Elite: Dangerous - Page 14

cimt · 11-09-2015, 01:24

I'd go solo play. You still get AI but the universe is so big that it's not like you're constantly seeing them.

Tezcatlipoca · 11-09-2015, 01:39

Yeah, stick with Solo - at least until you're comfortable with it and can defend yourself.

Tips... I've posted loads of hints and links... but mainly at Britxbox and DigitalSpy. I may try and collate everything together.

cimt · 11-09-2015, 01:44

Goodluck with that, you've posted quite a bit about this game. Just plug BXB, it'll be way easier!

Tezcatlipoca · 11-09-2015, 01:46

Well, I was going for the subtle plug

cimt · 11-09-2015, 01:49

Being subtle gets you no where. Start reading from here for a load of advice on this.

Tezcatlipoca · 11-09-2015, 01:54

Ha, cheers

Read all the way from there - the rest of the thread is scattered with links and info.

I also highly recommend joining the official forum - the community there is (generally) very helpful, and can be invaluable when starting out.

Tezcatlipoca · 11-09-2015, 21:25

Xbox One full retail price announced: £29.99

ED Newsletter #90

Quote:

We aim to release Elite: Dangerous on Xbox One on 6 October 2015 for $37.49 in the US, £29.99 in the UK and €37.49 in Europe. This is the final release price, but remember, you can pick up the game at a discount price on the Xbox Store now as part of the GPP, which will automatically update for free to the full game upon final release.

Bloody bargain given the size and scope of the game.

SnoopZ · 12-09-2015, 13:06

Just done my first contract from advice on the link, so this is the best and quickest way to make money rather than just regular trading?

Tezcatlipoca · 12-09-2015, 16:55

You can make millions of credits per hour from normal trading... but it requires high volumes of goods, and so requires a ship with a nice big cargo capacity.

Trading rare (yellow) goods, rather than normal goods, is a good way to make a lot of money early on in the game, as the profit per tonne is very high - but rather than needing a large cargo capacity you instead have to put up with long journeys to maximise the profit (e.g. 150ly).

Below that, doing Bulletin Board contracts to trade or smuggle goods can give you a good start.

SnoopZ · 12-09-2015, 17:02

What is the best and easiest way to work out which station will sell or buy your goods as i feel i just endup flying backwards and forwards looking for the goods i need to buy or sell for contracts?

Tezcatlipoca · 12-09-2015, 17:15

I think that you're better off - at least to start with - ignoring the Bulletin Board missions that require *you* to actually source the goods first (double arrows) and concentrate on the ones that supply you with the goods in the first place (single arrow for courier missions, single arrow with a cargo canister for delivery missions).

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteOne/co...on_typesicons/

Doing the missions where you have to find the goods first, or doing standard trading, means looking into the imports/exports and economy types for different systems... There are lots of online tools for this, but they're not that great at the moment as we're not yet in the same galaxy as PC/Mac players so aren't sharing the trade data.

Try from here for some tips and links for rare goods trading and other stuff:

http://www3.britxbox.co.uk/forums/vi...rt=90#p1564869

SnoopZ · 12-09-2015, 17:19

Thanks, will give it ago when i have time, i used to play the original to death when i was a teen but now older, never have the time.

dilli-theclaw · 12-09-2015, 18:28

I have come across my first black hole

(HIP 63835)

SnoopZ · 13-09-2015, 16:01

This game takes forever to go somewhere when starting out!!!

I accepted a contract to go somewhere but i can't do a jump so i am now 2.2d from it using Supercruise, not sure how long that will take! May have to abandon the contract.

At what point after starting the game do i upgrade my ship, spend all my time in solo mode and hardly ever get shot at and have 110K in the bank, and which ship should be my next purchase so i find it easier to travel between systems using hyperspace?

edit.

Looks like i will run out of fuel doing this so i will have to abandon!

Tezcatlipoca · 13-09-2015, 21:30

Why couldn't you jump to where you needed to go?

If your destination is too far for a single jump, you can plot a course and do it in multiple jumps (obviously check the fuel requirement!).

Always check that you can do a mission before accepting it.

The Hauler is a good, cheap ship for small volume trading. It works well for the rare goods trading I mentioned before.

I went from a Sidewinder to a Hauler and traded rare goods until I had the money for a Cobra...

Coriolis is an excellent site for mocking up ship builds, and checking prices and stats:

http://coriolis.io/