10 years of Elite Dangerous

[@andresalcaino7570]

happy anniversary commanders o7

[@JahonCross]

I was once a cmdr on xbox...until they just off the console user base

[@karmadyllic]

Ugh. Yeah. o7 etc.

[@Chris_Lohmann]

Over the course of the history of Elite: Dangerous, there have been two expressions which you single-handedly turned into memes. The first was, as you mentioned, “PERSONAL NARRATIVE” and the second was, “Armstrong Moment”. Both of which still make me laugh to this day whenever I hear them.

[@aquathelynx962]

Im outside of the bubble for the first time ever and I've discovered entire star systems nobody has jumped into before, and that feeling is just, WOW

[@ChrisM541]

Nice! David Braben (and Ian Bell) approve. This is what Elite is all about.

[@aquathelynx962]

@@ChrisM541 full on. this game reignited my fascination whenever I gaze up at the stars in the sky, and that's something I thought was exclusive to younger me

[@hanswichmann5047]

Good for you! Millions more out there!

[@jadrankodolovcak627]

In 10 yrs on and off got quite a few ot that, but in 10yrs game could evolve in much better state then 1990s try to have minigame shooter. Bases, real shooting, ... etc Sky could be limit, same like DU, they kill themselfs but soon enough :-D ANd farming lvl is incredible, I played original 1984, whats changed ? Not much, better graphic.

[@gavynhohon2818]

Hey 0.06% of 400,000,000,000 is pretty good in 10 years. That’s 240,000,000 systems explored.

[@aeringothyk5445]

Im personally responsible for 30k unique first discovery systems and over 400k scans of planets lol

[@jrherita]

TotalBiscuit would have loved this review.

[@TheYamiks]

that would have been an HONOR like no other!

[@drewwagar]

2017... It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Frontier chooses to forget Salomé, but the players never have. :) Thanks for the mention!

[@ShadowKubo]

Yamiks, your material stands out for all the right reasons. You joke a lot, but you aren't just joking, theres quality in your work that is rare elsewhere. Your POV, on a lot of subjects, is quite aligned with my own. So, in short, i really appreciate your work and if i could, i would happily support your content with money. Keep it up, keep it real o7

[@TheYamiks]

I do try my best. thou not always succeeding. Since 2011 i'd kept on pushing!

[@ShadowKubo]

@TheYamiks I only found your content 6 or 7 months back. But have watched your work. You're seen.

[@TheHoolie86]

I still LOVE Elite since 2017!! thanks for your content Yamiks! Great Video

[@CmdrDjBurp-dr5uy]

Thanks Yamiks. Merry Christmas 🥔😎👊

[@AlpieInternet]

21:21 lining up my conda next to yamiks’s conda is one of my fondest gaming memories

[@iMightBeCrazy]

Great Job. Your ship reviews are what got me started watching your videos and I still go back and watch them sometimes, keep up the good work

[@InZomnia365]

I have to point out that players returning to the game for an update like PP 2.0 doesnt mean more money for FDev - unless they bought Odyssey (which itself has been on sale on Steam several times for less than what a paint job costs...). A feature overhaul like that requires income. Elite doesnt have tons of new players flocking in with every update, so thats not enough to cover it. 2024 has shown that they seem fairly committed to keep providing more for the game, and in fact they delivered more this year than in the last 5 years COMBINED. If thats the result of this "Pay 2 Win", then thats a price Im willing to pay - even if I think the prices they charge are a bit too high for whats reasonable.

[@Dilhack]

It is…but I just bought the Mandalay and some cosmetics to go with it. I’ll gladly support it if it brings more good stuff.

[@ZZaGGrrUzz]

More players = more chance that someone buys overpriced cosmetic.

[@MiZtErNiCe420]

Imagine you see an advert for the thargoid war on youtube and say yeah that looks great, you buy the game and then realise the grind you have to do to be involved and you shelf the game. Or you can buy a ship with real money and enjoy the content you saw on youtube, Its that simple and thats why the player base is so low and the dabacle with consoles also played its part.

[@davidm.2506]

New cmdt here with few day´s experience and enjoying a lot with this space sim but with a dificult learn curve. New suscriber💯

[@b.gizzlles]

the yamiks has some good and funny guides that still relevant today check them out wil learn tons

[@kyloben8537]

happy anniversary commanders. cheers to many, many more in the future

[@jrherita]

53:10 I bought a fully loaded Cobra MK V with ARX just to support Frontier. It'll be avalable soon enough in game for regular credit purchases..

