Engineers Asteroid Bases Confirmed - Capital Ship Wings Confirmed - Multi Crew Confirmed - Massive Fleet Battles Confirmed

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Asteroid Bases Confirmed - Capital Ship Wings Confirmed - Multi Crew Confirmed - Massive Fleet Battles Confirmed

New Trailer confirms all the above guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESNObZJTgQ

0:18 - Asteroid Base
0:55 - Capital ship wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships
1:31 - Multicrew & Character Creator
2:08 - Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat

2.3 is going to be epic.

Unless FD are lying of course....

But they never do that do they?

 

[Non Grata]

I think I'm going to give up Elite and take up its trailers instead.

 

[Soon(TM)]

I posted this in the wrong area, Mods can you please move this to the Dangerous Discussion section.

Thanks

 

[Wobblin-Gobblin]

Oh, have a look to this old trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpDnRvBN-E

 

[Wicz]

You mentioned massive fleet battles, but forgot about the massive bugs [haha]

No, I don't mean the Thargoids.

 

[Knightshark]

Well, confirmed is a bit of an overstatement. They teased these things at best. It is a CGI trailer, not gameplay.

 

[Cypher2139]

Oh, have a look to this old trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpDnRvBN-E

Man I wish ED lived up to the trailers...

 

[Soon(TM)]

Well, confirmed is a bit of an overstatement. They teased these things at best. It is a CGI trailer, not gameplay.

It is in game footage for the majority, especially the fleet jump sequence at the end and the ship leaving the asteroid base.

 

[Adhock]

New Trailer confirms all the above guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESNObZJTgQ

0:18 - Asteroid Base
0:55 - Capital ship wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships
1:31 - Multicrew & Character Creator
2:08 - Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat

2.3 is going to be epic.

Unless FD are lying of course....

But they never do that do they?

XD

I think you're jumping the gun on this. This is the PS4 annoucement trailer. NOT 2.3

Asteroid Bases: That certainly looks like a thing that will happen based on the trailer but whether or not these will be player created, owned, or operated as we desired cannot be said for sure.

Capital Ship Wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships: Artistic shot for "choose your allegiance" narrative within the confines of the current Naval "Careers" since nothing is confirmed yet about how the new system would work other then they want to revisit and redo it. There is nothing to confirm here.

Multicrew and Avatar Generator: Nothing new here. This IS confirmed and is the BIG FEATURE Frontier promised for 2.3 so nice to see a little nod in it's direction but again, you're getting ahead of yourself. This is the PS4 announcement. NOT 2.3

Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat: Another artistic shot showcasing the current roster of ships to let customers decide which ones they could take up flying. A player group managed to pull this off in their homemade player faction recruitment trailer during the Dangerous Games. This does NOT confirm anything about a larger group or wing size.

Ultimately, you're jumping the gun and trying to push the hype train to ludicrous speed. The only one at fault for false advertising and lying here is you trying to read too much into a launch trailer for another system and hype it for 2.3 which this is NOT the trailer to.

I checked. The exact same trailer is on the PS4 official channel down to the last detail and is described as the ED launch for PS4 trailer.

2.3 trailer hasn't been released yet. Don't hit the release lever on those racing horses in the gate yet. The gates at the entrance of the race track haven't even been opened for the spectators yet.

 

[Soon(TM)]

XD

I think you're jumping the gun on this. This is the PS4 annoucement trailer. NOT 2.3

Asteroid Bases: That certainly looks like a thing that will happen based on the trailer but whether or not these will be player created, owned, or operated as we desired cannot be said for sure.

Capital Ship Wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships: Artistic shot for "choose your allegiance" narrative within the confines of the current Naval "Careers" since nothing is confirmed yet about how the new system would work other then they want to revisit and redo it. There is nothing to confirm here.

Multicrew and Avatar Generator: Nothing new here. This IS confirmed and is the BIG FEATURE Frontier promised for 2.3 so nice to see a little nod in it's direction but again, you're getting ahead of yourself. This is the PS4 announcement. NOT 2.3

Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat: Another artistic shot showcasing the current roster of ships to let customers decide which ones they could take up flying. A player group managed to pull this off in their homemade player faction recruitment trailer during the Dangerous Games. This does NOT confirm anything about a larger group or wing size.

Ultimately, you're jumping the gun and trying to push the hype train to ludicrous speed. The only one at fault for false advertising and lying here is you trying to read too much into a launch trailer for another system and hype it for 2.3 which this is NOT the trailer to.

I checked. The exact same trailer is on the PS4 official channel down to the last detail and is described as the ED launch for PS4 trailer.

2.3 trailer hasn't been released yet. Don't hit the release lever on those racing horses in the gate yet. The gates at the entrance of the race track haven't even been opened for the spectators yet.

So what are you saying, the majority of the trailer is all LIES?

I Don't see any disclaimers in the video saying that its "Future content" or "Some content not actually present in game"

So if its the Official PS4 release trailer then its logical to assume that everything advertised in said trailer will be in the game by the release of the PS4 version.

Q2 2017.

 

[Knightshark]

It is in game footage for the majority, especially the fleet jump sequence at the end and the ship leaving the asteroid base.

That's right. I think asteroid bases and dolphins are a save bet. Space legs& the rest not so much.

 

[Adhock]

So what are you saying, the majority of the trailer is all LIES?

No. You're trying to assign values and meaning to things and twist the message that is actually being displayed in favor of your own narrative.

Admirable but then this is exactly what happened to that other game. Players got out of hand with their imaginations about what was displayed making up their own confirmation as opposed to what was actually being said by the company.

It's an unspoken agreement between business and consumer that trailers are not complete truth and are meant to showcase snippets designed to excite players.

