Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

If there are any standard Beta backers here, then you can now login to the store and download the single-player combat alpha to get in some practice ready for the 29th.

[Misfit]

If there are any standard Beta backers here, then you can now login to the store and download the single-player combat alpha to get in some practice ready for the 29th.

Urgh!

Going to try and resist. Want to wait until my X52 and Rift are here....

[defsdoor]

Hello Andrew

Thank you for your e-mail today.

I have had a look into this for you and up on further inspection I cannot see an expected delivery date as to when this item will be arriving into stock.

Please advise if you are still okay to wait for the item, or if there is an alternative product you would like.

Many apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Best Wishes

Kelly

Wankers

[Dio]

Wouldn't at all surprise me if this game is causing a run on joysticks. Scan are sold out of nearly everything.

[Misfit]

Overclockers seem to be listing at £125 and list stock as expected 8/7, which is odd, as that is today...

[Yak]

Given that they just seem to be saying "fucked if I know if you'll ever get one" I'm inclined to say fuck it and cancel my order at Dabs.

Looking at my emails from them they say I need to create an account to manage my order. I've gone to the link provided to try and do that and it says it's sent a "security email" to which I must respond before i can set up my account and presumably manage my order.

No sign of this "security email", of course..

[Misfit]

Given that they just seem to be saying "fucked if I know if you'll ever get one" I'm inclined to say fuck it and cancel my order at Dabs.

Understood and probably the correct approach. But I'm going to leave my order there until I source something appropriate as it's by far the cheapest option.

Don't really want to spend much more than the £100ish this is. So what alternatives are there?

Or what is a cheap/good option to get by on until it arrives? A 360 pad?

[Dio]

Scan have the X52 on under a ton, with a 14th July stock date. Even the £280 Thrustmaster insane option is sold out there too, as are most of the less capable HOTAS setups. You can still get a separate stick though.

[Cloudane]

Haven't tried Elite yet (was busy yesterday) but I picked up this thing a few weeks ago which I heard is decent enough for it.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/speedlin ... d-back-usb

It's not quite in the several hundreds of pounds range but I think it'll be good enough for me. Feels pretty solid for the price, and there's an analogue control on the back of the throttle that can be used as a rudder. Not quite to the fine control of those Microsoft twisty ones, but from what I heard the rudder in Elite is isn't exactly sensitive anyway...

[Yak]

I'd be ok keeping the order at Dabs if there was SOME indication that the order might actually be fulfilled in the reasonably near future, but I've seen posts from January in forums with people saying that it was listed as "in short supply" back then, and I have no idea if any stock ever came in and went out again or if it's literally been stuck like that for 7 months.

how on earth can it be so hard to buy a stupid joystick these days?

[Dio]

When the imminent launch of a new game causes a 1000% surge in demand, and when companies are scared of said demand suddenly drying up and leaving them with a large, bulky and not cheap stock item? I reckon it could get pretty tricky .

[Yak]

I do think Dabs are a bit disingenuous on their order page mind. "In short supply" kind of implies that there are some left but they are running out. A flat out "out of stock" would surely be a better indication, and if resupply is that bad they've been out of stock for 7 months then they didn't ought to take new orders really.

Still no "security email" sent yet even if I do decide to cancel and reorder elsewhere...

[zip accident]

For IL*2 I'm currently using one of these:



http://www.amazon.co.uk/ThrustMaster-29 ... rid_pt_2_0

Which I apparently bought on new year's eve eve of 2011-2012, so it's doing okay for durability so far. The green bit lights up when you use it, which is annoying and silly, but it does still work pretty reliably which potentiometer types can tend not to do toward the end.

[The ghost of raids past]

Canclled my Dabs Order. They just dont seem to have any intention of filling the order or have the courtesy to inform me of any expected order fulfilment date so its goodbye to them.

[defsdoor]

Scan have the x52 Pro at 119.99 with a due in date of tomorrow.

But I don't believe a word of it.