Question about end game ships.

[MeltedButterz]

Had a great time with the game although I will admit the imperial grind for the clipper made me have to take a couple months off. I came back worked up to a python got it all engineered a couple weeks ago but now I'm having a really hard time staying engaged with the game.How do you guys stay motivate during the grind for that anoconda or the sadist game design for the vett or cutter?

[FalterXV TTV]

End game ships?
No such thing.

End game in Elite: Dangerous?
No such thing, either.

Only a mindset towards that.

There is always room to improve, always room to modify, change, or keep building, restricting yourself to that mindset, anyone who grinds into one of the large 3, and didnt have the requited knowledge, ends up paying for it down the road, when they reach an impass they can't solve with their inexperience.

The way to "stay engaged," can not be taught, or influenced, if you don't like elite enough to stay, you won't - simple.
Veterans of the game, who still play, and never did any sort of grind - play in a way they enjoy, and that is also condusive to their time - with activities they excel at, or enjoy doing.

Good luck, CMDR

[MeltedButterz]

Belial8915 původně napsal:

End game ships?
No such thing.

End game in Elite: Dangerous?
No such thing, either.

Only a mindset towards that.

No such thing? Interesting here I thought the corvette, cutter and the anoconda are exacty that...

[Nfected]

Raulics původně napsal:

Belial8915 původně napsal:

End game ships?
No such thing.

End game in Elite: Dangerous?
No such thing, either.

Only a mindset towards that.

No such thing? Interesting here I thought the corvette, cutter and the anoconda are exacty that...

There really is no end game in Elite. It's only an end if you think you're done with the game once you own any of the big 3

[FalterXV TTV]

not in the strictest sense, nope - if it was so engame - then once you owned a vette, or conda, or cutter - you (with how the definition of endgame works) will have "beaten" the game - no such thing.

when a CMDR gets a cutter, conda, or corvette, it's a ship that they chose based on their playstyle, and preferred style of play.

but, in the grand scheme, i guess you "COULD" consider elite, end game, when you own, every single ship, and have them all engineered to perfection - however that does not excist, as there is always room to improve, room to change, and new things to do (veterans of thousands of ingame hours, still constantly do new things, and make new ships and builds, with many different types of ships - it is the main reason for there being different types) - IF you actually like elite, and do not limit yourself.

CMDRs who grind into big 3, especially the big rank equivalents, usually do not have a full understanding of how to run their gutamaya or core dynamics well if at all - and you find those CMDRs complaining vividly about grind on the forums here, or on the Fdev ones.

It's the wrong mindset to restrict yourself to thinking, i have a big 3, now im done with elite, time to shelve it.

[MeltedButterz]

Der Auslander původně napsal:

Raulics původně napsal:

No such thing? Interesting here I thought the corvette, cutter and the anoconda are exacty that...

There really is no end game in Elite. It's only an end if you think you're done with the game once you own any of the big 3

I understand that there is no end game I wasn't speaking literally

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Der Auslander původně napsal:

There really is no end game in Elite. It's only an end if you think you're done with the game once you own any of the big 3

Yes. And when you keep going on, you leave those big ships and move to smaller ones, to have even more fun. I'm past those big 3, and it's definitely not the end of E:D. :)

[Nfected]

Dolphin Bottlenose původně napsal:

Der Auslander původně napsal:

There really is no end game in Elite. It's only an end if you think you're done with the game once you own any of the big 3

Yes. And when you keep going on, you leave those big ships and move to smaller ones, to have even more fun. I'm past those big 3, and it's definitely not the end of E:D. :)

Yep. Especially when you're sitting rich and are like: "I never flew the ____, maybe I'll try it out"

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Der Auslander původně napsal:

Yep. Especially when you're sitting rich and are like: "I never flew the ____, maybe I'll try it out"

And then you see how much you was missing by skipping it during your progression! The iCourier is one of such ships for me. Such a capable fighter!

