Obsidian Ant's Ironman Challenge! Are you game?

Obsidian Ant

Obsidian Ant
EDIT: Here's second attempt - I did a bit better this time around - but it seems stupidity is also a huge part of the challenge. :D

[video=youtube;GQZ4fYsDDZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQZ4fYsDDZE[/video]

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So, once upon a time Elite was going to have an Ironman mode, and whilst that may still be on the cards for the future, it isn't here today. With that in mind, I have set about playing my very own Ironman mode - and would like to put the challenge out there to everyone else! For those of you that may be wondering "Ironman" was planned to be a hardcore mode for Elite, with a number of features that made the game a whole lot more difficult, the most notable of which was perma-death. Keeping to that idea - I am attempting to play the game in such a fashion and want to put the challenge out to all others! :)

These are the 10 Ironman Commandments I will be following:

The 10 Ironman Commandments:

1) Cannot repair your ship - EVER
2) Ship may be replaced, but only for a more expensive one. For the purposes of the Ironman Challenge the Sidewinder is valued at zero credits.
3) Must never buy or sell to the commodity market, however items may be sold to the Black Market.
4) Thou shalt not take on courier or trade missions (unless it is illegal for goods).
5) Never clear your bounties.
6) Never pay your fines.
7) Never use Gimballed, Turreted weapons, or Shield Cell banks.
8) Never use a scanner greater than the Basic Discovery Scanner.
9) Must only use open play mode.
10) Upon ship destruction, the character must be deleted.


The challenge is set then! I will keep this post updated with videos, screenshots and links from those that join in.

I will start the challenge with my own first video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfAEkP_BNPM
 
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Szyslak22

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I've really enjoyed your exploration video series, and I'm looking forward to how you fare with this experiment! I'll certainly be following along.
I really wish I had another slot to try this challenge and see how far I could get, but I'm not brave enough to do this with my main commander right now. Cheers!
 

Jordan Cobalt

Jordan Cobalt
Iron Man mode is one thing, but this is a completely different beast. No repair, no buying and selling, no missions, unless they are smuggler ones, no adv discovery scanner, at this point you might as well stipulate that you have to use a guitar hero controller.
 

Time Streamer

Time Streamer
Humm interesting. I kinda like the idea. Point 1 and specifically Point 10 are nuts. Since there is only a single save slot i might skip those two. xD
 

No3kins

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I play a more realistic ironman mode and have done from the start. If your ship gets destroyed there is a small utility that with the input of a few criteria (details of the situation your ship got destroyed in) will effectively do a weighted dice roll and tell you if you survived to fly another day or if you should delete your save and start again. Makes it much more tense in a fight.
 

Obsidian Ant

Obsidian Ant
Jordan Cobalt said:
Iron Man mode is one thing, but this is a completely different beast. No repair, no buying and selling, no missions, unless they are smuggler ones, no adv discovery scanner, at this point you might as well stipulate that you have to use a guitar hero controller.
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:D I did wonder if it was going to far, but then again...why not? ;)
 
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