None of this is going to happen. Braben is still happy with the design team. The immersion and grind bullshit is never going away.
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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
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None of this is going to happen. Braben is still happy with the design team. The immersion and grind bullshit is never going away.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Python, mane
Picked up the game Friday since coworkers were playing it and I enjoyed what I saw. Put in 10.1 hours so far and I'm not even sure how. Hell, I'm not even sure what I'm doing. Just bought an Eagle to maybe do combat stuff but ehhhhh. So far just flying around is surprisingly fun for me.
Braben is pretty distant with these sort of things. But things aren't going to change till Sandro gets demoted or moved to another project
I'm not sure how distant he is really. He seems pretty invested in the game to be honest. I agree that things aren't going to change until Sandro either has some strict direction or gets replaced.
Yeah I dunno... I thought about it but I'm only doing trade so I'm going for the Anaconda (and the Cutter eventually) so I don't feel like I should spend 70 million on a python when I could wait a bit and spend 110 on a Type 9
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Python can land on medium pads though so you can trade at a lot more places.
Sure but right now I'm already doing 1 jump trade loops getting 1.1 million profit with Imperial Slaves so how much more money would I really get using Outposts?
RadioactiveLobster
Member
As always it's subject to the BGS but there have been times where an outpost was giving the best prices.
Hell, they've even had CG's before that were at outposts. Was actually nice to not have people in cutters decimating everyone else for the top 10.
yeah I wouldn't be flying too without insurance
Peroroncino
Member
Fuuuuck, I finally did it!
And I think I'm the first person in the world to achieve the platinum, lol.
And I think I'm the first person in the world to achieve the platinum, lol.
Peroroncino
Member
Wow nice.
How the fudge did you get into CQC matches? Shit's dead.
There's a pretty small group of people constantly playing, I've befriended some of them and we mostly played together against people that were trying out CQC for the first time, unfortunately I think we've scared most of them from the mode, never to return lol.
TDM is your best bet to get a CQC match.
Congrats! I have 13 more to go, and 4 of them are CQC. I've never been able to find a CTF match.
Wu Guinagi → HIP 10716
You ought to post it on the official forums. You deserve props.
Forerunner
Member
I looked at the trophies and that is pretty impressive!
I wish Steam had achievements for this.
I wish Steam had achievements for this.
Bronze - Mr Magoo: award for terminal dogfight in a pitch black asteroid field
Bronze - NOPE: that's the wrong landing pad!
Silver - 5 x forgot to lower landing gear award
Silver - fingertwister: opened fire in station instead of opening throttle
Gold - I slipped: station ping pong boost by accident when attempting to get to shortcut menu for landing gear
Bronze - no spare change: died without insurance
Bronze - NOPE: that's the wrong landing pad!
Silver - 5 x forgot to lower landing gear award
Silver - fingertwister: opened fire in station instead of opening throttle
Gold - I slipped: station ping pong boost by accident when attempting to get to shortcut menu for landing gear
Bronze - no spare change: died without insurance
yup, got all these trophies
Peroroncino
Member
Thanks guys!
btw. there's a 'mega survey' for ED: https://odysseus1.typeform.com/to/ITdIHn
Not sure why they've called it mega since it's only 10 questions I think lol. Last one is interesting since it asks you for features you'd like to see in the future.
btw. there's a 'mega survey' for ED: https://odysseus1.typeform.com/to/ITdIHn
Not sure why they've called it mega since it's only 10 questions I think lol. Last one is interesting since it asks you for features you'd like to see in the future.
Anton Sugar
Member
The Thargoid bases seem to be growing/emerging:
EDIT: Kinda wish you could at least explain WHY you don't play CQC in that poll. I worry they're gonna see the low numbers and think "people must hate CQC" rather than "we need to improve CQC"
EDIT: Kinda wish you could at least explain WHY you don't play CQC in that poll. I worry they're gonna see the low numbers and think "people must hate CQC" rather than "we need to improve CQC"
Thanks guys!
btw. there's a 'mega survey' for ED: https://odysseus1.typeform.com/to/ITdIHn
Not sure why they've called it mega since it's only 10 questions I think lol. Last one is interesting since it asks you for features you'd like to see in the future.