[@mr.r080t3]

Cant wait for that review.

[@Blue_Screen666]

They've released the python mk2 a long time ago and we still can't buy it normally

[@mr.r080t3]

@ yeah we can. I’ve seen it available for purchase in like 3 or 4 stations in the past two days.

[@VinePest]

Mr. Yamiks, in my book you're an important part of E:D history, too! We are celebrating 10 years of waiting for two spacegames to reach their full potential. they're not there yet and maybe they never will*. However, it has been a fun journey together so far and the hopium can still hit the spot sometimes. *(there's also No Mans Sky which I can't take seriously without six degrees of freedom and X4 is sometimes ok to play)

[@Oink-FM]

To celebrate their tenth aniversary, the last update broke fleet carriers! Thanks Fdev!

[@CMDRRunica]

Can't wait for those bartenders to stop their striking!

[@Oink-FM]

@ do u also get the commodities greyed out bug?

[@CMDRRunica]

@@Oink-FM Nah, just the same transaction error

[@KenpachiM3]

Would be cool if folks from frontier could look at this video and be reminded what is still owned to us by their promises. Some been given but there still plenty they need to complete. It's fair to say this has been the best year for Elite Dangerous so far, so hopefully the next few years we start to get more of what was promised.

[@TheYamiks]

For example?

[@KenpachiM3]

@@TheYamiks atmospheric storms, big game hunting, walking inside the ship and etc...

[@TheYamiks]

those were not promised! all of them were IMPLIED or said with "it WOULD be nice to have". Do not confuse these 2 things!

[@KenpachiM3]

@@TheYamiks even so, from their horrendous communication and listening ability in the past, it looks as if they are starting to try to pull a NMS redemption arc. If they're reminded what they wanted to give, it could be in the cards.

[@DavidUtau]

It's a game, chill haha, you sound like you want to write a manifesto

[@lashed1980]

I really hope this goes for.another 10 years

[@r_firefly4292]

I subscribed to your channel during the Distance Worlds II and still hum the Distance Worlds song while idling. Hearing it again gives me goosebumps... What a great time, so much wasted potential...

[@r_firefly4292]

I am still stranded in Beagle Point with my Anaconda and bugged module that makes it jump 78ly btw... Just as a romantic death

[@goodss2730]

@@r_firefly4292 Cozy, will make you company in beagel soon™

[@antwan1357]

Thanks for making this video nice to see you beating the dead horse again.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

10 years of the Yamiks! Must catch up :)

[@TheYamiks]

ALWAYS open! also for me this is 13th year!

[@alexbenis4726]

Looking forward to your new Elite ship reviews!

[@Tepnox]

Haha, those minor rage outbursts keep me laughing. Golden!

[@SWATStrachan]

One thing I would have mentioned about Elite is the fact that it was, and arguably still is, THE best implementation of VR in any space game to date, the UI was just perfect, being able to just look at screens to enable them, or to target vessels was pure genius. It was the primary reason why I got Elite in the first place, to go along with my new (at the time) HTC Vive headset. It's just a tragedy how far the game has now fallen, with the utterly disappointing space legs, and the abandonment of console and base/Horizons players. The new ships may have reinvigorated my interest in the game, and enticed me to don my Pimax headset and expand on my already comprehensive fleet of vessels, but these are being denied to us Horizons players UNLESS WE PAY REAL MONEY TO UNLOCK THEM!! "Ah but you can use Arx to obtain them" I hear some pre-pubescent fanboy screaming in the replies, really, when you can only earn 400 Arx per week by playing the game intensively and need ~16,000 for the base vessels (that's 40 weeks!!), yeah, that's never going to be achievable for the majority of casual players. The only update that has been of any value so far has been the increased availability of engineering materials, and that's about it.

[@AgyaggalambReloaded]

While I agree, but it's like 14-15 euros for a new ship, it's not ideal, but acceptable IMO especially if you compare that to 40 weeks grind for the in game ARX. For me buying ARX is the only way to support the game as I already have the Lifetime Expansion Pass (well, not the best deal so war with only 2 expansions, but oh well I wanted Elite to live up to it's potential :) ).

