Greetings fellow Commanders,
I'm with this bunch of great commanders since premium beta, and I just realized (hit me like a hammer, really) that I have not touched any other game since premium beta. That is nearly 6 months now (30 of May IIRC).
Ok, I'll admit I don't have that much time to play these days, but whatever game time there is, i's all E
. And i's not for a lack of choices, I still have a lot of very good games in my steam account, completely untouched.
I used to play a lot of BF3 and BF4, not even opening Origin any more.
I used to play FTL or XCOM (both huge time sinks), but I'm not even opening Steam any more.
I'm an Star Citizen backer, I do download the updates now and then, but the Arena Commander is just meh. Not playing.
Ok, now about E. At first I was disappointed about the Gamma because there is still a lot of content missing (I miss FE2/FFE like BBS 'chats' with the prospective client, and passenger services, and maybe real long-distance this-package-is-important-to-us-the-Mafia-will-chase-you like courier services).
But:
- (for me) they have got multiplayer working! I can consistently play together with my brother! It just works!
- Finally getting interdicted a lot. Remember how it was in FFE: Hauling 4 Tons of Fruit&Veggies in a high-sec Core World: get interdicted three times by gangs of pirates (at least two ships!).
- Full Galaxy to explore. I had to cross 144 LY to get to my Freeagle, visited Sol on the way, great fun and It didn't even take that much time.
- bounty-hunting in a Sidewinder, challenging but possible (having a blast).
- gameplay has a good flow, supercruise exit is finally fast enough, seeing less 'super far away' remote stations
- subtle but much-needed UI improvements: you can access your left and right planels + galaxy map while in the missions board -> big improvement
- a lot going on everywhere I visit. A lot of NPCs zipping about and still seeing an unexpectedly high number of commanders (except for Sol, strangely).
- love the constraints, especially in the smaller ships. You actually have to think twice about how to outfit your ship, there is no obvious 'XX is the best' answer.
To be honest even with the missing features the game is already so good, once we get the missing features (or some at last) and planetary landings (maybe? hope so!) I think my mind will explode.
An not even an Ocullus Rift ower (yet).
As a side note, I hope there will be another wipe for release, I always have the best time starting from scratch. I will probably self-wipe if not
And maybe they can make interdictions harder to escape. Or give us a way to set the game to 'hard'?
Ok, by now I think I must come across as a mumbling nutjob, but I want to share one experience from FFE: I had to do a planetary landing once with a damaged upper thruster. Meaning the ship was really hard to control, and I had to do it on manual because the autopilot just couldn't cope with the limited flight controls (as it should be). It was hard, it took time, but it was a _lot_ of fun!
Bottom line, Elite isn't hard, it's challenging but fair (there is some randomness, but It always gives you a fighting chance).
For me, they could make it harder, I would love that. Actually being afraid to fly around in an anarchy system, like you should be.
Oh by the way, I'm in open, feel free to pirate me if that is your role, if you play it well I'll add you to my friends list (and drop some cargo)!
see you all out there,
Commander Benderson
I'm with this bunch of great commanders since premium beta, and I just realized (hit me like a hammer, really) that I have not touched any other game since premium beta. That is nearly 6 months now (30 of May IIRC).
Ok, I'll admit I don't have that much time to play these days, but whatever game time there is, i's all E
. And i's not for a lack of choices, I still have a lot of very good games in my steam account, completely untouched.I used to play a lot of BF3 and BF4, not even opening Origin any more.
I used to play FTL or XCOM (both huge time sinks), but I'm not even opening Steam any more.
I'm an Star Citizen backer, I do download the updates now and then, but the Arena Commander is just meh. Not playing.
Ok, now about E
. At first I was disappointed about the Gamma because there is still a lot of content missing (I miss FE2/FFE like BBS 'chats' with the prospective client, and passenger services, and maybe real long-distance this-package-is-important-to-us-the-Mafia-will-chase-you like courier services).But:
- (for me) they have got multiplayer working! I can consistently play together with my brother! It just works!
- Finally getting interdicted a lot. Remember how it was in FFE: Hauling 4 Tons of Fruit&Veggies in a high-sec Core World: get interdicted three times by gangs of pirates (at least two ships!).
- Full Galaxy to explore. I had to cross 144 LY to get to my Freeagle, visited Sol on the way, great fun and It didn't even take that much time.
- bounty-hunting in a Sidewinder, challenging but possible (having a blast).
- gameplay has a good flow, supercruise exit is finally fast enough, seeing less 'super far away' remote stations
- subtle but much-needed UI improvements: you can access your left and right planels + galaxy map while in the missions board -> big improvement
- a lot going on everywhere I visit. A lot of NPCs zipping about and still seeing an unexpectedly high number of commanders (except for Sol, strangely).
- love the constraints, especially in the smaller ships. You actually have to think twice about how to outfit your ship, there is no obvious 'XX is the best' answer.
To be honest even with the missing features the game is already so good, once we get the missing features (or some at last) and planetary landings (maybe? hope so!) I think my mind will explode.
An not even an Ocullus Rift ower (yet).
As a side note, I hope there will be another wipe for release, I always have the best time starting from scratch. I will probably self-wipe if not
And maybe they can make interdictions harder to escape. Or give us a way to set the game to 'hard'?
Ok, by now I think I must come across as a mumbling nutjob, but I want to share one experience from FFE: I had to do a planetary landing once with a damaged upper thruster. Meaning the ship was really hard to control, and I had to do it on manual because the autopilot just couldn't cope with the limited flight controls (as it should be). It was hard, it took time, but it was a _lot_ of fun!
Bottom line, Elite isn't hard, it's challenging but fair (there is some randomness, but It always gives you a fighting chance).
For me, they could make it harder, I would love that. Actually being afraid to fly around in an anarchy system, like you should be.
Oh by the way, I'm in open, feel free to pirate me if that is your role, if you play it well I'll add you to my friends list (and drop some cargo)!
see you all out there,
Commander Benderson
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