Elite: Game talk

Vasil Vasilescu
22 Oct 2024, 7:39pm
Emily Valefor...that looks like a copypasta out of the crazy general's diary from Dr. Strangelove


"I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."
-General Jack Ripper
Kasumi Goto
22 Oct 2024, 8:01pm
Why does it feel like Frontier has no clue how to balance Titans to not be squishy <2 day kills (if people try hard enough) but also not make them take an entire week to kill if they want them cleared within that time (with days to spare). Right now Raijin has gone back to basically getting obliterated in 2-3 days pace instead of taking most of the weekly cycle to bring down, and that is not very subtle about their manual tweaking of the ‘difficulty’.
Indy
22 Oct 2024, 8:12pm
Emily Valefor Ok, so to this point, I'm betting Thargoid mind control makes a thargoid faction that's as lazily done as possible by it being normal human who are "mind controlled" what are the other theories?


If it gives me the ground AX that I really really wish for, then I'd be all about it.
I don't care if it's "lazily done"; it'll be cool to have yet another way of immersing myself into the game.

I'm bummed I couldn't get my hands on the new ship today, but I'm pleasantly content to wait patiently for a more stable release.
Emily Valefor
22 Oct 2024, 8:18pm
Indy
Emily Valefor Ok, so to this point, I'm betting Thargoid mind control makes a thargoid faction that's as lazily done as possible by it being normal human who are "mind controlled" what are the other theories?



If it gives me the ground AX that I really really wish for, then I'd be all about it.
I don't care if it's "lazily done"; it'll be cool to have yet another way of immersing myself into the game.

I'm bummed I couldn't get my hands on the new ship today, but I'm pleasantly content to wait patiently for a more stable release.

AX Ground content would involve fighting thargoids for me. If it's reskinned human shooting it's not feature complete.

What I'd WANT is to be able to board and face the Thargoids upon their stuff, understand what the point of the war is, and perhaps even learn about the factions of them, where we as humans went wrong, where they did, and actually have like, a plot happen but I understand that's not really game scope.
As to the delay again, maybe they're actually taking this next update seriously? Who knows, it'd be nice to see though.
Glial2
22 Oct 2024, 8:21pm
AH
The idea to "D everything" originated from one of you. LOL.


Doubt anyone would suggest to D-rate everything ... D modules are the lightest out of A-E; so it makes sense to use them for exploration ships
Have a look at the in-game stats for things, then you won't get caught out (?again?) when it comes to shield boosters
Indy
22 Oct 2024, 8:38pm
Emily Valefor AX Ground content would involve fighting thargoids for me. If it's reskinned human shooting it's not feature complete.

What I'd WANT is to be able to board and face the Thargoids upon their stuff, understand what the point of the war is, and perhaps even learn about the factions of them, where we as humans went wrong, where they did, and actually have like, a plot happen but I understand that's not really game scope.


Agreed, but if they want to put in some higher-payout ground CZs with more challenging NPCs, I'm for it. I do want the ACTUAL thargoids, but it'd be fun to engage with NPCs that are beyond challenging. (Rumor has it that Frontier had to "turn down" the AI on the human ground CZs after the release of Odyssey because people were getting wrecked. I'd want THAT again, but wrecking even players with G5 gear.)

Emily Valefor As to the delay again, maybe they're actually taking this next update seriously? Who knows, it'd be nice to see though.


Yep. I'd be fine with it either way, honestly. I play games that do the release-fast-and-patch-later method and I just know to expect some bugs in my new fun. Other times, I play games that do the release-slow-with-careful-QA and I just play other things while waiting for the new content.

It's all just a game, after all.
Emily Valefor
22 Oct 2024, 9:02pm
Indy
Yep. I'd be fine with it either way, honestly. I play games that do the release-fast-and-patch-later method and I just know to expect some bugs in my new fun. Other times, I play games that do the release-slow-with-careful-QA and I just play other things while waiting for the new content.

It's all just a game, after all.

And with Frontier, you can get both!

But in all seriousness, it's not a bad thing to have a baseline set of fair expectations for any title you plan to spend possibly hundreds of hours in, it is a game after all.
Goff
22 Oct 2024, 9:16pm
Kasumi GotoAnd in response to Shg - yes, my RP for my character does include a connection to the Thargoid hivemind, which is why I am paying close attention to these recent developments. I already have ideas but the realities of the world mean I’m a bit behind on the writing when it comes to logbook entries. (Which is not a subject particularly for the game talk thread)

Let us know when you will transform into a spider
Emily Valefor
22 Oct 2024, 9:22pm
Shg56
Kasumi GotoAnd in response to Shg - yes, my RP for my character does include a connection to the Thargoid hivemind, which is why I am paying close attention to these recent developments. I already have ideas but the realities of the world mean I’m a bit behind on the writing when it comes to logbook entries. (Which is not a subject particularly for the game talk thread)


Let us know when you will transform into a spider

Lore question...

how does one inform others they've become a giant spider? Is it a "Two screeches for yes" kind of affair?
Kasumi Goto
22 Oct 2024, 9:30pm
They’d know when the giant spider jumps on them. And kills them.

But that isn’t going to happen here, as much as that might annoy some people.
Emily Valefor
22 Oct 2024, 9:37pm
Not being mauled by a spider sounds pretty non annoying to me. Sounds like a workplace signboard "Days since someone last mauled by spider (Number), do what you can to avoid Thargoid mutation!"
Kasumi Goto
22 Oct 2024, 10:36pm
Maybe. But I know there’d be a few people put there that would find themselves rather disappointed if this human didn’t turn into a monstrosity they could gleefully slaughter.
Thinder
22 Oct 2024, 11:32pm
Perhaps it's a bit late but I decided to try and take part in the Thargoid war.

So I purchased a brand new Krait MKII and will use this fit...

I'm starting engineering straight away...
AH
23 Oct 2024, 7:55am
ThinderPerhaps it's a bit late but I decided to try and take part in the Thargoid war.

...


Late? Damn... do you mean this war will be over before I make it back from the Elysian Shore and spend another 25+ h to get the ship built?
Kasumi Goto
23 Oct 2024, 8:42am
Cocijo is still going to be around for another 2+ months, don't worry.

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