Elite: Dangerous

EoinHef

Those missions were amazing,eventually getting a routine down to get them done quite efficiently was quite fun.

At first I deplored them but once you got the hang of them you started to appreciate them,even revel in the little challenge they posed.

Good times:)

Fian

I'm also underwhelmed with "odyssey".

Absolutely hyped about "star wars squadrons" though.

I loved "tie fighter" and "x-wing vs Tie-fighter" back in the day. Grinded to Jedi ranks in multiplayer on the latter, without cheating. That was mostly dogfighting in an empty box though, with no cover or anything.

For ages I have wanted to see a VR enabled version of those, or even just a modern reboot of those games. I have broken my ordinary rules and pre-ordered that game on steam, so looking forward to jumping in with HOTAS and VR on day one. Can't wait.

Mickeroo

Fian wrote: »

I'm also underwhelmed with "odyssey".

Absolutely hyped about "star wars squadrons" though.

I loved "tie fighter" and "x-wing vs Tie-fighter" back in the day. Grinded to Jedi ranks in multiplayer on the latter, without cheating. That was mostly dogfighting in an empty box though, with no cover or anything.

For ages I have wanted to see a VR enabled version of those, or even just a modern reboot of those games. I have broken my ordinary rules and pre-ordered that game on steam, so looking forward to jumping in with HOTAS and VR on day one. Can't wait.

The Arena mode in elite dangerous was actually brilliant fun, real shame it never took off. Was impossible to find a match in it for the most part there was so few playing it.

EoinHef

Second dev diary,definitely more interesting than the first!!

Horizons is going to be bundled with the base game too,so when Odyssey is released you would only need the base game and Odyssey to get the full experience.

They want no major barriers to people buying Odyssey. Obviously without horizons Odyssey would be useless.

Players who bought Horizons will get a free paint job.

dreamers75

EoinHef wrote: »

Players who bought Horizons will get a free paint job.

We get 41 free paint jobs ?:D

astrocriminal

Any Irish squads and active player community based in Ireland worth joining? Every time I try to join one it ends up being mostly Americans saying they're Irish XD

dreamers75

Best place to check is here:

https://inara.cz/squadrons/

No idea who these lads are https://inara.cz/squadron/1470/

They have their language as irish tho

EoinHef

Crap,the community goal looked interesting last week and I've only seen it now theres only 24hrs left.

Continuing the empire being attacked narrative,they have blamed Liz Ryder(Engineer) and have proxies at war with her faction.

If Liz wins players get an engineered missle rack as the reward for top 75%!

AirBiscuit

dreamers75 wrote: »

Best place to check is here:

https://inara.cz/squadrons/

No idea who these lads are https://inara.cz/squadron/1470/

They have their language as irish tho

I'm in SIRA. It's a /v/ squadron from 4chan, so entirely Americans.

romperstomper

Pardon if this has been asked before, but do I buy the base game or the commander version ? Both are on sale in steam for 6.25 & 10e respectively. I am completely new to the game but have played plenty of flight sims

Mickeroo

romperstomper wrote: »

Pardon if this has been asked before, but do I buy the base game or the commander version ? Both are on sale in steam for 6.25 & 10e respectively. I am completely new to the game but have played plenty of flight sims

Apparently all the Horizons content is getting added to the base game for free next year when they bring out the new expansion but for the sake of less than 4 euro and if you want to start playing the game straight away just get the commander version imo.

EoinHef

romperstomper wrote: »

Pardon if this has been asked before, but do I buy the base game or the commander version ? Both are on sale in steam for 6.25 & 10e respectively. I am completely new to the game but have played plenty of flight sims

Normally id say get the pack with horizons expansion but that expansion is going to be bundled with the base game next year and the release of the new expansion Odyssey so keep that in mind. Just wanted to let ye know.



Landing on planets,which Horizons lets you do,is a big part of the game now though so seeing as its quite cheap id still say get it to get the full experience and get the cmdr pack instead of just the base game.



You will get paint jobs(ship skins) if you own horizons when the new expansion comes out aswell so might alleviate the annoyance of paying for a pack thats going to be free next year.

dreamers75

Well over a 1,000 hours in it, getting this for a tenner is a bargain.

romperstomper

missed it. I was following the prime sales yesterday and I forgot to pull the trigger

Is there a steam black friday ? might it be up again before the new year?

