Elite: Dangerous

sorry, but thats too cheap, i expect at least 200$ per ship.



Looks good

 

Do we know when will the game be released? At least approximately.

 

i heard q4 2014.
i'm never going to believe it.

 

why not? beta is progressing nicely, and most of the big features are planned as post release expansions anyhoo.

 

some days ago i read only a bunch (like 15-20, can't remember exactly) of star systems are completed and ready to be used.
the same beta i briefly tried the last month felt barely like an early alpha.

 

There's 50-60 star systems in the current beta

And they're planning to procedurally generate most of them anyway. # of stars is not an issue. # of ship types, station types, mission types and how supercruise works are their main obstacles right now

 

Seriously.

 

So I finally got some quality time with the game today. Did some trading, got up to ~3k credits, then went out on a run with a full hold (fish I want to say)...

For some reason I decided to go really fast through the opening of a space station and crashed into someone on their way out. All gone. Still, a lot of fun, although I wasted a lot of time - I just filled up my hold and then went to random stations to sell it instead of using the trade map.

 

Isn't that what ship/cargo insurance is for?

 

Yeah, but I didn't feel like I had enough to worry about it. I hope the other guy did - I think I wrecked his Cobra.

 

I once wrecked a Lakon-9 with 450 tons of gold in it by derping into it while it was exiting the station. My ship (barely) survived

 

Its funny i've read a post in a french forum about a guy who lost his newly acquired cobra ... coincidence i think not

 

So anyway, let's talk about poor traderoutes. Is there anything that keeps track of prices or whatever so you can plan it? Websites and the like? I'm trying for a three/four system cycle that's fairly profitable until I can upgrade my cargo hold.

Also, let's talk about this damn game more, damnit. I'm tired of checking this thread and seeing 0 new posts.

 

Here you go: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=20181

 

Do you mean something like these?

http://elitebpc.com/ED/Default.aspx

http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/

 

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When is it being rolled out? Also link you son of a bitch.

So: Update will roll out September 30.

And for Crispy...

 

http://eepurl.com/3huY9

 

So I spent all my free time today trading, building up some dough to upgrade my ship (goal was to get a hauler by tomorrow), and then my game froze entering hyperspace. Had to force it close, and now it won't load.

I think all that time spent is gone. Probably going to have to clear the save and start over.

 

Wouldn't a borked savegame be useful to the devs for de-bugging purposes?

 

My browser is opened in the pre-order page, and my mouse is over the checkout button. Just reassure me guys, this game worth the purchase, doesn't it?

 

Yeah, ESPECIALLY after Beta 2 comes out. You'll love it.

 

So I guess this is fairly common, and no harm no foul. Didn't have to wipe (loaded fine a little later), and now I found a sweet, secret trade run that's turning me 5k profit a pop (for a little sidewinder without a ton of capital that's pretty sweet for a back and forth). Should be able to afford my hauler shortly and start making some real dough.

 

I'm tempted to grind a shitload of moolah running gold in my Lakon-9. But I'm worried we'll either have a cash reset or beta 2 won't bring multiple ship hangars with it.