@@dannymeeusen y use auto-dock though? Especially if you have flight assist on, what even is the point? It's extremely inefficient and takes a long time.
@@somberflight I'm lazy and take said time to do other things while I tab out of ED, I do the same whenever I have to super cruise 30+ mins to somewhere I want to go
I tried using it for the type-9 heavy and that was a horrible idea. It scraped the bottom of the ship the entire way through the entrance basically every time.
I was tempted to buy an auto dock for my Beluga Liner at first, very glad I did not. I can now park the big guy flawlessly even while boosting thru the station in under 30 seconds. It's actually the most fun I have in this game right now.
the autodock bumps the beluga liner on the head every single time anyways. the beluga liner was the worst investment I've ever had in the game, ended up selling it.
Just got into power play yesterday and I have watched sooo many vids for advise. This one and another I saw yesterday was by far the most informative. Keep the knowledge going bud. Liked & Subbed :)
This is a great overview. I've just got into Elite after installing a couple of months ago, and never really got going. I'm taking a bit of a break from Star Citizen at the moment, so I'm diving in. I used to do a lot of faction warfare in EVE years ago before I left, and I wanted to do something a bit more consequential in Elite above the usual trading, bounties etc. By far the best summary of PP 1.0 I've found, nice job mate! o7
It's not that you aren't aligned properly "in the middle," as you say. It's actually your current momentum isn't aligned with that vector yet. You can see this by the particles flying by you.
First video of yours I'm watching. I just wanna say that the pitch of your voice and accent contribute to you sounding like you belong here. Well, here as in, commander in space. Very fitting.
stevenrempel it’s crazy how much has changed, I’m glad I hopped back into E:D haven’t done any planetary landing yet but I’m pretty stoked to see how much more the game will grow.
If you don't know where the middle of you're craft is turn on the "centre screen dot" it stays active even when the canopy is blown out, should help greatly, o7
Just pledged myself to Archon Delaine... I'm not the most comfortable siding with a pirate king, but Cytoscramblers seem like a powerful reward... and who knows, maybe I will enjoy serving as a pirate myself.
I do not understand this at all but I'm trying to learn. I've watched your video but I'm still none the wiser, that's not a negative on your part, it's me. What I've done so far is tried the expansion part with Aisling, I have the Prismatic shields, but I just don't understand what I have to do. I've followed your guidance but nothing seems to happen and there's no clear level of the amount of expansion papers I need to deliver. This morning I purchased 400 units and delivered them to a station in 1 system, 50 at a time but then, when I went back to the first station to off load the last 50 that was left over, the counter still showed as just 50 units out of 400,000, an example figure as it was around this figure. I don't know what the target goal is or what I'm supposed to do. I'm confused, very confused. I've spent so many credits, it's as if I'm spending my credits on these expansion packs to pay for the Prismatic shields. Cmdr Plater, can you assist in a child like manner please? Thank you.
I laughed way too hard at the autopilot landing. Imagine parking and 4 percent of your car falls off. Well I guess thats basically gasoline but you get the idea.
Wish I had seen this video before I played with power play. Ended up pledging with a opposition faction and didn't realise the system authorities would turn on me. Just lost everything and now back in a sidewinder :'(
i just aligned with a PP faction - first time, i can not load anything into my cargo , yes i have the cargo space, is it because im 10 in the red with this faction ? it says something like pick up here , deliver there, but i cant pick up here and everything im trying to search up is no help
The big problem with powerplay is that commanders can participate in pg and solo modes. I was right into powerplay for a while but being undermined without the ability to defend systems is demoralising and basically destroyed powerplay (and bgs as well) for me.
Its a bit of crap argument regarding solo and pg for a couple of reasons. Instancing to start with, you can be in the same system at the same time and never see another soul. The second point is time zones/play times, chances are you are being undermined when you aren't playing or even awake, you cannot fight when your opponent is it in the same place at the same time. The third thing to consider is that some people have poor Internet connections and the best way for them to not effect others gameplay and be able to enjoy there own is to play in solo or a pg, they should not be punished for that.
@@CMDRPLATER I'm sure you know that powerplay is undertaken by player groups that span multiple timezones with a fair bit of organization involved. No individual commander is going to make a significant impact on the outcomes or future of a superpower so while instancing and multiple timezones are an issue for any one individual, it becomes much less so on the larger scale. I was heavily involved in powerplay during which time we were targeted in solo/pg several times by a rival group (we had an open only rule). It was demoralising watching system after system fall after months of hard work and there was nothing we could do about it because we couldn't intercept and engage with the underminers. What I and others are saying is that commanders can powerplay in solo/pg and it will unlock modules and earn them weekly credits but their fortification, undermining, etc. should not count toward the outcome of the weekly cycle. Otherwise what should be a turf war becomes nothing but a bunch of commanders that will never ever cross paths just trying to out grind each other. What's the point of that? I can attest to this after several years of participating in powerplay and experiencing the futility of trying to compete in a game mechanic that necessarily requires you to try to stop opposing groups from undermining your systems while allowing that same group to do so while completely invisible to you.
