gmpd2000 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) The Elite: Dangerous ThreadPost here your E: D stuff.What did you do today?How much money you made?Discovered a profitable trade route?Post it all here! Edited August 28, 2014 by gmpd2000 Better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Premium Beta here. You'll love the full (-ish) galaxy we've got going on But seriously, it's fun. It does need more stuff to do, but it's a Beta, so we'll no doubt be getting much more stuff, and that's perfectly acceptable. And that full-ish galaxy will become a full galaxy eventually (although you probably already know that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpd2000 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 I can't call that even full-ish.I rather call it Empty-ish, A galaxy of 400 billion systems on wich you can only play on 7 (for the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I suppose I could have put that better, really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impwarhamer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I'm preparing to buy the sh*t out of it as soon as it comes out. For now though, the newsletter will have to do for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 im just gonna wait till version 1.0 not sure i can take another game that isnt done yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nope, I don´t, at least not now, as I wait for the standard beta in 3 days, before I´ll start playing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impwarhamer Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Beta is out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebble_garden Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I've been playing the premium beta for a couple of weeks (got an unexpected royalty check from Amazon and splurged). Now I'm downloading the actual beta. Can't wait!Seriously this is the most fun I've had in a space game with combat since....hmm...probably TIE Fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Nice one ...are there any buttons to raise/lower the landing gear and to communicate with the currently selected target in order to gain a landing permission, so that you don´t have to maneuver through the left/right screens?(Tried the "2"-Key for communicating with a station and acquire docking clearance ... but somehow it treated the station like another player or NPC ships with regards to the options offered ... only got the option to apply or docking clearance in the Communicate tab of the lft screen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Landing gear can be hooked up to a key or button, just tinker with the control settings in the pause menu. As for docking clearance, I'm fairly certain you can only do that through the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impwarhamer Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 managed to bag the name 'Commander Jebediah Kerman' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Landing gear can be hooked up to a key or button, just tinker with the control settings in the pause menu. As for docking clearance, I'm fairly certain you can only do that through the menu.Thanks ...hooked it up to one of the buttons of my Saitek X52 HOTAS, as well as the Cargo Scoop.Also had the dubios pleasure of getting shot by one notorious Playerkiller.Well, I was in a Hauler, so no surprise ... hopefully, next time I´ll see him I will be in something that is vastly superior to his Viper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I've finally upgraded from my Sidewinder to an Eagle. I've had so much bad luck with money in Elite, it's unbelievable, but I did it. Now I've just got to go and get a load more money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglet Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I've finally upgraded from my Sidewinder to an Eagle. I've had so much bad luck with money in Elite, it's unbelievable, but I did it. Now I've just got to go and get a load more money You made a huge mistake. The eagle is the worst ship in the game. You should have saved up for a hauler instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaras Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Got the beta last week.I got a hauler a few days ago, now doing cargo runs to save up for a cobra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 You made a huge mistake. The eagle is the worst ship in the game. You should have saved up for a hauler instead!I'll likely be grabbing a Hauler anyway to capitalise on some of the more lucrative missions available, but I don't think it's fair to say the Eagle is the worst ship; it's definitely fast and agile, and can mount 3 weapons over the Sidewinder's 2.It just felt good to upgrade regardless of the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglet Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'll likely be grabbing a Hauler anyway to capitalise on some of the more lucrative missions available, but I don't think it's fair to say the Eagle is the worst ship; it's definitely fast and agile, and can mount 3 weapons over the Sidewinder's 2.It just felt good to upgrade regardless of the ship The jump range of the eagle makes it worse than a sidewinder. The weapon mounts will decrease the already ridiculously small jump range, so the eagle often gets stuck inside a few connected systems. That never happened to me in a sidewinder. Plus, the sidewinder is FREE! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Well, after trapping myself with the Eagle somehow (I wanted to go from I Bootis to Eranin, a jump which I did once before, under the same conditions, but couldn't do this time ), I suddenly found myself agreeing with you on that not-so-tiny fact I do now own a Hauler and am trading between Eranin, I Bootis, and Aulin for the moment. Tea is a damn good way to make a profit from Eranin to I Bootis. Go figure At least I can also explore more now, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yep, a Hauler also allows you to jump from Aulin to Rakapila if you don´t load it full (I think 8-9 t max) opening a totally new cluster of stars to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impwarhamer Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I to got myself an eagle as soon as i could afford one and screwed up real bad. I thought I'd fancy myself as a pirate and decided to attack some player sidewinder around Eranin starport (foolishly thinking the police would be OK with it as long as I was outside the no-fire zone). Needless to say I was lucky to escape with my life at 15% hp when i jumped to supercruise. Fearing a galactic-wide bounty i decided to jump to freeport, since it's an anarchy system. That should have been the end of it, but foolishly i decided to stop off at an unidentified signal in the system. I couldn't believe my eyes when I jumped in to find a field of gold cannisters floating in space! Unfortunately it was to good to be true, and whilst I was occupied operating the cargo scoop, 3 pirate vipers sneaked up on me. Before I knew it I had 3 heat-seekers (rather over kill at 15% hp) on my tail and I was blown to smithereens.Without the 2000-odd credits to pay the insurance, I got dumped back at square 1 in a sidewinder with 1k credits... there goes 10 hours gameplay The thing with the eagle is although it's a significantly better fighter than the sidewinder, since trading is the only real way to make money in the beta it's pretty much useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I wouldn't say trading is the only way to make decent money; I managed to get my Eagle purely through combat missions. Accept one of the contracts that wants you to kill Federation targets and head to the Federal Distress Signal at Eranin 2. Even with one pulse laser and a Sidewinder, the Federation Condor fighters are easy pickings and you soon rack up a good few thousand credits in bounty vouchers if you stick around long enough. It worked for me so it should work for anyone It's a good use for the Eagle, seeing as it is pretty much a dedicated fighter, but it's not for me because of my itch to go and explore what we have Anyway, I think a few screenshots are in order, just because:PAulin Enterprise was surprisingly detailed when I got up close.Somehow, I actually managed to get to Freeport without being interdicted...Anacondas look good even sitting still.THE COLOURS! THE PRETTY COLOURS I was completely unaware of a new station type being added in until I got here. My exploration efforts were rewarded after all I wouldn't say it's much of an O'Neill Cylinder, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Big Screenshots is Alt + F10But be warned ... your HDD space shrinks rapidly when using it too often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinglet Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yay! I got the hauler! I can now make 6.5k per 3 minutes. It also has the best cockpit and sound in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmailcompany52 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I would love to play this game but I am to poor to own it D: and I also doubt that my laptop would be able to run it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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