Elite Dangerous is really hard to start playing.

Same issues. I wasted $30 too.

I bought it, but found that it would, randomly, uninvert my flight controls, and the only way I could find to fix it was to start the game over from the beginning. After three or four instances of this, I uninstalled it.

I hear it's fun in VR.
I was thinking about getting it from Oculus store, but they list the Commander Deluxe edition for $59.99. Don't really want to spend that much on it.

Docking computer can be a crutch but with bigger ships is kinda a must as they handle like big ships.

It's a stunning visual game but is not THAT hard. Sure there is a ton of content to learn but once you get the basics it's just grind to mastery.

Reading is still > youtubing when it comes to EliteD. Can grasp the content of the explanations of what "this" does to "that" better than listening to some wanker from a foreign land try to 'splain it.

Stick with it and you'll be dogfighting and trading and ranking up in all areas in no time, or at least blasting rocks for profits.

Picked this up. I'm enjoying the atmosphere. I definitely get turned around and haven't fully figured out even basic stuff like traveling. Docking is tough also.

I really suck at spacefighting. Is there a way to do a quick turn or something? I can't seem to get behind people very well and I got destroyed in that advanced training session.

Same thing for me. Played 3 hours about 2 months ago and haven't touched it since.

Go to the Active War systems, find the mining sites in the asteroid belts, wait for the visuals of cops shooting the bad guys, join on their target after you scan the target w/warrant scanner.

ALWAYS wait for cops to shoot 1st and always have an escape targeted to get out of system in case of misfire or stray shot.

War systems have bad guys active in bigger ships (higher value target).

Aggro management is key to the big gunships. Stop shooting and run towards cops if you draw heavy aggro.

Scan every ship in the asteroid belt so even if the bad guys are not engaged you already have the main scan completed for when they eventually do get active. You can make many many millions just camping bands of cops and engaging for a few hits on bandits.

Thanks dick. I goggled dwarf fortress and now my brain hurts from even considering downloading it.

So, still trying to figure out if I should start expanding outwards. I'm doing a lot of transport runs. Trying to get to where I can carry passengers. The Galaxy is so damn expansive and I don't know if I should move out. I also joined the federation since that was the predominant power where I was dropped.

Any hints?