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Elite Dangerous: Horizons |OT| Just scratching the surface
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
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I haven't been there much since powerplay. It unfortunately became a Patreus system when Powerplay came out, so I moved my home to Gende which has consistently stayed Arissa Lavigny-Duval.
Agreed. Kinda wish they saved the generation ships for that but they're probably very far from making that happen.
Still fantasizing about space legs as Event Horizon/Left4Dead/Space Hulk like zero G crossover shooter in derelict mega ship hulls, being chased by the late crew gone zombie...
Veritigo_X
Member
I'm just wondering how space legs is even going to work in VR. Room scale in Elite is pretty wonky right now (but super cool).
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
It truly is the GAF home system lol
Multiple 3rd party sites like Inara, EDDB and shipyard have gone offline in protest of lack of communication and support/recognition from FD.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/347987-support3rdparty-Why-we-temporarily-shut-down-our-sites
Apparently already resolved with lightning speed. I imagine FD shat bricks when those sites went down. Hilarious. Hopefully they make good on their promises. Now if only players had such negotiating power.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/347987-support3rdparty-Why-we-temporarily-shut-down-our-sites
Apparently already resolved with lightning speed. I imagine FD shat bricks when those sites went down. Hilarious. Hopefully they make good on their promises. Now if only players had such negotiating power.
FDev would shit itself if EDDB went down for good. They might actually have to start putting some of that information in game.
Would never happen. They'd just wait for the community to make another.
I'd jump in if it was actual gameplay and not the community battling instancing and each other to get a local chat message from an FD employee leading to more of the same.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
This has been a long time coming. Frontier keeps them out of the loop on every API change. These 3rd party supports put in a lot of work and time for free to give Elite the kind of tools that really should be in the game itself. The least Frontier could do is communicate with them when they change things.
But then Frontier has communication issues on all fronts with it's playerbase. I'm hoping this changes in time, things are starting to go against them for their behavior.
I think I missed something in the patch notes but transitions from supercruise to local space seem to take only a second or two now, feels quite slick.
Every time I think of staying a bit longer and helping the faction
Every time I think of staying a bit longer and helping the faction
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Stopped by Sol last night, don't remember Triton being restricted before.
Pants pooping time. That was awesome. I would have totally freaked. You were so quick with the scanner. I would have forgotten all about that. Were you carrying any artifacts or was this just random event?
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Nah. The servers will of course have severe issues during the event, Elite's network architecture just can't handle massively multiplayer scenarios properly. I'd rather do other things than struggle against the game itself like that.
Plus some explorer just stumbled on some listening posts that I think were at least a large part of the endgame of the event. Check the Teorge system if you're interested.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Decided to take a break from exploring and cash in my maps. Made 19.6 million and got my first Allied reputation with Pleiades Resource Enterprises. Also, since I'm going to be sticking with my Diamondback Explorer (I might not even get an Anaconda), I went and bought a paint pack and nameplates.
People are saying that CMDR Harry Potter, from the sketchy SDC pvp group and considered friendly to the protectors of Salome actually turned on her with his wing and killed her. Others are saying she was a decoy and there's generally a lot of confusion. Looks like Raan Corsen made it to his destination though.
Edit: Drew just confirmed on twitter that Salome is dead. Hopefully Raan still shares all the info she had for us.
Condas are good general purpose ships. It won't take long to get your purchase back in trade CG rewards.
Edit: Drew just confirmed on twitter that Salome is dead. Hopefully Raan still shares all the info she had for us.
Condas are good general purpose ships. It won't take long to get your purchase back in trade CG rewards.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Keep practicing.
CQC to get the hang of it. The CQC minigame is also an arguably easier way to rank Elite and get used to combat maneuvering. Though I think ramming is frowned on.
What ship are you using for combat?
Anton Sugar
Member
Welp, Salome is dead.
Group of ED players who pledged to protect her betrayed her. lol
Seems like the group PAC was in charge of her protection and basically "contracted" SDC group, which is known for being shady trolls. Apparently they also convinced the other ships to not equip weapons on hardpoints? lol wtf
PAC had been warned multiple times by members of the community about how this would happen but apparently ignored them, acted like jerks when it came to protecting Salome (they were apparently trying to weed out "spies" and being dicks), and got fucked. From a reddit thread:
Drew Wagar confirms it.
I probably have some details wrong, but this is just what I'm trying to understand from Reddit.
Group of ED players who pledged to protect her betrayed her. lol
Seems like the group PAC was in charge of her protection and basically "contracted" SDC group, which is known for being shady trolls. Apparently they also convinced the other ships to not equip weapons on hardpoints? lol wtf
PAC had been warned multiple times by members of the community about how this would happen but apparently ignored them, acted like jerks when it came to protecting Salome (they were apparently trying to weed out "spies" and being dicks), and got fucked. From a reddit thread:
Drew Wagar confirms it.
I probably have some details wrong, but this is just what I'm trying to understand from Reddit.
Welp, Salome is dead.
Group of ED players who pledged to protect her betrayed her. lol
Seems like the group PAC was in charge of her protection and basically "contracted" SDC group, which is known for being shady trolls. Apparently they also convinced the other ships to not equip weapons on hardpoints? lol wtf
PAC had been warned multiple times by members of the community about how this would happen but apparently ignored them, acted like jerks when it came to protecting Salome (they were apparently trying to weed out "spies" and being dicks), and got fucked. From a reddit thread:
Drew Wagar confirms it.
I probably have some details wrong, but this is just what I'm trying to understand from Reddit.
