What do you love about ED to date

What do you think are the best features of ED (pick up to 3)

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VR jefranklin18

VR jefranklin18
I voted other: the one thing I love about Elite Dangerous is that it is Elite Dangerous. Yes, it is sorely lacking in some areas and things like PowerPlay I have not even touched, but it is the game I have waited 20+ years to play (although not entirely how I envisaged it ;)) and the only game I play nowadays.

Despite my (many) criticisms of it, I would not be without it.
 

Monk

Monk
I can't choose just three...

I selected 13 of them and then was denied. Obviously, I ignored the directions :p

Anyway, I love most all of it except PP, Co-op MP (b/c I just haven't done it very much), CQC and piracy (needs more love first).

Though, the one thing I love most, and you are going to think I've got some condition...docking. Yup...that's right. Something about trying to achieve perfection on every ship...perfect 100m/s all the way in, no over shoot, barely any need for vertical thrust....mmm so good when it just clicks
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Monk said:
I can't choose just three...

I selected 13 of them and then was denied. Obviously, I ignored the directions :p

Anyway, I love most all of it except PP, Co-op MP (b/c I just haven't done it very much), CQC and piracy (needs more love first).

Though, the one thing I love most, and you are going to think I've got some condition...docking. Yup...that's right. Something about trying to achieve perfection on every ship...perfect 100m/s all the way in, no over shoot, barely any need for vertical thrust....mmm so good when it just clicks
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its possible i boobed putting a limit on, my intention was to get people to think rather than tick everything but it was perhaps a mistake. i at least maybe should have put it to 5.

as for docking, i am right with you docking is excellent, and i am still trying to master FA off docking myself.
 

verminstar

Banned
verminstar
Visual style...love that part.

Sound effects...can't recall a single game with better.

Exploration...the only career I don't have to stay in the city to do.

The rest? meh whatever. I see the pvp choices are doing well [big grin]

Not a single vote for PP...oops ^^
 
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Frank

Frank
Mad Mike said:
its possible i boobed putting a limit on, my intention was to get people to think rather than tick everything but it was perhaps a mistake. i at least maybe should have put it to 5.

as for docking, i am right with you docking is excellent, and i am still trying to master FA off docking myself.
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Nothing wrong in getting people to think about their choices. We limit the Drabble poll to three choices for that very same reason.

I'm a little confused with option to vote for. I like combat, and I like the flight model, but I think I like the combat because of the flight model and I like the flight model because of the combat. I don't know which to choose because I've only got the one vote left. I'm definitely going to vote for the accurate model of the Milky Way, and there's no way I'm going to ignore the VR support
 

Karl Marx

Karl Marx
As expected, the results thus far show that the majority of the things that they like about the game are entirely superficial such as sound effects, graphics, and the size of the galaxy. Nothing that makes a game a game actually is voted for, which makes perfect sense given the lack of any real content in those things.
 

Jools

Jools
I have my gripes with this game and i`m mostly being negative on the forums (thats my reaction to the ongoing fanboism really, but i guess i should be less harsh sometimes... its just that this series means so much to me) so i`ll use this opportunity to say that, despite the many design decisions i don`t agree with (i wish it was frontier 3) and often B tier quality I still cannot just abandon this game because when they do something right they do it better than most if not just the best in the biz

The whole in cockpit experience is just top notch. Every detail is amazing, including visuals, sounds (OMG the sounds), ease of access, controlls... the only thing i would change would be more variety in huds for various ships (lets even start with a different one for the empire)... This is where the game beats the previous instalments by far and i love it (one of the main reasons why i`m still here impatiently watching the slow progress)

The planets have visual problems at the moment but the overall generation algorithm is pretty ace too (though the roughness value and the resolution of the heightmap should be improved) and i applaud JOHN and MATT for what they have achieved so far (I`m still counting on you guys, and for another great stream, the last one was my favourite). You have my gratitude and respect

The overall art style is great too. I understand it`s very hard to translate such old games to a modern standard and you managed to do it very well..
 

AnnuverScotinExile

AnnuverScotinExile
Theodrid said:
Curse you MM, three isn't enough!
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Actually, I voted and submitted my vote before I even realised there was a limit. Turns out the three things I found I could honestly vote for was just the right number.

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Karl Marx said:
As expected, the results thus far show that the majority of the things that they like about the game are entirely superficial such as sound effects, graphics, and the size of the galaxy. Nothing that makes a game a game actually is voted for, which makes perfect sense given the lack of any real content in those things.
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It is, indeed, superb infrastructure with a so-so game stuck on top.
 

MajorHavoc

M
Flying a spacecraft and driving a SRV is all I do in Elite, does it well though ! EVA hopefully soon. As we are in the first Horizons season I personally would like most of the dev team to just work on the planets, moons etc !
 

Arubeto

Arubeto
Even though I know it's not a popular opinion, I voted for CQC apart from stations ("other")! I think it's way too underappreciated and it's unfair that many people say it's terrible even though they admit they never even tried it. It may not be as ambitious as the simulation of 400 billion star systems, but just judging by how much a game mode succeeds in what it tries to achieve, I think CQC is actually number 1! That and it's just so much damn fun to play! [up]

I was like many of you guys and said "I don't want an e-sports arena pew pew shooter, that's not what I expect from ED!", but once I tried it a couple of times I completely changed my mind and it really grew on me! Just give it a chance, if you haven't, yet, it might positively surprise you! :)
 

Thebadmf

Thebadmf
VR, sound and gfx for me. Gameplay needs more depth; group missions full npc crews, player to npc comms etc.

However recent decisions made pushing the game further toward time sinks has pushed me away for a hiatus so I'm definitely out of love at the moment.
 

foebits

foebits
This poll assumes you believe they've done any of those well enough to warrant praise, and therefore cannot be voted upon as it does not have the option of "none".
They have a grand scale galaxy that is almost completely empty (not their fault for obvious reasons) and after that literally everything is an alpha stage mess of broken features and bugs.
 
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Ignition

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Karl Marx said:
As expected, the results thus far show that the majority of the things that they like about the game are entirely superficial such as sound effects, graphics, and the size of the galaxy. Nothing that makes a game a game actually is voted for, which makes perfect sense given the lack of any real content in those things.
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Exactly what I was going to say.

People play this game because of visuals and superficial things but in gameplay is really disappointing.
 
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