"Elite Dangerous is all about time spent, money made." No! It's about enjoying the journey and immersing yourself in space life. I get that many play it for the time spent money made reason, but I just don't get it. There's no fulfilment in that for me.
Very helpful and thank you. Though I did have to shut it off after the 14 minute mark. I can't take that boomy club music. This will still help though.
im very confused, so say my home base is in beagle 2 landing. and I join a power, well once I leave the fire zone and say beagle 2 landing isn't in the power im joined aka "the bubble" with and everyone else is, then will I be constantly attacked every single time I get scanned? or am I looking at this completely wrong
I heard that you could pay for merit points but I'm not sure how to do it because I would just much rather pay for it especially to affect my Explorer rank because I signed up with li how do I get to the screen to pay for merit points if it's possible.
The thing you can pay for is rank for factions, like the Empire, the Federation, or the Alliance. You can't buy the ranks for combat, exploration or trade, those are given out by the Pilot's Federation, and are seen across known space as a mark of distinction in the fields they represent. The Pilot's Federation will never give out awards such as Elite Combat rank to anyone who hasn't earned it because they rely on their integrity to maintain control of pretty much everything to do with modern space travel.
Question: I have about 1150 merits right now; at the end of this power cycle coming up, will I have enough to get to level 3 or do I need over 1500? Great videos!
Just what I was looking for, thanks Commander Plater, nice tutorial. Do I need to have 'Horizons' installed to do Power Plays. Just got normal and Arena at the moment (X-box 360)
I noticed this was 4 months ago so I'm guessing you might've figured it out, but you do not need horizons dlc to join a faction, but it does add more missions and locations to work from. Hope this helps
+Johnson Chan no penalty really unless you defect which if you do you will be hunted for a week by the faction you just left, which is annoying but nothing you shouldn't be able to handle.
Ok this is an awesome video, thanks for taking the time to explain Power Play! So once I pledge, do I keep the special weapons even if I leave that power?
Was wondering if u could do or if u have done a hud tutorial video on all the things that appear in cockpit etc,I have watched a couple but they seem to leave things out...like the 5 lines under your ship that change with different status effects I assume or those 2 blue and one red little picket fence looking icons etc..any help would be appreciated thanks
okay so I'm guessing that you can go make your bones with one faction, get your hardware bonus... drop that faction and find another with a secret toy surprise inside and wash, rinse, repeat.
3+ years later and Power Play is still as boring and pointless as ever. 😐 I'm waiting my 4 weeks... again.... for size 8 Prismatics, will also stock up on a bunch of other sizes before defecting to a different power just for their moderately interesting patience prize. I like the IDEA of a power struggle within the bubble, but like many things Frontier create, they've done it in the most soul-crushing and uninteresting way imaginable.
Auto dock is far from perfect though. Should always have shields on it's dumb to not. I don't leave my game till I'm docked. I used auto dock on my Krait mk2 once while I went to take a leak. My ship got destroyed cause the stupid computer wanted to play bumper cars with the star port. YES Auto Dock was in. But it is far from perfect don't leave till your on the ground. 5 million credit rebuy bill on top of the bounty I had to pay for hitting the port 25k
So essentially, im just one player that try to change the galaxy... and therefore change nothing if you're alone. Even if im the best, or you're the best... it for nothing. Wow. Just wow. What a waste of time.
@@diro9655 what i mean is, whatever my effort is, nothing change since im just one man. I would prefer a private universe that you can influence everything without the assistance of other. I like being with good person and this community is full of them, but i feel like my effort are wasted since there are 2 000 000 other people against or with me. I just feel that im worthless in this mode.
@@clapointe151 bro just look at the the power play bubble in the video and now. It has blown up! Yeah an individual in a galaxy is insignificant. The game does a good job of pointing that out. However together that number has more than tripled since the time of this video.
Why did they make a game That is so bad at explaining everything, and requires several third-party systems and applications to get along in the galaxy? Rhetorical, I’m just bitching .
![Powerplay is Terrible [Elite Dangerous]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2r1kP685FdU/mqdefault.jpg)
"I use the auto-dock due to not having shields so a bump can be costly."
Auto Dock: " Hold my beer."
