News Dev Diary #5

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You know you're an Elite: Dangerous addict when....

You recognise the names of 90% of the people who asked questions. :D

Great revelations, ideas, and development news. THANKS! <3
 
Nice dev diairy.

I'm starting to get a bit worried about the lack of early gameplay footage. With an early 2014 launch date I'd really expected there to be some up to date gameplay stuff.

I can't lose the feeling that the game is still in a very early concept stage.

Hope I'm wrong though :)
 
Nice dev diairy.

I'm starting to get a bit worried about the lack of early gameplay footage. With an early 2014 launch date I'd really expected there to be some up to date gameplay stuff.

I can't lose the feeling that the game is still in a very early concept stage.

Hope I'm wrong though :)


Worried?? Didn't anyone tell you? There will be a Elite 4! This is fantastic news! Please stop worrying! :)
 
I'm a worrier, can't help it ;)

Actually, I think it's quite natural if some people are a bit worried from a psychological perspective. After all, during the KS we got several videos of the game in action, even though it was in a pretty rough prototype form. Since it got funded we haven't seen anything at all in the form of in-game videos.

I know they got the reveal feature "coming soon™", but I just wish this "soon" could be replaced with "now". :p
 
How soon is now?

The final bit of lyrics in that song:
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When you say it's gonna happen now,
When exactly do you mean?
See I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone

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See!! You are killing us Michael!!! :p :D
 
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I tell you people ... hearing David say; "it won't be dumbed down and the game maybe considered fairly core", well ... that right there ... those words, nearly brought a tear to my eye.

FD team, thank you, thank you, thank you. :D
 
Really enjoyed the update (The shape of things to come):)

The only other thing I can think of is:

(Commander) stop fighting with (Jameson) this instant (with yowling and hissing in the background). Thanks David Braben and John Stabler
 
Nice dev diairy.

I'm starting to get a bit worried about the lack of early gameplay footage. With an early 2014 launch date I'd really expected there to be some up to date gameplay stuff.

I can't lose the feeling that the game is still in a very early concept stage.

Hope I'm wrong though :)

Michael did say we'd see some 'soon'... But then we know his definition of the word 'soon' is somewhat loose... :D
 
Nice dev diairy.

I'm starting to get a bit worried about the lack of early gameplay footage. With an early 2014 launch date I'd really expected there to be some up to date gameplay stuff.

I can't lose the feeling that the game is still in a very early concept stage.

Hope I'm wrong though :)

Tough deal with it, go fight Amarrians in factional warfare. :p
 
Great video! Although I felt Jero123's question was awful. I mean really. For one, the question itself generalizes pretty much everything ever, and makes it hard for DB to answer, but what is worse, is that it is filled with assumptions!

I thought it was a great question to choose. Yes, it's an awful question, but it expresses a lot of the sentiment you see around the boards and helps silence them. The answer was terrific, with David giving a sensible and almost scolding description of the reality of gaming (as opposed to the hyperbole in the question).

Forget the question, listen to the answer, it was fantastic to hear :)
 
Great dairy ...

Seemed to last a little longer this time....lots of info and im beginning to stop being so impatient now :)

Just letting them do their thing and get on with it... Its gonna be awesome :)

BTW !!! Call the cat " THARGOID "
I can just see the kids in the street shouting that :D
 
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Great video! Although I felt Jero123's question was awful. I mean really. For one, the question itself generalizes pretty much everything ever, and makes it hard for DB to answer, but what is worse, is that it is filled with assumptions! Games more 'casual' then ever before? By who's count? EVE online easily trumps pacman and pong in complexity.

What a waste of a question. Especially since we already know the answer to it. What is the defining attribute of the Elite series? Accessibility. Elite is quite easy to fly, at least until you have to dock. Frontier was exceedingly easy to fly, until your autopilot was destroyed and you started flying 'manual'. The Elite games have always been about accessibility for all, except for having a rather high skill ceiling as you learned more about the game, and realized you are not half as good as you think you are. ;)

Seriously, what an awful question. :|

Great video otherwise! and excellent art behind Mr. Braben's head! Loved the people boarding the passenger ship.

His answer on this point reassured me a little because hearing it coming from the horses mouth quashes a few concerns I was having. If the head honcho is on the same page were in a good place.

What we haven't seen much of in video diaries since the kickstarter project is new in game footage. Screenshots are cool and all, and the team are doing great work but can't wait to see some game footage. ;)
 
My main concern though is that the subs insisted on calling Mobius 'No '... Subs got most other names wrong too so you got your wish, sort of, John.... :D

JohnStabler = John Stabile
FanGrim = Fan Graham
Phillip Coutts = Phillip Coops

The only one the subs got right was Flavio!

Excellent dev diary once again though!

Thanks David and FD

Actually most of the names were quite close apart from mine where the first vowel a was pronounced with the a as in air rather than the correct vowel sound of a as in apple but since a lot of English speaking people get that wrong, I am used to it.
My question was answered as expected and cannot wait for the chance to play with the beta (pronounced beetae to some :) )
 

StefanOS

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We all want to see in game video futage... but FD must be careful, videos can cause problems.

What if they are not good enough (released to soon)?
FD will think twice before they show anything.
Let's be honest, they are enough people out there who are waiting to comment negatively what is shown.
 
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