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No worries Las. I decided not to take the plunge just yet, largely for the reasons you mentioned.

When you discard the reviews by fanboys and haters, the balanced view seems to be as you'e said - that it's a good game and lots of fun at first, but that interest can start to wane due to the time sink involved and the steep learning curve.

Perhaps I might have a look if it comes back up on sale at a later date. I bought several other games in the Steam sale (Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV, Telltale Game Of Thrones) so got plenty to waste my time with

I have an old Xbox 360 controller which might be a reasonable halfway house between keyboard/mouse and a joystick. It doesn't seem to work natively with that many games but I would imagine ED will support it.

Just seen Elite Dangerous is in the Steam summer sale with a 25% discount.

Has anyone been playing this much? What are your thoughts? Reviews seem generally positive, but it does sound like a bit of a huge time sink and lots of changes / nerfs while the game settles down.

Also, is a joystick essential to be able to fly with any competence?

Yer, I feel the same as eko, but it's cool you're having fun though

On the off chance that people still check these boards me, Shin and Cern are still playing WoW - I've recently brought the Warlords of Draenor expansion and I must say I'm very imrpressed, I quickly leveled a character from level 1 to level 60 then used the free boost to level 90 (you can use this from a level 1 character but I wanted to look at the old world after cataclysm), and so far I'm enjoying it.

Level 90 to 100 wasn't to hard and there are clear zones/waypoints to help you get there and along with the ability of having your own garrison (which you can customise however you like) makes this expansion stand out.

I've been level 100 for a couple of weeks now and I still have plenty of things to do i.e. trying out the battle pet system and treasure hunting.

If anyone is looking for something to play then it would be good to see you online - Horde - Skullcrusher server (PVP)

Brigh

So i rerolled rogue as seems to be the most interesting class I think, playing Archer but I figure if that gets dull respecs seem cheap so you can just go dual wield. Trying to leave the Hinterlands this time before I ran into stuff I can't kill ;-)