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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Wow, only $400 for a thing in a videogame? What a goddamn bargain, sign me right the fuck up!

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

For the cost of that Hammerhead it had better also come with an entire computer to play the damn game on.

At least in Elite: Dangerous the only cost for ships is your time and/or sanity.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Right? That kind of money goes toward a component of a PC that would have multiple uses—or, hell, for some people, a whole-ass PC, jesus. Not just one part of a game (pronounced like a gun is in Wayne’s World)

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ahh, reminds me of grinding for reputation so I can get the Cutter and Corvette. I still keep Elite installed and still waiting to get the will to start that game. Odyssey really left a bad taste on my mouth.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah. I liked Odyssey for wandering around my carrier's interior and really very little else. The combat is absolute dogshit, and that wouldn't be half as bad if pretty much every on-foot mission type did not inevitably downright require pissing off some faction or another, which then forces you to get involved in combat. The gunplay is pants, and I can't fathom why there are so few hitscan handheld weapons in a universe that's all about laser beams and railguns and shit. And then when you're done with the annoying combat you have a ton of bounties stacked up you have to deal with.

At least the mercenary missions let you just shoot people for the sake of shooting people. But if I wanted to bounce around in low-grav and shot guys with silly weapons I'd just play Borderlands.

That reminds me, I probably need to grind some cash to pay the upkeep on my damn carrier.

[–] trslim@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago

Man the grind is rough in Elite Dangerous if you want to participate in PvP. Material grinding is so painful, i wish they never added engineering, or only had 2 levels of it instead of 5. Im still waiting for ship interiors too.