Help for new players.

[ky4jw]

Help for the Newbies! I was a newbie at one time, and someone helped me. If you are having trouble finding minerals especially for engineering. I have found a planet jam packed with lots of minerals, so much it is hard not to find what you need. At the star system WREDGUIA NN-B D13=25 go to the first planet. Scan the planet with a surface scan and when you get done you will see the blue on the surface. On one side of the planet there is a DARKER BLUE, a large spot of it. Land there. There is so much material there. Lots of engineering material… even Arsenic. Good ride in the SRV also. About 70 percent smooth ride. The Arsenic is in the Crystalline Fragments, BUT BEWARE those spots are very HOT!

I am 70 years old and have been playing Elite even in the Commadore 64 days. I love the game. One more thing DAYS HOPE is another great spot to get things for engineering.

If you need a lift there, email me and I will fly you there for a couple of days with my Carrier so you can load up on supply’s. My carrier’s name is USS KENTUCKY. Be Safe.

 

[SlickPBW]

Obligatory:

IT’S A TRAP!

 

[ky4jw]

What trap?.. No trap here. just want to help

 

[[VR] DDM_Reaper20]

What trap?.. No trap here. just want to help

I think he was joking. Your advice, and offer to help, are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Rat Catcher]

What trap?.. No trap here. just want to help

It is normally a gif file (below) to make it 'sensible'.

Hope that helps!

 

[ky4jw]

I remember several years ago when this newer elite came out I was playing and I wanted a anaconda so bad so when I got one, I was killed leaving the starport and I did not have enough money for the insurance
well, I was devastated no money just a s sidewinder. A guy from England contacted me and said that he would donate $500,000 so I can get back on my feet so he flew in where I was located and give me material from his ship to get me back on my feet that is what makes this game, great it is nice to help people

 

[metatheurgist]

 

[Dragsham]

Anyone remember those nubs imprisoned (didn't have the jump range to get back to the bubble) on a fc mining their asses off? Was that true or just clickbait?
If anyone offers me sweeties to go somewhere I'm naturally pessimistic

(In jest)

 

[Rat Catcher]

Was that true or just clickbait?

Greed, greed never changes...

 

[CMDR X]

..At the star system WREDGUIA NN-B D13=25 go to the first planet...

I checked EDSM for that system and it didn't come up, however Wredguia NN-B d13-25 did.
I'm assuming the "=" should be a "-".

Hope it's the one you meant. It is 471.28 ly from Sol, BTW.

 

[SteveWW57]

I think that the initial help that a new CMDR needs is getting that first small ship with an A rated FSD to be able to go places to collect mats. Buying tritium from them at an inflated price is one way, and with a balance of 5-10 million they should be able to get a useful small ship and set off on their journey.

As has been pointed out, helping too much (credits I am thinking of you) could mean the loss of much enjoyable early game experience. It's a hard line to identify.

Steve

 

[Rat Catcher]

As has been pointed out, helping too much (credits I am thinking of you) could mean the loss of much enjoyable early game experience. It's a hard line to identify.

It is a hard line to identify.

As 'established' players of several years experience may have progressed through from small to large ships (and back to small as they are more fun!) over many months of play, as credits were no so plentiful, newer players are able to skip much of the learning curve as earning 100's of millions of credits, fast, is very possible just by scanning some salad, even in the bubble...

Then, of course, comes the engineering, with many suggestions being made over the years to simplify that, the game progresses...

 

[SteveWW57]

"earning 100's of millions of credits, fast, is very possible just by scanning some salad, even in the bubble..."

That is not something a new player should do imo, but do the small stuff and learn the basics before making that great leap. It is fun doing missions/activities in a small or medium ship.

Steve

 

[Greasetrap42]

As has been pointed out, helping too much (credits I am thinking of you) could mean the loss of much enjoyable early game experience. It's a hard line to identify.

I remember years ago joining a super-hard minecraft survival server. It was a really well designed server. Except... an established do-gooder kept visiting and dumping stacks of stuff. I quickly realized there were several do-gooders doing this as their personal ingame mission job. There was no point to the server, so I soon quit.

 

[graeme.firth]

Obligatory:

IT’S A TRAP!

LOL

 

[ky4jw]

Good discussion guys. Sometimes the world needs a little kindness. It is nice to help.

 

[Jack Winter]

If you don't get the reference, allegedly a few years ago a group enticed newbie commanders to land on their carrier, then they jumped it to a place where the newbies couldn't jump away and forced them to mine. Needless to say this was frowned upon by frontier and some accounts were voided. IIRC it even made it to the general gaming press.

 

[Rat Catcher]

If you don't get the reference, allegedly a few years ago a group enticed newbie commanders to land on their carrier,

Greed, greed never changes...

 

[Jack Winter]

IMO, it's somewhat hilarious meta gaming and I'd say GG, but I'm sure not fun for the victims, so IMO good that it got stomped on.

 

[MickyG1982]

If you don't get the reference, allegedly a few years ago a group enticed newbie commanders to land on their carrier, then they jumped it to a place where the newbies couldn't jump away and forced them to mine. Needless to say this was frowned upon by frontier and some accounts were voided. IIRC it even made it to the general gaming press.

Ah, online slavery at its best... (or a lack of common sense)

Though as newbies with very little they could have simply self destructed & got back to the bubble in seconds, in theory they wouldn't have lost much.