Plus their a laser disruptor, which I presume is capable of knocking your FSD offline. Space is about to get a lot more dangerous, I'm already looking forward to seeing all of the tears from the carebears.
Summary of tonight's ED On the Horizion/Engineers Beta Part 1 stream
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Plus their a laser disruptor, which I presume is capable of knocking your FSD offline. Space is about to get a lot more dangerous, I'm already looking forward to seeing all of the tears from the carebears.
Why would characters from a children's tv show care about new weapons in a space game? Maybe Share might want to make sure that everyone gets a turn with them?
The comment made by the pilot as he was being hit by the force shell makes me hopeful that this update will also see a major improvement in NPC chatter!
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Just remember that we were only looking at a "Dev Build". So maybe there will be improvements still to come!
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In fairness, given how big an overhaul they were planning for basic missions, it was extremely unlikely that the Naval game would *also* be getting a major overhaul in this update. I suspect 2.2 or 2.3 is when we'll see the big changes to the naval game-the passenger missions being hinted at in 2.2 will open up a lot more opportunities for the naval game (like troop transportation, for instance?), so would be the perfect time to do a major overhaul!
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Just remember that we were only looking at a "Dev Build". So maybe there will be improvements still to come!
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In fairness, given how big an overhaul they were planning for basic missions, it was extremely unlikely that the Naval game would *also* be getting a major overhaul in this update. I suspect 2.2 or 2.3 is when we'll see the big changes to the naval game-the passenger missions being hinted at in 2.2 will open up a lot more opportunities for the naval game (like troop transportation, for instance?), so would be the perfect time to do a major overhaul!
Watched the demo and want it soon
However, I am confused about new releases and how/when to get them. I have Horizons and (I think) I have a seasons pass. Will I automatically get the engineers release or do I need to do something else? Can I get Beta access? Sorry if I am being stupid - I am old
However, I am confused about new releases and how/when to get them. I have Horizons and (I think) I have a seasons pass. Will I automatically get the engineers release or do I need to do something else? Can I get Beta access? Sorry if I am being stupid - I am old
Why would it spin though? It's not chambering a round or anything. I like the non-spin, myself.
It obviously has heat build-up issues (as you can see from the the video) - so I'd go with the theory that each barrel has an internal heat-sink. After being fired, the barrel 'recoils' in order to expel a hot sink, chamber a fresh, cool one, then it returns into firing position. The heat-sinks are bought into the ship's body, heat transferred to the ship's own cooling system, and readied for re-use.
(I have more fun coming up with handwavium than being annoyed at things that don't seem to add up!
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Watched the demo and want it soon
If you have Horizons you will upgrade on the release of 2.1, no need to pay anything else. If you have Beta access, then you can play that too, week ending 8th May.
Watched the demo and want it soon
Nothing to do with age, and from the player demographics, you'll need triple figures to qualify as 'old' in here
.Regarding your question: the season pass entitles you to all 2.x updates. You'll get the updates automatically (assuming you run the game from the FD launcher) - one day in the hopefully not too far future, you'll see an 'upgrade' instead of a 'play' button in the launcher. Press it, then go and make yourself a cup of tea or two, it'll take some time.
Beta access: you'd have to have bought it (AFAIK currently not available - may become available again or not at an unspecified time in the future).
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I'm just shaking my head about something completely different, though: how is it that everybody is so hung up about the recoiling/reloading/cooling laser gun barrels, and yet nobody mentions that laser (or other energy) weapons' beams would be complete invisible in a vacuum?
C'm on - if you give FD the artistic license that dates back at the very least to the original Star Treck and Star Wars (and basically any other starship SF movie before that), let them design the guns in a way that at least looks good, even if it's complete physical nonsense. These unfolding barrels (for both the beam laser and the multicannon) also are pure slapstick.
THey're engineering mods to existing weapons - so just because they demo'd fixed doesn't limit them to the same... they're modded canons... so i'd expect ANY canon to be modifiable
I think Michael misunderstood the question. His response was indeed that you sell at a loss when replacing them with more expensive weapons, but thats not what the question was about.
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S2 will include 'active volcanism' and 'ice volcanism', but these types dont have to have an atmosphere.
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Thank you. That's very clear. And, with only two digits, I feel young again and ready to head back out into the void
It will probably only be for mission USSs, it wouldn't really make sense to make all other USSs static. At least, I would be disappointed to see a permanent pirate ambush always at the same spot whenever I jump in a given system. Or maybe I misunderstood what you meant?
Hah. Well that one I'd really struggle to justify! Obviously combat would be a bit unsatisfying if you just pushed a trigger and the only effect you notice is heat build up, and occasionally a hot spot appearing on your enemies!
Personally I don't have a problem with the retracting barrels. The barrels probably don't have to be anything like that long, but those who go out of their way to buy a ship with huge HPs probably want the bling. If the barrels are that long, you'll never get hardpoint apertures long enough to accommodate non-retracting barrels, so if the weapons are retractable, so too must the barrels. Do the hardpoints need to retract? Probably just comes back to 'coolness' factor again.
Not a fan of the motion of the new beam laser, and the impact (lolpun) of the Force Shell may require balancing to not be totally annoying. Big fan of everything else.
No mate, you didn't misunderstand me! =)
I personally hate all these random spawned USSs. I hope there'll be static ones (random generated tho), and they should remain there until cleared or until max 24 hours.
For example: I see an USS, I start heading there, but some NPC (or player
) pulls me out. After spending some time in normal space I jump back to supercruise...aaaand the USS is still there, at the same place! =)