Elite : Dangerous

[cptwhite_uk]

Depends...

Expansion + original game will be £40 when released (expected late Nov / early Dec).

Original game is currently £18 and allows you to buy the expansion on pre-order for £30 (so £48 total if you commit to both now). Allowing you to play immediately for an additional £8, I guess you can argue it also allows you to get a taste of the game before you spend for the full amount without having to fork up £40 straight away.

If you think you'll like it and play it a lot, I'd just buy now in the sale and once confirmed you like the game mechanics buy the expansion on discount.

If you're a tight wad and want to save yourself £8, then by all means wait

If you're unsure about the game but curious, buy now and play for a couple of weeks, then opt for the expansion while it's still on pre-order (until official release I think).

Frontier have been very savvy with the pricing and I can't fault them, riding the limit of what's acceptable to charge without being greedy. Good for them.

[Lowe]

ED is currently on offer this week for £17.99. Bargain!

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/...angerous.html/

[kalniel]

ED is currently on offer this week for £17.99. Bargain!

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/...angerous.html/

See my previous post Seems to be little point getting this if the expansion includes the full game.

[Lowe]

Let's be honest, you won't be able to do much at a fair guess without some cash in the virtual bank. Make a start now and hit the ground running.

[Lowe]

Gotta love the views

[cptwhite_uk]

Nice pics Lowe.

Anyone bought Horizons yet? Took the plunge Sunday night *fingers crossed*

[Ttaskmaster]

Anyone bought Horizons yet? Took the plunge Sunday night *fingers crossed*

Nah, I got the Lifetime Pass instead - I will definitely be playing this for years to come!

[Lowe]

I just went for Horizons. Got burned in the past with buying season passes, if the content doesn't live up to hype and expectations. As much as I know it will probably cost me more in the long run, I don't fancy risking it.

On a side note. 1.4 is now live, servers will be down for another couple of hours before we can get stuck in. I'll probably be online for a couple of hours tonight checking out the new HazRes and Compromised Nav Beacons if anyone fancies winging up.

[Macman]

I definetly need to pair up with someone sometime, as I have not got a f' clue what to do lol.

We got a FB group/Steam group/community for this?

[kalniel]

I definetly need to pair up with someone sometime, as I have not got a f' clue what to do lol.

Err.. spam click on things. Not much else to it

[Macman]

Err.. spam click on things. Not much else to it

Isn't that most games? i.e. Eve Online?

But it's getting the clicks in the right order....

Whats better guns? Whats best to trade in? When is it the right time to PVP? Whats the ideal PVP setup? I could go on. So not as simple...

[kalniel]

Doh - wrong thread. Thought this was the D3 thread that was recently bumped

[Macman]

D3 Thread?

[cptwhite_uk]

He means the Dibalo 3 thread. With regards to some of your questions:

Ships from cheap to expensive in their respective type (progression to aim towards):

Combat ships:
Sidewinder / Eagle / Viper / Vulture / Fer De Lance / Python / Anaconda

Multi-role:
Sidewinder / Adder / Cobra or Diamondback Scout / ASP / Python / Anaconda

Trading:
Sidewinder / Hauler / Lakon Type-6 / ASP / Lakon Type-7 / Lakon Type-9

There are others too, which you can buy if you rank up with Empire / Federation

Imperial Courier (Empire)
Imperial Clipper (Empire)
Federal Dropship (Federation)
Orca (no current use to buy this, luxury transport ship)

There's definitely a few I've missed too, full list here: http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Ships

In terms of weapons, stick to gimbled (tracking) pulse laser at first (helps getting some easy kills early on), then when you're in an eagle / viper / cobra, get a mix of lasers (fire against shields) and gimbled (tracking) multi-cannons (fire when shields are down).

Upgrading your ships, the key things to upgrade are:

Power distributor (recharge rates increase for all systems)
Shield cell (regenerate your shields when nearly depleted, 5sec warm up time, ensure it starts before shields fail completely)
Power plant (increase max power available to all systems to enable better shields/weapons/everything to be equipped without overloading your max power output)
Frame Shift Drive (allow you to jump further, cover distance faster). 10Ly is okay, 15Ly is good, 20Ly is great, 30Ly is about the max you'll get from any ship. It you can get near 15Ly you're doing okay (ranges capable vary on ship type).
Get a fuel scoop (compare scope rate to your fuel tank size...eg scoop rate of 0.04 to fill a 4 ton tank would take 100 seconds....ie a long time!)

[Macman]

He means the Dibalo 3 thread. With regards to some of your questions:

Ships from cheap to expensive in their respective type (progression to aim towards):

Combat ships:
Sidewinder / Eagle / Viper / Vulture / Fer De Lance / Python / Anaconda

Multi-role:
Sidewinder / Adder / Cobra or Diamondback Scout / ASP / Python / Anaconda

Trading:
Sidewinder / Hauler / Lakon Type-6 / ASP / Lakon Type-7 / Lakon Type-9

There are others too, which you can buy if you rank up with Empire / Federation

Imperial Courier (Empire)
Imperial Clipper (Empire)
Federal Dropship (Federation)
Orca (no current use to buy this, luxury transport ship)

There's definitely a few I've missed too, full list here: http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Ships

In terms of weapons, stick to gimbled (tracking) pulse laser at first (helps getting some easy kills early on), then when you're in an eagle / viper / cobra, get a mix of lasers (fire against shields) and gimbled (tracking) multi-cannons (fire when shields are down).

Upgrading your ships, the key things to upgrade are:

Power distributor (recharge rates increase for all systems)
Shield cell (regenerate your shields when nearly depleted, 5sec warm up time, ensure it starts before shields fail completely)
Power plant (increase max power available to all systems to enable better shields/weapons/everything to be equipped without overloading your max power output)
Frame Shift Drive (allow you to jump further, cover distance faster). 10Ly is okay, 15Ly is good, 20Ly is great, 30Ly is about the max you'll get from any ship. It you can get near 15Ly you're doing okay (ranges capable vary on ship type).
Get a fuel scoop (compare scope rate to your fuel tank size...eg scoop rate of 0.04 to fill a 4 ton tank would take 100 seconds....ie a long time!)

Thanks man! will certainly pay attention to this when setting up for ED.

If anyone wants to add me - http://steamcommunity.com/id/ahomelessjew/

[Macman]

Played this last night.. took me a while to get hang of it lol.

Youtube will need to help me for now, oh and got fined twice for unauthorised entry to station. Nearly had lethal force applied to me lols.