Elite: Game talk

28 Apr 2022, 11:20pm
Yeah id like to just find it, im better to go for that but im rigged out for mining but it just takes so long when ive got places to go. I took the mission confident I could source it out and even the carriers i find are all only having 5-10 pcs
29 Apr 2022, 12:13am
Ezkill101Yeah id like to just find it, im better to go for that but im rigged out for mining but it just takes so long when ive got places to go. I took the mission confident I could source it out and even the carriers i find are all only having 5-10 pcs

If you just go out and look for hotspots, it will take you forever. Few systems have planets with rings, even fewer have icy rings, even fewer have any hotspots whatsoever, even fewer have bromellite hotspots, let alone multiple overlapping ones. It's like searching a needle in a haystack. And the game gives you no tools to make that search easier. The in-game codex is useless for this. That's why everyone ends up going to the same places. Without its wikis and crowdsourced data mining tools like EDMC etc., ED is virtually unplayable. Unlocking Bill Turner requires 50 units of bromellite. On your own you would spend weeks finding a suitable hotspot, or you would spend weeks mining low-yield rocks instead. You'd get so bored, you'd have to quit playing or risk losing brain cells.

Some people say ED is a single player game at heart because its multiplayer netcode sucks. While the latter is certainly true, I'd challenge anyone to actually try and play this game alone, i.e. without external sites and information, without search engines for trade data, commodities and materials, without ship building tools etc. They would get nowhere. I don't know any other MMO where progress depends so much on community.
29 Apr 2022, 12:22am
Ezkill101Yeah id like to just find it, im better to go for that but im rigged out for mining but it just takes so long when ive got places to go. I took the mission confident I could source it out and even the carriers i find are all only having 5-10 pcs

hey there, check your private messages, maybe helpfull
29 Apr 2022, 1:39am
SakashiroSome people say ED is a single player game at heart because its multiplayer netcode sucks. While the latter is certainly true, I'd challenge anyone to actually try and play this game alone, i.e. without external sites and information, without search engines for trade data, commodities and materials, without ship building tools etc. They would get nowhere. I don't know any other MMO where progress depends so much on community.

I still have people tell me they "enjoy" playing using only in-game tools and resources. I did that for the first few weeks I started playing way back when, but then you reach a point where you can't find anything you are looking for and then you try to decipher where things could be only to realize that many/most things in the game are not made with logic and reason in mind.
29 Apr 2022, 2:18am
SakashiroIf you just go out and look for hotspots, it will take you forever. Few systems have planets with rings, even fewer have icy rings, even fewer have any hotspots whatsoever, even fewer have bromellite hotspots, let alone multiple overlapping ones. It's like searching a needle in a haystack. And the game gives you no tools to make that search easier. The in-game codex is useless for this. That's why everyone ends up going to the same places. Without its wikis and crowdsourced data mining tools like EDMC etc., ED is virtually unplayable. Unlocking Bill Turner requires 50 units of bromellite. On your own you would spend weeks finding a suitable hotspot, or you would spend weeks mining low-yield rocks instead. You'd get so bored, you'd have to quit playing or risk losing brain cells..


on my first yourneys, a year ago, i did much exploration and i found realy much nice systems. People just have to go a bit out of the bubble and don´t hang all the time there. I found Systems with nice overlapping hotspots and much rare stuff. A system with icy ring and overlapping bromellite hotspot i can tell you if you are interested to go on for mining and grinding. I can offer support on that, if u like send me a pm.

ps: i don´t like to go to places where everyone is going to, i prefer to explore and find new ones
29 Apr 2022, 2:53am
Alex Hoffmann[quote=Sakashiro]If you just go out and look for hotspots, it will take you forever. Few systems have planets with rings, even fewer have icy rings, even fewer have any hotspots whatsoever, even fewer have bromellite hotspots, let alone multiple overlapping ones.
ps: i don´t like to go to places where everyone is going to, i prefer to explore and find new ones


yeah if you find good core mining, there's no benefit in sharing that info out.
29 Apr 2022, 3:49am
Jiirn
yeah if you find good core mining, there's no benefit in sharing that info out.

i found very much good core mining locations for that and that, so should i share all my experinces and explorations, no. make your own. it´s realy not so hard to find some good locations, o dear.

ps: if you like i can tell you some good locations too, just ask and you get help.. time to sleep now..


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29 Apr 2022, 4:11am
just checked out now and seems so that bromellit becomes very rare that days with nasty prices.. so i will post o good location for grinding:

Check out HIP 94805 Planet 8 - Icy World with Ice Rings and overlapping bromellit hotspot, not only bromellit.. it´s 500 Ly away from the bubble.
There are so much Asteriods and nearly all filled with bromellit, normal laser mining and in 1-2 hours i get usually my 192t of bromellit out of it.

I have placed my Carrier at 8 A at that System, open for all, all Services Running (only Black Market and Shipyard not) and free for repair and refuel.
Im for some week in Colonia so the Carrier stay there for some weeks.. it´s the only Station in that System, no other available, free for use for all..
29 Apr 2022, 8:40am
Bhotho AB 2 Is another Brom x2 overlap you might find worthwhile.
29 Apr 2022, 7:38pm
Silly question, but what is INV Succession? 'The rest of this interview is available to pilots arriving at the INV Succession in the Novas system.' I'm in Novas now and I see no object of any type with that name.
29 Apr 2022, 11:59pm
,,nothings matter"
30 Apr 2022, 1:14pm
UmbrellaCorpSilly question, but what is INV Succession? 'The rest of this interview is available to pilots arriving at the INV Succession in the Novas system.' I'm in Novas now and I see no object of any type with that name.

30 Apr 2022, 1:37pm
A word of warning though: Visiting the INV Succession and/or reading the 2nd part of the interview will make you a target for hyperdiction.
30 Apr 2022, 1:58pm
OK...up front i will agree, Im NOT good at combat!  I have been smoked by a novice courier while in a decently engineered chieftain (PVE).  So , more practice, but i need to survive long enough to get better.  I have 2 shield tank build options and would like some feedback or recommendations.  Have plenty of credits and materials, and unlocked all the needed eng (good at other things) but hav a 200M credit budget to burn.

EDSY Krati II

EDSY Python

Also, does everone else also hate the Python's off-center seat?

Thanks for the help!
30 Apr 2022, 2:15pm
Buy a clipper

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