Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

FIFTY FUCKING POUNDS???????????????????????

It's a pre-order of the game with beta access as a bonus.

I've got far more value for money from this game than most games I've bought over the last few years...

The game is £35 so you are paying £15 to play a beta. Glad you are enjoying it.

£15 = one lunchtime down the pub with colleagues. The game is worth astronomically (haha) more than that...

[Whiteball]

so are we going to have a llamasoftie "play with friends" flist for this going when the beta drops? It'd be quite nice for us n00bs to the MP universe to be able to occasionally see another player online without worrying that they are inevitably going to be out to kill you .

Definitely. Much as I hate the whole corporation/clan nonsense in some games, A Llamasoftie mutual respect and help group would be awesome.

Count me in, I need all the help I can get

Also for anyone thinking of a Hotas and not sure if they want to splash the cash...
Got my Thrustmaster Hotas today. For the price I think it is superb and makes a massive difference to play. Inevitably the dearer ones are going to be better (so they must be blindingly good) but this is more than adequate enough for me and has some features I wasn't expecting at this price.

1. Adjustable stick resistance with a nice knob underneath the base - no faffing changing springs here.
2. Separates out in two - connected by lead which is long enough to part by plenty of room. Any excess is stored in a 'cable tidy' channel underneath.
3. Comes with presets for common control setups
4. Can re-map buttons for custom setups and store 'in the stick' and switch between profiles at the touch of a button.
5. Well made, durable and nicely plants on the desk without moving about in use.
6. Stick 'twist' can be mapped independently from throttle 'rocker' for extra scope or set as same control.

The only slight downside might be the ergonomics of the throttle, I don't think it's brilliant but then I do have rather largish hands. It's good enough though and I'm used to it already.
Plus lots more I could ramble about. For 32 quid it's a winner for me.

[Dio]

Interesting. The main thing that was putting me off that one was that it didn't look like it could be separated.

[Governmentyard]

£15 = one lunchtime down the pub with colleagues.

Jesus, where do you live? In Hull a work pub lunch is Burger £4 Pint £2! I go for an evening in the pub for less than £15 frequently.

[Misfit]

Interesting. The main thing that was putting me off that one was that it didn't look like it could be separated.

Indeed. When I realised that was the point I jumped.

It was briefly £28 on Amazon, but appears to be at £39.99 now. Might be worth tracking on Camelcamelcamel for those interested.

Still not got mine out the box yet as not sure when I'll get a chance to fire up the beta.

[Darkflame]

Clearly in the hopes of spreading their bandwidth out a bit they haven't announced yet but the Beta installer is already up for download.

[Muttley]

Update should be live within the hour: https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/stat ... 7369341952

Here are the release notes: http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28314

[Darkflame]

Its updating right now.
Quite slow though.

[Muttley]

Its updating right now.
Quite slow though.

Yeah, same here. The servers are getting a beating I guess...

[Muttley]

[Yak]

Pulling it down really slowly, I guess it'll be tomorrow before I get to see any of it.

Changelog is impressive though!

[pete_uplink]

I took the plunge and bought the beta this afternoon, but I've been unable to play anything yet due to an account issue... Which was entirely my fault, I mistyped my email address.

I've managed to get the update, now, but the only thing open to me at the moment is the combat mission selection.

[Darkflame]

Loaded it up for the first time - pleased that it loaded without a hitch
My system is pretty subpar too, this system has half the recommended video Ram....still seems smooth based on the first mission I quickly loaded up. Lovely asteroid field there.
Got a better system next to me though, in use atm though

So...where to start...
Online seems disabled at the moment...I assume that means their servers are down.
So, just missions then? No offline "explore and play the fuck about" mode yet?

[Whiteball]

I'm just about to give up for the night. Keep connecting, play for a minute or two then dumped back to desktop and can't reconnect.

Servers being hammered I guess. See what it's like tomorrow during daytime as I'm off work this week (bonus).

[Muttley]

Connecting to multiplayer seems to be having issues right now.