Hard to score a hit, let alone a kill!
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 19:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Looking good there. Just what I want. It does seem like combat between two similar human controlled ships could be hard to score a kill. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 19:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Hard to score a hit, let alone a kill!
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 19:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
I found it hard to score a kill in Frontier. It's why I invested in big ships with high shields so they'd just slingshot around me to present an arc. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 21:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Elite |
Trooper wrote: Hard to score a hit, let alone a kill! He did say they were taking it easy. I imagine with a beam laser it would slightly easier! Malc |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 21:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
And/or missiles. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 21:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
CHAFF! |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 21:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Never pass up the opportunity to say CHAFF. |
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 0:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Even though it looks like the Elite kickstarter is going to be a bit of a struggle at the current rate, the fact that the Dizzy one is performing horrendously pleases me. This probably makes me worse than the opposite of Lord McAlpine. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
I suck at this sort of stuff, but I thought the darling brothers now looke like dizzy! I'm sure someone can do a better job than I did! Attachment: dizzy2.jpg Malc |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
A pledge for the Dizzy Kickstarter is a pledge for COMMUNISM! 
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Malc wrote: I suck at this sort of stuff, but I thought the darling brothers now looke like dizzy! I'm sure someone can do a better job than I did! Attachment: dizzy2.jpg Malc I thought very similar, maybe they should give Dizzy a version of their own faces. |
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| Author: | itsallwater [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Almost half way. I wonder if they need more packages as all the expensive ones have been purchased. Mostly the cheaper versions left and I'm not sure that's going to cover it at this rate. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Yeah, I think they've structured it quite poorly. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Although saying that, I do notice that the new tiers they added a week or so ago are unlimited. Fingers crossed, still. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 13:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
If they get a ramp up at the end then it should be ok! They'll still getting about £10,000 a day, So if that keeps up, that's £300,000 more with a week to go, they would still only need another £300,000 or so in the last week, which is more than possible. Look at some successful kickstarters on kicktraq Malc |
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 14:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Star Citizen:  Project Eternity:  Elite Dangerous:  Malc |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 14:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
There needs to be constant, dizzying press interest in the Elite one. QUISCHIN! Was Elite just a Yerp only success? |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 14:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Malc wrote: If they get a ramp up at the end then it should be ok! They'll still getting about £10,000 a day, So if that keeps up, that's £300,000 more with a week to go, they would still only need another £300,000 or so in the last week, which is more than possible. Look at some successful kickstarters on kicktraq Malc If you've not seen it Kicktraq's projection marks are usually pretty accurate 
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 22:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Fingers crossed. I assume they can adjust the target if they need to as well? |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Wed Nov 28, 2012 23:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Dimrill wrote: QUISCHIN! Was Elite just a Yerp only success? I'd never heard of the series until I started buying UK magazines (I may have said this before) just after Frontier: L33t 2 came out. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 13:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Dr Zoidberg wrote: Fingers crossed. I assume they can adjust the target if they need to as well? Nope, it's all or nothing! Malc |
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 13:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Wonder if Braben will pledge the last few hundred thousand quid if it's not looking like it'll make the finish line? No doubt kicking off a rage storm about kickstarter all over again! "Oh look, I do have £300,000 just lying around in my pocket, I should have remembered that and set the target lower. Silly me!" |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 13:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Some of those on there have said the biggest single pledge you can make is #5,000, (shit my keyboard has gone all American again) as a few people have wanted to pledge more than that but couldn't Malc |
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 13:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Ah right, I thought that was just the top reward tier you were allowed to input but people could pledge over that. Probably makes sense from an anti money laundering point of view too. |
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| Author: | nickachu [ Thu Nov 29, 2012 13:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Or he could just give the money, if he has 300k lying around, to his lawyer and get him to get lots of different people all over the world to pledge or donate if you will. That would work. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Nov 30, 2012 20:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
(sp)Backers should've received some fucking lovely hi-res backdrops for the 50% mark. Lovely. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Nov 30, 2012 20:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
CHRIST I WANT THIS GAME SO MUCH MY BALLS ARE ACHING! |
