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Newcomer / Intro Elite: Dangerous – a comprehensive beginner’s guide [Beyond 3.3 edition]
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The top of Frontier's support website itself says:
I am getting an 'UPDATE REQUIRED'; 'Purchase/Redeem' or '405' error message when attempting to launch Elite or create an account through the Epic Games store.
Many of our players have bypassed this issue by fully shutting down and restarting their Epic Games launcher, before trying to play Elite again. If you have linked your Epic Frontier account to Steam in error, please unlink here https://www.frontierstore.net/frontier_partnerkeys/thirdparty/; Steam linking will block access to your Epic copy of the game.
We are aware of these issues and are working to resolve them as soon as possible. Your patience in this is much appreciated.
... plus the launcher has links to two support FAQs for Epic
Account Help for new Elite players from the Epic Games Store.
Elite Dangerous has arrived on the Epic Games Store as of the 19th of November 2020. This article is intended for new players who have purchased the game on Epic, and offers some guidance on the pr...
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Link your Frontier account to your Epic Games account.
This article is intended for existing players who have purchased the game on Epic, and offers some guidance on the process of linking existing Frontier accounts to Epic Games Frontier. PLEASE N...
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Good luck.
I had already played the game once so I think it must have been successfully linked. Just bounced the PC and still happening. However, support contact form states that there is an ongoing authentication problem.
I certainly do not have a Steam account as I do not even know what that is.
I have been through the FAQs but no joy. I get an email with the verification code then told I need to purchase/redeem Elite.
I wonder if there was a key in the program as I have come across an option to enter the key - about 20 characters if I recall.
I think I shall submit a support ticket as I had this problem originally on the 21st. My eldest son sorted it out somehow!
I certainly do not have a Steam account as I do not even know what that is.
I have been through the FAQs but no joy. I get an email with the verification code then told I need to purchase/redeem Elite.
I wonder if there was a key in the program as I have come across an option to enter the key - about 20 characters if I recall.
I think I shall submit a support ticket as I had this problem originally on the 21st. My eldest son sorted it out somehow!
WOW! This thread looks really good. Not just the issues/items covered, but the delivery of the same. It's delivered at a reasonable speed: not too fast! Gives you time to absorb it ...... well-done whoever you are. 
Thanks!WOW! This thread looks really good. Not just the issues/items covered, but the delivery of the same. It's delivered at a reasonable speed: not too fast! Gives you time to absorb it ...... well-done whoever you are.
Happy New Year space freaks!
I had a bit of downtime over the Christmas holidays, so have finally gotten round to adding a section on fleet carriers to my beginner's guide. Only six months late but hey ho!
I don't really view fleet carriers as being beginner's content, so I didn't want to go into too much detail about running one. However, fleet carriers seem to be everywhere you go in the bubble, and anyone can interact with them. So, I do think it's useful for newcomers to understand what they are and what they can offer.
I've also revised my mining section to be more in line with recent balancing. Some of the information was getting a little out of date and verging on erroneous.
Lastly, I've updated my introduction to the Horizons section to reflect the fact that it's now freely available to all players.
I had a bit of downtime over the Christmas holidays, so have finally gotten round to adding a section on fleet carriers to my beginner's guide. Only six months late but hey ho!
I don't really view fleet carriers as being beginner's content, so I didn't want to go into too much detail about running one. However, fleet carriers seem to be everywhere you go in the bubble, and anyone can interact with them. So, I do think it's useful for newcomers to understand what they are and what they can offer.
I've also revised my mining section to be more in line with recent balancing. Some of the information was getting a little out of date and verging on erroneous.
Lastly, I've updated my introduction to the Horizons section to reflect the fact that it's now freely available to all players.
Oh my word, a fellow old campaigner!! Also come from a 6502 coding background on the Beeb (ah, the days of debugging straight assembler language...) and lost hours to Elite when it came out on such a 'primitive' platform - and also wondered HOW DID THEY DO THAT?!?! Then got into this when it first came out, dropped out a few years ago and have now just restarted with a VR headset... oh my Lordy Lord, now this IS a blast! Can't believe how much the game has developed from its beginnings though... lot of learning to do! Thank God I'm starting with a decent bank balance...
Have to say, massive thanks to Zombieapocalypse for this amazing tutorial - great primer for those out of the loop for a while...
Guessing you will add a new section for when oyddessy comes out?
