Summary of tonight's ED On the Horizion/Engineers Beta Part 1 stream

gofast1993 · Apr 21, 2016

Anyone noticed this tiny little new UI element placed on the circle between the shield circle and the hull bar?

One of those bars went red with a little icon above just when the projectile hit the target and then disappear after few seconds, just wonder what does it indicate.

This is from the Force Shell video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBO3mjktETQ

Poy · Apr 21, 2016

Belthize said:
I foresee folks camping stations with the Force Shell and whacking ships as they enter the slot. Sounds fun.

it counts as shooting them and will be punished with the usual response.

bliss · Apr 22, 2016

gofast1993 said:
Anyone noticed this tiny little new UI element placed on the circle between the shield circle and the hull bar?

http://i.imgur.com/lZXl1U6.gif

One of those bars went red with a little icon above just when the projectile hit the target and then disappear after few seconds, just wonder what does it indicate.

This is from the Force Shell video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBO3mjktETQ

Nice spot. Perhaps these indicate an effect that is currently placed on a ship (in this example "force push"). One of 6 by the looks of it.

Cosmos · Apr 22, 2016

Bacalao said:
Force shell asps will replace rail gun asps as the most irritating (NPC) ship in the game to have on your tail, calling it right now.

Whilst these things look like huge fun, and I love the concept, I think they are going to turn out to be insanely powerful and could risk making smaller ships even less useful than they are now. In PvP these things are going to cause mayhem, potentially stopping a target from escaping and/or acting as a constant crowd control during combat. Its gonna be interesting to see how effective they are.

ShadowWolf Kell · Apr 22, 2016

Lots of cool stuff. The shockwave cannon looks fun, but the Huge beam is downright awesomely sexy!

Can't wait till the beta.

Zeta Legion · Apr 22, 2016

Cosmos said:
Whilst these things look like huge fun, and I love the concept, I think they are going to turn out to be insanely powerful and could risk making smaller ships even less useful than they are now. In PvP these things are going to cause mayhem, potentially stopping a target from escaping and/or acting as a constant crowd control during combat. Its gonna be interesting to see how effective they are.

I don't know, imagine the carnage of trying to fight off three vipers equipped with these while flying a Python or something. This weapon is going to be shockingly irritating to deal with against wings.

MVP_Bluntman · Apr 22, 2016

The one thing i fear is someone taking a large craft such as a T9 or a Clipper and using it as a bowling ball.

Cosmos · Apr 22, 2016

Zeta Legion said:
I don't know, imagine the carnage of trying to fight off three vipers equipped with these while flying a Python or something. This weapon is going to be shockingly irritating to deal with against wings.

Hmm.. I just noticed its a fixed weapon which may naturally act as a way to balances its OPness.

Zeta Legion · Apr 22, 2016

Cosmos said:
Hmm.. I just noticed its a fixed weapon which may naturally act as a way to balances its OPness.

Gimbal/Turret mounts aren't that good with cannons anyway.

ShadowWolf Kell · Apr 22, 2016

Zeta Legion said:
I don't know, imagine the carnage of trying to fight off three vipers equipped with these while flying a Python or something. This weapon is going to be shockingly irritating to deal with against wings.

Makes me all that much happier I mount FOUR on my FdL.

We can start a new sport. Sidewinder Hockey! Compromised Nav Beacons can be the goal and the first team to "score" gets a point.

Zeta Legion · Apr 22, 2016

ShadowWolf Kell said:
Makes me all that much happier I mount FOUR on my FdL. We can start a new sport. Sidewinder Hockey! Compromised Nav Beacons can be the goal and the first team to "score" gets a point.

Hand out penalties for crashing into the sidey. Gotta keep it fair.

subhouse07 · Apr 22, 2016

Natural POIs...geysers maybe? And regarding that lava planet (definite wishful thinking) either they've upped the textures on the non-landable planets, or that lava planet has the lumpiness of a landable! (Or they've always looked like that and I'm just imagining things.)

Pazmino · Apr 22, 2016

gofast1993 said:
Anyone noticed this tiny little new UI element placed on the circle between the shield circle and the hull bar?

http://i.imgur.com/lZXl1U6.gif

One of those bars went red with a little icon above just when the projectile hit the target and then disappear after few seconds, just wonder what does it indicate.

This is from the Force Shell video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBO3mjktETQ

There is also a little indicator on top of it. Like a cannon ball.
Maybe these are 6 effects a weapon can have? Like 6 groups of weapons and the color shows how big the impact is? Maybe some weapons combine effects too?
Which color is this for the Python?
To bad they did not target the ship when using the healing or heat ray.
Could also be a heat indicator? (but don't think so)
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ok, Python and adder have the same symbol and color as the sidey. Maybe indicates recharge time, since it fades back to orange.

GraXXoR · Apr 22, 2016

CMDR-Bullsey said:
only 0.1% discovered , lot of work to do guys

We already know what the other 99.9% consists of.

Caramel Clown · Apr 22, 2016

Just watched the stream. Lots of great new things. Very excited.
And that beard...oh that beard. So splendid

Agony_Aunt · Apr 22, 2016

We are doing reaction pics aren't we?

Mengy · Apr 22, 2016

Steve50 said:
Lots of great stuff coming for combat pilots and explorers, very good.

While I agree that 2.1 brings a ton of love for combat players and mission runners, I'm curious, with respect to explorers what exactly are you seeing that I'm not? So far the only thing announced for 2.1 that even impacts explorers are the bookmarks on the gal map, and truthfully that's an improvement that everyone benefits from, even traders and miners. I suppose you could say that the graphical updates to planet rings impacts us somewhat, but again that is for everyone, in fact miners probably benefit the most from that one.

I'm still hoping that 2.1 brings at least a teeny bit of love for explorers, but as of yet, we have not seen it. Unless I missed something? :S

Caramel Clown · Apr 22, 2016

Mengy said:
While I agree that 2.1 brings a ton of love for combat players and mission runners, I'm curious, with respect to explorers what exactly are you seeing that I'm not? So far the only thing announced for 2.1 that even impacts explorers are the bookmarks on the gal map, and truthfully that's an improvement that everyone benefits from, even traders and miners. I suppose you could say that the graphical updates to planet rings impacts us somewhat, but again that is for everyone, in fact miners probably benefit the most from that one.

I'm still hoping that 2.1 brings at least a teeny bit of love for explorers, but as of yet, we have not seen it. Unless I missed something? :S

Natural POIs were mentioned, unannounced type yet. Improved planet surfaces/improved performance. Bookmarks. Engineers might have useful module modifications for explorers. I wouldn't call it a pile of improvements, but you can't say that's nothing.

Asp Explorer · Apr 22, 2016

Caramel Clown said:
And that beard...oh that beard. So splendid

It's not a beard until you can hide a copy of Essential System Administration in it ;D

Tinman · Apr 22, 2016

subhouse07 said:
Natural POIs...geysers maybe? And regarding that lava planet (definite wishful thinking) either they've upped the textures on the non-landable planets, or that lava planet has the lumpiness of a landable! (Or they've always looked like that and I'm just imagining things.)

They've always looked like that.