Still a metaphor.
Simple, binary question: is Raxxla in-game and findable currently?
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I think its in the game design, but not in any accessible form in the game itself just now. I am wondering if based upon the descriptions in lore if it has something to do with guardians? One example would be a guardian AI terminal, not just a data terminal that spits out blueprint segments, but something that would let us utilise all the AI's power?
I am at Raxxla now, but as Brexit happens and Donnie Trumpet built a wall around it it’s no longer available. Ivana Trumps Cockatoo bit me, true story.
still searching for Raxxla, don’t care if it’s there or not really, exploring is great in VR, so many beautiful sights!
still searching for Raxxla, don’t care if it’s there or not really, exploring is great in VR, so many beautiful sights!
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What a brilliant quote! Fart in a space suit made my morning
do you believe we need to find the darkwheel first? I will keep tweeting fdev they need to continue these two stories and unlock locked system, expand the thargoid story and the origins of them, there's so much forgotten stuff!Hilarious!
So tonight, I'm about 26K Ly from the bubble, arcing around to the left of Sag A* and heading towards Beagle Point.
For the past four hours, every system I've been to so far has been unexplored.
As I'm surveying one system, I see a blue globe in the distance (reminiscent of the bubble nebula). I take a look at the galaxy map and determine that it's most likely a nebula in the far distance, even though the closest nebula in that area is not a blue globe.
I carry on and for the next number of jumps, it begins to really bother me that I didn't investigate that object more closely.
Who knows what it may have been after all.
For the past four hours, every system I've been to so far has been unexplored.
As I'm surveying one system, I see a blue globe in the distance (reminiscent of the bubble nebula). I take a look at the galaxy map and determine that it's most likely a nebula in the far distance, even though the closest nebula in that area is not a blue globe.
I carry on and for the next number of jumps, it begins to really bother me that I didn't investigate that object more closely.
Who knows what it may have been after all.
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If Raxxly was there 500,000 players a month would have found it by now. In previous Elite DOS games modified by 3rd parties getting to Raxxly required certain requirements to be fulfilled including defeating the 'Dark Ship'. We'll see if Frontier ever gives us the opportunity. Meanwhile here is some hardware long ago devolved by 3rd party programmers to get there. The ED Kickstarter was't even invented until many years later.
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Considering the thousands of hours players have spent trying to find Raxxla, can you imagine Frontier telling us that Raxxla is not in-game to be found yet, despite the codex tease?
This is why I think their silence is actually trying to prevent the PR nightmare from that. Because if the answer was yes, it would be very simple to admit it and legitimize all the effort spent so far (and potentially trigger an even greater effort).
Keep in mind this thread is from almost 3 years ago, and the question remains unanswered.
This is why I think their silence is actually trying to prevent the PR nightmare from that. Because if the answer was yes, it would be very simple to admit it and legitimize all the effort spent so far (and potentially trigger an even greater effort).
Keep in mind this thread is from almost 3 years ago, and the question remains unanswered.
Raxxla is an object within 100ly radius of Sol. The object is hidden by having a hologram of an asteroid surrounding it. The only way to find it is to find the asteroid you can fly through. Good luck.
Me: puts on tin foil hat. :-
Raxxla is the name of the map seed code, used for the galaxy procedural creation.
The devs can say its always been in the game because without it there would be no galaxy.
I think if it can be found ingame, that when it is, one of two things will happen.
1. The galaxy resets.
or
2. A new galaxy is created, that we can get to via {handwavium}.
Yes, I have played NMS
Raxxla is the name of the map seed code, used for the galaxy procedural creation.
The devs can say its always been in the game because without it there would be no galaxy.
I think if it can be found ingame, that when it is, one of two things will happen.
1. The galaxy resets.
or
2. A new galaxy is created, that we can get to via {handwavium}.
Yes, I have played NMS
In Frontier: Elite II (c1993) Braben was asked if there were Thargoids in the game but was always evasive. Being a DOS game easily edited I and others found them as scenery on a planet and a Thargoid ship which could be flown but only after hacking the game. It wasn't very good going backwards a lot faster the forwards per the pic below but Braben was slow to get it right and distributors wanting to make money.
The best example is Frontier: First Encounters (c1995) regarded by many as the most bugged game ever released. Why? Because GameTek released it too soon, their stocks dropped and they went out of business. Then Elite nerds like me were on modem connections helping other players on text sites playing the game to completion. We were the tech support for a company that no longer existed. Are you enjoying my history of the Elite games development?
2021 and players in ED are still looking for Raxxla. It won't happen until the Devs put it into the game making it very hard to get there. But ED payers are very resourceful so the Devs will have to work on it making it very hard and for a few impossible to to accomplish. Until then go figure.
Regards
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I don't do this often, but let me quote myself:
Those interested in the search for Raxxla and various theories may want to check out this thread if you have not seen it already. Lots of info on the first page as a recap of various efforts to date. https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-quest-to-find-raxxla.168253/
I think it is in game, since chewwie(michael brooks) said once thats it was "honked" once but not scanned, apart of that, no other clues was ever given.... Note that some areas near bubble was not permit locked at 1.0, for few months after relase.
Seems almost sure (for me atleast) that since it was "once" honked, but never again until today, my bet is that raxxla is either within col 70 sector, regor sector or Col 121 Sector, maybe at Horsehead Dark Region.... since all those sectors was not permit locked for alteast few months after intial relase. That "honk" was done by one of random early explorers, when we could visit those regions.
All regions I mention are within possible distance, since I doubt that raxxla could be anywhere farther than that, as, correct me if I am wrong, according to lore, first report was at 2296. Humanity at that time aint had means to travel anywhere too far, so I doubt that it would be like 5000+ly or more.
All that makes me belive that raxxla is actually very close but not currently reachable due of permits, otherwise it would be found out long time ago already.
P.S good old necro, but my 2 cents anyway
Seems almost sure (for me atleast) that since it was "once" honked, but never again until today, my bet is that raxxla is either within col 70 sector, regor sector or Col 121 Sector, maybe at Horsehead Dark Region.... since all those sectors was not permit locked for alteast few months after intial relase. That "honk" was done by one of random early explorers, when we could visit those regions.
All regions I mention are within possible distance, since I doubt that raxxla could be anywhere farther than that, as, correct me if I am wrong, according to lore, first report was at 2296. Humanity at that time aint had means to travel anywhere too far, so I doubt that it would be like 5000+ly or more.
All that makes me belive that raxxla is actually very close but not currently reachable due of permits, otherwise it would be found out long time ago already.
P.S good old necro, but my 2 cents anyway
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LOL that was probably me when I first went to SAG A with a basic discovery scanner.. sorry.