# Elite Dangerous **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [December 17, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501 "2014-12-17T16:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/201 "2015-10-20T22:31:19Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Is that the “normal” way of building up credits? I was doing this before I stopped playing when my computer starting doing random freezes (although they weren’t quite as random when playing ED or Kerbal Space Program), but it just seemed that it would take forever to be able to get a ship more suited for exploration that way. > > Of course, this assumes that I don’t run into yet another ship with its weapons pointed straight at me that somehow manages to stick to my tail like glue. Well it is for me, but that just be because I am not very imaginative, and crap at combat. Prior to the wipe from beta I made a goodly amount by running missions ( take X to Y etc) , once I can get back into the swing of things that may be the way to go. I suck at combat and can almost guarantee and interruption from the kids as soon as I get into combat , so that’s not going to work. Seams like I am making some money just by picking up exploration data when running from one system to another. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/202 "2015-10-21T17:31:16Z")
Looks like I’ve found a new game to get into when I inevitably become bored with this one. [Rebel Galaxy](http://store.steampowered.com/app/290300/) appears to be one part Elite, one part Starflight 2, and one part “Firefly”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/203 "2015-10-26T18:35:05Z")
Found a nice double binary on my lunch break. K/K and M/L within 250ls of each other. Staying in fuel scoop range until I can play more. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/204 "2015-10-26T20:50:46Z")
Nice! I’m thinking of joining the Fuel Rats. Anyone have experience with them? (P.S. I’ve discovered the joy of fighting in conflict zones. Need to do it with something other than my current, highly decked-out Asp, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/205 "2015-10-26T21:18:33Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > (P.S. I’ve discovered the joy of fighting in conflict zones. Need to do it with something other than my current, highly decked-out Asp, though.) I’ve had some success in a highly decked-out Viper but that was pre-Power Play. Mainly remained on the fringe for fleeing reds I could pick off. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/206 "2015-10-27T03:16:44Z")
By the way, [here’s the Fuel Rats page](http://inara.cz/wing/144) on [Inara](http://inara.cz/). I’ve been invited to join [Paladin Consortium](http://inara.cz/wing/286) and they sound like my kind of people. Unless we Dopers want to start our own? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/207 "2015-10-27T06:54:23Z")
If we do come together as a unified front, perhaps call ourselves Combat, Exploration, and Commerce Initiative, Limited? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/208 "2015-10-27T17:59:35Z")
Considering the origin of my commander’s name: Dork Steel or some other pun on _The Dark Wheel_? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/209 "2015-10-27T18:54:34Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve had some success in a highly decked-out Viper but that was pre-Power Play. Mainly remained on the fringe for fleeing reds I could pick off. The Asp is fine (not great; frankly the Diamondback Scout was overall more fun), but I’m thinking of kitting out a Vulture, actually, dedicated to the purpose. Word is they can take out Anacondas (NPCs anyway.) Considering I can already take out NPC Pythons 1 on 1 in the Asp, I believe it. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Unless we Dopers want to start our own? Sure, why not? The Fuel Rats are pretty loosely organized, but it sounds like fun. I’ve been trading metal to the Kaushpoos system for the current CG, already have earned a 7 million CR bonus. Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/210 "2015-10-27T19:33:58Z")
The more I hear from the boss Paladin, the more I like his group, but I also like the idea of Dopers banding together. We could do that and ally ourselves with the Paladins, and their allies, giving each other a hand when we can. We just need a name I and I can register us at Inara. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/211 "2015-10-27T23:08:46Z")
I’ve posted [my available flight logs](http://inara.cz/cmdr-flightlog/8001) if anyone is interested in what I’ve been up to for the past nine months. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/212 "2015-10-28T04:42:21Z")
Still in one piece and almost halfway home. Oh, and I’m at Sag A. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/213 "2015-10-29T16:57:16Z")
I did well in the last CG (top 40% with the Asp), so now I’ve kitted out a specialist bounty-hunting Vulture. It’s pretty fun! I hate that the only weapons that are really appropriate for it are twin pulse lasers (SO boring) but so it is. It handles like an enraged velociraptor. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/214 "2015-10-29T17:14:43Z")
Flew my vulture to the Kaushpoos system for the new CGs, and man does this thing need a fuel scoop. The Asp spoiled me. Done and done. (Kept the Asp, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/215 "2015-10-30T08:22:20Z")
I’ve made a group for us: [Bright Minds and Dark Steel](http://inara.cz/wing/350). ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/216 "2015-10-30T15:00:02Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve made a group for us: [Bright Minds and Dark Steel](http://inara.cz/wing/350). Joined up. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/217 "2015-10-30T21:38:11Z")
PSA: no, even a fully-kitted Vulture is not really a match 1-on-1 for a decently skill-piloted Anaconda. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/218 "2015-10-30T22:06:52Z")
With a nice-sized cushion upon returning to civilization, especially if I still have my exploration data, I’ll be checking out open play. Don’t want to take a chance on losing that data in one shot. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/219 "2015-10-30T22:22:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t want to take a chance on losing that data in one shot. I can hardly blame you. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501/220 "2015-10-30T23:04:05Z")
I’d join but my play is so spotty right now and haven’t had time to get a decent ship [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elite-dangerous/707501.md?page=12)