[@SWATStrachan]

@AgyaggalambReloaded I see your point, but I dread to think of how much I've spent in cosmetics before they switched to Arx, so they've more than had their money out of me already. Ships should not be purchasable items, they are the very core of the game, this is not Star Citizen.

[@luisuriarte4942]

How fitting on the 10th anniversary the thargoid war will end

[@hanswichmann5047]

Another classic of ED history as only you can present it! Thankx as always Mr.Yamiks!!!!

[@jgpg14]

Man, I remember the first time I loaded up this game in 2017, I was absolutely astounded. There truly was nothing like it, and I sunk so many hours getting triple elite. I remember fizzling out a bit, just due to playing my fair chunk and not wanting to engage with engineering outside of FSDs, and then Odyssey was teased. "My God, this is going to be incredible", I thought. And with the release of Odyssey, was the end of my regular playing. I sometimes reinstall ED with the desire to maybe do some bounty hunting, some on foot missions, maybe some exploration, but the horrid launch of Odyssey combined with even more grind being introduced really killed the immense desire to play I once had. I still keep my eye on updates, and who knows, maybe this next big one with colonization will be the thing to bring me back, but at this point, I doubt it. FeelsBadMan.

[@Neko_med]

I like the fact that we get a lot more new content, but... 3 months of artificial wait time for a finished ship is just egregious. You don't need that much time to playtest a ship.

[@TheYamiks]

it's manipulation for FOMO...clearly that you don't like it, yet want: it works! This is really disgusting practice that only causes toxic reception for otherwise good product, just to get as much money as possible.

[@Name-nz4kt]

This practice has also not received enough criticism from the player base as well.​@@TheYamiks

[@akaBeaucoupFish]

Do you think the developers and designers should provide this new content for free, or should they get paid for creating these new assets?

[@savmass]

I get the feeling that the "Rich Gameplay" That Braben mentioned regarding walking inside our ships was not implemented due to the Cobra Engine's limitations. Having a local physics grid is not an easy feature to implement and took Star Citizen many years to do so properly. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to the ability to walk around inside a moving ship. This is why in the Fleet Carriers the player is forced to sit down before it jumps. Can you imagine how janky it would be if the player and crew were forced to sit every time they had to move their ship even slightly? My only glimmer hope for walking around ship interiors these days is due to the fact that all the new ships introduced this year seem to be scaled properly and have ramps that don't look like you'd have to scale up using a rope due to their steep angle.

[@williamcat3159]

Easy enough in theory.. add the ship's vector to your player actor's vector and you're there.. In reality there's a round trip to the server and in that time you've teleported outside the ship.. especially if you're trying to walk round a ship controlled by a 3rd party..

[@theafro]

True love is unconditional. Elite comes pretty close to that, if it didn't, most of us would have stopped playing a long time ago. It might be broken, but there's still magic there.

[@XericSol]

I'm weird, I actually like my Fleet Carrier. Being able to jump to a distant location and do a large variety of missions while having access to fuel and repairs and my entire fleet of ships sounds like a win to me.

[@hanswichmann5047]

Damn straight! I know the Yamiks hates them, but I love mine and just to have all (most) my shit in one easy access location of my choice is huge win for me too.. Although I have three, I stick to one ALT at a time depending on my activities...

[@timothypricesr5953]

@@hanswichmann5047 good thing you guys have real money or live off someone else so you have time to earn it in game

[@hanswichmann5047]

@@timothypricesr5953 25+ yrs on the RR retired thankx, so I worked for both..

[@timothypricesr5953]

@@hanswichmann5047 that makes more sense same way here...

[@TheSlayer117]

Can someone pls tell me why you can walk around your cockpit in VR when YOU CANT DO IT IN THE NORMAL GAME.

[@JTHundley]

You can't really walk around in VR that much. Only your immediate surroundings are really rendered, so you can stand next to your chair but not really walk around at all.

[@Viper0hr]

I purchased ED the day it was released from their website, I have less than an hour in it to this day but it's always been installed on my PC. I need to finally dive into it one of these days.

