My best memory of Elite Dangerous, when when I first started playing. I was introduced to it via some youtube videos of Mr. Myu. From there, I started watching his live streams on twitch.tv/mrmyu. When I joined, I was quickly embraced by his wonderful player group, who has since become a second family to me. The friendships I've made thanks to this game will affect me for the rest of my life.
Celebrating 35 years of Elite!
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playing with friends in 1984 , we all had Elite on our collection of 8bit machines... We had notes and commodity prices all written down in our Elite notebooks and used to communicate with CB radios too! 
(way way way before Discord or Teamspeak or any mobile comms)
Good times, good memories and best of all good friends.
Cmdr Paul Archer
(way way way before Discord or Teamspeak or any mobile comms)Good times, good memories and best of all good friends.
Cmdr Paul Archer
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My favourite memory is when I teamed up with a random player in Open to explore a Thargoid Base; he was pretty much clueless as to how to get inside, I already knew and brought the necessary items so invited him to join me.
It was the first time we'd see that content for both of us. When we were both in our SRVs, quietly and slowly rolling through the cave system one after the other, it reminded me of the film Prometheus (without the poor acting!), very spooky and atmospheric. Activating the device at the centre of the base was goosebump inducing stuff, but the real highlight was the SRV trip towards it as we didn't quite know what would expect us around the next corner. Wish I had recorded it, awesome stuff.
CMDR Obi Wan Shinobi
It was the first time we'd see that content for both of us. When we were both in our SRVs, quietly and slowly rolling through the cave system one after the other, it reminded me of the film Prometheus (without the poor acting!), very spooky and atmospheric. Activating the device at the centre of the base was goosebump inducing stuff, but the real highlight was the SRV trip towards it as we didn't quite know what would expect us around the next corner. Wish I had recorded it, awesome stuff.
CMDR Obi Wan Shinobi
One of my favourite moments in Elite: Dangerous was when I managed to escape a player pirate during a CG.... I was in a Python and escaped with 1% hull... for some reason, I ran out of fuel and had to call the Fuel Rats... everything went well, until the fuel rat (no names named), accidently touched my ship when he was taking a photograph and I went kaboom.
CMDR name in game is: Cageman
Platform: PC
CMDR name in game is: Cageman
Platform: PC
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CMDR: Numa
Best memory from Elite 1984 ?
Forcing a hyperspace misjump, tickling the 4 Thargoid motherships until they had released all their Thargons, then killing then and collecting the Thargons to sell as alien items. The very first gold rush in the Elite universe.
Best memory from FE2 ?
Getting my Imperial Courier, letting the class 5 hyperspace drive rot, dumping the waste in a station and installing a size 6 hyperdrive to get those 15ly jump range.
Best memory from FFE ?
Flying the Turners Quest, then getting disappointed by the Thargoid ship.
Best ED memory ?
The old Robigo smuggling runs. Flying like crazy to evade scans and up to four enemies per interdiction instance.
Best memory from Elite 1984 ?
Forcing a hyperspace misjump, tickling the 4 Thargoid motherships until they had released all their Thargons, then killing then and collecting the Thargons to sell as alien items. The very first gold rush in the Elite universe.
Best memory from FE2 ?
Getting my Imperial Courier, letting the class 5 hyperspace drive rot, dumping the waste in a station and installing a size 6 hyperdrive to get those 15ly jump range.
Best memory from FFE ?
Flying the Turners Quest, then getting disappointed by the Thargoid ship.
Best ED memory ?
The old Robigo smuggling runs. Flying like crazy to evade scans and up to four enemies per interdiction instance.
Commander fetaylor (PS4)
My favourite elite memory was back on the Amiga 600, playing for maybe the 3rd time and getting attacked on my way to deliver 1 tonne of fuel. My previous attempts (It was a friends house, so no saves each time) had all gone smoothly, this time however I was suddenly in a fight for my life without a grasp of how the ships moved.
No matter what I tried I couldn't escape him and thats when I saw my first you're dead message in Elite
My favourite elite memory was back on the Amiga 600, playing for maybe the 3rd time and getting attacked on my way to deliver 1 tonne of fuel. My previous attempts (It was a friends house, so no saves each time) had all gone smoothly, this time however I was suddenly in a fight for my life without a grasp of how the ships moved.
