Elite dangerous

[Mar]

Not anymore. You'll have to pre-order or wait until the 16th next month for the release.

Probably best to wait though, right now the game feels like it's only 2/3 finished. Lots of things either missing or set up in a very frustrating way. Take bounty hunting for example: find a ship and scan for a bounty, see that it has a bounty, use a certain module to pull him out of super-cruise, then you must scan him again to re-discover the bounty before you attack, otherwise YOU get a bounty for assault. The same thing happens if a pirate pulls you out of super-cruise: you can see him shooting at you and you fire back in defense, but if he didn't HIT you first, you get a bounty.

On top of that, sometimes after you've killed a few confirmed bounties other random ships will show as hostile on the radar and they may or may not attack you for no reason, including the "police". And of course you get a bounty if you shoot them.

Just so many confusing things and the devs are still just trying to figure out why a lot of people have their games constantly crashing. Not really sure what to expect at release.

[zack1234]

This is a reply to flossy about my set up

Daft gaming pc watercooled gibberish (I dont have 12 toes)

All CH throttle, fighterstick, pedals

Corsair mechanical keyboard

Gaming chair

Kave 5.1 headphones

And track ir



I got out my ST290 joystick other day, for some unknown reason its very good considering its cheap as chips

[Flossy]

Ahh OK.  There may be some setups posted on the forums, or there should be a default setup in the Controls section of the menus in-game.  Making any changes to the default setup creates a new 'Custom' setup.  It's worth documenting all your settings in case a wipe takes them out, as happened with the last wipe - though hopefully there will only be one more when Gamma ends and the game launches on 16 December.

As I was a Kickstarter backer, I have various starting options, all in the Cobra Mk III.  At the moment I have taken a Federal Trader option but once we have 3 commanders I will also take an Explorer option and the third is undecided at the moment.

Have you seen the App which has been released - IOS only at the moment but Android version coming 'Soon' (ED equivalent of 'two weeks').  It only works if you have created a commander in game but seems very good from what I have seen of it so far.

I have the Track IR too, it makes a big difference for things like lining up on a space station's 'letterbox' or of course for fighting but I don't do a lot of that. 

[Karnak]

I am still torn between Elite and Star Citizen. Will not have the time to play both alongside AH. I'll have to wait till launch and decide then.

Given Elite is being published next month and Star Citizen would need a miracle to be published in December of 2015 the choice is not as hard as all that.

[ImADot]

So, has anyone come across a player in ED named "Cialis"? 

[Greebo]

So, has anyone come across a player in ED named "Cialis"? 

I don't think anyone here is going to rise to that bait......

[Mar]

I don't think anyone here is going to rise to that bait......

My wife said "I'll bite..."

[zack1234]

Given Elite is being published next month and Star Citizen would need a miracle to be published in December of 2015 the choice is not as hard as all that.

Are you a Knight?

[Flossy]

So, has anyone come across a player in ED named "Cialis"? 

No, but there is someone on the forum called imadot!

[Bodhi]

I was an early supporter, because I liked the idea, but have played very little owing to time.  I don't think I've logged in since it first was available. 

Anyways, I have not followed up much, but is this going to be like EVE where if you don't get started at the beginning you are going to be majorly behind the curve owing to skills?

[Karnak]

Are you a Knight?

I don't understand your question.  If it is in reference to AH, I mostly flew Rook, with Knight's being the other side I usually flew on.  Don't recall which I last flew as.

I was an early supporter, because I liked the idea, but have played very little owing to time.  I don't think I've logged in since it first was available. 

Anyways, I have not followed up much, but is this going to be like EVE where if you don't get started at the beginning you are going to be majorly behind the curve owing to skills?

No, it is such a big universe and there isn't corporation/empire building that the EVE stuff should never be an issue. 

[zack1234]

If your not Knight you cannot play Elite

Its law

[Lusche]

If your not Knight you cannot play Elite

Its law

And what's a commoner like you doing over there then? Polishing Flossy's boots?  

[Flossy]

I was an early supporter, because I liked the idea, but have played very little owing to time.  I don't think I've logged in since it first was available. 

Anyways, I have not followed up much, but is this going to be like EVE where if you don't get started at the beginning you are going to be majorly behind the curve owing to skills?

I've never played Eve so I'm not able to make any comparisons, but I don't think starting later will make the slightest difference; flying and fighting shouldn't be a problem and once you have mastered the basics like docking, the galaxy is your oyster.   Whether you choose to be a trader, explorer, bounty hunter, pirate etc is up to you - or you can play a combination of any/all of them at any time.  I am sure there will be new players starting all the time after release so no need to worry about being left behind. 

[Sol75]

So, I am now getting missions where I need to find and destroy a specific individual.  How do I do that in the vastness of this univese?  How do I actually find them, and thier name so I can collect?  45 minutes seems awful short to do this..