David Braben Powerplay AMA

[Marc Alexander]

There already are... ;-)

 

[philmo]

Roads, irrigation....

 

[Harbinger]

Hi David. I have 2 questions:

Is the Mac beta still intended to last six weeks?
Will the Mac Beta cross-play and Powerplay betas overlap with each other?

 

[Kinmob]

Hello David,

Some of us have put a lot of work into our chosen minor factions already. Will systems expanded and wars won prior to 1.3 count towards a minor faction becoming a power? Or only work done post 1.3 launch?

 

[TraviTheRabbi]

I'll never get it wrong, ever again!

You mean "eeever again"?

 

[Arubeto]

Oh....this is really good.

Couldn't that just be the Voyager probes?

 

[Marshall...]

Will player rank specific missions be part of the update?

 

[TheSpaceTexan]

Hello Braben, what are these amazing ships going to be classified under?

 

[Frankfort]

Hello mr Braban, wil there be an option in the future to join one of your friends group or wingman ships to make that ship more efficient .

 

[Daeron]

Is Arissa Lavigny one of the initial ten candidates?

 

[Tinman]

There already are... ;-)

He said while referring to the Voyager probes...

 

[Obsidian Ant]

Voyager

I did think that. But then I thought; well that isn't deep space in 3301!

 

[RGS]

Any chance of some info regarding the Diamondback please?

(role, size, price for e.g.?)

 

[David Braben]

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?

You could start doing this now. We are not resetting the Galaxy or anything, and the current minor factions will carry over.

There is a slight wrinkle in that we are renaming some minor factions to ensure they have unique names. For the most part this is just adding the system name to make it unambiguous.

 

[phantagor]

Do we have to wait for 1.3. to start pushing a minor faction to bring it into power or can we already start doing this?

 

[fuub]

How are the missions in power play to, for example, undermine a neighbor system?

Are they community goals or missions?

Can they be made in group with friends?

 

[Scimiter]

Hi David.
This if off topic but I thought i would ask anyway, Why are there no paint jobs for the Anaconda?

 

[Cassiano]

Hi David,

Release date ? Any info about that ?

 

[wstephenson]

Will Power-aligned CMDRs share private channel(s) and scanner tags or insignia?

 

[Ben Ryder]

Dear Sir. Is anything planned for 1.3 to make trading in prohibited items worth while considering the risk compared to vanilla trading. It would add some life to otherwise dull trading and make smuggling (not piracy or salvage collection) in to something that was covered in depth in the dda.

Your chum Ben, on behalf of those who couldn't make it