Hi all,
Let me begin by saying I'm mostly a lurker here on the forums; I visit here most days but rarely post. I've been playing Elite Dangerous since the early days of Beta and I truly adore this game.
In August I set out for Sagittarius A like many others have done before me, not fully realising how long it would take to journey to the core and back again. I arrived back at the 'bubble' last week and would like to share some 'photos' of my trip. I'm a keen photographer and one of the many things I love about Elite is the stunning vistas one can stumble across whilst traversing the fabulous galaxy Frontier have created for us. Ever since I began playing this game back in late 2014 I've been astounded by the visual and audio spectacle that is Elite Dangerous.
I'm an explorer at heart and spent much of my journey trying to find and take screens of particularly striking scenes. I certainly don't do exploration for the money... for the time and effort spent, I could easily have made much more doing trading or combat. But that's missing the point. I've read numerous threads stating that E: D is a grind and have always found these threads a little bewildering (for me personally). I play (or experience) E: D because of its ambition, its sense of scale and the immersion it creates. No other game I've played provides me with such a sense of wonderment and awe.
For me this game is almost cathartic, a place where I can lose and immerse myself in its beauty. I posted a thread way back in Beta thanking Frontier for what they had created, showing some screenshots of the sights I'd experienced back then (Eta Cephai!!!... alas, no more). A forum member named Nexxo commented on that thread "Not so much a game as a transcendental experience." and I couldn't agree more.
It's strange, in my real life photography I'm always looking for calm and tranquil scenes. It's great that in my favourite 'game' I can find and experience the same. Thank you Frontier for not only a great gaming experience but what I would also consider a work of art.
I'm away visiting family at the moment so have been unable to try out the Horizons beta. I'm sure there are many other splendid sights to see on my return home.
I used various graphics mods throughout my 4 month expedition. Some of the shots from my travels are below:
https://flic.kr/p/Bdj5nZhttps://flic.kr/p/Bdj5nZ
https://flic.kr/p/BjG4Sm
https://flic.kr/p/Bdj4W8
https://flic.kr/p/APpHGR
https://flic.kr/p/BLQeF2
https://flic.kr/p/BJwhAj
https://flic.kr/p/BDxwDH
https://flic.kr/p/BJw1Y7
https://flic.kr/p/BLQf7c
https://flic.kr/p/BBfdZb
https://flic.kr/p/Bdjfjc
https://flic.kr/p/APpC4g
https://flic.kr/p/APpMCB
https://flic.kr/p/APj18Q
Let me begin by saying I'm mostly a lurker here on the forums; I visit here most days but rarely post. I've been playing Elite Dangerous since the early days of Beta and I truly adore this game.
In August I set out for Sagittarius A like many others have done before me, not fully realising how long it would take to journey to the core and back again. I arrived back at the 'bubble' last week and would like to share some 'photos' of my trip. I'm a keen photographer and one of the many things I love about Elite is the stunning vistas one can stumble across whilst traversing the fabulous galaxy Frontier have created for us. Ever since I began playing this game back in late 2014 I've been astounded by the visual and audio spectacle that is Elite Dangerous.
I'm an explorer at heart and spent much of my journey trying to find and take screens of particularly striking scenes. I certainly don't do exploration for the money... for the time and effort spent, I could easily have made much more doing trading or combat. But that's missing the point. I've read numerous threads stating that E: D is a grind and have always found these threads a little bewildering (for me personally). I play (or experience) E: D because of its ambition, its sense of scale and the immersion it creates. No other game I've played provides me with such a sense of wonderment and awe.
For me this game is almost cathartic, a place where I can lose and immerse myself in its beauty. I posted a thread way back in Beta thanking Frontier for what they had created, showing some screenshots of the sights I'd experienced back then (Eta Cephai!!!... alas, no more). A forum member named Nexxo commented on that thread "Not so much a game as a transcendental experience." and I couldn't agree more.
It's strange, in my real life photography I'm always looking for calm and tranquil scenes. It's great that in my favourite 'game' I can find and experience the same. Thank you Frontier for not only a great gaming experience but what I would also consider a work of art.
I'm away visiting family at the moment so have been unable to try out the Horizons beta. I'm sure there are many other splendid sights to see on my return home.
I used various graphics mods throughout my 4 month expedition. Some of the shots from my travels are below:
https://flic.kr/p/Bdj5nZhttps://flic.kr/p/Bdj5nZhttps://flic.kr/p/BjG4Smhttps://flic.kr/p/Bdj4W8https://flic.kr/p/APpHGRhttps://flic.kr/p/BLQeF2https://flic.kr/p/BJwhAjhttps://flic.kr/p/BDxwDHhttps://flic.kr/p/BJw1Y7https://flic.kr/p/BLQf7chttps://flic.kr/p/BBfdZbhttps://flic.kr/p/Bdjfjchttps://flic.kr/p/APpC4ghttps://flic.kr/p/APpMCBhttps://flic.kr/p/APj18Q
