... to the newcomer forum. 
Hello commanders,
Hagbard here. Just want to drop my two cents on this game before I leave this thread to look for advises. Found I could give more advise now when I can find. But always to slow. Have a job and family.
I'm aboard since about over 1 month and clocking 10hr/week.
This game is THE game! imo . Stumbled over ED during some search about X-Rebirth (old X universer ;-d ). I was hooked immediately, just by the cheer size of the playable galaxy. Picked up on Astronomy in 2011 with my first purchase of a telescope (dob 8") and started to scan the skies. Just wonderful thinks to see and read about. We sure are tiny here on our little blue marble Earth!
I have a lot of respect for the FD team. The pace and quality their putting in to this is just brilliant. I have no idea about coding or programming games what so ever, only do some ladder logic here and there.
I hope Frontier is keeping this going for a long time, cause I will be in it for a long time. It has bugs and glitches but no breakers imo. This week we had like what one major update to 1.1 and right away fixes up to 1.103. I wasn't even online during that so straight from 1.07 to 1.1.03. Now that is progression!
The beginning was hard for sure. Spend the first two days in training just to get the hang of the controls. Pitch/roll , Roll pitch retraining . Docking was a breeze. But with some bumps and dings from time to time. We are just humans. Lesson learned. Would never buy a docking computer! ( All tough a auto pilot for SC would be nice ;-). )
First I started to do some missions and hunting. Little trading. Never fly empty! (An old saying in the X-Universe). I felt home in my Sidewinder. Sure it was a little grind but I learned a lot. My first buy was an Adder. Nice little vehicle. Did more missions mostly trading and started to do some mining. Doing that I discovered the Metal industry and found some good trading routes.
Wow, it is time to get the Cobra MKIII. I think now the game really started to get fun. Took on a fight with a wanted Adder. Didn't pay attention to his skill level (why I'm in a Cobra and your are in an Adder). I got this. Wrong!!! He handed me my own . Sure I got his hull down to 7% and mine was at 69% but it was also the moment I realized there is no more space for cracks on my canopy. BOOM. O2 countdown. FSD and to the closest station. Outpost "Hertz Terminal" --> no repair service, sitting in the hanger planning my next step. My life support is stock so only 5min. I had to launch, jump 6.9Ly to Auga, made it to the station. Boosted in with 3sec left. OMG the most thrilling gaming moment I had since I meet GlaDOS ;-) EPIC
Of course I have lost the Cobra. But just once (ran into an asteroid :roll: ) and I had coverage.
I'm a Trader, Explorer, Miner and Hunter. I learned my lessons.
I love it and hope to see some more CMDRs out there.
Fly safe and have fun. And I hope to help others to get going.
/HC (now nonoob)
p.s. pardon my English, it's meine zweite sprache :d
Hello commanders,
Hagbard here. Just want to drop my two cents on this game before I leave this thread to look for advises. Found I could give more advise now when I can find. But always to slow. Have a job and family.
I'm aboard since about over 1 month and clocking 10hr/week.
This game is THE game! imo . Stumbled over ED during some search about X-Rebirth (old X universer ;-d ). I was hooked immediately, just by the cheer size of the playable galaxy. Picked up on Astronomy in 2011 with my first purchase of a telescope (dob 8") and started to scan the skies. Just wonderful thinks to see and read about. We sure are tiny here on our little blue marble Earth!
I have a lot of respect for the FD team. The pace and quality their putting in to this is just brilliant. I have no idea about coding or programming games what so ever, only do some ladder logic here and there.
I hope Frontier is keeping this going for a long time, cause I will be in it for a long time. It has bugs and glitches but no breakers imo. This week we had like what one major update to 1.1 and right away fixes up to 1.103. I wasn't even online during that so straight from 1.07 to 1.1.03. Now that is progression!
The beginning was hard for sure. Spend the first two days in training just to get the hang of the controls. Pitch/roll , Roll pitch retraining
. Docking was a breeze. But with some bumps and dings from time to time. We are just humans. Lesson learned. Would never buy a docking computer! ( All tough a auto pilot for SC would be nice ;-). )First I started to do some missions and hunting. Little trading. Never fly empty! (An old saying in the X-Universe). I felt home in my Sidewinder. Sure it was a little grind but I learned a lot. My first buy was an Adder. Nice little vehicle. Did more missions mostly trading and started to do some mining. Doing that I discovered the Metal industry and found some good trading routes.
Wow, it is time to get the Cobra MKIII. I think now the game really started to get fun. Took on a fight with a wanted Adder. Didn't pay attention to his skill level (why I'm in a Cobra and your are in an Adder). I got this. Wrong!!! He handed me my own . Sure I got his hull down to 7% and mine was at 69% but it was also the moment I realized there is no more space for cracks on my canopy. BOOM. O2 countdown. FSD and to the closest station. Outpost "Hertz Terminal" --> no repair service, sitting in the hanger planning my next step. My life support is stock so only 5min. I had to launch, jump 6.9Ly to Auga, made it to the station. Boosted in with 3sec left. OMG the most thrilling gaming moment I had since I meet GlaDOS ;-) EPIC
Of course I have lost the Cobra. But just once (ran into an asteroid :roll: ) and I had coverage.
I'm a Trader, Explorer, Miner and Hunter. I learned my lessons.
I love it and hope to see some more CMDRs out there.
Fly safe and have fun. And I hope to help others to get going.
/HC (now nonoob)
p.s. pardon my English, it's meine zweite sprache :d
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