Official Elite Dangerous Thread

[MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION], I got the urge this week again to start up Elite Dangerous on Xbox One. I know that Horizons is not available yet on Xbox One, but I got a 9.6GB update that I had to download before playing the game. Server maintenance last night prevented me from trying out what's changed, and internet searches has proved less than helpful. I guess the Engineers patch and stuff like that is not part of Xbox One yet, so do you perhaps know what's changed and what's new?
 
DieGrootHammer said:
[MENTION=4071]BeoTeK[/MENTION], I got the urge this week again to start up Elite Dangerous on Xbox One. I know that Horizons is not available yet on Xbox One, but I got a 9.6GB update that I had to download before playing the game. Server maintenance last night prevented me from trying out what's changed, and internet searches has proved less than helpful. I guess the Engineers patch and stuff like that is not part of Xbox One yet, so do you perhaps know what's changed and what's new?
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Horizons is coming to Xbone, just not sure on exact date or time line as yet.

My best source of information regarding the XB1: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteOne/
 
DieGrootHammer said:
Cheers thanks dude. Seems the graphics got a considerable upgrade on the One, as well as some rebalancing of the AI, but that one seems to be for the worst. Will play some over the weekend and see what's what. Dunno why but I got the Elite itch again
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It's one of those games you can take a break from and come back to, what's so great about it.
 
BeoTeK said:
It's one of those games you can take a break from and come back to, what's so great about it.
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Yes indeed.

I'm a little bit worried about the increase in AI difficulty though, seems a bunch of people are complaining about it. I take it the answer is just git gud. I'm excited about the other changes though. Seems mission won't be locked based on combat, explorer, trader and those ranks, but still based on faction rank. Also missions seems to have had a much needed overhaul. Then there is the graphics improvement which should also make the foray back into the game a pleasant one.
 
DieGrootHammer said:
Yes indeed.

I'm a little bit worried about the increase in AI difficulty though, seems a bunch of people are complaining about it. I take it the answer is just git gud. I'm excited about the other changes though. Seems mission won't be locked based on combat, explorer, trader and those ranks, but still based on faction rank. Also missions seems to have had a much needed overhaul. Then there is the graphics improvement which should also make the foray back into the game a pleasant one.
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Yeah a lot has been done to mitigate the grind a bit, I guess you could say.
 
I only have 500k credits, which isn't a lot, but at least I've spent a whole bunch now upgrading my Viper MKIII. Still, it's a bit grindy to get lots of monies.

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I know I know, this thread is in the PC Gaming section, but F the rules, I'm talking about the Xbox One version of the game now.

So the patch has really resparked my interest in the game, and made it much more fun than it was previously. Here is a list of some of the changes made to the Xbox One version of the game:

  • Better graphics, muuuuucccchh better graphics. It's so pretty now. Like really, the stations are much more varied, so much more detailed, the different worlds are much more vibrant and texture quality and crispness has increased quite a lot.
  • Changes to the mission structures. Much better missions and payouts system. You are no longer locked out of missions due to your rank, but more about your influence on the faction, wich makes that there are sooo many more missions available
  • Changes to the mission and outfitting screens. The screen layout is a bit laggy on Xbox though, but I like the look and feel now, much better and more clear
  • Update content to enable Horizons. So this is a real low blow from them. I can now see which planets can be landed on, I can scan them, I can target them and there are missions setup for planetary landing, yet the content is not yet available on Xbox One. Horizons will only launch in the first week of June, yet it seems all the content is already in the game, it just needs to be unlocked or something.
  • Changes to AI. The AI is now much more brutal. If you are going into a fight, you better know what you are doing. It's not completely unfair, but it's best to not take on any ships on either the same spec or one level higher that you. You will die, very quickly
  • Powerplay changes. The whole Powerplay system now has much more impact on the missions and systems, and although I'm ignoring it for now, it's looking interesting.
  • Lots and lots of bug fixes and overall stability of the game has improved
  • Addition of Private Group games with up to 1000 selected friends

So over the weekend I managed to trade in my Viper for a Cobra MK III and kit it out with over 800k worth of upgrades. I ended up on a very small amount of credits, but thanks to the new mission system, I managed to get over 1.4 million credits in like 2 hours of play.
 
BeoTeK said:
Yeah, it's looking great. Thankfully I own both versions :)

And I think Horizons or 2.1 update drops to Xbone this week?
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Oh is it this week already? Couldn't find any official statement and whatnot, but the word is its coming at the start of June.

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