Base Raiding with spacelegs (TM)

[fuub]

Being FD I imagine that you won't have nothing to do beside walking around, no interiors, and 6 months later they add one interior that repeats through all the planetary bases, where the mission is to go there and press a button which will reward you with 10k credits and 1 random material.

 

[dannysquid]

Wouldn't ELITE always be a bit different to most FPS games just because gravity (lack of it or too much of it) would likely have a big impact on the way it played. You'd be floating as much as running/strafing. I'm picturing big exoskeleton things for high G worlds and float/jump/concrete boots for low G worlds.

Like hiding and sneaking up on someone to shoot them ?

Precisely!

 

[CMDR-AD]

I wonder how they'll handle/explain the death mechanic once we get space legs.
Since you're out of your ship, there's no magic escape pod to eject and save you.

We'll have a module in our ships. As we fall to doom, we'll make a radio call to that module.

GORT! CMDR barada nikto!

And we awaken in the ship, being administered vital aid by the robot.

 

[DaggerSnake]

I'm very excited to get out of the seat for sure. I hope it's all the ideas mentioned here and more.

I'm really curious about how they will handle the controls when transitioning to foot while in VR.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

Yes, in Arma you move slower and your "person" breath and moans if injured
also blood on your uniform.

If you see blood on your suit it might be the right time to concern yourself about sealing the puncture.

 

[Ouberos]

I don't want to just get out of my SRV, I want to jump out of my ship at High alttitude and free fall until the gravity defined last minute Low opening of my future chute.

On the ground, inside the perimeter I deploy spy drones and attack drones from my utility case to create a diversion for the Sentinels before I silent run into the compound and hack the door terminal.

After that it's all sneaking and quick knife work until I retrieve the data probability spike.

The alarm goes off, out comes my Blaster and over comms my NPC crew inform me of an incoming Dropship loaded with Corporate wage slave soldiers.

Guess it's time to leave. Did I spot an Armoured transport on the way in...

 

[askavir]

According to current base raids, I believe that when ground installations have guards defending them, trying to run them over with the SRV will result in the SRV losing shields and engines.

 

[Andovar]

According to current base raids, I believe that when ground installations have guards defending them, trying to run them over with the SRV will result in the SRV losing shields and engines.

But their bodies bouncing off the SRV and launching high into the air on low-G worlds would be so much more fun.

 

[lysan]

According to current base raids, I believe that when ground installations have guards defending them, trying to run them over with the SRV will result in the SRV losing shields and engines.

Probably they will just shoot you with an RPG.

 

[_Fissure]

I would like to see a multidimensional battlefield:

• Capital ships in orbit above a planet, with fighters duking it out around them
• Meanwhile drop ships of various types are flying to the planet surface, loaded with tanks and troop transporters
• On the ground, the tanks and troop transporters head towards the objective (e.g. a starport)
• The troops are disgorged from the transporters, mopping up the stragglers, taking out the stubborn resistance cells
• All the while fighters such as Eagles provide air cover or fly air superiority missions

In essence the current combat zones would extend down to the planetary surface. Of course the chances of it happening are beyond remote I would hazard to guess.

The Alien Isolation sneak around missions I would be quite happy to do on the larger ships. I am thinking of christening my T7 Nostromo

As much as I would like this too, FD can't even program "deliver X to Y location" correctly. I doubt we'll see anything near a multi-dimensional battlefield.

 

[Lobey]

I'd love something like SOMA - space obviously instead of under the sea - exploring wrecked ships etc - sometimes you might find nothing other times......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26vIpVjCh9g

 

[Andovar]

How about your NPC co-pilot manning the SRV and providing cover fire while you head in on foot.

 

[Enderby]

I can't help but think that some people are being overly-optimistic.

 

[Andovar]

I can't help but think that some people are being overly-optimistic.

better than being overly-pessimistic.

 

[Enderby]

better than being overly-pessimistic.

You sure about that?

 

[CMDR Zhon Daeli]

Sod base raiding .. I'm hoping to jump into a system one day, pick up an identified signal near a moon around the last planet in the solar system, go there, and find a derelict alien ship in a slowly decaying orbit. Hundreds of years old.

I'd then have to figure out a way to dock with it, and then explore it. [hotas]

 

[Kayweg]

better than being overly-pessimistic.

Please DO remember that when the hype bubble bursts, and it turns out all you can do is walk around for a while and look at rocks or stick a probe in the dust ?

Being optimistic certainly is a good thing, creating exaggerated expectations of a full blown multi-million dollar Modern Warfare or Arma style ground segment in ED probably isn't.