I consider myself a mature gamer, ie not a run and gun at 500mph type. Games like ED should be perfect for me. Its quite slow paced (but captivating) and I feel its quite a ‘mature’ game. My 12 yr old will hate it thank god.
But the problem I have, (and I admit this is my lack of experience with the game) is the ultra steep learning curve.
I had my first 4 hours with it last night and did the training missions (bar the expert combat one). I found the training missions to be general guidance rather than informative. I was often left wondering what the heck im supposed to be doing and how to do it. This meant constant ‘restarting’ until I realised theres a comms panel which has all the last talk in it. Same with trade missions, I had to go through every button and combination I could find to see where im meant to be going etc
That aside, my biggest issue if landing/docking the blooming thing. I have all the assists off and im like a learner driver trying to parallel park. Once ive actually managed to find the station im supposed to be at (no mean feat!) its purely down to luck whether I can get through the letter box or look like a drunken idiot bashing into the sides.
Landing on a pad is equally as bad. Ive got the cross hairs thing down good now but im often rotated at 45 deg. Is there a rotate control (ie spin on the horizontal). I end up rolling or yawing, crash into the sides, hit r1 by accident and plough into the side of a tower or something.
Ive found myself trapped inside landing cages like a sprat flapping aimlessly in a fishing net, ive found myself wedged ‘under’, yes UNDER the side of a landing platform and I just pray to god other players aren’t watching my attempts as its cringe worthy.
Im going to spend a hour or two watching You tube vids to see if it answers my questions.
My final issue is when I space (I cant hit anything there). Theres so many boxes and triangles on the map that I struggle to find where im meant to be heading. Ive resorted to ignoring the map and spinning my ship around and hovering the cross hair over anything that pops up to see if it’s the right one.
Oh… and last night I did a basic mission to collect some grain. During an FSD thingy, I overheated for some reason, almost blew my ship up and when I eventually docked at retrun station (after 20 minutes trying to land on a pad) I find my grain cargo is missing. I assume frazzled in my bizzare overheating moment.
I fear 99% of this is down to my incompetence but boys it’s a hard game to get good at
But the problem I have, (and I admit this is my lack of experience with the game) is the ultra steep learning curve.
I had my first 4 hours with it last night and did the training missions (bar the expert combat one). I found the training missions to be general guidance rather than informative. I was often left wondering what the heck im supposed to be doing and how to do it. This meant constant ‘restarting’ until I realised theres a comms panel which has all the last talk in it. Same with trade missions, I had to go through every button and combination I could find to see where im meant to be going etc
That aside, my biggest issue if landing/docking the blooming thing. I have all the assists off and im like a learner driver trying to parallel park. Once ive actually managed to find the station im supposed to be at (no mean feat!) its purely down to luck whether I can get through the letter box or look like a drunken idiot bashing into the sides.
Landing on a pad is equally as bad. Ive got the cross hairs thing down good now but im often rotated at 45 deg. Is there a rotate control (ie spin on the horizontal). I end up rolling or yawing, crash into the sides, hit r1 by accident and plough into the side of a tower or something.
Ive found myself trapped inside landing cages like a sprat flapping aimlessly in a fishing net, ive found myself wedged ‘under’, yes UNDER the side of a landing platform and I just pray to god other players aren’t watching my attempts as its cringe worthy.
Im going to spend a hour or two watching You tube vids to see if it answers my questions.
My final issue is when I space (I cant hit anything there). Theres so many boxes and triangles on the map that I struggle to find where im meant to be heading. Ive resorted to ignoring the map and spinning my ship around and hovering the cross hair over anything that pops up to see if it’s the right one.
Oh… and last night I did a basic mission to collect some grain. During an FSD thingy, I overheated for some reason, almost blew my ship up and when I eventually docked at retrun station (after 20 minutes trying to land on a pad) I find my grain cargo is missing. I assume frazzled in my bizzare overheating moment.
I fear 99% of this is down to my incompetence but boys it’s a hard game to get good at
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