Elite: Game talk

Meowers
09 Jun 2022, 6:43pm
What the heck. Does anybody else see the 'no time slots' (whatever it is) message when trying to plot a carrier jump?
Sakashiro
09 Jun 2022, 7:23pm
MeowersWhat the heck. Does anybody else see the 'no time slots' (whatever it is) message when trying to plot a carrier jump?

I saw someone in the Frontier forums complain about this. It happens even in Horizons.

But keep in mind that update 12 has been only partially released; it won't be complete without at least one hotfix.
Meowers
09 Jun 2022, 7:26pm
Sakashiroit won't be complete without at least one hotfix.
Oh, I totally love that 'at least' part. I guess I should go play another game for a while. Don't have enough motivation to cover 406ly on my own. And, by my standards, that's a short ride. But I don't want, lol.

Update: Ah, making a jump now. I guess this game still have a chance in my eyes. But, as I think, a Hydra kill and I'm done here for a long time.

Update 2: Ow. An hour long jump. I go play smth else, lol.
Kurakil
09 Jun 2022, 11:29pm
Meowers
Sakashiroit won't be complete without at least one hotfix.
Oh, I totally love that 'at least' part. I guess I should go play another game for a while. Don't have enough motivation to cover 406ly on my own. And, by my standards, that's a short ride. But I don't want, lol.

Update: Ah, making a jump now. I guess this game still have a chance in my eyes. But, as I think, a Hydra kill and I'm done here for a long time.

Update 2: Ow. An hour long jump. I go play smth else, lol.

I have a couple of games on the "maybe continue playing or maybe drop cold" list. 
Meowers
10 Jun 2022, 12:29am
KurakilI have a couple of games on the "maybe continue playing or maybe drop cold" list. 
Uh, my problem here is... I literally can't 'enjoy' stuff in a classic meaning of enjoying stuff. Playing E:D because I got used to playing E:D. It helped me a lot year and a half ago, but nowadays it's a different game. Worse than it was. There's many other things to choose from when I have nothing better to do to keep my brain busy. Amounts of grind and bugs in E:D are putting it quite low in a priority list.

Fighting Thargoids? It gives me a challenge of sorts. And I like to spend my time on overcoming challenges.
Material grind? It gives me nothing. Braindead 'activity' that just takes my time away.

Last edit: 10 Jun 2022, 1:05am
Franz Eberhofer
10 Jun 2022, 1:43am
Meowers...It gives me nothing. Braindead 'activity' that just takes my time away.


ED was perfect game for covid-19 isolation but odyssey killed it by not delivering better version of horizons, makes me feel very sad...it is what it is
Meowers
10 Jun 2022, 1:57am
I haven't played during the lockdown, but E:D was good in three things for me: challenging (sometimes, lol), keeping my mind focused and fitting my sci-fi tastes. Now, it's only the 3rd part, and it's not a priority.
Kurakil
10 Jun 2022, 2:24am
I always have music playing to help the grind although that can only do so much. I have certain goals I want to accomplish in the game, but unless I'm doing something specific with an end in mind, I only play enough for the weekly arx (2-3 ground high cz). It's like... I want to enjoy it but they keep making that more and more difficult.
Meowers
10 Jun 2022, 3:18am
Thargoids, again. For example. Medusas are daily ordinary light breakfast for me. But when I started trying Hydras, I also started to spend more time on material grinding (and jumping to the crystalline fields / guardian ruins) rather than fighting them. And material grinding is stupid and it can't give me what I need from games: it can't keep my mind busy enough. Medusas are easy at my current skill level, though I actually have to 'activate' those skills to fight them.

Last edit: 10 Jun 2022, 3:24am
Alex Hoffmann
10 Jun 2022, 10:10am
sometimes, or often , watching movies during grinding session, yes grinding is such a time waste, you need to multitask during grinding or it becomes very boring. first times it´s interesting but than again and again and again.. and so on.. trading with carriers gaves me a time boost sometimes for specific materials, have an eye on it, it´s worth it.

since 2 month im only doing ground action, gaves me a new direction in gameplay, the game playing priority becomes less for me too, but it´s still a good game i will invest time for it, only the development crew need a big ass kick i think. merging two games together (ground and space feels like two games) and delivering such a unfinished product is so much unprofessional.. and cutting the xbox is bullshit too. better they had focused on a great horizon version.

Last edit: 10 Jun 2022, 1:27pm
Episparh
10 Jun 2022, 11:17am
ED:O is victim to once great visions implemented with the modern approach of MVP.
Minimum Viable Product

Frontier development is in a damage control mode basically since the "Alpha" when they realized what happened.
And that is a death spiral, I doubt they can pull it up.
Sakashiro
11 Jun 2022, 2:43am
I was just doing some landing exercise on Achenar 3, going backwards towards the planet, i.e. with the main thrusters pointing straight down, when something unexpected happened: some NPC ship dropped out of glide nearby and crashed into my Cutter. From there it tumbled and crashed into the terrain, probably because the A.I. couldn't handle the high gravity and lost control of the ship. I could only hear what happened because my cockpit was pointing at the sky. And then I got a bounty! Like, wtf? How was that my fault? Was I too fast when the collision happened? Are entire planets now speed-restricted zones?

The backwards landing technique is fun btw and works great in high-G because the main thrusters are the most powerful ones on the ship and the approach speed can be controlled via the throttle keys. Maybe I'll make a video about it.
Meowers
11 Jun 2022, 3:02am
Hm, I should do a Haulerclops video.
Meowers
11 Jun 2022, 6:45am
Ow. Please, issue me a Solo Hydra Club pass.
Mr.m
11 Jun 2022, 10:37am
Thargoid Sensor, Thargoid Probe and Thargoid Resin
Is there an easier way to get it?

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