Gamescom 2015 - What will FD Unveil?
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I suspect the announcement will be for a new add on where players can buy landing pads on outposts and charge rent to other players (not NPCs). Once all the pads on an outpost are bought by one player he/she can start upgrading each pad to one of two levels (provisionally titled green and red). This costs money and upgrades have to be balanced across pads but it means more rent from other players.
Naturally this mode will be available to those in solo, private or open.
They gave us Risk, is Monopoly that unlikely?
Or how about an actual Elite: Dangerous edition of Monopoly?
We have enough Powers/factions/systems/stations to populate the board. FDev have even colour coded them for us. Hotels could be coriolis stations, houses could be outposts, the player pieces could be the most popular ships.
'Go' could become the 'Nav Beacon', the 'Chance' cards could be 'Signal Sources' and 'Community Chest' could become the 'Bulletin Board'.
Maybe that's been their plan all along =O
At least you are remaining positive, which is a good thing - re-reading my post it does sound a little bitter, although that's not how I feel fully. I just really want DB's original vision of ED, not the way it's currently going - I love the game, just like its predecessors it's a great game, but it can be so much more!
As for kickstarter thing, I may have just been unlucky - but so far everything I've backed has changed its tune once they have your money, especially the gaming industry.
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If you pay attention to the news, it sounds like there is a build up of Osmium for combat ships built buy a NEW MANUFACTURER. What ever could this possibly portend? All out War? A new power in the galaxy? Unlikely related to CQC, but definitely new ships being built up... somewhere.
One totally tinfoil hat explanation: the Thargoids have introduced a disease (revenge for our own cowardly bio weapon attack) and this virus causes normal illness in most people, but after it settles down, it rewrites the human brain to become a Thargoid drone which is controlled by their hive mind. Systems that have been reported as needing medication for "mysterious illness" are actually already systems controlled by human-Thargoid hybrids that are now plotting to assemble a Thargoid armada within our own borders for a surprise attack. This will become a new power and you will be able to join them by infecting yourself with the virus. The actual Thargoids will show up later in an update once they appear for the final assault by entering human space from a parallel witch space dimension.
One totally tinfoil hat explanation: the Thargoids have introduced a disease (revenge for our own cowardly bio weapon attack) and this virus causes normal illness in most people, but after it settles down, it rewrites the human brain to become a Thargoid drone which is controlled by their hive mind. Systems that have been reported as needing medication for "mysterious illness" are actually already systems controlled by human-Thargoid hybrids that are now plotting to assemble a Thargoid armada within our own borders for a surprise attack. This will become a new power and you will be able to join them by infecting yourself with the virus. The actual Thargoids will show up later in an update once they appear for the final assault by entering human space from a parallel witch space dimension.
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I am still positive on the whole, and if I put my objective trousers on I can see why the whole console CQC thing needed to come now to secure longer term revenue for the game, therefore allowing for all the missing features to be added over time. But I must confess I am impatient, and having played for over a year now I'm seriously considering a bit of a break-maybe to Christmas, so I can recharge my elite batteries and come back when (hopefully) more features have been added. It's a double edged sword backing early. You get the initial access and contribute (in a small way via betas) to shaping the game, but at the same time u get all the bugs, have to put up with the missing content and run the risk of burning out before the game reaches its potential. It's a no subscription model and I've already put easy 700 hours plus into the game so from that perspective I have massive value for money. But I kinda envy the random punter that chances upon Elite in late 2016 where every element is fresh, loads more features and ships have been added, bugs ironed and the thargoids are roaming the stars!!
Now that PP and arena combat are basically out of the way, I am actually more excited about what is next and what FD will announce at Gamescom.
DB has confirmed in multiple recent interviews both free updates and paid expansions are ongoing work and there are over 100 staff actively working on ED development. http://dagbladet.brightcove.com.edge...vid-Braben.mp4
Planet landing will be the first paid expansion and will be phased with airless moons first as they are the easiest to do and can be given Outpost like settlements. Plans with links to DB and dev quotes here: The future of Elite Dangerousn on Reddit with links to Dev comments.
Point updates to the existing space ship part of the game do not require a new engine and talk of a paid expansion is still a bit premature. FD spent years building up their Cobra engine specifically for an Elite IV. They do have a plan, even if they aren't sharing it in detail. A lot of that plan has to do with necessary pre-requisites and staged order of development. Fleshing out the core game we have today will be free and in my opinion free for some time to come. Continued enhancements will drive ongoing sales and also existing players to return and buy skins and other game items.
DB has said in a recent E3 streamed interview that passenger missions are coming but there are some pre-requisites and competing priorities. Flying ships and the Bulletin Board/ mission system are already in-game so the foundation is there- it isn't like we can't even pilot a passenger ship yet.
