Elite Dangerous: Difference between revisions

Elite Dangerous brings a modern look and new features to the Elite Franchise. It is also the first game in the series to feature online multiplayer.

 

 

A whole new season of updates are being released, as DLC, available separately; called [[Horizons|Elite Dangerous: Horizons]].

 

=== Multiplayer vs Solo ===

The player may choose from the following: Solo Play, Private Channels (only friends or invited people will be encountered), or Open Play. In open play, you may be matched with any other player who is also in open play and happens to be on the same server.

 

The game works in a seamless, lobby-less way, with the ability to rendezvous with friends as the player chooses. This was tested since the early betas, and uses a combination of peer-to-peer (to reduce lag) and server connections.

 

Depending on the player's chosen configuration, some of the other ships they meet as they travel around are real players as opposed to computer-controlled ships. It may be a friend the player has agreed to rendezvous with there, or it may be another real player that has been encountered by chance.

New star ports are slowly built in real time. These events create opportunities for players in the form of [[Community Goals]], as the resources and workers required for building need to be transported to the site, which becomes a prime target for piracy and increase the demand for bounty hunting.

 

 

== Procedural Content ==

 

== Player Roles ==

Unlike RPGs, players in Elite Dangerous do not choose their [[Roles|role]] by customising their character. Instead, the choice and customisation of their ship gears it towards specific role(s). Some examples are [[Roles#Trader|Trader]], [[Miner]], [[Roles#Explorer|Explorer]], [[Roles#Bounty Hunter|Bounty Hunter]], [[Smuggler]] and [[Roles#Pirate|Pirate]]. However hybrid roles are possible through emergent gameplay e.g. defensive bounty hunting while trading in a multipurpose vessel, or taking long-range trade missions and exploring systems along the way.

 

 

=== Piracy ===

Players are able to steal cargo from other ships using a variety of means. They can employ [[Limpet Controller/Hatch Breaker|hatch-breaker limpet]]s which when fired at an un-shielded target will latch onto the [[Cargo Hatch|cargo hatch]] and extract cargo canisters from it. In addition, once shields have been dropped a player can shoot the cargo hatch manually to damage it which will have the same effect but in most cases takes more skill. Once stolen cargo has been scooped it can be smuggled and sold on the black market at stations and outposts that feature one.

 

 

=== Bounty Hunting ===

Throughout the galaxy players encounter computer controlled ships and other players that have taken to a life of crime. Once scanned a player is able to see the current [[bounty]] issued against that pilot. If destroyed in combat the player will receive a bounty voucher that they can redeem at a starport controlled by the faction that issued the bounty to get the reward.

 

As a result of this, many criminals seek refuge in systems with an anarchy status. Anarchy systems are ruled by a faction that does not respect the rule of law. However, players are able to scan other ships in these systems with a [[Kill Warrant Scanner|kill warrant scanner]] in order to see if they are wanted in any other systems. Upon destroying them they will be able to travel to the system the bounty was issued in and claim it.

 

=== Mining ===