Official Elite Dangerous Thread

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Originally Posted by Ser_Bunnylot

Given that the online thing doesn't bother me... is the game worth R3000? I can get a really nice Rhino X-55 HOTAS + game for that much. Prolly gonna do something stupid in the next few weeks :p ...

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There is no way to truely answer that question.

Myself I feel happy, a friend at work refuses to buy it. We both own SC ships.


Thing is ED, is a little empty, there is cool space stations, from when I was playing, it consisted of just travelling and ship destroying most of the time. The other ships that allow for you to trade is alot higher.

They have included missions at each space station, however some of them you cant do, some of them are with very little pay.Just generally the game was a little frustrating, when you got lag your ship would crash into the space station, sometimes when there was lag, I would destroy a Huge ship worth 41 000 cr. Only to get back to the space station and that kill didnt record.

If I were you, hold up. SC is updating controls almost every patch and the Rhino X-55 HOTAS would go well with SC

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Originally Posted by Reavs

Do you really need the Rhino? You can get the Thrustmaster Hotas X for much cheaper if you only plan on using it for ED.

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I really like my flight sims, thought I haven't played much lately. I've got a cyborg joystick atm and while it's snazzy, I think I'd much prefer the full stick and throttle setup. I thought about the Thrustmaster but not sure if buying budget will give me that immersive experience I'm after. Dunno.

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Originally Posted by ArchieChoke

There is no way to truely answer that question.

Myself I feel happy, a friend at work refuses to buy it. We both own SC ships.


Thing is ED, is a little empty, there is cool space stations, from when I was playing, it consisted of just travelling and ship destroying most of the time. The other ships that allow for you to trade is alot higher.

They have included missions at each space station, however some of them you cant do, some of them are with very little pay.Just generally the game was a little frustrating, when you got lag your ship would crash into the space station, sometimes when there was lag, I would destroy a Huge ship worth 41 000 cr. Only to get back to the space station and that kill didnt record.

If I were you, hold up. SC is updating controls almost every patch and the Rhino X-55 HOTAS would go well with SC

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Yeah I'm really excited about SC as well, so this HOTAS would be an investment of sorts for when SC hits in 2016.

The Rhino is a good looking stick and probably will last a while. Do you have a TrackIR or Freetrack setup?

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Originally Posted by Reavs

The Rhino is a good looking stick and probably will last a while. Do you have a TrackIR or Freetrack setup?

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Nope, would really like to get though but the only ones I saw were for like R2500 :(

TrackIR + HOTAS + OculusRift :love:

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Originally Posted by Ser_Bunnylot

Nope, would really like to get though but the only ones I saw were for like R2500 :(

TrackIR + HOTAS + OculusRift :love:

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I'm going to build one of these which should last me until i can get my freetrack sorted.

I just logged in again to the client, and it said "Install" where it said "Purchase" yesterday. Busy downloading the game files now.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] No wipe at launch

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Originally Posted by Reavs

[ANNOUNCEMENT] No wipe at launch

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Yeah.... not a fan. I've been quite busy posting here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...erous/comments

Despite Player Outcry, Elite: Dangerous Will Remain Always Online

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Elite: Dangerous is shaping up to be the best open galaxy/virtual reality space trucking game this side of the Milky Way (which it includes all of), but controversy recently blotted out its starry sky when Frontier yanked a long-promised offline mode right before release. Worse, not everybody was offered refunds.

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Read more: Kotaku

I'm not sure how to feel about all this. Damn us peasants who only pre-ordered and not backed.