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I haven't played Elite: Dangerous in about three years. But there's the completely revamped PowerPlay 2.0 coming out this week, Hudson is being replaced by Archer, there's a new Alliance Power, and a bunch of new ships to fly - Python 2, Type 8, Mandaly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu3empkIylc

Elite Dangerous: Ascendancy - The NEXT BIG Update

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Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

If you've not played PowerPlay before - come join Felicia Winters! I used to be one of the leaders, but now I'm just a citizen. We're a friendly bunch and happy to show novices the ropes. https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteArcher

Tom Forsyth Oct 31, 2024

BRACE YOURSELVES!

Joacim Jacobsson Oct 31, 2024

@TomF let me know if it is time to dust of the HOTAS & VR headset.

Tom Forsyth Oct 31, 2024

@jjacobsson In theory patch & servers should be back up at 15:00 GMT. We shall see...

Joacim Jacobsson Oct 31, 2024

@TomF I will leave the can of compressed air in it's holster for now then. :D

root42 Oct 30, 2024

@TomF Nice. I played it a lot on my 2013 iMac back when the game came out (I was an original Kickstarter). Yeah, I know, not exactly a gaming rig. :) Stopped playing when it went Windows only. As I am only into retro gaming, I didn't want to set up a Windows PC just for E:D. But I love that it is still around.

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@root42 It's always neat to see "Copyright 1984-2024" on the title screen!

root42 Oct 30, 2024

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@root42 I played far too much of both the BBC and Speccy versions as a kid. It's what made me become a 3D coder. Braben gave me a bit of help setting up my first company!

root42 Oct 30, 2024

@TomF awesome. I bet there are some fascinating stories.

Jari Komppa 🇫🇮 (has moved)Oct 30, 2024

@TomF Meanwhile, star citizen project says that their single player game will take another 2 years of "polish".

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@sol_hsa <facepalm>

Ambient Sponge Oct 30, 2024

@TomF I'm about the same. I did try on my Steam Deck earlier this year but it was miserable.

I shall give this a look as there's still no game that scratches the itch quite like that one.

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@retrosponge A Steamdeck is going to be a real challenge - both from the number of buttons, and the size of the text. There's a LOT of text.

Ambient Sponge Oct 30, 2024

@TomF Yeah. Plus I can never get the graphics looking not crap.. And the deck is a pretty powerful device.

Game was fairly easy to control, and there's a magnifier feature on the Deck, but the game just wasn't good..

Kojack 🦎Oct 30, 2024

@TomF I've never even tried powerplay. But I'd like to try the Python MkII, since the Python is my favorite ship. Although I don't want to buy Odyssey so that means I'd have to buy Arx to get the ship. :(

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@kojack The Python 2 is basically a combat-focused Python - even more than the Krait 2. But you lose a lot of the versatility - very little cargo space. Interesting tradeoffs.

Kojack 🦎Oct 30, 2024

@TomF I mainly use my Python for combat. It does so much damage when you boost ram with 4 pips to shields. :) Oh, and sometimes I use the guns too.

Alex Darby Oct 30, 2024

@TomF I imagine the Python 2 will still be in use long after they release the Python 3 and will have a hard time getting people to upgrade because of the lack of compatibility between the two ships...

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@Devilbox Python 2 is a very different ship to the Python. Tougher, faster, but a lot fewer internals - really just a combat ship.

araly Oct 30, 2024

@TomF
@eniko oh I really like elite, but I haven't played in a while. the game doesn't recognise my sticks 😿 I also did not care for the fps thing they added.

maybe I should try it again though, was really fun

Tom Forsyth Oct 30, 2024

@araly @eniko You can basically ignore the FPS thing if you want - I know I will be!