Remember what the old Frontier and Elite games looked like?

This was in the Plutarch system if I remember correctly

Cant' wait to see what next year will bring!

Very atmospheric.

Nice. I've had a few moments like that, when you just sit back in your chair and say "Wow!" out loud to yourself. I can't stop playing!

Just watch out the dark sides of planets. I got slammed out of supercruise once wondering what the hell was going on, and it took me a long time of staring out my windshield to realize I was surrounded by the pitch black asteroids of a ring. Bit of a holy crap I almost went splat moment

Moreover with the latest patch it was introduced the possibility to turn off the SC orbital lines and graphical gravity wells.

Looks so amazing. I just have no time for something like this right now, not 'til I get sick of a few other games at least.

I'm just gonna enjoy yalls pretty vids and pics until I can't take it anymore.

BTW, how hard is it to fly an interstellar spaceship? I mean, I learned Falcon 4.0 and Longbow2 on max realism. Is E:D harder, easier? Will I be learning keyboard maps for a month?

It's very easy to fly. If you can fly the F-16, then this is very easy. Note that this is in space, so you can turn off your engines and stop, or turn off flight assist and coast forever. But then you can move up/down/left/right as well with your thrusters. It does get some getting used to, but very easy as you don't have to maintain forward motion to have "lift."

Plus flying through the airlock into and out of stations is really cool.

Arthur it's about the same learning curve as the original IL-2. The game has depth, but it's not crazy complex. Your startup procedure is selecting "Leave landing pad" in the station's menu, raising your gear, and pointing your ship out the airlock.

It's not like Falcon where the learning curve is because of the complexity and reading manuals for procedures, it's more just learning "hey, there's a lot of pirates in X system, I can go there to make good money" or "I bought this scanner and now I can trail and chase people when they jump from system to system".

Had a few "wow" moments flying last night. Flew in supercruise right under this giant Saturn like planet with rings and everything.

Compared to playing DCS or IL2 I find Elite pretty easy control wise. The x52 has a stock profile that automatically starts up. Everything is really easy to figure out. I only had to add a couple things, it probably took 15 minutes of figuring out...unlike DCS or IL2 which takes me days sometimes to setup just how I like it.

Or not, since we're in space

Elite isn't too difficult, it's more a matter of working out how things are done rather than Falcon 4 style 'I just spent 30 minutes trying to drop a bomb' procedures.
Also the NPC names are great, so far I've encounted Flash Gordon, Baldrick and Isaac Newton and killed them all! Got a nice 20,000cr bounty for Baldrick.

Ouch... Yep- That's me. A little misunderstanding with the law.
I eventually bailed that system and reached Victor Knave...

Good job... I think

What's the Cobra like? I've been using the Eagle for combat and exploration and a stripped out Hauler for well hauling but I've been thinking of moving up to a bigger ship that can combine jobs and the Cobra seems to be a good choice.

What???? You're in our neck of the woods?

I remember my first launch from a space station, I was stunned at the detail of the interior of the docking area I just didn't expect that kind of detail yet it felt familiar even if the ZX Spectrum version I used to play was all wireframes

Cobra is really great.
Many possibilities of upgrading in quite a radical way. Managed to get an hyperjump max distance in excess of 19 light years.
Plus it can be really kitted out as a clever swing role craft.

I already have other ships, but the "Wolfram" is by large my favourite so far.

@Ice: I swear it was a mistake. But I went back and paid my dues.

Thanks, I've got to say the Cobra is awesome cost me every single cr I had though so I had to start from the bottom again (Didn't want to sell my beautiful Eagle)

Almost got me killed a couple of times as I got to cocky (getting to close to a star fuel scooping, trying to take on an Anaconda )

I'm currently hanging around the edge of Imperial space, doing some missions and taking out any wanted guys along the way

ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR - BASK IN HIS GREATNESS! I hear the emperor's a real humble guy...



Ringworld. Some system with planet names like Fragmaster and Biffland

Beautiful.

A few of mine:

Awesome shots, I see you're taking on Anacondas and winning. I tend to run from anything Python and up. An Anaconda was actually my very first fight back in the Sidewinder, I was actually doing pretty good until I got a phone call and came back to the insurance screen!

Some more action oriented pics from before I upgraded my weapons.

Nice Cobra you've got there Aston



Nice explosion you've got there Aston



The awesome looking Imperial Clipper



Not looking too good



The awesome looking Ex-Clipper



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Got a few more taken as I head 'up' to Lave