Kerrash has said he hasn't seen anything in the design documents "crossed off the list". MB and DB both say Orrey view is still on the list. Comets are in the engine but not in game yet via MB comments. For Gamescom something realistic and exciting would be Persistent Tier 2 NPC. Personally I am rooting for that as it will open up a whole lot of further avenues and enhance gameplay. But it could realistically be anything from the dev videos or design docs, plus new ships, and of course the CQC Space Elevator that FD said "was repurposed for PvP" in the last newsletter.
Planet landings will be more likely a Christmas present for the initial release and not a summer announcement. Walking around our ships could be a simultaneous announcement, but that too will be a phased roll-out and we will be confined to ship interiors for some time.
+1 and same here. I've taken a month hiatus already. Right now I'm enjoying a few hours a week just bounty hunting and slowing kitting out a Viper. I'm sure I'll take another break this summer and spend a load of time outdoors. I hope the fourth quarter of 2015 has some cool announcements. The way I look at it is PP provides Tier 1 NPC and lots of background noise for GalNet plus consensual PvP for those so inclined. The great thing is you can participate in many parts of the game or not as you see fit. Now that PP is out, most of the devs will move on to the next sprint project with a few doing bug squashing and tweaking. For instance the graphics folks that did the galaxy map have already moved on to whatever is next. It isn't like development is stopping.
I would love that, too. But I cannot really see it happening. They want an announcement they can rah-rah at a games convention. Whilst the existing players will understand what tier 2 NPCs would add, I cannot see non-players having an orgasm over it. Indeed, any that have thought about it (probably very few) may well expect them to already be there.
No, FD want to rah-rah a big new sexy feature. The expansions FD have already talked about fit that bill. There may be another thing from out in left field that does it (in the way that PP tried, but failed). I doubt it will be what I want most of all (proper exploration as per the DDA), because that probably also fails to meet the 'sexy feature' requirement.
So I am not holding my breath. If I am enthused by what it turns out to be, then great. If not, then I will not be surprised - I am 0/3 (0/4 if you include CQC) on their post-live releases.
And the stunning new inventive gameplay this introduces...? You need to transport insecticide cargo to systems...over...and over...and over...to defeat them.
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They will be announcing the microwavable puppy ... you heard it here first !
Now that PP and arena combat are basically out of the way, I am actually more excited about what is next and what FD will announce at Gamescom.
DB has confirmed in multiple recent interviews both free updates and paid expansions are ongoing work and there are over 100 staff actively working on ED development. http://dagbladet.brightcove.com.edge...vid-Braben.mp4
Planet landing will be the first paid expansion and will be phased with airless moons first as they are the easiest to do and can be given Outpost like settlements. Plans with links to DB and dev quotes here: The future of Elite Dangerousn on Reddit with links to Dev comments.
Point updates to the existing space ship part of the game do not require a new engine and talk of a paid expansion is still a bit premature. FD spent years building up their Cobra engine specifically for an Elite IV. They do have a plan, even if they aren't sharing it in detail. A lot of that plan has to do with necessary pre-requisites and staged order of development. Fleshing out the core game we have today will be free and in my opinion free for some time to come. Continued enhancements will drive ongoing sales and also existing players to return and buy skins and other game items.
DB has said in a recent E3 streamed interview that passenger missions are coming but there are some pre-requisites and competing priorities. Flying ships and the Bulletin Board/ mission system are already in-game so the foundation is there- it isn't like we can't even pilot a passenger ship yet.
For Gamescom something realistic and exciting would be Persistent Tier 2 NPC. Personally I am rooting for that as it will open up a whole lot of further avenues and enhance gameplay. But it could realistically be anything from the dev videos or design docs, plus new ships, and of course the CQC Space Elevator that FD said "was repurposed for PvP" in the last newsletter.
Planet landings will be more likely a Christmas present for the initial release and not a summer announcement. Walking around our ships could be a simultaneous announcement, but that too will be a phased roll-out and we will be confined to ship interiors for some time.
Listening to the German interview you linked, the fact David Braben gave about the ringed space station having as much internal space as the GTA5 map was a pretty impressive one. That's a lot of internal space to fill!
Sounds like we're at similar points Darkmatter. I find myself doing the odd hours worth of board missions or if I'm doing a bit of (real life) work at home in the evening, I log on everyhalf an hour to load up my clipper with misc PowerPlay items and then after a couple of days, fly the full cargo to a random preparation, expansion or control planet.
Listening to the likes of Kerrash and Rezri on their streams, good stuff is on the way. You're absolutely right about the teams moving on to the new stuff. This keeps me positive and I'm looking forward to late 2015 and then whatever 2016 brings.
There are a lot of room for further development in ED for sure, however I feel that the $300 i send was well spend. In SC I'm on a +2k budget, insane? well that still need to be seen, however I'm more impressed with what FD did until now that I am with CIG. And you can take that to the bank.
Planetary landings would not work if you can't leave your ship. That is from a game play perspective.
So first walk around then landings
I beg to differ
https://youtu.be/AjXr9Nj5ZbI?t=155
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My bet is on a new range of Mugs.,.
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