As with a lot of things in Elite which are unbalanced (exploiting money etc):
What do these new prestige ranks actually do? Nothing. Total waste of time IMHO
I just think it devalues reaching Elite more for playing who have yet to reach it.
Nothing wrong with your way to playIt's something to do
For a long time I have considered triple Elite (or reaching Elite in any rank really) not to be an end goal, but the end of the beginning. If you're Elite, no more excuses you have demonstrated you understand how to kill NPCs, gather & sell exploration data, earn money etc.
It is of course up to the player whether they choose to put any value in any achievement, I qualified my triple Elite by doing it within a year of starting, although that was in 2015 & the challenge is different now. I don't expect anyone else to be impressed but I set myself a goal that was challenging & am proud I achieved it. I've gone on to do other challenges since too, it's just how I like to play
Nothing wrong with your way to play
I would rather prefer they would start linking ranks to real achievements like for explorers:
Has seen all star types
Was atleast 50k away from starting point
Such things. But yes that's utopic and it's about "Make your own goals" but sometimes a big more nudging players in directions would really go a long way.
Yes I can and I've done this for 7+ years nowYou can do that yourself though, the Codex even tracks it for you now & that's one of the targets I aim for when I'm exploring, although I find my own examples rather than visiting the example given in the codex.
I took a 19ly jump range fully equipped combat Corvette to Beagle point in 2017, it took 7 months to get there, IIRC it took about 2 months to cover the last 2,000ly with synthed jumps knowing only the location of Beagle Point and that it could be reached in a 36ly ship & I could jump 38ly with synth. It was like a maze of dead ends
The game doesn't have to track & provide achievements for everything, only to give a few example targets to aim for until the player understands enough about the game to set targets that are meaningful to them.
I've never really done much PvP, killing other players is not a goal I am interested in achieving but I respect the skill that some have acquired in that area. Quite a lot of players have tried & failed to pop my ship(s) though & I'm pretty happy each time I have an emergent encounter where I could die but don't
The more I think about this, the more I am convinced David B had almost no involvement in this latest(and last?) chapter of what I am sure will become his legacy..The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced, this is the FDev way of "enhancing endgame for top tier players".
FDev and the Elite team today are completely different beasts as nearly a decade ago. I don't think DB still influences much there on a creative and directly involving level.
I don't want to be rude, but you're a bit slow on that oneThe more I think about it, the more I'm convinced, this is the FDev way of "enhancing endgame for top tier players".
His legacy is now a multi million dollar company. He is a CEO nowadays, his job involves a lot more than ED.
Alas, I think you are right.. Elite is now being run by the equivalent of Kathleen Kennady and Rian Johnson .. and it breaks my heart to think what could have been.
This is becoming very much more obvious as the EDO fiasco continues.
No offence takenI don't want to be rude, but you're a bit slow on that one
Elite 1-5 was made to give veteran something to do. It's the odyssey endgame. Alongside the 2 new ranks and the new engineering. Get your triple elite 5, and your new double ground elite.
Yes it's lame.
I would rather put that guy who ruined Star Trek and whose name I don't write out into the list too.
Some Elite ranks like Exploration have been devalued for years. Exploration payouts have had 3 increases over time, the bump at 2.4 for terraformable worlds was pretty big, but with the introduction of the FSS all bets went out the window. The rank thresholds have not been updated since release.
