Відео

Elite is my favorite space game that I was able to actually play ! I wish they wouldn’t have abandoned it on consoles ! As I do not have a pc , but I spent hundreds of hours on it and was disappointed when they cancelled further play on ps4 :(

In my opinion they better disable servers all together and stop insulting players.

Thanks for the memories. Loved playing this back on the BBC / Acorn in 84, then again on PC shaded version I think 86. great ending too!. Happy Birthday Elite!

Is there any way to refuel SRVs out in the black?

The different colored engine exhausts trigger my OCD.

First 😅😋

5:30 "shoot somebody" lol haha

And what ship do u actually use for exploration? :) Do u think the mandalay will replace it? Cheers great vid.

Would be awesome if you could get materials as rewards, so you could start with easier ones and upgrade gear for the higher difficulties. I played a lot of CZs for the community goal that gave a huge discount for the Cutter, and that's when I found that surface CZs are actually pretty fun. But since credits isn't really my concern, I kinda stopped doing them.

Thank you for the info

More ships more fighting better teamplay better Coop better Coop better Coop better more story lined missions more space stations more trading and more exotic stuff to trade restored mining and simply more and better everything BUT Exploring enought is enought they caterd to you exploration nerds for over 5 years its boring as shit! 🤮 Also better and more worthwhile passenger missions.

Already have my internals planned out for the explorer build: Size 1: Supercruise Assist, Docking Computer, Surface Scanner Size 2: AFMU or another Planetary Vehicle Hangar Size 3: Operations Limpet Controller, Cargo Rack Size 4: Planetary Vehicle Hangar, Shield Generator Size 5: Guardian FSD Booster Size 6: Fuel Scoop I know some will fault me for not having 2 size 4 hangars... but I'm very careful with my SRVs and I think 2 would be plenty for most trips for me.

How about PS4 state?

I like the single weapon use. The thermal weapons ainst so bad when stability and magazine size is on it. Shotgun ofcourse, havent really tried rocket launcher. The thermal is good because you can take down like 6 npc shields before you have to reload, team will mow them down. 1 downside tho is the flying time with the dropship. Need the right system with max 1kls or so?

2 rocket launchers with extended clip and stowed reloading can steam roll combat zones.

rocket launcher does look kinda sucky, not gonna bother with that one i gues

That's so sad

Hi, What is the skin of this anaconda?

Funny how exploration (my very first activity) in the game can differ between player. To me, seeing just below is useless. Left and Right very low to look for things is very important (which the Mandalay isn't very good at). The jump range of my ship isn't that important as 40-50 is far enough. Resisting to my piloting mistakes is important. Being able to find ground "anomalies" is important. My hope is that it goes as far as my Krait Phantom but without guardian module. Thanks for the enthusiastic video ^^

Dude! Whole heartedly agree on this breakdown. Especially the one red flag. It was huh moment for me too. That the ONLY red flag and I can't wait to get this ship. I will gladly send money their way to help encourage this version of Frontier to continue. Thanks for the video and your views. Fly safe out there, CMDR o7

When it come's to exploring, it's true a lnger jump range does shorten the time. But speed as it most often accepted to be isn't to the N-th degree, an important part of exploring. Speed can be utilized using semantic to be different, meaning's. Just as the shortest way between to point's isn't alway's the fastest. One can do the math, which I haven't. But how much difference would there be in weight, having one less srv and replacing it with at least one fighter bay?

Looks like a combat ship, flies like a combat ship ... it's a combat ship! 😄 Frontier can't tell me what to do! 😆

You mentioned the Krait (MKII) has a fighter bay.... but alas the Phantom has not. So really the only mainstream exploration ship which can have their own exploration SLFs are large ones. I am so hyped for Ascendancy!

Incredible episode Ex!

I found scooping to be much more challenging than landing on a planet. Nonetheless, this was a brilliant introduction to exploration. Thank you.

I haven’t played surviving mars in a while myself but if i remember correctly the research for the upgraded moisture vaporization building isn’t a automatic upgrade you need to apply it too the buildings itself for a small amount of resources. Make sure you don’t forget that and assume you get that automatically

you could carry 6 SRVs in the thing, not 3 (incl class 6 fuel scoop and class 5 fsd booster, 2 AFMUs, DSS and SCA) - I suppose you arrived at "3 SRVs" when building it with cargo space and a limpet controller. also the "smoothest SCO"-flight might come in handy, next to the fuel efficiency

I've played ED since launch on and off, but never really been out exploring, I even restarted my chr a couple of times. I've recently come back to the game to try it out again, got my asp explorer, but not kitted out good... Now this ship looks awesome. Will you be doing a video on how to kit it out for exploring for beginners to intermediate level - I'd love to actually leave the bubble and wonder off into the black later this year when this is released. I'm even thinking of spending some arx to get this.

