I'm soooo bored now, short review of ED and suggestions

Kano Magnus

Kano Magnus
Rifter said:
I think what I'm getting is people haven't a clue what Art is and it appears what Music is either.... is there any wonder FD can get away with putting such a soulless lifeless piece of code out there!! I guess it goes to show you that it realyl was better in the good old days... I feel sorry for you all.
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...and with one bound, he was free
 

WiseDuck

WiseDuck
Gotta love how the OP listed everything you can do in game as broken. +1 for having the guts to come onto this forum and mention anything you dislike. The guys in here don't like it when you p+ss on their parade.

SlackR said:
DK2 bro...
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Hows reading text in game with that rubbish bit of kit?
 

nosscar

nosscar
One simple thing would improve missions ten fold.
And that would be change the delivery system, give them a face and a personality, just text is boring.
 

AndyC77

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Sunset said:
ED is a hoax! It has nothing dangerous at all FD lie to me, I'm a PB owner and I'm tired of all those exploit and easy grinding that destroy the game play.
Some of those are there from gamma phase and FD do nothing.
Imo FG voluntarily let those things happen too rapidly have the galaxy fill up with different type of ships.
This is one of the reasons at game launch in december, we don't have a fresh game restart.
All this contributes to make me play less and less, instead of playing ED few hours a day, I'm now playing 1or 2 hours a week to eventually leave the game for a long time.
My only hope is one day, when FD fixes all those things IF THEY CAN!
The game will be back with a fresh restart so every one start with 1000 Cr and the same starting ship.
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Hoax? the dangerous part of the title refers to the in game ratings and nothing to do with the difficulty level.
 
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Alex Merion-Turner

Alex Merion-Turner
Rifter said:
it gives you no real reason to play it... it doesn't grab you and steal every free second you have because you can't wait to get in it.... it just doesn't scream play me and keep playing me.
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Oh crap! What have I been bloody damn well doing wrong for weeks and weeks then? Cos I can tick all those boxes. Maybe it's that people are different?
 
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777Driver

777Driver
WiseDuck said:
Hows reading text in game with that rubbish bit of kit?
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Absolutely immersive and breathtaking :) and an absolute blast in game thanks.. Oh I fogot to say pretty damn mind blowing too.. funny reading comments from people who haven't got a clue. Best bit of rubbish I have ever bought for my PC, and that's after spending 10000 quid over the years trying to find true immersion in visuals ;)
 
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cmdrkaboom

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Agree

Ethanol on my circuits said:
I don't usually post forums like this but to see a game with this much potential go down the poop pipe is really frustrating.
I will keep my suggestions short for the sake of the reader.

Firstly what does Elite have going for it?


  • It's super sexy graphics and interstellar objects setup are really awe inspiring
  • The sounds are amazing and the music is good too
  • It's a sandbox (nothing beats a good sandbox)
  • NPCs change their interaction with you and others based on reputation and yours / others actions
  • It's a really good flight simulator (in space!)
  • Supercruise is a great way to get around
What is bad.. and how to improve it

MISSIONS, they suck. No worthwhile reward (although reputation boost is nice). Not go there kill one anaconda get reward, christ who thought of that?​


  • ​​EXPLORATION - Missions for exploration (on a different tab maybe). They send you out to seek out earth like planets, new rings to mine etc. Great rewards for them.
  • COMBAT - Make instanced zones (like the ones in eve online), lots of enemies, sometimes you might have to bring friends. Have timed events happen in them, triggers, mission objects, fun!
  • SMUGGLING - Maybe increase reward on these too. Have ways to help pirate factions growth.
  • TRADE - Increase the reward (like a lot). I actually quite like them as they tie in with improving what the local faction need at the moment to fight famine, war etc.
  • MINING - New missions that actually track what you mined, make you seek out a particular ore/mineral type and reward you handsomely.

TRADE is broken! We know this already. It's something i liked doing a lot in other games and spent days studying markets. In this it's really trashy no depth to it.


  • ​Improve how you manage the economies.
  • Detailed analytical data for each of the systems factions, on how well they are doing in each area of trade. What are they growing in? What products do they need?
  • Ways you can affect the local systems economies and show this in the data. Goods supply (It gives people incentive to get involved in the persistent growth aspects)
  • Stocks and shares in independent factions (based on local growth, maybe cap amount you can have). Could give people a reason to fight over growing groups.
  • Reduce cargo size on all ships? Maybe to limit the amount of money made in trade overall. More reward will be given if you seek out trade opportunities rather than doing A->B->A all your life. This would eliminate the need for tools like elitetradingtool and its variants.
  • Improved UI , showing all products (see prototype trade ui for elite dangerous) also look to other games like EvE they do trading better than anyone

