V01 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Learning curve is a literal cliff face, but if you can get past that you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted June 25, 2017 Visiting Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2017 On 23/06/2017 at 23:11, V01 said: Learning curve is a literal cliff face, but if you can get past that you'll love it. Pretty much. I'd watch a few videos on how to 'survive' in the game because you could spend 50 hours getting nowhere. Loved the game a couple of years ago but once I'd 'made it' to where I wanted to be I found my interest dwindling slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Tempted by this too. Will watch videos... will I need to put a lot of time in? I don't have much right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Honestly, it's a game that does require investment of time, yeah. I'd say it's about as far from a 'pick up and play' type game as possible. I'm a bit torn about it on PS4. I played a lot of it on PC and can't really imagine playing it on a pad. But I don't have my gaming PC anymore, and would like to see this on my big screen... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, hogso said: I played a lot of it on PC and can't really imagine playing it on a pad. Yeah, i'll be using the Thrustmaster Hotas (ooer) to play with. I'd imagine they've refined the controls for pads so that they're easily usable, but it wouldn't be Elite without a joystick in my hand Edited June 25, 2017 by Designer1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 6 hours ago, hogso said: Honestly, it's a game that does require investment of time, yeah. I'd say it's about as far from a 'pick up and play' type game as possible. I'm a bit torn about it on PS4. I played a lot of it on PC and can't really imagine playing it on a pad. But I don't have my gaming PC anymore, and would like to see this on my big screen... I'll leave it for now. Still got P5, FF15 and many others to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) On 6/23/2017 at 23:11, V01 said: Learning curve is a literal cliff face, You are not wrong! I'm impressed with how little handholding there is so far but literally have no clue about 90% of the things wizzing past my hud. It will be fun to figure all this out. Managed to master docking which I guess is the first baby step. I've even managed to beat the advanced combat training mission. I've still got to rebind a few keys. My rookie mistakes so far: -Accepting a mission which I could not reach with my limited jump range -supercruising into an asteroid field in a planet ring -panicking when taking off (usually mixing up my throttle and thrusters), forgetting all the controls and spinning wildly within the station. -Accepting a mission with only 2 jumps. Loading the cargo for the mission then finding out I now need 13 jumps because my weight has increased. Edited June 27, 2017 by RunRickyRun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 You playing on console? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted June 28, 2017 Visiting Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2017 ED has so much potential - the developers have spoken about where they want to take the game for years now but it's never quite come together. Planetary landing took well over a year before it saw a release, and a lot of the features they talk about bringing into the game sound really good, but nothing big has changed since I first played it two years ago. Disappointing because the base is there for something really special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 (edited) Traded Star Trek Bridge Crew for this at Game (30% added to trade value today). Looking forward to sinking plenty of time into this. For those who said its a steep learning curve, you're not wrong! Edited July 9, 2017 by dubbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Sounds wonderful, my copy is in the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Well, this game is about as welcoming as a brutal punch in the knackers isn't it. Jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Yeah but it just seems worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Also bought it. The advanced combat training is brutal lol. Got a few fines for deploying weapons when near stations accidently, a speeding fine and a loitering fine... I'm finding it a bit difficult knowing what to do. All of the missions on Cleve spaceport are locked off from me. Looking at the galaxy map just in awe.. hoping to find earth sometime, voyager 2 and reach the edge of the galaxy. Just need some dollars though. Where would one buy a mining laser? I played for about 2 hours last night, overshooting every destination I attempted to get to LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 Only certain ports sell the mining laser. Usually worlds with a higher tech rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Did the guys who bought it on PS4 also buy the Horizons expansion? If you didn't, you should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 hours ago, hogso said: Did the guys who bought it on PS4 also buy the Horizons expansion? If you didn't, you should. I didn't, thought I'd see how i get on with the initial game before spending another 15 quid on something i wasnt sure of. The 5 hour downtime today has been **** annoying, could have played a few hours, but nooooooo. Not even offline mode just to practice fighting or parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 5 hours ago, lapal_fan said: I'm finding it a bit difficult knowing what to do. All of the missions on Cleve spaceport are locked off from me. When I first played a few years ago (PC) I spent quite a few of the initial hours checking out the marketplace prices and shifting a few items between planets for a little bit of profit. If you can combine this with a couple of the easier shipping / transport missions then all the better. This got me used to controlling the ship and moving from planet to planet without getting me into too much trouble (although I still got into some scrapes with pirates) - and because there is so much freedom, and so very little hand holding, the game really is at it's absolute best when you just mooch about doing a few bits and pieces and learning the ropes. There's plenty of time to turn yourself into a hard core bounty hunter later on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Designer1 said: When I first played a few years ago (PC) I spent quite a few of the initial hours checking out the marketplace prices and shifting a few items between planets for a little bit of profit. If you can combine this with a couple of the easier shipping / transport missions then all the better. This got me used to controlling the ship and moving from planet to planet without getting me into too much trouble (although I still got into some scrapes with pirates) - and because there is so much freedom, and so very little hand holding, the game really is at it's absolute best when you just mooch about doing a few bits and pieces and learning the ropes. There's plenty of time to turn yourself into a hard core bounty hunter later on Yea you're right. I actually had 45 mins today when the servers got back up. In that time I plotted a little route, not too far from my spaceport, got there without overshooting, helped 2 federation ships defeat 2 wanted space baddies and the one gave me a 99k bounty! Then I whizzed back to the spaceport and landed the best I've docked so far. Was a great little story, given the time. Only problem was I couldn't find out how to claim the credits, so will hopefully not have disappeared when I next go on and then I'll look at upgrading my ship! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 S##t! Didn't realise you had to claim credits, thought they were just paid. Oh and I got the physical copy which came with horizons. I contemplated just the base game but thought it might have as little content as No Mans Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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