I know I created the original "post your user" thread, but since beta my experience of this game has been totally underwhelming. I spent a lot of money on it and also bought the lifetime pass so with the event of "Horizons" hitting last Monday, I want to see if I can get some more out of it.
My problem is twofold, but one leads to the other.
Firstly, whatever I do, I find it's nothing more than a dull grind-fest. It looks great and plays great, but once you get over the initial "wow, this looks awesome" and the fact you can do all this stuff you couldn't do in older versions of Elite, you quickly realise there simply isn't much to do. There's only so much hopping from system to system I can take. It's like it needs a quest system or something.
Secondly, I played it to death in Beta and by the time it came out I was already bored (I refer you to my point above!). OK, that's my own fault and lesson learnt. I won't play any more game betas and will wait until they're properly released. But if I hadn't got into it during beta I'd not have been able to get the lifetime pass (for what good that will do me if I don't play the game!!).
SO...
What can I do to make the game more interesting?
I've heard on the FD forums that playing Solo could be the cause of the boredom and that you need to play in groups. I wonder if that is true? Is there anything much more I could do if we teamed up?
My problem there is 1) everyone I know locally in real life is a console gamer so I am literally on my own in that respect and 2) I also don't start gaming until 10PM most nights (and go on to 2AM). Not only does it mean that most of the time my paths don't cross with people on my friends lists, but it makes voice comms impossible since the wife is tucked up in bed by about 11 as she has a 6AM start every day.
Any thoughts then? What can you do as a group online that you can't when playing solo? And could we form a group and make the logistics work?
guddler2015-12-17 12:16:53
My problem is twofold, but one leads to the other.
Firstly, whatever I do, I find it's nothing more than a dull grind-fest. It looks great and plays great, but once you get over the initial "wow, this looks awesome" and the fact you can do all this stuff you couldn't do in older versions of Elite, you quickly realise there simply isn't much to do. There's only so much hopping from system to system I can take. It's like it needs a quest system or something.
Secondly, I played it to death in Beta and by the time it came out I was already bored (I refer you to my point above!). OK, that's my own fault and lesson learnt. I won't play any more game betas and will wait until they're properly released. But if I hadn't got into it during beta I'd not have been able to get the lifetime pass (for what good that will do me if I don't play the game!!).
SO...
What can I do to make the game more interesting?
I've heard on the FD forums that playing Solo could be the cause of the boredom and that you need to play in groups. I wonder if that is true? Is there anything much more I could do if we teamed up?
My problem there is 1) everyone I know locally in real life is a console gamer so I am literally on my own in that respect and 2) I also don't start gaming until 10PM most nights (and go on to 2AM). Not only does it mean that most of the time my paths don't cross with people on my friends lists, but it makes voice comms impossible since the wife is tucked up in bed by about 11 as she has a 6AM start every day.
Any thoughts then? What can you do as a group online that you can't when playing solo? And could we form a group and make the logistics work?
guddler2015-12-17 12:16:53
