Don’t fly without enough cash to cover insurance. So says Hitler.
Presumably he flies an Eagle.
KevinC
4003
Elite 1.2 (Player Wings) preview:
“Players will be able to share lots of feedback across the wing—who is targeting who, hull and shield statuses, etc.—and more easily follow each other in and out of Super Cruise,” says Sandro Sammarco, Elite: Dangerous lead designer. The status of your wingmen will be displayed on your ship UI, and wing members will be colour-coded on the scanner and comms window, making it easy to keep track of your squadron.
More than just knowing where your friends are, players in a wing will be able to share the bounty on any ship that they bring down together. To counteract this increase in firepower, the game will respond with tougher challenges…
I love those things. Even though I speak German enough to know most of what they’re actually saying, if I turn it down enough so I can’t make it out I can still enjoy it.
JMR
4005
That sounds sweet and reminds me a bit of Xwing and Tie Fighter where you could target the attacker of your target but it sure would nice if they could add more like target nearest CMDR, target presets, and target newest craft.
That sounds sweet and reminds me a bit of Xwing and Tie Fighter where you could target the attacker of your target but it sure would nice if they could add more like target nearest CMDR, target presets, and target newest craft.
At a certain point you’re going to run out of buttons even on a hefty HOTAS. I would like a “target next unscanned craft” button though.
That image just made post-1990’s gamers’ heads explode. We can’t have that many keypresses! KISS OF DEATH
I’m still waiting for my Elite: Dangerous keyboard overlay.
KevinC
4009
When Microsoft HoloLens is out, I’ll get right on that. Until I get my Oculus Rift, that is. :)
Screw thaaaat muthafucka, I want muthafucking caaaaardboard, like this masterpiece:
JMR
4011
Microprose had the best keyboard overlays and who could forget the hide boss key that brought up a phony DOS prompt.
Target my target’s target’s attacker’s target’s target
You joke, but I think Freespace 2 had something close to that. The majority of the keys in Freespace 2 were just targeting keys. It was supposed to make things easier during gameplay, but it had the unintended consequence of scaring away players who thought “Oh god, look at that keyboard layout, I’ll never be able to learn that”.
Yeah, I was riffing on Freespace 2’s “Target my target’s target”.
KevinC
4017
Looks like in the 1.2 Wings update, theAI also gets the benefits.
As well as the multiplayer centric Wings there will be additions that apply to everyone whether you play in multiplayer or in solo. Changes to USSs are being made so you can scan them in advance to gain an impression of the scale of the signal – beware the larger scale USSs as they might be too dangerous, especially if you’re alone!
The Wings update doesn’t just aid players – NPCs get the ability to fly in groups of their own, so while flying in supercruise you can encounter flights of authority ships, pirates or a trader groups.
tylertoo
4018
Question: I upgraded to a Viper but stupidly bought Reinforced Alloys, and now I’m too weighted down to get anywhere. So I need to downgrade to Lightweight Alloys for now. Problem is, I can’t find a place to sell/buy them. I’m currently at Lave Station, which doesn’t have them.
Is there a spot not too far from Lave that stocks Reinforced Alloys? I can only sell mine at a station that stocks them.
Check Back Enterprise in CD-34 9020, Tyler. They have nearly everything.
Klaatu
4020
Buy another Viper, trading in your current Viper, and get back the difference. :)
