Elite: Dangerous is now officially out, getting the head start over Star Citizen and plunging PC gaming back into the hay-days of space simulators. I’ve been wrestling with the download client for a few days now and can finally hop into my very own spaceship to explore the game’s vast universe, and it seems like I should getting cracking too, since Frontier is paying dedicated players quite handsomely.
Elite: Dangerous features three pillars of gameplay that you can master throughout your journey. These breakdown into Combat, Trade and Exploration, with the most dedicated players able to achieve Elite status in each. There’s a ton of game time that goes into achieving just one Elite rank, nevermind nabbing all three.
But Frontier wants to pit all of Elite’s players against each other, offering a massive £10,000 (that’s sterling son!) to the first player who manages to achieve an Elite rank in all three disciplines. A £1 000 reward will also be handed out to the three players who become the first to Elite in each of the respective trees. Frontier will monitor the games carefully, making sure each run began with a clean save and stayed consistently on Open Play multiplayer mode.
- Elite in combat – £1000 or $1500 or €1200
- Elite in exploration – £1000 or $1500 or €1200
- Elite in trading – £1000 or $1500 or €1200
- Elite in all three – £10,000 or $15,000 or €12,000
There’s no time limit on the competition, and from what I’ve read it seems like this will be a contest only resolved in the next few months. I can’t imagine how many hours playing time are required to even get close to a Triple Elite ranking, and some of the game’s community are already questioning the decision to encourage players to rush through the game’s massive amount of content.
Personally, I wonder how many people will actually actively pursue this over the next few months. I mean, what happens if another player beats you just a day or so in advance after months of grinding?
Last Updated: December 18, 2014
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 08:33
I’m not sure how I feel about this…
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:07
I think it’s going to create a lot of people just rushing through something that needs to be enjoyed. It’s vast space, exploring and such should be key, not a race to XP gains. But it could just be me.
Baz
December 18, 2014 at 11:58
How folk decide to play the game which they purchased is entirely up to them. Some folk take the slow route – some like to rush through it 🙂
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 08:34
On the days of Christmas, Lazygamer gave to us:
12 Hammer upvotes
11 Llewellyn rants
10 Rince LeSighs
9 elfroot picked by oVg
8 Brenda trollings
7 hours of sleep lost from Geoff
6 JJ make up attemps
5 hipster phrases from Zoe
4 million randelas for Gavin
3 weird Umar games
2 porra interns
and an Admiral with a spelling OCD problem
Hammersteyn
December 18, 2014 at 08:39
I click and click but it still counts as one.
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:07
LOL
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 08:41
I wanted to include Trev in the song, but he has his #ForeverSP mojo going on, don’t want to interfere
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:02
Should have ended with a “And a Trevor who’s #ForeverSP”
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 09:03
LOL, that would have been funnier yes
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:04
huehuehue
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 09:07
Fixed
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:07
Ah excellent.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 18, 2014 at 09:24
He should have made you no.7. ;P
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:24
FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:26
LOL
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 09:47
LOOOOOOOOL
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:01
HAVE ALL THE UPVOTES!
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:09
Make-up attempts?!
I never attempt. I only succeed.
Though in this case, it’s natural. 😉
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:21
bwhahahahahaha
Quo Vadis?
December 18, 2014 at 09:18
ok, ‘fess up… who wrote this and why are you using the Admiral’s handle? XD
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:26
I know! This kind of creativity CANNOT be from a robot grammar correction machine.
Quo Vadis?
December 18, 2014 at 09:38
DEFFO not!
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 18, 2014 at 09:23
No.1 woohoo! Wait…
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 18, 2014 at 08:41
There’ll be plenty going after it. It’s a lot of money.
And if I can wear my tinfoil hat for a moment, it’s also a nice way to make people not look very closely at what’s going on around them.
Admiral Chief Octacore
December 18, 2014 at 08:42
Astute observation there Trev. Good point
Captain JJ the engaged
December 18, 2014 at 09:10
I also think there are going to be a lot of people going aapkak over this. Losing sleep, not eating, dying behind their screens. You know, things us gamers do.
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 18, 2014 at 09:01
Wow
Quo Vadis?
December 18, 2014 at 09:21
”Serious hardcore gamers only need apply” should have been added. Guess casuals like me can only dream about moolah for doing something enjoyable like that 😉
Eric
December 18, 2014 at 09:24
Never underestimate the dedication of an ex-WoW player. Someone will do it in under a month.
Reid
December 18, 2014 at 09:31
I would never have enough time for something like this. Expect the winner to come from some Asian gaming sweatshop. That’s what they are setting this up to be. Still a nice idea and reward.
MrBlueman001
December 18, 2014 at 10:24
Ranks is not equal to content. Actually, I would say that it has very little to do with it at all.