Just some quick questions from newbie.

[kwadrat005]

First things first. Hello everyone, its good to be a part of Elite family again after all those years

Now, me and my friends think about getting this game right now but we need some questions answered first.

1) How does "party/group/squardon" aspects look right now ? Is it usable, can you "warp" together, are your party members clearly visible on hud ect.
2) How does "clans/corporations" work ? Is there any ingame aspect of this other than name prefix ?
3) Is there/ Will there be a option to take control of/claim systems for "clans" ?
4) Just to make sure ... there is no subscription right ?
5) How does the game feel right now from team gameplay point of view ?

Those aspects are very important to us because we would like to dominate this galaxy, but to do so some "party" tools would be necessary
If those questions are answered somewhere else please point me in the right direction, if not any info would be most heplful

Fly safe,
kwadrat

 

[Cody]

Those aspects are very important to us because we would like to dominate this galaxy...

Good luck!

 

[Dixie]

First things first. Hello everyone, its good to be a part of Elite family again after all those years

Now, me and my friends think about getting this game right now but we need some questions answered first.

1) How does "party/group/squardon" aspects look right now ? Is it usable, can you "warp" together, are your party members clearly visible on hud ect.
2) How does "clans/corporations" work ? Is there any ingame aspect of this other than name prefix ?
3) Is there/ Will there be a option to take control of/claim systems for "clans" ?
4) Just to make sure ... there is no subscription right ?
5) How does the game feel right now from team gameplay point of view ?

Those aspects are very important to us because we would like to dominate this galaxy, but to do so some "party" tools would be necessary
If those questions are answered somewhere else please point me in the right direction, if not any info would be most heplful

Fly safe,
kwadrat

Hey,

1. You can group together. There is no drive slaving, nor will there be. You can warp together but youll have to coordinate it over ingame comms or ts or what have you.
2. If you mean clans/corporations as in guilds, then there are none at the moment.
3. Not at the moment afaik.
4. Right.
5. The First Great Epxedition did a few expeditions - I participated in one and we went in 3 groups of around 5 people and ended up all 15 in the same system. We did this in open play and were able to see each other at all times. We used a ts server for comms. Since then group comms for 6 people groups were introduced, but havent had the pleasure of trying it out yet.

You'd better bring lots of friends if you want to dominate the galaxy, seeing that is has about 400 000 000 000 systems.

Cheers,

 

[AndyC77]

I would hate to put off any potential customer but it seems you and your friends more of an mmo. Although advertised as such it has massive differences. I would suggest studying YouTube and these forums in depth.

What I can say is there is no subscription. Also the game is fantastic if you like invinite freedom. I very much enjoy flying out to the deepest depths of the galaxy.

I am not into multiplayer so can't help you there other than teaming up into wings will be available at some point after release. Its well worth joining in and seeing where this game goes over the next 5 - 10 years.

I hope this helps a little.

 

[satrycus]

1) How does "party/group/squardon" aspects look right now ? Is it usable, can you "warp" together, are your party members clearly visible on hud ect.

In Gamma 2.0 you can't form a party/squadron and you can't slave your Frameshift Drives together. It doesn't look likely that this will be in the release version next week. It's hoped that this will be added very early next year. You can join up in 'group play' which means that you will only encounter other people from your group.

2) How does "clans/corporations" work ? Is there any ingame aspect of this other than name prefix ?

There aren't clans or corporations in Elite: Dangerous and I'm not sure this is something that will ever come.

3) Is there/ Will there be a option to take control of/claim systems for "clans" ?

No, but you can influence the goings on in a system by supporting various factions within it.

4) Just to make sure ... there is no subscription right ?

No subscription, although you will have to pay for the big expansions like Planetary Landings and Walking around ships.

5) How does the game feel right now from team gameplay point of view ?

From a teamplay perspective it's lacking a lot of features that I think you're after, but this hasn't been the main focus of the game. Something like what you're after may come, but it's never going to be about clans taking over planetary systems.

 

[kwadrat005]

Well i was a little afraid of this, let's hope that they can do something with it in the future.
Thank you all for your imput, it was very helpful.