Type 10 defender, is that you?

Mrat13

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Ok, I'd heard about on the 2.4 beta, it showed the type 10 defender as being available to use for multi crew. Nice Easter egg I thought, maybe it'll be released during the thargoid story line I thought, just like everyone else is saying.

Except now I'm in the live version of the game (Xbox one), and I go look at the multi crew function, I think I was bored, and see the type 10 defender is a multi crew ship....

If it's seemingly in the live version of the game, like multi crew suggests, then where is it? We should be able to purchase it, but we can't. Is it in a permit locked system? Who knows, but according to multi crew, it's somewhere to be found.

I'm just really confused, and needed to get this out there.

Edit: Ok, I get why people are saying this is just a hint of the type 10 defender coming, but, as I pointed out, they did that in the beta, so why do it in the live version? Unless it was released. Or am I simply not thinking like a games developer.
 
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Whiterose

Whiterose
The Type 10 is part of the gradually released content as part of 2.4, so nobody knows what it I and when we will be able to purchase it, and it may even be part of a CG. Who knows?
 

XLA

XLA
It's not in the game yet....But will be in game before the end of the year. When this happens there is no way that it will be introduced quietly. Stay tuned...
 

Imgran

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Lots of times devs put a ship in the game while they're still testing it and fine tuning its capabilities. Inserting the data into the game gives them a better opportunity to see how it works. If they're comfortable that they'll be ready to release the type 10 quickly, it surprises me very little that they'd be willing to do the database work of putting it in the game already, and then adjust it (nerf/buff) as the beta proves necessary before they actually allow it to spawn into the game or be purchased by players.
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
Mrat said:
Except now I'm in the live version of the game (Xbox one), and I go look at the multi crew function, I think I was bored, and see the type 10 defender is a multi crew ship....

If it's seemingly in the live version of the game, like multi crew suggests, then where is it? We should be able to purchase it, but we can't. Is it in a permit locked system? Who knows, but according to multi crew, it's somewhere to be found.
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That's how it's future existence was discovered. Either FD left it in the multi-crew list by accident, or it was a tease. Either way, we are anticipating the Type 10 will be available during the lifetime of the gradual release of 2.4, especially since the ship "appears" to be in the teaser trailer.
 

Mrat13

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Imgran said:
Lots of times devs put a ship in the game while they're still testing it and fine tuning its capabilities. Inserting the data into the game gives them a better opportunity to see how it works. If they're comfortable that they'll be ready to release the type 10 quickly, it surprises me very little that they'd be willing to do the database work of putting it in the game already, and then adjust it (nerf/buff) as the beta proves necessary before they actually allow it to spawn into the game or be purchased by players.
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So it is in game, just being tested. I've heard of this strategy, where say alpha testers get access to try content out before it's publicly available. Although in other games when they do that, other players bump into these alpha test players while the testers are using that content (in this case, it'd be a spaceship), so see said content before it's actually live. Hope that happened in this game, the hype train would crank up to 11 :).

Or maybe I'm just dreaming.
 

Apsley

Apsley
They said there were quite a few (i.e. non-specific number) new ships in 'beyond'.

So making an assumption that they won't be released in one big hit but will be staggered, the type 10 would arrive before that, and may not be too far away.

Pure speculation, of course.

Aps.
 

Vasco Sapien

Vasco Sapien
Imgran said:
Lots of times devs put a ship in the game while they're still testing it and fine tuning its capabilities.
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Which is why when the ship is released i will stay away from it for a while. I can see myself getting one, Engineering it and then it being rebalanced like other new ships before it and my efforts feeling cheated.

Unless they buff the ship.
 

Kingtutuk

Kingtutuk
If current thoughts on the new ship are anything to go by then i would say that it will probably handle like a slow tank instead of the agile large cruiser it should be, especially if it is to compete with the Thargoids.
I would also like to see it equipped with a multiple target selection option.
 

Jenner

I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Jenner
XLA said:
It's not in the game yet....But will be in game before the end of the year. When this happens there is no way that it will be introduced quietly. Stay tuned...
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The release time (if any) is speculation afaik.
 

Mrat13

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Genus said:
It's just a rougher, tougher T9. A Space Bull if you will, don't get too excited.
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But a bull fits inside a cow ;)? So wouldn't that make the type 9 bigger than the type 10, disappointing a lot of people ;) (I'm trying to make a joke, sorry).
 

Talon180

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This is purely speculative but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw the first hints of the type-10 being developed soon. If you read the latest Galnet. Aegis is expanding into the Pleiades with a ton of new outposts. That means a huge amount of materials will need to be transported. I could see the Thargoids being a problem for this and viola, they create the type-10 to counter them. I could be wrong though...
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Talon180 said:
This is purely speculative but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw the first hints of the type-10 being developed soon. If you read the latest Galnet. Aegis is expanding into the Pleiades with a ton of new outposts. That means a huge amount of materials will need to be transported. I could see the Thargoids being a problem for this and viola, they create the type-10 to counter them. I could be wrong though...
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Kind of random but, is that a T9 in the picture that accompanies the latest Galnet article currently on the Launcher or is it a T10?
 

Chrystoph

Chrystoph
Warning: Bored at work...

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