I remember when ...

[gravedodger]

... there were no orbit lines or ADS and the only way you could discover planetary bodies in a system was to fly around and use parallax movement of closer objects against the skybox taking note of the small movements and go and investigate the moving dot ... haha, fun times, oh ... and no fuel scoop either.

The 5 year anniversary has had me thinking back to my Premium Beta days and how much has changed from those early days, ED is an incredible creation and has come a long way and hopefully many, many more light years to go.

 

[Biff Stryker]

There's a different way to explore a system? What's an orbit line?

 

[gravedodger]

There's a different way to explore a system? What's an orbit line?

Haha ... Yea, kids have it easy these days lol.

 

[Spaceman Si]

I went back to parallax discovery for the most part after 3.3; it is slower, but definitely more thrilling to see the tiny points of light become resolved into planets!

 

[DNA-Decay]

“You young squirts couldn’t lance a pimple without an electric vibrating scalpel and a laser suture. In my day I performed an appendectomy with a rusty sardine can. This one time I was caught without a single instrument and removed a uterine tumour with my teeth.”

[He grabs a scalpel and advances on the patient like a knife fighter.]

From Dr Benway prepares - William Burroughs.

 

[Hacker#451563]

... there were no orbit lines or ADS and the only way you could discover planetary bodies in a system was to fly around and use parallax movement of closer objects against the skybox taking note of the small movements and go and investigate the moving dot ... haha, fun times, oh ... and no fuel scoop either.

The 5 year anniversary has had me thinking back to my Premium Beta days and how much has changed from those early days, ED is an incredible creation and has come a long way and hopefully many, many more light years to go.

I used to do that too, I also remember getting a 3 figure bounty for killing things like cobras, adders, or viper IIIs (back when a viper III was a hardcore kill in an Eagle).

 

[NorthernDevo]

Wow, you kids! So entitled these days.
Why, back in MY day we used to WALK out to the Witch Head Nebula through six feet of snow barefoot! The (solar) wind in our faces and uphill both ways!

 

[Riverside]

I remember 300cr per kill (any kill) in CZs and realising that if I was going to go for combat Elite I'd need to trade to earn enough cash to pay for ship repairs.

I liked the game I bought, it was my kind of game

 

[Patrick_68000]

The 5 year anniversary has had me thinking back to my Premium Beta days and how much has changed from those early days, ED is an incredible creation and has come a long way and hopefully many, many more light years to go.

Undoubtedly a great adventure for over 30 years with the Elite series.

Something that marks the life of an Cmdr.

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

I didnt learn what a fuel scoop was until about 100 hours or so in.. on my new account in the bubble been playing without one again and its fun.

 

[gravedodger]

I didnt learn what a fuel scoop was until about 100 hours or so in.. on my new account in the bubble been playing without one again and its fun.

Kudos to you Cmdr for playing the game 'your way', that's the secret to enjoying ED to the max regardless of updates and changes.

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

Kudos to you Cmdr for playing the game 'your way', that's the secret to enjoying ED to the max regardless of updates and changes.

Yeah for sure. Theres a fine line between learning about a new elite system vs just doing copying someone else.. elite lasts longer (out of interest) if youre leading first

 

[Rubbernuke]

I remember a time when there was no self destruct, fuel scoops, we had the threat of bankruptcy, high fuel and repair prices and brutal unforgiving collision detection (along with vanishing pad numbers). I saved a week for a laser, and almost bought one of the pre-engineers special weapons.

I miss those times.

 

[Walter2]

“In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.”
HHGG

 

[gravedodger]

I remember a time when there was no self destruct, fuel scoops, we had the threat of bankruptcy, high fuel and repair prices and brutal unforgiving collision detection (along with vanishing pad numbers). I saved a week for a laser, and almost bought one of the pre-engineers special weapons.

I miss those times.

Oh yea, I'd completely forgot about the vanishing pad numbers hahaha, that was definitely a sphincter tightening moment when the numbers vanished just as you entered a station in a 'not very manoeuvreable' ship!

 

[Rubbernuke]

Oh yea, I'd completely forgot about the vanishing pad numbers hahaha, that was definitely a sphincter tightening moment when the numbers vanished just as you entered a station in a 'not very manoeuvreable' ship!

Its where I learnt about the compass pointing to your pad.

 

[Walter2]

I was rather sorry they fixed that. It was the defining feature that indicated that the galaxy wasn't perfect.
That, and all the other features.

 

[VR Jay Le Chardon]

I joined at the launch of horizons, and I remember being bowled over at the price ground base assault missions were paying compared to everything else on offer, I mean with that sweet 75k payout, how was I not going to "cut the power". Those pay what, about three million now?

 

[Deleted member 38366]

...yeah, when hitting a rotating Asteroid even at modest speeds was sure to ruin the day.
Accidentally boosting the Ship into one - or a Station? Almost certain death sentence.

Dangerous times - but it teached folks to honor their environment. Or re-assign the Boost Button

 

[Dagwit]

Source: https://youtu.be/ue7wM0QC5LE