Hello all. I played elite when it first released for a while but to be honest i got bored pretty fast. Ive been trying to keep up with it here and there and have noticed there have been quite a few improvments and my inrest is again peaked. what is the current live patch? (I.E. 1.5 1.6 etc) Im strongly thinking of picking it back up and flying around a bit.
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Hi, current version of the base game is 1.7 - Passengers.
But if you log into your Frontier account, you can download the launcher an it will install the latest version automatically.
And if you like what you see, then what Henry said - Horizons season is definitely worth it. Driving on planets, ship-launched fighters, engineers to mod your ship,... And it's under 20 bucks, right now.
But if you log into your Frontier account, you can download the launcher an it will install the latest version automatically.
And if you like what you see, then what Henry said - Horizons season is definitely worth it. Driving on planets, ship-launched fighters, engineers to mod your ship,... And it's under 20 bucks, right now.
Welcome back ! Commander. And Elite without "Horizons" has only one leg 
To explain the above a bit:
So the game has Horizons DLC but certain players can't upgrade (Mac) or don't want to. They still need to play and since the galaxy simulation etc is interconnected and also because it's a good thing to do they still have to be able to meet with their friends etc that did get the dlc.
As a result each DLC update (2.0/2.1/2.2) comes paired with a non-dlc update (1.5/1.6/1.7 etc). Since so much changes a lot of the changes are applied to the base game as well as the DLC. Passenger missions, UI changes, mission improvements, bugfixes, AI improvements, balance changes etc. The headlines usually don't carry across like ship launched fighters and planet landing/engineers etc but a surprising amount of the updates do.
Personal view, try it again, watch a few vids on horizons. If you like the time in game and like what you see in the vids then get the DLC, maybe wait for a sale. If you don't it won't make the game change dramatically to what the base game is. There's tons more content and things to do with Horizons but the feel and character of the game is the same so if you don't enjoy the base game flying spaceships around then you probably don't want to spend another £20 or whatever currency to find out it is more of a similar nature.
So the game has Horizons DLC but certain players can't upgrade (Mac) or don't want to. They still need to play and since the galaxy simulation etc is interconnected and also because it's a good thing to do they still have to be able to meet with their friends etc that did get the dlc.
As a result each DLC update (2.0/2.1/2.2) comes paired with a non-dlc update (1.5/1.6/1.7 etc). Since so much changes a lot of the changes are applied to the base game as well as the DLC. Passenger missions, UI changes, mission improvements, bugfixes, AI improvements, balance changes etc. The headlines usually don't carry across like ship launched fighters and planet landing/engineers etc but a surprising amount of the updates do.
Personal view, try it again, watch a few vids on horizons. If you like the time in game and like what you see in the vids then get the DLC, maybe wait for a sale. If you don't it won't make the game change dramatically to what the base game is. There's tons more content and things to do with Horizons but the feel and character of the game is the same so if you don't enjoy the base game flying spaceships around then you probably don't want to spend another £20 or whatever currency to find out it is more of a similar nature.
Eh i got Horizons dlc. Ill check it out and see what i think. The updates all look like a good time. Also im sure this game would be way more fun flying with people. Ive only flown alone
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