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Elite: Dangerous |OT| Every Man's Sky
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David Incorporated Esq.
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Credits to CMDR KEE. 1 gas giant and 4 terraformable moons with rings around it. A nice find!
Is that some sort of composite shot or something? The orbits and positions look all wonked out.
Anton Sugar
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Dev update is out!
1.5 is coming out at same time as Horizons. Includes Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, Asp Scout, and Viper Mk IV.
A little bummed that two of the ships are refreshed/alt models, but I guess we'll see how they turn out!
1.5 is coming out at same time as Horizons. Includes Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, Asp Scout, and Viper Mk IV.
A little bummed that two of the ships are refreshed/alt models, but I guess we'll see how they turn out!
Reckheim
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Credits to CMDR KEE. 1 gas giant and 4 terraformable moons with rings around it. A nice find!
Man, that's awesome. I started my 3rd exploration expedition (this time going near the center of the universe) this weekend and I love finding unusual things like this.
Federal Corvette makes it all worth it though.
I'm not really familiar with the previous games in the franchise. Is the Imperial Cutter new to Dangerous?
Also this 1.4 beta is really long. Any idea when we might see it get into the main game?
Dreams-Visions
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I think the Cutter and Corvette are new.
I'd expect 1.4 next week. And I'm glad they're taking their time. I assume they learned their lesson from the PP update which was bug-ridden and probably forced them into working some long hours to fix the messes. Better to take your time with big updates like these, stress test and deploy when it's verified good to go.
Also, we've got some work to do for ADL. She got her ass kicked this week.
lol ranked 5 so really don't need to care, but I still feel like I suddenly have some purpose which should make PP fun this week outside of the usual harvesting of hundreds of millions
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, Cutter is brand new, I believe.
As for the long beta, one of the recent dev updates noted how they are going to start employing longer beta periods as they found it enhances the testing/quality process, which makes sense.
Curious what that Asp Scout will be. Assume it will be more combat-oriented. I already love the look of the Asp--a sleeker looking one would be nice.
As for the long beta, one of the recent dev updates noted how they are going to start employing longer beta periods as they found it enhances the testing/quality process, which makes sense.
Curious what that Asp Scout will be. Assume it will be more combat-oriented. I already love the look of the Asp--a sleeker looking one would be nice.
Reckheim
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Man, that clipper looks fantastic, it also looks huge when you look at how small the cockpit is.
I'm also hoping for a sleeker ASP, my favorite ship in the game. I hope the jump range is decent still tho.
Anton Sugar
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FWIW, it sounds like that's going to be a focus soon--likely within the next 6 months, I'd guess.
I'm surprised it hasn't been done already. At least they should allow big ships with cargo space to carry small ships. This would be separated by which landing pad size they use.
Anton Sugar
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I posted about this on the other page, but there has been major speculation (and hints from Braden/FD) that this is coming, and soon. X1 trailer shows a Condor launching out of the Anaconda's docking bay, and the Fed Assault Ship also has what looks like a docking bay in the bottom. When asked about it, I think they responded with something akin to "you'll find out soon".
Yeah, I remember reading that, but I really hope we can have something more substantial than a Condor. Those things are even more fragile than Eagles and basically shining a couple of laser pointers at them blows them up.
Wasn't it supposed to coincide with the Xbox release? Something like 6th October iirc.
I hope so, it's honestly something I though would have been implemented in the first couple month after release.
Anton Sugar
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Watched that the other day! Fucking fantastic.
Seriously, his video are like watching an actual log of a space pilot. This latest video has inspired me to master* FA-off flight.
*crash and die while attempting
Dreams-Visions
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FA off isn't especially difficult and generally makes things much easier in combat. you never end up in stupid turning battles and you can more readily keep your guns pointed where they need to be pointed while the enemy struggles to keep up. I sent the training videos to Hylian. dunno if he watched them,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWrvKoUJOEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69R_4ufsNYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLYOHn6aLpQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txuKOhsAbsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCXvyI3HSA
It'll take a few days to get used to. I'd suggest practicing around space stations, then around asteroids, then in conflict zones. Less work, more effective positioning, better killing potential.
At minimum, everyone should be doing FA off to reposition and reverse flight to maintain a firing solution. All of my combat is FA off these days.
Anton Sugar
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Thanks, Dreams! I'll watch those this weekend, for sure. I use FA-off a lot to reposition during combat, but that doesn't feel good enough anymore 
David Incorporated Esq.
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I'll use FA all the time for quick turns in combat but I am absolutely helpless with it when trying to line up shots. The hardest part for me is the yaw control with the keyboard--can never seem to get it right.
Apart from FA off with a mouse and keyboard being extremely hard imo, as you lack analogue control on all axis, you're doing something wrong if you've mapped yaw to keyboard keys.
