So... whats your motivation to go on ?

[McDosy]

What Simon Telecki and Stalker said.
It's like a second home and I just enjoy "being there" and doing whatever can be done there, and like Simon I'm mostly a bounty hunter but I enjoy the odd bit of relaxing mining and exploration. At some point I want to get one of the big ships because I'm curious about them, I'll probably get a Fer De Lance if it looks like the concept art from #57 because it's sexy, but it is not like this is my *endgoal*

Same here. I have a Viper because when I was 8 years old that was the coolest ship in the game and I couldn't fly it. I really enjoy flying it. That's it, really. When I'm at the controls, all is well in the world. It doesn't really matter what I'm doing, so it doesn't really matter if they add more things for me to do. It would be just swell if they did, but I don't really need it.

I'll also get a Fer de Lance when they come because when I was 8 years old, that was the coolest ship that wasn't in the game, because I had the game on an audio tape.

It's a little difficult to disseminate whether the place the game takes me back to is space, or being 8 years old. I think it's mostly the former. This game would have blown my 8 year old mind. I just love being in it. There is no end-goal whatsoever, and I think this marks a major divide between happy players and bored players. If you're looking for an end goal you'll find one (or the lack of one) pretty quickly. If you're not, you'll be happy pretty much forever. When people say "That's Elite!", I think that's what they mean.

 

[Zaerion]

I am just wondering... haha
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As we all ? know the basis of the game is awesome, the flying is great, the galaxy is epic,
there are some nice ships and also a few missions you can do without totally wasting your time ;-)
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But after starting very much from the beginning I am just getting very bored.
There is no pvp ( other than shooting clean people who are 99% running away ) and no
interaction with other pilots than chatting a bit ( which is quite amusing, but also no breakthrough )
and so thats it ?
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I finished my viper weeks ago, and switched yesterday to the cobra ( which I hate a lot due to the impossible mount
of the outer weapons, I dont wanna use gimballed or turrets but with fixed weapons it's not possible to use 50%
of your weapon slots if your nearer than lets say 500 ? ) but afterwards there is nothing to gain for me...
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Flying a python would be fun, but I will quite sure not grind the next weeks again to buy a python for... nothing ?
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So I am afraid that the best will be to make a break for a few weeks
or months and have a look at the game when there is anything
usefull to do...
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Or what do the other players do which played already a lot ?
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And please dont missunderstand me, its no qq thread, I already played at least 50 hours shot nearly 700 targets...
so anyway the game was quite some fun, but from now on there are no goals to accomplish.
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The only thing I wanted to finish was getting entrance to alioth, but the last 2
days not one rank progression mission showed up, so I will also put this on hold.
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Hoping for some motivation
Have a nice day,
kind regards !

I am on the same spot since day 3 after release and what i do know is going around lave and quator killing everyother player i see just for my personal fun till the game gets fixed.

 

[Chemicalgibbon]

My motivation is to get an Asp for exploration and some trading, and a fully decked out Viper for some bounty hunting. I already have the Viper and trading in my T6 to get the creds for the Asp.

Once I've done that, I'll build my creds up via trading/bounties/exploration to mix it up a bit in anticipation for when the expansions are released.

Last thing I want is to put the game down and do nothing, then something is released that I can nowhere near afford.

 

[Kepnik]

Hey Mcdosi,
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I am "coming" from Wing Commander Series, havnt played Elite in the 80s or 90s but I
also enjoyed Freelancer a lot at that time, and if I am right it had a big trading aspect.
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Thats what made it so interesting after WC with only pve battles...
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I dont know maybe I played a bit too much at the release, the first days I was so amazed
about the game, flying, grafics, bougth a X55 immediately and started playing on my 55inch
TV... thats something I didnt ever dream about as kid. So no question, it has been a hell
of a journey till yet.
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I think I am going to give piracy a try, also think I will regain my viper as the cobra... is not
that pure hunting and fighting ship, although I am afraid pvp you will have a hard fight
against any fully equiped cobra due to the lack of power and higher equipment in the
Viper...
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I can agree to your view of the game, although from my perspective nowadays you just expect
more of a game than a huge sandbox.
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@Chemical Gibbon : Understood, makes sense, but atm I dont feel like grinding more money ( just around 5,8 mio
worth ) because there is nothing to buy atm, aaand if you want money you need to trade... a good trader with
a lakoon 6 can do what ? 150-380 a tour, approx 15 minutes, so about a mio per hour is possible. With the
Viper I havent been able to earn more than about 500k in a very good hour...
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So if there is anything to come I want I will buy an lak6 and invest a few days playing the game while doing
some other stuff and trading... from my perspective thats kinda sad but everything else is somehow
a waste of time if you compare the earned credits.
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Same here. I have a Viper because when I was 8 years old that was the coolest ship in the game and I couldn't fly it. I really enjoy flying it. That's it, really. When I'm at the controls, all is well in the world. It doesn't really matter what I'm doing, so it doesn't really matter if they add more things for me to do. It would be just swell if they did, but I don't really need it.

