Need a community opinion. Should I start playing Elite Dangerous or wait for SC. I like the growth of Elite, but also the things I'm seeing hearing out of SC.
* I'm not in the 'vaporware' camp, so please don't waste the time to use that as an argument against. Looking more for gameplay/graphics/capabilities/substance views.
thx,
I self identify as a monkey.
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play what you can play now, tomorrow may never happen
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Crazkanuk
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One thing missing for me, is a sense of progression. There is no bigger purpose. In the end, it is a very single-player game. As such, the progression on the personal level is not very elaborate. It solely relies on how much money you have. They tried to address this a little with the factions update, where you pick a faction and fight for it. As far as I've seen and read, it did not really mend things.
So what the core gameplay comes down to, in the end, is repeating very similar missions to get more currency. It does not have a strong social element such as EVE, so you are mostly left alone in your endeavour.
Without going into the 'vaporware' discussion, I'd say decide on the Elite purchase based on its own merit. As far as we can tell, Star Citizen could still be some time away.
You could then try Star Citizen during one of the free-flight weeks that they frequently do. Patch 2.6 can't be far away and that should bring some fps action but the real patch everyone is waiting for is 3.0 which should hopefully arrive before the end of the year.
So far Star Citizen has missed every release deadline they've set. If you start waiting on it now, chances are soon it's 2018 and you're still waiting.
Have fun with Elite dangerous now, and have fun with Star Citizen when it eventually releases.
I self identify as a monkey.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Do yourself a favor and spring for Elite and enjoy that game now because any money you spend on Star Citizen right now you will be flushing down the toilet. Do not give those people a single dime.
Thanks for waiting until the OP had his answer before starting with all the anti-SC rhetoric.
Crazkanuk
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Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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Elite is a solid game and you can play it now.
Try Star Citizen for free at one of the free fly weeks. If you like what you see, get a 54 $ basic package (be sure to chose the one that includes the single player game Squadron 42 besides the multiplayer part PU Persistent Universe).
Have fun
SC looks and sounds great but why pass on a good priced, solid, working game that is here now. Other games might sounds good on paper but upon release don't produce at all.
In Elite one thing to think about is to set goals and milestones for yourself. That way you have something to work for and when you get it, its like a self gratifying achievement instead of a check in a quest log you'll soon forget about. Ugh looks like I'm going to have to jump back in now, thanks a lot!
The reason I don't talk about SC is because I'm not (and never was) interested in this game.
I am waiting for SQ42, so this gives me something to do that is "space related". I like the fact that there is no leveling of skills other then the upgrade crafting with "Engineers". I may have to look for a player group to join at some point, if I decide to play the game long term.
Redsalt... the other salt.
Not at all necessary, but a $40 Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X goes great with this game.
I love the way Frontier is doing it, and I think it's the right way to do crowd-funding: start small, build a strong foundation and give it to the players to begin getting feedback, then add to it.
Still debating it in my head. Wish Frontier would partner with Thrustmaster and offer me a nicely priced package for the whole setup.
Good time to get the game if you're interested, only £13 or something silly.