Elite: Dangerous [PC, PS4, XBone]

[Jez]

Haven't got the video to hand but the new features for chapter 3 of beyond look great. Massive overhaul of exploration and mining along with a fuckton of quality of life stuff. Going to jump back in for release in a few weeks.

[Rusty]

Got my HOTAS all prepped. I'll have a quick look see when they throw it out there.

[Jez]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/elite-dangerou ... xploration

[Snowy]

Probably way beyond what I will ever experience, but looks pretty nice!

[Jez]

Exploration is pretty easy Asp Explorer, explorer kit, an SRV for surface stuff if you like. Couldn't be easier.

[Rusty]

Fuel scoop, engineered jump drives to jump further, if going long, long distances repair bot thingys and of course an advanced system scanner.

[Snowy]

Yeah but once you set E:D up to run on VR, I can't quite work out how to get it back onto the monitor alone. And SRVs plus VR = projectile vomiting from motion sickness!

You get none in space, but try it planetside and boak

[Jez]

Ah I see. Might be worth a post on the game forum. If you frame it here for clarity I'll ask it for you if you don't want the bother of account setup etc

[Rusty]

Should be as easy as running it from steam (if it's linked) and selecting non VR version (it comes up with 2 options)

If you're not linked from steam and you use the frontier launcher...no idea. I'd have to google it.

[Alan]

So does anyone have insight into how one would make early game money in this now? Is it still a bit tedious? I was thinking about getting it on PS4 for lazy easy couch zone out but I dont relish the early game......

[Jez]

It's pathetically easy to get into a decent ship early on mate. Do missions, kill stuff in the local system asteroid rings and claim bounties for them. You could try trading but you won't make much in a small ship. Later on though trading is where you'll make most money if you have the stomach for that boredom.

I wouldn't write off the early game stuff it's the part that I enjoyed the best for different reasons as to why I enjoy the later game.

[Snowy]

I did a long session last night with a mate who was just starting out (6 hours solid on the Rift - mama did my noodle hurt by the end). He had an Eagle and a few thousand in the bank when we started, and when we finished he was in a well appointed Cobra Mk3 with about 4 million in reserve.

Great fun night, even if it came with a little discomfort

[Jez]

Have you tried the new stuff mate that's currently in beta?

[Snowy]

No mate currently happy tooling around working RES sites and collecting bounties. Every now and then I go exploring in my Asp for a change. That kinda does me at the moment.

[Jez]

The new exploration mechanics are great and quite a departure from what was before.