Elite Dangerous Horizons 2023

[Huntn]

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Anyone currently playing this? I’d like to here from you.

I started several Elite Dangerous threads circa 2015 after having started playing it Fresh out of the box. What I found at that point was that there was not enough there to sustain me. Trading was boring and bounty hunting in extraction zones could only take me so far Before it started feeling repetitive.

But after my recent X4 experience I seem to be desperate to play a good space game... So I turned to Steam of which there maybe some other options for space games, looking for my copy of Elite Dangerous, but could not find it. 🤔 I checked my “Master Life Notes File” and was reminded had bought this directly from Frontier, so I logged into Frontier Games and there it was in my receipts with a download link.

So besides Spaceborne 2 (small developer team not in the same league as this or X4) which is at Steam that I am dinking around with, I started my ED download last night.

As best I can tell there is no subscription? But I remember something about insurance? 🤔 There are cosmetic purchases that can be made, and although I have been known to do that on occasion, I’ll hold off until I can convince myself that I can function in the game. I should have at least 2 ships waiting for me in there.

It also seems like there is more to do than there was in 2015.

I found this to be an excellent getting started guide and am following along. It seems like bounty hunting in the extraction zone is step one, and scanning planets for biological info is step2, and it looks like there are several (many?) more steps after that. 🤔

My plan is to first break out my best ship (which ever it is) or it is more likely a preset ship to work my way though the tutorials of which there looks to be 5 or so to see if I can still handle flying in EDH. Step 2 is to see if there is enough here to keep me interested. I’ll report back later.

 

[coffeemilktea]

EDH was a pretty fun game to me back in the day, and I got all the way to buying a Type-9 Transporter before I eventually got tired of the grind. 😅 As enjoyable as it is, it does get pretty repetitive after a few weekends... but it's pretty awesome until then.

 

[velocityg4]

If you want a fun space game try Meeple Station. Definitely not a graphics power house and pretty buggy. But it is a fun space station building game.

i do miss good space games. They seem to have gone downhill after the mid 00s.

 

[Huntn]

EDH was a pretty fun game to me back in the day, and I got all the way to buying a Type-9 Transporter before I eventually got tired of the grind. 😅 As enjoyable as it is, it does get pretty repetitive after a few weekends... but it's pretty awesome until then.

I did not get as far as you did, after the starter ship (Sidewinder?), I purchased a Cobra, found that bounty hunting in an extraction zone was fun and a relatively fast money maker. Trading with me having to do the trading myself was not fulfilling. This was why I loved X3, send my captains out to trade for me.

Yesterday I flew 2 training simulations and that was an eye opener. The good thing about ED is that I’ve not had to invest anything to get it going again. I have to look at the “insurance” aspect of the game, and actually figure out what there is to do in the game 2023 and if it will keep me interested.

I’ll also mention that I am eyeing Star Citizen. 🤔

 

[Huntn]

I played a couple of ED tutorials last night, the combat was difficult. I remember from the first time, it was an adjustment to find the setup that works for me. There is enough buttons here, I don’t want to use a joystick due to limited buttons, so I’m experimenting with some form of mouse control.