Elite Dangerous

[BubbaMc]

Anyone else playing this? Played the original?

I never played the original but am enjoying every minute of the new game. Seems to be one of those titles you ever love or hate, there's no in between.

I recently ordered an Oculus Rift after reading all the rave reviews about it with Elite.

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

Thinking about getting this. I think some of the design looks a bit bland compared to EVE and Star Citizen. Can it be played with mouse and keyboard or is it better with a stick?

[BubbaMc]

Thinking about getting this. I think some of the design looks a bit bland compared to EVE and Star Citizen. Can it be played with mouse and keyboard or is it better with a stick?

I haven't tried mouse and keyboard, but an XBox 360 controller does the trick very nicely indeed. If you get serious you'll want a HOTAS setup though.

I also thought the design was somewhat bland and was holding out for Star Citizen, but I bought this game on a whim. IMO the game is so well put together and immersive, it totally nails the feeling of flying a small fragile ship through such a huge galaxy, awe-inspiring stuff. Star Citizen has some big shoes to fill.

I'm having a blast doing mundane things like transporting shipments of vegetables from one system to another. Haven't even scratched the surface with the other roles available i.e. bounty hunting, exploration, mining etc

[Gozer]

I'm kicking myself for not preording the mercenary edition when I had the chance. Now I'm probably going to wait until the consumer Oculus Rift is released and buy a nice HOTAS and the game. By that time a lot more features will be patched into the game.

In the meantime, I'll be entertained by watching these types of videos.

[null1024]

I'm kicking myself for not preording the mercenary edition when I had the chance. Now I'm probably going to wait until the consumer Oculus Rift is released and buy a nice HOTAS and the game. By that time a lot more features will be patched into the game.

In the meantime, I'll be entertained by watching these types of videos.

Man, that was cool. I want this game now.

[BubbaMc]

Yep, great video indeed

[Necronopticous]

A buddy of mine recently got the Oculus Rift MK2 and he was telling me about this game but this is the first I've seen actual footage. Way cool. Very tempting...

[Leader Bee]

I picked up this game and have just been making enough money by trading to work my way up to a Cobra Mk 3. I'm planning on outfitting it for a multitude of roles but like I posted in the awesome stuff you just bought thread i've got a HOTAS on it's way ( A Saitek X52 Pro )

I will be getting an occulus for it but I don't want to go with a Dev kit so i'm going to wait until the consumer version is available.

[BubbaMc]

There's a couple of trading tools available which make it easy to determine the maximum profit route for your particular ship.

See here for an online tool:
http://elitetradingtool.co.uk/

and here's a native Windows tool:
http://www.slopey.com/ED/BPC.exe

Details are entered into these databases via crowd sourcing, so there may be errors at times but I haven't found any as yet.

[spadgy]

I'm going to wait until I've got a Rift for this one. Played Elite Dangerous a little with Rift and a nice flight stick set-up at an event, and that's given me a taste for doing the same at home.

I loved what I played though. Dogfighting and VR go very well together.

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

Been playing this for the last few nights. Just got my Eagle. Gf wants to know what a "friendship drive" is.

[StoofooEsq]

I'm kicking myself for not preording the mercenary edition when I had the chance. Now I'm probably going to wait until the consumer Oculus Rift is released and buy a nice HOTAS and the game. By that time a lot more features will be patched into the game.

In the meantime, I'll be entertained by watching these types of videos.

I don't know about anyone else, but videos like this showing an experience unique to the game do a good job of selling me on it.

Elite: Dangerous seems to scratch my space-sim itch that I still sometimes fire up FreeSpace for. I could see myself getting deep into it. Not quite enough to jump in at $60 or to get an Oculus Rift for. Or to get a new (expensive) flight stick and throttle setup for, since my near-ancient SideWinder Precision Pro still works, even on Windows 7. But this game is definitely something I'll look out for.

While I'm here, how is this Thrustmaster HOTAS X as an entry-level flight stick? The price seems right for this.
http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-Fl ... B001CXYMFS

[Obiwanshinobi]

While I'm here, how is this Thrustmaster HOTAS X as an entry-level flight stick? The price seems right for this.
http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-Fl ... B001CXYMFS

It's ace.

[MJR]

I backed this at kickstarter, and been playing it little bit since gamma release. I also tried this at my friends place with Oculus Rift, and that was easily one of the most memorable gaming experiences I ever had. I'm so happy I was a backer at this, this is pretty much dream fulfillment for me