Supercruise. It's boring pointing your ship towards a target and waiting until the button prompt pops up. It wouldn't be too bad if some NPC pirates would pop up occasionally to break up the monotony, but most of the time they're MIA. Travel in the old games was similar, but things happened en-route so it didn't become dull.
Your least enjoyable Elite activity?
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Ouch! While a rig dying is a minor thing compared to other stuff currently going on, i till feel with you. I wish you good luck that it still lasts for a while and you can get the replacement on time.
I cannot agree with this enough. I feel like this game has no respect for time invested in a lot of areas, but rep grind is where it really shines. I have never run into a grind this tedious except in MMORPGs where you have a monthly sub fee. Every time I think I've found something to make it more bearable, I find that Devs have closed the loop on it. As a new player coming up on my first month on this game I'm already rotating this game out for something else because of this. I really do love this game, but it's been out for 5 years. Things that were created to hold the initial player bases attention need to be reduced at least.
Just curious, but is this because you expect to have a Corvette/Cutter already, as you have the funds?
Nope, doesn't have to do with the funds. Strictly speaking on the length of time it takes to rank up in the factions. The first 3 or 4 ranks are bearable, but then it basically quintuples in difficulty every rank after that. If I'm turning in missions that are REP+++++ and getting only 1 to 3 percent per mission...yeah, that's a bit much, and I'm still 5 ranks away from Rear Admiral.
I too dislike "end game" combat, but I still enjoy combat with lower-ranked NPCs and players. To make it challenging, I fly a modestly engineered Eagle, Python, or even my Type-9 and accept lower-ranking assassination missions. I'll also go into a RES and provide support for NPC miners. This isn't just providing combat cover, but repairing them when they get damaged. I like my combat to have "purpose", so I don't farm a RES or Nav beacon unless I'm testing a new build. But to your point, I've lost all interest in CZs. They are not challenging, they are a grind, all thanks to these bullet-sponge ships that all fly like drones rather than human pilots. I actually feel the AI is more realistic and believable for lower-ranking NPCs than it is for the Deadly and Elite NPCs. The sweet spot for me is Novice to Dangerous. Interestingly, this also mirrors my experience with PvP as well. Gankers in godships are just as boring as CZ NPCs.
You are complaining about rep grind after 1 month of playing?
Rep and ranks are supposed to be long term goals. Enjoy the game, if you don't like grinding don't grind.
Yeah, my point is - is it reasonable to expect that getting from Sidewinder to A-rated Corvette/Cutter takes a month or so? Rank grind is currently the only true progress meter here, after all, as credits have more or less lost their meaning.
# Supercruise. That's no gameplay, it's a boring timesink.
# Staring at the same animations for the 1000th time.
# Solomode influencing multiplayer and vice versa.
# Bugs that are around for years.
# Only AX. Abandoned pro-xeno, the only feature was a purchasable stickerpack. Blaze your own trail, my ***.
# Staring at the same animations for the 1000th time.
# Solomode influencing multiplayer and vice versa.
# Bugs that are around for years.
# Only AX. Abandoned pro-xeno, the only feature was a purchasable stickerpack. Blaze your own trail, my ***.
It's somewhat ironic that I think I was my happiest after the first month.
I don't think I had any ranks in, but I had some 15 million in the bank from courier/hauling missions, had flown with SW/Adder/T6 and finally Cobra mk3 and occupied myself in the task of cobbling together a B-rated Asp to embark on a long exploration voyage.
Exploration, the novelty wears off fast.
Least enjoyable - exploration and passenger hauling
Not very enjoyable - cargo transport
Ok-ish - Thargoids, mining, searching ruins
Favorite - combat, combat community goals (will not do massacre missions for role playing reasons though).
Made Elite with it in no time, and is still my only Elite ranking. Used combat to rank up Federation and Empire, for access to Corvettes, Clippers, etc., greatly enjoyed it.
Not very enjoyable - cargo transport
Ok-ish - Thargoids, mining, searching ruins
Favorite - combat, combat community goals (will not do massacre missions for role playing reasons though).
Made Elite with it in no time, and is still my only Elite ranking. Used combat to rank up Federation and Empire, for access to Corvettes, Clippers, etc., greatly enjoyed it.
Material gathering or low tier Powerplay, can't decide.
OMG yes, Guardian sites make want to gouge out my own eyes. I did the FSD Booster and swore i'd never go back. I should've done what you did, both at the same time. Now i'm actually contemplating/ dreading going back for the gauss cannons.
Anything Guardians? (). So terrible. I made myself grind for fsd booster and gauss cannons. Never again.
Hmm, cost ended up being far worse than multi-hundred millions.
Oh well.
I still stand by my original post (quoted above): fleet management in Elite sucks.
And unfortunately, even with FC changes, it still will.
Unless I'm filthy rich.
Which, I would be, if I was in the taxi business.
But that's for NPCs only, apparently.
Rich jerks.
I hate having to fly all over the universe to outfit a new ship. It takes longer to get the mods for a conda than it does to earn the credits for a conda and "A" mods. Never heard of Amazon in the 34th century?
SRV scanning missions, the hard ones. The installations are designed like Escher paintings and the SRV handles like a shopping trolley when navigating one.
Never completed one and they pay poorly. Even if they weren't frustrating they'd still be a waste of time.
Never completed one and they pay poorly. Even if they weren't frustrating they'd still be a waste of time.
Grind and also the FSS.
Combat is my favorite, but it pays out sh**! But I can do combat missions all year long.
Laser mining and passengers are the worse. I'm not saying that because of exploits in either field, but I legitimately hated both since the start. So f***ng Boring!!! The only passenger missions I like are Colonia ones because I can also get some exploring in, but? You make just as much in a single Robigo run, so no worth in a Colonia run. I do enjoy deep core mining.
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