Elite: Game talk
22 Oct 2024, 6:38pm
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
22 Oct 2024, 8:01pm
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.
22 Oct 2024, 8:18pm
IndyEmily 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.
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
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.
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.
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
22 Oct 2024, 9:22pm
Shg56Kasumi 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?
22 Oct 2024, 9:30pm
But that isn’t going to happen here, as much as that might annoy some people.
22 Oct 2024, 9:37pm
22 Oct 2024, 10:36pm
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