[@SAitek1556]

thank you sir, this was a great vid

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

The other channels don't let all the voices speak. They prefer high fives all around. I prefer complete thoughts and full conversations in all directions. I'm happy that you had a chance to explore Elite Dangerous in all its iterations. There has been good and bad. Elite has the potential to climb all the way to the top if they take the time to walk around it in all angles and areas for development. It would benefit greatly by taking those visuals and sounds that make Elite what it is and pair it with the rest of the story and mechanics it needs. Not all needs to be newly created as it is there in some aspects, but logistically Stellar Forge can only do so much with what it has. Cartographics has enough data already for expansion years ago so I'm not sure what they are trying to do with this game, what ultimately is the goal for it, but it can already do so much more with what it already has with a little bit of work. I hope they figure that out or get an offline mode so we can mod it to do it. Always a pleasure to watch you work your content Yamiks. Have fun as usual and enjoy the rest of this year. Next year is already fast approaching with a bunch of prospects to explore galactically.

[@CONTINGENCY_sys]

You're not a prick, just a passionate gamer that expresses unique vocalization mechanics. A key point that makes for exciting conversations. Good or bad, its always Yamiks blend of business professional and bedroom banter when addressing topics pros and cons that you know isn't one sided when looked at. They can't just have positives as that never improves a space. Negatives only with no logical solutions isn't good either. There is always room for improvements and its those improvements that make awesome games of legend. I know the difference between a problem and a solution. If I was on the development team, I know for a fact Yamiks voice would have relevance in that space. Even monopoly the board game can be cutthroat and table tossing. Even silent games like competitive chess can have eyebrows furl. In Elite we have griefers outside of starter location, and developers not using the full range of their space they took so much time to realize and not use fully. 10 years is 10 years. I've been in Elite for 40 so... ya. It has had some time in the rebuy screen. 400 billion stars not using 400 billion stars when they have the mechanics to make things happen with Stellar Forge. But they chain her up, permit lock, and keep on saying its so great to each other while they walk past "hey I have a fix ticket can you address this" or "this isn't as great as it could be can you do this". Over time those polite conversations change to more direct ones like "this sucks" or "what the H... is wrong with them". I mean its progressive. Day one to day 3,650 is a big time duration. If they didn't that is on them. Not for lack of our attempt to assist in development over the years. Some things they listened too but did they really. I go back to those development and beater modes, the community saying, asking, pleading, and what grains of salt happened. Space legs are like little infant steps after a point the you just want to pick them up, put them in the stroller and ride that thing down the hill at full speed like a shopping cart scooting across the parking lot on one leg scooter. But we are still here. We just won't let Elite die. Refuse.

[@darthhell4234]

Best Elite video thanks man :)

[@GeckoInept]

As a console player who still returns every now and again, being excluded from all the new stuff just kinda hurts, especially seeing the Thargoid invasion of Sol that's currently happening. Elite, despite its glaring flaws, just feels special and probably one of the best games in the genre... especially compared to the dumpster fire that's Starfield

[@ChunterGB]

Ah the good old days of hotas and voice command software whilst exploiting passenger missions and listening to the yamiks being "immersed" . Good times.

[@CptMooney]

quasi newtonian physics done right: Give I-War a playthrough.

[@edo7283]

I like how this video starts in serious tone, being all "proffesional", and than as video progresses it switches into memes :D

[@dallyingvirus85gaming79]

Super interesting to see the history of the game, since I only started playing during the lockdown. Does suck that you have stepped back from the game because honestly, I wouldn't have gotten into it if it wasn't for your videos, but I accept your reasoning ( even though I don't entirely agree with it, each to their own...) Hope to see you back soon, even if it is just to be a voice of reason in the void to keep the Devs honest

[@Trueflights]

Heck most of the things that have kept a lot of us playing over the years were the player created content. Things like the Exploration convoys, Fuel Rats, the racing league

[@chessoc7799]

It was the best VR game I have ever seen. I might play it again over xmas I feel the need to go exploring again.

[@quirkyMakes]

Yea I bought the original elite dangerous and I thought it had potential and followed the games development for a while. I even bought the expansions hoping they would be good.......Sadly I haven't touched it in years. well I occasionally open it up to see if it still works but I still see no reason to give them any money. no wonder it sucks still.

[@HCforLife1]

Id doesn't suck actually. I returned back after a two years break. Powerplay 2.0 is really good. Ton of missions to do - both on foot and in space. Incoming colonization. Current sol situation. 4 new ships in a year. Engaging dev team (after changes). Don't know where you were - the past year was definitely one of the best years for elite.

