Good morning, all. Inordinately long time away, sorry, for which I can only apologise. Life took over somewhat, some deaths, some ensuing legal issues (we really should all hire a solicitor when we hit 50 and make sure that our affairs and wishes will make sense to those who follow), some business issues, some kids taking exams, some building work, all conspired to keep me away from much of my gaming and all of my fora. Hope you are all well?
Anyhoo - what am I up to? Squadron life was skittled by the console/PC split (we were mostly Xbox), although we have sent an advance party over to PC so the squadron still lives on, albeit somewhat reduced (we were #1 on Xbox with over 100 members six months before the split, have the shiny dashboard trophies to polish when feeling nostalgic) but now my life has cleared up a little (although eldest offspring takes A levels next month, so stress and worry are constant bedfellows!) I am back in the gaming saddle. What am I up to, game-wise?:
Two days ago I triggered the decommissioning of my beloved fleet carrier (the Templar's Rest, give her a flyby if you see her, she will be left marking a pristine world nearish to our homeworld, so I can still visit), in order to cash out and try the account port to PC. I will have just under 10bn if the decommissioning works (never tried it before!) so can resume squadron life on the PC side. Assuming I get a PC. To whit, ignore if you wish but can I ask a technical question, especially I guess of you UK chaps -
Will ED run on a laptop? And have you ever used box.co.uk or scan.co.uk? And would ED run on any of these, do you think, and why the massive disparity in price? And is £1500 a realistic budget for a gaming laptop to run ED? I do have a particular set of skills - some of them not a mile off Liam Neeson's on-screen ones - but sadly the hardware side of computers is nowhere near my wheelhouse. If any kind soul could point me at a £1500 laptop which would run ED (or tell me that I need to let the mothballs out of my wallet and quit dreaming) then it would be very much appreciated. I found these few but am flying in the dark without the talent or connection to The Force to get away with it. (And yes, needs to be a laptop ideally as I live six weeks a year in Portugal and would want to take it with me!! I'll also do a bit of work on it - price charts run on anything.)
Lovely to be back, and am serious about the PC switch, this time. Even have approval from 'er indoors!!
https://www.box.co.uk/82JY0017UK-Lenovo-Legion-5-17-AMD-Ryzen-5-8GB-RAM-5_3557974.html
https://www.box.co.uk/9S7-17L541-025-MSI-Katana-17-Intel-Core-i7-8GB-DDR5-RAM_4443362.html
https://www.box.co.uk/NH.QGFEK.001-Acer-Predator-Helios-300-Intel-Core-i7-1_4112582.html
(And on the whole 'is Odyssey worth it' question, it's very subjective. Many love it. I tried it a few times and was underwhelmed, prefer walking around in other games which do it better, personally, so I am strictly a pilot in ED, but if you're even pondering it I'd dive in and try it. Majorities tend not to agree with my niche opinions on such things, anyway!!)