EoinHef

I made a mistake,Horizons is part of the base game from today not when Odyssey releases.

@Romperstomper Yeah its on sale regular enough. Bang it on your wishlist and you should get a mail next time its on sale.

dreamers75

Free on Epic next week for that one lad who doesnt have it.

romperstomper

Just put my first 2 hours into the game there. The reviews all mention this, but the sound is IMMENSE. Only thing I can't figure out is how to play the game with my new thrustmaster airbus HOTAS. config menu gives non obvious options e.g. keyboard + mouse, classic keyboard etc.

anyone here got the game working with a flight stick?

EoinHef

Yeah,I've played it on a HOTAS X and a Thrustmaster T16000M FCS.

Once keys are mapped I've found it works well. Dont have a huge amount of experience with other games but in Elite everything works the way I would expect it to

All worked with VR to when I had a Rift

dreamers75

If you have a spare tablet you can put ROCCAT power grid on it and use the flight stick for flying the tablet for other things, its cool as ****

Loads of pre made templates to choose from.

Mairon

Been gone a while, had to close my old account, Internet Friend, for reasons.

In case people missed it, bounty hunting has gotten a pretty big rebalance yesterday. Bounties are now paying out between 4 - 10 times more depending on NPC difficulty. Solo massacre missions also got a pretty hefty buff.

Can link properly yet but it's detailed in one of the pinned posts on r/EliteDangerous

EoinHef

Welcome back Internet Friend!

I saw that but when I logged onto the PS4 there was no patch so might be later on consoles.

A very welcome change,kill 100 ships for 8 million credits was way off,they could nearly do with tripling some of them. I see they omitted wing combat missions from the buff....

Mairon

EoinHef wrote: »

Welcome back Internet Friend!

I saw that but when I logged onto the PS4 there was no patch so might be later on consoles.

A very welcome change,kill 100 ships for 8 million credits was way off,they could nearly do with tripling some of them. I see they omitted wing combat missions from the buff....

Thanks, I'd been lurking for a while.

My understanding is that this is the first of many balances they have planned for combat payouts so maybe that one is in the works.

dreamers75

Wing Missions do not need a buff when you can easily clear a billion in a week as it is now.

EoinHef

dreamers75 wrote: »

Wing Missions do not need a buff when you can easily clear a billion in a week as it is now.

I can see how a full wing with engineered ships could manage that alright. Not everyone has access to that though. Wasnt really saying they need a boost,was more just there the only thing frontier have said will stay the same.

Logged in for an hour last night,did 4 deliveries of 180t and made 60mil with zero effort,every time they change the variables server side the boards go crazy for a day or two:D

Always worth logging in when they do it

dreamers75

EoinHef wrote: »

I can see how a full wing with engineered ships could manage that alright. Not everyone has access to that though. Wasnt really saying they need a boost,was more just there the only thing frontier have said will stay the same.

Logged in for an hour last night,did 4 deliveries of 180t and made 60mil with zero effort,every time they change the variables server side the boards go crazy for a day or two:D

Always worth logging in when they do it

3 noobs could do this and over xmas when i have time if you want you can help me prove it by doing it in unengineered weako ships

You need to find a system in civil war or other war (Not Imp vs Fed) and have multiple empire or fed factions.
There will be pirate factions, the imps and feds will offer missions to massacre them.
Getting bestos with the factions will take one night, the 2nd night you will easily clear 250m between, by all picking 1 wing mission each from the imp or fed faction to kill the pirate guys. Takes less than an hour to kill 70 ships with 3 ships.
3 ships with 4 missions each at a time, most we got in one night was 870m each. After your done and the war ends because the other team literally doesant exist, you move on and "liberate" another system.

Bonus 1: Materials!
Bonus 2: Imp or fed system grants rank for ships.

dreamers75

I have a few others who are interestred in trying this, anyone need credits?

Make a billion in one week in an unengineered ship (Corvette/Cutter excluded)


Will start Monday about 7pm, couple of hours each night and a cool billion in a week from simply fighting in a wing.

Sesshoumaru

dreamers75 wrote: »

I have a few others who are interestred in trying this, anyone need credits?

