So i've decided that Elite Dangerous is great, and I want to play it more. That's great to me. But I'm about to do my best on a life long in-game journey to explore everything I can in-game and hopefully before I die. I'm Twenty-Six Years old now and Elite Dangerous is a 1:1 recreation of the Milky Way so I might be playing for as long as the game is up and running and still not meet that goal in time. I was thinking about the areas where basically no players go, and I thought "Yeah, I'm going to go there. Heck, I'll go everywhere. That's a good idea." So yeah, I was thinking that the Devs could add a way for us to colonize planets with Settlements (Custom or not.). Or at least rent to own our own empty settlements and/or space stations. Of course, this might already exist, I don't know. But basically, all I want to do is set up space stations and settlements to make my travels a little easier in the PLAYER-NO-GO areas. Is this possible? Maybe. Would it be cool as heck? Definitely.
Is there any chance for Player Instituded Stations and Settlements?
- Thread starter Coleton707
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If you want to make your "travels a little easier", a Fleet Carrier is the way to go. For all intents and purposes it's a mobile space station, with all the same services that a station would provide (minus missions, Frontline Solutions and Apex Taxi)
Player owned settlements and stations would only make sense if they came with a proper "colonization" themed expansion (think of player owned space in EVE Online). I don't see Elite moving anywhere in that direction.
Player owned settlements and stations would only make sense if they came with a proper "colonization" themed expansion (think of player owned space in EVE Online). I don't see Elite moving anywhere in that direction.
Fleet Carriers sound epic! I'll look it up thanks!
Don't panic!
There's a lot to do but plenty of time,
There's a lot to do but plenty of time,
Oh no, i'm not gonna panic. Just gotta work on getting a Fleet Carrier.
Thanks for the info! I currently have a little over 8 million credits. So I just gotta get to work.
And of course the weekly maintenance fee.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
A "fully loaded" Carrier with all optional services purchased will cost 6.75B Cr., with a weekly upkeep of 34.95M Cr. Sounds like a lot, but the game offers ways to earn the necessary credits.
And you must have just missed the trade community goal that finished this morning. Profits of about 330,000 credits per ton moved. Start in a small ship and end up with a big one plus loads of credits. Watch out for these in the future.
Steve
I remember the good-old-days, when thousands here were working hard to get an Anaconda.
Now you get one for free at Hutton Orbital... go figure
Only to find that they had more fun in small or medium ships and the Anaconda sat in the hangar.
Remember, an Anaconda restricts you to ONLY large landing pads. A large chunk of the stations are out of bounds.
Steve
Alright, so I gotta work a lot more than I thought. I'll stick with building up my credits for now. Planning and Prep are half the Journey.
I love exploring so at least the Prep can be fun.
If you're into exploring the DBX and an Artemis can be good.
Thanks! Should I fully upgrade a DBX or is there a more optimal config? I plan on fully upgrading an Artemis.
Alright, I will!
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
Plus, possibly, a Guardian FSD Booster.
Getting from A to B the greater jump range is really useful. But for exploring are not most of the jumps going to be star to nearby star?
Steve