In fairness, Update 2.1 got unexpectedly delayed back to June 2016 (it was originally due in 1st quarter of 2016), then we got 2.2 barely 3 months later.....so back on schedule. Then they moved to new & bigger digs......which pushed out the release schedule for 2.3 & 2.4 by more than another 3-4 months. It had nothing to do with redirection of resources to other projects.
So what happens next? 2019 updates
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In fairness, Update 2.1 got unexpectedly delayed back to June 2016 (it was originally due in 1st quarter of 2016), then we got 2.2 barely 3 months later.....so back on schedule. Then they moved to new & bigger digs......which pushed out the release schedule for 2.3 & 2.4 by more than another 3-4 months. It had nothing to do with redirection of resources to other projects.
We shall rename this years chapter to...
Elite Dangerous: Far, far Away
[video=youtube;4vUBsTJYK28]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vUBsTJYK28[/video]
Pax south is tomorrow and apparently Frontier are not going from what I can tell.
I also find it not a good sign that Ed is leaving .
The silence from Fdev is deafening.
Frontiers BDay celebrations apparently amount to a competition for some fairly weak prizes and so far one live stream as far as I know.
Maybe they are waiting for the 28th for a big announcement?
Anyone else care to speculate?
I also find it not a good sign that Ed is leaving .
The silence from Fdev is deafening.
Frontiers BDay celebrations apparently amount to a competition for some fairly weak prizes and so far one live stream as far as I know.
Maybe they are waiting for the 28th for a big announcement?
Anyone else care to speculate?
What is on the 28th? Did I miss any events mentioned?
You already missed the stream last night.
Lo and behold, Elite Dangerous 4.0... few bugs needs ironing out:
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28th is FDevs birthday apparently.
And lots of "thats it?" threads, lots of "and what get LEP owners?" and lots of "omg game's doomed" and lots of "wow awesome best game eva" threads.
Ok, perhaps not the last one
And lots of "thats it?" threads, lots of "and what get LEP owners?" and lots of "omg game's doomed" and lots of "wow awesome best game eva" threads.
Ok, perhaps not the last one
You forgot "change it back"
And lots of "thats it?" threads, lots of "and what get LEP owners?" and lots of "omg game's doomed" and lots of "wow awesome best game eva" threads.
Ok, perhaps not the last one
Ah yes, forgot the lepers. They've been very quiet - it seems FDev were right and all it took is a snowman to pacify them
That's quite an impressive list of things that, frankly are unconnected and at worst entirely neutral in relation to future content, but with great skill you've woven them into a hideous prediction of doom!
Good work
Bug fixes, stability fixes, balance fixes, I hope.
Honestly, 3.3 has broken so many things that I'm taking a leave of absense for a few months rather than having my limited gameplay time marred by more problems than the game has had in a long time.
As of when I stopped playing before Christmas, the game was in worse technical shape than it has ever been in before, and those of you who have been around from the start know how damning that remark is because the journey from 1.0 to where we are today has had a lot of very rough patches.
Currently all of the new features and redesigned features need a couple more passes through the fix-O-tron 9000 before they're stable enough to be left alone, followed by a careful balance pass or three.
By itself, that would warrant being patient and playing the parts of the game that are working okay whilst waiting for the inevitable triage of patches to land.
Sadly, many performance issues and old bugs have also resurfaced;
It seems so bad to me that it's almost as if 3.3 was being worked on independently of 3.2/3.1/3.0, because a lot of long-term 2.x bugs that were addressed over the course of the last year have returned.
The combination of returning bugs, bad performance, major server stability problems, new instance issues, new wing issues, new mission/board/BGS issues COMBINED with the problems of new features that aren't working properly or are getting wildly 'balance' passes that resemble fishtailing with constant, poorly-judged overcorrections just means that I am not making Elite Dangerous a priority at the moment; There are plenty of new games worth my attention at the moment and I'd rather Frontier finished cleaning up the mess of 3.3's launch before I waste my time and get frustrated with the game in its current state.
Honestly, 3.3 has broken so many things that I'm taking a leave of absense for a few months rather than having my limited gameplay time marred by more problems than the game has had in a long time.
As of when I stopped playing before Christmas, the game was in worse technical shape than it has ever been in before, and those of you who have been around from the start know how damning that remark is because the journey from 1.0 to where we are today has had a lot of very rough patches.
Currently all of the new features and redesigned features need a couple more passes through the fix-O-tron 9000 before they're stable enough to be left alone, followed by a careful balance pass or three.
By itself, that would warrant being patient and playing the parts of the game that are working okay whilst waiting for the inevitable triage of patches to land.
Sadly, many performance issues and old bugs have also resurfaced;
It seems so bad to me that it's almost as if 3.3 was being worked on independently of 3.2/3.1/3.0, because a lot of long-term 2.x bugs that were addressed over the course of the last year have returned.
The combination of returning bugs, bad performance, major server stability problems, new instance issues, new wing issues, new mission/board/BGS issues COMBINED with the problems of new features that aren't working properly or are getting wildly 'balance' passes that resemble fishtailing with constant, poorly-judged overcorrections just means that I am not making Elite Dangerous a priority at the moment; There are plenty of new games worth my attention at the moment and I'd rather Frontier finished cleaning up the mess of 3.3's launch before I waste my time and get frustrated with the game in its current state.
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Shame they never implemented it fully. If you look at YouTube there are videos of beta 2.2 I think, with it in on a anoconda
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Hopefully we see something. It's there with thargoid attacks (I've seen missile impacts and caustic mess on my ship previously). I'd like to think this will be added eventually.
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When I read some of these posts in a thread who's title I thought might provide some genuinely interesting ideas to read, I have to remind myself that anonymous complaining into the void is one of the primary function of forums.
There should probably be a disclaimer. Caution: venting ahead.
I don't have any 'wants' about the next updates. But I am very interested to see what they contain and how many floppy disks are needed.
There should probably be a disclaimer. Caution: venting ahead.
I don't have any 'wants' about the next updates. But I am very interested to see what they contain and how many floppy disks are needed.
The Hula Girl would be the main and only bobble head on my dashboard. Preferably multiples of them.