If you think ED's too difficult...

[lysan]

Agree with OP.... Here's my view :

Stick with it, don't give up, learn to fly straight and keep practising... Then, when Gamma comes along and a gamma player asks the same question you'll be saying 'Why change it? It doesn't need changing... Keep practising and you soon won't notice it...'

As has been said before just practise, practise and practise some more... When you first drove a car it took a while to get confident driving in those narrow spaces but now you're probably bombing through them at 60mph... Same applies in game... Don't give up, stick with it!

Docking is like walking. We didn't start walking straight off, we crashed, fell over and hurt ourselves numerous times before we got any good... Did we give up? No of course not... same applies to docking...

Docking is easy....if they don't change the GD docking bay all the time, 06 no 13 no 28 Jesus MAKE UP YOUR MIND CONTROL!!! and then the whole space station disappear like magic, and you wonder ***? ok let fly off then and wuupti as you fly it materialize and you fly into some construction and die and marked as a criminal LOL...true story happened more than ones.

 

[MARPATdroid]

The game was hard.... I was doing okay with the Mouse and Keyboard controls, but I had a problem with the turning and constantly moving the mouse in a direction then having to stop to pick up the mouse and keep it moving up. Then I remembered I had a gift card to Best Buy and got a joystick. Now it seems like the game is much easier and much more enjoyable... Been playing with the joystick for a week, and now here I am looking at some of the HOTAS setups and how they could help me improve even more.

Cheers.

 

[Frank]

Docking is easy....if they don't change the GD docking bay all the time, 06 no 13 no 28 Jesus MAKE UP YOUR MIND CONTROL!!! and then the whole space station disappear like magic, and you wonder ***? ok let fly off then and wuupti as you fly it materialize and you fly into some construction and die and marked as a criminal LOL...true story happened more than ones.

This bug has probably made me a better spaceship parker. But the frustration has bled into real life. I go to the supermarket carpark and drive into a space. I then drive out that space and into another space. I then drive out that space and into another space...

 

[Ixnatifual]

This bug has probably made me a better spaceship parker. But the frustration has bled into real life. I go to the supermarket carpark and drive into a space. I then drive out that space and into another space. I then drive out that space and into another space...

Crime added.

 

[Togg]

This bug has probably made me a better spaceship parker. But the frustration has bled into real life. I go to the supermarket carpark and drive into a space. I then drive out that space and into another space. I then drive out that space and into another space...

well played sir... you forced me to Laugh. .. well played

 

[CmdrBond]

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But... and here's the big BUT... if you WANT to stick at it - invest TIME, MONEY AND THOUGHT into in, practice, and ACCEPT you're going to get blown to kingdom come more times than you've had hot dinners UNTIL you learn some nifty fighting / trading / hiding techniques OF YOUR OWN... then welcome and lets have a great experience together.

This!

 

[Jason S]

If you choose to play in relatively safe areas and in a group of only you (no pvp) then the game is easy enough for any gamer.

Now if you are not a gamer ED probably would not interest you and is out of your target market.

If you wish a hard learning and skill curve then gradually go to more pvp and more unsafe areas.

No problem.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

I'll trim down my ignore list, then! A wonderful invention.

Most likely it's temporary ban

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

If you choose to play in relatively safe areas and in a group of only you (no pvp) then the game is easy enough for any gamer.

Now if you are not a gamer ED probably would not interest you and is out of your target market.

If you wish a hard learning and skill curve then gradually go to more pvp and more unsafe areas.

No problem.

I can agree with that.

However, I really don't get idea that non-gamers couldn't handle ED. I have heard stories of ten year olds, never seen game in their life, handing down meat tickets to other players in PvP combat. So maybe it's more about open mind and trying until succeeded thing.

Ahhh yeah, I forgot, lot of companies have worked hard for years to convert that market to casual one, otherwise they wouldn't sell Sims/CoD in billions copies once every 2 years.

 

[Uridium]

What would be the point if it was easy. We would play for a week or a month... then move on.