LOL
My auto-dock loves dragging my belly through the slot as I wince in pain...
@@dannymeeusen y use auto-dock though? Especially if you have flight assist on, what even is the point? It's extremely inefficient and takes a long time.
@@somberflight I'm lazy and take said time to do other things while I tab out of ED, I do the same whenever I have to super cruise 30+ mins to somewhere I want to go
Luis Osorio doing this now. .21ly away
I tried using it for the type-9 heavy and that was a horrible idea. It scraped the bottom of the ship the entire way through the entrance basically every time.
Forever online advising Commanders. Thanks for all your help thru the years , God Bless.
We need to build a giant space wall
And get the Thargoids to pay for it!
AND THE COMMANDERS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT!
I love how you're doing fed stuff in a gutamaya.
+Nowyn only seemed fair as I ranked up in the empire flying a corvette!
Auto-dock allows for pee break
I was tempted to buy an auto dock for my Beluga Liner at first, very glad I did not. I can now park the big guy flawlessly even while boosting thru the station in under 30 seconds. It's actually the most fun I have in this game right now.
the autodock bumps the beluga liner on the head every single time anyways. the beluga liner was the worst investment I've ever had in the game, ended up selling it.
Just got into power play yesterday and I have watched sooo many vids for advise. This one and another I saw yesterday was by far the most informative. Keep the knowledge going bud. Liked & Subbed :)
Dude, you have an epic voice. Thanks for the video, it was very informative.
+Etamar Gev thank you! I'm going to be doing a series on basics after 2.2 drops so stay tuned!
I can just see him doing Elite Dangerous RP ASMR with that voice....lol.
This is a great overview. I've just got into Elite after installing a couple of months ago, and never really got going. I'm taking a bit of a break from Star Citizen at the moment, so I'm diving in. I used to do a lot of faction warfare in EVE years ago before I left, and I wanted to do something a bit more consequential in Elite above the usual trading, bounties etc. By far the best summary of PP 1.0 I've found, nice job mate! o7
It's not that you aren't aligned properly "in the middle," as you say. It's actually your current momentum isn't aligned with that vector yet. You can see this by the particles flying by you.
Wow I was so freaking lost on how to use power play didn't know where to go with cargo lol thanks mate.
Really great video! Insanely informative, you've just got a new sub lad!
ngl power play acctually looks like a fun side gig i could do, thx for the info
My team serve the Queen A Duval were coming for you lol. In our cutters too lol
Praise Aisling Duval and the Empire! May slavery be abolished and a brighter future begin for all!
First video of yours I'm watching. I just wanna say that the pitch of your voice and accent contribute to you sounding like you belong here. Well, here as in, commander in space. Very fitting.
Why fit a fuelscoop if you are going to deliver cargo nearby? Could fit another cargo rack instead.
Fantastic video! Thank you for teaching me more good info about the game. Any chance you could revisit this topic in 2021?
thanks for the vid, nice for players new and old, just returning to this game after over two years of absence. Fly dangerous CMDR o7
stevenrempel it’s crazy how much has changed, I’m glad I hopped back into E:D haven’t done any planetary landing yet but I’m pretty stoked to see how much more the game will grow.
If you don't know where the middle of you're craft is turn on the "centre screen dot" it stays active even when the canopy is blown out, should help greatly, o7
Is this for PC only Michael ?
Just pledged myself to Archon Delaine... I'm not the most comfortable siding with a pirate king, but Cytoscramblers seem like a powerful reward... and who knows, maybe I will enjoy serving as a pirate myself.
Still watching this 4 years later 💯 2021
Wonderful easy to understand power play explaination
Great video dude. I love how your docking computer set your ships down and damaged the hull slightly lmfao.
I do not understand this at all but I'm trying to learn. I've watched your video but I'm still none the wiser, that's not a negative on your part, it's me.
What I've done so far is tried the expansion part with Aisling, I have the Prismatic shields, but I just don't understand what I have to do. I've followed your guidance but nothing seems to happen and there's no clear level of the amount of expansion papers I need to deliver.
This morning I purchased 400 units and delivered them to a station in 1 system, 50 at a time but then, when I went back to the first station to off load the last 50 that was left over, the counter still showed as just 50 units out of 400,000, an example figure as it was around this figure. I don't know what the target goal is or what I'm supposed to do. I'm confused, very confused.
I've spent so many credits, it's as if I'm spending my credits on these expansion packs to pay for the Prismatic shields.
Cmdr Plater, can you assist in a child like manner please?
Thank you.
At 8mil now with a type 6. At the crossroads for this game. Thanks for the info.