Space Legs and PSVR were my picks
What wasn't "What's your least favorite aspect of the game?"Thanks guys!
btw. there's a 'mega survey' for ED: https://odysseus1.typeform.com/to/ITdIHn
Not sure why they've called it mega since it's only 10 questions I think lol. Last one is interesting since it asks you for features you'd like to see in the future.
I would answer Engineers and explain why.
Would you be more okay with Engineer sliders if they were skill based rather than RNG? Like you have to click while the slider is in the sweet spot to get the best results.
Forerunner
Member
Engineering is just poop in its current form, so is Powerplay. Both of these could be amazing if they rehaul them.
Agreed and signed. They had a lot of promise, but the current implementation just seems like a stop gap till they think of something better.
I did that survey and said I wanted improvements to all aspects of the game, haha.
Forerunner
Member
Flew out to Sothis to finish my Fed grind. Federation Unite!
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Meanwhile I'm slowly working on Empire rep. Really enjoying doing a mix of delivery, salvage and assassination missions in my Kielbasa. Not sure whether to side with Aisling Duval or Arissa Lavigny-Duval; on the one hand, blue haired space waifu, on the other hand I like the sound of increased bounty payouts and Arissa is the actual proper Emperor, bask in her glory.
IMO, Powerplay puts other "meta games" in other recent titles to shame.
I've been getting into it over the past few weeks, and it's actually quite cool.
Some of the implementation could certainly use improvement, but it gives additional meaning to simple mission running and makes you pick your allied factions more carefully.
I'm having a lot of fun chatting with the SiriusGov guys on their Discord, learning about their strategies and policies and getting some nice lore insight in the meantime.
You can totally ignore it if it's not your thing, or just play it passively for the rewards/cash, but there's a lot of depth there if you're so inclined.
Yes, only because I have some sort of control and makes a difference between getting an acceptable result vs getting fucked over by RNG and getting something shitty so you have to start all over again.
Quite frankly, the RNG based rolls are only half of the Engineer's issue. In the end, all you have to do is grind enough resources to maximize the chance to get a roll with at least a certain positive effect. Much game designz, many skill based mechanicz. But Frontier game design loves to beat what they apparently consider the the risk vs. reward horse to death. They only seemingly never stopped to think that the risk of wasting your time, determined by RNG is piss poor game design. Leading to utter elimination of the risk, by mere means of maximizing time investment. No skill required, other than googling how to get what resource most efficiently. And having a bunch of very active, crafty people who figure out what to get where.
The other issue is the manner of the grinding itself. E.g., spending about two hours finding a famine system with a distribution centre, pointing your ship at a wake and holding the trigger until a timer completes. That's the equivalent of an asian free 2 play MMO, only with less fun involved. It's utterly arbitrary and hopelessly menial, but still convoluted AF. It's like doing a Diablo dungeon and boss over and over for a certain drop. Only minus any of the fun this usually involves.
Then there is the meta issue of idiots white knighting all this shit: "Grind is a state of mind!" "If you don't like it, don't do it!"
Oh right. We will just play the other, more fun activities in the game to get the very much desired and required engineer upgrades (or rank locked ships, really) in a timely manner that doesn't turn the game into our primary job. If only there were such activities.
Made it to Colonia. I also made it to 32% Pioneer.
Must be really cool landing at a station with that backdrop.
Yeah sadly I couldn't land at the outpost as I'm in a Conda.
Of those two, Explorer
Forerunner
Member
This grind is brutal. I don't think Sothis is the best place to grind rep. Not that many data missions.
Smiles and Cries
Member
watching a documentary about a black hole at the center of the Milky Way
is the center a thing we can get to in game?
is the center a thing we can get to in game?
Forerunner
Member
Yes, Sagittarius A (Sag A) is a black hole in the center you can go to.
The game is a model of the Milky Way.
It's not really a "when". More an "if", and not a very likely one tbh.
The type 7 was enough of a barge...friend of mine said the 9 was just a pain in the ass and went back to the 7.
Camp Freddie
Member
I just looked up the turn rates on a Type 9. WIth max pips to ENG
20°/s for roll and pitch, 8°/s for yaw.
Using class A thrusters (costing extra 70% of the base ship cost!) makes those things better... by 1°/s
The roll rates in all other ships are much faster than their pitch, so the way you fly a Type 9 will feel very different.
I bet it's lots of fun to land on high-G planets...
I think I made the right decision in skipping the T9 and saving for a trade/exploration Anaconda.