David Braben Powerplay AMA

[cherbert]

What has the Emperor ever done for us?

the aqueduct?

 

[phantagor]

Can i go pledge for the independant faction in Jotunheim and expand them with a group to become a major power? Can we start planning and working towards this before 1.3 or not?

 

[The Bosun]

We in the Code would like to know if there is to become an Independent Ararchy power in the Lave cluster for us to support in order that we can remove the Old Alliance from the area.

 

[TheSpaceTexan]

What will separate these big factions from the other ones? The yellow dot will get confusing you know!

 

[Obsidian Ant]

There already are... ;-)

Oh....this is really good.

 

[pippo]

There already are... ;-)

Made my day!
Back to my Cobra MkIII…

 

[David Braben]

Are there plans to give people reasons to venture into dangerous anarchies and enemy held space in trade ships? My friends would love to do the whole "trade ship and escorts" convoy, but there aren't really many reasons for us to do that at the moment.

Yes. Powerplay should do this.

 

[Falkrum]

Good day, David! Thanks a lot for a dream come true!

We compared SOL with reference and it feels far from what we are used to seeing:

Spoiler

But this is a problem not only with SOL, overall representation of light from stars and shadows all across the galaxy are uncomfortable. Can we expect improvement in lights and shadows effects to bee more accurate?

More details here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=133369&highlight=

 

[Marshall...]

There already are... ;-)

Oooh now that is interesting!!

 

[Wicz]

Hello again David, when can we expect bobbleheads to return?

 

[Fyrd Judge]

Powerplay is being played out in real life, who are you voting for power in the election?

 

[Steve50]

Oh....this is really good.

Voyager

 

[MarcusKross]

Hello Mr Braben.

Are both Diamondback and Courier multipurpose ships?

 

[besieger]

Ok ths is a 2 in one question.

Can we have some info on the Diamond back?
- Landing pad size
- Who makes it
- Price estermated if no actual figure
- Faction locked? like the clipper or Driftship.

Second, Will there be changes to insurance? your newsletter said you wanted players to more risk with combat etc, we would if we didn't have a 2+ million repair bill every time we got killed.

 

[Ulysses_W]

There already are... ;-)

Whaaaa??? That's it, sod the wife, I'm doing a marathon exploration weekend weekend.

 

[SHADEVARI]

There already are... ;-)

I have seen a single USS once, not sure if you mean this with non-celestial things.

 

[knowles2]

Will all the powers have characters such Petraeus and will they all be represented with 3d art models?
will they be created by artists or will they procedurally generated?

 

[nats]

Currently there are no minor factions anywhere near being promoted to being a Power.

Can you clarify what these 'powers' are and how are they different to the 'Empire, Alliance and Federation', are they sub-sets of each major faction or something?

 

[MrTrendall]

Firstly there won't be twenty to start with. It is likely to be ten when Powerplay first goes out. This gives room for more to come in later.

Currently there are no minor factions anywhere near being promoted to being a Power.

So does that mean a minor faction could become a power if alot of hard work is put in to it with a group? I have a group of around 20 ready to start fighting for a single minor faction we're just waiting for the get go to expand that faction across the galaxy.

 

[Adept]

Yes. Powerplay should do this.

Excellent! Thank you for the answers