Probably, but I can't guarantee it will be in a timely fashion! And by that, I mean it almost certainly won't be in a timely fashion!
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Just found this and am so thankful for your work. Amazing job!
Now if I could get over my irrational fear of how to spend (and not waste) my 15M credits. I play Open because I have no interest in being part of a wing and REALLY no interest in getting ganked. It sounds like the most time-consuming / grindy (but likely the most peaceful?) role is explorer. Then cargo/passenger service. Then fighty/pirate-y/bounty hunter. But I just can't decide! Right now I have a moderately decent Asp Explorer, but I'm not married to it....so to speak....
Now if I could get over my irrational fear of how to spend (and not waste) my 15M credits. I play Open because I have no interest in being part of a wing and REALLY no interest in getting ganked. It sounds like the most time-consuming / grindy (but likely the most peaceful?) role is explorer. Then cargo/passenger service. Then fighty/pirate-y/bounty hunter. But I just can't decide! Right now I have a moderately decent Asp Explorer, but I'm not married to it....so to speak....
You're welcome!
I might be strange in this respect, but I find mining quite relaxing and immersive - some of the asteroid rings can be very picturesque and atmospheric. Despite being geared up for exploration, the AspX is a decent enough multi-purpose ship. I also really like the smaller DBX but I mainly use that for exploration. Once you've earned some more credits, the Python is a really nice multipurpose ship.
If you don't want to play in Open but do occasionally want to bump into other like-minded players you could also join a PvE-only Private Group like Mobius. They're pretty good at kicking out players who break the rules.
Your video did make mining look attractive. So I gave it a go. Spent about 5M re-outfitting the Asp and made one successful test run for about 400K - made it past two interdiction attempts. But since then, everywhere I've tried to go (at least five places) I get attacked and I've lost my ship twice (with a total mineral value about 700K), both times to somebody who just dropped out and within a few seconds mass locked me so I couldn't escape, then easily took me out with much higher fire-power than I had (just two pulse lasers). Overall now down about 1.1M.
Just bad luck, or....? I did find it enjoyable when I wasn't trying to run for my life!
Just bad luck, or....? I did find it enjoyable when I wasn't trying to run for my life!
Did you mine at Resource Extraction Zones or at an arbitrary spot in the asteroid ring? I wouldn't mine at the extraction zones as you'll frequently have to deal with pesky NPCs.Your video did make mining look attractive. So I gave it a go. Spent about 5M re-outfitting the Asp and made one successful test run for about 400K - made it past two interdiction attempts. But since then, everywhere I've tried to go (at least five places) I get attacked and I've lost my ship twice (with a total mineral value about 700K), both times to somebody who just dropped out and within a few seconds mass locked me so I couldn't escape, then easily took me out with much higher fire-power than I had (just two pulse lasers). Overall now down about 1.1M.
Just bad luck, or....? I did find it enjoyable when I wasn't trying to run for my life!
I normally use the DSS to find a hotspot and drop in at a random spot away from the centre. If there are NPCs there, I just keep flying and boosting until they're well out of scanner range, then you should be left to mine in peace and quiet.
However, if log out and then log back in again, chances are that some pirate NPCs will spawn in. Again, I just keep flying and boosting until they're out of range.
Ok, that's three times. I give up. This time I was in a random planet ring. Couldn't get away because mass locked. I did go to an extraction zone once, and had to run away. All the other times was an asteroid belt or a planet ring. That's three deaths in eleven mining attempts, with only one successful run. Not the experience I'm looking for. Thanks again for your help.
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Unless you are a long way from inhabited systems when you drop into a ring someone, usually a pirate, will drop in to check you out shortly after you get there.
If your hold contains anything other than limpets the pirate attacks, otherwise they just stooge around for a while and then jump away. Once they jump away it is safe to start mining in earnest.
After you have cargo on board then if for any reason, including logouts, you leave and reenter the ring the pirates will show up again and will attack. The thing to do is run from the ring as fast as possible starting as soon as you can then jump to a station and sell what you have.
So as long as you arrive in a ring with nothing but limpets you are safe to mine for as long as you stay there and remain logged in from as soon as the pirates jump out.
As a fellow noob I was given this advice. It works flawlessly. Since following this advice I've done a couple runs in my python unbothered, filled 192 tons of platinum, and made +/- 250million.