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 0:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
As I said elsewhere, what he's talking about on the way they want to do the galaxy changing sounds amazing, it had better not by a Molypromise. |
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| Author: | WTB [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Molyduplicity. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 18:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
MrPSB wrote: As I said elsewhere, what he's talking about on the way they want to do the galaxy changing sounds amazing, it had better not by a Molypromise. CHYOB! |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 19:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Interesting stuff, but I can't shake the feeling that EvE has eaten his lunch. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 19:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
metalangel wrote: Interesting stuff, but I can't shake the feeling that EvE has eaten his lunch. Although in EvE, you don't actually fly the ships. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 21:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
metalangel wrote: Interesting stuff, but I can't shake the feeling that EvE has eaten his lunch. EvE is just Excel in space. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 21:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
chinnyhill10 wrote: metalangel wrote: Interesting stuff, but I can't shake the feeling that EvE has eaten his lunch. EvE is just Excel in space. With added hyper-uber-cunts. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 21:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Eve is glorious. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun Dec 02, 2012 21:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
you do fly the ship in EvE. manual piloting is an essential part of pvp. without manual flying. also, it isn't full of cunts. i am not sure where this came from. pretty much everyone i played with, for, or against, was nothing but lovely in the long run. I had a great few beers with people that hunted me down and exploded me. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
All the DRAHMA and intrigue he discussed will all be done by a preset script for the AI factions to follow. EvE has all that shit except it's being done by humans. How much influence can a player gain in the new Elite? Are you restricted to just one ship? |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
metalangel wrote: How much influence can a player gain in the new Elite? Who outside the development team would know? Literally all anyone knows has been linked to. Yowtchob and Kackstutter. metalangel wrote: Are you restricted to just one ship? You weren't in Frontier, so I very much doubt so now. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
What I meant was: can you own multiple ships? Can you have multiple characters? I assume you must be able to, unlike Frontier. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
I am sure I read somewhere that you could own multiple ships, but one would be designated your main one. Not sure where I read it now though... Malc |
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| Author: | Zio [ Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
For me, the really important thing is that EVE has never, ever appealed to me. There was a guy I worked with at Gamestation who loved it, and the more he talked about it, the less interesting it seemed to me. On the other hand, I FUCKING LOVE ELITE, FRONTIER AND FIRST ENCOUNTERS AND I FUCKING NEED THIS GAME IN MY LIFE!!! So that's why Elite Dangerous appeals to me more than EVE does. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
It strikes me as the sort of game where you have to put a lot in before you really get anything out of it. Same with a lot of these space sims. I love the idea of them but apparently not enough. |
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| Author: | lasermink [ Tue Dec 11, 2012 19:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
New update is mouth watering: |
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| Author: | Malc [ Tue Dec 11, 2012 23:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
I so want this game (and a PC that will play it) Malc |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 19:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Mooa. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 19:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Lordy. Big game hunting on planet surfaces? Sneaking on to somebody's ship and nicking it? Oh lordy, I have the vapours. |
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| Author: | MrPSB [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 20:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Dimrill wrote: Lordy. Big game hunting on planet surfaces? Sneaking on to somebody's ship and nicking it? Oh lordy, I have the vapours. I look forward to the paid DLC containing these items at a later date, along with paying real money for the "licenses" to get into the reserved systems when they're done. Every time they come out with something that sounds amazing, the next update has something that's a bit shit. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 20:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Yeah, I'd much rather them release something half-arsed and not complete like he did with First Encounters. That was much better. |
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| Author: | ltia [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 21:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
I'm now genuinely worried they might not meet the target. Then it'll NEVER happen. No Elite 4. Braben will be all smug and 'it would have been the best game ever' and I will hate him for it. They should have asked for less money. Interestingly, I reckon the only game I put anywhere near as much time into as I did with Elite would be Skyrim. I reckon Elite was probably about double the hours. I eventually convinced myself that the speccy version only has three missions, even though others have more. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite |
Dimrill wrote: Lordy. Big game hunting on planet surfaces? Sneaking on to somebody's ship and nicking it? Oh lordy, I have the vapours. So, how is he going to keep the servers running for this game? Some kind of subscription? Otherwise who is paying for the ongoing maintenance? Will these updates be free or DLC? Otherwise how will they be funded. All a bit vague. As with the previous 2 games, HUGE promises but can he deliver? |
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