[@jamesp1389]

I really want the colonisation system to be good

[@Andromeda_456]

having played on and off since 2016, i think this year has been the most fun i’ve had with the game. i’m positive about the future which is not something i would have said at any other time really considering how few updates the game has gotten over the years

[@theramentamer]

I bought Elite, way back in the day, before Horizons and put it down for Star Citizen, because SC had faster flight and cooler ships. Years later, now, Star Citizen is still a mess and they've removed the one thing I enjoyed that kept me coming back; fast and nimble flight. So, recently, I've started playing Elite: Dangerous. A lot. As a Star Refugee, I didn't mind shelling out $15 for a Base Model Mandalay. I've paid more for worse. But, I didn't want to fly the Sidewinder, my Eagle had no jump range and I didn't want to save up for a decent ship to make decent sized jumps because that's not the kind of ship I want to play, for the most part. So, I did enjoy just being able to buy it, just so I could travel to the places that I couldn't get to before. If they had released them in game, for credits, at the same time as in the Arx store, I wouldn't have any problems with buying ships. But, that's not how they did it, which kinda sucks. Also, I have to say that I'm fine with abandoning consoles. Consoles can't keep up. They're outdated upon release. Let's not slow down the cars because it makes the horses feel bad. I want a game that simply cannot be played on consoles because of the sheer complexity. However, that would assume that it's the complexity keeping it off of consoles and not the piss-poor optimization. Which is a generous, and inaccurate assumption, on my part.

[@elejelly3986]

Wow, I started to think you forgot about this foundational game for your channel. Well this 1 hr long documentary is here to prove me wrong !

[@TheYamiks]

ummm.. akchkuWuWly : Planetside2 is foundational. Elite came after =}

[@bakzetary3145]

The Thargoid War is kind of a story. It's been a fun ride but as always, grindy. Never bought Odessy, might never will, even when around $10 US, fly in VR mostly! The only way this will ever have legs is if they add some story like missions to keep bringing you back to the game. Otherwise for me it's a once every other year experience because I have done everything I want, with all the ships I want and more cash to buy ships 5 times over!

[@agonyaunt6325]

Just at the start of the video, so excuse me if you bring it up later, but don't forget Egosoft who kept the torch burning during the dark years.

[@pcblues]

Yamiks, you got me onto Elite Dangerous for a few months and a lot of time, and I appreciate it. And now you have got me onto SpaceBourne 2. WHY AM I AN IDIOT??? Actually, I failed 2nd year uni from playing games. You got me back into games, 30 years later :) Thanks!

[@TheYamiks]

eiii that's nice.. thou SpaceBourne2 is .......questionable choice to say the least!

[@bokusatchi3579]

Thanks ! After almost a decade playing ED, I stopped abruptly two years ago, and don't miss it so far ... waiting for Frontier to add some relevant content (that is not CQC, PowerPlay or a crappy FPS mode :)). And don't get me wrong, I would be happy to pay for that, I'm not expecting free contents, just an actual involvement of the editor in the lore of their game. I've been more than active in the various community events, but hauling goods again and again is not what I espected from this experience, if I want to be a trucker, I can also play ETS2 in VR ...

[@in-craig-ible6160]

Thank you The Yamiks.

[@mclaine7342]

Great Vid! Thank you! I stoped playing in 2022. When i heared the music the first seconds of your video, it immediately reminds me back. Elite is great graphic, great sound, atmosphere and ships..but often questionable gameplay, and development, from people not playing their own game and terrible ingame events. I had a good time most of my playtime. With help and tipps from the KZbin Content Creators like Plater, Yamiks, Obsidian Ant, Mini or Down to earth, Astronomy. Elite Dangerous is like an ex girlfriend, who broke with you. You hate her now, but thinking also of good times, makes you smile and sad a little. Maybe someday i will start a new adventure...

[@randomsleepyness]

10 years!?!?!?!?! Oh my gawd

[@balrogz5093]

I enjoy the critical humor

[@maximilian5988]

I would like to explore something new in ED. Not only one base like before the guardians ground base or the Thargoids one. It would be so nice to discover more ruins of lost civilizations here and there around the galaxy! O7

[@JTHundley]

I gave up on Elite a long time ago, but I still had quite some fun in the very repetitive gameplay. The real tragedy of Elite is that the devs don't open it to modding. There are clearly very talented and motivated fans that are still into this game, just imagine the crazy shit the community would make if they had the tools to do it!

