Hello Commanders!
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for this awesome program. Triple-monitor support, TM WH preset maps, TIR support -- all these are small things but really add up to the immersion of the player and being able to use them right away just helps getting sucked into the game world.... or should I say "game universe"...
And that's not even mentioning how the game itself is made -- gorgeous graphics, varies space stations, manual docking/undocking (I was skeptical of this at first, but it is quite cool!), and then there's the "play however you want" mode.
Second, I'd like to curse the devs for this awesome program. I'm not very good at "open world" games such as Skyrim or EVE. "You can be whatever you want, you can do whatever you want to do." That sounds fun if you actually had a clue what you wanted to do, if not, well, sux to be you! (or me!) Now I gotta lose so many hours trying things out and deciding what I want to be/do. I expect to lose a lot of money in the process as well. Thanks devs!
My experience with Elite has only been with the dogfight demo they released, but that was enough to show me that I wanted to play the game. Once I knew I wanted it, I decided to wait until release before playing the game. I did not want to spoil the experience. On release day, I had to wait an hour or two as the servers were patched, but then it was on! I spent a few hours scratching my head and contemplating rage-quitting but luckily, I was able to find help and I managed to do a few things in the Elite universe.
So far, I'm only up to about 20K credits. I don't know what I'm doing so I just look at bulletin boards trying to find good-paying transport missions or if I'm bored, go to some of the Nav points and see if I can find a bounty I can hunt. However, this is more of a miss than a hit probably due to 1) my skills and 2) my equipment/ship fittings. I've just managed to figure out the control mappings as well as enter some of my own control preferences as well so at least that's one obstacle out of the way. Now I'm off to explore the world a bit more and see if I can make some more money for better gear.
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for this awesome program. Triple-monitor support, TM WH preset maps, TIR support -- all these are small things but really add up to the immersion of the player and being able to use them right away just helps getting sucked into the game world.... or should I say "game universe"...
And that's not even mentioning how the game itself is made -- gorgeous graphics, varies space stations, manual docking/undocking (I was skeptical of this at first, but it is quite cool!), and then there's the "play however you want" mode.Second, I'd like to curse the devs for this awesome program. I'm not very good at "open world" games such as Skyrim or EVE. "You can be whatever you want, you can do whatever you want to do." That sounds fun if you actually had a clue what you wanted to do, if not, well, sux to be you! (or me!) Now I gotta lose so many hours trying things out and deciding what I want to be/do. I expect to lose a lot of money in the process as well. Thanks devs!
My experience with Elite has only been with the dogfight demo they released, but that was enough to show me that I wanted to play the game. Once I knew I wanted it, I decided to wait until release before playing the game. I did not want to spoil the experience. On release day, I had to wait an hour or two as the servers were patched, but then it was on! I spent a few hours scratching my head and contemplating rage-quitting but luckily, I was able to find help and I managed to do a few things in the Elite universe.
So far, I'm only up to about 20K credits. I don't know what I'm doing so I just look at bulletin boards trying to find good-paying transport missions or if I'm bored, go to some of the Nav points and see if I can find a bounty I can hunt. However, this is more of a miss than a hit probably due to 1) my skills and 2) my equipment/ship fittings. I've just managed to figure out the control mappings as well as enter some of my own control preferences as well so at least that's one obstacle out of the way. Now I'm off to explore the world a bit more and see if I can make some more money for better gear.