shut up and take my arcs!!..lol i use a dbx for my explorer, nice lil ship, great jump range ..terrible fuel scoop!!, so for me , ill be grabbing one as soon as its available

no fighter bay, its like going on a date and she doesnt show up. yeah your alone n heartbroken. . . . what i dont like is the optionals, not enough for me, that will make Conda still the better choice! you want srvs longe away from home? Conda Holds as many as you care to bring. Mandy will hold just enough. will Mandy replace the great Conda? only as a taxi it may sting the DBX a lil in range but it wont replace Phantom Asp X or the great Conda.

Thank you Commander Explorcist 😉

Kinda a strange update name that’s focusing on power play and a new ship.

Compare it to a phantom which is already better than an asp. The only 5 slot is for your fsd booster so there goes your AFMU. The phantom comes with 7 power plant and distributor, 6 thrusters and sensors. The mandalay are all 5s. If I were to trade in my phantom for this new ship I wouldn't be able to move all my modules over. There isn't room for what I already have so it would be a downgrade. It's pretty and I like the new floor window, but as an explorer it isn't as good as a phantom. Exploration isn't about max jump range, that's just called travelling. It looks like a new mat farmer and bubble jumper but without AFMU's and repair limpits your trip out to the black won't be for the long haul.

Saw video title and wondered who you were interviewing 🤣(sorry mate). I had a feeling you would be hurt by the lack of the SLF but I suspect the Mandalay would look great in any of your exploration videos. Having hung out in the Bubble for almost 3 years, the void is calling and an ARX purchase plus engineering will happen in short order to go roam the galaxy in style.

Daaaaaam thats lazy af 😂😂😂. Maybe you shoud do something else.

Can't wait to make this my everyday ship. Might even take up exploring finally heh

My only sadness: As best I can tell, this thing all but completely edges out the use of a Krait Phantom, right? At least the DBX still gets to claim being small for squeezing into tricky landing spots around Guardian sites or the like, while Anacondas can theoretically be a 'bring everything, jump far'... but the AspX? Phantom? I think they just became stepping stones, which is a strange thought.

Mandalay arrives on my 60th birthday - guess I get a present to buy myself!

Pretty sure the Mandalay is the fighter.

That's a hard buy for me. And I'm not a hardcore explorer to start with. But I do know that when I'll feel the need to scratch that itch, it'll do it wonderfully.

I am not convinced of the great view yet. And as a VR Explorer view is absolutely everything for me. Everything else has to follow the view. The bottom window beneath the legs ist nothig i would compare with what lacon is doing. And honestly i will not get all optional slots filled. Might be i will stay with the asp. The mandalay is nice on paper. But there have to be drawbacks. An I fear view is one of them.

Hey dude! I would call the view in the Mandalay... ok vs. great. Cheek windows looking from pilot to over the pilots hands in the floor would get me to say "yeah.. that looks like a great view!"

So does the mandalay have any downsides or is it just better than everything else for exploration? I guess hardpoints is meant to be the downside?

Class 6 for fuel scoop, Class 5 for FSD booster, Class 4 for Shield. A few 0E Shield boosters fix its low power. About the fighter bay - thanks to its absence the ship will have a smaller landing footprint

Would be nice if the srv bay could manufacture replacement srvs if they get destroyed

For me the size 6 will be fuel scoop and size 5 will be guardian fsd booster

As someone who also thinks of themselves as an explorer and hasn't touched his AspX in years (fond memories, though) and hates/refuses to take an Anaconda out into the black, the one thing I have YET to hear them talk about is its thermals. I could care less if it goes 100LY in a single jump. I'm not exploring to get anywhere fast. I don't dislike large jump ranges... but if I can get a ship to about 40LY I'll explore in it, and if I can get it to 60LY I consider it ideal. What I care FAR more about are the thermals, and that's why even though I have 10 fully engineered exploration ships... the Dolphin is the one I take out 90% of the time. That sucker can already outrun a jumpaconda just by scoop-jumping, plus it handles better and has a great landing footprint for exobio. I'll definitely own one of these, but as of yet I'm unconvinced that it will replace my true Dolphin exploration love.

With the supposed speed, and foot window, does it really need a fighter bay?

Beside the nice look, it's sad that they made the Mandalay an nobrainer. Theres no single thought for the build needed. Every single build will nearly look the same.

I don't think the ship needs a fighter bay due to it's increased agility and the window at your feet, allowing you to see the planet below you.