No matter what I tried I couldn't escape him and thats when I saw my first you're dead message in Elite
Is this cost of 1 ARX being special cased? I ask because I first bought the Retro Thargoid Bobblehead with my 1 and only ARX in the store screen in-game (PC, Frontier account, no Steam involved). It appeared to take the 1 ARX. Then I went into Livery (docked in a station) and upon trying to 'fit' the bobblehead it showed I needed to buy it again, but also showed I still had 1 ARX. So I did that. Then I was able to repeat it again, including the 'purchase' step being necessary, for a different bobblehead slot. And I still have 1 ARX showing. When I went out of Livery my new bobbleheads showed up in-cockpit. But now I've gone back into Livery and those slots are showing empty, and the Retro Thargoid Bobblehead not purchased,
I played the original Elite as a young child on the Acorn Electron and later on the Commodore 64. I loved both versions, so much so that I took inspiration from the designs in my LEGO® space builds and my stories of space flight. For me 2 things pushed me to look up to the stars: Elite and the Space Shuttle.
Even now years later I love the old designs so much, that I recently finished making a drawing of the iconic Coriolis station with 2 Cobra's:
Time lapse of the drawing:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFm8yWRjgM
Cmdr Zibadian
Even now years later I love the old designs so much, that I recently finished making a drawing of the iconic Coriolis station with 2 Cobra's:
Time lapse of the drawing:
Cmdr Zibadian
CMDR: Redden Alt-Mer
My fav memory is copiloting w/ my uncle playing Elite (Firebird version on the Amiga 500) - we got hyperdicted, at the time those were really dangerous (especially coupled with demagnetized save floppy disks), he was having a fun time fighting the goids and as soon as the cooldown was done, I pressed the key to launch the escape pod. I don't think he played with me anymore ;-)
My fav memory is copiloting w/ my uncle playing Elite (Firebird version on the Amiga 500) - we got hyperdicted, at the time those were really dangerous (especially coupled with demagnetized save floppy disks), he was having a fun time fighting the goids and as soon as the cooldown was done, I pressed the key to launch the escape pod. I don't think he played with me anymore ;-)
Purchasing it yet again in Livery appears to actually have 'stuck' this time. Bobbleheads showing back in the main cockpit, 'MY ARX' showing a zero in all of; Esc menu, in-game store, in-game/docked livery.
CMDR Harakan
Favourite memory is from the very first days of Elite Dangerous, getting my first Federation rank-up...
Federation Recruit!
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Congratulations! I just did that mission this evening, and it was great (if very stressful)....
I had to go 6 jumps to collect the Non-Lethal Weapons from the only place I knew to get them, and 30 minutes to do it in. Forgot to decelerate after one jump and got pulled out of supercruise with a burning hull; managed to get to the station selling them with 18 minutes left (and a 1,900 ls journey at the other end to get back to the mission station) - it was going to be tight but seemed just about doable.
Fueled up, launched, and started back - only to find my fuel tank wouldn't get me all the way - the 4T of cargo just tipped the balance. Solution - scream, swear, then start frantically jumping as fast an possible, and try to make a pit stop in the second-to-last system where there was a small outpost 300 ls from the jump-in point. Engines maxed out plus boost, crash-land on the external pad, fuel and launch - with 5 minutes remaining for the last jump, haul across the 1,900 ls to the station, and dock.
Pushed the supercruise to the limit, almost overshot the station but managed to drop out just in time, boosted through the door to the Coriolis and onto the pad; got to the bulletin board and completed the mission with literally only a handful of seconds to spare!
Huge sigh of relief and decided to call it a night at that point - but it was great fun. I am starting to think that the 10 minute docking timer is about 9 minutes too generous now!
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Favourite memory is from the very first days of Elite Dangerous, getting my first Federation rank-up...
Federation Recruit!
Federation Recruit!
I'm a Recruit! A RECRUIT!!! Rank progression step one working for me. Am I particularly fond of the Feds? No. But I saw a mission, I took it. I am an opportunist. 21 minutes to travel 40 ly to source Personal Weapons. I love a challenge. Done and done. And here I am, a Federal Officer...