MINING is really bad! Now I love mining, if I had it my way i'd be doing it half the time and the other half missions / interacting with people. Now I know the developer has said it's in its infancy, but I am sure they won't improve it for a long time. This is because mining has a small piece of the player base pie, but you can make it really great, there are lots of people who would actually enjoy it if it was more involved/rewarding. Just look at what Star Citizen are doing with their mining system. It looks amazing


  • Drones to help you collect ore, no more scooping unless maybe a really rare thing get's chipped off that you have to scoop.
  • Increase the % yields to big ass numbers to make it profitable.
  • Have some dynamic gameplay, chunks fall off , different parts of the asteroid have different value. Equipping more than one laser might actually help you mine faster.
  • The scope for mining is huge just look at other games and other threads here for suggestions.
  • Make the act of mining affect the local economy, what you sell to the stations will have a much bigger influence on economy growth. Only if it was mined material (track it with a 'mined' tag on the metal/ore in the cargo)

Tell me what you think! Personally I will probably work on getting my faction reps up then shelve this game and hope for the best for now
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Spot on my friend... frontier has totally dropped the ball on this game.. I still have hope some one there picks up the fumble and runs for a touch down....
 

Sim Maker

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Rifter said:
I think what I'm getting is people haven't a clue what Art is and it appears what Music is either.... is there any wonder FD can get away with putting such a soulless lifeless piece of code out there!! I guess it goes to show you that it realyl was better in the good old days... I feel sorry for you all.
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I put "BAFTA" on my CV.....how about you? I am the wrong side of 40, so I hope by "good old days" you are in your 60s or something and are talking about times when toys were made of wood.
 

Alex Merion-Turner

Alex Merion-Turner
I feel we owe @EthanolOnMyCircuits an apology we've totally derailed what was a very reasonably rant free critique post.

Well someone derailed it by banging on about money grabbing evil corporations, but we've all helped.

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Sunset

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AndyC77 said:
Hoax? the dangerous part of the title refers to the in game ratings and nothing to do with the difficulty level.
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When you buy a name like Mustang, Ferrari you know you buy some horse power. If you buy a Lada you know what you buy to. If I buy something, have the name dangerous on it, I expect some degree of danger.
 

AndyC77

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Alex Merion-Turner said:
I feel we owe @ethanol an apology we've totally derailed what was a very reasonable rant free critique post.

Well someone derailed it by banging on about money, but we've all helped.

:(
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Spot on there. We must all appreciate constructive criticism. There is not enough of that and too many people moaning that they never got the game they wanted.

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Sunset said:
When you buy a name like Mustang, Ferrari you know you buy some horse power. If you buy a Lada you know what you buy to. If I buy something, have the name dangerous on it, I expect some degree of danger.
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That's just a pointless analogy. Doesn't fit at all. Just accept you got it wrong and move on.
 
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Tony Spaniels

Tony Spaniels
777Driver said:
Absolutely immersive and breathtaking :) and an absolute blast in game thanks.. Oh I fogot to say pretty damn mind blowing too.. funny reading comments from people who haven't got a clue. Best bit of rubbish I have ever bought for my PC, and that's after spending 10000 quid over the years trying to find true immersion in visuals ;)
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Aye, I love my piece of rubbish dk2 also...the sheer amount of breathtaking experiences so far...hands down the best gaming experiences of my 30+ years of gaming.

You know Oculus could do well by doing a deal with Frontier and making Elite D part of a release package/bundle when the CV1 comes out, such a perfectly complimentary match!

To the OP, lets see what 1.3 will bring mate. Perhaps missions are going to get some love! I reckon mining will eventually get a complete overhaul also, something I would like to see happen too.
 
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SlackR

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SlackR
WiseDuck said:
Gotta love how the OP listed everything you can do in game as broken. +1 for having the guts to come onto this forum and mention anything you dislike. The guys in here don't like it when you p+ss on their parade.



Hows reading text in game with that rubbish bit of kit?
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Never been an issue for me...
 

TriumphANT

TriumphANT
Sunset said:
When you buy a name like Mustang, Ferrari you know you buy some horse power. If you buy a Lada you know what you buy to. If I buy something, have the name dangerous on it, I expect some degree of danger.
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Conceded, but I bought an Apple, and it was crunchy in a way I wasn't expecting.
 

Justicarab

Justicarab
I personally love mining, and i feel that alot of players agree. i would choose mining any day over any other form of income. it's just the time added from scooping that makes the income drastically insignificant. if you already have a t7 or better, mining is a waste of time. i think if the devs make it better, they'll see AAAALLLLOOOOT of players mining around. cause it's exciting! looking for a "goldmine" feeling like a stingy jerk, hoarding his spot from everyone screaming "MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE". mining is something i personal care more about that combat.. but i agree, FD probably wont address it for a while. :{
 

Kano Magnus

Kano Magnus
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