Thanks for this. I'll check it out shortly. Cooking dinner first.
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I do find it very immersive to be able to walk around places and my ships. Part of the fun of this game is getting that “this is real” feeling, as if i’m really a space pilotBack again. That's is really a beautiful Shot!!!
Looks so bloody real !!! Not only has the Hauler showing a shadow, so are you !!!!
Image if it was real !!! If that was really you standing there.
Here I go again: me and my bloody imagination .........
I'm disappointed that boarding your ship on foot is, stand in the glowing rectangle and fade to black... and now you are in the cockpit seat. I get it that no one wants to spend 5 minutes walking through their Anaconda or Cutter every time they want to fly somewhere, but having the option of doing it at certain times is appealing. If I'm out exploring, I don't land and get out of the ship in an SRV often (I'm still on Horizons). It would be quite magical to walk on a planet and then climb the ship's steps, walk through the ship (via an airlock I presume) and take my seat ready to fly.I do find it very immersive to be able to walk around places and my ships. Part of the fun of this game is getting that “this is real” feeling, as if i’m really a space pilot
Oh yes! Just been watching a show where they were looking up admiring the Milky Way. Our galaxy with all the systems and stars in it. Shutup Wombat! .......(I do find it very immersive to be able to walk around places and my ships. Part of the fun of this game is getting that “this is real” feeling, as if i’m really a space pilot
). And I thought "I've been out there ...... ". Well, not this galaxy yet but others ....... and what a feeling ...... 
Oh God! Stop it! Sounds like heaven .........
Yes.I've combined both responses: FG's and Codger's. You are both saming the same thing and agreeing with each other and my suggestions are wrong. So I have a further two questions. Thanks
Right. So Codger would be back. Anywhere, any place. Does that means, back here to fight again ....... and again ...... and again ...... ?
Yes.
Well, being able to come back and fight again (or have another go at that pirate lord, or have another opportunity to collect that blueprint you need to complete a mission) aren't inherently bad mechanics. The game already frustrates some people enough to make them rage quit despite the lack of consequences.Sounds shockingly .......... "archadish". Absolutely unreal .....Am I right ?
Arcadish, unreal...? Sure, it's a little arcadish in places, it's a game, and much of the game is very shallow.
But - One thing to consider, and it's a large part of what is enthusing you right now. The game world, the Milky Way galaxy is in fact a scale model (let's say interpretation) of the real thing. The stars, planets and space stations that you can see from your ship are to scale. 1 : 1! That's a phenomenally impressive feat, and with Horizons and Odyssey you can actually land on some of those lifesize planets and either drive or walk on them!
And the graphics and art work (if not the performance) are outstanding, so I'd say that for most of us, it's going to be the best way we get to experience space and space travel.
I'd suggest you try it in VR (it's probably what has kept me playing for so long), but unfortunately support for that is dissipating, so just enjoy it on your monitor. Just made a beautiful beef mince Currie. Trouble is, it's never the best eating straight away. You have to leave it a day ........ it tastes so much best ,,,,,,,, especially with a glass of of wine ....... and the right company ....... but she's in Bali ..........Thanks for this. I'll check it out shortly. Cooking dinner first.
Here's a few shots of me standing near some of my other ships, just for comparison. Ships in ED are much bigger than they appear to be when you're piloting them!
Viper MK IV
Vulture:
Mamba:
Imperial Courier:
Type 10 (I had to circle myself so you'd notice me in this shot lol):
Me next to the Type 10's landing gear:
Vulture:
Mamba:
Imperial Courier:
Type 10 (I had to circle myself so you'd notice me in this shot lol):
Me next to the Type 10's landing gear:
I agree that would be cooler, but I'm still very happy with what we got
That which is already brilliant will suffer the most criticism, because the people, game players here, actually care about it enough to bother criticising.
I am genuinely astonished at how FDev have been able to create this scale representation of the Milky Way and procedurally generate the star system bodies like planets and moons. They have done it so well, it suspends disbelief for me and I actually feel like I have travelled from Earth, to Sagittarius A* seeing many incredible sights on they way thanks to guidance from EDSM.net. And then travelled on to a fictitious place called Colonia seeing yet more haunting, dramatic and beautiful sights on the way.
The best thing about Elite Dangerous is the recreation of the Milk Way galaxy - for me anyway.
Yes, but I understand for the writers, if we stopped all of those "forgiving moments", we wouldn't play!Yes.
Yes.
Well, being able to come back and fight again (or have another go at that pirate lord, or have another opportunity to collect that blueprint you need to complete a mission) aren't inherently bad mechanics. The game already frustrates some people enough to make them rage quit despite the lack of consequences.
"You expect me to start again ! Get stuffed !"
I died recently in a poor departure sequence and blew myself up. How happy was I that I was "reborn" exactly as I left.
Can't expect this to continue and so be it. But it must be a fine balance the writers must have to work out, trying to keep us all reasonably happy.
Yes. True. But the graphics ! Maybe that's why SOLO keeps me happy. Unarmed, just exploring, "just looking" and the sim does a great job in that regard.
Oh .......oh ........ you've got !
You've got me shedding a tear.
And I now understand better what is out there ...... ALL BECAUSE OF THIS GAME !
I've thought about VR.And the graphics and art work (if not the performance) are outstanding, so I'd say that for most of us, it's going to be the best way we get to experience space and space travel.
