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How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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Re: How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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A also think the same. In the begining, I couldn't even dock my ship manually, and now I think it is easy...
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CommRLock78 wrote:
marcusrg wrote:
...And I am not using the e-bombs anymore, what makes it longer to get there! :)
Part of me is really sad about these puppies being removed, but I know it levels the playing field - I have a sneaking suspicion that we're all going to become excellent marksmen with this change :lol: 8) .
I carry an Energy Bomb but don't use it - perhaps 2 to 4 times on my way to Elite. But the cloak I never use because, as far as I am concerned, it is a blatant cheat.

Personally, I'd rather the Energy Bomb stayed as a 1-hit Heeeellllppp!! panic button, and the ridiculously biased and unbalancing cloak was removed.
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marcusrg wrote:
A also think the same. In the begining, I couldn't even dock my ship manually, and now I think it is easy...
Ahh docking - the source of much lament for many new commanders - I think I found a video on youtube demonstrating the procedure, and that made a difference. Docking computers sure save a lot time messing with that, but are of course useless if you have 'Fugitive' status ;) (an all-too-familiar scenario for me lately :lol: ).
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Re: How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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Havn't made it to Elite. I'd be pretty close if I'd stop restarting. :P My secondary commander (Squire) has 1500 kills, but I keep restarting. I want Elite to be as true to the orginal game as I can make it without an emulator. To that effect my main commander (Kolt) has 100 kills in STRICT mode.
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Personally, I'd rather the Energy Bomb stayed as a 1-hit Heeeellllppp!! panic button, and the ridiculously biased and unbalancing cloak was removed.
It was that indeed a good panic button. As far as cloaking devices are concerned, I still haven't figured out how to use it :?: :oops: . I've experienced NPC's that do have a cloak, and even a couple times gotten my shields hammered into the red by such a commander :x .
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Re: How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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Have you ever visited the fifth octant (G5)? If not then you haven't got it yet! But if you have got it, press 0 (zero) to activate/deactivate.
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I care not about the kill count, or ranks for that matter. And I do not attempt to turn Oolite into Elite. I had that experience almost 30 years ago and it is one that Oolite has not surpassed in my memory. My main objective now is to push the envelope of survivability. I do that by occasionally upping the stats for all core and OXP ships except the one I command.
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CaptSolo wrote:
I care not about the kill count, or ranks for that matter. And I do not attempt to turn Oolite into Elite. I had that experience almost 30 years ago and it is one that Oolite has not surpassed in my memory. My main objective now is to push the envelope of survivability. I do that by occasionally upping the stats for all core and OXP ships except the one I command.
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CommRLock78 wrote:
It was that indeed a good panic button. As far as cloaking devices are concerned, I still haven't figured out how to use it :?: :oops: . I've experienced NPC's that do have a cloak, and even a couple times gotten my shields hammered into the red by such a commander :x .
Never been a fan of the Cloaking Device myself, might as well be called a Cheating Device. Although to be fair I do have it installed and I have used it on occasion to sneak up on unsuspecting pirates traders police anyone... But the Energy Bomb annoys me more, it can be useful in a tight situation but as long as you've got an Escape Pod then you might as well fight to the death! It's not exactly Game Over...
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I care not about the kill count, or ranks for that matter. And I do not attempt to turn Oolite into Elite. I had that experience almost 30 years ago and it is one that Oolite has not surpassed in my memory. My main objective now is to push the envelope of survivability. I do that by occasionally upping the stats for all core and OXP ships except the one I command.
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Re: How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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In fact, I'm in the middle of some missions here, including Vector and Coyotte's Run. And yes, surviving is the goal, :shock: level rising will be a consequence of this... or not...
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Fatleaf wrote:
Have you ever visited the fifth octant (G5)? If not then you haven't got it yet! But if you have got it, press 0 (zero) to activate/deactivate.
I have been to the fifth, but I never bought it. I did try 0 and nothing happened, but just as well, I don't want to use the thing anyway. I completed Assassins and have got the rank of 'Great One' in Random Hits without a cloaking device 8) (thanks LittleBear - Assassins was great fun and, Random Hits has kept me very busy ;) ) .
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CommRLock78 wrote:
Fatleaf wrote:
Have you ever visited the fifth octant (G5)? If not then you haven't got it yet! But if you have got it, press 0 (zero) to activate/deactivate.
I have been to the fifth, but I never bought it.
You cannot buy it. You have to earn it, and will get the opportunity to do so after flying around in the fifth for a little while.

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Re: How many people have made it to 'ELITE'?

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Hey Guys,

My previous savegame was elite with 11000+ kills (mostly pirates, thargoids and marks)
Currently i'm deadly with 4000+ kills.

I also was elite and archangel in the old elite, but then i'm seriously addicted to space sims. For me Oolite is still the best out there.
Have also played vegastrike for a while, untill it turned unplayable.

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Commander McLane wrote:
You cannot buy it. You have to earn it, and will get the opportunity to do so after flying around in the fifth for a little while.
You could make it buyable with an OXP, making an equipment with a script that would award the Player the Cloaking Device when the OXP equipment was installed onto the Player's ship, but this would make doing the Cloak mission irrelevent. And the Cloak is over-rated anyway, it is not essential equipment...
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