Waiting for Distant Worlds 2...

Qohen Leth

Qohen Leth
optimal_909 said:
I respectfully disagree. On one hand the airless worlds kept me flying for at least 6 months and even now I enjoy the occasion of landing on any worlds. Plus I do hope that with 2.4 we’ll get that promised update with regard of material coloring, revealing the true nature of the worlds.
When it comes to planets with atmoshere, a whole lot of new variables come into play like different erosion, atmoshpere types and so on – even basic Mars-like worlds will be very-very, well, atmospheric. :)
However, I do believe the atmospheric landings will be launched with gas giants, as they don’t need to implement surface features with it but can play the largesse of atmospheric features very well
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I didn't say airless worlds weren't enjoyable. And the variables you mention can also be expected from airless worlds, and yet we only have deserts with a height maps, not even genuine canyons (= not steep hills), neither caves, etc. I would love a great variety for atmo landings, but from what we have now, I tend to expect either rocks or grass and a height map ; water/ammonia below a random sea level value, or something like this.
 

Wishblend

Wishblend
Qohen Leth said:
I know there is a Beagle Point Expedition in the making, planned for 3304 (pending changes).
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As Qohen Leth says, there is an expedition planned to head out to Beagle point.
The expedition is called Beagle Point Expedition or BPE for short, it is penciled in for a January 2018 Launch from the Colonia system and will see all the sights like the Great annihilator and sdagitarrius a* before crossing the abyss and visiting Beagle point and pador, before recrossing the abyss through route 33 and heading back to Colonia, more inforation will be released in a few months after I have finished the advanced planing and test flight.
 

Mengy

Mengy
optimal_909 said:
If that happens, I do hope that this time around it won't be 90+% Asp and Anaconda. :)
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It won't be. Frontier made sure of that with 2.3, explorers finally have a very good selection of viable ship options to go exploring with. The days of THIS are long gone now:

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As for DWE2, if or whenever it happens, I will most certainly be there! Given Frontier's interest in improving exploration content and mechanics though I feel like we are going to have a very long wait...
 

[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
Repped! And the funny thing is that I can recall most names with ships that were loners in DW, including my Keelback that is now unfortunately collecting dust in Colonia. :)
 

Macros Black

Macros Black
I remember seeing two CMDRs in Federal Corvette's. Also remember seeing some Imperial Cutters...

:)

Edit: Distant Civs would be awesome, also would be nice with other means of interaction than weapons.
Edit: Unless of course that by smashing their ships, you could pick up their HyperSpace Drive and integrate it into your own ship.
 
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Fandomlife

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There was certainly Corvettes and Cutters. A Cutter nearly landed on before it crashed. Was one the moments of the trip :)

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Erimus said:
Unless 2.4 has some interesting additions for explorers, I very much doubt we'll see DWE2 until sometime during season 3.
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That's all very interesting. I think I may head out and see how long I last!
 

Cula-Ta

Cula-Ta
I think there is a lot of us, including Distant Worlds veterans who are chomping at the bit for another organised deep space excursion...
 

mtt9999 [Parabolus]

mtt9999 [Parabolus]
I know that the land of giants Expedition is set to depart on July 9th, pretty soon. It sounds like it's going to a part of the Galaxy that the OP has not been to yet. You might check that out?!
 

Zulu Romeo

Zulu Romeo
I was wondering why my notifications were lighting up in this thread all of a sudden...

Actually I had been considering a new exploration venture. Not sure where I'd be going though.
 

Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust
Erimus said:
Unless 2.4 has some interesting additions for explorers, I very much doubt we'll see DWE2 until sometime during season 3.


Distant Words 3302 was a massive time commitment for the organizers (5 months all in all, with 2 months prep-work and 3 months for the expedition itself), so to make it worthwhile, exploration needs some love.

For me, to even begin working on DWE2, exploration would need at least one or two of the following.

  • Atmospheric planetary landings, or as a bare minimum volcanic & lava world planetary landings.
  • More planetary features and POIs to discover, and new exploration mechanics and equipment to discover them.
  • Distant Civs, either rogue AI or alien.. something that would warrant a long expeditionary mission to either trade with and/or scientifically study other sentient life out there in the black.


One idea I'd love DWE2 to incorporate would be something along the lines of looking for and cataloguing geysers, fumroles, and organic lifeforms - but there would need to be more varieties of each and crucially proper equipment/mods able to locate and catalogue this kind of info. A part from 3rd party databases and websites, at the moment there is no way to catalogue different species or collate this kind of information and sell it or donate it to in-game scientific institutions - a sort of Universal Cartographics of alien organic discoveries. Basically DWE2 would be awesome if it had an in-game scientific research goal at its core, and not just be another endurance/sight-seeing trip.

Its looking like 2.4 will be aliens, possibly hostile ones, and ones on our doorstep. I'm not sure how that could fit into a DWE kind of event, unless these alien inhabited worlds have new content that explorers find interesting enough to go discover and study.
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See Frontier? It's that simple. You give us exploration toolage, the exploration community will give you exposure by going on some massive expedition. Because explorers are awesome that way.

Contrast with combat features. You give them combat multicrew, the combat community will give you an earful how it's unfair they make less money than being in a wing.

You decide :)
 

Fandomlife

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Haha, Ziggy.

You have one community who gets no real traction who, by and large, is a wholesale positive influence on the game. You have another which gets most of the traction and give the impression (which I won't guess to what degree it matches reality statistically) of those toxic MMO communities where every change is a nightmare, this needs nerfing and that.

I know which pot I'd rather be in :)
 

Rockyrocket

Rockyrocket
Remember This?, maybe that is how we could finally face the promised danger out there?.
After all some of us came back to equip weapons a couple of patches back as it was hinted we would need them, could spice things up a bit.

As for a mini expo maybe a few folks fancy a trip to star one?.
 

Mengy

Mengy
Ziggy Stardust said:
See Frontier? It's that simple. You give us exploration toolage, the exploration community will give you exposure by going on some massive expedition. Because explorers are awesome that way.
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Hah, Ziggy said toolage! What a great word! :cool:

Totally agreed, though I think we'll be waiting a long time.

Maybe, just as an idea for the interim, Distant Worlds 2 could be about flying to the most distant discovered system from the center of our galaxy, ANGOSK DL-P D5-0. You literally can't get much more distant than that! (Plus I've been meaning to fly out there anyway....)
 
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