[@MiZtErNiCe420]

10 years, wow. i come and go with the grind, every new update brings another grind and if you are behind on the gameplay none of the "new" content is available without another massive grind. I just dont get it, grind over monetisation and they choose grind. I would like to play more but the amount of time you must put in for very little reward is really frustrating. Take the suit upgrade grind for example, there are requirements that you cant trade anything for in return, an example would be manufacturing instructions. I actually returned after seeing a video from the devs about how they changed the engineering aspect to make it easier upgrading and engineering items like suits etc and if thats easier i would hate to see how it was, at least if you had done it at the start you could farm materials using guides on youtube but i think the devs also watched these videos because now if you log out and come straight back the material you want to farm is gone so if you need say 100 manufacturing instructions you must wait for one specific mission being available but that one specific mission spawns 6 or 7 variables of that mission that never gives a reward you need or that cant be easily found or traded for. You collect things on foot that have no purpose other than clogging up your inventory forcing you to create spreadsheets and lists of what you need for what upgrade, where to get it etc. Gaming is supposed to be fun but i feel the devs overcomplicate an already overcomplicated game and that drives away so many players. I might play for a month then come back in 6 months play for a month etc.

[@julbot1]

Sad as it is, it seems selling ships for real money was the right move. We were all ready for the game to go on permanent maintenance mode before, the game was underperforming and it seemed they were just gonna shelve it; but now things are really moving again. The Thargoid War is hitting a major breaking point, Powerplay is actually worth engaging with now, SCO Drives are amazing, the new ships are sweet, engineering is conistent, cheaper, materials are more plentiful, and player driven colonization is coming up. Whether we wanted it or not, the cash shop saved this game from the downward spiral that was sending it directly into the trash.

[@ikwilgeenkanaalzeur]

Hope they pick up support for the consoles again. Liked how it played on ps4, looking around with the motion control in the controller worked pretty cool.

[@GenX80sKid]

25:40 "why the fk a ship needs a spoiler?!" 🤣

[@DrObi0us]

Im only coming back if they remove engineering, meaning im basically never coming back, it is the single worse thing they ever did.

[@petehjr1]

Griefers are the reason why I almost only play in solo made. My first long range trip out to Betelgeuse, which took me like a week of just exploring and scanning, was nearly completely borked by two assholes swooping in after I got all the way back to SOL. Thankfully id sold almost all my scanning stuff just outside of the bubble. I still lost hours of work but it wasn't a week of work.

[@hanswichmann5047]

Well it IS Elite "Dangerous" after all....

[@petehjr1]

@@hanswichmann5047 Yeah you'd think you'd not attack someone who literally cant attack you back in your fully loaded anacondas against a keelback with no weapons. AND get your buddy in on the fun.

[@neonsamurai1348]

Ah Elite Dangerous, a hundred million light years wide, and exactly 0.000000000000001mm deep. I loved the immersiveness of the game, but the grind and their stupid decisions (engineers, faction grind, money making slowing down as you go while costs go up exponentially, etc.) utterly ruined it imho. Meanwhile Star Citizen after 10 years+ of active development, STILL CANT FIGURE OUT THEIR DAMN FLIGHT MODEL.

[@zat-1-fury]

The cobra mk 5 can finally be a new favorite ship for me 😅

[@Folkeregor]

Still more complete than 10 years of Star Citizen! -cries in my CO Nomad-

[@Sava_SRB_97]

I am so lost, I have 211h in game an Anaconda and 300 milion, but idk what to do, what to build... Never did anything AX either. Looking for a group to play powerplay with.

[@hanswichmann5047]

the current trend is taking out last Titan. LOTS of good YT's out there. Get Inara if you don't already have it & head to Sol.. Best $$ in solo. Build a Krait II or Py2 & get in there & fight... It's a blast!!

[@Starbolt-81]

45:30 That right there is where Elite finally lost me and my transition to Star Citizen would be complete.

[@KimaniT]

is this worth getting into as a new player in 2024? Star citizen has turned their back to its backers. Asking for a friend 😅

[@TheYamiks]

Get the base game. 100% as for odyssey.... well.. unless you really want to take part in the "latest & greatest content", you can save money on that one, or wait for a big sale!

[@maksymkucherov9220]

@@TheYamiks both (base and Odyssey) are on sale on EGS.

[@lachlanyork5156]

The distant worlds song took me back...

[@jaredpilbeam6988]

Hurts to say, but the fact that there's no offline mode is why I've sworn off Elite Dangerous. If/When they eventually kill the game I don't want to be blindsided.

