Elite: Game talk
27 Aug 2018, 5:16pm
27 Aug 2018, 6:07pm
Ghroznak
Open= Griefing
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Most curious how those who fear and revile open the most are also the ones who spend the least amount of time in it.
27 Aug 2018, 6:50pm
Just yestrday, I met someone in Eravate and got my butt handed to me on a silver platter. We chatted for quit a bit afterword and I learned that I was setup for PvE but had alot to learn in PvP. i was flying a fully engineered and upgraded Corvette, he had a Federal Gunship. He out flew and out manuvered me completly. The corvette flys like a gold plated brick and that did not help the situation.
Open is the only way this game should be played. Solo just promotes closed environments and really does not allow the full “Human” interaction that this game was really made to promote.
Fly safe, fly what you can afford to, and above all...
Have fun!
o7
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27 Aug 2018, 7:13pm
LeytraI have only ever flown in Open. Yet I have never been 'griefed'. I have encountered many many players, and at worst they ignore me, and at best they strike up a convo.
Good for you. But telling people that your experience has been a positive one does not help nor undo their negative one. I was shot out of the sky in the first few days after release. I was minding my own business in my poor little hauler (no, I never flew without shields). There comes that AspE, no comms no anything, just boom, rebuy screen. I never bothered to take note of the name, but I also never bothered to click open again, except for two occasions. Never looked back, not missing anything.
27 Aug 2018, 7:27pm
NumaLeytraI have only ever flown in Open. Yet I have never been 'griefed'. I have encountered many many players, and at worst they ignore me, and at best they strike up a convo.
Good for you. But telling people that your experience has been a positive one does not help nor undo their negative one. I was shot out of the sky in the first few days after release. I was minding my own business in my poor little hauler (no, I never flew without shields). There comes that AspE, no comms no anything, just boom, rebuy screen. I never bothered to take note of the name, but I also never bothered to click open again, except for two occasions. Never looked back, not missing anything.
I personaly don’t agree with staying solo, but I also understand why. You were Grieved and in my mind was a criminal act. I hate the “Get Good” attitude, it does nothing but belittle the individual that it is used againced.
In your situation, I think you are doing what is best for your enjoyment of the game. This game has so meny ways to play, who can say one mode is better then the other,
Have fun..
Fly safe!
o7
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27 Aug 2018, 8:38pm
First time I ran into a player FDL I got blown the hell up. Love at first gank, I guess.
27 Aug 2018, 9:14pm
LivewireYes i will play as much as i can, but with the hours i work i can`t see me getting online for more than a couple of hours a day.
i don`t get on well with PC`s and that sucks plus would this game even play on an older pc as a new one is not an option.......A couple of hours a day will have to do for now.
First, welcome, Livewire! Second, while I totally get your situation, I have to say that if you ever get a chance to try Elite Dangerous in VR on a PC you'll be spoiled for anything else.
27 Aug 2018, 10:36pm
ScubadogLivewireYes i will play as much as i can, but with the hours i work i can`t see me getting online for more than a couple of hours a day.
i don`t get on well with PC`s and that sucks plus would this game even play on an older pc as a new one is not an option.......A couple of hours a day will have to do for now.
First, welcome, Livewire! Second, while I totally get your situation, I have to say that if you ever get a chance to try Elite Dangerous in VR on a PC you'll be spoiled for anything else.
The VR thing is SO TRUE. ED just shines as what a VR game OUGHT to feel like. VR graphics have a bit to go, but OMG, the sense of space!
As to ED playing on an older machine, it really depends on what you call "older". Before a lucky upgrade recently, I ran it on a pretty beefy gaming laptop for about two years. What sort of specs do you have to work with?
28 Aug 2018, 12:21am
Glad I had only taken my combat cobra out there though. A lesson I was prepared to learn.
28 Aug 2018, 3:36am
Could someone please help me with this??
28 Aug 2018, 3:49am
Ingrid ElfridrHey folks I have a question: Until recently I have been entirely independent and haven't gotten involved in the powerplay cycles. Now that I am in a new player faction I am, and am wondering exactly how long an election cycle takes? We are trying to become the controlling faction of a local starport.
Could someone please help me with this??
Elections (and BGS) have nothing to do with powerplay. An election has 3 days pending and 4-5 active. For more info, check this guide (not written by me).
28 Aug 2018, 4:15am
28 Aug 2018, 5:55am
PhelboreIngrid ElfridrHey folks I have a question: Until recently I have been entirely independent and haven't gotten involved in the powerplay cycles. Now that I am in a new player faction I am, and am wondering exactly how long an election cycle takes? We are trying to become the controlling faction of a local starport.
Could someone please help me with this??
Elections (and BGS) have nothing to do with powerplay. An election has 3 days pending and 4-5 active. For more info, check this guide (not written by me).
Yep, all the proof anybody needs to confirm my unfamiliarity with this. Thank you, our wing leader did spot New Republic security forces patrolling the system so I guess we won the election...
28 Aug 2018, 6:23am
After another few seconds he said "Hold on..." and I was like "lol, nope. Laters," and boosted out to safety.
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