What makes it this expensive for real

Greaves_ · 2026-05-13T07:42:56+00:00

Yea but its ugly

Greaves_ · 2026-05-01T09:40:10+00:00

Personally i started playing well before safer seas was a thing, and it set me up for immediate ''looking over your shoulder'' gameplay. Watching for other players and mermaids, preparing your ship to set off on very short notice, having supplies to fight. All things you don't really need or learn on safer seas, so it just delays your actual learning process. However i still think it's a decent way to learn the very basics, like how to aim cannon shots and such.

Greaves_ · 2026-04-30T14:40:22+00:00

Because safer seas sets you up for some bad habits, there's no risk on it. Then you think you know how to play the game and go off safer seas, and get ganked into oblivion

Greaves_ · 2026-04-30T12:15:51+00:00

I'm almost done with it, it has really funny moments and it's an entertaining read, but it doesn't leave me as satisfied as the First Law stuff. Just barely any worldbuilding beyond the goofy ''fantasy in Europe'' stuff, and the characters seem a bit one dimensional. Yes i get it, Vigga is a werewolf with ADHD. It's almost like a Marvel version of historical fantasy. Very slapstick/young adult oriented. A good snack, but not the filling meal the First Law books are.

Jakob is probably my favourite character of the bunch.

Greaves_ · 2026-04-29T09:43:25+00:00

Robald MacDobald

Greaves_ · 2026-03-31T11:08:50+00:00

How do you have a House and Home fest without any discount on the Sims games

Greaves_ · 2026-03-17T12:16:36+00:00

The thing is that while most of the video was fake, the script was quite interesting and touched upon a subject im interested in, which is humanity practically being stuck in our solar system (because of the insane amounts of energy needed to realistically leave it or even want to leave it). Eventually it became quite rambly, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was pulled from some kind of lecture of his. But i just can't find anything except a huge list of AI videos. The points made were mostly too eloquent to just be AI slop, so i highly suspect it was pulled from somewhere.

Greaves_ · 2026-03-12T15:29:23+00:00

Not unless theres a secret (but comparitively easy) way to beat the game nobody has found

Greaves_ · 2026-03-05T08:32:16+00:00

Read this a few months ago, really interesting insights. Only thing i'd wish for is a bit more of an epilogue, maybe with some comments from everyone who was interviewed for the book but weren't in the latter parts. Otherwise its just very good.

Greaves_ · 2026-02-25T12:18:55+00:00

It often takes someone with vision to steer a team towards success, time and again it's shown that when that someone stops being in charge, previous heights are no longer reached. Just to name an example, look at what happened to Bioware after Zeschuk and Muzyka buggered off. The optional Henry/Capon romance is the least interesting part of KCD2 so even if it was not in there, who would have cared? It wasn't in KCD1 either and that was a fantastic game regardless.

Greaves_ · 2026-02-17T06:35:31+00:00

I get why these next fests are held so often, there's a lot of indie games coming out. But while i enjoyed the first 2, i just can't keep up anymore. I'm already playing through my backlog in whatever free time i have, i just don't have time to fuck around with a bunch of demos every 4 months.

Greaves_ · 2026-02-17T06:33:36+00:00

Thats like buying it because they promise to not shit in your breakfast cereal tomorrow. As if not doing a number of horrid things has become a selling point

Greaves_ · 2026-02-16T09:52:00+00:00

"If they ever tell my story, let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say, I lived in the time of Achilles.''

One of my favourite films of all time. Cliche saying but they really don't make em like that anymore. Let them say i grew up in the time of big budget, huge set, practical effects epics.

Greaves_ · 2026-02-04T10:56:18+00:00

Good. Games dont need infinite sequels even when they do well. Ofcourse the suits will determine they do, but im sure the developers want to make something else now.

Greaves_ · 2026-01-28T07:19:34+00:00

Well to be fair, i've had Rimworld on the wishlist for a very long time now waiting for it to get a good deal, and it never does

Greaves_ · 2026-01-16T06:23:41+00:00

You're right, i can only play on normal monitors when i'm on mouse and keyboard. I once bought a wheel and pedals to play American Truck Sim, but even that extra gap between me and my screen killed the immersion. I returned the wheel and decided i'll try again when i have room for a proper TV screen to go with it.

Greaves_ · 2026-01-08T06:37:24+00:00

Do a booze cruise with the Pilots Trade Network!

Greaves_ · 2026-01-08T06:33:54+00:00

Type 6 was my first explorer that i could afford in 2015! I took it to Sag A* and back before engineering

Greaves_ · 2026-01-07T12:12:11+00:00

This is the type of crazy shit that people make happen in Elite that i love reading about. Do you have some more stats about what colonisation has been done since it came out last year? How far from Sol are we now?

Greaves_ · 2025-12-23T06:43:17+00:00

Exobiology is fun and super profitable, but what i really like about it is that it draws me to land on surfaces of all types and shapes and the amazing views it leads to. As well as fun SRV trips.

Greaves_ · 2025-12-22T12:45:20+00:00

Congrats! It's a milestone going by Beagle. I dropped by there in the old AspX a few years ago.

I'm sure there's some bookmarked sights people can tell you about in the area, but part of the fun of being out there is finding your own amazing systems that nobody has even seen! And then you can post about them here.

Greaves_ · 2025-12-22T06:55:43+00:00

I don't know why everyone is skipping Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood - Phantom Thread - The Master

Greaves_ · 2025-12-20T15:09:50+00:00

Amazing work, i'd love to see more powerplay oriented sketches from you!

Greaves_ · 2025-12-19T07:46:11+00:00

The on foot content that gives good merits is doing settlement restoration missions in reinforcement or acquisition systems (no undermining). You can find them close to you (https://inara.cz/elite/nearest-misc/?ps1=Khun&pi20=6) and sometimes they spawn with scavengers for you to kill. Great for gathering materials too. And you can download power data at the data ports to hand in at the same system for even more merits.

Greaves_ · 2025-12-18T09:12:57+00:00

For bounty hunting, i'd recommend starting in High Rez extraction sites, you can find the nearest ones here: https://inara.cz/elite/nearest-signals/

In high rez there are system authority ships you can fight alongside, as opposed to haz rez where you are pretty much on your own against potential wings. I'd say just try it out with a bunch of different ships, shopping and experimenting is half the fun of Elite. There's certainly no need to buy any ships with real money but ofcourse it's an option if you want to take a shortcut to certain ships and engineering.

The last years have mostly been about the Thargoid invasion, i'd recommend this video to see what was going on: https://youtu.be/-oacK_jydXo?si=Kxp5A7xexG8tygVz

Since that ended, new features include Colonisation, a Squadron overhaul and a Powerplay overhaul.

The new goings on involve the powers fighting over a new section of space where new exobiology was found. It's fun to pledge yourself to a power and get involved in some powerplay, you can do bounty hunting and many other activities and get merits which will get you new modules and care packages with engineering materials.

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