[@SabiJD]

I think it's still worth playing in the here and now. I probably won't ever touch it again as I'm on console, but for anyone on PC who hasn't played it, who might like its very particular flow and vibe, I'd still recommend it.

[@jaredpilbeam6988]

@SabiJD I think so if someone has never played it. And of course, I understand that people enjoy the vibe and atmosphere, it's just that for me personally I'd rather break clean from it now than when they decide to shut everything down a la The Crew. Man... heartbreaking to hear what they did to all y'all on console. 07.

[@SabiJD]

​@@jaredpilbeam6988 An offline mode would be ideal, absolutely. But how feasible is it, given it's literally a galactic scale set of combined data points? And what made their lie/'betrayal' about Odyssey on console was just how much I'd supported the game since it appeared on Xbox, initially. I played Frontier as a kid - it was an amazing experience, despite me barely able to make any progress... It just had a sense of magic to it. ED really did make good on the potential of that experience. I still love what Elite was at its most popular and interesting. I was mostly an explorer, and landing on a fast orbiting world right next to a neutron star will probably remain one of my all time gaming highlights. Utterly unique - especially as I'd discovered that system. Or the time I traveled 18K out from the Sol bubble on my first deep sortie. I got to my destination, aaaaaand crashed on touchdown... (it was a 0.05G moon, no less) I didn't feel rage, or even much frustration at all the scan data I lost. It was just kinda funny... given worse conditions I'd landed many times before, it was an endearing reminder that Elite had a bit of Dark Souls in it; mostly, if you screwed up, it was your fault. You did something. Ergo you could learn and improve. I think I may've changed ships (yes, from a Cobra III to a DBX), but either way I let it lie for a day or so, then just headed straight back out again to the same spot. Or the time I took a frikkin' 'deep space miner' Type 9 out beyond the bubble, just because I wanted to mine the rings of a brace of worlds (only one was landable) who were both still within the refuelling atmosphere of their immense star. Just for the experience, just for the visuals and atmosphere. So yeah, I'll love what Elite used to be. But I've never felt so--- I dunno, insulted, spurned, letdown, etc by a game company before. When Odyssey was announced *for consoles as well*, I was immediately looking forward to the moments where I'd touch down and set foot on certain worlds I'd discovered, that had become a part of my 'story' since starting the game. I was fine with consoles lagging behind on the release, but the way they all handled that was just gutless. I feel it was just incompetence of project management - they didn't intend any malice. But intent doesn't really matter when you've announced something is coming to your system, and after many months it becomes clear they're abandoning it. Love Elite at its height, kinda loathe FDev's hierarchy, though.

[@ChrisM541]

Try the original 1984 BBC Micro game...or any of the 8 or 16bit ports. They're all 'offline'.

[@Cicincz]

oh ten years,.. pff i am old,.. anyway thank you for this, it gives me memories of race to elite

[@timsgta]

We would not need a game like Star Citizen if the elite dangerous just had more detailed varied planets with some type of atmosphere to fly through and ship Interiors!

[@planexshifter]

I have turned in multitudes of Star system data

[@planexshifter]

DBX for the win

[@tamtakrkurubakr2523]

Great almanac for past 10 years thanks for it.

[@Kellett781]

I have been here since 2021 and have watched you Yamicks litteraly crap on everything, which is what I come to rely on when it comes to space game reviews. I find that if you hated it and still found a good feature here and there, then I’m probably going to love it.

[@louhodo5761]

Sad fact that even ED only has about, 0.05% of the universe even with anything. Its still more than Star Citizen.

[@HugeGeronimo]

Ah I remember it like it was yesterday... All the promise it had. Now I live a lie. You should have mentioned the LTD Bubble that brought back players for a short time, as Rent Simulator was released err I meant Carriers. It lead to them Nerfing the economy system, making a lot of creators jump ship to SC... I became a Billionaire and mining magnet in one weekend.

[@planexshifter]

lol The Dolphin makes a nice exploration ship too

[@AJZulu]

LOL that Burke reaction for the first time.

[@pulseight8038]

Bought a copy for myself and a friend last week when I tried going back to shit citizen and the game crashes after 3 mins of playing. I firmly believe if they work on ship interiors after colonization they’ll get a huge player base. I’m hooked though.

[@jasonfields9589]

What a rollercoaster decade. Dropping consoles killed almost all goodwill I had towards Frontier.