Stephen Bailey it’s type 9 time you know it
I laughed way too hard at the autopilot landing. Imagine parking and 4 percent of your car falls off. Well I guess thats basically gasoline but you get the idea.
Was lookin for this cuz iv never gotten into power play but wanted to start trying more things
THE EMPIRE WILL DESTROY ALL NON BELIEVERS!
If you have problems with FSD not aligning, throttle back and then back up.
Wish I had seen this video before I played with power play. Ended up pledging with a opposition faction and didn't realise the system authorities would turn on me. Just lost everything and now back in a sidewinder :'(
What’s an unclaimed weekly bonus?
i just aligned with a PP faction - first time, i can not load anything into my cargo , yes i have the cargo space, is it because im 10 in the red with this faction ?
it says something like pick up here , deliver there, but i cant pick up here
and everything im trying to search up is no help
The big problem with powerplay is that commanders can participate in pg and solo modes. I was right into powerplay for a while but being undermined without the ability to defend systems is demoralising and basically destroyed powerplay (and bgs as well) for me.
Its a bit of crap argument regarding solo and pg for a couple of reasons. Instancing to start with, you can be in the same system at the same time and never see another soul. The second point is time zones/play times, chances are you are being undermined when you aren't playing or even awake, you cannot fight when your opponent is it in the same place at the same time. The third thing to consider is that some people have poor Internet connections and the best way for them to not effect others gameplay and be able to enjoy there own is to play in solo or a pg, they should not be punished for that.
@@CMDRPLATER I'm sure you know that powerplay is undertaken by player groups that span multiple timezones with a fair bit of organization involved. No individual commander is going to make a significant impact on the outcomes or future of a superpower so while instancing and multiple timezones are an issue for any one individual, it becomes much less so on the larger scale. I was heavily involved in powerplay during which time we were targeted in solo/pg several times by a rival group (we had an open only rule). It was demoralising watching system after system fall after months of hard work and there was nothing we could do about it because we couldn't intercept and engage with the underminers.
What I and others are saying is that commanders can powerplay in solo/pg and it will unlock modules and earn them weekly credits but their fortification, undermining, etc. should not count toward the outcome of the weekly cycle. Otherwise what should be a turf war becomes nothing but a bunch of commanders that will never ever cross paths just trying to out grind each other. What's the point of that? I can attest to this after several years of participating in powerplay and experiencing the futility of trying to compete in a game mechanic that necessarily requires you to try to stop opposing groups from undermining your systems while allowing that same group to do so while completely invisible to you.
are the home systems the only place I can pick up the supples (spies ect)?
"Elite Dangerous is all about time spent, money made." No! It's about enjoying the journey and immersing yourself in space life. I get that many play it for the time spent money made reason, but I just don't get it. There's no fulfilment in that for me.
I agree. Playing a game to say “I get more imaginary money faster than you” is SUPER lame.
How do you collect your weekly payout?
Very helpful and thank you.
Though I did have to shut it off after the 14 minute mark. I can't take that boomy club music. This will still help though.
William Napier boomy? It was a pretty tight synth and 4/4 kick drum pattern.
@@brkbtjunkie i have a sensitivity to sound. Different experience for everyone. Boomy for me
For the empire
No mention of where to turn in merits.
im very confused, so say my home base is in beagle 2 landing. and I join a power, well once I leave the fire zone and say beagle 2 landing isn't in the power im joined aka "the bubble" with and everyone else is, then will I be constantly attacked every single time I get scanned? or am I looking at this completely wrong
Auto-dock has slammed more times against the station than I have on my own learning to FA Off
I heard that you could pay for merit points but I'm not sure how to do it because I would just much rather pay for it especially to affect my Explorer rank because I signed up with li how do I get to the screen to pay for merit points if it's possible.
The thing you can pay for is rank for factions, like the Empire, the Federation, or the Alliance. You can't buy the ranks for combat, exploration or trade, those are given out by the Pilot's Federation, and are seen across known space as a mark of distinction in the fields they represent. The Pilot's Federation will never give out awards such as Elite Combat rank to anyone who hasn't earned it because they rely on their integrity to maintain control of pretty much everything to do with modern space travel.
You can simply buy ranks??
Question: I have about 1150 merits right now; at the end of this power cycle coming up, will I have enough to get to level 3 or do I need over 1500? Great videos!
Just what I was looking for, thanks Commander Plater, nice tutorial. Do I need to have 'Horizons' installed to do Power Plays. Just got normal and Arena at the moment (X-box 360)
I noticed this was 4 months ago so I'm guessing you might've figured it out, but you do not need horizons dlc to join a faction, but it does add more missions and locations to work from. Hope this helps
:) ive had my cutter 2 weeks and its still basic more or less with no auto dock.... it is easy really
Can I get the prismatic shield generator and then leave her for another power? Would there be a penalty for that.
