Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous will be launched on the 16th of December so it'll be just less than 5 weeks from now

Andrew76 wrote: »

Nice video, was going to ask what you used to record it but see you mention MSI. What sort of video editing tool do you use to add text etc?

Cheers Andrew76, I use sony vegas pro12 to edit, but for the text I use the Youtube annotations, so easy to use....upload video, and add the text when and where you want. Simples:D

There goes Christmas.

Very slow load times last night, also twice on the way back from buying Gallite for a nice profit, got stuck twice while disengaging supercruise. Had to log out and come back in, luckily on the 3rd attempt it worked, 40,000+ credits:-) Friend of mine in UK also had slow loading times and problems getting stuck in hyperspace last night. Still a bit of tweaking needed to stabilise this. I really hope it holds up when the full release is out, very frustrating trying to finish just 1 mission.

Was working fine for me yesterday.
Although at one point I did lose all my missions.
Logged off, logged back on and they reappeared... Along with a 30k fine and a load of stolen cargo! :eek:

I hope they support crossfire in the final release. Really want to reduce the VR judders im getting.

Thargor wrote:

How much of it will be utterly worthless with no reason to ever go there though? Same question for No Mans Sky and Star Citizen.

The game is still in beta. They are constantly going to add stuff to the game. As DB said. We have a house with walls, now we need to put in the furniture. I'm sure there will be plenty to explore, find, and do. If exploration is not your thing, then i wouldn't even consider this game. This is not a shoot em up, There is a lot more to come with this game..... and frankly i can't wait:-)
As for the connection /disconnecting issues, seems just Sunday evenings I have that problem....

Yeah, I know what you're saying, but then how many is too much. They are trying something that has never been done before. Apart from the missions(of which I'm sure many will be proceduraly (how do you spell that right?) generated as well) you can get data on new systems, planets, etc and sell that for a nice price at a starport that hasn't got that data yet, if you don't get pirated on the way back that is;-) All of which you can spend on the biggest ass mothership you can get, and rule the Milky way MUAHAHAHAH......

Just a little story about last night. So I was in Rakapila and found on the bulletin board something with a 175,000 reward! Biggest I've been able to take so far,so I had a look. Bring 10T of gold for the reward. Upgraded my cargo to 12T (flying a Hauler now) and off I went. I used Thrudds site to find somewhere with gold. 4 jumps later I docked and bought 10T of gold. Now you would think I could just jump all the way back again? NO. The gold was too heavy and limited my jump distance, so I had to try to get back by a different route. Only problem was, I could only jump between two places! So I had to sell 6T back and jump to a system closer to base. Then had to make two more stops in starports to get more gold, as one of them only had 1T. Eventually after 3/4 interdictions (people like free gold) (which i managed to evade) and a few more jumps, I finally made it back with all 10T of gold. Getting ever so close to a Cobra now. I love the way that nothing is ever straight forward, and every action has a consequence. It just makes the game so much more interesting. All in all it took me just over 90 mins to make the run, but the sense of satisfaction that I got at the end was awesome:-)
**didn't have any disconnections or freeze ups thank god**

good Idea, but are they not loaned, or is that just the (free) sidewinder? I didn't do anything to the Hauler except upgrade cargo bay. Money making machine$$$

Not touching it for a year at least, then Ill build a monster pc and buy a proper Sitek stick and throttle, steering wheel, and a consumer Oculus Rift. Christmas 2015 is going to be so good.

jumbobreakfast wrote: »

A few of us play on gaellords.com teamspeak and anyone is welcome to join. Unfortunately the netcode in E: D is the one big dissapointment with this game so it can be difficult to keep everyone in the same instance. It doesnt really matter though as we usually end up taking different missions anyway

Cheers m8, ill check it out.

jumbobreakfast wrote: »

definitely wait at this stage. There seems to be a lot more bugs and disconnections in the last week so perhaps they have accelerated the testing in preparation for release

Unplayable for me atm. Old CPU (though it meets recommended specs) and high end graphics card - GTX 970. I have read lost of people with good specs struggling, though there seems to be plenty who have no problems. My problems started in 3.04 but I had only joined a few days before that.

Seems if you are in BETA you get to start the game and progress from the 22nd of November ahead of the full release in December. I just discovered this evening that progress carries into the full game.

hopefully the Gamma release on 22 November will be more stable than the current version, which at least for me crashes to desktop constantly.

Decided to stop playing this game until it's released. Too many bugs and all and I can't do missions at all. Interdiction is a real pain in the hole as well so for the time being, I'm stepping away from this and going back to BF4 until December.

Andrew76 wrote: »

Cheers will test that out. Hopefully can't be any worse than 3.0.4! Bit worrying the types of issues folks are getting this close to the release date.

I know. I have invested in a new HOTAS stick and a new graphics card especially for this. Was alot of fun for the few days I played it in 3.03, since 3.04 hit i have barely managed to log in 5 times and each of those lasted until one hyperspace jump or one opening of galactic map.

I like the idea of getting a head start from 22/11, to try and make some cash before the beginning zones get crowded out, but not optimistic I will even be able to play on 16/12 at this stage.