Cobra 3, then Asp Explorer. The usual progression.
Finally got my wife into this game, she has a few observations about it
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Thanks for reminding me, I need to see if Frustmaster has uploaded any new videos. That guy's amazing, we should see if we can bribe him to come over to ED.
Sandro, spacelegs soon plz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poe2UVIIa4o
Server racks, in space!
It also has navigation and anti-collision lights, which Elite sneers at.
A bit OT (though not as OT as language arguments
)"Someone who plays video games for ten hours a day, for example, would be considered an idle person."
Oh dear.
Or if you want to do it faster and trading is your bag, then make enough with your Cobra to fit out a T6 (without trading in the Cobra, of course) which can then accumulate the funds to trade it in and replace it with the AspX (which carries the same cargo as the T6 to within a few tons while being much better suited to either shoot back or run away) much easier. The same is true for going AspX to Python, buy a T7 (*spit*) outright, tolerate it for a while then trade it in for the snek.
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Your wife sounds like a gamer judging by the way she was playing Destiny. ED appeals more to people who play ED as an exception (IE dont game, but dabble in the occasional slow paced Sim). She reminds me of me, thought the game had great potential but as a gamer, you quickly realise how much hollow space is inside the shell.
Point her to the Ram Tah mission and the Guardian ruins. She can have fun learning that lore, interacting with the monoliths, and making some good money. Then give her some of the locations of various Generation ships that have been found, INRA bases discovered, etc. She should enjoy seeking that stuff out and hearing the logs and background lore.
Supposedly there is going to be a player lore galactapedia coming in the Q4 update, which will record all the things you learn in game. Until then, just go to the Aliens section of the form, find juicy stuff she might be interested in, tell her where to go, and let her discover it for herself.
Great answer Cmdr, I think heading over to explore some of the Guardian stuff could be interesting for her, I'll see if I can escort her over that way and see what we can find together.
She is very picky when it comes to games, but once she finds one she likes she will throw her life into it. Games like Destiny / Elder Scrolls Online / The Division / all the Halo games etc, she will play them to absolute completion, if there is something that you need to play 500 hours to get to 100% then she will do it. I think she is starting to get quite hooked into ED now though, she has been playing about 8 hrs a day for 5 days now and is determined to get the most money, best ships, find every secret etc. I did remind her that in ED there is a whole galaxy to explore and there is no way to complete 100% of the game, her answer to me "Ha! Watch me!" lol
Oh its going to be a fun year
Mine is similar, except (with the notable exceptions of Elite, Skyrim and bits of Just Cause 2) she wants me to play them to completion while she watches.
For 25 years.
Please...send help. My address is *garbled noises*NO CARRIER
Take her out to see the Guardian sites, alien bases, crashed alien ships, barnacles, geysers, abandoned bases, alien life forms, megaships, etc. That alone is a fascinating 100 hr or gameplay.
Don't forget Jameson's crash site. As a former Amiga Elite-naut that was just epic.
I've also gotten a lot of enjoyment and play-time out of community play. Expeditions, organizations, and player-driven event can add a lot to your own story.
It is, after all, one of the few games where _you_ are the protagonist.
Don't forget Jameson's crash site. As a former Amiga Elite-naut that was just epic.
I've also gotten a lot of enjoyment and play-time out of community play. Expeditions, organizations, and player-driven event can add a lot to your own story.
It is, after all, one of the few games where _you_ are the protagonist.
I'm really enjoying the petty grammar one-upmanship!
Now, if one would like to partake....please be advised that 'dork-snorting' is a mandatory requirement (sic) when one submits the shame-inducing corrections.
NB: One really comes across as a snobby barsteward when one uses the pronoun "one" instead of the "you" variant, doesn't one?
Yes, but I'm not one to nit pick.
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The missing word was a word that's pronounced "nartsy", e.g. "Sorry to be a grammar n-a++z-i" (symbols added to defeat the forum word filter). The forum software silently removed the word referring to World War 2 Germany.
In any case, it's an example of Muphry's Law in action. Muphry's Law states "every post criticising someone else's spelling or grammar mistakes will have at least one spelling or grammar mistake".
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That's hilarious. Is your plan to wind the wife up even more by showing other stuff she'll never be able to play?
She is very picky when it comes to games, but once she finds one she likes she will throw her life into it. Games like Destiny / Elder Scrolls Online / The Division / all the Halo games etc, she will play them to absolute completion, if there is something that you need to play 500 hours to get to 100% then she will do it. I think she is starting to get quite hooked into ED now though, she has been playing about 8 hrs a day for 5 days now and is determined to get the most money, best ships, find every secret etc. I did remind her that in ED there is a whole galaxy to explore and there is no way to complete 100% of the game, her answer to me "Ha! Watch me!" lol
Oh its going to be a fun year
I like her style, she sounds driven! She plays the same ones i do, i got all the best gear in the Division then lost interest for a bit as i had nothing to work toward. Same for Elder Scrolls.
Playing Squad and Escape from Tarkov mostly at the mo!
Haha, that's my wife! She's not interested in games like Elite (shame), but she won't let me play Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted, or any other game that has a story unless she's there. She actually played Skyrim herself, but she had me do all the tough battles for her. She's a bookworm and puzzle-solver, not a fighter. Oh, and she loves playing No Man's Sky despite having zero interest in Elite.
Been there done that. We'd both be at our computers and she'd be saying "Wow, this is cool, come look at this..." and showing me NMS (which leaves me completely cold but can produce some pretty nice visuals) and I'd be saying the same to her about ED (about which she feels the same as I do about NMS)
And we'd agree that "it's a cool game but it's not for me" and play on
If only FDev could give us next week all they have planned for ED.
Sadly that is not possible. This is a multi-year project and we are not even in the middle of it yet.
Nobody knows when we will be able to walk around.
I want that feature, but for me the true priorities lie elsewhere.
I want improved (deeper) core mechanics first (exploration, mining, military ranking, piracy, bountiy hunting).
I want more diversity second (more types and designs of space stations for example, but also more types of npc military capital ships)
I want access to more planetary types third (volcanic, atmospheric, gas giants).
I would like a better integration of Powerplay into general gameplay
And of course I also want improved visuals for planetary surfaces.
Perhaps after all that I might feel the need to walk around my ship.
Rafe Zetter
Banned
citation required please.
To be absolutely accurate when he does play FPS or the like of Horizon dawn, I'm not passively watching.
I'm warning him to takes health packs, reload and when low on ammo. It comes from riding shotgun on him playing Doom, I have great memory mapping for puzzles and mazes, so would watch and advise where the keys, unused ammo and power up items were.
I'm warning him to takes health packs, reload and when low on ammo. It comes from riding shotgun on him playing Doom, I have great memory mapping for puzzles and mazes, so would watch and advise where the keys, unused ammo and power up items were.