+Johnson Chan no penalty really unless you defect which if you do you will be hunted for a week by the faction you just left, which is annoying but nothing you shouldn't be able to handle.
Ok this is an awesome video, thanks for taking the time to explain Power Play!
So once I pledge, do I keep the special weapons even if I leave that power?
+Kenneth D. Aston Jr. You do get to keep them, with module storage this is pretty handy!
Was wondering if u could do or if u have done a hud tutorial video on all the things that appear in cockpit etc,I have watched a couple but they seem to leave things out...like the 5 lines under your ship that change with different status effects I assume or those 2 blue and one red little picket fence looking icons etc..any help would be appreciated thanks
Thank you so much for this video, it being 2017 now tho, has any of this changed?
Kyle Gregson there is another faction now called Yuri Grom but principles stay the same
Did they even attempt to rebalance the rewards, or is it still Prism Shields > Imperial Hammers > Fuck off Power Play? lol
thanks... was helpfull Plater! :)
Power play could be expanded.
And should
I wonder if you can kill a power....
Will I still be able to but ships from other factions if I join the Federation?
Yes...
Hearing a British guy explain a choke for a shotgun gives me hope...
We hate guns and think people who like them are idiots. No offence.
@@mdaniels6311 lucky for you, I've deployed with a few Brits that don't hate guns and use them to protect you. Thank one next time you see them 😊
If I pledge allegiance to Edmund Mahon will I lose the Sol permit?
Nope, permits stay.
@@CMDRPLATER Alright cheers, now I can play a wanted runaway in the solar system 😁
Once you got the power cargo to drop of to the right system,how did you know wich spaceport to go to ???
I'm aligned to Zachary Hudson because the current zeitgeist doesn't like the demographic he belongs to.
okay so I'm guessing that you can go make your bones with one faction, get your hardware bonus... drop that faction and find another with a secret toy surprise inside and wash, rinse, repeat.
SPACE FORCE BABY
But how do I get pledged?
by now you probably found out but... from your right screen find power play screen, pick your side and hit pledge button at the bottom of the screen.
what is the musiche used?
the blue danube by Johann Strauss II
I died while taking a piss break during a super cruise assist the other day. Never been more upset. Had cargo worth 7 mil in me lil space bocket
Why would you step away when you are supercrusing????
take a shot game: take a shot every time he says Uhm...
Virgil we'll die
Wayyyy too fast at 10:48... Didn't see or understand a word.
You sound like Jeremy from Peep Show lol
I thought zachary hudson was in the empire because of his emblem
Nope he's the president of the federation
Yuri Grom is the 11th power
3+ years later and Power Play is still as boring and pointless as ever. 😐 I'm waiting my 4 weeks... again.... for size 8 Prismatics, will also stock up on a bunch of other sizes before defecting to a different power just for their moderately interesting patience prize. I like the IDEA of a power struggle within the bubble, but like many things Frontier create, they've done it in the most soul-crushing and uninteresting way imaginable.
Auto dock is far from perfect though. Should always have shields on it's dumb to not. I don't leave my game till I'm docked. I used auto dock on my Krait mk2 once while I went to take a leak. My ship got destroyed cause the stupid computer wanted to play bumper cars with the star port. YES Auto Dock was in. But it is far from perfect don't leave till your on the ground. 5 million credit rebuy bill on top of the bounty I had to pay for hitting the port 25k
sounds like you speak to fast on the important parts otherwise nice man
Dan Walker that’s false. Your ears hear to slowly.
So essentially, im just one player that try to change the galaxy... and therefore change nothing if you're alone.
Even if im the best, or you're the best... it for nothing. Wow. Just wow. What a waste of time.
?
@@diro9655 what i mean is, whatever my effort is, nothing change since im just one man.
I would prefer a private universe that you can influence everything without the assistance of other. I like being with good person and this community is full of them, but i feel like my effort are wasted since there are 2 000 000 other people against or with me. I just feel that im worthless in this mode.
@@clapointe151 bro just look at the the power play bubble in the video and now. It has blown up! Yeah an individual in a galaxy is insignificant. The game does a good job of pointing that out. However together that number has more than tripled since the time of this video.
But who is spaaaaaaaaaccccceeeeee trump?
"If you like that Donald Trump style of government", well fuck yea I do!
Elite dangerous is alwasy timemoney made... What a bad statment.
WAFFLER
Why did they make a game That is so bad at explaining everything, and requires several third-party systems and applications to get along in the galaxy?
Rhetorical, I’m just bitching .