E:D Horizons v.2.1 - where things stand now

[sandman2575]

I wouldn't say 'too big,' just that there's *plenty* more real-estate in the Milky Way than will ever be utilized for gameplay purposes in E:D. I don't know how much of the galaxy has actually even been explored/visited at this point?  If it's even close to 50%, I'd be astonished.

The 'bubble' where the action is, is *plenty* big. Huge.  But E:D does an absolutely amazing job at conveying astronomical scale. Yeah, the bubble is huge... but it's still like 1% of the galaxy...

There is definitely PVP -- both pure 'Open' PvP where essentially 'anything goes' (not that there isn't law enforcement in Open, there certainly is -- but if a player wants to grief you in Open, not much you can really do to stop them).  There are also groups you can join -- several here have mentioned Mobius as a great example. Haven't joined myself but am curious to try. I play Single Player / PvE exclusively so far. 

EDIT -- out of curiosity, tried Googling how much of the E:D milky way has been visited so far -- this post is from a year ago, but still relevant -- in short, nowhere close to 50% has been visited. Probably nowhere near 1%.  Like I said:  it's BIG:

"If you do the math on the 400 billion stars in the galaxy, it will take about 150,000 YEARS to discover it all."

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/160474-What-of-the-Galaxy-have-we-Explored

[mikeck]

You can do either. There is the inhabited area of the galaxy which is big. You could fly around for days and days (real time)and not cross it. So if you want to be around people and stations and such, there you go. On the other hand, there is an additional 399,999,000 stars out there. If you want some quiet time to explore and land on some moons, knock yourself out. The galaxy is as big or as small as you want. So far, I've made my living between about 50 stars in federation space.

Edit: saw Sandmans post after I posted mine so sorry for the "department of redundancy department" info

[SirAndrewD]

very cool. is there a grogheads group on the open server or is everyone flying in solo mode?

I fly in Mobius PvE, it's a no PvP private group that is open to any and all. 

Great people in there that are generally helpful.  Griefers get banned very quickly.

Great thing is that you can swap modes from Open, Solo or Private group and you keep all your progress, so you can play how you want when you want.

[Flywheel]

I fly in Mobius PvE, it's a no PvP private group that is open to any and all. 

Great people in there that are generally helpful.  Griefers get banned very quickly.

I agree with what you say, Mobius is a good place to be and with a very helpful population. No griefers, no gate campers...if only Eve-online had been like this. And in Mobius if you are slaughtered you know it's only the AI being a dick and not some jerk simply wanting to destroy your gaming pleasure.

[CptHowdy]

bought this today and got some flight time in! first thing i bought was a docking computer!! done a couple of data delivery missions as well. im playing on the solo mode right now. are there npc bad guys that i can help the police hunt down? how do you go about doing that? just sit near stations? thanks for any tips.

[mikeck]

There are several types of places you can go to kill "wanted" NPC's but the best (and the only one where police will help kill the bad guys) is a "Resource collection site". These sites are found in the rings of gas giants. When you get to a system, open up the system map and look for a gas giant with rings (metal or ice). Ice is best I think. Look to see if there are any stations around or right nearby that planet. If so, then there are resource collection points. Super-cruise to the planet with the rings and when you get close, open up your navigation screens and look for "resource collection sites". Lock it up and super cruise to it. When you "drop in" let your scanners warm up as you finish closing the distance to the site. You will soon see ships all over the place

If your new or your ship isn't great, wait until you find a "wanted" ship and follow him around until the police arrive and start shooting him. Then join in being careful not to shoot the cops. If it's a tough ship to kill -like an anaconda or Python- or if your ship is tinfoil- like a sidewinder- then let the police shoot until his shields are down and his hull is 50% or less...THEN join in. The  reason is that as soon as you start shooting him he is likely to stop shooting the police and just target you.  As long as you land a shot with your lasers or Guns before he blows up you get the credits

[CptHowdy]