[FalterXV TTV]

And then you see how much you was missing by skipping it during your progression! The iCourier is one of such ships for me. Such a capable fighter!

Yeah she is! i've been putting a lot of work into mine, to make her more akin to my FAoff resist / regen style of flight - it's been tough with her shields at FDL levels of stupid

[AnTi HErO]

i have 0 grinding for ships,rangs,cr...i play this game over 2000h no cutter!no corvett,bla bla...i just do what j want!alone and with frends.....this is the best ,open end..!nobody knows what happend at next(ok thargoids...new ships coming to.)....this is not call of duty with update 2.4 is with zombies and next year is the new game...so doesnt work elite!!!hip hip hurraaaaaaa!..

[MeltedButterz]

Belial8915 původně napsal:

not in the strictest sense, nope - if it was so engame - then once you owned a vette, or conda, or cutter - you (with how the definition of endgame works) will have "beaten" the game - no such thing.

when a CMDR gets a cutter, conda, or corvette, it's a ship that they chose based on their playstyle, and preferred style of play.

but, in the grand scheme, i guess you "COULD" consider elite, end game, when you own, every single ship, and have them all engineered to perfection - however that does not excist, as there is always room to improve, room to change, and new things to do (veterans of thousands of ingame hours, still constantly do new things, and make new ships and builds, with many different types of ships - it is the main reason for there being different types) - IF you actually like elite, and do not limit yourself.

CMDRs who grind into big 3, especially the big rank equivalents, usually do not have a full understanding of how to run their gutamaya or core dynamics well if at all - and you find those CMDRs complaining vividly about grind on the forums here, or on the Fdev ones.

It's the wrong mindset to restrict yourself to thinking, i have a big 3, now im done with elite, time to shelve it.

So I'm not a CMDR because I'm working towards an anoconda and I don't have the full understanding of how to run my gutamaya? Get off your high horse pal... When I said endgame I was speaking more along the lines of a mmorp as far as I have hit level cap now I want the best gear being the ship end game being a-rating and tuning for pvp ect. You have a elitist attitude that puts people in categories judging what makes a CMDR a CMDR..I was just looking for advice from players on how they made it though the grind and your acting like you'
re defending your girlfriend.

[PG Pepperoni]

Raulics původně napsal:

How do you guys stay motivate during the grind for that anoconda or the sadist game design for the vett or cutter?

To keep things fresh for me, I'll move to a new system, max out all of the factions, make some money and rep for a bit, then move on to another system and repeat. And mix in some exploring occasionally. Doing it this way, I'm just a few percentage points away from getting a corvette. It's fun this way for me and I don't get bored. Once I get the vette, I may look into something new like powerplay. I haven't done that yet. Or combat.

[MeltedButterz]

floydboyd (Ektan Botrym) původně napsal:

Raulics původně napsal:

How do you guys stay motivate during the grind for that anoconda or the sadist game design for the vett or cutter?

To keep things fresh for me, I'll move to a new system, max out all of the factions, make some money and rep for a bit, then move on to another system and repeat. And mix in some exploring occasionally. Doing it this way, I'm just a few percentage points away from getting a corvette. It's fun this way for me and I don't get bored. Once I get the vette, I may look into something new like powerplay. I haven't done that yet. Or combat.

That's not a bad idea I might give that a try

[Komotz]

Raulics původně napsal:

Belial8915 původně napsal:

not in the strictest sense, nope - if it was so engame - then once you owned a vette, or conda, or cutter - you (with how the definition of endgame works) will have "beaten" the game - no such thing.

when a CMDR gets a cutter, conda, or corvette, it's a ship that they chose based on their playstyle, and preferred style of play.

but, in the grand scheme, i guess you "COULD" consider elite, end game, when you own, every single ship, and have them all engineered to perfection - however that does not excist, as there is always room to improve, room to change, and new things to do (veterans of thousands of ingame hours, still constantly do new things, and make new ships and builds, with many different types of ships - it is the main reason for there being different types) - IF you actually like elite, and do not limit yourself.