I'll also get a Fer de Lance when they come because when I was 8 years old, that was the coolest ship that wasn't in the game, because I had the game on an audio tape.

It's a little difficult to disseminate whether the place the game takes me back to is space, or being 8 years old. I think it's mostly the former. This game would have blown my 8 year old mind. I just love being in it. There is no end-goal whatsoever, and I think this marks a major divide between happy players and bored players. If you're looking for an end goal you'll find one (or the lack of one) pretty quickly. If you're not, you'll be happy pretty much forever. When people say "That's Elite!", I think that's what they mean.

 

[Don_Von_Hulio]

Hope... thats all i have left at this point and what gives me the motivation to do a couple trade runs before playing another game or doing something productive.

 

[anikaiful]

Motivation? The same which it was after first hours in the game. And with your 50 hours you've not yet even seen the tip of the iceberg ... I don't know my own hours. Could be past 1000 by now.

 

[JR1911]

I've pretty much lost any motivation to play at the moment. I find combat boring (tried it in a Viper, Cobra and Asp), exploration is bugged and trading is repetitive. There's really not much for me to do in the game anymore.

 

[Pekka]

I like to see the galaxy! I'm an amateur astronomer and ED gives me a great opportunity to visit interesting places. In real life, humans will never be able to travel like that around the galaxy. If I'm lucky, I'll live long enough to see a manned mission to Mars.

I like to see how the factions will develop and how I can influence things in the ED universe with my Alliance friends.

Last but not least, I'd like to get an Asp Explorer.

 

[Zetta]

My motivation is being able to do whatever I want to do.
I find it great to have a game where I don't need to skill up to be proficient at a certain task or I'm not able to do something because I chose a different class.
My current goal is getting allied with a bunch of people in a 30ly bubble, I'm then looking to expand that to a 50ly bubble. The long goal is allied to atleast one group in all systems belonging to a certain faction.

 

[AJ_Impy]

For me, the ultimate question is, "Am I having fun?". The answer currently is very much yes. Time is less of a bother for me, as I'm in for the long haul, so don't have to intensively grind. If I begin to get bored, I go and do something else, trading, mining, bounty hunting, exploring, ranking up, sightseeing.

 

[Panzer]

This is my motivation:

 

[Spur]

Having enough in the bank to buy and fully kit out a Fer-der-Lance as soon as it comes out (and as I don't know how much it's going to cost, it basically means make money), get my combat rank up (I've seriously neglected this due to rare commodities trading, currently a Novice but if I used my time for combat I would probably be higher) and soldier on for the Empire.

 

[AMcA]

Motivation?
To explore as much as I can and find whatever secrets are hidden out there

 

[nosscar]

i have found meeting and talking to new commanders increases the gameplay, much more fun doing things with others.

 

[Drunk Si]

I gave it another go and soon got bored, I had good fun trying to boost into other players though. I even managed to boost into another player's line of fire and make him wanted but it didn't end well for me, shouldn't have swapped out my chaff launcher for a frame shift wake scanner. But really trying to interfere with other people is about the only fun I was able to conjure up.

 

[Lobstris]

Personally I'm just happy going wherever fate and the bulletin board takes me. Even a short trade hop can end up in a long play session, especially when the advanced exploration scanner tells me I've just jumped into a system with 45 unexplored astronomical objects. Damn my OCD. I'm taking my time with the game, trying to kit out a Cobra with A class everything, just by trading, exploring and doing missions. Then I intend to trade to a further 6,000,000cr in the Cobra, and start the process again with the Asp. Also, as a Count of the Empire, I'm still waiting for my Achenar permit - I presume its got lost in the post...

 

[JNSkyraider]

Right now, as I've been doing earlier, I have been trading and exploring star systems to earn credits for ship upgrades and new ships. Right now I'm flying a Cobra, which is an amazing ship with great trade capacity. When wings get added in, I'll definitely be playing with my friends and family who have the game as well. It's a great game with a lot of potential in my opinion.

 

[Cidcaldensfey]

Honestly, I don't know. I'm starting to feel that this game is kind of really pointless.

 

[Agereaver]

Simple for me, to become Elite - something I didn't do in the 80s, or '93 or '95

I went through the whole despair cycle with Elite until 2012 - a couple years before that I remember reading the forums on Frontiers site, the folks desperately searching for some news of an Elite 4, and now here we are - there's some history between us - some of the new players don't get that unfortunately for them, but I'm convinced the game will expand in the right way....

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I recently gained entrance to Alioth though and there weren't any rank progression missions.

For the moment the Alliance does not have ranks like Federation or Empire. As far as i know, there has been no statement as to whether the Alliance will get ranks in future.