Patch Notes September Update - Downtime and Patch Notes

Triptych

Triptych
Tygra said:
Welp, I have read a lot of this, just cus I had nothing better to do,...

There are two things that I think are possible, one over the other.

Either:
A. FDev doesn't care much about Elite these days, and so letting it get run into the ground,
or
B. We are being treated to the B Team in terms of maintenance of basically an 'out of date' version of the game.

A is obvious and a meaningless conversation, because if true, no conversation matters, just truckloads of salt til the lights go out.
B is more interesting....

For the past few years, it seems like Fdev is more 'distracted' away from Elite then they ever have been. I started playing just as 2.4 was coming out and the game felt very active and a lot of fast paced development. However, as we got further and further on, the past 2 years have felt, hollow. At first, Fdev had all kinds of feedback request posts, betas, more interaction with us, now, they feel distant, aloof, distracted.

Now they just feel like more: "here's what you get, see you next time", tons of bugs go un-checked, and a very limited feature set is being made.

So, my theory is, and I really do hope this is more likely to be true, (here's hoping...) that the December 2020 release will be the thing they've been working on, and that it contains a LOT of new stuff, Atmos at least, maybe at least in-ship space legs, etc and LOTS more.

It's self explanatory that if they went to add space legs, they would need content for that. Ship Interiors, Places on the station to visit, things to do when we get out of our ship on planets, both airless and planets. That's a LOT of integrated content. You couldn't really do one part of it without needing the rest, otherwise it would fall flat. That might take a good long while, (4 years?, from 2016 to 2020?, the point where they started getting distracted to the point where they say we will get major new content?)

That's the work the A Team is working on, and why they don't seem to care about this version of the game as much, because it will be replaced. That's where most of the Devs are at, and why they seem to have lost interest in fixing this build, it's old, and they are likely able to see parts of the cool new stuff in the new version starting to take shape and are getting excited and frustrated they can't tell us anything until they are done. (See No Man's Sky when you break that rule.)

That's my hope anyway, because, otherwise, I am really concerned about the future of Elite if it isn't. Sorry for the long post, Board I guess and too much time to think.
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(a) If they were letting it go they wouldn't be bringing out carriers (would they? why?).
(b) This is the A team, and it's always been this way.

FD have also always been aloof. I've always put it down to the nature of its owner.
 

Pralines

P
pctechnik said:
8hyrs from 8am... its now 8:59am and since I am several hours behind (timezones)...

Any minute now?
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Hello Commanders,

Due to our internal testing of the September Update running longer than we expected, the game servers will be available at approximately 18:30 UTC. Should this change, we will provide further updates!

Thank you for your continued patience.


not yet
 

pctechnik

pctechnik
Pralines said:
Hello Commanders,

Due to our internal testing of the September Update running longer than we expected, the game servers will be available at approximately 18:30 UTC. Should this change, we will provide further updates!

Thank you for your continued patience.


not yet
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Cheers big ears! appreciate the update on the update.
 

AveCandido

AveCandido
all those who accuse Frontier of low minimums, team B etc ... senseless and absurd accusations.

Original: todos esos que acusan a Frontier de bajo minimos, equipo B etc... acusaciones sin sentido y absudas
 

MozartMcLaus

M
Increased the spawn rate of High Grade Emissions
That sounds promising! Hope this also fixes spawn of pharmaceutical isolators.

Fortunately the change notes do not mention anything regarding VO nerf. We need them so much to pay the upcoming Fleet Carrier bills :)
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Pralines said:
Hello Commanders,

Due to our internal testing of the September Update running longer than we expected, the game servers will be available at approximately 18:30 UTC. Should this change, we will provide further updates!

Thank you for your continued patience.


not yet
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Don't make me press F5 any more FD!
 

Tygra

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Triptych said:
(a) If they were letting it go they wouldn't be bringing out carriers (would they? why?).
(b) This is the A team, and it's always been this way.

FD have also always been aloof. I've always put it down to the nature of its owner.
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Would they?, September, newbe stuff, December, long time player stuff, why? So you can spend WAAY more time grinding credits and fuel, Toss a shiny object out there to keep you distracted from the fact it's taking so long.

Considering April to September, about 5 months, this didn't seem to be enough content for, what, They have about aprox. 100 devs (artists, programmers, etc) working on Elite, that seems an awful small amount done in that amount of time for that count of devs....

I hear the frustration with them in your tone however, and it's fair enough. Simply trying to look on the bright side and think positively. :)
 
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