Elite Dangerous for FREEPost Date: 2020-11-17 |
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Cretae ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331 |
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On November 19th for a week, Elite Dangerous will be available for free download at the EPIC Games Store website!
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Snaike ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Just a dude trying to keep the spam away ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9462 |
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I have almost 1200 hours on Elite: Dangerous.. it is one hell of a game if you're into Space and all that entails. It's got a little bit of everything from PvP to absolute barren exploration for (real time) months at a time.
It's a 1:1 Milky Galaxy that you can explore and live in... you can be anything you want: Fighter, Explorer, Trucker, Fleet Commander, etc etc... One thing it does have that's a bit of a downside is a hell of a learning curve. Take a look if Space is a thing for you. |
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Cretae ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331 |
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A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away, I treated the original Privateer game in the Wing Commander Galaxy in much the same way you describe for Elite Dangerous. You can bet I've already gotten the game!
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hoserator ![]() DS Veteran ![]() We don't need no stinking "Avatars" ! ![]() Joined: 08 Oct 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7966 |
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Sounds like I have to give it a try. Thanks.
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Cretae ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331 |
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I'm gonna attack my game backlog, I guess, before I get lost among the stars, but I've been interested a long time. Just can't beat FREE.
Hey Snaike, what line of "work" did you choose? |
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Snaike ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Just a dude trying to keep the spam away ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9462 |
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Mostly "truck driver'/'Bounty hunter". Did a fair bit of exploring but not anywhere near the dedication of some.
The best part, for those like me who tend to stay away from PvP, is that there are 3 modes to play in: Open - which is as it says, Open, where pirates can take your loot and players can just kill you for fun, to Private - where you and your crew, or any one of the large private groups, can have the whole galaxy to play as they wish, to Solo - Just you and all the NPCs. I personally play on a group server that does everything the Open does except "No PvP". You can RP wars if you want if everyone is consenting but you don't get the 12 year olds who just want to ruin other people's games by ganking. Makes it so much better. |
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Cretae ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331 |
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Hmmm. That's about what I always chose in Privateer. Hadn't even considered the dire 12-year-old problem!
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hoserator ![]() DS Veteran ![]() We don't need no stinking "Avatars" ! ![]() Joined: 08 Oct 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7966 |
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lol Just dl and you are not kidding about the steep learning curve. ![]() Had some issues on the dl but got it covered. I think. Thanks. ![]() Edited by hoserator - 22 Nov 2020 at 11:10pm |
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Snaike ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Just a dude trying to keep the spam away ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9462 |
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One of the best things about the game, and I mean best, is the huge amount of 3rd party sites and programs not officially connected to E:D but supported. From "Voice Attack" (Control your ship via microphone, TOO COOL!) to HCS Voice pack (Have William Shatner or any number of celebrities voice your ship.. Data, Lord Voltan, Holly (Red Dwarf) many others). Hundreds of sites dedicated to exploring, mining, trading, building, outfitting... this is more than a game, it's a bloody way of life for some people.
Enjoy! |
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hoserator ![]() DS Veteran ![]() We don't need no stinking "Avatars" ! ![]() Joined: 08 Oct 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7966 |
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Tidgxor ![]() DS ELITE ![]() The Kokopelli kid ![]() Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13000 |
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Thanks for sharing this!
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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Cretae ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331 |
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Pleasure! Since August, I have cherry picked Civ6, Troy Total War, and Railway Empire all free. Now just gotta find some of that... oh what the heck do they call it... ummm.... Oh, yeah!! Time!
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