I mean, who cares? SDC doesn't even have a lore reason or ideal behind what they do...it's just anti-community. Whatever Salome's story is and the formidine rift connection doesn't lead to gameplay regardless if she lives or dies.
Haha still doing the training missions from the menu, haven't started the game proper
For the minuscule amount of effort that went into this thing I think FD could've done a lot worse with this promotion, especially if sites like eurogamer ending up writing about it (mentioning that new Elite novel, of course).
lol one of those training missions I had to quit and come back to because it was so brutal. But the CQC is a player v player competition with the small fighter ships around arena type stations. And it was a pretty risk free way for me to learn to kill without mercy.
nay sir, a blip in a euro gaming mag website does not a worthy event make. Especially the way this panned out. but if we're basing the criteria on how little effort goes into things...the game itself is wonderful. But for having an actualy gosh darn novel writer on the scripting team you'd think more relevant and dramatic and engaging shit would occur. Not some 4chan lolgamer troll killing Lord British again, but no one saw or cared.
yes I'm actually pissed and disappointed.
nay sir, a blip in a euro gaming mag website does not a worthy event make. Especially the way this panned out. but if we're basing the criteria on how little effort goes into things...the game itself is wonderful. But for having an actualy gosh darn novel writer on the scripting team you'd think more relevant and dramatic and engaging shit would occur. Not some 4chan lolgamer troll killing Lord British again, but no one saw or cared.
yes I'm actually pissed and disappointed.
Those combat missions take a huge leap in difficulty when you're just starting out. Don't sweat it. You'll be able to handle most NPCs at your combat rank much easier in game than in the combat training.
Khilandros
Member
No surprise at all on how this event would end. As soon as I saw Harry Potter on the list of players participating in this event, I knew Salome would die. It was still fun to watch while waiting for the inevitable. 😁
Oh I agree, from a gaming perspective it was dog shite.
Just fired this up for the first time in months today to see what's new. I had kind of burned out after getting a fully kitted out Anaconda, Python and Vulture.
Trying to figure out what I should do if I jump back in and spend some time. Is it worth shelling out the bucks to buy & outfit a Beluga Liner? Are fighter bays + crew worthwhile?
Trying to figure out what I should do if I jump back in and spend some time. Is it worth shelling out the bucks to buy & outfit a Beluga Liner? Are fighter bays + crew worthwhile?
If you're really dedicated to Passenger missions, then sure get a Beluga. Otherwise you're not missing out on much except luxury cabin missions. Fighter Bays and Crew are great if you plan to spend any time at all in combat. Plus it's fun to get in the fighter and fly through the canyons on landable worlds.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Anyone who thought for a second that Harry Potter and the rest of the SDC morons wouldn't backstab and troll are idiots.
This was the destined outcome from the second they signed up.
This was the destined outcome from the second they signed up.
Threateni...I mean convincing independent pilots from bring weapons to the event was a stroke of genius if it was SDC behind that idea.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yeah, the nameplates add a nice way for us to personalize our ships, I have to admit. This is my DBX which finally put my Asp X into semi-retirement:
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Just read the Salami stuff....SMH
Camp Freddie
Member
The range buff on the DBx is nice. I've started using it as my main non-combat ship.
To anyone doing combat training, if you can do the mission/wave where you have to take on two enemies at once then you are ready for real combat. The wave-based mission is practically impossible and more of a 'kobayashi maru' than a tutorial. The purpose of that mission is to show you the types of encounter that you should avoid (e.g. getting outnumbered by anything that you can't kill quickly).
I died on wave 8 or 9 out of 10 and wave 10 is supposed to be an Elite level Anaconda. The shitty Asp they give you is not even a 'combat' ship.
That Salomi event seems ridiculous. And Eurogamer already have a huge article about Harry Potter and his troll crew ruining the game for other people so I doubt they'll get another one.
I'm almost siding with the conspiracy theory that Drew wanted betrayal from within for his book, because why else would you disarm your main escorts and invite a clan who's literal mission statement is to cause mischief.
The event seems ridiculous otherwise, and Drew was probably scared of a completely uneventful journey.
Most players would be on the 'protect' side and the vast number of potential systems and instancing would mean Salome would have to actively look for 'trouble'.
To anyone doing combat training, if you can do the mission/wave where you have to take on two enemies at once then you are ready for real combat. The wave-based mission is practically impossible and more of a 'kobayashi maru' than a tutorial. The purpose of that mission is to show you the types of encounter that you should avoid (e.g. getting outnumbered by anything that you can't kill quickly).
I died on wave 8 or 9 out of 10 and wave 10 is supposed to be an Elite level Anaconda. The shitty Asp they give you is not even a 'combat' ship.
That Salomi event seems ridiculous. And Eurogamer already have a huge article about Harry Potter and his troll crew ruining the game for other people so I doubt they'll get another one.
I'm almost siding with the conspiracy theory that Drew wanted betrayal from within for his book, because why else would you disarm your main escorts and invite a clan who's literal mission statement is to cause mischief.
The event seems ridiculous otherwise, and Drew was probably scared of a completely uneventful journey.
Most players would be on the 'protect' side and the vast number of potential systems and instancing would mean Salome would have to actively look for 'trouble'.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Ahaha I'm glad salome died that way.
Felix Lighter
Member
It is interesting that a troll community group has been so glorified by the community and even Frontier. I wasn't following this event closely but all I needed to know was it involved a pilot's survival for success to know how it would end. I guess they at least did it with some style. If a pilot involved in a story line can be killed, SDC will kill that pilot.
ObsidianAnt on YouTube did a really good "Starter's Guide" for the game.
Thx, will check that out. But is that still valid for the current version of the game (Horizons etc...)?