I for one want ED to be a game that entertains and challenges me for years to come.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

What would be the point if it was easy. We would play for a week or a month... then move on.

I for one want ED to be a game that entertains and challenges me for years to come.

And this is big schism with computer games these days.

You know what bothers me? That majority of computer games these days have actual and sometimes even official time measurement how many hours of entertainment you will get out of it. Good games are designed to be played again and again and again. This "scarcity of entertainment" is created artificially by years. Don't give players compelling gameplay. Give them shinies. In result, instant gratification is a must if game wants to earn back tens of millions investments, because it gets obsolete very very fast.

 

[HellToupee]

Is it me or many complains about docking actually is complains about bugs with docking? Because docking itself is very easy. However, if instance get borked, it gets frustrating very very fast.

No i some people find it hard, but its not because it is in any way hard but because they haven't put in any time or effort to learn.

See it all the time in DCS, people spazz out over how hard a start procedure must be, but its not simply sit through a tutorial have a memory better than a goldfish and your a master pick up a sling load while hovering now there is something hard.

 

[Ammo7]

need help

Hello all is there a keyboard and mouse setup that actually works the default one is horrible, I have never had such a hard time in a game learning the controls I am used to move the mouse left you go left not roll.

 

[Dogmeat]

Hello all is there a keyboard and mouse setup that actually works the default one is horrible, I have never had such a hard time in a game learning the controls I am used to move the mouse left you go left not roll.

Yes. That can all be changed in the control options. Not being a K+M player myself I couldn't specifically advise you but I'm certain other threads will have the info you need. Happy searching!

 

[ClymAngus]

Ladies (One definitely and others possibly) and gentlemen, please. The game is still in a rough and ready form.

Now I'm not decrying the psychopathic tendancies of the odd "first pledger"

But we're starting to get press as being a bunch of ***ts.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/...-space-with-the-elite-dangerous-premium-beta/

Which is fine, if you are one. That said may I remind all the "I've had my boss shouting at me for 6 hours straight, so of course I want to take that rage and pass it right along by ruining someone elses day." people...

That, in all probability, Fronteer actually want to release this game? So blowing the crud out of the speculative press is probably not the best way to make that happen? I know, I know with being first generation comes power, power which is sadly missing in the rest of our lives BUT bigger picture eh?

Oh and honesty please. If some nut job makes it their duty to snipe you in the face constantly. Doesn't mean you can't play the game. It just means that there is a nut job constantly sniping you in the face. It's not your fault. It's just the rules are not yet in place for taking the naughty sniper out of the class and giving him/her a damn good smack on the botty. I'm sure they are in the works.

You hear me? You naughty naughty EVE surrogates? Botty spanking! A big one! Sooner than you think! Read the article. The guy would prefer Dangerous to be more like oolite (and that's your fault that is, you trigger happy short term gratifiers).

 

[sWi7zLe]

I'm finding it rather hard as no space stations are visible!

I go to a different system... should be space station here... nope! Go back to where i came from... er space station gone

Only way i can get them to re-appear it would seem is to die!

So difficulty level = rather tricky and ultimately pointless

 

[psykokow]

I'm finding it rather hard as no space stations are visible!

I go to a different system... should be space station here... nope! Go back to where i came from... er space station gone

Only way i can get them to re-appear it would seem is to die!

So difficulty level = rather tricky and ultimately pointless

Disappearing stations... Be patient, sounds like a bug that will be resolved in good time..

Welcome to premium beta... ticket it and try again.

 

[KickahasTier]

Worst thread ever. Self serving cods-wollop.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

I'm finding it rather hard as no space stations are visible!

I go to a different system... should be space station here... nope! Go back to where i came from... er space station gone

Only way i can get them to re-appear it would seem is to die!

So difficulty level = rather tricky and ultimately pointless

You can also Save and Quit, which will save all your stats.

Space stations disappearing is bug still fixed.

 

[Wallwork]

Worst thread ever. Self serving cods-wollop.

I somewhat agree, but then why bring it back to the front page by adding to it?