For the past few nights I've dabbled with SC outside of Arena and Star Marines. I decided to do this without reading anything or looking at any beginner tips to make it more interesting and it's certainly been interesting.
So here's a few high lights.
After managing to take off and flying around like a noob for quite some time and getting the hang of it I noticed my landing gear was still down. So like any good gamer I pushed a bunch of buttons until they finally went up. So "c" raises and lowers gear check and noted to memory.
Then of course I notice these journal messages going through the screen and happen to notice that some of the points on the hub seem similar. So I point the ship in the general direction of one and push the throttle all the way down. I'm eco friendly so who needs boost right? Seems like it's a long way off I better make a coffee. Come back wow still not there; better go do something productive. 30 mins later still not there and it's at this point I notice the distance counting down "slowly". So I discover the quantum drive "clearly not eco friendly". Seems on my gamepad it's Y to activate it. So I give the old Y a push and suddenly the seat turns around and first thought we are going to go fast now, but nope I get out of the seat. Thinking now this is an odd position to be in during quantum drive. Suddenly I find myself opening the side door; oh this can't be good. Yep I step outside, but it can't be bad I'm in space moving at the same velocity as my ship so I'll just be floating next to it, but nope I apparently have come to a miraculous stop and my ship flies off. Bye Bye RSI Aurora. So I float for a bit in space having a look around and think I won't be the first or last noob to do this. Hence why there is a rescue division... At least I assume why for people like me.
So yeah... I quit to menu and get a new ship. Starting again I discovered the mobius and how to track missions. Now I'm pure pro off we go again to fly. This time I manage to get the quantum drive activated and my ship pointed at my actual tracked mission. I'm going to rake in those UEC credits now!!! Of course it won't be that simple. As my missions sends me to check out a radio beacon and a NPC prompty shows up and well long story short my Aurora got blown to bits. So I suppose I'll need to spend a bit more time trying to figure out how to fight with my ship now and learning what my HUD is telling me.
I have to say I really enjoyed this experience and not being spoon fed everything like most games do now. Am I alone in my stupidity?
I play in EU time zone and if anyone wants to adventure together and learn together I'd be happy to jump onto discord and see what happens. I don't even know if getting into the same area of space together is even possible. I should probably go to flight school as well.
So here's a few high lights.
After managing to take off and flying around like a noob for quite some time and getting the hang of it I noticed my landing gear was still down. So like any good gamer I pushed a bunch of buttons until they finally went up. So "c" raises and lowers gear check and noted to memory.
Then of course I notice these journal messages going through the screen and happen to notice that some of the points on the hub seem similar. So I point the ship in the general direction of one and push the throttle all the way down. I'm eco friendly so who needs boost right? Seems like it's a long way off I better make a coffee. Come back wow still not there; better go do something productive. 30 mins later still not there and it's at this point I notice the distance counting down "slowly". So I discover the quantum drive "clearly not eco friendly". Seems on my gamepad it's Y to activate it. So I give the old Y a push and suddenly the seat turns around and first thought we are going to go fast now, but nope I get out of the seat. Thinking now this is an odd position to be in during quantum drive. Suddenly I find myself opening the side door; oh this can't be good. Yep I step outside, but it can't be bad I'm in space moving at the same velocity as my ship so I'll just be floating next to it, but nope I apparently have come to a miraculous stop and my ship flies off. Bye Bye RSI Aurora. So I float for a bit in space having a look around and think I won't be the first or last noob to do this. Hence why there is a rescue division... At least I assume why for people like me.
So yeah... I quit to menu and get a new ship. Starting again I discovered the mobius and how to track missions. Now I'm pure pro off we go again to fly. This time I manage to get the quantum drive activated and my ship pointed at my actual tracked mission. I'm going to rake in those UEC credits now!!! Of course it won't be that simple. As my missions sends me to check out a radio beacon and a NPC prompty shows up and well long story short my Aurora got blown to bits. So I suppose I'll need to spend a bit more time trying to figure out how to fight with my ship now and learning what my HUD is telling me.
I have to say I really enjoyed this experience and not being spoon fed everything like most games do now. Am I alone in my stupidity?
I play in EU time zone and if anyone wants to adventure together and learn together I'd be happy to jump onto discord and see what happens. I don't even know if getting into the same area of space together is even possible. I should probably go to flight school as well.
