10 Years of Elite Dangerous

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Flossy

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Many congratulations on reaching your 10th anniversary. I have also been here since the Kickstarter, when my husband (Wrongway) alerted me to it at the time. I had often watched him play in previous years and was very excited to find out about Elite: Dangerous. We each backed the game to Alpha access level. I've stayed throughout the 10 years and never intend to leave.
It was great to hear mentions of my two favourite groups in the video, within a few minutes of each other - The Fuel Rats and The Hutton Truckers - being a member of both!
As an 'older' player (71), I hope to be around for many more years of Elite in the future.
o7 and For The Mug!
 
Again, where is the fear? What is causing the fear of missing out?

If they don't know it's there, how can they be afraid of missing it? If they know it's there, they're clearly having some free time since they're browsing the forum or social media or something and can just grab it. If it required installing the game and logging in, then yeah I could see people panicking that they might not have a moment to do that before friday. Since you can do it in literally 30s after seeing that post, I just don't get why you'd manage to develop FOMO from it.

Or is the argument that because they occasionally give out free skins, everybody needs to constantly be fearing that they'll miss out on something? In which case how is this different from every other time they've given something free?

There was a free decal I missed in october... I'm a bit disappointed, but since I didn't know it was available at the time it was available, I suffered no fear of missing out on it, because by the time I found out about it I'd already missed it.

Now that sale in the store, with no defined end date... that I can categorize as FOMO... "You should buy now! Sale might be over tomorrow! ...or it might last a month, who knows..."
I totally agree; some people need to get a life and worry about more important things!
 
Congratulations on the 10 year milestone and thanks for the many years of fun.

waves to the old timers

Now I am off to play PC2 because I have a few hairs left that I haven't yet pulled out in frustration. Today is probably their last day.
 
Happy 10th Anniversary Elite: Dangerous! I first backed this game, as an original C64 player through to Frontier on the Amiga, and I have never felt better with that choice, especially compared backing the other game lol. ;)

It's seen me through good and bad times, and never has a quote rang more true that Elite is the "Game of a Lifetime".

Massive thanks and respect to David Braben and Ian Bell for the original concept, but especially David Braben for having the vision and will to take it this far and hopefully even further still. Elite: Dangerous really is the fulfillment of what I imagined while playing Elite on the C64.

Here's to another ten years when hopefully we can all celebrate Elite's Golden Anniversary and twenty years of Elite Dangerous! I might have finally even made it out to Colonia by then.

Thank you o7
 
Today is a special day, marking the 10-year anniversary of Elite Dangerous!

Thank you so much for joining us on this epic journey. We can't wait continue it with you in 2025!
The future does indeed look quite BRIGHT! 🌟 Heck, i only just joined this incredible game & passionate community around 7 months ago , but tbqh i sorta feel like i might've joined at perhaps the best, or one of the best, chapters in history.

SWG ( Star Wars Galaxies ) was to me the preeminent "sandbox" , but unfortunately it's original form & pure intent ( designed by creative genius Raph Koster ) fell by the gaming wayside and, despite noble emulators, for many years i was personally left with a drastic digital VOID. However, 7 months ago for me that void was not only filled by this Elite Dangerous but also in some ways even surpassed! 🚀

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That ^ screenshot , simple as it may seem, is actually one perfect example what this game has to offer: Something familiar ( planet w/ rings on the right ) . Something found ( alien debris on the left ) . And something forever ( those stars in the beyond ) . o7

So THANKYOU for providing such a vast & dynamic, well, space to play within. And thanks also for that joyous 10th Anniversary recap VIDEO ^ too! It's so easy around here to yell & rant at "FDev" this and "FDev" that , often forgetting how truly dedicated & determined PEOPLE these Frontier Developers must be everyday they work on EliteD . Sometimes in my 7 months here i've wondered why the FDevs don't post nor participate much ( ever ) here on these official forums , but honestly it's probably better they don't since yes they're busy coding & designing, etc. , but also because it maintains the mystery and makes videos like today's all that more cherished imo.

Speaking of which, in the video toward the beginning section, one of the devs mentioned something about how players first figured out "nanite torpedos" effect upon Thargoids and all that ... Does anyone remember specifics about that time for the community? Like, who/how did players first discover the "nanite effect" or whatever? Is there an old thread about it somewhere from that year or first few days of player's nanite triumph?

Anyways, i'm gonna get a bit pollyannish here while i also steal a phrase from today's video: In only 7 months, this game has made such a wonderful "narrative scar" rippled upon my gaming soul that i hope it never heals! At least, not until the next momentous incarnation of EliteD sequel in say....5, 10 years from now? 🤖
 
It was not so long ago i thought of uninstalling this game. It would have been a mournful time. However especially this year there has been much improvement which has brought hope. The truth is this game has no equivalent. Congratulations to us all who have come on this journey. May it continue long into the future.
 
Today is a special day, marking the 10-year anniversary of Elite Dangerous!

From taking flight for the first time to putting your feet on the ground of an alien world – you have blazed your own trail in a galaxy like no other, and there’s even more to come.

To celebrate the anniversary, a few familiar faces have come together to share their experiences and highlights over the past decade.


Free gift!
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As a thank you for coming with us on this decade long journey we're giving away a free Gold Wireframe Paint Job for the Anaconda! To claim this item simply head to the gamestore and purchase it for 0 Arx!

This paint job is only available until 3pm UTC Friday 20th December so grab yours today!

Thank you so much for joining us on this epic journey. We can't wait continue it with you in 2025!
For Legacy players as well ?
 
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