There are several types of places you can go to kill "wanted" NPC's but the best (and the only one where police will help kill the bad guys) is a "Resource collection site". These sites are found in the rings of gas giants. When you get to a system, open up the system map and look for a gas giant with rings (metal or ice). Ice is best I think. Look to see if there are any stations around or right nearby that planet. If so, then there are resource collection points. Super-cruise to the planet with the rings and when you get close, open up your navigation screens and look for "resource collection sites". Lock it up and super cruise to it. When you "drop in" let your scanners warm up as you finish closing the distance to the site. You will soon see ships all over the place

If your new or your ship isn't great, wait until you find a "wanted" ship and follow him around until the police arrive and start shooting him. Then join in being careful not to shoot the cops. If it's a tough ship to kill -like an anaconda or Python- or if your ship is tinfoil- like a sidewinder- then let the police shoot until his shields are down and his hull is 50% or less...THEN join in. The  reason is that as soon as you start shooting him he is likely to stop shooting the police and just target you.  As long as you land a shot with your lasers or Guns before he blows up you get the credits

cool thanks. been doing some trading today. got over 100k credits in my account now. picked up a mission to deliver some liquor only one hop away but my jump is red-says i exceed mass. not sure why since im fully fueled and have enough cargo space. going to google it now see if i can find out whats going on!

[Pete Dero]

picked up a mission to deliver some liquor only one hop away but my jump is red-says i exceed mass. not sure why since im fully fueled and have enough cargo space. going to google it now see if i can find out whats going on!

Your maximum jump range decreases when you load cargo. You need to find a route with multiple but shorter hops (recalculate the route on the map after you loaded your goods).

[CptHowdy]

picked up a mission to deliver some liquor only one hop away but my jump is red-says i exceed mass. not sure why since im fully fueled and have enough cargo space. going to google it now see if i can find out whats going on!

Your maximum jump range decreases when you load cargo. You need to find a route with multiple but shorter hops (recalculate the route on the map after you loaded your goods).

yeah i need to recalculate after i load it. hopefully it works. i have 8 tons cargo space and this liquor is only 6 tons! thanks for the quick response!

[mikeck]

 If you look at the specifications of your jump drive somewhere you should see three numbers separated by backslashes. The last number is the jump range when fully loaded. If you can't see it here then next time you're in a station go look at the jump drive for sale. The one you have will be in the top and you can see it there.

[Jarhead0331]

Cpthowdy...do yourself a favor when you get some free time. Take a good look at the pages throughout this thread: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=9844.0

There is some solid information, tips, tricks, hints and strategies from the experts! That thread turned into a very valuable tome!

[CptHowdy]

Cpthowdy...do yourself a favor when you get some free time. Take a good look at the pages throughout this thread: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=9844.0

There is some solid information, tips, tricks, hints and strategies from the experts! That thread turned into a very valuable tome!

will do. lots of pages in that one, going to need lots of free time! thanks. been following this wanted guy that is following a mining ship around an ice giant. no police show up yet. how long do they take or will they even bother?

just collected two bounties!! about 85k each. police never showed up but the wanted guys started attacking each other. so i followed em around til one of em got down to around 10% then i opened up!

[jomni]

Cpthowdy...do yourself a favor when you get some free time. Take a good look at the pages throughout this thread: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=9844.0

There is some solid information, tips, tricks, hints and strategies from the experts! That thread turned into a very valuable tome!

Should we merge the threads?

[SirAndrewD]

Cpthowdy...do yourself a favor when you get some free time. Take a good look at the pages throughout this thread: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=9844.0

There is some solid information, tips, tricks, hints and strategies from the experts! That thread turned into a very valuable tome!

Should we merge the threads?

I was thinking the same. 

However, I also had the idea that Horizons and what's come since is really sort of a new chapter in Elite. 

Gamescom had a TON of cool stuff about what's coming in 2.2 this weekend as well.  Fighters, ship transfers and aliens oh my. 

[Flywheel]

The David Braben interviews are brilliant and his excitement and enthusiasm is infectious. I am looking forward to the new content - a few Thargoid trophy heads on my wall would be nice.