Elite Dangerous

I hope by now most of you have heard of the up and coming game Elite Dangerous. It is a updated version of Elite from back in the day.

Elite: Dangerous by Frontier Developments — Kickstarter

I was one of the people that helped make this game get remade! One of the percs of doing this is I can get at £25 each an additional digital copy of the game. Plus other goodies, now before you all jump up to buy one of my fine leather jackets, this offer is only available to people that have been to at least 2 rageparties, or the ragestag! This is because these people know me and know I will not rip them off. I spoke to exy before making this thread and he oked it and will be sticking it at some point, I think he is all out of love glue right now, but its ok we can all wait.

If you have questions about the game, first read the above link, then feel free to ask questions.
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all I need is 5 minutes and a glass of juice and I'll stick the shit outa this thread :junglejane:

The only way to properly stick a thread is to stick the shit out of it!

I dont understand one thing. The game laundered £1,578,316 to get developed and after it got re-made, its not free? big fat LOL.

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Originally Posted by fkn0wned

I dont understand one thing. The game laundered £1,578,316 to get developed and after it got re-made, its not free? big fat LOL.

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Clearly your not that smart, go re-read and think before you post! Everyone that put money into getting the game made gets a copy of it for there donation. Also they have invested there own time and money into this project. I guess your just a Troll, but we already have DTB :P

I've took a look at the video of the game. It seems to be pretty nice. It reminds me a bit of Star wars and then I'm talking about the graphics and how it's overall looking. Pretty damn nice game, Going to put my donation in i really want that copy from the game.

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Originally Posted by Lee

Clearly your not that smart, go re-read and think before you post! Everyone that put money into getting the game made gets a copy of it for there donation. Also they have invested there own time and money into this project. I guess your just a Troll, but we already have DTB :P

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It's basically prepurchasing a game, only there is a risk in the development failing, so it has an aspect of chance to it too.


How similar is this to Star Citizen?

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I dont think this development wil fail because then people would of spend thousands of bucks on to nothing. Would pretty much be a waste of anyones bare time and then people would do anything for nothing. Pretty sure people dont want to be confronted with that at all.

They would probably get their money back.

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Originally Posted by Krillin

They would probably get their money back.

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Where do you imagine the money goes? If it's collected with the purpose of covering development costs it's not just sitting idle on their bank account. If the money runs out and game isn't finished there's no way they'd be able to pay it back - if they could they wouldn't need the kickstarter program in the first place.

Pft, what about the old anti-social members that don't attend such events such as meself? :(

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Originally Posted by Krillin

Robert.

I dont think this development wil fail because then people would of spend thousands of bucks on to nothing. Would pretty much be a waste of anyones bare time and then people would do anything for nothing. Pretty sure people dont want to be confronted with that at all.

They would probably get their money back.

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Then you have failed to understand how crowd sourcing websites work. Product doesn't get created? Tough shit.

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Originally Posted by Robert

Then you have failed to understand how crowd sourcing websites work. Product doesn't get created? Tough shit.

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Well then you can only hope it gets done and it won't fail at all....

Products can fail, the development team can fall apart etc.

This is why many kickstarter projects fail. Usually the only ones to succeed are those from reputable people/development teams, in this case these guys are reputable and have successfully made games in the past as recent as last year. The reason why this needs it, is because these types of games have serious funding issues, they are basically not blockbuster titles.

Frankly I'm not that worried that the games that get successfully supported will be made, the question really is, how good will it be? These games are usually made on a pretty tight budget and passion alone won't make it succeed.

That said, I do believe this game will be properly made, like I said it's a reputable guy with a reputable dev team behind him, it's obvious he has an passion for the game. The same goes for Star Citizen, while Lee has already told me that he think it's a rip off from Elite, the guy behind it is also passionate about those games, and since they are similar, I mean I got a huge Freelancer feeling when I saw this Elite and the development behind Freelancer was done by the guy from Star Citizen until MS bought it, that means we should be getting 2 pretty awesome games in the same genre. If I'd had to bet which team is better then it would be the one behind Elite, however the guys behind Star Citizen got way more money (7+ mill), so who knows what they can bring to the table.

Either way though, fans of these game will definitely be getting a great space game in a year or so.

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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ

Products can fail, the development team can fall apart etc.

This is why many kickstarter projects fail. Usually the only ones to succeed are those from reputable people/development teams, in this case these guys are reputable and have successfully made games in the past as recent as last year. The reason why this needs it, is because these types of games have serious funding issues, they are basically not blockbuster titles.

Frankly I'm not that worried that the games that get successfully supported will be made, the question really is, how good will it be? These games are usually made on a pretty tight budget and passion alone won't make it succeed.

