Last night Elm and I met up in a wing and went out bounty hunting together. So much fun, we spent a good hour or so hunting down our targets, having one of us pull them out of supercruise then take them out together, splitting the earnings down the middle.

Never tried bounty hunting before but it was great fun and the combat feels fantastic!

superflyninja wrote:

GooberTheHat wrote:

Vastik wrote:

Yeah, I found space stuff so disappointing in NMS, this has loads more depth/simulation vibes.

This is kind of what I was talking about when I was talking about (and being derided for) NMS lacking a sense of scale.

You and me both. In the end though I thought NMS did have some sense of scale. The planets were what let it down IMO. But space navigation etc was awful. Hell, how space looked was terrible.
Elite feels more authentic....

I remember hoots of derision at the claims NMS looked bland, not at the scale stuff. There was a discussion about scale which was put to bed when the game released and the planets were found to be massive, not little Mario Galaxy planetoids.

I also vaguely remember someone going on about "a lack of majesty" or some other intangibly subjective nonsense at the time, but the scale stuff wasn't an issue.

Now there's this authentic chat, when it was clear to everyone from the very first reveal, never mind the rest of the hype prior to release, that authentic space travel and imagery was given the heave ho in favour of a heavily stylised 70s sci-fi fantasy epic theme.

I'm pretty sure Elite was mentioned many times throughout the NMS thread whenever anyone was hoping for an authentic space sim, good to see some of you are finally getting the chance to enjoy it now, but knocking NMS for not being Elite is missing the point a bit.

Vastik wrote:

I loved the way NMS looked, those vibrant, stylised retro sci-fi worlds were great.  Just wanted more substance to the flying around bit.

Yup totally agree.
Back to Elite, do all players start around Eravate? Or is there a set of starting systems?

Edit: never mind.

Elite D is quite a ways down my pile of shame get to list but this shit is pushing it up.

I have my first Elite story.
I took on a mission  to find and salvage some data in Eravate and then return it. So I jetted off to the system and poottled around for a good 15 minutes. I get an update to try searching around Eravate 2. Off I toddle. I see the signal of what I need to collect. I drop out of frameshift and deploy my cargo scoop. I lined up the salvage and had it dead centre. At the last second it suddenly veered off course, struck my hull and was destroyed. I didnt get he mission failure message so I kept checking to see if it had respawned. 15 minutes later and no joy. So I abandoned the mission and returned to dock.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES NMS???????


One thing that bowls me over in this is the sheer scale of some of the (extra)solar systems. Some of those planets are waaaaay out there.

pantyfire wrote:

Take a trip out to Hutton Orbital, it's well worth it. Handy mission hint, drop into the solar system, then lock onto the Navigation Beacon, approach that sucker and scan it (select it from the target menu in NORMAL space) and then you get more precise info for the mission location. Also those missions that say a certain person will be in an area at a certain time, I think are bollocks, I've completed them all earlier than the time stated by scanning the nav beacon and heading to the destination it coughs up.

Super tip cheers Ill do that. Any idea what those unauthorised beacons are for?

The feel of this game is very different, its sort of like a job. A space trucker.Its very relaxing yet clinical in a way. It really hammers home the sheer scale of space and the feeling of isolation. Its a rather splendid beast.

Long way is it?

Goddamit.

It's a rite of passage.

They should do what Eve did and have a browser and music player built into the ship, for those long stretches. A dashboard Spotify app would be great.

Deep Space Nine deal with Twitch.

Mental note, stop reading this thread cause you guys are making me want to buy the game.
Q. Anyone using the thrustmaster flight stick on ps4? Does it improve the controls?

One last question, anyone here been beyond beagle point?

Curmudgeon. It's great.

It must be totes amaze in VR.
Almost worth buying the rig for alone.

I'm holding out for that hi def vr Elite. Not going vr until that's possible.