Make a billion in one week in an unengineered ship (Corvette/Cutter excluded)


Will start Monday about 7pm, couple of hours each night and a cool billion in a week from simply fighting in a wing.

Do you have to join with a completely unengineered ship?

dreamers75

Sesshoumaru wrote: »

Do you have to join with a completely unengineered ship?

Nope only I have to get the billion.

Odyssey trailer tonight at gameshow awards.

dreamers75

Normal edition €35
Special Edition €46 gets you into the Alpha and a shiny sui

EoinHef

Really good choice of song:)

Be finished college next Friday so plan to get back to playing a bit more. Squeeze in a bit between Cyberpunk sessions.

dreamers75

Not touching Cyberpunk until the 3080 lands :pac:

EoinHef

Wouldnt blame ye.

I got it on PS4 Pro because of multiplayer down the road,want to play with mates.

If I ever manage to get a PS5 it will be played on that.

Its very rough on the Pro. I dont really mind the graphics being less than optimal but the framerate lurching to low 20s is hard to stomach!

The actual gameplay I've enjoyed so far though. Hopefully they can get it into a better place.

Any word on a launch windows for odyssey yet?

dreamers75

EoinHef wrote: »

Any word on a launch windows for odyssey yet?

If you buy the alpha its for end of Jan with game coming out April.

I have the alpha.

Dcully

So I got this free in epic launcher recently.
I have a good hotas controller I use with flight Sims.
Is it worth installing , just how good is it ?

EoinHef

Its the best modern space sim out there imo.

dreamers75

EoinHef wrote: »

Its the best modern space sim out there imo.

x2


The combat is simply amazing.

11/10 for sound design too

dreamers75

Also this is the hardest game you will ever play, space is hard.


Fly safe commander o7

Laszlo Cravensworth

Hello commanders!

I've played a bit of ED on PS4 and loved it. I finally took the plunge and got it for pc. Have a quest 2 and have set the game up for VR using virtual desktop.

I'm a complete noob to the VR experience but I can tell it's going to be amazing. I have some questions for ye experienced commanders though!

How do ye play with/without keyboard?

I'm using a hotas but still learning all the button combos to activate various systems and menus. This is proving quite awkward and I miss my ps4 controller. Is the hotas worth persisting with? Are the oculus controllers any use for elite?

What's the best VR setup for a beginner in yer opinion?

Any tips to help me make the most of the experience?

Thanks commanders!

Laviski

So can you make decent money from combat, last I played, hauling was decent with rares.... Which got old quick.
Is there a new updated guide of what to do these days, I've found the last time I reinstalled I was just aimlessly going around until I had my fill.

dreamers75

Laszlo Cravensworth wrote: »

Any tips to help me make the most of the experience?

Thanks commanders!

Go back one page and get the app I posted, use a tablet for your controls. It looks cool too.

Laviski wrote: »

So can you make decent money from combat, last I played, hauling was decent with rares.... Which got old quick.
Is there a new updated guide of what to do these days, I've found the last time I reinstalled I was just aimlessly going around until I had my fill.

Can get 70m for one wing massacre mission, you need to be ranked with the faction giving it and be in a wing of combat ships. 4 ppl getting 1 mission each and sharing the payout = 280m for about 90 minutes combat time.

TheValeyard

So Elite Dangerous will accomplish what Star Citizen failed to do with this expansion pack.

_Kaiser_

Saw the trailer a few days ago and it looks great. Prompted me to reinstall and look around. I still have my 1 billion anyway and my engineered Corvette and Conda

Still not sure what to do though. I did a 4000 unit cargo run in the Conda over a few hours and made 15 mil from that but open to suggestions. It's been nearly 2 years I'd say since I last played.

What's this Arx stuff? In-game cosmetics using purchasable currency?

Sesshoumaru

So where does everyone hang out in Elite? I logged in and I was parked in a crater in the middle of nowhere. If anyone wants some company for some PVE, I can head your way!

dreamers75

If on PC join private group kdjac have it set to auto allow people in. Believe the other guys are in Pachanwen so if you see human players there add them to your wing for free money.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Saw the trailer a few days ago and it looks great. Prompted me to reinstall and look around. I still have my 1 billion anyway and my engineered Corvette and Conda

Still not sure what to do though. I did a 4000 unit cargo run in the Conda over a few hours and made 15 mil from that but open to suggestions. It's been nearly 2 years I'd say since I last played.

