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Just started engineering my weapons (pawb.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by trslim@pawb.social to c/elitedangerous@lemmy.world

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Holy smokes! I absolutely blitz most npcs with even level 2 engineered multicannons. I used to struggle against even expert craft, but last night, I took out 2 FAS with my Python mk2, one deadly and the other expert, in like less than a minute. And i had upgraded my thrusters to dirty drives and i just flew circles around them.

I knew engineering was strong, but this is wild. Honestly, the only thing that gave me trouble were high ranked snub craft, like the Vulture.

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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

I've been feeling the itch for the good ol' Freelancer experience and I know Elite can deliver on that, but I always find myself having trouble getting into it vs. something like Star Sector or Delta V: Rings of Saturn. I'm curious - do you play with controller, kb+m, flight stick/HOTAS? I've heard E:D can be played reasonably comfortably with controller, which has my interest.

Edit: Oh yeah, how's the landing and planet exploration? I've heard mixed things, would you recommend the DLC personally?

[–] Strayce 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you're itching for Freelancer, there are modern options! There's a couple of different community patches / mods that attempt to bring it up to date, see: HD edition and Crossfire. There's also Underspace and Hell Galaxy which have free demos available. Similar gameplay and mechanics but much darker take.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Awwww shit, I saw Underspace when Splattercat covered it a few years ago but it was in early Alpha then. Continued active development is enough to convince me to give it a go, I'll probably buy it to support the dev. Keeping an eye on Hell Galaxy too. Thanks for the rec!

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