It's 2025. Star Citizen hasn't delivered and No Man's Sky as good as it is, hasn't the flight simulation I crave, and neither of them have as enjoyable space combat as Elite. so so I'm back for another round. It's been at least three years since I took a visit to Colonia, flew around the Witch-Head nebula and made a ton of cash exploring, but now I'm back, and I've forgotten both how to play the game and where to start. And I'm OK with that, because despite my past criticisms of this game - unlike SC at least it mostly works.
So, before I started again, I went and bought the Odyssey expansion which, to be fair, even though I play the game in VR all the time, I'm really quite enjoying despite the grey box, if not anything else then for the additional immersion of visiting station concourses and watching the stars/planets/ships go by - it's almost like being at an airport. And actually seeing faces and outfits - and occasionally the odd commander, actually, it's fun. I just wish I could buy a drink at the bar!
But I'm relearning the game, so I put down my Asp Explorer (before I break it) and bought myself a little Viper Mark III and kitted it out a little, just something nice and cheap and fun, and thought I'd do the basics. So I visited the nav beacons and resource sites and did a little bounty hunting. Did some package delivery here and there, on and off planet. I'm absolutely loving the variety of on and off-planet locations now - it's much more interesting a galaxy to fly around and visit now. I visited some Titan wreckages, which man, I missed all of that, but it looks epic.
Tonight I fancied a bit of bounty hunting and I learned that in a lot of system, particularly the Military systems, there's usually a few little fun locations, Relays, Satellites, little outpost, even a grillhouse, which, you can't stop and land at, but you can pick up a lot of good Merc and Bounty work and you can fly around the stations trying to evade lasers and ships and they make for a really interesting backdrop for space combat. Best yet, I've found that the output is more lucrative then working a Nav Beacon or an asteroid field. I made about 10 million killing around 15 ships (with aid from the allied AI) in a Viper Mark III completely un-engineered. Good pickings if you're just starting out and need some cash quick, or like me, you've only got an hour or so to spare in the night to have a fly. Feels like a good second or third step on the ladder to working towards that next craft. Anyway, that was in LHS 451 if you're interested.
I was kind of wondering what other tips people might have for me to try out at low level / early game to re/learn the ropes? I'm not so much looking to make lots of money, just looking to have some fun - but if it makes money then great! What else might a born-again noob have a go at?
So, before I started again, I went and bought the Odyssey expansion which, to be fair, even though I play the game in VR all the time, I'm really quite enjoying despite the grey box, if not anything else then for the additional immersion of visiting station concourses and watching the stars/planets/ships go by - it's almost like being at an airport. And actually seeing faces and outfits - and occasionally the odd commander, actually, it's fun. I just wish I could buy a drink at the bar!
But I'm relearning the game, so I put down my Asp Explorer (before I break it) and bought myself a little Viper Mark III and kitted it out a little, just something nice and cheap and fun, and thought I'd do the basics. So I visited the nav beacons and resource sites and did a little bounty hunting. Did some package delivery here and there, on and off planet. I'm absolutely loving the variety of on and off-planet locations now - it's much more interesting a galaxy to fly around and visit now. I visited some Titan wreckages, which man, I missed all of that, but it looks epic.
Tonight I fancied a bit of bounty hunting and I learned that in a lot of system, particularly the Military systems, there's usually a few little fun locations, Relays, Satellites, little outpost, even a grillhouse, which, you can't stop and land at, but you can pick up a lot of good Merc and Bounty work and you can fly around the stations trying to evade lasers and ships and they make for a really interesting backdrop for space combat. Best yet, I've found that the output is more lucrative then working a Nav Beacon or an asteroid field. I made about 10 million killing around 15 ships (with aid from the allied AI) in a Viper Mark III completely un-engineered. Good pickings if you're just starting out and need some cash quick, or like me, you've only got an hour or so to spare in the night to have a fly. Feels like a good second or third step on the ladder to working towards that next craft. Anyway, that was in LHS 451 if you're interested.
I was kind of wondering what other tips people might have for me to try out at low level / early game to re/learn the ropes? I'm not so much looking to make lots of money, just looking to have some fun - but if it makes money then great! What else might a born-again noob have a go at?
