David Braben Powerplay AMA TODAY 16:00 BST - any questions?

[Aussiedroid]

Ranks in Multiple Powers & Steam Keys Update.

- Will it be possible to rank up in multiple powers either at once or sequentially (or will working for one power potentially result in loosing a gained rank in another)? i.e do I need to be selective in my choices from the start.

- Also, would be great to get a status update on the Steam Key question so the issue can be put to rest either way the decision may fall.


Thank you.

.. and the update sounds very good on paper, really looking forward to it!

 

[Cmdr PeryplusErithrea]

Afternoon all

I have one question and that is when are we getting a system orrery in game for orbital models and such in system?

 

[Zandil]

One question with Factions

Pirate factions ?

 

[insidah]

David, why did you unfriend me here? I thought we were friends

 

[Ghost1]

Will we see any other kinds of weapons besides variants of the current like alien weaponry or exclusive military or faction bases weapons?

 

[hilroy2]

so much has happened since the debuts of development for Elite Dangerous.

do you think the galaxy can be made more alive by putting more variations of cities, stations, and entities alike ?this could be nice fit with the addition of the nice Powerplay update coming up . =)

 

[Taimaru]

(Sorry if this has been asked before as I haven't read this whole thread)

Will Community Goals still exist as they do now in addition to the Power Play goals?

 

[RenegadeXV8]

Will the overhauled mission system include a significant update to the mission gameplay itself? (i.e. a lower emphasis on fetch quests and more exciting combat missions)

 

[SlackR]

More audio dialogue

I was wondering what the planned steps forward were in terms of adding more speech to the game? We already have the ships computer with a few lines of speech but the possibilities for increasing realism are endless...

NPC speech
Talking Galaxy map
Station speech etc


Thanks

 

[goxy_UK]

Hellp Mr. Braben

What kind of Trade benefits we can get from working for Powers?

thank you so much

 

[Skybird]

David, as an investor in the lifetime pass, and as we are now a quarter of the year past the release date, can you share with the community when the first of the DLC is expected to be released? (And possibly what it will contain...go on...look into my eyes...you know you want to...)

 

[Dym]

hello, i have not a specific powerplay question, more a xbox, will the force feedback rumble work on the xbox controller, if yes, will you implement it to the xbox controller for ed pc version? thanks

 

[SteveLaw]

Can we support non-Power factions?

Several questions around the same theme.

The newsletter states:

Players will even have a hand in creating new Powers. The initial selection of factions will rise to a maximum of twenty as players provide assistance to minor local forces; as those forces establish a foothold across a handful of systems, they may rise to become Powers in their own right.

However, can we still support local minor factions that are not part of this initial selection, in the same ways that we do now? Does the background simulation continue to work for them the same way? Will there be ways to promote these local factions to "Power" status?

In short: What happens to local, non-Power factions?

 

[Krunchie]

Exploration faction in Powerplay

Will there be a faction that fits Exploration as well as ones that cater to players preferring trade and combat? I'd love to sign up for Universal Cartographics as a freelance Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy writer

I'm out there for months already and I'd like to sign up remotely.

 

[Daeron]

Will there be hats in Elite again?

 

[Frank]

Are these enough questions? Are you going to be answering any questions live on line?

 

[rootsrat]

Are we going to see comets in Elite at some point?

 

[Yaffman]

Will the consequences of death be reduced.

As a casual player I tend to stick to group / solo and avoid pvp interaction as:

1. I imagine I will suck at pvp - have with other games.

2. The cost of death. I have finally ground to a python and although rebuy is still low it is over 3m.

Just one Death will take over an hour to grind the credits to make up that death. Therefore if a faction battle is taking place unless I have ground a significant pot to allow me to battle or even just supply trade I would not want to take the risk of ending up back in a sidy and losing the progress I have made in the last 3 months.

If you fight in a battle to control a sector for your faction and they contributed towards the insurance that would certainly encourage me to come into open more.

 

[Xariann]

Will I be hunted in systems of hostile factions? (Two Questions)

1. Let's say I belong to the "Super Pizza Makers" Power which is in a conflict with the "Super Pasta Makers". When I enter a Pasta Maker system, even if I haven't killed anyone in that system or in that faction, will I have a Wanted tag?

2. What's to stop all players to align with one faction and let it take over the whole galaxy?

Number 2 might not be likely to happen, but what if it did? If players decided, "We all want this reward".

 

[karnalooch]

Hi

Is there any chance to implement cash/credits transfer between players??

Cheers