[@speedy_von_gofast]

Oh my god, I remember the old days when I was overly excited by the early videos of Elite Dangerous. It was the space game of my dreams, the one I had always been searching for! Eventually, I succumbed to the temptation to buy it and joined during the Beta 2 phase, before the official release. The game was absolutely gorgeous back then, and I spent countless hours playing it! I even bought a HOTAS and a TrackIR to be fully immersed in this game! But yeah, after Horizons, this was the moment I truly felt disappointed. Engineering was annoying and tedious, I didn’t care at all about the Thargoids, and the big grind required to be fully equipped with anti-Thargoid weapons was frustrating. Odyssey was the final nail in the coffin that made me quit the game. And the rank grinding was so abysmal that I still don’t have the required rank to buy the Federal Corvette.

[@jesmcdevlin3116]

I miss Elite. But i still have my beloved X4. Please, anyone who reads this, go and try X4. Its on GOG so its even DRM Free and comes with a 30 day refund policy no questions asked! Try it yo-ho style if you must, but please buy it from the devs and not off key-sites. These people put genuine heart and soul into the game and i want to see them soar. I put almost 2K hours into Elite and had such a blast. But i can't support them going down the path of FOMO. Its one thing to offer buyable ships, its become so ubiquitous in this age that its harder to find a company who does not do that sort of crap. But i cannot abide FOMO. Time limited BS is the bane of gaming. We gamers cannot support every game 24/7. It become a job instead of a hobby.

[@MrMagamarc]

The thing i use Multicrew for is afk farming credits while lurking in someones bountyhunting ship.

[@AgyaggalambReloaded]

Do you get bounty vouchers?

[@MrMagamarc]

@@AgyaggalambReloaded You get a percentage of the bounty based on your combat rank credited after the multicrew session ends.

[@spartakos3178]

Started playing on the PS4, left when they dropped consoles.... came back this year for the Mandalay. Enjoying the crap out of it... even the cheesy shooter

[@ShockerPlayZz]

I really enjoyed the video, however I will say the the real money prebuilt ships are not pay to win. It’s more pay to play now and skip the grind for components. There’s no advantage to purchasing these prebuilt ships other than preserving time. The zero rebuy is a nice perk but it’s not gonna make or break a player. If purchasing one of these ships aids in progressing the game in a way that you could not otherwise do then that would be “pay to win.” The only advantage you actually get is skipping the grind for whatever path you want to go down with your ship build and having free rebuy. If they locked progression behind paid content, then that would be another story. Otherwise great video and a fun contrast to the 10 year video FDev put out this morning.

[@TheYamiks]

"pay to skip" is literally the same.. stupid term to fool general audiences/for general audience to justify a bad practice!

[@tat381]

Use the way back machine to find it bet you can find it on there somewhere

[@KaitouKaiju]

Yamiks have you reviewed the new ships yet? I just got back to elite

[@TheYamiks]

nope.. i refuse to engage the Pay-2-win bullshit. reviews are coming...BUT not anytime soon!

[@AgyaggalambReloaded]

@@TheYamiks Can you explain why do you think it's p2w?

[@TheYamiks]

here's everything : kzbin.info/www/bejne/joOok3RprtKbha8

[@JBReefer45]

When they said they have no plans for ship interiors is what caused me to stop playing Elite. The Mandalay.brought me back but it's not keeping me interested for long. Frontier needs to stop over promising and under delivering.

[@shaeleable]

Don't forget the banwaves they did to people who complained about Odyssey at launch

[@karmadyllic]

13:20 Why does DB look like Sad Maxx Hedroom here?

[@cinnamon4183]

elite dangerous mission statement: immmMMEMMMMMMMMEEERRsssion!

[@adyl4fs590]

. Quite beautiful to see the forever missed, never forgotten CMDR Plater. Aye. o7 to all... past, present, departed, o7

[@Richard-wt1mq]

What is the song name at 21:00?

[@TheYamiks]

check description!

[@ai.asakito4102]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmeapGWro7SFjbs

[@DerKaetzer]

Thank you Mr. Stinky-Mouthed Latvian!

[@mtmacy8000]

Seeing this to see when I actually played i realized I played this like a week right after horizons released so almost 10 years ago 😂

[@HCforLife1]

why do I like those old "pew pew lasers" more than ones we have currently? :P

[@bubo1]

John Der. Didn't he make farm vehicles?