Ok, now that we have the launch behind us, what is the first thing FD will do next?

[SurrenderOrHAHA]

Its been a long journey, and frankly I hope the whole ED team takes a vacation, gets some rest..
...But looking beyond the horizon.. what do you folks think will or should be the first major feature FD will start working on?
What will be the next new grand feature in ED?

 

[Toumal]

Wings mechanic, enhanced coop!

 

[ToddlerfromHell]

Its been a long journey, and frankly I hope the whole ED team takes a vacation, gets some rest..
...But looking beyond the horizon.. what do you folks think will or should be the first major feature FD will start working on?
What will be the next new grand feature in ED?

Add everything that was cut during development, like Pilot's Log, persistent routing, fancy trade data visuals, offline mode...

-Toddler

 

[Zplintz]

Fire up the non-stop Galactic Story Machine. Who will be the next ruler of the Empire? (I guess we will decide that).

 

[agent1138]

Its been a long road.., getting from there to here and frankly I hope the whole ED team takes a vacation, gets some rest..
...But looking beyond the horizon.. what do you folks think will or should be the first major feature FD will start working on?
What will be the next new grand feature in ED? Faith of the hearareerrt

Fixed because it was just no good enough.

On topic, I think we will get fps content float outside your ship and repair modules. Walk about your ship, boarding other players and planetary landings.

 

[RedWizzard]

I think bug fixing will continue to be the priority. Since gamma 2 they've really only been fixing crashes and really major stuff like problems with the economy. There are a lot of lower impact issues that need to be fixed.

I expect more ships will be arriving periodically. They can probably average a new ship every week or two (though they may release them in batches).

Michael Brook said wings/grouping will be coming early next year so that seems likely to be the first major feature added.

 

[Colonel Kenney]

My wish list

1) External view ... I don't care if you have to limit its use just get the damn thing in the game. At least rear and side views.. I dont care if its a PTZ camera on the roof.
2) Exploration improvements
3) Mining improvements
4) Supercruise improvements
5) TRADE HISTORY
6) PILOTS LOG
7) Galaxy map bookmarks

That is the short list..

 

[S.H.A.D.O]

Mining improvements would be nice. ie:- a way to tag or mark an asteroid as mined out. (or even totally despawn it) and a Mineral scanner to check them before we start blasting away. Perhaps rare gems added, diamond, emerald etc?

 

[Hellhawk666]

I imagine that they will have 3 streams of development going on in parallel.

Bug fixing and small enhancements that improve the experience will probably roll on for a long time to come - things like being able to pay for a ship in storage to be transported to your destination, or transferring modules from an old ship to a new one. All this sort of small stuff that was in the DDA proposals but had to be cut to make the December 16th release date.

Bigger stuff will very likely cluster around group play improvements - wings, comms, etc. They know that it's a weakness at the moment and have indicated that enhancements here are a priority. I'd think we'll see significant additions in a few months. The major expansions will no doubt also be ongoing work for the next couple of years.

It's significant to note that the private alpha backers' forum has been opened up again. I can't see any reason why they would do this unless they plan to use the alpha group for ongoing testing, which is very encouraging.

 

[Eddy Gurge]

Something cool that folks have been waiting for.

 

[CaptainKremmen]

The first thing that FD should do next is...


WIND DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS! Have a pint or two. They've earned it.


We'll all still be here in January.

 

[Bambi]

Absolute first priority should be fixing bugs with multiplayer matchmaking. Then they should make the chat easier to use, and then finally implement wings.

These are the most pressing issues right now, and I'm not sure it's reasonable to say the game is release worthy without them. A lot of people will already have been scared away by these launch issues.

After that? I don't know. I'd prefer if they get to working on planets right away as I simply cannot wait.

 

[Alric]

Bug fixes and a bunch of small improvements no doubt, but for a somewhat major addition I think wings/improvements to multiplayer. The game is squarely presented as a MMO and needs some work there.

Hopefully substantial extra features for exploration and mining will also be high on the list.

 

[Tuzmaal]

... hopefully not listening to the constant stream of whine threads demanding to make the game easier for bots to control aka autopilot & autodock and other stuff.

 

[America Shaftoe]

FD Taking time to get right after the launch push. FD continue with the Bug Hunt/Tweaks.

I like the Co-op based suggestions most...Wing Ops, Slave Drives in Wings etc. Same instancing in Open Play with friends list people

Secondly I would go with Bookmarks on Galaxy Map and a Pilot Notes Pad (create X notes of X length limit).

 

[CMDRElJal]

Improve mining please. Now it's very tiring as you have to waste at least 4 hours to find the worthy minerals, even at low percentages.

 

[Arubeto]

- First and most important: persistent NPCs (Tier 1, 2, 3) with faces!!! I am sick of talking to walls of text never seeing a single human being in the whole galaxy (not even pictures of the most important ones, like the emperor or the president of the federation!) Wouldn't even matter if we get full animated 3D models or "just" static bitmap faces.

- second: passenger missions! With a possibility to converse with the passengers (even if it's not a deep conversation system, let them at least tell some interesting or funny stories over the comm system); give that beautiful Orca something to do!

- a real time (read: not instantaneous!) service to transport our other ships (e.g. those we stored at other locations) from remote locations to the currently nearest starport or another remote location; should take reasonably long and not be to cheap;

- more capital ship and station designs

- more involved slave missions and mechanics

I am not to interested in the wing system tbh. since I am mainly playing the game alone; if the system works with NPC allies it could be interesting, though.

 

[Chaodiurn]

Group content. Nah, too obvious. DLC ships sounds reasonable.
But seriously, heaven knows on how many things they are working simultaneously. With the release done now, I can imagine a release-when-done policy.

 

[Rall]

I've been through plenty of project deadline cruches in my time. I hope they get to take time off over the Holidays to relax and just spend time with friends and family. Remeber what sleep is and what their kids look like.

Then come back and add the Fer De Lance to the game!

 

[etien]

My wish list

1) External view ... I don't care if you have to limit its use just get the damn thing in the game. At least rear and side views.. I dont care if its a PTZ camera on the roof.
2) Exploration improvements
3) Mining improvements
4) Supercruise improvements
5) TRADE HISTORY
6) PILOTS LOG
7) Galaxy map bookmarks

That is the short list..

very much inline with this post

also

8) option to get rid of the GUI and
9) orrery
10) option to see the clock in the cockpit

Etienne