ELITE Dangerous

[ryoken]

Besides, in time I can dibs a personal domain several times the size disco-bloated Sirius. Without anyone taking an interest.

And that's one of the game's biggest problems. Its universe is so massive that it feels extremely empty and lonely very very fast.

Another problem of course is the fact that the game is all about grinding until you can buy a ship in which you can grind more efficiently. If I recall correctly, however, Ryoken is a truck driver. Makes sense that Euro Truck Simulator: Space Edition appeals to him (:

Your right mate, I am a truck driver. Also I actually have Euro Truck sim. lol.
However Disco is same as Elite, only smaller. You do same grinding here to get bigger ship, to do more grinding to get next bigger ship and so on. Only diff is graffix are far better in Elite, so not as boring to look around, and second your not just going back and forth doing same route over and over like in Disco. Hell I used to hit cruise, go to bathroom, cook dinner, or whatever, come back to comp, jump hit cruise and repeat for hours in disco to make cash. There are systems in Disco you can trade in for hours and never see anyone also.
All the reasons people have used so far to knock Elite, are also in Disco, with just an older platform, and much uglier to look at.
Just like in Disco if you stay in the core systems in Elite you meet lots of other players. Up to 36 can be in system at one time, and I have seen up to 20 at one time. Plus you have the option to play in solo mode, and just explore, or blow up NPCs without any worries of a lolwut ruining your day.

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