CMDRs who grind into big 3, especially the big rank equivalents, usually do not have a full understanding of how to run their gutamaya or core dynamics well if at all - and you find those CMDRs complaining vividly about grind on the forums here, or on the Fdev ones.

It's the wrong mindset to restrict yourself to thinking, i have a big 3, now im done with elite, time to shelve it.

So I'm not a CMDR because I'm working towards an anoconda and I don't have the full understanding of how to run my gutamaya? Get off your high horse pal... When I said endgame I was speaking more along the lines of a mmorp as far as I have hit level cap now I want the best gear being the ship end game being a-rating and tuning for pvp ect. You have a elitist attitude that puts people in categories judging what makes a CMDR a CMDR..I was just looking for advice from players on how they made it though the grind and your acting like you'
re defending your girlfriend.

He's not on any type of high horse, he speaks truth when it comes to new players who non-stop grind up to an Anaconda or higher, and then come back here or the official forums and complain that they lost a ship they couldn't fly.

As far as "best ship", there is none. I've seen fully decked out PvP Vette ships be downed by competent Vulture pilots. There is no "end game" unless you make goals for yourself to reach and consider those end-game.

Having the most expensive ship with the best gear and highest rolls on engineering is considered by many to be average, there's ALWAYS something better that cab be done. As for me, I'll take my multi-purpose Python over my Fed Corvette any day of the week.

[HamakiBCN2]

Raulics původně napsal:

Belial8915 původně napsal:

not in the strictest sense, nope - if it was so engame - then once you owned a vette, or conda, or cutter - you (with how the definition of endgame works) will have "beaten" the game - no such thing.

when a CMDR gets a cutter, conda, or corvette, it's a ship that they chose based on their playstyle, and preferred style of play.

but, in the grand scheme, i guess you "COULD" consider elite, end game, when you own, every single ship, and have them all engineered to perfection - however that does not excist, as there is always room to improve, room to change, and new things to do (veterans of thousands of ingame hours, still constantly do new things, and make new ships and builds, with many different types of ships - it is the main reason for there being different types) - IF you actually like elite, and do not limit yourself.

CMDRs who grind into big 3, especially the big rank equivalents, usually do not have a full understanding of how to run their gutamaya or core dynamics well if at all - and you find those CMDRs complaining vividly about grind on the forums here, or on the Fdev ones.

It's the wrong mindset to restrict yourself to thinking, i have a big 3, now im done with elite, time to shelve it.

So I'm not a CMDR because I'm working towards an anoconda and I don't have the full understanding of how to run my gutamaya? Get off your high horse pal... When I said endgame I was speaking more along the lines of a mmorp as far as I have hit level cap now I want the best gear being the ship end game being a-rating and tuning for pvp ect. You have a elitist attitude that puts people in categories judging what makes a CMDR a CMDR..I was just looking for advice from players on how they made it though the grind and your acting like you'
re defending your girlfriend.

Except he never said that you're not a CMDR, or that you don't have full understanding of the game, just because you're working towards any given ship.

What he said, is that players who prioritize getting to the big 3 as fast as possible (and i quote: "CMDRs who grind into big 3") will usually prioritize activities with high efficiency in terms of credit earnings and ranks, often skipping any other sorts of gameplay in the process.

For instance, if you're working towards a fully equipped combat Anaconda, the fastest way to get there won't have anything to do with combat: currently, it'll be Passenger Missions and Data scanning missions, for the most part. At the end, you would get your Combat Anaconda, but because you would have done little or no combat in the process, you would have no combat experience.

He's actually answering your question, too: how did he make it through the grind? by not grinding at all: by just enjoying the gameplay as is, and let the credits and the ranks be a subproduct of the gameplay, rather than the main objective. This may not work for you, but that doesn't mean it's not a valid answer.