We're in Q2 right ?

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

They are based in England, not Europe. The Brits don't have a "vacation month". Younger staff without school-age kids will likely take a break outside of the school holiday period of late July to early September, that is all.

Brits might not have it, but FD aren't exclusively Brits. In previous years June has been 'silent' one - month when they are off to have vacations. That might have changed, but that's previous experience talking there.

 

[Andovar]

CMDR Thrust from Bradford is already in Q3.

 

[CMDR Redcrest]

Well more stuff is always good.
I'm still curious about how they're gona slot paid content in as well this year.

 

[Lightspeed]

Brits might not have it, but FD aren't exclusively Brits. In previous years June has been 'silent' one - month when they are off to have vacations. That might have changed, but that's previous experience talking there.

Playstation 4 version released in the last week of June last year ..... hardly a quiet time for FD !

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Playstation 4 version released in the last week of June last year ..... hardly a quiet time for FD !

It was lined up with all trade shows and QA cycle for PlayStation. Not really an indicator.

Look, you can poke me as much as you want. I am talking from experience here. That might have changed. Also FD is much bigger these days and I am ready to bet that no team gets fully let go for vacation at same time.

/shrug

 

[Robert Maynard]

Jurassic World Evolution will launch on June 12th this year.

 

[Crank Larson]

Brits might not have it, but FD aren't exclusively Brits. In previous years June has been 'silent' one - month when they are off to have vacations. That might have changed, but that's previous experience talking there.

You do talk rubbish on occasion.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

You do talk rubbish on occasion.

I am flawed blabber mouth But in this case this is what I seen or heard. Does not mean I am right, but I am really doubtful about end of June release.

 

[Theodrid]

I am flawed blabber mouth But in this case this is what I seen or heard. Does not mean I am right, but I am really doubtful about end of June release.

Irrespective of release date you are misfiring on this one Eagle.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Irrespective of release date you are misfiring on this one Eagle.

Misfiring exactly what? I was just discussing potential release dates of Q2 release.

 

[Theodrid]

Misfiring exactly what?

On Brits and British company having a mass vacation period in June mate, in England especially the schools don't break up for summer until end of July or so, taking kids out of school to go on vacation also results in legal/court action against parents. Also, as the Maynard pointed out JWE is coming out in June, they are gonna be busy bees - not running a skeleton crew.

 

[Mengy]

Combat is most actively played part of the game and it weaves into other parts of the game. So it is biggest benefit from dev hours FD can put into game.

People say they want non-combat things - issue is they are minority. Considerable one. Having combat thingies and pew pew pew sells game.

Do you have a source for that statistic?


If it’s even true though, it most likely has more to do with Frontier’s constant emphasis on combat content over other playstyles than actual player preference. Combat is by far the most developed aspect of the game, which is unfortunate for us non-combat types. I was hoping that Beyond would balance that a bit more, but 3.0 still had quite a bit combat content, so now I’m not so sure.

I’m curious to see what the Q2 update brings for non-combat players, but I’m not expecting too much.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

On Brits and British company having a mass vacation period in June mate, in England especially the schools don't break up for summer until end of July or so, taking kids out of school to go on vacation also results in legal/court action against parents. Also, as the Maynard pointed out JWE is coming out in June, they are gonna be busy bees - not running a skeleton crew.

All I said that I remember that in the past considerable part of ED crew went on vacation during June. It has changed no doubt, and isn't true anymore.

 

[Juniper]

I’m curious to see what the Q2 update brings for non-combat players, but I’m not expecting too much.

I think we have to wait for Q4 for any meaningful non-combat gameplay improvements.

Even that patch will be largely about "squadrons", which are effectively fancy "wings" - i.e. more combat stuff.

But I'm relatively hopeful for the exploration & mining improvements.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Even that patch will be largely about "squadrons", which are effectively fancy "wings" - i.e. more combat stuff.

The Carriers that are expected as part of Squadrons should be useful for more than just combat, hopefully.

 

[Mengy]

The Carriers that are expected as part of Squadrons should be useful for more than just combat, hopefully.

Multicrew was also supposed to be more than just combat.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Multicrew was also supposed to be more than just combat.

True. However Multi-Crew does not let you land your ship on it before you log out.

 

[Lightspeed]

True. However Multi-Crew does not let you land your ship on it before you log out.

That could be interesting for exploration. Have a group explorer ship head out somewhere remote, with lots of explorers' ships on board [heart]

EDIT - I added ships

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Multicrew was also supposed to be more than just combat.

Yeah, I am curious why navigator got cut from MC.

 

[Crank Larson]

All I said that I remember that in the past considerable part of ED crew went on vacation during June. It has changed no doubt, and isn't true anymore.

That's the bit I was referring to, just for clarity. No idea about a release date, your guess is as good as mine. But mass June holidays are not a thing in the UK (July and August are the holiday months, same as for most of Europe, but many of us still work them). I'm also not convinced by your assertion that the E: D team have disappeared to any great degree in previous Junes. And of course, there are four weeks in June - so even if everyone did go on holiday in that month, unless they all took their whole annual allowance at once, it still likely wouldn't affect more than 25% even if the whole team took holiday.