Isaiah EvansonOf course. Not everyone is cut out for large scale fleet battles and years-long wars between corps.
I know I'm not. I don't have that kind of time. But I see the appeal and wish Elite allowed for the same scale conflicts.
Elite: Lore
13 May 2021, 6:11pm
13 May 2021, 6:14pm
Lorewise they would absolutely exist.
13 May 2021, 6:15pm
SapphoI responded to:
Isaiah EvansonOf course. Not everyone is cut out for large scale fleet battles and years-long wars between corps.
I know I'm not. I don't have that kind of time. But I see the appeal and wish Elite allowed for the same scale conflicts.
Your point?
13 May 2021, 6:16pm
The biggest one was the Salome event as part of her wing. Fun stuff right up until instancing got her killed.
13 May 2021, 6:17pm
Rebecca HailSapphoI guess the question to ask then, is something like that in the E:D lore?
Are you seriously asking whether large scale conflict is in the E:D lore?
It's a legitimate question.
Yeah, large scale battles happened in the past, for example like battle of Achenar (talking about the lore). Even in the "present" there is no military doctrine against large conflicts, as far as I know.
13 May 2021, 6:21pm
Rebecca HailSapphoI responded to:
Isaiah EvansonOf course. Not everyone is cut out for large scale fleet battles and years-long wars between corps.
I know I'm not. I don't have that kind of time. But I see the appeal and wish Elite allowed for the same scale conflicts.
Your point?
My point was my question, which I asked.
M. Lehman gave an answer & so did Artie.
I recall a comment on Eve was that you didn't fly a ship so much as play a spreadsheet.
I've never played it, only examined the game prior to choosing E:D.
Which, IMO, was a much better choice, but that's me. YMMV.
13 May 2021, 6:33pm
13 May 2021, 6:40pm
SapphoRebecca HailSapphoI responded to:
Your point?
My point was my question, which I asked.
M. Lehman gave an answer & so did Artie.
I recall a comment on Eve was that you didn't fly a ship so much as play a spreadsheet.
I've never played it, only examined the game prior to choosing E:D.
Which, IMO, was a much better choice, but that's me. YMMV.
Well, large scale conflict in terms of Alliance vs Empire vs Federation is one of the core themes in the E:D lore, so I was not sure whether that question was serious.
13 May 2021, 8:13pm
13 May 2021, 9:23pm
SakashiroJust watching Drew Wagar on Twitch. He's analyzing the technology that Dredger ships use to suck rocks into their shredders, and concluding that it's violating the lore!
Whooops
On a more serious note: What exactly did he critizise? Because on first look it seems to be a rather basic piece of tech: "eat" something, let crushers smash it in teeny-tiny pieces, use those.
13 May 2021, 10:41pm
Amata LireinSakashiroJust watching Drew Wagar on Twitch. He's analyzing the technology that Dredger ships use to suck rocks into their shredders, and concluding that it's violating the lore!
Whooops
On a more serious note: What exactly did he critizise? Because on first look it seems to be a rather basic piece of tech: "eat" something, let crushers smash it in teeny-tiny pieces, use those.
There is some sort of force field sucking things into the shredder, including your ship if you get too close. It appears to be artificial gravity, which of course shouldn't exist in Elite.
14 May 2021, 6:58am
SakashiroAmata LireinSakashiroJust watching Drew Wagar on Twitch. He's analyzing the technology that Dredger ships use to suck rocks into their shredders, and concluding that it's violating the lore!
Whooops
On a more serious note: What exactly did he critizise? Because on first look it seems to be a rather basic piece of tech: "eat" something, let crushers smash it in teeny-tiny pieces, use those.
There is some sort of force field sucking things into the shredder, including your ship if you get too close. It appears to be artificial gravity, which of course shouldn't exist in Elite.
Hmm... I thought it was something similar to a magnetic field, like you'd see on a railgun. This would have the limitation though that something magnetic needs to be inside what's getting sucked in.
14 May 2021, 7:54am
Amata LireinSakashiroAmata Lirein
Whooops
On a more serious note: What exactly did he critizise? Because on first look it seems to be a rather basic piece of tech: "eat" something, let crushers smash it in teeny-tiny pieces, use those.
There is some sort of force field sucking things into the shredder, including your ship if you get too close. It appears to be artificial gravity, which of course shouldn't exist in Elite.
Hmm... I thought it was something similar to a magnetic field, like you'd see on a railgun. This would have the limitation though that something magnetic needs to be inside what's getting sucked in.
strong magnets would make sense and it has that weird mouth part that is weirdly electrical so they could have many ways to do it.
14 May 2021, 12:09pm