David Braben Powerplay AMA - Part 2 - Live at 4PM BST

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DextersIndignation

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David Braben said:
I love this sort of thing.

Yes, we will build on it over time.
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Do you think an award for those that really worked on this is in order.
I do not mean just those that dipped there toe's (So you can exclude me). But many carried on, despite the nay sayers. I feel it only right they get something. Maybe a station named after them, or even a science research post?

Heck even a chufty badge! (well fancy in game decal)
 

ATrifleMiffed

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Now that we have the "tier 1" NPC's in the form of power leaders, can we expect to see the other forms of persistent NPC implemented in some form relatively soon? If so, do you plan to change how some of the background simulation works to take this into account?
 

switchv

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Hi David, Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Currently we see each upgrade of ship as ship progression. Sidewinder-eagle-viper as an example of combat progression, with pythons anacondas etc as 'Endgame'. Currently it feels as though every time i get into a new ship it outclasses the old one in every way. Do you see any point in the future where i could go back to my lovely old eagle as a smaller ship for any other reason other than my love for it? Basicly what have frontier got planned for the future that wont force me to keep following the current ship progression?
 

Obsidian Ant

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Hi David, I know this isn't directly a Power Play question, but can you let us know if things such as NPC Wingmen (who may occasionally betray you), Selling exploration data to different factions (or the highest bidder), salvaging broken / destroyed ships are still going to be in the game?

EDIT: Also, if I may be so bold as to ask another question. Is there any reason we don't have scientific outposts in deep space areas such as nebula and military outposts near restricted permit space etc? It seems to be that in the future there would be long distance outposts, in much the same way we have outposts in the Arctic today...
 
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kydechuk01

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1) Can we expect at least in the distant future a change of the current random USS system and the transition to events/missions/targets more localized with objects within the star systems?

2) Do you working on a CMDR's logbook, where we can track all our events/jumps/trades/chats, etc.?
 

Synther

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Will players be paid credits for doing powerplay actions other than merits? Right now the system doesn't seem profitable for combat players going into combat zones only to be paid space tickets.
 

Nagual

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David,

I'm hoping you can clarify the position and idea of the PilotsFederation. All the lore and information in newsletters and the like, say the PF is respected well like, secretive etc. Yet in game, they are nothing but a pirate faction. Assassination missions, smuggling, illegal trade to mention just some of it. To me this is highly disappointing. Combined with the lack of Elite Pilots inviting players etc.

If just seems FDev have giving up on the Pilots Federation all together.
 

David Braben

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Mr Braben,
With sightings of the Diamondback Explorer in the wild, rumours of Diamondback ship variants have reached critical mass. Forum goers are taking up pitchforks and are on the verge of revolt.

As street riots would be mildly inconvenient for your staff, can you either confirm or deny that ship variants are being sneakily introduced into 1.3?
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Yes. There are two Diamondbacks. The Diamondback Explorer is the ship we showed in concept art back in April, and the Diamondback Scout is a cut-down cheaper ship made by Lakon for the Federal military.
 

Gswine

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Hello David (and Team) Tracking any of the top 5 Bounties from systems can be a very hit and miss process.

Does the PP update provide any new features that can be used to track these bounties re things like more location updates, faction rank/allegiance or your own position within a Power. Currently it's hit and miss how to interpret information currently listed and convert it into a workable path to a target. You could even be in the same system and never meet due to logging in and out at different times.

When there are those out there with 10's of millions on their heads you'd think System Authorities might even have a sighted in the last 'insert reasonable time frame here' alerts in nearby systems for those with the right connections. Maybe?
 

Talarin

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Thanks very much for the previous answer relating to major factions and powers. I'd like to ask similar, but relating to minor factions.

How is Powerplay going to affect them?
 

zexpe

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David Braben said:
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.
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But with individual missions, we now deal with nameless contacts. NPCs exist as ship pilots, but not as mission contacts. A mission for a named person is much richer. When intercepted by a bounty hunter they used to hail you: "you'll regret dealing with Amanda Simpson!".
 

David Braben

CEO & Founder
Frontier
Avago Ero said:
Dear David Braben

What's the texture loading bit in the Beta about. Does it read the GPU and try to optimise the game to avoid stuttering? I have a low(ish) graphics card and it seems a lot smoother to me.
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Yes. It is an optimisation to pre-calculate shaders - and it should help lower end cards and laptops especially. The guys have been doing a great job in improving performance.
 

excalibus

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Hello David,

I wanted to say thankyou for producing Elite Dangerous, and a huge kudos to the FDev team

I have 2 questions,

Firstly, As a beta tester, are you going to utilise us to test expansions and DLC prior to release in the future?

Secondly, will we be able to see / discover comets and other types of space anomolies in the future plans for ED?
 

ROGG

ROGG
Quick question regarding the Mac implementation. Will E:D, at some point, support Head Tracking, using aux. applications like LinuxTrack, or others?
 

Bragolatch

Bragolatch
Hi, I love ED already and I'm very exited to see what you will do next ! Thanks for a great game !!

When you first started talking about PP it was said that we could make our own factions/promote a minor faction or our choice into the status of powers !


Many group/guilds of players have already formed and I know quite a few of them,
like the one I am part of were really looking forward to push our own faction up so that it would become one of the big boys !


Will that be possible in PP ?


How ?
(please be as specific as possible so that we can start working on it asap :) )
 

fergal

fergal
David,
What is the interaction between powers of the same Faction supposed to be like?
Should it be more subtle than that of Powers from different Factions?
Should the two Federation factions be openly killing each others ships?
Should it be more propaganda or sabotage based?
 
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