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OxMan posted:Hey guys, ps4 version of Erectile Dysfunction is coming out this tuesday. I checked beforeiplay but the tips were very sparse. The OP says basically do bounties, buy ships from china, anything else a new player should know? I got the basic $30 no cool ship edition. The easy way to make early money is go bounty hunting in a hi-rez asteroid belt (not haz-rez no police), find the space police and follow them around when they've almost killed a tough high paying pirate land a few shots on him and you'll get the full bounty (if your the only player there). Don't have any cargo in your hold and be very careful of friendly fire.
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OxMan posted:Hey guys, ps4 version of Erectile Dysfunction is coming out this tuesday. I checked beforeiplay but the tips were very sparse. The OP says basically do bounties, buy ships from china, anything else a new player should know? I got the basic $30 no cool ship edition. Basically the smartest thing to do is join the Diamond Frogs. It's how you find any meaning in this game after the initial rush of newness wears off. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3773251
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For new PS4 players, I highly recommend this series of videos made for the Xbone version by YouTuber Hoopchi: https://youtu.be/9XV-orVa0Jk 10 - 15 minutes long per episode, and he goes through all the stuff like controller layouts etc that most ED tutorial guides don't touch upon. I've watched a million hours of ED videos, I know all the advanced stuff, but found this series super useful because seriously, how do you get those dozens of buttons onto a controller? Well, this guy will show you how to navigate the map, docking, targeting, all that stuff while specifically dealing with it on a console controller. Essential viewing for new console players imo.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcqUCQ3mF7A This looks really cool, but then I'm a fan of HCS in general. I do wish content like this was actually in the core game, though. Maybe not with voice acting, per se, but accessible, findable, kickass chain missions that actually work and are engaging.
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Colonial Air Force posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcqUCQ3mF7A Makes you wonder what the hell Frontier spend all their time working on because it's not engaging content for the players to digest. I've played games with a lack of endgame content before but Elite goes to a whole new level with it where everything from start to finish is more like the "filler" content of other games which exists just to pad out time. There isn't a single piece of mission content in Elite which isn't random generated filler. It's like they are afraid to make anything which isn't as generic as possible.
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I mean, Bethesda was never able to make procgen missions interesting, not sure why anyone else thinks they're going to solve that puzzle without adding to it. 
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Thanks for the help guys!
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Also for new PS4 players if you want to know how to really fly I'd recommend watching an Isinona video or two. They. American this game something entirely different. https://youtu.be/nLXzEQyacMw
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Jun 23, 2017 21:55
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Blind Rasputin posted:They. American this game something entirely different.
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Blind Rasputin posted:Also for new PS4 players if you want to know how to really fly I'd recommend watching an Isinona video or two. They. American this game something entirely different. Despite all the negative press covfefe
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Isinona's videos are submarine lightbulb.
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Blind Rasputin posted:Also for new PS4 players if you want to know how to really fly I'd recommend watching an Isinona video or two. They. American this game something entirely different. I've never been able to setup a control scheme using console controllers that would let me comfotably fly with FA off with any level of control.
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illectro posted:I've never been able to setup a control scheme using console controllers that would let me comfotably fly with FA off with any level of control. The suggestion I once saw, which I'm going to be trying, is to mimic FPS controls. Seeing as how those are ingrained in my muscle memory, it makes most sense. Left stick would be for forward/backward and lateral left-right thrust. Right stick for pitch and roll. Then vertical thrust on the left bumper and trigger. Left hand does all the moving, right hand ”looks". Dunno if it will work out, but considering I've played hundreds of games using this basic setup it at least makes sense on paper. I'll find out in 3 days I guess.
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Is there an advantage to either a Vive or a Rift with Elite, or are they both just as good?
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Parkingtigers posted:The suggestion I once saw, which I'm going to be trying, is to mimic FPS controls. Seeing as how those are ingrained in my muscle memory, it makes most sense. Left stick would be for forward/backward and lateral left-right thrust. Right stick for pitch and roll. Then vertical thrust on the left bumper and trigger. Left hand does all the moving, right hand ”looks". The issue is really just making perfectly precise movements to achieve the exact change you want, really fast at certain points and constantly. Setting up a response curve on a controller or joystick so a small-to-medium control movements result in small responses in game for fine adjustment etc. can help a bit.
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Mike the TV posted:Is there an advantage to either a Vive or a Rift with Elite, or are they both just as good? I wouldn't base your VR purchase on one game, do it based on how comfortable the headsets are and if/when you are going to do roomscale. Do it based on the hand controllers and what tracking solution you like better. And how much money you want to spend but be warned once you have VR you will not be satisfied with just sitting experiences, you will want to mess with roomscale. That said, both are excellent and the differences between the visual aspects of the sets themselves is so minor as to be subjective.
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What's a good loadout for an ASP Explorer these days? Most of the info I'm finding is super old - I've mainly been putzing about doing passenger courier stuff - but I'd like to start working towards something more substantial in the exploration vein. I've never pledged to a faction and res-hunting with a cobra just never clicked, but I imagine I need a few loadouts for different things to do stuff like the engineer grind to drive exploration and passenger transit. Those bits of the game are pretty impenetrable though. Mike the TV posted:Is there an advantage to either a Vive or a Rift with Elite, or are they both just as good? I have both in my house. There some differences but you'd never notice them without doing a one after another compare. The Rift has less dead-on screen door effect, but the peripherary is prone to god-rays (especially near stars) and so the edges of your vision can be a little blurry. I have glasses and could not adjust it to a point where that didn't happen. Vive has better FOV and is a little more adjustable(albeit more awkardly so in-situ) - supersampling also means the text is overall more readable if you can drive turning it up to 1.5+ Basically six of one, half a dozen of the other. I wound up using a Vive, but comfort is probably the biggest reason - you'll adjust to any of the visual differences pretty quick (and they aren't huge anyway). Buffer fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Buffer posted:What's a good loadout for an ASP Explorer these days? Most of the info I'm finding is super old - I've mainly been putzing about doing passenger courier stuff - but I'd like to start working towards something more substantial in the exploration vein. Depends on what you want to do? If it's just "pick a direction in space and go space mad exploration" then it's not like there's a whole lot of modules that are going to be competing for space on your ship-- stick the best FSD on your ship you can, engineer it for +jump range, stick the advanced/detailed scanner on, an AFMU, a buggy, a fuel scoop, a D-rank shield and then stick the smallest A-Rank power plant that runs your ship with the AFMU/buggy bay turned off. Your netflix machine is now ready for launch.