What's this Arx stuff? In-game cosmetics using purchasable currency?

Kill aliens.

Arx gets you skins via in game activities, you can still buy skins with real money tho.

EoinHef

New Dev Diary

dreamers75

Delayed to Spring 2021

https://www.pcgamesn.com/elite-dangerous/odyssey-delay

dreamers75

Alpha 29th March

AI looks seriously stupid and the players seem to be drama actors.

Cant wait

Tony EH

Is this an update or a completely new game?

EoinHef

Its an expansion of the current game. So DLC really.

Movement and guns look a bit janky but we're awile away from a full release so have to just see.

dreamers75

€34 on Steam

Think most people expecting a janky 1st person game but set in the ED universe.

This is whats in the version played above.

You cannot provide close air support in a Federal Corvette with explovise MCs! Seemingly its too OP for any ship to provide air support. 100% this will be somehow bypassed in the alpha after about 5 minutes.

Fighters and SRVs are the only vehicles to have combat on planet bases.

Settlement Variation:

27 unique settlements

6 different themes: Agriculture, Industrial, Extraction, Tourism, Research, Military

Latter have unique building types, that can facilitate unique mission types.

More generic missions work across all types.

BGS factors like minor faction ownership.



NPC responses:

Guards or civilians are the two main types.

Settlement doesn't have a 'hive mind'. If you're detected doing something illicit, the message has to be radioed out to the wider settlement. There's a window of lower, local response.

Pointing weapon at them prompts warning at first

Will ask you to stop for a scan if they see something suspicious, and don't like it if you flee. The scan will pick up on existing criminality. (Scanner works same for us).

Civilians etc will tell you to 'get out' in prohibited areas as a warning. Rather than 'instant fail state'



Building Gating:

Gating to some of the buildings.

The arc cutter is one way in.

The number on the door (3) was the required authority level to access.

Could clone authorisation by scanning an NPC that has it.

The AI don't like you doing it, so you have to be sneaky. (NB if you're scanned with a cloned ID, they'll spot that).

Expensive authority override consumable buyable. (NPCs don't like even seeing it in action - it's illegal)



Disabling Defences:

Pulling the power core takes all defences offline.

You can target alarms, defences etc specifically, at certain consoles.

If you gauge patrol routes etc, or use stealthy suit and weapon mods like silencers etc, you can get to those consoles.



Some other mission types:

Sabotage is a mission type. Messing up a mining production line etc.

Some missions have 'don't get caught' or 'no killing' requirements.

Trying to give missions direct from NPC mission givers more 'flavour'.

Reboot and restore missions: (see prior notes)



Player death:

If you're on foot and don't have a ship, you respawn at nearest port.

If you have a ship you get the choice of port or ship. If your ship is parked up on planet surface you'll get pushed to space for the respawn. If it's at a station you'll spawn in it there.

Anything in your backpack is lost on death. IE loot etc.



Suit management & Survival

Different things pull on suit's power.

Life support for air.

Shield (pretty power hungry when turned on, although depends on suit).

Some tools use suit power.

Survival starts to become a thing you consider. Rarely in settlements, because you can breath + recharge in buildings.

Extreme temperatures use up energy as suit battles them.

Can take physical damage almost immediately in some extreme environments. Some planets ruled off limits. It's possible to disembark in area that's 'acceptable', but quickly find yourself in extreme environment due to planetary rotation etc.



Miscellaneous:

TTK: Very variable. Quality of gear / quality of NPC opponents etc.

Physical multicrew helps co-ordinate missions like this / be in the same place

Premise for combat = same as ships (see prior notes)

Auto-land on surface possible now (confirmed)

Front Line Solutions: Arthur likes it, but doesn't say anything about what it involves.

Gareth wants alpha feeback on: The economy, bounty values, trespass fines etc. Things that feel right to them in test environment but may feel different when live.

Bruce says star reflections on helmet glass, panting as run, builds up to decent effect.

That planet was half a G, which they only realised when a grenade went further than expected. Said it affected jumping etc too.

You can go into any of those buildings, peak through windows, see what the NPCs are up to. All one instance.

Keen to stress this is just one locale version, of one aspect of EDO, and in total it adds up to a lot more.