Your support is dissipating, or the communities ?
You can't do that ?I agree that would be cooler, but I'm still very happy with what we got
Had to look hard with the Type 10 ! Gees, they're big !
No, you enter and leave your ship via a 'fade to black' rather than actually walking down the stairway. That's what he meant he'd like to see. There's another space game in development that does let you walk in and out like that (Star Citizen) and I've tried it. It does kinda get old after a while. In any case, I don't see it as a very big deal, personally.
We have the important part -- to be able to get out of the ship and walk about on planets and in stations and settlements. I'm happy with that.
Thanks for this FG. I note Codger agrees with you and importantly it's sorted a lot of things out for me.Well, being able to come back and fight again (or have another go at that pirate lord, or have another opportunity to collect that blueprint you need to complete a mission) aren't inherently bad mechanics. The game already frustrates some people enough to make them rage quit despite the lack of consequences.
Arcadish, unreal...? Sure, it's a little arcadish in places, it's a game, and much of the game is very shallow.
But - One thing to consider, and it's a large part of what is enthusing you right now. The game world, the Milky Way galaxy is in fact a scale model (let's say interpretation) of the real thing. The stars, planets and space stations that you can see from your ship are to scale. 1 : 1! That's a phenomenally impressive feat, and with Horizons and Odyssey you can actually land on some of those lifesize planets and either drive or walk on them!
And the graphics and art work (if not the performance) are outstanding, so I'd say that for most of us, it's going to be the best way we get to experience space and space travel.
EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map
The Galactic Positioning System of Elite: Dangerous at your service.
www.edsm.net
The being "reborn" if your ship is destroyed does continue with consequences - you pay the "insurance"/rebuy price to get your ship back, or you are in the starting Sidewinder. If you had other ships, you would keep those. You lose any cargo you were carrying, any missions you were on I think will all "fail", you lose any exploration data you had collected but not yet sold at Universal Cartographics (which is painful for explorers who have been away for months!).
You keep all your credits less that insurance/rebuy price and you keep all the materials you had collected.
If your SRV is destroyed, or you self-destruct it if it gets stuck (had to do this twice so far), you return to your ship. If you are flying your Ship Launch FIghter, you are actually still sitting in your ship piloting it via remote control. So it is expendable and "regenerates" up to 6 times in one day inside your ship launch fighter hanger.
Who knew there could be so many rules attached to "dying"
By the way, I want to be clear that as much as I'm enjoying Odyssey, I wouldn't recommend that you get it right away. It's still pretty buggy, and has performance problems in some places.
I'd wait a while, get used to EDH (Elite Dangerous Horizons) and consider getting EDO (Elite Dangerous Odyssey) at a later time when it's a bit more fully-baked.
I'd wait a while, get used to EDH (Elite Dangerous Horizons) and consider getting EDO (Elite Dangerous Odyssey) at a later time when it's a bit more fully-baked.
That is beautifully put.
And shows a real understanding of what we see when we lookup.
And how lucky: you feel as though you've been there .....
In truth: it's the only chance we'll get ....
Again, how lucky .......
Ha!EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map
The Galactic Positioning System of Elite: Dangerous at your service.
The being "reborn" if your ship is destroyed does continue with consequences - you pay the "insurance"/rebuy price to get your ship back, or you are in the starting Sidewinder. If you had other ships, you would keep those. You lose any cargo you were carrying, any missions you were on I think will all "fail", you lose any exploration data you had collected but not yet sold at Universal Cartographics (which is painful for explorers who have been away for months!).
You keep all your credits less that insurance/rebuy price and you keep all the materials you had collected.
If your SRV is destroyed, or you self-destruct it if it gets stuck (had to do this twice so far), you return to your ship. If you are flying your Ship Launch FIghter, you are actually still sitting in your ship piloting it via remote control. So it is expendable and "regenerates" up to 6 times in one day inside your ship launch fighter hanger.
Who knew there could be so many rules attached to "dying"
Yes, it shows a carefully thought-out structure for "rebirth". Not too painful, not too easy. ED is to be commended.
I'm going to hop in on this... I've seen tons of complaints about Odyssey. I got into ED because Xbox offered it on Game Pass. I played it one day and immediately fell in love with it. The next day I bought it on Steam and any available DLC, including Odyssey. Odyssey allowed me to be able to get out of my SRV and walk around on a planet's surface. It allowed me to get out at a station and check out my ship, the station, the people, hell, even the station itself through the windows. The complaints I have seen have more to do with comparing it to an FPS game like COD rather than what it's intention was, which was expanding an already rich galaxy. The last game that I played that had nearly the customization and exploration capabilities of ED was Star Wars Galaxies. While I still play Galaxies on private servers, it really doesn't compare to ED. 400 billion star systems to explore! Holy cow! This game was meant for exploration. That is one of the reasons the Engineers are spread out so much.That is beautifully put.
And shows a real understanding of what we see when we lookup.
And how lucky: you feel as though you've been there .....
In truth: it's the only chance we'll get ....
Again, how lucky .......
I've seen people on this forum saying they are tired of the same ol same ol... Where?! Has every system been visited? Every faction found? Every planet explored? May as well say life is the same ol same ol. It isn't the endgame that matters. The journey is the game. The endgame is just that. The end.