Could you go into more depth as at present, being a member of one imperial faction makes you hostile to the rest and attacking those ships has a negative impact on our major faction rep.
David Braben Powerplay AMA - Part 2 - Live at 4PM BST
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Could you go into more depth as at present, being a member of one imperial faction makes you hostile to the rest and attacking those ships has a negative impact on our major faction rep.
I have a second question...
Could you maybe alter the control imputs so that the twisty and slidy bits on the x52 pro can be better used?
I understand the on / off issue , though as all ships come with an x52 pro fitted as standard, I would have hoped to make full use of all the buttons..
Could you maybe alter the control imputs so that the twisty and slidy bits on the x52 pro can be better used?
I understand the on / off issue , though as all ships come with an x52 pro fitted as standard, I would have hoped to make full use of all the buttons..
The Courier and Diamondback are good examples of small ships that are Frontier has decided to devote resources to. These ships are for the most part temporary stepping stones for anyone who wants to progress and not feel gimped or limited in any way.
1. Are there any plans to make smaller ships, like the two coming in PP, relevant "end game"? With the current ship progression, bigger almost always means better for trading and combat.
3. If there aren't plans to make any of the current set of smaller ships relevant for end game ship progression, are there plans on making more expensive variants? A new Viper MK4 worth ~50 mil capable of accepting higher class weapons/modules for example.
2. Tying into number 1, are there any possibilities of looking into tweaking rares trading? Maybe highly expensive rares so smaller ships can carry equal value payloads to some medium-large ship counterparts? I want to be a courier with my Courier!
1. Are there any plans to make smaller ships, like the two coming in PP, relevant "end game"? With the current ship progression, bigger almost always means better for trading and combat.
3. If there aren't plans to make any of the current set of smaller ships relevant for end game ship progression, are there plans on making more expensive variants? A new Viper MK4 worth ~50 mil capable of accepting higher class weapons/modules for example.
2. Tying into number 1, are there any possibilities of looking into tweaking rares trading? Maybe highly expensive rares so smaller ships can carry equal value payloads to some medium-large ship counterparts? I want to be a courier with my Courier!
Another question:
David, if you could choose a class 4 weapon that is currently not available as class 4 (like Railguns or Lasers), what would it be?
David, if you could choose a class 4 weapon that is currently not available as class 4 (like Railguns or Lasers), what would it be?
How do you see the evolution of the game away from the single-player experience of its predecessors towards the multi-player, group-based competition we have with CGs and PP? These weren't part of the pre-release design work we were privileged to share.
Are they are in response to your growing awareness of the current-day mass online gaming market's demands, or were these things you'd always dreamed of but were not able to do in 1984 or 1993?
Are they are in response to your growing awareness of the current-day mass online gaming market's demands, or were these things you'd always dreamed of but were not able to do in 1984 or 1993?
Are there any plans to increase the yield to mining?
As it stands it wouldn't make any sense to use an Anaconda or a Type 9 to mine other than the novelty of it.
Which I believe was the intent of releasing drones, to allow larger ships to mine? It is something I was really looking forward to as an alternative but haven't been impressed with the hourly income in the slightest from the activity.
It seems you make more from other aspects of mining rather than the activity itself.
As it stands it wouldn't make any sense to use an Anaconda or a Type 9 to mine other than the novelty of it.
Which I believe was the intent of releasing drones, to allow larger ships to mine? It is something I was really looking forward to as an alternative but haven't been impressed with the hourly income in the slightest from the activity.
It seems you make more from other aspects of mining rather than the activity itself.
No need to reply...
In future AMAs would you consider spending a little time beforehand prepping answers from the (multi-page) thread and posting, say, at the start of the AMA? That way a lot less repetitious questions occur with the already asked/answered and perhaps the (limited) 1 hour session can evolve and cover more Q&A?
A simple copy/paste with considered responses could be far less time constraining and allow most of the general info to fly by and more specific answers to be a part of the Q&A
Thanks for considering this in the future!
In future AMAs would you consider spending a little time beforehand prepping answers from the (multi-page) thread and posting, say, at the start of the AMA? That way a lot less repetitious questions occur with the already asked/answered and perhaps the (limited) 1 hour session can evolve and cover more Q&A?
A simple copy/paste with considered responses could be far less time constraining and allow most of the general info to fly by and more specific answers to be a part of the Q&A
Thanks for considering this in the future!
David,
How did you feel about the fantastic and overwhelmingly positive and co-operative (if ultimately fruitless) community response to the Unknown Artefacts? Will you build on that experience to add actual mystery and investigation into the game in the future? Something worthy of the amazingly talented and knowledgeable community...
How did you feel about the fantastic and overwhelmingly positive and co-operative (if ultimately fruitless) community response to the Unknown Artefacts? Will you build on that experience to add actual mystery and investigation into the game in the future? Something worthy of the amazingly talented and knowledgeable community...
Have you been reading up on the forums reaction and suggestions for PowerPlay? If so what do you think of them on average.
PS Awesome game, loving every minute.
PS Awesome game, loving every minute.
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Hi David,
This a question really from my cat Murray (see left). Whilst I am a nice pilot, Murray is forever badgering me to pirate (cats eh?) but he's really concerned about the pirate "profession" in 1.3, in short he's really worried that as an option this door is closing fast.
If you consider the changes that are coming in 1.3 where will it leave them? The seven day bounties which start out as local system bounties rapidly turn into galaxy wide bounties that never expire and are added to re-buy costs. This even happens if they respawn in anarchy systems.
Even I, as a non pirate understand that pirates don't pirate for the money (it has a low CR/HR) and with a galaxy wide "wanted" in place they simply wont be able to switch roles to fill the coffers via trade or RES bounty hunting (as most do). Where does it leave real piracy as a viable option when a death could be a game ending hammer blow?
Murray awaits!!!
This a question really from my cat Murray (see left). Whilst I am a nice pilot, Murray is forever badgering me to pirate (cats eh?) but he's really concerned about the pirate "profession" in 1.3, in short he's really worried that as an option this door is closing fast.
If you consider the changes that are coming in 1.3 where will it leave them? The seven day bounties which start out as local system bounties rapidly turn into galaxy wide bounties that never expire and are added to re-buy costs. This even happens if they respawn in anarchy systems.
Even I, as a non pirate understand that pirates don't pirate for the money (it has a low CR/HR) and with a galaxy wide "wanted" in place they simply wont be able to switch roles to fill the coffers via trade or RES bounty hunting (as most do). Where does it leave real piracy as a viable option when a death could be a game ending hammer blow?
Murray awaits!!!
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Yeah I would love to know how to raise a minor faction into a powerplay faction..........
Oh yes please. A wall of text is so soulless
Hopefully you can see the game is getting richer over time. The images of the Powers (yes, I know they're not in the beta yet, but we're saving them for the release), do help add what I think you are looking for.
Hi David
firstly fantastic game very good FD for producing this I've never played a space sim before and I'm loving it.
secondly where are the thargoids and why couldn't I find them in the system where the ship blew up?
finally where is the diamondback explorer going to be placed in the ship progression stakes?
LT CMDR Adamaira
firstly fantastic game very good FD for producing this I've never played a space sim before and I'm loving it.
secondly where are the thargoids and why couldn't I find them in the system where the ship blew up?
finally where is the diamondback explorer going to be placed in the ship progression stakes?
LT CMDR Adamaira
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