There's a few bits that are clearly CG to those of us playing the game.

I am saying that consumers would be wise to be somewhat skeptical of trailers and instead of explosive overexcited enthusiasm, they curb their expectations, do some research, and decide if the game is something they want to take the plunge on.

Most of what you see in the trailer CAN be found in the game... if you know where to look or how to set it up. That's where the research comes in on.

Jumping in feet first is all well and good and you can be surprised but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the complaints and verbal abuse directed toward FDev in the form of "constructive criticism" was because people didn't know what they were getting into and jumped into a game they weren't ready for or wasn't actually what they were looking for.

What I am saying is that getting excited for something is good.

But when you start twisting facts to fit theories instead of twisting theories to fit facts... you're in for a bad time.

Take the trailer and my response with a grain of salt. Keep an eye on the trailer and see if the promises made by Frontier as to features line up with what you see as they trickle out one by one rather then believing blindly in a single trailer to save yourself the despair.

You're certainly not helping trying to confirm things that I haven't heard ether way on from Frontier on these forums.

 

[YinYin]

2:08 - Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat

That was just a simple mass jump showing off all ships in the game at once. Nothing new or combat related there. (apart from the escaped Dolphin that is - that's still new)

 

[Ian Skippy]

XD

I think you're jumping the gun on this. This is the PS4 annoucement trailer. NOT 2.3

Asteroid Bases: That certainly looks like a thing that will happen based on the trailer but whether or not these will be player created, owned, or operated as we desired cannot be said for sure.

Capital Ship Wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships: Artistic shot for "choose your allegiance" narrative within the confines of the current Naval "Careers" since nothing is confirmed yet about how the new system would work other then they want to revisit and redo it. There is nothing to confirm here.

Multicrew and Avatar Generator: Nothing new here. This IS confirmed and is the BIG FEATURE Frontier promised for 2.3 so nice to see a little nod in it's direction but again, you're getting ahead of yourself. This is the PS4 announcement. NOT 2.3

Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat: Another artistic shot showcasing the current roster of ships to let customers decide which ones they could take up flying. A player group managed to pull this off in their homemade player faction recruitment trailer during the Dangerous Games. This does NOT confirm anything about a larger group or wing size.

Ultimately, you're jumping the gun and trying to push the hype train to ludicrous speed. The only one at fault for false advertising and lying here is you trying to read too much into a launch trailer for another system and hype it for 2.3 which this is NOT the trailer to.

I checked. The exact same trailer is on the PS4 official channel down to the last detail and is described as the ED launch for PS4 trailer.

2.3 trailer hasn't been released yet. Don't hit the release lever on those racing horses in the gate yet. The gates at the entrance of the race track haven't even been opened for the spectators yet.

He is not jumping the gun, he is looking for ways to whine and complain about FD. Its his thing, you see. He wants people to be unhappy, and angry, and sad and frustrated. He wants people to go ape and yell:"I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED BY EVIL FD, THAT WAS CGI!!!!!!!"

The last thing he wants is people being enthousiastic about a game on the forum of that same game. He cannot stand it. At all.

 

[Kaocraft]

New Trailer confirms all the above guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESNObZJTgQ

0:18 - Asteroid Base
0:55 - Capital ship wing of 3 plus Fighters and ships
1:31 - Multicrew & Character Creator
2:08 - Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat

2.3 is going to be epic.

Unless FD are lying of course....

But they never do that do they?

I too am excited for these advertised features which are *definitely* going to be in the game! The version of Elite being shown in the trailer looks exponentially more engaging, dynamic, and varied than anything we've seen so far with current and past versions of Elite. It almost looks like for 2.3 they are rewriting the game from the ground up. Especially looking forward to the epic space battles pitching formations of multiple capital ships against one another. The trailer is an accurate and honest representation of what the game is going to be like.

 

[xondk]

2:08 - Massive Fleet Wing Jumping into combat

2.3 is going to be epic.

I too am excited for these advertised features which are *definitely* going to be in the game! The version of Elite being shown in the trailer looks exponentially more engaging, dynamic, and varied than anything we've seen so far with current and past versions of Elite. It almost looks like for 2.3 they are rewriting the game from the ground up. Especially looking forward to the epic space battles pitching formations of multiple capital ships against one another. The trailer is an accurate and honest representation of what the game is going to be like.

Uh, you need to curb it a little they aren't showing anything in that regard that cannot be done right now.
Take random video found.
[video=youtube;8R4JbYmKb4U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R4JbYmKb4U[/video]
Its been done with up to 102 people, so yeah.

capital ship wings does seem indicated though yes.

 

[Soon(TM)]

He is not jumping the gun, he is looking for ways to whine and complain about FD. Its his thing, you see. He wants people to be unhappy, and angry, and sad and frustrated. He wants people to go ape and yell:"I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED BY EVIL FD, THAT WAS CGI!!!!!!!"

The last thing he wants is people being enthousiastic about a game on the forum of that same game. He cannot stand it. At all.

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[BigBANGtheory [VR]]

I wonder if Frontier are converging PS4 release with the completion of Horizons. I know I'm speculating at this point but that sounds like the next season is 1yr away at this point.

 

[bitstorm]

Bowcens "Hollow".

 

[jasonbarron]

Uh, you need to curb it a little they aren't showing anything in that regard that cannot be done right now.
Take random video found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R4JbYmKb4U
Its been done with up to 102 people, so yeah.

capital ship wings does seem indicated though yes.

I'd be a lot more impressed if that was something that was possible with any degree of regularity, but the truth is that for the CMDR's that were part of that group it was a wonderful thing while most of the rest of us couldn't even reliably log into the game from 1 system away. If you weren't one of the lucky ones in those groups you were basically screwed.