I've not played Elite since February. I left on the Distant Worlds II expedition and by about the time I got near Sag A I just couldn't muster the strength to do the new exploration scanning mini-game any longer. I love that they made exploration more interactive but I don't like how the new mechanic completely takes you away from flying the ship. It feels so detached from the actual game, and after the 1000th time it really just started to grate on me. To the effect of me taking a five month break from the game.
I'll start playing again in the fall, but when I do I'm going to stop exploring and make blasting asteroids my main career now. Maybe I'll go mining out in deep space around one of those nebula asteroid bases, combine mining and light exploration together.
One things for certain, the game hasn't progressed much at all this year. It really feels like Frontier has put Elite into maintenance mode for now.
I'll start playing again in the fall, but when I do I'm going to stop exploring and make blasting asteroids my main career now. Maybe I'll go mining out in deep space around one of those nebula asteroid bases, combine mining and light exploration together.
One things for certain, the game hasn't progressed much at all this year. It really feels like Frontier has put Elite into maintenance mode for now.