Elite: Game talk

Sakashiro
17 Oct 2021, 2:08pm
BurstarBe wary of getting the Space Madness...

I was thinking about why it is that every time I am in the bubble, I want to go out explore, and every time I explore, I want to return to the bubble ASAP. I think the reason is that ship-based exploration is too monotonous, and that you see the rewards only at the very end of the journey. Carrier-based exploration might just be the perfect fix for that. It also adds a sense of purpose to money-earning activities. It introduces a bit of survival style gameplay to ED, because you have to go out and do things to keep your carrier fueled and funded. Sort of like maintaining a settlement in Fallout 4, especially when FDev adds interiors to carriers and you'll be able to see the crew that you're responsible for. I love that.
Mr Sloppy
17 Oct 2021, 3:37pm
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
-Knight-
17 Oct 2021, 3:56pm
Sakashiro
BurstarBe wary of getting the Space Madness...


I was thinking about why it is that every time I am in the bubble, I want to go out explore, and every time I explore, I want to return to the bubble ASAP. I think the reason is that ship-based exploration is too monotonous, and that you see the rewards only at the very end of the journey. Carrier-based exploration might just be the perfect fix for that. It also adds a sense of purpose to money-earning activities. It introduces a bit of survival style gameplay to ED, because you have to go out and do things to keep your carrier fueled and funded. Sort of like maintaining a settlement in Fallout 4, especially when FDev adds interiors to carriers and you'll be able to see the crew that you're responsible for. I love that.


If one day they do add ship interiors and crew to certain ships, I hope they add animals too. That way, one of us can get you an actual in-game cat.
-Knight-
17 Oct 2021, 4:01pm
If they ever do add ship interiors at some point, I hope Fontier does better than Star Trek: Online where every ship looks exactly the same on the inside. I want ship interiors to be unique and different with every ship.
Imperial Senator Bluecrash
17 Oct 2021, 4:15pm
Imperial Senator Bluecrash
17 Oct 2021, 4:16pm
Mr SloppyI will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.
I will not take a beluga into a burning station.



Johnny Cash wrote a song about this called Ring of Fire.

Though many of his critics said it was about herpes.
Imperial Senator Bluecrash
17 Oct 2021, 4:17pm
If one day they do add ship interiors and crew to certain ships, I hope they add animals too. That way, one of us can get you an actual in-game cat.[/quote]

Wonder if the co-pawlets would have a rebuy cost. RE-PET
Burstar
17 Oct 2021, 4:23pm
-Knight-If they ever do add ship interiors at some point, I hope Fontier does better than Star Trek: Online where every ship looks exactly the same on the inside. I want ship interiors to be unique and different with every ship.


Yeah, that's a big 'if' there. If they ever do implement ship interiors I'd expect each ship to have unique base layouts but follow a particular design aesthetic per manufacturer like we see in the current cockpits. Customization would be in the optional modules and a) which slot you place them, and hopefully b) design schemes akin to paint schemes (ie: likely along the lines of 300 arx for the Country Boy living quarters, or 200 Arx for Opal Luxury accommodations package).

Over the top customization would be like various MMORPG home designing schemes. (Finding cutlery that matches your dishware, or buy upgrades for curtains or whatever).
Kane Blackburn
17 Oct 2021, 5:00pm
Any interesting looking nebulas near Sag A* i could visit? thanks

Also, how can I add my portrait to Inara?
Kurakil
17 Oct 2021, 5:46pm
Sir-Duke
EpisparhI think once you map it it shows as surface signal on the body itself. Not listed in nav panel.



Yeah, saw a youtube video.
but still many thanks to you.
They said, I had to data scan the ship core.
Now it´s a usual POI

It shows up after a surface scan like other POIs (I did this before Odyssey existed). It will show up in the nav panel once you are within 1000Ls.
-Knight-
17 Oct 2021, 5:54pm
-Knight-
17 Oct 2021, 5:57pm
Kane BlackburnAny interesting looking nebulas near Sag A* i could visit? thanks

Also, how can I add my portrait to Inara?


Have you visited the Omega Nebula yet?

And go to Settings > Commander settings and upload your Avatar. If your on PS4, sync it to a Twitter account and make a screenshot of your character. Upload that to your Twitter and save to your PC. Crop it in an image editing program and upload it to Inara.
-Knight-
17 Oct 2021, 6:00pm
BluecrashIf one day they do add ship interiors and crew to certain ships, I hope they add animals too. That way, one of us can get you an actual in-game cat.

Wonder if the co-pawlets would have a rebuy cost. RE-PET


*LOL* That's a good one. Now we have to have that.
Descartes
17 Oct 2021, 6:12pm
Time to challenge myself;

Any tips for kitting out a Type 10 Defender may be for mining, with some fireproof bounty hunting?
Episparh
17 Oct 2021, 6:25pm
SakashiroDeep space mining is so convenient with a carrier! Yesterday I took the Solomon outside the bubble to a platinum hotspot that I had visited with my T-9 two weeks earlier. Now I have 160t of platinum and osmium in my cargo hold, more than enough to pay a month of carrier upkeep. Today I will check out tritium mining, because I have this crazy idea forming in my mind about becoming nomadic and entirely self-sustained, sort of like those Dredger clans. I would basically fill up with commodities while I travel, and occasionally return to the bubble or Colonia to sell. Additionally I could install Universal Cartographics and pay the upkeep by going out scanning and mapping.


Be sure to equip subsurface displacement missile alongside those mining lasers for tritium.

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