What are some of your most memorable experiences about this game that made it absolutely worth every penny? Have you had these experiences? As much as I complain about this game, and demand change, I cannot deny that this game has been worth every penny of the $75.00 I paid for it (Plus a pirate viper skin 
), and here are a couple of examples as to why that is so.
Beta 1, back in September. I remember being in my new Sidewinder flying about the LP 98-132 nav beacon, when suddenly I (or someone else, I cannot remember) busted open a Hauler full of slaves. I remember my scanner full of white blips everywhere, with commanders racing to and fro trying to nab as many canisters as possible. With so many players in that one nav beacon, with the fights that erupted between commanders over cargo, that was emergent gameplay. That was my first taste of what Elite truly had to offer.
The Lugh War. When exactly it happened I cannot recall, but it was as I had sided with the Crimson State for an Independent Lugh, I was trying to stop commanders who I had suspected to be fulfilling the trade CG quota for the Federation (Yes, at the time I did not realize that was to another system). At one point, I was flying my Vulture with twin B3 plasma Accelerators, in a wing with a friend in an Imperial Clipper and another newer friend in his new Cobra MK III. I stopped an ASP and realizing I had also forgotten a cargo scanner. I threatened him, and after ten seconds of waiting for my own wing to arrive, a wing of two Vipers and an Imperial Clipper in his wing arrived. He said, instantaneously, "I have friends". In the very next moment, my friends arrive, and I say, "Me too".
I don't remember who fired the first shot, but my friend in his Imperial Clipper lunged towards the ASP, shooting and (accidentally) ramming him to death. I, meanwhile, charged the enemy Imperial Clipper, and that's when I truly began to adore the twin PA's. He was shred to bits after a little over a minute of fighting, and with the ASP dead, there were only two Vipers left. I had never known what had became of the first Viper, but the second was charging away from us and into SC. We pursued him until he had only 2% hull remaining (or so), and arrived at Knight Dock. There, he landed and repaired, and we found the entire enemy wing. We had won that battle, originally 3v4, with 4-0 in our favor, and we chatted and laughed with them. They turned out to be supporters of Lugh's Independence, but I didn't care, it's this event that made me proud to be a veteran of the Lugh War.
When I get angry, when I say this game is a load of rubbish, I think about these memories and silently thank David Braben and the team for creating this masterpiece. Thank you David, Michael, and the rest of the team for this amazing masterpiece. I can't wait for the features that lie ahead!
P.S: Devs, show us your piracy skills
), and here are a couple of examples as to why that is so.Beta 1, back in September. I remember being in my new Sidewinder flying about the LP 98-132 nav beacon, when suddenly I (or someone else, I cannot remember) busted open a Hauler full of slaves. I remember my scanner full of white blips everywhere, with commanders racing to and fro trying to nab as many canisters as possible. With so many players in that one nav beacon, with the fights that erupted between commanders over cargo, that was emergent gameplay. That was my first taste of what Elite truly had to offer.
The Lugh War. When exactly it happened I cannot recall, but it was as I had sided with the Crimson State for an Independent Lugh, I was trying to stop commanders who I had suspected to be fulfilling the trade CG quota for the Federation (Yes, at the time I did not realize that was to another system). At one point, I was flying my Vulture with twin B3 plasma Accelerators, in a wing with a friend in an Imperial Clipper and another newer friend in his new Cobra MK III. I stopped an ASP and realizing I had also forgotten a cargo scanner. I threatened him, and after ten seconds of waiting for my own wing to arrive, a wing of two Vipers and an Imperial Clipper in his wing arrived. He said, instantaneously, "I have friends". In the very next moment, my friends arrive, and I say, "Me too".
I don't remember who fired the first shot, but my friend in his Imperial Clipper lunged towards the ASP, shooting and (accidentally) ramming him to death. I, meanwhile, charged the enemy Imperial Clipper, and that's when I truly began to adore the twin PA's. He was shred to bits after a little over a minute of fighting, and with the ASP dead, there were only two Vipers left. I had never known what had became of the first Viper, but the second was charging away from us and into SC. We pursued him until he had only 2% hull remaining (or so), and arrived at Knight Dock. There, he landed and repaired, and we found the entire enemy wing. We had won that battle, originally 3v4, with 4-0 in our favor, and we chatted and laughed with them. They turned out to be supporters of Lugh's Independence, but I didn't care, it's this event that made me proud to be a veteran of the Lugh War.
When I get angry, when I say this game is a load of rubbish, I think about these memories and silently thank David Braben and the team for creating this masterpiece. Thank you David, Michael, and the rest of the team for this amazing masterpiece. I can't wait for the features that lie ahead!
P.S: Devs, show us your piracy skills
