Elite Dangerous FAQ: Difference between revisions

: '''[http://elite.frontier.co.uk/about/ Elite]''' is the genre defining open world sandbox space / trading / combat simulator first released in''' [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/media 1984.]''' It spawned 2 sequels '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXwvSqsCek Frontier: Elite 2]''' '''([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_elite_ii 1993]) '''and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGewqBEMJTZoYYo Frontier: First Encounters (Elite 3)] ([https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters 1995])''', which already attempted to '''[[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_big_will_planets_and_star_systems.C2.A0be.3F|simulate a realistic Milky Way galaxy]]''' with '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-NMyDaPAg realistic star systems]''' and '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9o_ldmlVs&t=72 seamless freeform interplanetary''' and '''atmospheric flight]''' and''' landing on [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_planets_rotate_and_orbit_around_stars.3F|moving planets.]]'''

# '''[http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=cfcdbae60e#The%20Need%20for%20Speed Super cruise (or frame shifting)]''' is used for '''freeform (manual pitch/yaw/roll) '''travel within star systems. It has been said that it will take [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=345753&postcount=174 less than 30 minutes to '''accelerate''' from the Sun to Pluto] and the maximum speed will vary based on proximity to celestial bodies, up to '''2500 times the speed of light (2500C)''' that [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=345753&postcount=174 will rarely be reached], to be able handle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanet_extremes#Orbit_characteristics the most extreme spatial distances.] You will also be able to find and do [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=441493&postcount=2 combat maneuvering] toand interdictfind other ships that are '''super-cruising''' within a star system from a long distance away visually and with long range sensors.

: Most of the action will take place within the human populated core systems of the major factions and because of the way [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_will_we_travel_those_vast_distances_in_such_a_huge_glaxy.3F|interstellar hyperspace travel]] works, the game will ensure that you will [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Is_.22Elite:_Dangerous.22_an_MMOG.3F|get grouped]] with other shipsplayers near the largest mass (star) during hyperspace exit. You will also be able to find other ships that are [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_will_we_travel_those_vast_distances_in_such_a_huge_glaxy.3F|super-cruising]] within a star system from a long distance away visually and with long range sensors.

: '''[http://elite.frontier.co.uk Elite: Dangerous]''' will continue 50 years from where '''[https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters Frontier: First Encounters]''' left in the year 3300 and the [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_there_be_alien_life_forms.3F|Thargoids will make a return.]] It will feature more [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8021 dynamic news events] based on both [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ue87r4zPcE&t=419 developer injected] and [http://wwwforums.pcgamerfrontier.com/previews/elite-dangerousco.uk/showthread.php?t=8021 dynamic procedural stories and missions.]

: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3bVeRpvctQ&t=815 Player crews] however will be in future updates.

: Yes, you will be able to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6WmsnwNq98&t=363 walk around ship interiors], [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Will_I_be_able_to_hire_crew_for_my_ship.3F|operate ships with multiple players]], [http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f703580f39#2 board and steal other ships with Zero-G FPS combat], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6AxOoBF7SM&t=285 walk around in space stations], do [http://www.edge-online.com/features/frontier-developments-elite-dangerous-the-rebirth-of-a-legend/ space walks to repair your ship], operate [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5659 land and underwater vehicles] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM0Gcl7iUM8&t=101 walk on full 1:1 scale populated planets with living cities, forests and be able to big-game hunt wildlife like dinosaurs] as part of [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#What_is_the_expansion_pass.3F|expansions.]]

: See this '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYwUEgsA4k Zoo Tycoon - Dev Diary]''' for a glimpse of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsRZp24nd9E&t=7361 '''technology'''] that '''[http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Does_the_.22Elite:_Dangerous.22_developer_Frontier_Developments_have_enough_expertise_to_pull_off_such_an_ambitious_project.3F Frontier Developments]''' have for this.

: There will be [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/i_gal/ed-capital_ship_battle.jpg capital ships] in the game, but you won't be able to control or own them, although [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5659 they aren't ruled out for a future expansion.] <ref>{{YT|url=fR4G2W7bCHY#t=110|text=Test @19:59}}</ref><ref>{{YT|url=P3bVeRpvctQ&t=815|text=Test @19:59}}</ref>

: While ''' Elite: Dangerous''' allows players to own and fly [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#Can_I_own_and_control_capital_ships.3F|'''relatively large executive ships''', it leaves very large capital ships to NPC control atonly for the start, with player control in a latertime updatebeing.]]

: '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite:_Dangerous#Gameplay Elite: Dangerous is an MMOG], but with the important addition, that you can [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6300 choose if you want to meet other players] or not and there is even a [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ#How_will_single_player_work.3F_Will_I_need_to_connect_to_a_server_to_play.3F|mode to play fully offline]].'''