That said, I do believe this game will be properly made, like I said it's a reputable guy with a reputable dev team behind him, it's obvious he has an passion for the game. The same goes for Star Citizen, while Lee has already told me that he think it's a rip off from Elite, the guy behind it is also passionate about those games, and since they are similar, I mean I got a huge Freelancer feeling when I saw this Elite and the development behind Freelancer was done by the guy from Star Citizen until MS bought it, that means we should be getting 2 pretty awesome games in the same genre. If I'd had to bet which team is better then it would be the one behind Elite, however the guys behind Star Citizen got way more money (7+ mill), so who knows what they can bring to the table.

Either way though, fans of these game will definitely be getting a great space game in a year or so.

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This isn't an mmo is it? SC afaik is going to be an mmo (as well as a stand alone game), though they also said the money from kickstarter won't cover the full costs and they will be seeking normal funding, the crowd funding was purely to show there is a demand for the game (which I think is a fantastic way to develop a game!).

They are both MMO's in a way, while I do not know how the game works with servers and your own account etc, Freelancer was built up like an MMO, you could login on a server and on each server you had your own account, so it wasn't like you could take your single player progress online. And to make a game like this work online, you will need lots and lots of people online, cargo runs will be quite easy if there are only 16 people online in the whole universe. :P

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They are both MMO's in a way, while I do not know how the game works with servers and your own account etc, Freelancer was built up like an MMO, you could login on a server and on each server you had your own account, so it wasn't like you could take your single player progress online. And to make a game like this work online, you will need lots and lots of people online, cargo runs will be quite easy if there are only 16 people online in the whole universe. :P

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So it's private server style with a lobby type system rather than a proper mmo?

Shame, I really want an eve online with a decent combat system!

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Originally Posted by Daedius

Pft, what about the old anti-social members that don't attend such events such as meself? :(

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I would certainly vouch for yourself my friend, you did give me a copy of NS2! I'm sure Lee would consider that :D

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I would certainly vouch for yourself my friend, you did give me a copy of NS2! I'm sure Lee would consider that :D

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If Exy vouches for you then I am more than happy to help you!

I would say this game certainly seems buyable.. although, if it's 25$ with the discounted offer; do you mind telling me how much it is without the pre-donation discount?

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Originally Posted by Siles

I would say this game certainly seems buyable.. although, if it's 25$ with the discounted offer; do you mind telling me how much it is without the pre-donation discount?

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Not sure how to answer this, have you ever paid for a game before from a store? It will be released at normal retail price.. errrr no idea what that is locally for you, but its upto $60 in usa.

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Originally Posted by Lee

Not sure how to answer this, have you ever paid for a game before from a store? It will be released at normal retail price.. errrr no idea what that is locally for you, but its upto $60 in usa.

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Oh, I didn't know if it was a monthly fee, or a normal game fee. I mean, Borderlands 2 is only 40 dollars for the computer, but sold for 50-65$ on the consoles. Just a question.

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Originally Posted by Siles

Oh, I didn't know if it was a monthly fee, or a normal game fee. I mean, Borderlands 2 is only 40 dollars for the computer, but sold for 50-65$ on the consoles. Just a question.

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I have no idea where you found that deal, but gamestop and walmart sell almost all there new pc games at $59.99 so thats quite the bargin! Like I said on my first post read the info before posting and you would see its not a monthly cost.

Just to sum up for all new readers! The game comes out in 2014. Its been in development for years now with there own personal money. They decided to use kickstarter to get funds as company's such as EA did not want a open world game of this scope, it has no end, just a beginning, it will evolve as it goes on. Companies get scared of this kind of game. Despite some peoples idea, this game will be a huge blockbuster just like the first 3. If they did not have such a huge following then Elite Dangerous would never have been started. The game will be updated over time, with the universe changing over time, including planet/system wide plague and wars.

IF you know nothing about Elite or its sequels please look it up. This game is the daddy of trading games, the father of space games, and the master of its own legend. Without it many games would simply not be. Elite was truly a game beyond its years and tech.

If you want a copy and your serious about it, let me know, it is currently has been limited so far to 10 people. That leaves 8 that can get a copy of the game and upto 10 on most of the other items.

Exy and Mental have one reserved place on the game incase they want it! I will make it very clear, I am not making ANYTHING from this, just wanted to offer the discount to people that might want it.

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Originally Posted by Robert

So it's private server style with a lobby type system rather than a proper mmo?

Shame, I really want an eve online with a decent combat system!

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I honesty don't know how the server systems will be in these games, all I know is how Freelancer worked.

While there was a lobby for server choice, you should see it more like WoW where you get to choose between a million servers where those servers will constantly remain active. Of course because of these servers were privately owned, obviously they do go down at some point, personally I've played on the same server for months.
Freelancer is of course a game that was released a long time ago, servers are much more powerful while hosting is no longer an issue. Like I said I don't know how the hosting will be done, but there is a good chance they will host the servers themselves and you get a real MMO.

I have high hopes that we will be getting the game we are both looking for.

Here are some of the concept art for the just reveled Capital ships etc

capitalship02_zpsf3c3283b.jpg Photo by FrontierAshley | Photobucket

Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #8

Newest info on the game Enjoy!