Congratulations! I just did that mission this evening, and it was great (if very stressful)....
I had to go 6 jumps to collect the Non-Lethal Weapons from the only place I knew to get them, and 30 minutes to do it in. Forgot to decelerate after one jump and got pulled out of supercruise with a burning hull; managed to get to the station selling them with 18 minutes left (and a 1,900 ls journey at the other end to get back to the mission station) - it was going to be tight but seemed just about doable.
Fueled up, launched, and started back - only to find my fuel tank wouldn't get me all the way - the 4T of cargo just tipped the balance. Solution - scream, swear, then start frantically jumping as fast an possible, and try to make a pit stop in the second-to-last system where there was a small outpost 300 ls from the jump-in point. Engines maxed out plus boost, crash-land on the external pad, fuel and launch - with 5 minutes remaining for the last jump, haul across the 1,900 ls to the station, and dock.
Pushed the supercruise to the limit, almost overshot the station but managed to drop out just in time, boosted through the door to the Coriolis and onto the pad; got to the bulletin board and completed the mission with literally only a handful of seconds to spare!
Huge sigh of relief and decided to call it a night at that point - but it was great fun. I am starting to think that the 10 minute docking timer is about 9 minutes too generous now!
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I have 2, both of them include how this game is its community.
The first I remember was when joining distant worlds 2 seeing how well organised player events could be and that the devs joined in to some extent. It was amazing to see a discord server of over 5000 people.
The second was when the gateway system was under attack by botters that pushed an anarchy faction. Using the combined might of 3 Alliance BGS groups we fought CZ after CZ but still lost, but the struggle was epic even though botters godmodding the game is a bad thing in general.
cmndr velanos
The first I remember was when joining distant worlds 2 seeing how well organised player events could be and that the devs joined in to some extent. It was amazing to see a discord server of over 5000 people.
The second was when the gateway system was under attack by botters that pushed an anarchy faction. Using the combined might of 3 Alliance BGS groups we fought CZ after CZ but still lost, but the struggle was epic even though botters godmodding the game is a bad thing in general.
cmndr velanos
Favourite memory is probably running out of fuel in the middle of knowhere thinking all is lost but before dying I googled what to do when out of fuel and came across a community of people who spend a hell of a lot of time flying about just giving people fuel. (https://fuelrats.com) I got help from them and just seeing a few ships jump in and all start shooting fuel limpets at me was great. I joined the fuel rats after that and did a couple runs myself. Really showcases the Elite Dangerous community at its best. Happy 35 years.
CMDR Name: Walker1390
CMDR Name: Walker1390
I am an old player, (really old lol), and probably the good memories from the first time I got Elite rank in the original Elite game in 1984 is too far in time, but during DW2, some months ago, I can remember well my thrill to descent and land in Spoihaae XE-X d2-9 (Monde de la Mort (World of Death)) . That was one of the best moments in the game.
Cmdr Giant Hamster
Cmdr Giant Hamster
I remember, back in 1984 there was no such thing as bugs.
1 Arx? - Jeez ... that's inflation for ya I think I paid two bob for the original
Q: is it true that David has kept Ian Bell locked in the pantry since 1984?
PS how many entries is J_B allowed this time
Favourite Memory:
Sitting in station in my Cobra and watching a Type-9 fly over my head with my 7.1 surround sound system turned right up, and it shook the room - AWESOME!
CMDR: ROB THE GREAT
PPS: I just realised how much hardware I have actually purchase just to play your damn games FDev, do know how many ARX I could've got with that little fortune...huh?
1 Arx? - Jeez ... that's inflation for ya I think I paid two bob for the original
Q: is it true that David has kept Ian Bell locked in the pantry since 1984?
PS how many entries is J_B allowed this time
Favourite Memory:
Sitting in station in my Cobra and watching a Type-9 fly over my head with my 7.1 surround sound system turned right up, and it shook the room - AWESOME!
CMDR: ROB THE GREAT
PPS: I just realised how much hardware I have actually purchase just to play your damn games FDev, do know how many ARX I could've got with that little fortune...huh?
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