his leadership and vision for Frontier's strategic direction" he's going to retire to his office to hand-reject every CG that has a potential to pay out more than 300 million per player so no, doesn't matter in the slightest
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Aug 11, 2022 08:54
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Is there a way to tell from the system map whether a given station has ammunition reload available or not? Seems like no, seems like something that should obviously be there, at least for stations you've visited before.
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Muscle Tracer posted:Is there a way to tell from the system map whether a given station has ammunition reload available or not? Seems like no, seems like something that should obviously be there, at least for stations you've visited before. There should be a list of "Facilities" under...I want to say "Information" on the right hand panel, when you have a station selected? Repair/Rearm/Refuel should all be distinct entries that show up (or don't) on that list, assuming FDev didn't break something since the last time I looked.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:I put two rial guns on my dolphin and blew up a pirate that tried to interdict me doing material loops. I was surprised how well it worked for just being two small hardpoints. I'm transiting someplace and got interdicted. I stop, target them, deploy my weapons and!! they're all powered down. Dammit!
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I did that once when I still had my afmu powered up when trying to bring out my weapons. It was uhh, tense.
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Aug 12, 2022 03:58
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Which is why setting your power priorities up is very important. Just make sure your AFMU is higher numbered and you can freely forget about it, it will get powered down if you don't have enough juice.
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Pilot sniping isn't a thing in this game, right? Like if you blow out someone's canopy, there's no chance you'll kill the commander directly? (Imagine if the commander was another internal module!)
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Aug 14, 2022 10:27
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No, I think the pilot is now technically a hologram anyway
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Aug 14, 2022 10:40
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Why do holograms need oxygen anyway
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Aug 14, 2022 11:24
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Me, sowing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM5hkwdFIjo Me, reaping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVPZOhCDo7I
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Aug 14, 2022 11:33
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When the space canopy gets blown out you hear yourself breathing in your space helmet, you just lose your HUD I think
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smug jeebus posted:No, I think the pilot is now technically a hologram anyway This is true of SRVs and fighters, but not the main ship. If you get blown up, Alexa tells you to "Eject, Eject!" etc. Also wouldn't make much sense if you were taking "assassinate" and "massacre" pilotless drone ships.
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Aug 14, 2022 13:26
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smug jeebus posted:No, I think the pilot is now technically a hologram anyway Only when visiting another ship! Which begs the question, if you can "holo-control" my fighter for me, why can't I just "holo-control" my own ship while sitting safely in station? Apparently regulations in the Elite universe demand your personal presence for a lot of things. Though I'd like to see the encrypted code used in communications to make sure the other person you talk to is really there and not just a hologram pretending to be
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Aug 14, 2022 13:36
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Lack of FTL communications. Why do you think data courier missions exist? Even several light seconds of latency within the same system would make drone piloting very difficult.
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Muscle Tracer posted:This is true of SRVs and fighters, but not the main ship. If you get blown up, Alexa tells you to "Eject, Eject!" etc. Then explain how I go from being in the SRV to walking on the ground.
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super sweet best pal posted:Then explain how I go from being in the SRV to walking on the ground. The inverse of however I can self-destruct my SRV and appear instantly in my cockpit, unharmed.
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Aug 14, 2022 22:41
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Telepresence is no longer cool. Teleabsence is the new hotness
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Libluini posted:Only when visiting another ship! Which begs the question, if you can "holo-control" my fighter for me, why can't I just "holo-control" my own ship while sitting safely in station? Trying to fit four players on the same ship (just stick that fourth chair right in the aisle) has been an exercise in frustration. If we can stick together to make it to a planet surface it can be lots of fun. But, more likely than not, one of us will crash or disappear before we can get everybody together and pointed in the same direction. When it works it's great but it's one in three that things go smoothly and we all get paid. e: Ha! I dropped off my data and was headed back and I bloody well ran out of fuel! So I contacted the Fuel Rats. Their professionalism and response time was fantastic and it was an honor to have my mistake corrected by the best! Plan R fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Aug 15, 2022 |
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Inspector Hound posted:When the space canopy gets blown out you hear yourself breathing in your space helmet, you just lose your HUD I think Muscle Tracer posted:This is true of SRVs and fighters, but not the main ship. If you get blown up, Alexa tells you to "Eject, Eject!" etc. When you're using the SRV in turret mode it's also via teleprescence, but when you self-destruct the SRV because you got stuck on a tree in the crystal forests, you respawn back in your ship like the SLFs.
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I came back to this game for another cycle of space madness. The very first thing I did was pancake my exploraconda onto a high g world about 12k lightyears away from the bubble in the formidine rift
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Know what i haven’t seen in a while? People’s cockpit setups. I’m debating hooking my PC to my 4K 55” TV, then getting a wireless keyboard to sit in front of my TV with. But at the same time, I already have VR.
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I use the keyboard unless I"m fighting or dropping. The new "retrieve X from X site" is worth a lot. Also, it's fun to use mine launchers and carpet-bomb the enemy!
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chaosapiant posted:Know what i haven’t seen in a while? People’s cockpit setups. I’m debating hooking my PC to my 4K 55” TV, then getting a wireless keyboard to sit in front of my TV with. But at the same time, I already have VR. Here's mine! I have a HOTAS setup with a custom switchboard (pictured) that has most of the auxiliary functions bound to it. The Xbox controller is for when I'm driving an SRV  
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HonorableTB posted:Here's mine! I have a HOTAS setup with a custom switchboard (pictured) that has most of the auxiliary functions bound to it. The Xbox controller is for when I'm driving an SRV Is that a roll of toilet paper?  Also, that’s a great setup! I love seeing those custom switch boxes and stuff that people make. Very cool!
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Aug 16, 2022 11:20
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That switchboard rules and I'd want one real bad if my setup wasn't just a Steam Deck
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chaosapiant posted:Is that a roll of toilet paper? That's in case they find an undiscovered earthlike planet to scan.
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