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Protip for Vive users: Do not use the supersampling in Elite: Dangerous' options menu! Use the Supersampling controls in SteamVR's options instead. The supersampling built into elite itself is far more performance intensive than the steamVR version for some reason. Also, turn off supersampling filtering, turn on Always-on Reprojection, and turn off interleaved reprojection. With a 1080 GTX Ti I can run it with max details, and supersampling set to 4.0 in the SteamVR controls, no hiccups perfectly flawless even on planets.
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Got the ball rolling on a PS4 community group for Elite. It is tentatively titled "SpaaaaceGooons". Send a request or get at me or parkingtigers for an invite if interested. My psn is illsense.
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I'm going to get a Keelback, and name it Nick. Nick Keelback. i'm sorry
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Parkingtigers posted:I'm going to get a Keelback, and name it Nick. /me hands you your coat Mind you, I named my Orca "Tarka".
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It's ok I named my anaconda "unless you got buns, hun"
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So, those Thargoid caves have been found...
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Arach posted:So, those Thargoid caves have been found... Is this a euphemism or something?
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Arach posted:So, those Thargoid caves have been found... pics or 
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http://imgur.com/a/eCbsu Location is HIP 19026 PLANET B 1 C LAT -17 LONG -152 (And of course you need an Unknown Artifact to get in lmao what did you think normies would be able to see new content?)
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Am I right to say we should be able to get an artefact from the crash site?? Ohh but the corrosion damage. Bring yer AFMs boys
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Strategic Tea posted:Am I right to say we should be able to get an artefact from the crash site?? Just stop by Palin if you have him unlocked and get a corrosion resistant cargo hold. They're all in the same area.
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Fojar38 posted:http://imgur.com/a/eCbsu guys guys listen listen what if guys what if we drove INSIDE the sarlac?
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I've asked on the PS4 thread too, but I'd love to hear some feedback from people who are playing this on console. It's a game I've always wanted to get into, particularly after how disappointing No Man's Sky was. Also, which version should I buy?
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Only relevant question: how do you feel about Microsoft Flight Simulator except in space with a ton of procgen content stapled on? If that interests you buy Elite Dangerous.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Only relevant question: how do you feel about Microsoft Flight Simulator except in space with a ton of procgen content stapled on? If that interests you buy Elite Dangerous. Pretty good, also I am a professional space nerd so that aspect of it is pretty attractive also. I mostly just want to chill out & explore cool space poo poo; also maybe shoot some lasers from time to time and then buy increasingly larger ships.
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Montalvo posted:Pretty good, also I am a professional space nerd so that aspect of it is pretty attractive also. I mostly just want to chill out & explore cool space poo poo; also maybe shoot some lasers from time to time and then buy increasingly larger ships. Sounds up your alley, then!  Exploration is one of the best parts of the game, and is extremely chill. I usually have a second screen on netflix/hulu or am listening to music or a podcast while out exploring. The galaxy is a 1:1 scale recreation of the Milky Way with something like 300 billion stars in the game. The game has been out for more than 2 years and barely 1% of systems have even been visited. Tons of stellar objects in the game from all the known types of stars to gas giants and ring worlds and nebulae, and if you get the Horizons add-on you can land your ship on airless planets and cruise around in your space-dune-buggy (think Mako from Mass Effect 1 with similar gameplay content). Getting new ships and money can be grindy, but if you hop in the discord and get some advice you should be in a solid ship within a few hours of gameplay that will allow you to do whatever you want in the game. That being said, if you have played Eve, the grind is pretty quaint and you should be able to get to "end-game" content with a month or two of casual play (3-7 hours of play per week). If one of the "money exploits" comes around, you can do it in a week. Flight model is best in class, for my opinion, and has a gradual learning curve with a high ceiling that rewards effort. Combat is a lot of fun, especially in a wing or multicrew with friends.
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Thanks! It'll likely be the next game I pick up.
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As for version - we have a full support infrastructure PC side. On the consoles all we can offer you is advice and point you at some of our allied groups.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Sounds up your alley, then! Thank you for this rundown. I'm going to start playing this on PS4 tomorrow.
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Elite has a day 1 patch of about 2.5gb. So go start that before doing you're shopping or showering or whatever. Will give it a shot tonight. I loved Elite 2 in the nineties so I'm pretty excited to try it out.
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John F Bennett posted:Elite has a day 1 patch of about 2.5gb. So go start that before doing you're shopping or showering or whatever. Just make sure you spend some time in the tutorials getting the hang of the controls a bit before venturing into the black. Manual is pretty good too when you're first starting: https://d1wv0x2frmpnh.cloudfront.net/elite/website/assets/English-PlayersGuide-Latest.pdf
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Sounds up your alley, then! If you like exploration then hopefully post 2.4 will please you. Chatting with some of the Frontier guys/gals at Lavecon last weekend, Exploration is right at the top of the priority list for core gameplay improvements after 2.4. It could really do with a bit more to do other than honking and sight-seeing, so I'm looking forward to that.
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