How to get fun out of this game
- Thread starter KimJongIl
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Fun? Fun? FUN???
This is Elite son, you ever play Frontier? Now that was a grind. 20 years later I could still do the Barnards Star to Sol trade run with my eyes closed.
This is Elite son, you ever play Frontier? Now that was a grind. 20 years later I could still do the Barnards Star to Sol trade run with my eyes closed.
most of us will start in cobras, yay, so no more stupid 4 tonne grinding ever!
just find things that you want to test and go for it
What is this sorcery?
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Speak for yourself.......
whilst due to my KS backing level I have a whole host of starting options, I have no intention of "cheating" myself out of the knowledge that I did it myself
(and the argument that you did it in beta so you already earned it is kind of moot imo as it has already been stated that money comes way easier in beta than it will on release).
Personally I think FD should come up with a small, but easily identified alteration to our ranking insignia, or perhaps a badge we can put on the outside of our ships for those of us who reject this easy way out and go the full Monty
NOTE, not having a pop at those who do use these crutches it is your choice, the only person you are cheating is yourself and if you are happy with that then so be it.
Get a DK2
The game is not holding your hand telling you what to do, instead it is just presenting an universe and you are free to do whatever you want. Trading is just one aspect of the game. It provides relatively safe income, but is also slow. As in real life, you need to take higher risks to gain higher rewards. There are missions, pirating, mining and lots of other stuff in the final version.
Elite is not for everyone, many players like linear games more, which will have more "fun" packed in as every player will follow the exact same route. So it is easy for the developers to pack this route full of cutscenes, story elements and so on. It is way harder to make an open ended game like Elite, and make sure everyone has a fun experience, as the player is responsible for creating his own story. All they can do is throwing as many opportunities to fun and exploration at the player as possible.
Personally I hate linear games, and absolutely love open ended sandbox games where you can immerse yourself fully into the role of someone else in a different time and place. The linear gaming genre is pretty overcrowded though, so if you like that kind of games more you are in luck. I will enjoy this rare little pearl though.
A strange post for a guy named hermit
It's not often that I physically L O L at a forum post, but that one hit the spot.
To make money, I buy Advanced Catalysts in Asellus Primus to sell in Dahan, and buy Tantalum in Dahan to sell in Asellus Primus. About 15,000 profit round trip in a Hauler, and a very fast single jump trip.
For fun (and to save my ship from sneaky pirates, when you have 80,000 worth of tantalum, you want to be careful), I'm flying my Hauler at 300 m/s with flight assist off, which I find rather challenging at the moment. It is rather amusing - when I was playing as a bounty hunter, a combat oriented role, I never really felt the need to learn FA off advanced tactics. Now that I'm a peaceful, harmless space truck driver, I find myself learning some pretty awesome turns and twists as I try to align my ship to the space station entrance as fast as possible. Basically, this game has quite a bit of hidden depth, but you have to make an effort to discover it.
For fun (and to save my ship from sneaky pirates, when you have 80,000 worth of tantalum, you want to be careful), I'm flying my Hauler at 300 m/s with flight assist off, which I find rather challenging at the moment. It is rather amusing - when I was playing as a bounty hunter, a combat oriented role, I never really felt the need to learn FA off advanced tactics. Now that I'm a peaceful, harmless space truck driver, I find myself learning some pretty awesome turns and twists as I try to align my ship to the space station entrance as fast as possible. Basically, this game has quite a bit of hidden depth, but you have to make an effort to discover it.
Trading does seem to be the way to make proper $$$$$.
I spent a week trading to get a couple of million CR with the plan of simply then being able to afford to do other stuff in the game... I'm now playing around with combat and next I'll try spending some time in anarchic systems next to see what happens
I might try a bit of piracy too as there's no downside to it in such systems!
I spent a week trading to get a couple of million CR with the plan of simply then being able to afford to do other stuff in the game... I'm now playing around with combat and next I'll try spending some time in anarchic systems next to see what happens
I might try a bit of piracy too as there's no downside to it in such systems!
The profession system is not implemented yet so you really have to get a little creative with your time. Use the time to test weapons, bugs, fine tune your pilot skills, go fight off the pvpers at Freeport, or just sit back and take in the atmosphere.
This is very early beta with a phase called gamma comming up which is foreign to most people who expect a beta to be a near finish product.
This is very early beta with a phase called gamma comming up which is foreign to most people who expect a beta to be a near finish product.
Lugalbandak
Banned
1 haul cargo missions , do 10 of them and you in a hauler for sure with extra cash. better as 45 he? :smilie:
your right , atm there is not trading but just simple move stuff , it will be better in future.
succses cmndr
your right , atm there is not trading but just simple move stuff , it will be better in future.
succses cmndr