Elite Dangerous Tips for New Players | Friendship Drive Guides

Welcome to all new CMDRs! If you're looking for some Elite: Dangerous tips and tricks, here are a few that I've collected over the years. In this video I've covered ship rebuy, fuel scoops, a little bit about making money in Elite, an introduction to some community tools, and more.

In the next videos I'll be doing a basic guide to ships and some basic flight tips as well.

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Music throughout provided by Epidemic Sound.
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[PsychePlayed]

Welcome to all the new CMDRs! This video contains just a few basic tips for getting started, but I realised while editing that there were a ton more I wanted to mention so I may have to do a part 2! As always, feel free to ask any questions in the comments or let me know if there's a specific guide video you'd like to see in the future.

[AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

I've played Elite for 5 years, and if I've learned anything over that time it's that credits don't buy happiness or enjoyment. I've rerolled my Commander 3 times since I started, and each reroll came after taking a hiatus from the game due to... well... boredom. I really thought over why this game was getting old to me so quickly, and after my 3rd reroll I figured out why. Credits. Getting stuck in that trap of feeling like I had to make money and own the best ships.

This last session has been the longest to date, and I'm not bored at all. Because I'm still flying the little guys. I always thought my Cutters, Anacondas and Vettes were the best ships to have the most fun in, and everything else was just a stepping stone to those ships... but I've realized that's not true. So to help me steer clear of falling into that trap again, I intentionally do missions that offer low rewards, or I go with the influence or item rewards. The mission is still fun, and you do the same things. I mine in an Adder or Keelback. I do combat in an Eagle, and if I feel fancy... I'll whip out my courier. I feel more like a real space commander, because I'm flying the ships I would probably fly in real life if I lived in the future. I wouldn't have a Billion Credits to throw at a company like Gutamaya. I have my little Courier because I'm an imperial, and it makes me feel absolutely rich. It also makes the game more challenging, and there's no better feeling than being interdicted in a courier by another Commander in a Python... and picking up his cargo after you've destroyed his power plant and sent him floating in space.

[StyxByrd]

The Elite Dangerous community has been one of the most wholesome and welcoming communities I have ever experienced in a video game. I am so glad I stumbled across this game.

[patho]

Your guides hace been my favorite among all the other creators, thanks for making them!

[hobosoco]

With this game being free on Epic right now I found your videos and they have helped so much learning. Thank you.

[LaughingAndy]

While your flying around always scan ships you can see. It’s a good way of collecting data materials.

[obiwanpez]

Small audio skip at 4:46 clips "I use fastest [...] this will reduce..." Nothing important is clipped, but it was something that caught my attention.

[esaedvik]

Who would run out of fuel in Elite...and call Fuel Rats...on stream.

[Fizzer]

I am so glad I found your Friendship Drive Guide series! The tips are helping a lot and are straight to the point! For a non english speaker (even tho I'm not so bad), this is great! I recently bought Elite and I found myself overwhelmed by the number of activities you can do :O I didn't expect it to be so massive, but you made me feel more confortable with the basics! Thanks a lot Commander :) I hope the community of Elite Dangerous accepts a new member in his ranks!

[kennyl]

I have just started this game 2 days ago and being overwhelmed is an understatement. I just started out as a PC gamer being a console gamer since the late 80s. I have been watching your videos thank you so much for your help as I enjoy the game so far but have been confused in what to do.

[downown]

Another wonderful guide! I especially love the "play the way you want"! There's nothing worse in my opinion that being forced into some kind of META just to have fun.

[curtisshoe]

I'm just getting started in Elite, and find your videos very helpful! So much to learn but I think I will enjoy this very much! Thanks

[visnau]

I'm not super new, I have played the game before. Played for a while when horizons came out but now I have forgotten how to do anything. The map advice was the best advice I have gotten, I didn't know there were so many filters for the galaxy map.

[Jakes_-]

Just left the starter system in my shiny new Cobra ||| and at my first stop I grabbed an A-Class fuel scoop...and then I thought: "Wow, I would love anothe r ED video from Psyche...." and here you are...perfect timing!! Day made!Thanks for the great tips! Looking forward to the next video!!

[whiteclouddakota]

Thank you!!!! I literally went into panic mode learning this!!!

[TheSlayer]

I finally found a video that's actually good for new players without putting me off :D

Also, I wondered why the AI kept saying friendship drive until I realised its called Frame Shift. Glad I'm not the only one.

[Kailis]

Well I certainly followed the play whatever way you want route. I took a trip to Maia and then to Felicity in my basically stock 10, 8 LY max jump cobra III while scanning and discovering all the planets (with a surface scan here and there). Yes it took me over 65 jumps and many hours to make it to Gaia, but it was fun

[Jax_Destro]

I am here before finishing the video. I just want to stress the first tip, which I cannot do enough. I once went from a Python which cost 50 million credits all the way back to the freewinder, all because I didn't have the rebuy. The moment you think, "I am just going from A to B, I will be fine, " is the moment you get ground into space dust. There is nothing more humiliating than losing it all over a dumb choice.

[ShawnFerrell]

I recently tried Star Citizen again, it is an amazing game, but the amount of time it takes to do a single thing brought me back to Elite.

[kahldris]

Been playing for a week and just bought a mark 3 cobra. Your guides are most helpful! Cool game