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- Thread starter bongston
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This isn't a jump in and play game. I suggest reading the manual that's on the steam sales page and watching some of the youtube video tutorials :
http://hosting.zaonce.net/elite/website/assets/ELITE-DANGEROUS-GAME-MANUAL.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments
It's a skill based game with a lkot of depth so it takes time to learn how to fly your ship and every upgrade to you ship changes the performance of said ship.
The missions aren't filtered based on your skill/experience level. You will be offered missions where a beginner in a basic Sidewinder is certain to die very quickly. It's up to you to pick the missions you can complete. Read the initial post in this thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=118364
Yeahh. Uhm.
A stock Sidewinder might just not quite be the right equipment for a Conflict Zone
So you're into combat? Maybe earn some money first by hunting Wanteds at a NAV Beacon or -
if you're feeling more adventurous - at a RessourceExtractionSite at a ring planet.
I assume you've done the Training missions? Are you comfortable with those?
Although combat isn't exactly rocket science, against bigger ships you'll need to
know how to manouver yourself into your target's blind spots.
Elite may not have Skills to get, there's still stuff to learn. Therein: the fun.
A stock Sidewinder might just not quite be the right equipment for a Conflict Zone
So you're into combat? Maybe earn some money first by hunting Wanteds at a NAV Beacon or -
if you're feeling more adventurous - at a RessourceExtractionSite at a ring planet.
I assume you've done the Training missions? Are you comfortable with those?
Although combat isn't exactly rocket science, against bigger ships you'll need to
know how to manouver yourself into your target's blind spots.
Elite may not have Skills to get, there's still stuff to learn. Therein: the fun.
You're going to have a bad time. This is a real complex game. The combat revolves around power management, weapon management and heat management, if you don't know the first things about them then it's going to take you longer to progress to a level another player would have by reading the manual and then jumping in.
Nav beacons are a great place to start. Try to get into a wing with a more experienced player and you'll soon earn enough bounties to get the bigger ship and guns. There's loads of experienced out there will to help like this to get you started. I would but I'm 2000ly out exploring at present.
Please do not let your few hours of play put you off what is actually a great game.
If you want to do it yourself then try some trading or hauling missions from the bulletin board. Grind it for a week or so and you'll have enough to refit your sidewinder or get that bigger ship.
Please do not let your few hours of play put you off what is actually a great game.
If you want to do it yourself then try some trading or hauling missions from the bulletin board. Grind it for a week or so and you'll have enough to refit your sidewinder or get that bigger ship.
It's called Elite dangerous, not Elite 'hold my hand, never hurt me, give me max toon in an hour or I'm off'.
It's meant to throw you in at the deep end, and how you cope with that is up to you. Missions are a fine life lesson- if someone is offering £150,000 to go hunt someone and you start with 1000cr, this might give you an idea of how tough that mission might be.
Research is a valuable life skill.
And I have to admit I really struggled for the first week or so!
It's meant to throw you in at the deep end, and how you cope with that is up to you. Missions are a fine life lesson- if someone is offering £150,000 to go hunt someone and you start with 1000cr, this might give you an idea of how tough that mission might be.
Research is a valuable life skill.
And I have to admit I really struggled for the first week or so!
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Elite Dangerous is not a quick-to-get-into game. Think of it more like a flight simulator, but in space - not an arcade shooter.
You have many career paths open to you. Trading commodities between starports (Trading), Exploring the galaxy (Explorer), Mining asteroids for rare minerals/metals (Mining), Smuggling stolen goods (Smuggling), or taking goods from other ships by force (Pirating). You can also go after wanted criminals (Bounty Hunting). There is a lot to do and a lot to learn.
The starting Sidewinder ship is flexible enough so you can dip your toes into any of the above career paths but it is too small and underpowered to excel in any. Think of it as your tutorial ship as you learn the mechanics and try out which direction you want to go in. Then save up your credits to buy your first ship which is suited to your chosen career.
It took me about 2 weeks of play to get to a point I could buy my first ship - again I'll reiterate - it's not a quick-to-get-into game. Think of it as you will need an investment of your time for the next year, not a quick blast for a week or two.
This is a good place for all newcomers to start:
Harmless Guide
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80291
Fly safe commander.
ED is the game that drops you in the deep end and stamps on your face. It's easy to learn and hard to master but it's easy to learn IF you read the manual and do your research.
If you look at some of my other peoples you'll see it's pretty much impossible to die if you know what you're doing. Unfortunately you need to die a lot before you learn how unless you do your research
If you look at some of my other peoples you'll see it's pretty much impossible to die if you know what you're doing. Unfortunately you need to die a lot before you learn how unless you do your research