The only wormhole I can see opening when mentioning the other game leads to General Gaming Chat......
Frontier Trading Statement & Roadmap Update: Elite Dangerous' next paid-for release targeted for launch at the end of 2020
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well this 'leak' was just to get investors hot. no doubt they knew this would end up here (gonna blame stuart for a change) but it's just noise, zero new info except, ... wait, yet another hard deadline. what an old good idea!
i won't, and i feel pretty much the same
that said, there is still a slight, very slight chance that they pull of something a-meee-izing. let's hope. except they probably won't, but it will still be elite unless they drop support for vr, then it will be definitely time to pack. because i doubt they give a damn on backward compatibility, new era and stuff.
personally i expect an attempt at atmospheric planets and legs, which will have some impressive features on video but for the most part will be the same cookie cutter standard mmo mechanics and loops, without the depth of a serious mmo.
more than a year to see that, though, best forget about it. i'm playing more frequently these days, and enjoying it a lot. don't really care much about elite's future, too uncertain, but present is just cozy
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Don't know if anyone's already mentioned this but I just wanted to highlight the coverage of this (the whole renewing codebase thing) on this week's Witchspace News (the always excellent weekly news roundup from the Buur Pit crew). This contains one of the clearest, best and most likely explanations of what's probably going on with the current Elite Dangerous codebase and the changes that Frontier have in mind.
more likely that "wormhole" will be the ingame lore explanation for bugs.
Viajero
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Seems a bit of a stretch to jump from a twit to the conclusion that the whole code base is being renewed. Probably much easier to start from scratch in that case and do Elite 2 than wasting time scrutinizing and fixing old code. I suspect there will be specific elements of it that will indeed be updated and improved along with whatever new code is required for the new era features. That has been also the case in previous updates to varying degrees anyways. But from there to read a complete revamp it is a bit of a stretch I reckon.
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Only one is a gameOoh, this is the thread I really want to see today: if a wormhole opened connecting the two universes, which game's ships would win in a fight?
That'd be a horribly one-sided war. Elite has a complete flight model and working combat mechanics. Plus Citizens are much easier to kill after they've clipped through their ship floors.Ooh, this is the thread I really want to see today: if a wormhole opened connecting the two universes, which game's ships would win in a fight?
Ooh, this is the thread I really want to see today: if a wormhole opened connecting the two universes, which game's ships would win in a fight?
Whichever side had the better pilots.
After making this statement, Mr Braben returned to his office where he spent the remainder of the afternoon idly pondering the specification of his new Sunseeker yacht.
Interesting. It would be really appreciated if they release some more news on this forum. Not only via social channels. I'm using none of them.
I guess there is no not linking this old thing :7 :
My take on this annoumcement is that i think there will be an explosion of Salt next christmas as Elite ceases to be a pure space flight sim game and instead morphs into something very loosely like Warframe, but with a progression tree that means you start of as a GROPO (Babylon 5 reference), before having the option of learning to fly ships.
This then widens the playerbase from purely flight sim fans, to also those who like more ground based combat in a futuristic setting.
From frontiers point of view that would bring in the big money and transform elite from a niche mmo to something like warframe which is a bit of a phenomenon.
I also find it interesting that Warframe is in the process of developing Railjack which is a space based expansion for that game.
I think Elite is broadening its scope to have ground based combat while warframe is widening its gameplay to incorporate space.
Each game will keep their more unique flavour so Elite will be grounded in realism and science whereas Warframe will be more fantastical.
This then widens the playerbase from purely flight sim fans, to also those who like more ground based combat in a futuristic setting.
From frontiers point of view that would bring in the big money and transform elite from a niche mmo to something like warframe which is a bit of a phenomenon.
I also find it interesting that Warframe is in the process of developing Railjack which is a space based expansion for that game.
I think Elite is broadening its scope to have ground based combat while warframe is widening its gameplay to incorporate space.
Each game will keep their more unique flavour so Elite will be grounded in realism and science whereas Warframe will be more fantastical.
Viajero
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New era is a DLC, and by definition optional. So that would not work I reckon.
Elite dangerous is supposed to be free to play which means you don't pay for the DLC but obviously Frontier developments doesn't understand that concept
No it isn't. Elite Dangerous has always been Buy2Play, with paid-for expansions and free updates adding new content over time. This has been the case ever since the original Kickstarter campaign.
New Era will be a paid-for expansion.
Well, mr. Elethiomel, I'll step right into the firing line, by declaring that I very much like the idea of having to earn your pilot's licence, and first ship.
However: Combat is the last thing I want out of elite feet, somewhere far behind having to scuttle off to the loo frequently, due to meter number one and two reaching critical levels.
I am not buying DLC that costs as much as the base game its just not worth it in my opinion plus the game isnt good enough for me to spend that type of money on it .
Okay, that's your decision. No one is going to force you to buy the DLC, the choice is solely up to you.