Yaw is absolutely necessary for aiming. It's not something you want on the keyboard keys only offering digital input, but rather on your mouse's x-axis. Rolling on the other hand can be mapped to keys, because precision is not nearly as critical there as for yawing.
I absolutely can't wrap my head around Elite's keyboard/mouse default config, which maps rolling to x-axis movements of the mouse.
David Incorporated Esq.
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I don't know, it feels totally natural to me for FA-on. Wouldn't it be harder to stop roll with digital inputs as well? The rotational acceleration is a lot higher for roll than it is yaw.
Which is why I won't be attempting all FA off flying with keyboard and mouse anytime soon. A HOTAS just feels so much more natural and I hope pedals will improve this further. So that'll be what I'm going for if Icm to ever attempt it.
Maybe I'm also too fixated on normal mouse controls, but mapping roll to the lateral mouse movements drove me mad, whereas I could instantly handle ship controls much more naturally after I mapped yawing to it.
As for stopping rolling during FA off with keys, I don't think it'll be that much harder than with the mouse. Rather it's not nearly as critical for aiming when you're slightly imprecise with rolling than with yawing. Not that I want to attempt either that way, when the issue can be solved with a HOTAS, which provides natural feeling analogue input for all the axis.
How do you aim with fixed weapons or semi fixes ones in CQC's case? Do you just manage to roll and pitch into the correct shooting position? If so, you've certainly mastered the ship controls a whole lot better than me. ^^
I need to be constantly yawing to keep the aim on a moving target.
Mengy
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Wow, that was a damn intense video. Isinona's videos are always entertaining but that one was one of his best IMHO. I love the way he flies.
Reckheim
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The mayhem begins ...
https://community.elitedangerous.com/node/290
looks like lots of fun stuff coming up.
https://community.elitedangerous.com/node/290
looks like lots of fun stuff coming up.
Anton Sugar
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Nice, although it's pretty funny that we're supposed to send X1 screens/video and you still can't share them from Upload. Maybe they'll release a patch next week?
I'm shocked he was able to go toe-to-toe. Maybe the Vulture wasn't using gimballed anything and had trouble lining up his shots? It looked like Isinona had a serious shot at taking out the Vulture near the end.
Newsletter #91 is out. Sneak peak at zzzzzzzzzzzzzz (Corvette cockpit)
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Anton Sugar
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Curious what that wall diagram/screen is supposed to be portraying.
Part of it looks like a Federal Dropship/variant from above.
Dreams-Visions
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That's a bigass ship.
Anton Sugar
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Good eyes, you're right.
Oh, I'll be so happy if they manage implement the first person walking in ships, stations and on planets. Even if they'll only manage some Counter Strike like (janky) movement rather than the full body simulation Star Citizen is aiming for. I imagine it would add just so much flair. ^^
Honestly, all I really care about is just walking around in the cockpits. I don't care if there is never any kind of "FPS" module or whatever all the stuff Star Citizen is getting. Elite is about space stuff to me. Planetary landings will be cool and all, but the focus will still be on the ships (and to a lesser extent, the ground vehicles). Walking around in the FDL or Federal Corvette's cockpit to get different views would be amazing. Hell even something to let your chair move around the cockpit would be awesome!
Dreams-Visions
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tbh i'd rather not walk around the ship just for the sake of being able to do it. that sounds like something that would take them a ton of time to do and would only interested me for about an hour, lifetime.
if they can think of a *reason* to do it that would make it worth all the time that would be invested, sure. but it'd have to be more than just walking around. boarding other ships? fps fighting on ships? maybe if some of those sensor panels around the ship actually activate if you're sitting in those chairs near them? maybe a planetary scanning console elsewhere that you have to get up and walk to? stuff like that? I'd be down for that. Just need a *reason*.
I'd love if walking around came with EVAs for repairing catastrophic damage like the cockpit glass etc. Doing a spacewalk on the hull of your ship and doing repairs would really bring the sense of scale home.
If they introduced having multiple people in the same ship and walking around in the same update, that would definitely be a purpose. Crewman would have to walk around to deal with things at different control panels, or even different areas of the bigger ships. I could really see this coming into play if for instance, on an Anaconda you could have crewman aim the turrets, which would somehow have a bigger advantage over leaving them to autotarget. Maybe not getting screwed up by Chaff?
They sound like they do have some ideas. Some you mention are even hinted at. Repelling boarders, repairing toxic waste spillages... Part of the things they're mentioning we will be getting in Horizons. So I'm hopeful.
Surprised you manage to get in to help quick enough. Picking up a drop wake is painfully sensitive.
Dreams-Visions
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sounds great to me.
Yeah it's tricky. It helps if you can close the gap before they're done interdicting.
Anton Sugar
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Thread on it already, but Elite will support SteamVR and HTC Vive integration. Elite: Dagernous is 40% off this week to celebrate.
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