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Fred Kelly007 May 30, 2015 @ 9:28pm

Is this game always online?

Or is there offline mode?

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Squirrel_Whirl has Elite Dangerous

May 30, 2015 @ 9:30pm

"I'm watching you Wazowski, always watching."

LupisVolk

May 30, 2015 @ 9:31pm

It's always online but it uses very little internet.

There is an online Solo mode where you play just by yourself.

Fred Kelly007 May 30, 2015 @ 9:32pm

Pity, I was kinda interested in this.

LupisVolk

May 30, 2015 @ 9:34pm

They need you to be online so they can sync trade data from Open mode to Private/solo and i'd guess looking for any sort of manulipation.

Squirrel_Whirl has Elite Dangerous

May 30, 2015 @ 9:36pm

And you need to be informed of when Brony Lover 117 discovers a planet.

LupisVolk

May 30, 2015 @ 9:39pm

Originally posted by Koah:
And you need to be informed of when Brony Lover 117 discovers a planet.

and to sync your data for community events.

Oku

(Banned) May 30, 2015 @ 9:45pm

Originally posted by =AJSA= Fred_Kelly007:
Pity, I was kinda interested in this.

If you have the internet to be on steam, you have the internet to play Elite. The game is meant to be an MMO, but very little data is ever used. You can play on Solo mode, which puts you on your own, even less internet intensive shard, but it is still dynamically changed by the actions of other players, who's worlds are in turn changed by what you do. It also ensures that even if youre alone, you still have access to all the community events and rewards.

If you're yet another one of those intolerable little ♥♥♥♥♥ who go "WAAAAAAAHHHH I HATE ALWAYS-ON" then by all means please do not buy elite and stay far away from my server space.

Fred Kelly007 May 30, 2015 @ 9:51pm

Originally posted by AarkTheDragon:
Originally posted by =AJSA= Fred_Kelly007:
Pity, I was kinda interested in this.

If you have the internet to be on steam, you have the internet to play Elite. The game is meant to be an MMO, but very little data is ever used. You can play on Solo mode, which puts you on your own, even less internet intensive shard, but it is still dynamically changed by the actions of other players, who's worlds are in turn changed by what you do. It also ensures that even if youre alone, you still have access to all the community events and rewards.

If you're yet another one of those intolerable little ♥♥♥♥♥ who go "WAAAAAAAHHHH I HATE ALWAYS-ON" then by all means please do not buy elite and stay far away from my server space.

I can't really play internet games cos we are on a bad plan. (3gb during the day) (120gb 12am-7am) I only asked cos was interested in playing and was wondering if it had offline.

Czinger

May 30, 2015 @ 9:52pm

Has to be online to sync the world events in the background..

LupisVolk

May 30, 2015 @ 9:54pm

it use very little. like 10kbs (?) for solo and like 30kbs (?) for open

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Fred Kelly007 May 30, 2015 @ 9:55pm

Originally posted by LupisVolk:
it use very little. like 10kbs (?) for solo and like 30kbs (?) for open

When you've only got 3gb and it has to last a month, it ads up.

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FoxnEagle

May 30, 2015 @ 9:57pm

Originally posted by Koah:
"I'm watching you Wazowski, always watching."

Very good use of that line :D

And as everyone else has said, yes, it is always online EXCEPT for the training tutorials.

Originally posted by =AJSA= Fred_Kelly007:
I can't really play internet games cos we are on a bad plan. (3gb during the day) (120gb 12am-7am) I only asked cos was interested in playing and was wondering if it had offline.

There are two main options for you, Solo Play and Open Play. Solo Play still requires internet, but it barely uses anything, all it does it talk to the server and doesn't stream any information. Another thread put it at a theoretical value of being able to run with a 10kbps connection (unfortunately can't find it :/ )
Open Play is the big bandwith hog when you are with other players, as it streams their position, actions, etc. As such, you can probably play this game if you have a good enough computer with crap internet, so long as you stay off Open Play

Last edited by FoxnEagle; May 30, 2015 @ 9:58pm

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Fred Kelly007 May 30, 2015 @ 9:59pm

Originally posted by FoxnEagle:
Originally posted by Koah:
"I'm watching you Wazowski, always watching."

Very good use of that line :D

And as everyone else has said, yes, it is always online EXCEPT for the training tutorials.

Originally posted by =AJSA= Fred_Kelly007:
I can't really play internet games cos we are on a bad plan. (3gb during the day) (120gb 12am-7am) I only asked cos was interested in playing and was wondering if it had offline.

There are two main options for you, Solo Play and Open Play. Solo Play still requires internet, but it barely uses anything, all it does it talk to the server and doesn't stream any information. Another thread put it at a theoretical value of being able to run with a 10kbps connection (unfortunately can't find it :/ )
Open Play is the big bandwith hog when you are with other players, as it streams their position, actions, etc. As such, you can probably play this game if you have a good enough computer with crap internet, so long as you stay off Open Play

Well mabye I might pick it up dirt cheap someday. (or when I get better net)

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Twelvefield has Elite Dangerous

May 30, 2015 @ 11:23pm

Wait for a sale. It's a good game and I like it a lot, and I even got my money's worth out of it, but it's expensive. If you don't have strong ties to the 1984 version of the game, definitely you can wait for a sale.

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